NOVI — A shelter-in-place order was issued at Novi High School Oct. 6 after a threatening note was found at around 11:02 a.m.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — Two recent Utica Community Schools graduates competed against students from 24 states and became national champions in a robotics and automation problem-solving competition this past summer.

METRO DETROIT — When parents find out that their kid is being bullied, or that their kid is the bully, it can be a shock.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Voters will decide a building and site sinking fund millage renewal proposal for Bloomfield Hills Schools Nov. 7.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — Five Utica Community Schools students are among the 16,000 U.S. high school seniors to be named 2024 National Merit semifinalists.

TROY — Oct. 6 marked International Manufacturing Day, and Troy High School celebrated with a ribbon-cutting on its new manufacturing lab and its recent partnership with the SME Education Foundation.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Macomb Community College is expanding its nursing program through a partnership with University of Detroit Mercy.

NOVI — A Novi High School student is one of only 27 in the world to obtain all possible points on the AP Seminar exam.

NOVI — The student council at Novi High School voted to honor some of the district’s unsung heroes in this year’s homecoming parade, which took place Sept. 29.

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — The Rochester Community Schools Board of Education has selected Jayson Blake as its new trustee.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — In the vivid world of Julian Gagnon’s imagination, if the Detroit River could sing, “She would sing me awake in the painted blue morning.”

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The Grosse Pointe Board of Education is getting started on its search for a new superintendent.

ROYAL OAK — In her State of the Schools address Sept. 28, Royal Oak Schools Superintendent Mary Beth Fitzpatrick addressed a new strategic plan for the district’s next five years, up to 2028.

EASTPOINTE — This fall, a total of 169 Eastpointe High School and Eastpointe Middle School students are involved in after-school athletics.

EASTPOINTE — A total of 35 Chromebook carts are on order for Eastpointe High School, and as soon as they arrive, each classroom at EHS will get one.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Roosevelt Elementary School in Keego Harbor has been the subject of controversy for years, and the saga took another turn at a West Bloomfield School District Board of Education meeting Sept. 18.

NOVI — Detroit Catholic Central has unveiled a new dual enrollment program this fall with one of its educators facilitating a Northwood University course for high school students.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The Grosse Pointe Board of Education has chosen the firm that will lead its search for a new superintendent for the Grosse Pointe Public School System.

MACOMB COUNTY — Since opening up the Center Line High School Academies in 2016, school officials have partnered with several local businesses to better prepare students for the workforce.

EASTPOINTE/DETROIT — Two former Eastpointe Community Schools administrators have filed lawsuits against the district and its superintendent alleging they were discriminated against because of their race.