Schools

Published May 13, 2021

Jon Dean is the new GPPSS superintendent

FARMS — Jon Dean, deputy superintendent for the Grosse Pointe Public School System, was appointed superintendent at a special board meeting held May 12 at Brownell Middle School in Grosse Pointe Farms.

Fraser Public Schools band nationally recognized again

Published May 13, 2021

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Fraser Public Schools band nationally recognized again

FRASER — It’s been a glorious decade for music at Fraser Public Schools.

Roseville school district offering safe and engaging summer classes

Published May 12, 2021

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Roseville school district offering safe and engaging summer classes

ROSEVILLE — Districts such as Roseville Community Schools are working hard to ensure that students still have access to the variety of summer learning programs they always do, despite COVID-19 still being a concern to many.

Published May 12, 2021

Macomb Township Chronicle

Macomb Township resident recognized with OU award

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Adaptability and going with the flow in a pandemic are a couple ways Sarah Bussineau grew as a student teacher.

Published May 12, 2021

Macomb Township Chronicle

Lutheran North students take part in health conference

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Nearly 3,000 students from across Michigan competed in a single-day conference aimed at helping students become leaders in the global health community.

Published May 11, 2021

Shelby - Utica News

It’s never too late to graduate

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — A 70-year-old woman has reached her goal to graduate from high school nearly 60 years after she left school to begin working.

Published May 11, 2021

Grosse Pointe Times

School board prepares to appoint new superintendent

GROSSE POINTES — The Grosse Pointe Public School System Board of Education is on its way to naming a new superintendent.

Ferndale, Berkley schools get proms up and running once again

Published May 10, 2021

Woodward Talk

Ferndale, Berkley schools get proms up and running once again

FERNDALE/BERKLEY — Amid all the terrible repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, its effect on the school system has been a notable one.

On April 26, the Grosse Pointe Foundation for Public Education announced grants for its spring cycle. Pictured, front row, left to right: Kathy Fisk, GPFPE board member and grants committee co-chair; Courtney Kliman, Defer Elementary; Karen Gallagher, Parcells Middle School; Erika Stout-Kirck, Parcells; and Christie Scoggin, GFPPE vice president and grants committee co-chair.Back row, left to right: Tom Torrento, Parcells Middle School and Grosse Pointe North High School; Principal John Kernan, Richard Elementary; and Nicholas Symonette Jr., Parcells Middle School.

Published May 9, 2021

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe Foundation for Public Education spring grant recipients announced

GROSSE POINTES — There are many times during Grosse Pointe Public School System educators’ careers in which they would like to bring in certain programs or have students become involved in special projects.

Published May 9, 2021

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Eastpointe, Roseville high schools prepare for graduation, prom amid COVID-19

EASTPOINTE/ROSEVILLE — With the high school careers of many seniors soon coming to a close, school districts are figuring out how they can create a memorable way to send them out into the world while still being COVID-safe.

Published May 7, 2021

Warren Weekly

Warren man, 70, becomes college graduate

WARREN/YPSILANTI — In 1974, while in speech class at Eastern Michigan University, Bennie Zizio left class to use the restroom.

Published May 7, 2021

Shelby - Utica News

Utica High School junior discusses mental health on DPTV livestream

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A Utica High School junior had a chance to be on live television with other local students during a Detroit Public TV program called “Please Listen: Students Talk About Mental Health and Suicide Awareness” April 28.

Published May 7, 2021

Troy Times

Troy Athens student council supports foster kids through annual drive

TROY — Troy Athens High School student council members made another big impact for a Macomb County nonprofit that supports local foster kids.

Lilliana Kerr was killed in 2017 after a table fell on her at a Head Start program. A bill known as “Lilliana’s Law” would require increased safety inspections in Michigan schools.

Published May 6, 2021

West Bloomfield Beacon

Local state rep aims to make school safety inspections a requirement

COMMERCE TOWNSHIP — Trying to get a law passed that would prevent the type of incident that killed 3-year-old Lilliana Kerr has been difficult for her mom.

School board approves later start time for high schools

Published May 6, 2021

Troy Times

Troy school board approves later start time for high schools

TROY — Troy School District high schoolers during the 2022-2023 school year and beyond will be able to get a little extra shuteye each morning before having to wake up for school.

Published May 6, 2021

Rochester Post

Barricaded gunman situation resolved in Rochester Hills

ROCHESTER HILLS — A barricaded gunman situation in Rochester Hills came to a close the morning of May 6.

Published May 6, 2021

Shelby - Utica News

Artist paints students reading for ‘Paint a Reader’ program

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/ UTICA — Since lockdown first began, Sarah Chisholm, who is a first grade teacher at Plumbrook Elementary in Sterling Heights, has been trying to find ways to inspire her students and their creativity while at home.

At the April 26 Board of Education meeting, the school board voted 6-1 on a resolution to revise quarantine and close-contact tracing rules that upset many parents and staff members. Others, however, agreed with the motion.

Published May 4, 2021

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe staff, parents sound off on board’s COVID-19 resolution revision

GROSSE POINTES — One of the many issues the Grosse Pointe Public School System has faced during the pandemic is whether or not to open schools in-person full-time, in a hybrid format or in a virtual format.

Farmington Public Schools recently announced that Jon Barth would take over as the district’s director of facilities.

Published May 2, 2021

Farmington Press

FPS gets new facilities director

FARMINGTON — The Farmington Public Schools Board of Education unanimously approved the hiring of Jon Barth as the district’s new director of facilities recently.

Troy High School orchestra students perform 6 feet apart under a tent, while sporting face coverings, due to COVID-19.

Published April 30, 2021

Troy Times

Pandemic doesn’t stop the music in Troy

TROY — Troy School District music educators are celebrating another big victory this year, despite several changes the department has made in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.