Schools

Published November 12, 2019

Farmington Press

Farmington Schools honors 2019 Senior Extraordinaire Awardee

FARMINGTON — Farmington Public Schools have announced the 2019 Senior Extraordinaire Awardee.

Published November 12, 2019

Macomb Township Chronicle

Family Night Out at Dakota High focuses on youth vaping

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Dakota High School’s first Family Night Out of the school year was all about vaping awareness.

Published November 12, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Chippewa Valley Schools collects items to assist local families

CLINTON TOWNSHIP/MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Chippewa Valley Schools bus drivers, along with high school honors students from around the district, came together Nov. 2-3 at the Walmart on Hall Road in Clinton Township for the third annual Stuff the Bus program.

Published November 12, 2019

Macomb Township Chronicle

Lutheran North HOSA students participate in second annual competition

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Lutheran North High School is one of 14 Michigan schools competing in a friendly challenge to register new organ and tissue donors and inspire support for donations.

Published November 12, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Rocket Fiber expansion in GPPSS moves forward

GROSSE POINTES — Plans to add a high-speed fiber network in the Grosse Pointe Public School System continue.

Published November 12, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

School millage proposal, sinking fund pass Nov. 5

GROSSE POINTES — Voters in the Grosse Pointe Public School System passed a millage proposal and a sinking fund proposal Nov. 5.

Published November 12, 2019

Woodward Talk

Berkley students ready to tackle next play, ‘Kodachrome’

BERKLEY — The Berkley High School BeDrama Club’s fall play won’t take on the unusual structure one might expect.

Published November 12, 2019

Sterling Heights Sentry

Teachers union files labor charge against Utica Community Schools

UTICA/SHELBY TOWNSHIP/STERLING HEIGHTS — The Utica Education Association, a union representing teachers in the Utica Community Schools district, recently appealed to a state labor commission amid ongoing collective bargaining talks.

Published November 12, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Action sports stars give anti-bullying message to Eastpointe High students

EASTPOINTE — The students at Eastpointe High School got an extreme lesson in bullying prevention thanks to a presentation performed by Action Sports Alliance Entertainment Nov. 6.

Published November 12, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Roseville Scholarship Foundation receives $10,000 donation

ROSEVILLE — The Roseville Community Schools Scholarship Foundation, a nonprofit group within Roseville Community Schools that helps students pay for college, received a $10,000 donation from the AT&T Foundation Nov. 1.

Students in Renee Atkins’ class at Rodgers Elementary School in Lake Shore Public Schools make pancakes to connect with the book “If You Give a Pig a Pancake.” Atkins received a grant to help fund her “literature and lunch” program for moderately cognitively impaired students.

Published November 8, 2019

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Local teachers get classroom cash grants

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Books, cooking supplies, puppets and more will hit classrooms in St. Clair Shores thanks to cash grants from Michigan Schools & Government Credit Union.

Published November 7, 2019

West Bloomfield Beacon

Site of former Eagle Elementary to be developed into condos

WEST BLOOMFIELD — The West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees recently approved zoning changes at the site of the former Eagle Elementary School that pave the way for the development of a 52-unit condominium complex, tentatively titled Gramercy Ridge.

Published November 6, 2019

Rochester Post

RCS implements students’ social-emotional wellness initiatives

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Mental health conditions, which affect 1 in 5 Americans, can affect anyone, regardless of gender, race, background or age.

Published November 5, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Workshop focuses on talking to children about tragedy

GROSSE POINTE PARK — As the community learned of last week’s devastating fire that killed Briggs Connolly, 11, and Logan Connolly, 9, the Family Center of Grosse Pointe and Harper Woods put together a program to help parents talk about the event with their children.

Published November 5, 2019

Woodward Talk

Ferndale marching band comes in 2nd at state championships

FERNDALE — Piper DeNoyer walked into Ford Field on Saturday, Nov. 2, feeling good. DeNoyer and the other members of the Ferndale High School marching band had a terrific season, and they knew they had a chance to take first place at the Michigan Competing Band Association State Championships.

Published November 5, 2019

Woodward Talk

Ferndale High’s fall play leads audiences into ‘Sleepy Hollow’

FERNDALE — The students of Ferndale High School will take on a nearly 200-year-old story for the school’s fall play.

Published November 5, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Roseville Community Schools to host presentation on vaping

ROSEVILLE — Roseville Community Schools will host a program on vaping and vape products to help educate families on what school officials are calling a growing problem.

Published November 4, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Macomb Reads Festival to broaden county literacy campaign

MACOMB COUNTY — In an effort to raise reading awareness, the Macomb Intermediate School District will host its first-ever Macomb Reads Festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at the MISD, 44001 Garfield Road in Clinton Township.

Teachers affiliated with the Utica Education Association union gather outside the site of a Utica Community Schools Board of Education meeting to rally for a contract Oct. 28.

Published November 4, 2019

Sterling Heights Sentry

Teachers union seeks recovery of salary steps in Sterling Heights

STERLING HEIGHTS — The union representing Utica Community Schools’ teachers is seeking a labor agreement that guarantees them a path to restore salary steps after years of no raises.

Published November 4, 2019

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Students in St. Clair Shores to give back as part of Positivity Project

ST. CLAIR SHORES — As the leaves pile up this fall, yardwork can seem insurmountable, but hundreds of local middle school students are ready to help those who need it.