Schools

Published May 8, 2018

West Bloomfield student named distinguished musician

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Nearly 250,000 Michigan high school students competed this year to be among the 1,000 students invited to the Michigan Youth Arts Festival.

Published May 7, 2018

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Longtime BHHS director stages ‘The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940’ as swan song

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Bloomfield Hills High School is taking audiences back to the 1940s with a little music, a little comedy and a lot of murder. The drama students of BHHS will be performing the slapstick comedy “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940” May 10-12. Shows will be staged at 7:30 p.m., and tickets are available at etix.com or at the door. Adult tickets cost $15, and student tickets cost $12.

Published May 7, 2018

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Bloomfield Hills Schools seeks annual community input

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Residents living within Bloomfield Hills Schools’ boundaries are being called upon to give their opinions and share their thoughts about the state of education in the district.

Published May 7, 2018

Warren Weekly

Event to celebrate student creativity, innovation and success

CENTER LINE — It has become an annual spring event in Center Line Public Schools. In 2015, school officials held Center Line’s first-ever district showcase in an effort to bring together the entire school system and highlight student achievement from pre-kindergarten through grade 12.

Published May 7, 2018

Madison - Park News

Student volunteers canvas metro Detroit on ‘Be the Difference Day’

MADISON HEIGHTS — It’s a time-honored tradition at Bishop Foley Catholic High School. Each spring, hundreds of students fan out across dozens of work sites across the metro Detroit area, lending a helping hand on Be the Difference Day.

Published May 3, 2018

C&G Newspapers

Clintondale students recognize deaf community

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Nearly 30 years after protests took place at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., local students learned how the protest started and about its intent at the school for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Published May 2, 2018

Woodward Talk

Berkley schools earn national recognition for music education

BERKLEY — For the seventh year in a row, the Berkley School District was honored with a national award for its music education. The district was announced as a Best Community for Music Education, a national designation from the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation.Read More

Published May 2, 2018

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Roseville residents protest against bullying

ROSEVILLE — A video of a girl being attacked after school caused past and present Roseville Community Schools parents and students to organize a protest April 26.

Published May 2, 2018

Sterling Heights Sentry

Parkway to serve up food trucks, more at festival

Food will be the driving factor at Parkway Christian School May 4 when the school holds its 11th annual Parkway Christian School Food Fest/Fun Festival.Read More

Published May 2, 2018

Sterling Heights Sentry

Family’s struggle with Alzheimer’s inspires art contest winner

Fears and memories are the seeds that have inspired countless pieces of art, and for Carla Villalvazo, they recently sparked her award-winning ballpoint pen and watercolor composition, “Forget Me Not.

Published May 2, 2018

Sterling Heights Sentry

Students harmonize with award-winning music program

For Graebner Elementary sixth-grader Celine Fakhoury, music class is more than a chance to learn how to play the flute. It’s also a chance to build her music skills, to practice, and to look forward to playing like the junior high and high school students.

Published May 1, 2018

Rochester Post

Superintendent, sheriff speak out following threat at RHS

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Classes were held at Rochester High School last week despite threats written on bathroom walls that were discovered earlier in the week.

Published May 1, 2018

Rochester Post

Avondale Academy named alternative school of the year

ROCHESTER HILLS — Avondale Academy, the Avondale School District’s alternative high school, was recently named the 2017-18 School of the Year by the Michigan Alternative Education Organization.

Published May 1, 2018

Royal Oak Review

Bond work underway at Royal Oak High School

ROYAL OAK — Royal Oak Schools recently broke ground on a new athletic plaza at Royal Oak High School as part of a five-year, $59.9 million bond project that will ultimately touch all schools in the district.

Published May 1, 2018

Farmington Press

State, county officials propose ideas to improve school safety

LANSING — It’s been nearly two months since 17 students died at the hands of a shooter in a Parkland, Florida, high school.

Published May 1, 2018

Grosse Pointe Times

GPPSS celebrates 10 distinguished volunteers

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Grosse Pointe Public School System Board of Education Treasurer Judy Gafa called it “one of her favorite nights of being a board member.”

Published April 30, 2018

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Chippewa student bound over to circuit court for school shooting threat

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Chippewa Valley High School student Jacob Michael Graham, 18, is heading to Macomb County Circuit Court.

Published April 30, 2018

C&G Newspapers

Macomb Township woman discusses completing rain-drenched Boston Marathon

CLINTON TOWNSHIP/MACOMB TOWNSHIP — On April 16, Betzy Rodriguez ran the Boston Marathon in three hours, 55 minutes and three seconds.

Published April 30, 2018

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Five Bloomfield Hills teams qualify for Destination Imagination Global Finals

BIRMINGHAM — Five teams of students based at Bloomfield Hills Public Schools will be traveling to Knoxville, Tennessee, to take part in the Destination Imagination Global Finals.