Schools

Published November 1, 2019

CLPS partners with Ford NGL to expand high school academies

WARREN/CENTER LINE — Center Line Public Schools officials are working to take the Center Line High School education to the next level. The district is partnering with Ford Next Generation Learning, or NGL, to enhance the academies and further prepare high school graduates for 21st-century jobs.

Published October 31, 2019

West Bloomfield Beacon

West Bloomfield schools up security following gun store break-in

WEST BLOOMFIELD —Two suspects are on the run and local schools are amping up their security following a recent theft from a gun store.

Published October 30, 2019

Macomb Township Chronicle

Macomb Lutheran North group promotes drug- and alcohol-free experience

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — It’s a clear message — students can enjoy the high school experience without partaking in alcohol and drugs.

Published October 29, 2019

Woodward Talk

Ferndale educators learn proactive responses to active shooters

FERNDALE — Teachers and administrators from Ferndale Public Schools last week trained at Ferndale High School to use kits to treat life-threatening injuries and learned new techniques to respond to active shooters or other dangerous situations.

Published October 29, 2019

Woodward Talk

Ferndale marching band readies ASL-infused performance for state championships

FERNDALE — On Nov. 2, the Ferndale High School marching band will perform at the Michigan Competing Band Association State Championships at Ford Field.

Published October 28, 2019

C&G Newspapers

German students engage in American culture, education

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — For the past few years, German and American students have not only traveled abroad, enjoying the sights, sounds and tastes of another country, but have also experienced a different country’s educational system.

Published October 25, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Parenting education fair promotes emotional resilience with ‘Raise Them Strong’

OAKLAND COUNTY — Officials in the Walled Lake Consolidated School District, alongside several other Oakland County school districts, plan to host their biannual Western Oakland County Parenting Education Fair 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at Walled Lake Northern High School, 6000 Bogie Lake Road in Commerce Township.

Published October 25, 2019

Sterling Heights Sentry

‘Outsiders’ production at Henry Ford II High fights for hope amid inequality

STERLING HEIGHTS — Theatergoers who plan to attend Henry Ford II High School’s production of “The Outsiders” should get ready for a rumble onstage; namely, some choreographed fight scenes.

Published October 25, 2019

Warren Weekly

Victory Day scores a touchdown

WARREN — Students in the Warren Woods Public Schools Physically or Otherwise Health Impaired, or POHI, program recently experienced what it’s like to be star athletes.

Published October 25, 2019

Warren Weekly

Van Dyke, Fitzgerald school districts millage proposals on ballot

WARREN — Two local school districts have millage proposals on the Nov. 5 ballot. Fitzgerald Public Schools has two ballot proposals: The first is an operating millage restoration proposal, and the second is a building and site sinking fund millage renewal proposal.

Published October 25, 2019

Warren Weekly

Regina High School welcomes new president

WARREN — Mary Treder Lang is ready to get started. On Oct. 7, the Regina High School Board of Directors announced she will become the school’s new president.

Published October 25, 2019

Madison - Park News

HPPS on track to eliminate deficit by JUNE 2020

HAZEL PARK — Officials in Hazel Park Public Schools are feeling more confident than ever that they will have entirely eliminated the district’s 15-year-long deficit by June 2020, with the five-year deficit elimination plan right on schedule.

This 7.69-acre site at Square Lake Road, west of Dequindre Road, which includes 75 acres earmarked for a nature preserve, all owned by the Troy School District, is back on the real estate market.

Published October 23, 2019

Troy Times

Troy School District land sale/nature conservancy deal is off — for now

TROY — Plans for the Turtle Woods Nature Preserve derailed when the developer pulled out of the deal at the 11th hour last month.

Published October 23, 2019

Rochester Post

Head of Rochester Community Schools named state’s Superintendent of the Year

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Robert Shaner, the superintendent of Rochester Community Schools, was recently named the 2020 Michigan Superintendent of the Year by the Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators.

Published October 22, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Clawson school board hears options for district’s future

CLAWSON — On Oct. 18, the Clawson Board of Education held a public workshop in the Clawson High School auditorium to hear options for the district’s future, as officials say that declining enrollment has triggered the need for action.

Published October 22, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Officials say racist Snapchat photo came from outside school district

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — On Oct. 15, Grosse Pointe Public School System officials announced — through a news release — that a racist Snapchat photo that had been circulating in the community did not show Grosse Pointe students.

Published October 22, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

South student remembered after fatal collision

GROSSE POINTE CITY/GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The Grosse Pointe Public School System community is mourning the loss of a Grosse Pointe South High School student who died a few days after being struck by a car while riding a bicycle Oct. 10.