Schools

Published October 26, 2020

Berkley to let elementary students return to in-person instruction

FERNDALE/BERKLEY — The Berkley School District’s Board of Education has voted to allow elementary school students to go back to in-person instruction starting in November.

School board candidates look to make a difference

Published October 23, 2020

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

St. Clair Shores school board candidates look to make a difference

ST. CLAIR SHORES — With so many day-to-day decisions as to where and how students learn being made on a routine basis, members of local school boards have an arguably more hands-on impact on the lives of students now more than ever before.

MMSTC students receive Stamps Scholarships

Published October 23, 2020

C&G Newspapers

MMSTC students receive Stamps Scholarships

WARREN/FRASER/STERLING HEIGHTS — Two students who attended Warren Consolidated Schools’ Macomb Mathematics Science and Technology Center were named 2020 Stamps Scholars.

Published October 23, 2020

Warren Weekly

Local districts adapt to ever-changing COVID-19 school year

CENTER LINE/WARREN/STERLING HEIGHTS — When the 2020-2021 school year began, local districts started the year conducting virtual learning formats in which students log on to a computer at home to take classes and communicate with their teachers online.

Bemis Elementary awarded second National Blue Ribbon

Published October 21, 2020

Troy Times

Bemis Elementary awarded second National Blue Ribbon

TROY — Bemis Elementary School has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a 2020 National Blue Ribbon School, marking the second time the school has been honored.

Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital Chief Nursing Officer Stefanie Roberts Newman, center, stands outside with Isabella Prylo, left, and Niranjana Magesh, right, as they deliver care baskets to hospital staff.

Published October 20, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Farmington High seniors donate care baskets to hospital staff

FARMINGTON/WEST BLOOMFIELD — The impacts of COVID-19 on health care workers have been immeasurable, but Farmington High School seniors Isabelle Prylo and Niranjana Magesh wanted to make sure staff at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital knew they were appreciated.

Royal Oak Schools students to begin hybrid in-person learning

Published October 20, 2020

Royal Oak Review

Royal Oak Schools students to begin hybrid in-person learning

ROYAL OAK — During the Oct. 8 Royal Oak Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Mary Beth Fitzpatrick revealed the district’s plan to bring students back to school buildings beginning Nov. 9, the first day of the second-quarter marking period.

Published October 20, 2020

C&G Newspapers

State launches new weekly data on COVID-19 school outbreaks

METRO DETROIT — As students begin to transition to in-person learning, Michigan families can now see if there are COVID-19 outbreaks within their schools, colleges and universities.

Published October 20, 2020

Rochester Post

Four run for seats on RCS Board of Education

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Four people are running for various seats on the Rochester Community Schools Board of Education Nov. 3.

Published October 20, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

Presentation focuses on students’ return to school

GROSSE POINTES — After being out of their classrooms since last March, a number of Grosse Pointe Public School System students returned to school Oct. 12.

Published October 20, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

School board votes to censure trustee

GROSSE POINTES — Grosse Pointe Public School System Board Of Education President Margaret Weertz called it “a sad day in Grosse Pointe Public Schools.”

Published October 16, 2020

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Decades later, the band plays on in St. Clair Shores

STERLING HEIGHTS/ST. CLAIR SHORES — When Jim Boren was their teacher, the Lake Shore High School marching band used to routinely turn up at his house for a “lawn show,” or what today would be called a flash mob.

Published October 16, 2020

West Bloomfield Beacon

West Bloomfield School District evaluates blended learning model

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Nearly two months have passed since the West Bloomfield School District began its Classroom to Cloud Return to Learn Plan, which was in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published October 16, 2020

Warren Weekly

De La Salle welcomes new president

WARREN — “Welcome home,” was the message Larry Rancilio received when, on Oct. 5, he began his role as De La Salle Collegiate president.

Published October 15, 2020

C&G Newspapers

MCC Board of Trustees race on the Nov. 3 ballot

MACOMB COUNTY — There are three open seats for the Macomb Community College Board of Trustees race on the ballot Nov. 3.

Published October 6, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Online learning poses phys ed class obstacles for families

METRO DETROIT — Wake up. Log in. Listen to a teacher over headphones and communicate with classmates through a screen. Log out.

Published October 6, 2020

Rochester Post

RCS resumes in-person learning for some students

ROCHESTER HILLS — The majority of students in the Rochester Community Schools district headed back to their classrooms this week for the first time in over six months.

Published October 6, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

Funding will establish the GPPSS Kids Club Centers for remote learning

GROSSE POINTES — On Sept. 22, it was announced that the Grosse Pointe Foundation for Public Education will provide funding from the Lois J. Warden Fund, in an amount not to exceed $66,000, to support the establishment of Kids Club Centers for remote learning in the Grosse Pointe Public School System.

Published October 6, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

Hybrid learning to begin for some GPPSS students

GROSSE POINTES — Grosse Pointe Public School System students in grades Young Fives to fifth grade will return to hybrid face-to-face learning this month.

Published October 5, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Chippewa Valley approves limited classroom return

CLINTON TOWNSHIP/MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Beginning later this month, some students in a local school district will return to a variation of in-person learning.