Schools

Published July 7, 2020

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Rochester Community Schools is going to give a computer to every K-12 student through a new 1-to-1 technology program that will begin during the 2020-21 school year.

Published July 7, 2020

Troy Times

Investment to allow real-time virtual interaction between college students, instructors

TROY — Alchemie, a Troy tech company, was among 58 companies selected by the state’s tech startup stabilization fund from 214 applications for a direct investment to help during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Published July 7, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

Educators, contractors react to noose found at Grosse Pointe South High School

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — When Jon Dean, Grosse Pointe Public School System deputy superintendent for human resources and educational services, learned that a noose had been found at Grosse Pointe South High School last month, he said he was “aghast and troubled.”

Published July 7, 2020

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

There’s no stopping the Class of 2020

BIRMINGHAM/BLOOMFIELD — Each year, the Birmingham-Bloomfield Eagle is proud to honor the exceptional senior students graduating in our coverage area. But in 2020, the honor is even more momentous. Instead of celebrating their achievements with formal dances, all-night parties and traditional ceremonies, this year’s grads traded their caps and gowns for masks and hand sanitizer amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published July 2, 2020

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Roseville Community Schools offering online options in fall

ROSEVILLE — Roseville Community Schools will be offering an online alternative for families who are uncomfortable with sending their children back into the district’s buildings due to COVID-19 health concerns.

Resisting peer pressure, with a little help from friends

Published July 2, 2020

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Resisting peer pressure, with a little help from friends

ST. CLAIR SHORES — The transition from elementary to middle school can be difficult enough, as students learn how to change classes and make new friends.

South Lake Board resolves to ‘root out racism and ... prejudice’

Published July 2, 2020

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

South Lake Board resolves to ‘root out racism and ... prejudice’

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Stating a belief that, “as educators grow, they must continue to reflect on and amend curricula, training, policies, and systemic practices used in schools to help root out racism and other forms of prejudice,” the South Lake Board of Education approved a Resolution to Eradicate Racism and to Create More Equitable and Inclusive Schools at its June 17 meeting.

Published July 2, 2020

Warren Weekly

Governor’s back-to-school plan disclosed

CENTER LINE/WARREN — Now that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer released her MI Safe Schools Roadmap, local educators can continue planning for the 2020-2021 school year.

Published July 2, 2020

Warren Weekly

De La Salle raises more than $400k with online fundraiser

WARREN — Each year, De La Salle Collegiate High School holds three fundraisers: the Christian Brothers’ Dinner, the Christian Brothers’ Auxiliary of De La Salle Collegiate Fashion Show and the annual classic golf outing.

Pediatrician group wants to see students return to school

Published July 1, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Pediatrician group wants to see students return to school

METRO DETROIT — One group of professionals is hoping students will head back to school in the fall, despite the COVID-19 outbreak.

De La Salle Collegiate High School Major Gift Officer Greg Esler, left, stands with Brother Ken Kalinowski. The school is attempting to raise $500,000 by June 30 through an online fundraiser called Bridge The Gap, to help raise money for student tuition assistance.

Published June 26, 2020

Warren Weekly

De La Salle aims to raise $500k with online fundraiser

WARREN — Each year, De La Salle Collegiate High School holds three fundraisers: the Christian Brothers’ Dinner, the Christian Brothers' Auxiliary of De La Salle Collegiate Fashion Show, and the annual classic golf outing.

Published June 25, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe Woods resident bound over for trial on embezzlement charges

WOODS — The case involving a Grosse Pointe Woods man accused of embezzling more than $90,000 from accounts within the Grosse Pointe Public School System has been bound over for trial.

Published June 25, 2020

Rochester Post

OU archival project documents the COVID-19 pandemic

ROCHESTER HILLS — As the COVID-19 crisis disrupts normal life across the nation, the Oakland University libraries are working to document and preserve southeast Michigan’s experiences with the pandemic.

Published June 23, 2020

Southfield Sun

Class of 2020 celebrates with outdoor and virtual celebrations in Southfield

SOUTHFIELD — The class of 2020 has been dealt an interesting hand, but Southfield students are taking it in stride.

Published June 23, 2020

Troy Times

Troy School District seniors enjoy pomp and circumstance

TROY — The city of Troy teamed up with the Troy School District to ensure that the Class of 2020 — graduating in unprecedented times — had the sendoff it worked so hard for.

Farmington Public Schools celebrates Class of 2020 with car parade

Published June 23, 2020

Farmington Press

Farmington Public Schools celebrates Class of 2020 with car parade

FARMINGTON/HILLS — The past three months have been anything but normal for K-12 students across Michigan.

Published June 23, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

Board to vote on Trombly early childhood center plan June 29

GROSSE POINTES — With Trombly closing as an elementary school at the end of the 2019-2020 school year, there is a chance the building could be used as an early childhood center in the Grosse Pointe Public School System.

Published June 23, 2020

Woodward Talk

Ferndale, Berkley schools plan for school year in COVID-19 era

FERNDALE/BERKLEY — As the Ferndale and Berkley school districts have recently finished up their school years, administrators now must look toward how they plan to handle what schooling will look like in the fall in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published June 23, 2020

Royal Oak Review

COVID-19 cancels, reconfigures high school senior year milestones

ROYAL OAK/CLAWSON — The high school graduating class of 2020 likely will never forget their last months of high school.

Japhet School students virtually create book during lockdown

Published June 23, 2020

Royal Oak Review

Japhet School students virtually create book during lockdown

CLAWSON — All approximately 55 students at Japhet School, a preschool-through-eighth-grade private school in Clawson, recently utilized technology to collaboratively write and illustrate a short story titled, “Across the Distance: A Tale of Two Friends.”