MADISON HEIGHTS — For as long as she can remember, Sarah Laurence wanted to teach.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — The hot lunch spot in the Pointes March 16 wasn’t a sleek new restaurant in town — it was an elementary school classroom.

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Rochester Community Schools has been awarded $1.9 million in safety grants from the state of Michigan.

NOVI — March is Social Work Month, and the Novi Community School District has a social worker who has been working in the district for nearly 30 years with her focus on students who have special needs.

OAKLAND COUNTY — The Center for Advanced Studies and the Arts will no longer be moved to the Roosevelt school.

FARMINGTON — The Farmington Public Schools Board of Education held a community dialogue March 15 on the positive and negative effects of students using social media at the Maxfield Education Center, 32789 W. 10 Mile Road in Farmington.

MACOMB COUNTY — Macomb Community College students considering a career in the health care field will now have the opportunity to participate in an apprenticeship.

STERLING HEIGHTS/WARREN — Sterling Heights Police officer Duane Casbar has a message for students who post prank threats against schools on social media.

TROY — On March 7, state school Superintendent Michael Rice dropped by Troy High School to officially bestow upon them the honor of having the 2022/2023 Model School Library of the Year.

TROY — Despite being only in their second year of existence, the Troy Argonauts FIRST Robotics team of Troy Athens High School has qualified for the league’s state competition.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — Theater students from Utica Ford High School last month gave the best performance in the school’s history of performing at the Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association One-Act State Festival at Central Michigan University.

TROY — One Troy School District staff member got a surprise March 20.

FRASER — Several Fraser High School students were cooking up success at the annual Michigan ProStart competition, which took place on March 5 in Port Huron.

METRO DETROIT — The StoryTime Guild is celebrating over 30 years of reading and telling stories to children in underserved schools in Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS —  With an opportunity to acquire land to grow the Johnson Nature Center, Bloomfield Hills Schools is building a draft recreation master plan and asking for the community’s input.

ROSEVILLE — When word got out about an activity that brought a large group of Roseville Middle School students and teachers closer together, “NBC Nightly News” and anchor Kate Snow broadcast the project March 5.

TROY — Two Troy students are trying to promote positive change after starting their own nonprofit aimed at fighting human trafficking.

NOVI — On March 2, the Novi Educational Foundation named Hattie Maguire as the Novi Community School District Educator of the Year as her family and colleagues, as well as media representatives, surprised her in her classroom.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — The University Liggett School Players are tackling a sweeping tale of love and betrayal in their spring musical.

FARMINGTON HILLS — Earlier this year, eighth grade students at Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills took part in a “life-changing” project.