Tuesday, May 15, 2012
We want to help you spread your news.
Do you have an outstanding graduate? Then let everyone know about it by announcing it on Patch. From recognizing your high school teen who is graduating with honors to your college grad who is ready for the real world, the Announcement section on Grosse Pointe Patch is the place to congratulate your students. Jane Sullivan did. She published an announcement to recognize Grosse Pointe resident Ashley Thibodeau, who will graduate with a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Boston College on May 21. So let everyone else know, too, and leave an announcement on Grosse Pointe Patch.
Grosse Pointe North High School honored several alumni a committee deemed distinguished Monday, promoting the alum's professional success to the student body during an assembly.
Grosse Pointe North High School officials recognized several alumni Monday during an assembly with students early in the day and a nighttime reception. The alumni were chosen by a self-created committee who set out to show students all that can be achieved beginning within the hallways and classrooms of the high school, according to one of the committee members and current North employee Judi Preston. After a thorough process, the committee selected the following alumni, featuring them for their success in their respective professions or passions: Carly Piper, class of 2001 Dr. Hans Stricker, class of 1980 Major General Robert Brooks Brown, class of 1977 John J. Ahee, class of 1982 Sandra Joseph, class of 1986 William Babcock, class of …
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
Grosse Pointe North students attended a Hollywood-themed prom Saturday night at Andiamo in Warren.
From group shots on the front lawn to your date's groovy moves on the dance floor, we want you to share your photos of the 2012 Grosse Pointe North prom on Patch. Grosse Pointe North held its prom Saturday, May 12, at Andiamo's in Warren. If you have a photo that you would like to add, click on the green "Upload Photos and Videos" icon.
Friday, May 11, 2012
The Grosse Pointe Academy's annual Action Auction began earlier this week and the live auction is Saturday, featuring a variety of items for attendees to bid on.
Action Auction
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Monday, May 7, 2012
The Grosse Pointe Academy's annual Action Auction begins Wednesday night with the silent auction. There will also be a preview of Saturday's live auction.
The Grosse Pointe Academy's annual Action Auction starts Wednesday night with a "strolling party and silent auction." The academy's spokeswoman Mary Anne Brush shared several pictures with Patch of the auction items. The annual fundraiser aims to raise monies to support academic enrichment at the academy and build funds for tuition scholarships. Tonight's event begins at 6 p.m. and a preview of the live auction items up for bidding Saturday will begin at 8:30 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Saturday with a strolling hour before guests are seated at 7 p.m. with the show beginning at 7:15 p.m. Bidding will for the live auction will close at 9:30 p.m. For more information about the auction, visit the academy's website. Action Auction tickets may be…
Friday, May 4, 2012
James Fisher has been a teacher for 21 years and this year's class nominated him for the award with the Metro Parent magazine.
James Fisher teaches the 4/5 Magnet program at Ferry Elementary School. It's his first year at Ferry—a change he finally made when he realized there would never be a good time to leave his former school, Monteith Elementary. Earlier this school year, Fisher noticed his students whispering and energetic one day at lunch. They were clearly "up to something," Fisher said, laughing now as he came to understand they were working together to nominate him for Metro Parent's Top Teacher Award. Being nominated, Fisher said, was an honor in itself. Then about two weeks ago, he received notification that he was one of the five chosen teachers from Michigan out of hundreds nominated. "To be nominated by students is such an honor," Fisher said. "It's …
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The Clawson school board voted unanimously to hire the Grosse Pointe Public Schools Assistant Superintendent Monique Beels to replace retiring Clawson Superintendent Cheryl Rogers.
The Clawson Board of Education voted Thursday night to hire Monique Beels as superintendent of the school district. Beels has been with Grosse Pointe Public Schools for two years as assistant superintendent for instructional curriculum, technology and assessment. Superintendent Cheryl Rogers announced in February that she would retire after five years of working in the district. Her retirement will be effective in June. Clawson board members met for about one hour Thursday to discuss the qualities, experience, references and school community feedback on Beels and finalist Gerald Jennex, who is superintendent of Capac Community Schools. About 20 people attended the meeting and applauded the board after it voted for Beels. Neither Beels or …
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The artwork of 24 University Liggett and South High School students will be displayed at the Detroit Public Library.
The artwork of several Grosse Pointe South High School and University Liggett School students will be on display at the main branch of the Detroit Public Library. The 24 students join dozens of others from Michigan's 13th Congressional district in the Artistic Discovery Contest, a nationwide high school arts competition sponsored by the members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The 2012 competition is co-chaired by U.S. Rep. Hansen Clarke, whose 13th District includes the Grosse Pointes. In addition to being a lawmaker, Clarke holds a bachelor's degree in fine arts for painting from Cornell University. “As an artist and lawmaker, I deeply appreciate the dedication, effort and sacrifice required to create works of art," Clarke said. "…
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The Michigan Department of Education will implement the changes for the 2014-2015 school year.
Paper and pencil for statewide tests will soon be a thing of the past for Michigan students as they prepare to take a new online assessment detailed during a roundtable Monday by the Michigan Department of Education. The exam will replace the standardized MEAP and MME assessments in math, reading and writing, beginning during the 2014-2015 school year. The MEAP and MME assessments will still be given in science and social studies. But unlike the tests students are used to, the new statewide exam will not have a common set of questions. Subsequent questions will be determined based on how a student answers the previous one. A correct answer yields a harder one. An incorrect responds yields a easier question. The goal is to have students get…
The new online assessment will replace the MEAP and MME tests in math, reading and writing beginning in the 2014-15 school year.
Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, students throughout Michigan will be given an online exam to test their knowledge of core subjects. The test replaces the Michigan Merit Exam (MME) and the Michigan Educational Assessment Progam (MEAP) in all subjects except social science and science. Called Smarter Balanced, the exam was produced by The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, a state-led effort to provide consistent and comparable standards, aligned to the Common Core State Standards, in English language arts, literacy and mathematics. Smarter Balanced recently released a Technology Readiness Tool for districts to measure readiness to move to an online assessment program. Martineau said only about 6 percent of districts have taken …
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