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Winter Storytime Wednesday, February 22, 2023 6:30 PM 7:15 PM Join us for a fun evening of books, songs, rhymes, flannelboard stories, and crafts! For ages birth - 5 years old with an adult caregiver. Friends Meeting Wednesday, February 22, 2023 6:30 PM 7:30 PM The Friends of the Library meet monthly. All Friends members are welcome to attend. Pokémon Party Saturday, February 25, 2023 3:30 PM 4:30 PM Join us for Pokémon-themed crafts, games, snacks, and activities! For ages 6 and up. Adult B...
In The Bachelor and the Bachelorette: Dating Over 50 & Loving It, Vicki Dobbins takes us on her journey of dating, finding the right fit and growing together. At age 70+, Vicki did not expect to love dating. She found the right fit and has been enjoying it for several years. Dates, dining, dancing, travelling, local outings and events and simply being together, Vicki shows us what works for her as well as lessons she learned. She shares loving advice and tips that help her continue to find...
The Ecorse High School Marching Band, the Ecorse Mighty Marching Raiders, have been invited to participate in parades during Mardi Gras in New Orleans in February. Mr. Lord'Amani Cooper is in his second year as the school's band director and has succeeded in gaining the band some recognition as they perform at football games around the area, and even in Canada.. The band recently played as an opening act for the performance of the UniverSoul Circus in Detroit. In September, the Ecorse Mighty...
On Saturday, January 21, the River Rouge Schools hosted an Open House and Grand Opening event to showcase the district's Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI) Program. The celebration was held at the River Rouge STEM Academy on Burke Street and included a luncheon, raffles, a brief presentation about the Animal-Assisted Interventions Program, a ribbon-cutting, and an opportunity for guests to tour the Pup Culture Lab, the new home for the district's service-trained facility dogs. The origins of...
What constitutes a healthy learning environment for primary school children? And will race-based admissions and President Joe Biden's student debt relief plan survive Supreme Court scrutiny? Education rights are under attack, especially for children of color and transgender students, said a group of panelists, exhorting Congress and the courts to step in and ensure equal access to quality learning. Panelists discussed several issues which are being challenged in the courts: whether race should...
In April 2022, the River Rouge School District added a unique learning experience called META 24to its curriculum to offer students the opportunity to learn essential skills and plan for a successful future beyond high school. META 24 is an educational program designed to inspire students to consider taking a business-focused approach to a career choice if college is not in their immediate plans once they graduate high school. META stands for Make, Enterprise, Teach, Achieve. META 24 Director...
On December 29, 1845, six months after the congress of the Republic of Texas accepts U.S. annexation, Texas is admitted into the United States as the 28th state. On December 30, 1936, in one of the first sit-down strikes in the United States, autoworkers occupy the General Motors Fisher Body Plant Number One in Flint, Michigan. On December 31, 1879, in the first public demonstration of his incandescent lightbulb, American inventor Thomas Alva Edison lights up a street in Menlo Park, New Jersey....
Where do you get your news from? Do you get snippets from your friends or clips from that have just been copied from other people. It's time to get your news from your local community newspaper, the Telegram. We have been providing news to the Metropolitan Detroit community for over 78 years and I don't take that for granted. I appreciate all of our subscribers, advertisers and municipalities that believe in the Telegram. Each week, the Telegram Newspaper strives to share information about what...
Under a new partnership announced today, Michigan families can leverage their everyday purchases into college savings for their children and grandchildren similar to earning cash back for gas or groceries. The partnership between the Michigan Education Savings Program (MESP) and Upromise, a leading consumer brand, offers a free rewards program designed to help families save for college. "It is not often we get an opportunity like this to promote a program that turns an ordinary shopping trip int...
The Michigan Science Center is excited to announce our second Statewide Cohort for the STEMinista Project. STEMinistas are girls and trans/nonbinary individuals who are interested in STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. The STEMinista Project works to connect these young participants with current professionals working in STEM fields, our STEMinista Role Models. Do you know any 6th-8th grade girls interested in STEM? We're taking applications until December 15, 2022, for our next...
The Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) created the ESD Girls in Engineering Academy (GEA) to improve academic achievement and increase the interest in engineering among girls. The goal of (GEA) is to close the gender gap in engineering and STEAM professions and to promote engineering interest amongst girls. The first three years of the program are for middle school students and help prepare them academically for high school with a focus on mathematics, ELA, and engineering courses. The...
Lincoln Park Public School's (LPPS) Executive Director of Instruction and Evaluation, Eric Calvin, was recently awarded the statewide 2022 Reading Recovery Council of Michigan Award for his commitment to student literacy in that district. Calvin was nominated by a colleague and was presented the award on November 17 during the opening session of the Michigan Reading Recovery Institute in Troy. The Reading Recovery Council of Michigan plans and hosts the yearly Michigan Reading Recovery...
DETROIT - Representatives of the Barton McFarland Neighborhood Association, Theo Broughton and William Davis, the principal of Barton Elementary, Rosa Adams, and neighborhood police officers, Colette Burks-Weathers and Errol Franklin of the Detroit Police Department today joined state Rep. Karen Whitsett (D-Detroit), who presented Barton Elementary School with funds to be used for crucial lighting, sidewalk, and playground repairs, building maintenance, and general beautification. Whitsett...
LANSING – Michigan taxpayers with past-due tax debts should be aware of an aggressive scam making the rounds through the U.S. Postal Service, according to the Michigan Department of Treasury (Treasury). In the scheme, taxpayers receive a letter about an overdue tax bill that requests individuals to immediately contact a toll-free number to resolve an outstanding state tax debt. The letter aggressively threatens to seize a taxpayer's property - including bank accounts, wages, business assets, cars, real estate, refunds and cash - if the debt i...
DETROIT, MI, November 20, 2022 - Rollercade Detroit, 2130 S. Schaefer Hwy, Detroit, MI 48217 from 12pm - 6pm. More than 12 self published books and their authors will be present at a pop-up shop designed to help give local self published authors exposure and a platform. Bringing authors and amazing vendors together for an epic occasion is the goal of BOOKS & BLING! The event encourages literacy, higher thought and the sharing of stories all while being able to shop and support local small...
Jessica Kogelmann has spent her entire life in Garden City. Agraduate of Garden City High School, she recalls of her time in school that history was never of much interest to her and always involved learning about wars and memorizing events and dates. A job at Greenfield Village in Dearborn while she attended college changed all that. She recalls the job being a great learning experience and opened a different perspective on the people behind the wars, the events, and the notable dates in histor...
Dearborn Heights, MI – Star International Academy (SIA)-George announced it recently partnered with the Dearborn Heights Police to host an active shooter response training for its PreK – 2nd-grade students and staff. During the Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate (ALICE) training, students and staff learned how to respond in an active shooter situation – including working with police on lockdown procedures to ensure the building is prepared to handle the threat of an intruder or activ...
Let's go Bulldogs! Westwood Community School District students, families, teachers, staff and alumni are kicking off a week-long Homecoming 2022 celebration on Monday, Oct. 10. The festivities start with Spirit Week, where students, teachers and staff can participate in the dress-up days that include themes like a character from a movie, TV show or book, decades day, dressing backward, dressing like a twin and a blackout day where students and staff will wear all black. Spirit Week builds up to...
DEARBORN - Michigan roads are about to get more crowded - and hazardous - as millions of students and teachers return to school. This time of year is particularly dangerous due to the combination of young inexperienced drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists who will all share the road in the early morning and afternoon hours. "Drivers should have a heightened sense of awareness from the moment they leave the driveway," said Adrienne Woodland, spokeswoman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. "Expect more f...
I would like to take this time to welcome all of our Wayne County students back to the classroom for the 2022-23 school year.I also want to wish all of you the very best as you continue to learn and grow. I'm sure you have heard more than one adult say that young people are our future.If it weren't true, we would not continually repeat it.We are counting on you because we believe in you. Who we become as a nation will depend on what each of you chooses to do with your lives. It's quite the...
This past spring, the Griot, a book club organization, presented $300.00 worth of books to the Kemeny Recreation Center, 2260 W. Fort Street, Detroit. Members appearing in the below photo are Mrs. Ramona Ewell and Mrs. Gloria Bradley as they placed Griot book plates inside each book. Below is the narrative given to me regarding the history of the group. (A griot is considered to be a storyteller, a narrator.) Griot began in 1993 from the vision of members Marilyn Gray and Gloria Bradley. It was...
Staff from Wayne-Westland Community Schools presented "Core in the Community: First Responders" at the Wayne City Council meeting. Core in the Community: First Responders is an idea that came from a conference two WWCS staff members attended. Heather Martinez, director of special education services and Rachael Hendzell, speech language pathologist saw the need for our local first responders to be able to communicate with non verbal individuals during an emergency. The kits contain items that wer...
LANSING. - Today, Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II launched a statewide tour from Washtenaw Community College to spotlight Michigan's $6 million bipartisan investment in grant funding designed to ease the path for working-age adults who returned to college or enrolled for the first time through the Michigan Reconnect or Futures for Frontliners programs. The new grants, which will be distributed by the state's community and tribal colleges, can be used for books, childcare, internet access and tr...
Dear River Rouge Community: The River Rouge School District needs your support for our upcoming Millage Renewal on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. Alan Autry once said, "You don't need a city charter to know that education is the foundation of any community." This quote is powerful and gives focus to the impact we have had on both the City of River Rouge and the school district since 2012. When this administration arrived in June of 2012, the district had declining enrollment with less than 1000 total...
The Westwood Community School District is using the summer months to renovate and upgrade its school buildings in an effort to enhance the learning environment for its students. The renovations are made possible using federal funding. District Superintendent Dr. Stiles Simmons says, "We expect to spend at least 12 million dollars for capital improvements across the district. We are looking to improve our air and water quality as well as improve safety and security and make some cosmetic...
