Saturday, April 20, 2013
An Oakland Schools program allows students to split time between their high school and Oakland Community College classes.
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Saturday, April 20
Oakland Schools, in partnership with Oakland Community College, is offering Oakland County school districts, including those serving the greater West Bloomfield area, a new program aimed at helping disadvantaged students start taking college courses while they are still in high school. The 3-year Oakland Accelerated College Experience (Oakland ACE) program has students split time between high school classes at their regular high school, and college classes at Oakland Community College. Students apply in the 10th grade and begin taking college classes in grade 11. Students take an increasing load of college classes through grade 12, then a full-time college schedule in the required third year of the program. All costs for tuition, fees, …
Monday, March 25, 2013
West Bloomfield senior Seif Saqallah was recognized by the Oakland Schools Intermediate School District for being an inspiration to others as well as his academic success.
West Bloomfield High School senior and blind wrestler Seif Saqallah took home first place at the annual Excellence in Education Awards, sponsored by The Oakland Press and the Oakland Schools Intermediate School District. The program, now in it 21st year, honors Oakland County's top high school seniors as well as innovative programs at schools throughout the county, according to a report in The Oakland Press. To receive the award, student must be nominated by their high school counselors. According to The Oakland Press, Seif not only has a 3.9 grade point average, but is taking four advanced placement courses and wrestles with the West Bloomfield High School wresting team — even though he's totally blind. "He's an inspiration to others," …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
West Bloomfield Supt. Gerald Hill is among the featured guests on The Craig Fahle Show Tuesday, speaking out against controversial education bills.
Three local school district superintendents spoke together Tuesday on WDET-FM's Craig Fahle Show against recent legislation currently in the Michigan House and Senate concerning public education. West Bloomfield's Gerald Hill, Bloomfield Hills' Rob Glass and Farmington's Sue Zurvalec joined Oakland Schools Superintendent Vickie Markavitch to continue protest against House Bill 6004, Senate Bill 1358 and House Bill 5923, which could still pass through the "lame duck" session of the state legislature. Local school districts may not unite on such a message very often, but together with the other area superintendents in the Tri-County Alliance for Public Education, a swift campaign has been launched against the legislation, which they say is …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Oakland Schools Supt. Dr. Vicki Markavitch says participants at county-wide meetings are surprised to learn the extent of bills that will radically change education in Michigan.
About 200 parents and educators from Farmington, Farmington Hills, Novi, Walled Lake and Northville jammed into a meeting room in Farmington Thursday to hear more about legislation that school officials say will create "radical" and "dangerous" changes in Michigan's public education system. While it may have seemed she was preaching to the choir, Oakland Schools Supt. Dr. Vickie Markavitch said after the meeting that people are surprised by the depth and breadth of the proposed reforms. The bills "create a super school district, totally removed from oversight" by state and local elected officials and taxpayers. "Forty-six years in this business, and I have to tell you, unbelievable things are happening in Lansing," said Markavitch, who …
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Greg Campbell took first place in individual contest Saturday at Oakland Schools; district wins first in team contest.
West Bloomfield School District bus driver Greg Campbell, a 26-year veteran in the district, won an individual award of first place in a skills competition Saturday at Oakland Schools. The "Roadeo," held annually since 1994, brought together 35 school bus drivers from eight Oakland County school districts — Birmingham, Lake Orion, Rochester, Southfield, Troy, Walled Lake, Waterford, and West Bloomfield — which are part of the Michigan Association for Pupil Transportation (MAPT). The West Bloomfield School District, represented by four bus drivers, took first place in the team competition. A fellow district bus driver, 13-year veteran Crystal Dropps, finished in second, ahead of Carrie Myre of Waterford and Schellie Wyckoff of Walled Lake…
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The show, sponsored by the Michigan Art Education Association, opens tonight and features K-12 masterpieces from West Bloomfield Schools and Frankel Jewish Academy.
Students from Frankel Jewish Academy and West Bloomfield Schools will have artwork on display starting tonight in a regional art show at Oakland Schools. More than 235 students from across Oakland County will have works featured in the Young at Art exhibit. The show is sponsored by the Michigan Art Education Association; every K-12 art educator was able to enter five works of art for each grade level taught into the juried show. About 50 of the pieces will advance to a state competition in Lansing next month. An opening reception for artists will be from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Oakland Schools headquarters, 2111 Pontiac Lake Road in Waterford. After tonight the exhibit can be viewed from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday through Feb. 28…
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Michigan and 45 states across the country brace themselves for rigorous curriculum requirements for K-12 classrooms.
In preparation for sweeping changes to school curriculum, West Bloomfield teachers are among those working to modify lesson plans so that they are in step with new academic standards approved statewide. For instance, most ninth-graders, who might normally take Algebra, will take a new course called Secondary Mathematics 1, or an honors version of that course, which will include concepts in algebra, geometry, statistics, and pre-calculus. Language arts, meanwhile, will also be heavily revised to include more complex reading, and more emphasis on persuasive writing. These changes and more are slowly being rolled out in school districts around Michigan to comply with the Common Core initiative adopted by the Michigan Department of Education …
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Common Core Standards will set the pace for student learning for years to come.
The Common Core Standards, which the State Board of Education unanimously adopted in June 2010, is a set of rigorous, college and career-ready curriculum standards for students that 46 states across the nation already adopted to bring consistency in education. "The standards will for the first time provide states with clear and consistent educational goals and represent a logical next step in our state's efforts to embrace high learning," Mike Flanagan, state superintendent of public instruction in Michigan said. Read more: Curriculum Changes Underway in Local Schools According to the initiative, standards will require schools to develop or enhance their curriculum in mathematics, reading and writing, which Michigan districts are already …
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Oakland Schools chief among those in public education urging caution.
The Michigan Senate on Thursday passed a package of bills that could expand the use of cyber schools that allow students to do more learning at home. The six bills passed 20-18, and are the latest in a wave of sweeping changes to education in Michigan since the summer. Thursday’s bill package eliminates the restrictions on statewide cyber schools and the number of students that can earn academic credits by learning via Internet. The bills also eliminated a requirement that these students also had to be enrolled in a public school. “Cyber schools are another option we have in reforming our education system in Michigan so that we are meeting the varied needs of all of our students,” said bill sponsor State Sen. Patrick Colbeck, R-Canton. “…
Timothy Rath
11:33 am on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
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