WARREN — The De La Salle Collegiate and Regina High School music departments will hold the second annual music competition for seventh and eighth grade students from 4-8 p.m. April 2. Students who register will be assigned a performance time.

ROYAL OAK — It’s never too late to finish high school and receive a diploma.

NOVI — Theater students at Novi Middle School are set to rock the stage with a performance of the musical “Emma JV” on Friday, March 21.

BIRMINGHAM — Once again, Birmingham middle school students will participate in the “Birbery,” Birmingham’s take on the Newbery award. This annual reading challenge has been a Birmingham tradition since 2011 and encourages students to read in a fun and engaging way.

FARMINGTON HILLS/NOVI — A select group of students at East Middle School recently found out that a book they authored with the assistance of local children’s author Andy Gutman of Novi won “multiple accolades” as part of the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — If it takes a village to stage a musical, a small team of Chippewa Valley High School students are setting out to prove it takes a club to stage a play.

SOUTHFIELD — The roar of the Levey Middle School band welcomed over 400 attendees to the 2025 State of the District event hosted by Southfield Public Schools.

BIRMINGHAM  — Students at Wylie E. Groves High School now have access to the newly-renovated sensory room, known as the “Recharging Room.”

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — Local volunteers are taking the initiative to make sure that no child at Utica Community Schools has to worry about not eating on the weekends.

ROCHESTER HILLS — Police are investigating after a bullet was found in a classroom at Van Hoosen Middle School March 11.

BERKLEY — The Berkley School District has kicked off the beginning of its bond work for 2025.

ROYAL OAK — After eight years with Royal Oak Schools, Superintendent Mary Beth Fitzpatrick announced her retirement at the March 13 school board meeting. Her retirement will be effective on July 31.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — West Bloomfield High School teacher Jennifer Sepetys has been acknowledged by the Michigan Education Association for her efforts in addressing student mental health as part of her 20-week course, “Positive Psychology.”

HAZEL PARK — A 16-year-old student at Hazel Park High faces multiple charges after he reportedly threatened another student with a firearm in the boys’ locker room.

Police are investigating after a bullet was found in a classroom at Van Hoosen Middle School March 11.

CENTER LINE — The smell of chicken noodle soup simmering on the stove — along with fresh rolls baking in the oven — led the way to Room J103 at Center Line High School Feb. 28.

WARREN — “Slide to the left. Slide to the right. Crisscross. Crisscross.” Doing the “Cha-Cha Slide” got people out onto the dance floor during the 15th annual senior prom March 5 inside the Fitzgerald Public Schools Neigebaur Administration Building.

TROY — Leonard Elementary School reading specialist Nancy Haboush was one of four Troy School District (TSD) teachers selected as “Teacher of the Year” within the district.

NOVI — Peggy Bassett, who has taught English in the Novi Community School District since 1992, was named the Novi Community School District Educator of the Year while her students were attending a senior-themed presentation by Awkward Pause…, a Novi High School improvisational theater group, on Feb. 26.