EASTPOINTE — The long hours of practice for this year’s Eastpointe High School varsity basketball team paid off.

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — A passion for teaching runs in the family of Rochester High School teacher Kelley Cusmano, who was recently named the 2024-25 Michigan Teacher of the Year.

BERKLEY — A church building in Berkley has been sold to the school district to help create a space for district programs.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Students at schools in Grosse Pointe Park once again demonstrated their ability to be thoughtful and creative through entries in the Grosse Pointe Park Beautification Commission’s 2024 Arbor Day poster contest.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — Eisenhower High School senior Melanija Ilijevski loves computer science and found a strong interest in making a career out of it.

UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS/SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Utica Community Schools is beginning work using the dollars from the largest bond issue in its history.

ROYAL OAK — Lois Mann, of Oak Ridge Elementary School, smiled ear to ear throughout the celebration May 17 of her 50 years of teaching kindergarten.

CENTER LINE — When American flags become worn and tattered after being used for so long, there is a proper way to lay them to rest.

WARREN — Abby Road led to the Warren Mott High School auditorium on May 9.

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Three high schools in the Rochester Community Schools district are ranked among the best public high schools in the state, according to U.S. News & World Report.

BIRMINGHAM — Birmingham Public Schools plans to expand their middle school robotics program and add an all-girls team next year.

WALLED LAKE — Voters in the Walled Lake Consolidated Schools district approved a $250 million bond proposal May 7.

HAZEL PARK — During the special election on May 7, residents in the Hazel Park Public Schools district showed overwhelming opposition to a proposed $150 million school improvement bond that would have been paid over the next 30 years.

ROYAL OAK — Royal Oak High School student Sam Klonke has won an award in the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Michigan Emmys student production competition.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A Kettering University student from Shelby Township is among the 26 students in Kettering University’s inaugural class of The Michigander Scholars.

GROSSE POINTES — The Gearheads, a Unified FIRST Robotics team consisting of students from Grosse Pointe North and South high schools, made district history when they earned second place at the FIRST Robotics Challenge World Championship at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston in late April.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/STERLING HEIGHTS/UTICA — Utica Community Schools provided solar eclipse viewing glasses to all its students to view the total solar eclipse that recently took place.

WARREN/STERLING HEIGHTS — In 2019, John Bernia set a goal. At the May 1 Warren Consolidated Schools Board of Education meeting, the school board voted 7-0 to appoint Bernia as the district’s next superintendent.

KEEGO HARBOR — Those who oppose the demolition of the Roosevelt Elementary School building in Keego Harbor have had some encouraging news come their way in recent weeks.

TROY — Continued contract negotiations between the Troy School District and their teachers has left some questioning the district’s support of its educators and others pointing to what they called systemic underfunding from the state.