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.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Marian High School student Charlotte DuBay is one of 16 local students who received the DAR Good Citizen Award from the Piety Hill Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Havel Elementary teacher Angela Zeig is being honored statewide for her work to build connections and awareness through reading.

HAZEL PARK — For more than a decade now, a program called the Hazel Park Promise Zone has been helping students in the Hazel Park Public Schools continue onto college.

TROY — During February, students from Troy High School (THS) and Athens High School (AHS) helped facilitate a wide variety of events to promote and raise money for different charities during Charity Week.

NOVI — During the annual State of the District address Feb. 25, Novi Community School District Superintendent Ben Mainka spoke of the district’s aspirations and the possibilities attached to the potential approval of a no-tax-increase millage later this year.

ROCHESTER HILLS — Oakland University recently announced it is severing ties with Chinese universities amid national security concerns by lawmakers.

ROYAL OAK — Royal Oak Middle School was recently awarded $2,500 for its effort to help change and improve the mental health of its students.

EASTPOINTE — The finances in Eastpointe Community Schools are in good shape, according to a recent audit conducted by the Michigan-based accounting and advisory firm, Yeo and Yeo.

FRASER — Several students from Edison Elementary School have been collecting donations for Children’s Hospital of Michigan as part of a project to better their world.

ROSEVILLE — Students currently enrolled in health class at Roseville High School received several lessons in distracted driving when the International Save a Life Tour came to the school Feb. 24.

STERLING HEIGHTS/WARREN — Rachael Gurjack, an elementary-level STEM teacher in the Warren Consolidated Schools district, is always finding ways to get the students engaged in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

HAZEL PARK — Starring students from the elementary schools, junior high and high school, Hazel Park Drama’s upcoming musical comedy will be quite the ensemble performance.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — On Feb.  18, one week before Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s State of the State address, the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity held a roundtable discussion in Macomb County to discuss the first-ever Statewide Workforce Plan.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — In a 7-0 vote, the South Lake Schools Board of Education approved to extend the lease of all nonprofits at the Pare Elementary School until Aug. 31, 2025.

TROY — The Michigan Chapter of the American String Teachers Association (MASTA) has named Wendy Stuart, who is the orchestra director at Troy High School, as the 2025 Teacher of the Year.