Congrats, Top Senior Scholars!
Patch salutes the valedictorians, salutatorians and other top scholars at Adams, Stoney Creek and Rochester high schools.
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
It's a Force Field: Hampton Teachers Break Out in Flash Mob at Assembly
And you won't believe how they end their surprise performance during the school's spring concert.
It's not over until the principal shows off his juggling talents. That's a small hint at the ending of a flash mob dance performed by teachers and staff at Hampton Elementary School last week. It was the school's spring concert assembly; the flash mob was a surprise addition, evident by the students' screams of excitement. Principal Ryan Starr can be seen dancing — and juggling — on the right side of the screen. Patch loves flash mobs. Here's a look at other flash mob performances we have covered.
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
Hamlin Students Run A 'Dominic Dash' in Classmate's Honor
Fourth-graders trained with their teacher to run the Hometown Hustle 5K in memory of their classmate who died of cancer.
For 21 fourth-graders from Hamlin Elementary School, Saturday morning's Hometown Hustle 5K started with a wish. The students wrote messages on blue and orange balloons and released them into the air over Rochester just before the race began. The messages were wishes that they had for the family of Dominic Zeleznik, a classmate who passed away earlier this school year after battling cancer. "He was a great friend to all of the kids," said Kim Mroczek, the students' teacher who helped them train to run the 5K race in Dominic's memory. Mroczek, the students and some of their parents ran the race in T-shirts they designed in Dominic's honor. The shirts were the colors of the Detroit Tigers — his favorite team — and featured a quote from one …
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Friday, May 11, 2012
School Leaders Respond to Case of MRSA at Adams
The infection is caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Officials at Adams High School in Rochester Hills are cautioning parents this week about a confirmed case of a bacterial skin infection at the school. "In our ongoing effort to provide accurate information about issues related to student health and safety, I am writing to inform you that there has been a confirmed case of MRSA at Adams," principal Kevin Cumming wrote in a letter to parents on Thursday. "The student is under a doctor’s care and the custodial staff at Adams is following health department guidelines to clean the classroom." According to the Oakland County Health Department, MRSA, or methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, is a bacteria that is resistant to common antibiotics. It is mostly seen in hospitals or in …
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Erin
8:21 pm on Saturday, May 12, 2012
Tiffany - don't forget - it's not just the antibiotics we get from the pharmacy/doctor. If you're eating meats from mega-farms - you're eating antibiotics, as well as those microbes that have gained resistance. Disturbing. more ›
6 More Rochester Teachers Announce Retirement
That brings the total teacher retirements, so far, to 29 this school year.
Rochester Board of Education members approved six teacher retirements this week, following the approval last month of 23 retirements. Here is a list of the teachers, so far, who have announced their retirements from the Rochester Community Schools district: Teacher retirements announced in April: The following teacher resignations were approved this week by the board of education. Teacher resignations announced last month:
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Rochester Schools Ranked Among Best High Schools in 'U.S. News' Rankings
Adams is ranked No. 17 in state; Rochester ranked No. 37; Stoney Creek was not part of the rankings.
U.S. News today released its fourth Best High Schools rankings, and Adams High School was placed among the top 20 in the state. International Academy in Bloomfield Hills was ranked No. 1 in Michigan and No. 5 nationally. The rankings are the first for the news site since 2009. They include data on nearly 22,000 public high schools across the country. According to the report, U.S. News partnered with the Washington, D.C.-based American Institutes for Research. Schools were first analyzed at the state level in terms of how well students in each school performed on state assessments. High schools that made it through that first analysis were then eligible to be ranked nationally, in terms of college readiness. This article explains, in-depth…
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K. Henry
6:19 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
It does seem odd that SCHS did not even make the list. I also would like to have more light shed on this issue if possible. more ›
Monday, May 7, 2012
51 Rochester Teachers Recommended for Tenure
Here is a list of the teachers.
The following Rochester Community Schools teachers will be recommended for tenure to the Board of Education tonight. Under state law, it takes from three to five years of teaching for teachers to be awarded tenure, or a permanent contract. The board of education meets at 7 Monday night. Here is the list of teachers:
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School Board to Hear Budget Cut Recommendations — And How They Will Impact Students
Rochester school district administration team expected to suggest elimination of five teacher positions, among $4.7 million in proposed cutbacks.
The Rochester Board of Education will hear from the school district's administration team tonight about suggestions for cutbacks during the 2012-13 school year. The meeting is at 7 p.m. in the Harrison Room of the Rochester School Administration Building. Faced with a budget deficit that will be between $8.7 million and $9.5 million, leaders of Rochester Community Schools are studying which programs will need to be cut or scaled back next year. Board of Education members have instructed administrators to suggest budget cutbacks that are between $3.5 million and $6.1 million. The rest of the deficit will be cushioned by the district's general fund balance, which is about $23.5 million. Dan Romzek, the district's assistant superintendent for…
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mary clark
10:21 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
If school employee's keep getting their salaries cut, their benefits cut and their pensions cut; you won't have the dedicated people you have now. Yes, I agree there shouldn't be cuts to special ed. The cuts have to be made at the top, who gets paid the most - cut them. There are to many curriculum administrators (with more being added) to many superintendents of "this and that", to many … more ›
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Graduating? Announce Your College Plans and Scholarships on Patch
We want to help you spread your news.
High school seniors, we can hear you exhale all the way from our desks. With the deadline for most college decisions having come and gone, your choice is made and it should be smooth sailing ... until exams, of course. We want to know where you're going to be next year, so we're encouraging all of our college-bound high school seniors (or their parents) to announce those decisions on Patch! To create an announcement right now, go to News, then Announcements, then Add An Announcement; or, just follow this link here. Tell us your name, which school you are graduating from and where you are planning to go after graduation. Did you receive a scholarship? Share that news, too. You can even upload a photo. Congratulations, seniors! Have a …
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Friday, May 4, 2012
Falcons Recognized for Excellence in Their Classrooms
Teachers presented 665 awards to students during two ceremonies on Thursday.
Teachers and administrators at Rochester High School took time out on Thursday to honor students in all four grades who had received honors in their classes. In all, 665 awards were presented during two separate ceremonies. "This afternoon is for you; let's give yourselves a nice round of applause," said Principal Charles Rowland during the recognition ceremony for freshmen and sophomores; a separate ceremony for juniors and seniors was held earlier in the day. Here is a list of the students and the awards they received.
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Amanda Kirksey
12:49 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
Those teachers are rock stars. more ›