School librarian Christina Nielsen is in her second year at Abbot and brings a decade of classroom-teaching experience to her role. Before becoming a librarian, she taught at Pittsfield Elementary and taught middle school in Canton.

The light drizzle and generally drab weather yesterday afternoon didn’t stop the excitement as the Dicken community celebrated the topping off ceremony for their new school.

This ceremony marks the placing of the last, top beam on the new school. Current students signed this beam so they will be a part of the new school for generations of students to come.

When a student comes to see me, I listen to them. I stop what I am doing and make eye contact. I show them that I am approachable and I want to do all I can to help them. When I see a student in the hallway, and they greet me, if they want to hug me, they get one.

Step inside Quran Jackson’s 4th/5th-grade split/multi-aged classroom at Carpenter Elementary. All students are engaged, learning to be leaders and advocates for themselves and other students.

The MSVMA Musical Theatre Intensive is a day-long event on October 3 in Redford, bringing together the top 100 musical theatre students from across the state.  Students work with faculty from the University of Michigan musical theatre department in a series of workshops, sessions, and solo performances.