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Ferndale Public Schools

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Type
  
Public

Students
  
About 3,000

Color
  
Brown and Gold

Grades
  
K-12

Colors
  
Brown and Gold

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Superintendent
  
Blake J. Prewitt, Ed. S.

Website
  
http://www.ferndaleschools.org/

Motto
  
Dignity, Diversity, Dreams

The Ferndale Schools is a school district headquartered at the Administrative Offices on the Ferndale High School Campus in Ferndale, Michigan in Greater Detroit. It is a four square mile district, including most of Ferndale and portions of Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge, Huntington Woods, and Royal Oak Township.

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Map of Ferndale Public Schools, MI, USA

In 2015, the district began a radical restructuring process, led by the Board of Education and deeply dependent on community involvement. Changes to curriculum, expansion of academic opportunities for students and site transitions were all based on the district's strategic plan.

Schools

  • Ferndale Early Childhood Center (Preschool)
  • Lower Elementary School, at Roosevelt (K-2)
  • Upper Elementary School, at Kennedy (3-5)
  • Ferndale Middle School (6-8)
  • Ferndale High School (9-12) - Comprehensive high school
  • University High School (9-12) - College-Prep high school
  • Tri-County Educational Center (9-12) - Adult & Alternative high school

    • Former Schools

  • Roosevelt Primary School (now Lower Elementary)
  • Coolidge Intermediate School (now University High School)
  • Best School (now Kennedy School)
  • John F. Kennedy Elementary School (now Upper Elementary)
  • Harding School (now district administrative offices)
  • Jackson School (now Jackson Center, CASA)
  • Jefferson School (under demolition)
  • Lincoln High School, later Lincoln Junior High School (demolished)
  • Taft School (under demolition)
  • Washington School (now Kulick Community Center)
  • Wilson School (under re-development)

    • The high schools had an average score of 11.8 on the state's MEAP test in 2011.

    Adult & Alternative Education Schools

  • Tri-County Educational Center

    • References

    Ferndale Public Schools Wikipedia
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