Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Birmingham-based school for special learners purchased iPads loaded with reading applications using grant money from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
Birmingham's Eton Academy is the recipient of a grant that will go straight toward helping students who struggle the most with reading. The Eton Academy — the Birmingham-based school for students in grades 1-12 with learning challenges — received $3,000 from the Dollar General Literarcy Foundation as part of their Youth Literacy Grant program. At Eton, the grant money has been used to purchase iPads downloaded with various applications to help struggling readers. According to Eton's communications director, Dawn Frasa, the grant rounds out a school-wide initiative to provide each of its 205 students — the highest enrollment Eton has seen in its 27-year history — with their own iPad. More than 80 percent of Eton students have a language-…
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Monday, February 4, 2013
From Tuesday's school board meeting to the Birmingham Restaurant Week, here's what you need to know about Birmingham this week.
School board to meet Tuesday: The Birmingham Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the district's administrative offices. On the agenda is a report from Superintendent Daniel Nerad on the district's new safety and security measures. Birmingham Restaurant Week ends Friday: It's the last week for Birmingham Restaurant Week 2013, which wraps up on Friday at 20 restaurants around town. For a complete line-up of participating eateries and their menus, visit Need To Know: Your Guide to Birmingham Restaurant Week 2013. Eton Academy open house Tuesday: The Eton Academy, Birmingham's school for special learners, will be hosting an open house from 9-11 a.m. Tuesday. During the open house, see Eton in action and talk with students, …
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Birmingham Public Schools — Administrative Offices
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Bingham Farms Elementary School
23400 W 13 Mile Rd, Bingham Farms, MI
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Birmingham Wellness Center
1775 E 14 Mile Rd, Birmingham, MI
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
From Marian to the Eton Academy, learn about your options for the 2013-14 school year at more than half a dozen Birmingham-area private schools.
The school year may only be halfway over, but already local private schools are gearing up for 2013-14. If you or your child is interested in attending one of the many Birmingham-area private schools, make sure to check out these upcoming open house or admission events to learn about private education for the 2013-14 school year. Roeper Lower School Roeper Middle/Upper School Cranbrook Brother Rice Marian Our Shepherd Lutheran School Eton Academy St. Hugo of the Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart Interested in more? Several schools have already held their open house for the winter but are still open to questions and interested parents. Detroit Country Day, which has campuses in Beverly Hills and Bloomfield Township, held its winter open …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Eton's 2011-12 yearbook won awards for cover design and total yearbook design in a contest sponsored by Entourage Yearbooks.
Several students from Birmingham's Eton Academy took home first place in a nationwide yearbook contest sponsored by the publisher, Entourage Yearbooks. The Eton yearbook for 2011-12 won first place for cover design and earned an honorable mention for yearbook design in the contest. The competition included yearbooks from hundreds from schools from all 50 states. “I am thrilled that our students’ hard work and creativity is being recognized,” said Eton Visual Arts Teacher and Yearbook Advisor, Linus Parr. “This is the second consecutive year Eton Academy students have earned top awards from Entourage and our entire school is really excited," Parr added. "These awards continue to inspire and motivate our students to work hard on our current …
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Here's what you need to know about Birmingham this week.
City Commission to meet Monday: The Birmingham City Commission will meet for a regularly scheduled meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday at City Hall. At the beginning of the meeting, commissioners will elect a new mayor and mayor pro tem for the term ending in November 2013. Planning Board to meet Wednesday: The Birmingham Planning Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall. On the agenda is the special land use permit and final site plan reviews for the Stoney River Steakhouse, which will move into the space currently occupied by Max & Erma's. Sandy Baruah to speak Wednesday: The Community House will host Sandy Baruah, president and CEO of the Detroit Regional Chamber, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, when he'll speak on "How Our Community is …
Friday, June 1, 2012
The Birmingham-based school for special learners celebrated their 26th graduation with one of the largest graduating classes in the school's history.
For the 19 graduating seniors of the Eton Academy class of 2012, Friday was, according to head of school Pete Pullen, one of the "greatest days of their lives." "Do you remember when you experienced the greatest moment of your life?" Pullen asked the packed crowd during the Friday afternoon graduation ceremony. "That's what today represents for the class of 2012 — the greatest day of their lives." The class of 2012 was the 26th graduating class from the Eton Academy, an independent co-educational school for students with reading, attention and other learning challenges. Friday also represented an important milestone for many in the graduating class of 2012: the transition from high school to college. Sixteen of the 19 seniors have …
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Here's what you need to know about Birmingham this week.
School board to meet Tuesday: The Birmingham Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the district's administrative offices on West Merrill Street. On the agenda is a resolution approving the renovations of select elementary buildings to prepare for all-day kindergarten programs next school year. Rachel's Challenge Tuesday: Seaholm High School will be hosting a special presentation at 7 p.m. Tuesday about Rachel Scott, the first person killed at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. There will be discussion after a one-hour movie and presentation. For more information, visit www.rachelschallenge.org. CECAC presentation on social networking Thursday: Do you own a small business or work for a nonprofit? Have you ever wanted to …
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550 W Merrill St, Birmingham, MI
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Seaholm High School
2436 W Lincoln St, Birmingham, MI
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Baldwin Public Library
300 W Merrill St, Birmingham, MI
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Eton Academy
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The Community House
380 S Bates St, Birmingham, MI
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Ten students from the Eton Academy collected $600 for the Red Cross clean-up effort in Dexter.
Ten upper school students in the Giving Back to the Community Class at Birmingham's Eton Academy — a school for special learners — collected $600 last week for the Red Cross clean-up effort in Dexter. The students hosted a "Dress Down Day" for the entire school and collected donations. Funds will be used to clean up from the tornado that struck Dexter a few weeks ago. The class includes: Austin Conway, Hannah Campbell, Aidan Crane, Lauren Daniels, Lindsey Duda, Evan Lane, Michael Rosenthal, Brett Rons, Sean Sullivan and Eli Yaker.
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Friday, February 24, 2012
March 3 event in Birmingham expected to raise more than $200,000
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Friday, February 24, 2012
The Eton Academy will host its 26th annual gala and auction next weekend to raise critical scholarship and operating funds for the Birmingham-based school for learning challenges. “This event is an amazing example of the deep community support for different learners,” said Eton's head of school, Pete Pullen. “This is a very special time at Eton as we reflect on the positive stories of our current students, alumni, teachers and families and set our sights on the future of preparing our students for success.” Eton is one of the few students in the midwest designed specifically for students with reading, ADHD and other learning challenges. The school does not receive any state funding and relies heavily on fundraising, donations and grants. …
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Friday, February 3, 2012
The $2,000 grant will be used to purchase a Van de Graaff generator to help Eton students conceptualize electrostatics.
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Friday, February 3, 2012
The Eton Academy, a specialized independent school for students with learning challenges, recently received a $2,000 grant from the MEEMIC Insurance Foundation. Rick Pinkos from MEEMIC’s Randahl Insurance Agency in Birmingham presented the grant to students, teachers and school officials on Jan. 31. The grant will be used to purchase a Van de Graaff generator to kick off the school’s new science curriculum and help Eton’s 195 students conceptualize electrostatics. Eton’s specialized curriculum utilizes a multi-sensory approach and the generator will be a highlight of a new “See it, Feel it, Hear it” physics program led by Upper School Science Teacher Larry Biederman. Students will see bright electric sparks, hear the crackle and pop of …
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Kate Vollmayer
6:02 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The students of Eton Academy are amazing and continue to impress me more each day. more ›