Talking Taylor Schools: 2018-09-16

Saturday, September 22, 2018

ROTARY FAMILY DAY features West Middle School band and choir September 27 in Heritage Park

TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL Homecoming Dance tickets on sale this week

The Taylor High School Homecoming Dance tickets will be on sale from September 24-27. Cost is $20.00 each.

TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL Homecoming Parade is September 28

The Taylor High School Homecoming Parade will be held Friday September 28. It begins at 5 p.m. and starts at the American Legion on Brest. It will travel down Brest to Beech Daly, and on to the school.

TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL Spirit Week is on the schedule

SPIRIT WEEK IS NEXT WEEK!

Monday:

Americana Monday: Anything patriotic goes

Tuesday:

"Twinning " means Match another student

Wednesday:

Armed Forces means anything military or camouflage

Thursday:

"Touchdown Thursday" is for your favorite football team gear/colors 

Friday:

Griffins Day - "Black in Gold Extreme"

TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL DECA executive board announced

PETTING FARM schedule is busy in October

REALITY OF RECOVERY features Red Wings' Ken Daniels

Longtime Detroit Red Wings play-by-play broadcaster Ken Daniels will be the featured speaker during the Community Care Services third annual Reality of Recovery ceremonies September 24 at the Heinz Prechter Educational and Performing Arts Center on the Downriver campus of Wayne County Community College.

The program will run from 7-9 p.m. Admission is free.

RESERVE TICKETS HERE

Daniels lost his son, Jamie, to an overdose in 2016. He will share his son's hard-fought battle with addiction in an effort to end the stigma that often prevents people from getting the help they need. Daniels and his family established the Jamie Daniels Foundation in honor of his late son to support individuals and families who are struggling with addiction by providing the education, resources, professional guidance and financial support they need to make recovery possible.

Other speakers will include Judge Linda Davis and Ty Guthrie. Judge Davis will share her insights into Michigan’s opioid epidemic. Judge Davis is founder and president of Families Against Narcotics (FAN), and was appointed by Governor Snyder as chairperson of the Michigan Prescription Drug and Opioid Task Force. Guthrie is the program director for Touchstone Recovery Homes. He began his own recovery journey in a Touchstone home in August 2010 after battling heroin addiction and homelessness for over 15 years. In 2012 he received certification as a peer recovery coach and is now overseeing four homes with 40 men in Monroe County.

Other high points of the evening will include recovery resource tables, presentation of inaugural “CARE Hero Award” to the Lincoln Park Police Department and an audience question-and-answer session with panelists.

INDOOR SOCCER REGISTRATION is underway

The Taylor Sportsplex is now accepting registrations for Winter I 2018 Soccer. Registration opened September 17 and ends October 13. Men's leagues begin October 22; Co-ed Leagues open October 26; and Youth Leagues open October 27.

Team fees are $1,000 per adult team; $1,125 per team for youth teams.

CLICK HEREFOR A DOWNLOAD PDF WITH MORE INFORMATION

For more information, call (734) 374-8900 Ext. 4.

PROGRAM SEEKS girls interested in playing hockey

FREE FAMILY CONCERT to celebrate City's 50th year

WCCCD NEW HORTICULTURAL CENTER will offer more opportunities

Mayor Rick Sollars attended the Friday, September 21 groundbreaking for Wayne County Community College’s new Horticultural Education Center, a state-of-the-art facility that will offer programming in partnership with Michigan State University’s Institution of Agricultural Technology.

“This will offer a newer educational opportunities to WCCCD’s large student population,” Mayor Sollars said. “But it will also offer those opportunities to our Taylor School District students, should they choose WCCCD. With all of the new initiatives going on inside the Taylor School District, this will offer even more great career-path opportunities.”

A gathering of officials, friends and other interested parties filled the Ray Mix Room in the main building of WCCCD-Downriver Campus on Northline Road. The horticultural center, an investment that signals a commitment to the study of agriscience technology and specialized programming in landscape and fruit and crop management, is a projected $14 million investment.

It is also another feather in the hat of WCCCD’s Taylor campus, through which partnerships with the City of Taylor and other organizations has created somewhat of a “Cultural Corridor” along Northline.

The horticultural center will fit nicely into a tremendously improved Downriver campus, Heritage Park, Taylor Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, Petting Farm and Coan Lake. The campus, and the center, will also become a key point in the new Fletcher Discovery Trail, a network of non-motorized pathways and sharrows connecting Midtown Taylor to Heritage Park and the campus all the way to Eureka Road.

Mayor Sollars spoke briefly to the crowd, emphasizing the tremendous efforts of WCCCD Chancellor Dr. Curtis Ivery and Downriver Campus President Anthony Arminiak, along with the existing partnerships between the college and the City, both of which are celebrating 50 years in existence this year.

According to a story in the The News-Herald Newspapers, the center will be LEED-certified. WCCCD is dedicated to energy efficiency and environmental responsibility, using rainwater-harvesting systems, mechanically ventilated operable roofs, computer-controlled greenhouse systems and a passive ventilation system.

A STEM lab will be available for extensive research, and students will have access to specialized greenhouse technologies and spaces for hands-on experiences with aquaponics, irrigation, landscape restoration and urban agriculture.

TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL Marching Band holds fundraiser at Taylor Ford

Taylor Ford invites you to join in raising money for Taylor High School Band/Marching Band at an event that is sure to cause some excitement: “Drive 4 UR School!”

We need you on Saturday, October 6. The event will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Taylor Ford, along with Taylor High School, are the hosts.

This one-day fundraiser could bring in a maximum of $6,000 to the band. It only costs you 15 minutes of your time ... that's it! You are not asked to buy anything or to give us any money.

This is how it works: Come to Taylor Ford, 13500 Telegraph and fill out a one-page questionnaire, and then hop in one of the available new Ford vehicles of your choosing with a volunteer for a five-minute test drive.

The band will receive $20 from Ford Motor Company just for taking that test drive. Drivers must be 18 years or older with valid driver's license and valid automobile insurance. Limit one donation per household, so please share this information with those that you know in the community.