Saturday, September 22, 2018
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"
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.
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.
For
more information, call (734) 374-8900 Ext. 4.
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.
HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL Garden Club spruces up the building
Hoover Middle School Hawks Garden Club took time to clean and weed
the front gardens of the school to make it look presentable for Fall.
WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL puts hands together in creative way
At West Middle School, Mrs. Smith's class worked together using
helping hands to create this poster. They worked together to help each other
trace their hands. Great teamwork for the first week of school!
McDowell Elementary School staff and students keep it positive
McDowell Elementary School has a positive atmosphere happening!
Every day we are stressing being R.E.A.L (Respect, Empathy, Attitude and
Learning)!
HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL footballers beat Melvindale
The all-new Hoover Middle School football team recently defeated Melvindale, 36-0. Congratulations to the Hawks!