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jen · Kate Spade

Michigan Ladies!

hotcocoa · Kate Spade

before i answer, do you mean college? you certainly didn't have to apply to the high school i attended!

jen · Kate Spade

No, I'm going to start teaching in MI and there are so many schools, I'm trying to get an idea of which schools or districts people suggest I send my app. to.

I already researched a lot but I'm just looking for personal opinions.

jj · Kate Spade

I went to Marian High School, a lovely all girls, catholic high school in Birmingham.

You probably wouldn't want to teach there, althought the majority of my teachers were not nuns and very normal. I can tell you that the Birmingham school district is very good, and so is Troy. A friend from a million years ago may still teach at Country Day School - if I still lived in the area and had lots of $$$, this would be my first choice for my kids, second would be Cranbrook.

Hermes

ah - Marian - a couple of friends of mine went there, as well as Brother Rice (I don't know if you can teach at Brother Rice though - it's a boy's school - don't know if that carries through to teaching staff - but I imagine it does).

Bloomfield Hills public school district is ranked very high - I would definitely send something there. I second Cranbrook and Country Day. There's also the International School in Bloomfield Hills where over-achievers are sent. Birmingham public schools might be worth looking into as well. Bonus with any of these schools is there's lot's of great shopping in this area...

I went to high school in podunk DeWitt (which is actually has grown into a pretty nice suburb of Lansing) Okemos school district is highly ranked as well - also near Lansing. I wouldn't consider them though - Lansing is very econmically depressed right now - business are closing left and right due to automotive plant closings - definitely not the place to relocate to.

jen · Kate Spade

Hmmm, I know the principal at Bloomfield Hills high school but to sub there would be an hour drive. I'll def. want to apply to work there after I graduate though. I was also looking at Warren schools because there isn't much of a drive and it's $100 a day to sub which is good for the area. Thanks for the recs ladies!

hotcocoa · Kate Spade

sorry i totally misunderstood your question the first time around!

where are you, jen? are you talking about the city of warren or warren consolidated schools?

jen · Kate Spade

Warren school system-like Wayne memorial, Romulus etc. because I know teachers at those two schools. I'd like whatever school I sub at to be within 30 minutes of either Ann Arbor or Monroe.