Nearly two and a half years ago the previous presidential administration threatened to ban TikTok in the United States if it did not break away from its Chinese owners. Now, a bipartisan group of senators...
The school board has recently tasked a group of administrators with identifying $3 million in budget reductions by asking them to find places where district spending can be cut or reduced. Some of these...
The Detroit area has recently experienced increased air pollution, which has led to high levels of ozone in the atmosphere. This issue caused the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to reclassify Detroit...
Following the four-hour emergency school board meeting, held on Jan. 19 at Brownell Middle School, questions arose surrounding the future of the adolescent health clinic at Grosse Pointe North High...
On Feb. 1, the College Board released the official curriculum for its new AP African American Studies course. The creation and development of this course led to controversy, especially in Florida where...
At North there are a wide variety of business oriented elective courses for students to choose from, including accounting and finance. Such courses are now going to be a requirement for graduation. ...
On Nov. 14, the GPPSS school board approved the addition of a new English course at North titled “Experiences in Literature.” We asked English department chairs, Kristen Alles and Jonathan Byrne, about...
On May 18, GPPSS was awarded a grant from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to open an Adolescent Health Clinic which will be operated by Beaumont Health. On Nov. 28, the board approved...
The national average ACT score in 2022 reached a record low of 19.8, which is the first time since 1991 when the average fell to below 20 out of 36. Nationally, the math section experienced the biggest...
After nine months of construction, the Woods Library has finally reopened its doors to patrons, with brand new features. Improvements such as a Dream Lab, also known as the Design, Record, Experiment,...
The deadliest hurricane to hit Florida since 1935, Hurricane Ian, struck the southwestern coast of Florida on September 28. Mass destruction followed, leaving homes and businesses either underwater or...
March 14 marked the 54th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to Grosse Pointe South, where he delivered his “The Other America” speech to 3,000 spectators. This was one of King’s...
![QUESTIONS ANSWERED | The event allowed a panel of students from the Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods to ask Dr. Kendi questions regarding the topic of racism and “The Other America”. Senior attendee Maelisa Watkins expresses her gratitude for Dr. Kendi’s advice and the sense of community that was created at the event. “It was truly an amazing experience, just to see all these students coming together for the same cause, to see [Dr. Ibram X. Kendi] being able to answer their questions and to see the discussion that was going on, it was awesome,” Watkins said.](https://northpointenow.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1A8372E3-9957-4E8A-9B24-12AB3EE12874-900x426.jpeg)
