This 810 Kids! feature is a part of our monthly digital issue sponsored by the Michigan Fitness Foundation and its supporters the Crim Fitness Foundation, Genesee Intermediate School District and TheHUB Flint. Subscribe to receive the full newsletter. More than 56,000 students will be eligible for the state’s summer meal program, formally known as the Summer Electronic Benefit […]
A popular afterschool program serving Flint’s youth is welcoming new students aboard. YouthQuest, a 32-week extracurricular initiative that provides activities structured around academics, physical fitness, science, math, technology, and leadership development, begins Sept. 17 at more than a dozen Genesee County schools. “YouthQuest offers a safe place for students to explore new interests and build […]
The wheels on the bus lead to Flint Community Schools, but not without qualified operators. Professional drivers are needed to ensure timely and safe delivery of students. Even though classes have begun and youth are already making the transition from lazy summer mornings to early routines that include boarding coaches, slots for part-time bus operators […]
Students can find resources for the coming semester and more at the “Community Back 2 School Extravaganza” Aug. 28. Free bus transportation will be available from local Flint Community Schools locations to Northwestern High School, G-2138 W. Carpenter Road, where the program will be held from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 28. Open enrollment, […]
The Flint Community Schools (FCS) Board of Education has opened a formal search process for the superintendent position and hopes to identify a new leader for the district by September. Interim Superintendent Gregory Weatherspoon has been serving on a temporary basis since March 2018. Candidates must have prior K-12 teaching experience; the ability to be […]
Parent, friends and teachers celebrated the graduation of 223 Flint Community Schools students on June 6 at Whiting Auditorium. Graduates were from Flint Southwestern Classical Academy, Flint Northwestern and the Accelerated Learning Academy. “I will remember this night forever,” says Malika Triplett, Flint Southwestern Classical Academy graduate. “My classmates and I have worked hard to […]
Flint’s children will start to see things more clearly with support from one of the city’s native sons. Tom Gores, Detroit Pistons owner and founder of the FlintNOW Foundation, is partnering with the Vision To Learn nonprofit to help local students receive the eyewear they need to excel. Vision To Learn serves low-income youth in […]
Some people are satisfied with a 9-to-5 routine and a career that lasts most of their lifetime. Not Deria Brown. The owner of Glam Box Boutique is always looking for her next challenge. “I need to constantly reinvent myself,” she says. “Sometimes I ask myself when it will be enough, but that fire, it just […]
Thousands of children who may have been exposed to elevated levels of lead in the Flint water supply will now be screened to see if they need special education or health care services. The testing comes after an agreement was reached by attorneys for Flint school children with the Michigan Department of Education, Genesee Intermediate […]
The city of Flint’s water quality has tested below action levels of the federal Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) for nearly two years, representing four consecutive 6-month monitoring periods, according to a report issued today by the Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Preliminary data for the first half of the current 6-month monitoring period […]