Congratulations, retirees!

Thirty-four Troy School District employees were honored at a Board of Education meeting after announcing their retirements from the District. See the list of those employees retiring this year and their service to the District by clicking HERE.

Educators honored as "Teacher of the Year" nominees

(Top row left to right: Susan Pickering, Mark Cavataio, Debbie Brorson; Bottom row, left to right: Pamela Mulligan, Glenn Rexer, Gretchen Vogelei)

SIx Troy School District teachers were recently honored at a Board of Education meeting as nominees for Teacher of the Year. These exemplary educators were nominated by parents, students and their fellow teachers for their abililty to inspire, teach, motivate and encourage young minds. Without exception, every nominee is a teacher who goes above and beyond each and every day. We salute the following nominees and thank them for their service to our students: Susan Pickering (Media Specialist--Boulan Park MS and Smith MS), Mark Cavataio (Wass Elementary), Debbie Brorson (Schroeder Elementary), Pamela Mulligan (Hill Elementary), Glenn Rexer (Smith Middle School) and Gretchen Vogelei (Martell Elementary.)

Mr. Cavataio was also named the TSD Elementary School Teacher of the Year and Mrs. Pickering was named the TSD Middle School and Overall Teacher of the Year.

Morse students win prestigious science competition

If your car has ever slid in slippery conditions, there‘s no doubt you‘ll appreciate the vision of four fifth-grade students at Morse Elementary School. This remarkable team designed a safer tire—and were named Regional Winners of ExploraVision, a national science contest with some pretty stiff competition.

Siddarth Marthi, Henry Barton, Prashant Shanakar, and Sribharat Koripella worked with teacher Jodi Martin to envision a smart car with tires that adjust to road conditions, like rain or sleet. Their invention, called "The Tread Transforming Smart Car" uses satellite technology to recognize whether conditions, then sends a message to the car‘s computer that a certain tread would be the safest for those conditions. Electromagnets would be placed inside the tires and a current would be injected to change the tread.

The team, with the support of parent/mentors Kenneth Barton and Bascer Marthi, submitted the idea to the ExploraVision competition—and it was selected among 4800 entries. As part of their prize, each student received an underwater camera and Morse received a Toshiba laptop.
 
The Morse Smart Car project now advances to the national competition with 24 other projects across the country. The team will work to devise a website for their proposal—and hope to hear in April that they are national winners!
If you would like to read more about the project—and what the Morse team accomplished, see this story in the Troy Times or visit ExploraVision.

Baker MS Show Choir wows judges at choral festival!

The Baker 8th Grade Show Choir received a rating of “excellent” at the MSVMA District Choral Festival at Stoney Creek High School on Wednesday, March 14th. 

The choir performed two pieces and sight read in front of a panel of judges. 

Baker Singers did an outstanding job and qualified for State Choral Festival.

Bravo Baker!

March is Reading Month! What is your child reading?

Throughout the Troy School Districts, students are engaged in activities for March is Reading Month. From special incentives to "read-ins" to celebrity guest readers, the entire school community is excited to read, read read!

Ask your child what he or she is doing for Reading Month.

Here, Dr. Barbara Fowler, Superintendent of Schools, reads to First Grade students at Bemis Elementary.

Charity b-ball game pits TSD staff vs. Firefighters/parents

Come Support Relay for Life in the Annual Charity Basketball Game, which began in 2006 with a group from Smith MIddle School. Every year it gets bigger and better!

This year's game features TSD staff taking on mixed team of Troy Firefighters and Troy parents and promises to be a great mixture of competitive play and good fun.

The game will be held at Larson Middle School on Friday, March 23 at 6:30 p.m. For more information on how you can get involved, check out this FLYER.

Athens students raise more than $35,000 during Charity Week

AHS Student Council Members, along with the entire student body and staff, raised $35,113.41 this week for the I Got Your Backs foundation, an organization that educates, impacts and inspires hope in youth in need. (The photo was taken before the Charity Dance Friday night.) The foundation honors the memory of Isaac Loughrige whose life was cut short due to contracting H1N1 flu virus and acute pneumonia. Click HERE For more information on the foundation.

AHS students contributed from their own pockets and held fundraisers and challenges all week long. Charity week at Athens has become a tradition of giving that grows bigger every year. We salute these students and staff for their tireless efforts to give of themselves and their time.

BPMS and Smith Math clubs score big at recent tourney

Congratulations to the Boulan Park Math Club team on winning the Oakland County Mathcounts Tournament at Novi Middle School on Saturday, Feb 11. 

That marks two weeks in a row that Boulan Park beat the best schools in Oakland County! 

Smith Middle School also did well, finishing 3rd, and will advance to the State Mathcounts Tournament!

Martell student art project featured as part of Detroit's Heidelberg Project

An work of art by Martell students entitled "Recycled Dreams" is now on display at the Heidelberg Project in Detroit. The piece was selected for inclusion and can be seen for the next two weekends next to the "Number House." For directions to the Heidelberg Project, click HERE

Parent/Staff Contact Manager Account Instructions

Please click on the logo on the right for step by step instructions about how to set up your Parent Contact Manager account. In order to activate your account, you need your child's student identification number and you must call in from a phone associated with your child (your home phone or a cell phone you provided when you registered your child in the Troy School District.) The instructions spell this all out. If you don't see a blue box with the SM logo to your right, please click HERE.

FAQ about creating a Parent Contact Manager Account.

Having trouble clicking on the Parent Contact link? Try this one.

What about TEXT messages? Important info you need to know if you want to receive text messages. You MUST opt-in.

Problems, questions? Please email kbirmingham@troy.k12.mi.us.

Outstanding Support Staff Employee of the Year

Linda Tackett, Special Education Health Care Aide at Baker Middle School, was honored by the Troy Board of Education as the 2012 Outstanding Support Staff Member.

Mrs. Tackett is praised by parents, colleagues and students for her compassion and dedication to all students. Congratulations, Mrs. Tackett!

SCHOOLS OF CHOICE
Lottery results

All lists are alphabetical by student last name. The Baker Middle School list also includes grade level.

Click HERE for the results of the Kindergarten lottery.
Click HERE for the results of the First Grade lottery.
Click HERE for the results of the Baker MS lottery.

Reminder--there are 100 spots available in Kindergarten, 30 spots in First Grade and 25 spots at Baker Middle School. If your child's number is lower than or equal to those numbers, you will receive information regarding registration on May 1st. Those students have until May 18th to register. After that date, students will lose their spot and we go to the next name on the lottery list.

You may notice that the lists do not begin with the number 1. This is because state regulations dictate that siblings of our current Schools of Choice students are admitted first, so those students occupy the first spots in our Schools of Choice program.

Exciting changes for Kindergarten 2012-13

We are happy to announce that the Troy School District will offer free, Full-Day Kindergarten beginning in the 2012-13 school year.

Dr. Joan Firestone, Director of Early Childhood for the Oakland Intermediate School District, gave a presentation to parents on February 15th regarding the benefits of Full-Day Kindergarten for all students.

To watch her presentation, click HERE.

(NOTE: If you wish to watch the presentation from a computer within the Troy School District, click HERE.)

Facilities Study Report

Members of the Facilities Study Team presented their report to the Board of Education on February 14th. You can see their presentation HERE. We sincerely thank the dedicated members of this team for their hard work, dedication and professional during this extensive project.

(NOTE: If you wish to watch the presentation from a computer within the Troy School District, click HERE.)

TSD Newsletters

Want to read about all the great things going on in the Troy School District? Click HERE for the latest e-newsletter!

School Messenger is here!

Parents--please click on the logo above for step by step instructions about how to set up your Parent Contact Manager account. In order to activate your account, you need your child's student identification number and you must call a toll free number from a phone associated with your child (your home phone or a cell phone you provided when you registered your child in the Troy School District.) The instructions spell this all out. If you don't see a blue box with the SM logo to your upper left, please click HERE.

FAQ about creating a Parent Contact Manager Account.

Having trouble clicking on the Parent Contact link? Try this one.

What about TEXT messages? Important info you need to know if you want to receive text messages. You MUST opt-in.

Problems, questions? Please email schoolmessengersupport@troy.k12.mi.us.

2010-11 TSD Annual Report Cover Letter

2010-11 TSD Full Annual Report

Click on the logo above for Budget 2011-12 and updates on issues facing TSD
NEW on site: Public comments from Budget Hearings and Suggestion Box

Superintendent's Update

Click here to see Dr. Fowler's presentation to our school community.

Click here to see a video of Dr. Fowler's presentation on computers outside school buildings.

Click here to see a video of Dr. Fowler's presentation on computers inside school buildings.