Here’s a sneak peek of the KWoods Art Show up now at the Green Oak Barnes and Noble. Want to see it in person AND help send our students to Germany? Come shop Friday night from 6-9pm during the KWoods/B&N Bookfair. You can also check out J Gabriel Gates signing books at 6pm, Santa reading the Polar Express at 7pm, and the KWoods Talent Show at 7:30pm!
Crescent Academy in Southfield is hosting a grand opening and ribbon cutting in celebration of their expansion into a second building that has been specifically designed for their young scholars; Kindergarten through second grade. The event will take place on Monday, December 5, 2011 at 8 a.m. at 17550 West Twelve Mile Rd, Southfield, Michigan 48076 (between Greenfield and Southfield Rd). Refreshments will be served and guests are asked to RSVP to (248)423-4581
Crescent Academy, authorized by Bay Mills Community College, has seen steadily increasing enrollment for the last five years and has grown from 200 students to over 600, with an extensive waiting list. Ms. Cherise Monet Cupidore, Superintendent, had this to say about the growth and building expansion, “Over the years we have intentionally focused on both the academic and social-emotional needs of our students and have created a successful program the provides services and academic programs from breakfast to bedtime”, she went on to say, “We have created an atmosphere that fosters a sense of possibility, accomplishment and acceptance; our students thrive here and parents want to enroll their children.”
Crescent Academy provides extensive wrap around services to students and their families including three hot meals a day, laundry services, Saturday School, Summer School, after school academic enrichment, Homework Club for high school students and extracurricular activities. While located in Southfield, ninety percent of the students are from Detroit and eighty- five percent live at the poverty level. Crescent Academy provides round trip bussing to pre-arranged locations in Detroit during the school year and for Saturday and Summer school.