Kalamazoo Public Schools is a

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headquartered in

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. Graduates of the district are eligible to receive scholarships through the

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, a program launched in 2005 and funded by anonymous donors. The district operates 31 schools. The district includes the majority of Kalamazoo, all of Westwood, and most of

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. It also includes sections of the following townships: Comstock,

, Oshtemo, and

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Scholarship program

Every resident graduate of the Kalamazoo Public Schools is provided with a scholarship for up to 100% of tuition and mandatory fee costs for four years at any public university or community college in Michigan, starting with the class of 2006. This program is known as the

. Books and room and board are not included. To receive any assistance, a student must live within the Kalamazoo Public School District boundaries and would have had to attend since at least ninth grade. Sixty-five percent of that student's tuition would be paid. The scale goes up from there, with eighth graders receiving 70 percent of their tuition paid, 75 percent for seventh graders, 80 percent for sixth, 85 percent for fifth, 90 percent for fourth, and 95 for first through third graders. Resident students attending schools in the district from kindergarten through high school graduation will have 100 percent of their tuition and fees paid. In 2014, it was announced that 15 private colleges would also be included as Promise-eligible schools. In 2015,

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of Kalamazoo received

' national Unsung Heroes

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in recognition of elementary school programs aimed at overcoming cultural and language barriers faced by students.

Schools

Publicly funded schools in the Kalamazoo Public Schools district include:

Elementary schools

* Arcadia Elementary * Edison Environmental Science Academy * El Sol Elementary * Greenwood Elementary * Indian Prairie Elementary * King-Westwood Elementary * Lincoln International Studies School * Milwood Elementary * Northeastern Elementary * Northglade Montessori Magnet School * Prairie Ridge Elementary * Parkwood-Upjohn Elementary * Spring Valley Center for Exploration * Washington Writers' Academy * Winchell Elementary * Woods Lake Elementary: A Magnet Center for the Arts * Woodward School For Technology and Research

Middle schools

* Alternative Learning Program (ALP) * Hillside Middle School * Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts * Milwood Magnet School: A Center for Math, Science and Technology * Linden Grove Middle School

High schools

* Loy Norrix High School *

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Kalamazoo Central High School Kalamazoo Central High School is a public high school in Kalamazoo, Michigan serving students from ninth through twelfth grades. It was the first public high school in Michigan. It began operating in 1858 and graduated its first class of five men a ...

* Phoenix High School

References

External links

* School districts in Michigan Education in Kalamazoo, Michigan {{Michigan-school-stub