school district
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations.
North America United States
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headquartered in
Northville, Michigan
Northville is a city in Oakland and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,119 at the 2020 census.
Northville is a suburb of Metro Detroit and is located about west of the city of Detroit and northeast of Ann Arbo ...
The Detroit News
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''. September 3, 2004. Metro 3D. Retrieved on April 29, 2011. "Northville Schools are seeing an additional 300 students a year as more homes are built in the area. The district encompasses all or parts of Northville and Novi, along with Northville Township, Salem Township and the city of South Lyon." - Despite the statement on South Lyon, the district includes parts of Lyon Charter Township (which may have South Lyon addresses) but not South Lyon itself.
The district operates six
elementary schools
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, two
middle schools
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, one
high school
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and two special education buildings. The district serves approximately 6,110 students in its
K–12
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program, 250 students in its
special education
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program, and 850 students in its
pre-school
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/child-care programs.
History
Around 2005, the district had a constant increase of 300 students per year.
Service area
Within Wayne County the school serves the county's portion of Northville and most of Northville Township. Within Oakland County the school serves that county's portion of Northville, as well as Novi Township, the southwestern part of the city of Novi, and a southeastern part of Lyon Charter Township. Within
Washtenaw County
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The languages other than English most common in the district, as of 2013, were
Arabic
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,
Chinese
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* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
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,
Gujarati
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* something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India
* Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat
* Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them
* Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub ...
,
Hindi
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,
Japanese
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* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
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** Japanese diaspor ...
,
Korean
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People and culture
* Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula
* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
** ...
Spanish
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**Spanish cuisine
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,
Tamil
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* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
,
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
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German
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**Germania (historical use)
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Archive . Northville Public Schools. p. 136 (3/6). Retrieved on March 4, 2014. "English Language Learning (ELL) Coordinator Rick Rojas spoke about the following topics: ELL Demographics, Coordination of Services; ELL Program’s Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives, Support for Parents and the Next Steps. Mr. Rojas said languages most represented in Northville Public Schools (NPS) are Chinese, Telugu, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, and German."
Schools
;High school
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Northville High School
Northville High School is the public high school of Northville Public Schools located in Northville Charter Township, Michigan, with a Northville postal address.
Within Wayne County the school serves most of Northville Township and the county' ...
(Northville Township, grades 9–12, known as the Mustangs, opened 1959, moved to current facility in 2000. Northville High School will start its own ASD classroom for students with moderate to severe autism.
;Middle schools
*Hillside Middle School (Northville), grades 6–8, known as the Raiders, opened 2000, housed in the original Northville High School building. Hillside also houses the District wide's ASD classroom, K–5 for moderately to severely challenged students with Autism. As well as the special needs cross-categorical classroom and some classes for the Cooke School Students.(Colors are red and black)
*Meads Mill Middle School (Northville Township), grades 6–8, known as the Patriots, opened 1976. (Colors are maroon and gold)
Hillside and Meads Mill have a fierce but friendly rivalry. A football match is held between the two schools annually. The official football "helmet" is given to the winning school for a year, until the next annual football match occurs. (Colors are red and black)
However, they currently have combined a football team between the two schools.
;Elementary schools
*Amerman Elementary School (Northville), grades K–5, known as the Bobcats, opened 1955, houses ALPS gifted learning program.
*Moraine Elementary School (Northville Township), grades K–5, known as the Penguins, opened 1966. Moraine also houses the district wide Cross-Categorical classroom.
*Ridgewood Elementary School (Northville Township), grades K–5, known as the Rockets, opened 2003.
*Silver Springs Elementary School (Northville Township), known as the Eagles, grades K–5.
*Thornton Creek Elementary School (Novi), grades K–5, known as the Gators, opened 1994. Thornton Creek also houses the District wide's ASD classroom, K–5 for moderately to severely challenged students with Autism.
*Winchester Elementary School (Northville Township), grades K–5, known as the Dragons, opened 1975.
Special Education buildings
*Cooke School, opened 2000, originally opened as Cooke Junior High School and became special education building after Hillside Middle School opened in former high school building.
*Old Village School has 4 classrooms in Hillside Middle School in addition to its own building, was Northville High School in the early 1900s and later on an elementary school.