Robin Kay Cooke

Livonia, MI Area Schools

Livonia is home to many excellent schools, including public schools, private schools and colleges. The community is dedicated to providing a safe and encouraging environment for all students to learn and grow in. Parents and teachers work together on a daily basis to ensure that the needs of their students are being met and that they are reaching their full academic potential.

Livonia Public Schools http://www.livoniapublicschools.org/index.cfm

Livonia Public Schools stands as a lighthouse district, a beacon of excellence offering exceptional educational opportunities to all children and serving as a source of pride for the community. As a premier school system, Livonia Public Schools promote a passion for learning and a philosophy that puts the needs of children and their education first.

The Livonia School District is a caring community that knows and lifts every child. All employees, parents and community members appreciate and honor the unique contributions each brings to the education community.

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Livonia Private Schools

Ladywood High School
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Ladywood High School is a Catholic college-preparatory school sponsored by the Felician Sisters following the Franciscan tradition.  We are a community of administrators, faculty, staff, parents and guardians and students who witness Christ to the world through the pursuit of Knowledge, the understanding of Truth and by our action of Service to society.
Ladywood High School seeks to influence and guide the formation of Catholic/Christian women who have an inquiring, tolerant, and liberal personality; who face uncertainty and ambiguity with confidence; and who can formulate creative ways to meet the changes in present and future societies.

St. Michael School
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St. Michael School is a Catholic parish elementary school committed to excellence and uniqueness through extraordinary effort and love.
Our mission is to provide a faith-filled learning environment which fosters academic excellence and cultivates and nurtures the abilities and interests of our students to become proactive independent achievers who mature into leading contributors to society.
St. Michael School was bestowed the prestigious “School of Distinction” award by the Michigan Association of Non-Public Schools (MANS). The “School of Distinction” honor was created by MANS to recognize exemplary non-public schools in Michigan that exceed standards through the accreditation process.

Peace Evangelical Lutheran School
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Here at Peace Lutheran, we offer a complete Christian education for 3 and 4-year-old Preschoolers and grades Kindergarten through 8th grade. We have smaller class sizes with caring teachers, a full educational curriculum, standardized testing, and a complete Computer Lab.  Our Music and Art Programs include Band, Music, Choir, Art and Drama.  Our Sports Programs include Track & Field, Basketball, Cheerleading, Volleyball, Floor Hockey, and Baseball.  We also participate in Spelling Bees, Art Fairs, Math Contests and Forensics

St. Edith Elementary School
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The mission of St. Edith School Community is to focus on the student as our gift and our future. Our mission is to "teach as Jesus did" in an orderly and nurturing environment of love, care and discipline. To this end, we commit to stimulate and enrich students' spiritual, academic, physical, and social development by giving them the basic skills and knowledge that will lead to their maximum potential. St. Edith School exists as an integral part of St. Edith Parish. The opportunity to develop the total person is provided in programs offered from Kindergarten through Grade Eight. We commit and dedicate ourselves to the mission of the St. Edith Parish School to provide quality education in an atmosphere of Catholic values.

Livonia Colleges

Schoolcraft College
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Schoolcraft is a comprehensive, open door, community-based College. The mission of the College is to provide a transformational learning experience designed to increase the capacity of individuals and groups to achieve intellectual, social, and economic goals.
Schoolcraft College is known for its culinary arts program and continuing education. The Schoolcraft Connection is the student-run campus newspaper. Schoolcraft College Athletic program is a part of the National Junior College Athletic Association via the Michigan Community College Athletic Association and the athletic teams' name is the Ocelots.

Eastern Michigan Univ-Livonia Center
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Eastern Michigan University is committed to excellence in teaching, the extension of knowledge through basic and applied research, and creative and artistic expression. Building on a proud tradition of national leadership in the preparation of teachers, we maximize educational opportunities and personal and professional growth for students from diverse backgrounds through an array of baccalaureate, master's and doctoral programs. We provide a student-focused learning environment that positively affects the lives of students and the community. We extend our commitment beyond the campus boundaries to the wider community through service initiatives and partnerships of mutual interest addressing local, regional, national and international opportunities and challenges.

Northwood University
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The mission of Northwood University is to develop the future leaders of a global, free-enterprise society. Known as the school-of-choice for business-minded students of all ages and backgrounds, Northwood University's management and entrepreneurship focus prepares students to become the future leaders of a global, free-enterprise society. With residential campuses in Florida, Michigan, and Texas; Adult Degree Programs for the working professional located strategically across the country; the DeVos Graduate School of Management; and our International Program Centers in Bahrain, Canada, China, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Switzerland, Northwood University offers you the business degree options you need and the college experience you want.

Madonna University
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The mission of Madonna University, a Catholic and Franciscan institution, is to instill in its students Christian humanistic values, intellectual inquiry, a respect for diversity, and a commitment to serving others through a liberal arts education, integrated with career preparation and based on the truths and principles recognized within a Catholic tradition.

Central Michigan University
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We are the 67th largest four-year public institution in the nation and the fourth largest in the state of Michigan. With these distinctions comes an unyielding commitment from our respected faculty and dedicated staff members to provide the best educational experiences possible to advance the personal ambitions and professional goals of our more than 28,000 students and enhance the overall quality of life of people throughout the state, nation and world.
Our impressive breadth of more than 200 academic programs at the bachelor's, master's, specialist and doctoral levels include nationally ranked programs in entrepreneurship, journalism, music, audiology, teacher education, psychology and physician assistant. And CMU is adding to its strong foundation with a program in engineering and through the establishment of a new school of medicine, which will serve the health care needs of central and northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula.