🌱 Patch AM: What Dexter’s latest school enrollment numbers reveal about diversity and funding

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In today's newsletter:

• What Dexter's latest school enrollment numbers reveal about diversity and funding
• How Dexter's Troop 477 learned to crew a 52-foot sailboat
• Dexter community mourns the passing of Gary Grant Robinson

Also on today's calendar: Drop-In Lego Club for Grades K-8 and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 82 and low of 59 degrees.
• Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 77, low: 55.
• Sunday: Partly sunny with a shower, with a high of 77 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 1 American Indian student enrolled at Dexter Early Elementary Complex in 2024-25 (annarbortimes.com) — Dexter families can see how enrollment and diversity are shifting at Dexter Early Elementary Complex, which had 734 students and its first American Indian student in 2024-25. The report also notes similar representation at other Dexter schools and explains how Michigan's increased per-pupil funding supports local classrooms and meals.
   

• Dexter Boy Scouts Go On a Great Lakes Sailing Adventure (thesuntimesnews.com) — Dexter's Boy Scout Troop 477 spent nearly a week crewing a 52-foot training sailboat on Lakes Michigan and Huron, learning real-world navigation, safety, and sailing skills. Scouts rotated above- and below-deck duties, plotted routes through smoky conditions from Canadian wildfires, and capped days with small-town stops from Hessel to Cheboygan.
   

• Gary Grant Robinson (thesuntimesnews.com) — Dexter is mourning the sudden July 22 passing of resident Gary Grant Robinson, a beloved husband to Mary Elizabeth Robinson of Dexter and a kind, generous friend and family member. A highly educated archaeologist and author, he chose cremation, with a private family memorial planned in Traverse City and suggested donations to the Humane Society.
   

📸 Around Dexter

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dexter

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Monday August 24
• We the People: Quakers and the Birth of the American Anti-Slavery M
  Dexter District Library Dexter, MI 48130
  7:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Red Cross Blood Drive
  Dexter District Library Dexter, MI 48130
  10:00 am
Wednesday August 26
• Wild For Woodpeckers - Session 1
  Dexter District Library Dexter, MI 48130
  11:00 am
• Wild For Woodpeckers - Session 2
  Dexter District Library Dexter, MI 48130
  1:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• One-on-One Technology Help
  Dexter District Library Dexter, MI 48130
• Gentle Restorative Yoga for Stress and Anxiety Relief
  Dexter District Library Dexter, MI 48130
  9:30 am
• Marching Band
  Dexter High School Dexter, MI 48130
  5:00 pm
Monday August 31
• Mill Creek Back-to-School Bash (kids only)
  Mill Creek Middle School Dexter, MI 48130
  4:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Drop-In Lego Club for Grades K-8 →
  Dexter District Library, 3255 Alpine, Dexter
  4:30 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Chess Club for Kids and Teens →
  Dexter District Library, 3255 Alpine, Dexter
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 21
• Rumpus Shakedown - The Mighty Swells - NO COVER →
  The Rumpus Room, 510 N Main St, Chelsea
  7:00 pm
Monday August 24
• BOE Regular Mtg
  Whitmore Lake Public Schools Whitmore Lake High School, 7430 Whitmore Lake Rd, Whitmore Lake\
  7:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Building PD
  Ann Arbor STEAM Ann Arbor, MI 48104
  8:30 am
• Food Pantry-Whitmore Lake Area Human Services →
  Whitmore Lake Area Human Services, 9075 Brookside Dr, Whitmore Lake
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Busch's, Inc. posted a job opening for Produce Floral Manager Assistant (Full Time) in Dexter. Apply here.
• Brio Living Services - Pace of Southwest Michigan posted a job opening for Housekeeper: Full-time 2:30pm to 11pm in Chelsea. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dexter here.

🗞 Nearby News

Chelsea

• Chelsea Schools Bringing the Kitchen Back to Pierce Lake (thesuntimesnews.com)
• Chelsea High School Again Ranked as a Premier Public High School (thesuntimesnews.com)
• Human Skull Donated At MI Thrift Store Turned Over To FBI: Police (patch.com)

Ann Arbor

• Ann Arbor Fire Department's Station Four enters homestretch in development (wemu.org)

Ok Dexter! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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