🌱 Patch AM: How a Rotary exchange student is embracing life in Grosse Pointe

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Rotary exchange student is embracing life in Grosse Pointe
• Meet the former GPPSS leader still shaping local schools and tech

Also on today's calendar: Free Trunk or Treat and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the hospital? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 56 degrees.
• Saturday: High clouds and warm, temps: high: 76, low: 58.
• Sunday: Some rain, with a high of 64 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Rotary Youth Exchange takes center stage (grossepointenews.com) — An Italian Rotary Youth Exchange student is settling into life in Grosse Pointe, staying with a local host family and even trying out for the Grosse Pointe South cheerleading team. She's improving her English, exploring local favorites, and will soon speak to the Rotary Club about her experience, highlighting how residents' support helps international students feel at home here.
   

• It's all about education for this Pointer (grossepointenews.com) — A longtime Grosse Pointe schools administrator has shifted into a new education strategy role while remaining deeply tied to the Grosse Pointe community. He and his wife are raising four daughters in local public schools, and he still supports GPPSS through consulting and his in-home tech help business, underscoring his continued investment in local families and classrooms.
   

📸 Around Grosse Pointe

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Grosse Pointe

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 10
• Music From Mozart to Mercury →
  Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church, 17150 Maumee Avenue, Grosse Pointe
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday October 11
• Grosse Pointe Solemn Vigil for Peace and Justice →
  Corner of Kercheval and St Clair, 17030 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe
  7:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• The GUD Band →
  Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, 97 Kercheval St, Grosse Pointe Farms
  6:30 pm
Thursday October 15
• Alexander Zonjic →
  Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, 97 Kercheval St, Grosse Pointe Farms
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Pétanque in the Woods →
  Ghesquiere Park, 19955 Mack Ave., Grosse Pointe Woods
• Free Trunk or Treat →
  St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, 375 Lothrop Rd, Grosse Pointe Farms
  2:30 pm
• Third Annual Grosse Pointe Witches Ride →
  High Pointe Burger Jointe, 369 Fisher Road, Grosse Pointe
  3:00 pm
• Alexander Zonjic →
  Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, 97 Kercheval St, Grosse Pointe Farms
  6:30 pm
Wednesday October 21
• The GUD Band →
  Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, 97 Kercheval St, Grosse Pointe Farms
  6:30 pm
Thursday October 22
• Lady Champagne →
  Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, 97 Kercheval St, Grosse Pointe Farms
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday October 9
• Pastries with Dr. Pitts
  Carleton Elementary School Detroit, MI 48224
  8:00 am
• Clarkston Everest at University Liggett →
  University Liggett High School, Grosse Pointe Woods
  4:30 pm
• Homecoming Parade
  Lincoln Park High School Lincoln Park, MI 48146
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Roseville Community Schools posted a job opening for Lead Cook - Fountain Elementary in Roseville. Apply here.
• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Roseville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Grosse Pointe here.

🗞 Nearby News

Grosse Pointe Park

• Park pair participate in Tunnel to Towers 5K (grossepointenews.com)
• Employees get loan program (grossepointenews.com)
• Lucy Ann Miller Riley (grossepointenews.com)

Grosse Pointe Farms

• Dimensional Fund Advisors Reports 4.7% Ownership Stake in Saga Communications (kalkinemedia.com)
• Farms Autumn Harvest is Saturday (grossepointenews.com)

Ok Grosse Pointe! 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: "Why did the cookie go to the hospital?" — Because he felt crummy. (Thank you Sanda J. for sending it in!)
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