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

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Hey hey Grosse Pointe! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☕️️

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.
   

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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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  • 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

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-- 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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