Howell Area Education

Education

Excellence in Education

Howell is a dynamic, growing school community with a focus on excellence in education that is strongly supported by teachers, parents, citizens and business people. Construction of a second high school, renovation of the existing high school and middle schools, improvement of technology in all buildings and updating athletic facilities are a direct result of this community support and its call to action through the passage of a bond request for additional funding.

Howell Public Schools is a consolidated school district, with an enrollment of approximately 8,700. Many of the schools are classified as state exemplary schools. The school district consists of some of the most modern and best-equipped schools in the state: a large high school with separate freshman campus, two middle schools and seven elementary schools. Ground-breaking ceremonies for a second high school took place in 2004, with a grand opening set for 2007.

In 2005, Howell Public Schools was invited to participate in the Michigan Scholars Program, a pilot of the Center for State Scholars in Washington, D.C. The goal of the program is to encourage high school students to take a more demanding course of study and is designed to advance rigor in the core courses, in a journey toward educating students about what is required to be successful in life after high school.

The Howell area community takes great pride in its commitment to quality, life-long education. Support comes from teachers, parents, citizens and the business community. Howell Public Schools takes an active role in the community, and is site host for the Michigan Challenge Balloonfest and Livingston County Home Show.

Howell Public Schools

The Ruahmah J. Hutchings elementary school, the newest of Howell's seven elementary schools, opened in September 2003.

411 N. Highlander Way
Howell, MI 48843
(517) 548-6200

howellschools.com

Quick Facts:

Estimated enrollment: 8,700
Number of Exemplary Schools: 7
Number of elementary schools: 7
Number of middle schools: 2
Howell High School (grades 10-12)
Howell High School freshman campus

Private Schools and Special Needs:

Additional private schools service students in the Howell area. St. Joseph’s School is a Catholic elementary school for preschool through eighth grade. Hidden Springs Christian School enrolls grades kindergarten through eighth. Livingston Christian Schools serves students from preschool though grade nine. The Charyl Stockwell Academy, a State of Michigan charter school, offers opportunities for students in grades kindergarten through eighth.

Students who have special needs are served in cooperation with the Livingston Educational Service Agency. Classes for the physically and emotionally impaired and learning disabled are offered in Howell at all grade levels.

Charyl Stockwell Academy

csaschool.com

(810) 632-2200

Hidden Springs Christian School

hiddenspringschurch.org

(517) 546-2417

Livingston Christian School

livingstonchristianschools.org

(517) 546-5501

Livingston Educational Service Agency

lesa.k12.mi.us

(517) 546-5550

St. Joseph's Catholic Church School

stjosephhowell.com

(517) 546-1380

Community support for Howell Public Schools.

Additional High School Opportunities

Kensington Woods High School offers high school students in grades 9-12 a college preparatory curriculum. A Michigan Scholars Program participant, KWHS provides students with small class sizes and individualized attention.

Dual-enrollment programs with Cleary University offer KWHS students Cleary business and/or an information technology (I.T.) programs. Kensington Woods is a tuition-free, state-funded high school providing accredited high school diplomas.

Kensington Woods High School

kensingtonwoodshs.com

(517) 545-0828

Community and Technical Education:

The Community Education program in Howell serves the entire community offering educational and leisure-time classes to everyone from preschoolers to senior citizens. Brochures describing community education activities and classes are mailed to residents twice per year.

The 30,000 square-foot historic Howell Carnegie District Library has the resources and staff to fully serve the community’s information demands. The library boasts extensive programs for children and adults, access to copiers, computers and meeting rooms and over 325,000 items in circulation, including books, audios, videos, magazines, newspapers, microfilm and archived material.

The Livingston Regional Michigan Technical Education Center (M-TEC) offers training in electricity, tool and die, machine maintenance, information technology, building trades and other high skill occupations. Classes are designed to meet the needs of area employers and their employees, allowing students to enroll in short courses and attend classes at a time conducive with work schedules. M-TEC is run by Mott Community College.

Howell-based Operating Engineers 324 Education Center features a structural collapse recovery training program and curriculum based on FEMA standards. The instructional facility is a 515-acre site located at 275 East Highland Road/M-59. The site is designed to accommodate training opportunities for building and trench collapses, search and rescue dogs, uniformed emergency workers, emergency and heavy equipment operation, and disaster simulations. Firefighters, emergency responders, search and rescue workers, emergency management coordinators and heavy equipment operators are among the professionals the facility's amenities and training opportunities are designed to serve.

Howell Carnegie District Library

howelllibrary.org

(517) 546-0720

Howell Community Education

(517) 548-6281

Livingston Regional M-TEC (Michigan Technical Education Center)

livingstonmtec.org

(517) 552-2163

Operating Engineers 324 Education Center

oe324jatf.org

(517) 546-9610

Higher Education:

Higher education is easily accessible in the Howell area. Cleary University has a campus in Howell that offers a wide variety of educational opportunities, including a newly added executive MBA program. An expansion of the school's Livingston County campus is currently underway, with the construction of the Lloyd and Mabel Johnson Center for Business and Community Excellence. The facility will be available for conferences, convocations and other events and features classrooms, a student lounge, a reception area, wireless networking, overhead projection and video conferencing.

Howell is located mid-way between two Big Ten universities: Michigan State University in East Lansing and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Either school is approximately a 40-minute drive from Howell, offering all the educational advantages of large universities as well as cultural and sporting opportunities.

Lansing Community College has an extension center located in Howell, which is the largest of the school’s branch facilities. Undergraduate courses are available at Central Michigan University’s Livingston County Complex. Eastern Michigan University’s local campus opened in Livingston County in fall 2003. Professional development certificates and associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees are available at the Ferris State University-Center for Extended Learning, which opened in fall 2005.

For adults interested in non-credit college-level courses, the newly formed Adult Center for Enrichment (A.C.E.) offers quarterly classes at the Lansing Community College Livingston County Center.

Adult Center for Enrichment (A.C.E.)

acelc.org

(810) 229-0020

Cleary University

cleary.edu

(517) 548-3670

Central Michigan University

cmich.edu

(517) 337-8360

Eastern Michigan University-Brighton

ce.emich.edu

(810) 225-0361

Ferris State University-Center for Extended Learning

ferris.edu/ucel