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Excellence in Education
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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. Howell Public Schools is a consolidated school district and is the largest district in Livingston County, with an enrollment of over 8,400. 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 with a large high school as well as a separate freshman campus, two middle schools and seven elementary schools.
Howell High School offers four programs of study: a basic course, a general course, a vocational or technical course and a college-bound course. An advanced-placement program allows college-bound students to attain college credits in English, chemistry, biology, calculus, computer science, U.S. history, French, art, government, physics and modern European history.
Through a county-wide School-to-Work Program, business and industry are working with the public schools to make available real world work experiences for every student before high school graduation.
Howell Public Schools
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The Ruahmah J. Hutchings elementary school, the newest of Howell's seven elementary schools, opened in September 2003.
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411 N. Highlander Way
Howell, MI 48843
517.548.6200
howellschools.com
Quick Facts:
Number of elementary schools: 7
Number of middle schools: 2
Howell High School (grades 10-12)
Howell High School freshman campus
Additional High School Opportunities
Kensington Woods High School (KWHS) (www.kwoods.org) offers high school students a college preparatory curriculum. Dual-enrollment programs with Cleary University offer KWHS students business and/or an information technology programs. KWHS provides students with small class sizes and individualized attention. Kensington Woods is a tuition-free, state-funded charter high school providing accredited high school diplomas.
 Private Schools and Special Needs:
Additional private schools service students in the Howell area. St. Joseph’s School (www.stjosephhowell.com) is a Catholic elementary school for preschool through eighth grade. Livingston Christian Schools (www.livingstonchristianschools.org) serves students from preschool through twelfth grade. The Charyl Stockwell Academy (www.csaschool.org), 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 (www.lesa.k12.mi.us). Classes for the physically and emotionally impaired and learning disabled are offered in Howell at all grade levels.
Community and Technical Education:
The 30,000 square-foot historic Howell Carnegie District Library (www.howelllibrary.org) 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 a vast collection of items in circulation, including books, audios, videos, magazines, newspapers, microfilm and archived material.
The Mott Community College Livingston M-TEC (Michigan Technical Education Center) (www.livingstonmtec.org) 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.
Howell-based Operating Engineers 324 Education Center (www.oe324jatf.org) features a structural collapse recovery training program and curriculum based on FEMA standards. The instructional facility is a 515-acre site 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. Use of the facility was recently donated to the FBI, state and local police for "post-blast" car bombing training. Students were required to process the scenes from real-life scenarios intentionally set up by experts.
Higher Education:
Higher education is easily accessible in the Howell area. Cleary University (www.cleary.edu) has a campus in Howell that offers a wide variety of educational opportunities, including undergraduate and graduate programs such as the newly added MBA Green Business Strategy program. Lansing Community College (www.lansing.cc.mi.us) has an extension center located in Howell High School's Parker campus, which is the largest of the school’s branch facilities. Undergraduate courses will be available in early 2010 through Spring Arbor University’s Livingston County location (www.arbor.edu). Eastern Michigan University’s (www.emich.edu) local campus in Brighton offers master's programs, an undergraduate nursing program and certification and endorsement options.
Numbers to Know:
Central Michigan University
517.337.8360
Cleary University
517.548.3670
Eastern Michigan University
810.225.0361
Howell Carnegie District Library
517.546.0720
Howell Community Education
517.548.6281
Howell Public Schools
517.548.6200
Kensington Woods High School
517.545.0828
Lansing Community College
517.545.3522
Livingston Educational Service Agency
517.546.5550
Mott Community College - Livingston M-TEC
517.552.2163
Spring Arbor University
517.882.2000
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