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By Carolyn Marnon – Gage Waterkamp of Wayne took 2nd place among Franklin Middle School students in the Young Inventors Showcase last month. Young Inventors is a contest that was open to students at six middle schools in the Livonia, Clarenceville and Wayne-Westland school...

Wayne-Westland Community Schools will offer district residents a Schools of Choice program for the 2017-2018 year for students in kindergarten through grade twelve. The Schools of Choice program provides parents the opportunity to move their child from one school to another...

On the last weekend in January, 13 well-coached teams from eight regional high schools gathered at the University of Michigan campus for the fourth annual Michigan High School Ethics Bowl, to hold an ethics argument and discussion face-off for the state championship — and the...

By Dave Merchant – Varsity high school basketball can be one of the best activities to watch on a cold, snowy Friday night. People from Wayne will warm up when they see how this team plays. One thing is for certain this season. The Wayne Memorial High School Zebras men’s...

By Carolyn Marnon – Amid cuts by the Wayne Westland Community School District to adult education last summer, Tinkham Educational Center moved from where they were located on Venoy Rd. to a wing of Wayne Memorial High School.  Since the move, Tinkham’s alternative high...

Story by Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds  (U.S. Army Africa) – VICENZA, Italy – In most tales of adventure, discovery or heroism the main character faces many challenges throughout his or her own journey. Good, bad, right or wrong, each choice he or she makes will ultimately...

Whatever you think, Think Bigger. This is the challenge posed to students at Franklin and Stevenson Middle Schools. Wayne-Westland Community Schools has partnered with AlphaUSA to sponsor the Young Inventors Contest. The goal of this contest is to inspire young people to develop...

By Dave Merchant –  Sometimes learning to play a high school varsity sport your senior year can be difficult and sometimes all it takes is practice and a few kicks. Wayne Memorial High School Zebra senior Gillian Abicht has played soccer almost her entire life. When she...

By Carolyn Marnon – If you had an empty ceramic bowl sitting on your coffee table or desk, do you think it would make you more aware of the many people suffering throughout the world from hunger? The Empty Bowls Project, a grassroots movement to help end hunger, started in...

By Carolyn Marnon – They may not be going to the state competition, but they still consider themselves winners. According to team member Oliver Gietzen, “We just finished our 2nd district event last week. We didn’t do too well at Waterford (the first event) and had a...