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Arts and Acts festival set in downtown
5 Schools of Choice student spots available
Beer-fest is planned
The Northville Art House
will shine a spotlight on the
imagination, art, talent and
cultural diversity of artists
throughout the region when
the annual Arts and Acts
Festival returns for the
eighth consecutive year June
16-18 in historic downtown
Northville.
The Festival includes the
29th annual juried fine art
show, Art in the Sun, featur-
ing nearly 70 talented artists;
the Sandbox Play Festival
produced by Tipping Point
Theatre; the Short on Words
Literary Contest hosted by
Preservation Dental; musi-
cal entertainment featuring
some of metro Detroit's top
musicians; children's activi-
ties; the 4th annual
Northville Art House Chalk
Festival; the new Young
Artist Juried Art Fair and a
large variety of food and
drink.
Arts and Acts brings
together the community to
celebrate the local arts. With
the exception of the tickets
for the Sandbox Play
Festival, and a recommend-
ed donation for the chalk
festival, Arts and Acts is a
free event. It is also a major
fundraiser for the Northville
Art House. The funds are
used to bring quality art
exhibits and art education to
Northville and the surround-
ing
communities,
a
spokesman said.
Arts and Acts is sponsored
this year by C&L Ward, DTE
Energy, First Presbyterian
Church, The Knickerbocker
Group of Raymond James,
Leaf Filter, Mike Miller
Building Company, Preser-
vation Dental, Renewal by
Anderson, Raymond James &
Associates, TDR Orthod-
ontics, Temo Sunrooms,
Town & Country Eyecare,
and WindowPro.
The festival will take
place from 3-8 p.m. Friday,
June 16, from 10 a.m. until 8
p.m. on Saturday, June 17
and from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Sunday, June 18 in down-
town Northville at the inter-
section of Main and Center
streets.
For more information, call
the Northville Art House,
(248) 344-0497 or visit
.
Northville Public Schools is
now accepting Schools of
Choice applications for the
2017-18 school year.
Applications for the five
openings in the International
Baccalaureate
Diploma
Program at Northville High
School will be accepted until 4
p.m. June 19.
In accordance with the legis-
lated requirements, and in
order to support the district goal
of excellence and equity for all
students, a review of each appli-
cant's eligibility for the Diploma
Program is required using the
same criteria applied to
prospective resident Diploma
Programstudents.
The Northville Public
Schools Section 105 and 105c
(non-resident) Schools of Choice
Application is available through
the district office of human
resources. Completed applica-
tions, including all forms and
recommendations must be
mailed or hand delivered to the
Northville Public Schools
Human Resources Department,
(501 West Main St., Northville,
Michigan, 48167), by the dead-
line. The district is unable to
accept electronic applications.
Applicants found to be ineli-
gible for the Diploma Program
will be notified on or before
June 30. Should the number of
applications approved by the
Diploma ProgramReviewTeam
exceed the five openings, the
school district will use a random
drawing to select the applicants
who will be offered enrollment.
If necessary, the lottery will take
place at 8:30 a.m. June 20 at the
Northville Public Schools Board
of Education offices, also locat-
ed at 501 West Main St.
Northville. Families applying
for limited Schools of Choice
are welcome to attend the lot-
tery drawing. Selected students
will be informed regarding
placement no later than June
30.
Details regarding the lottery
procedures, the Schools of
Choice application, and
answers to frequently asked
questions about the Section 105
and 105c Schools of Choice
option are available on the dis-
trict
website
at
Click on “Families &
Community.”
Once a student is accepted to
open enroll under Section 105
or 105c, he or she may continue
to be enrolled in Northville
Public Schools until graduation
or until he or she withdraws
fromthe program.
Tickets are now available for Tapped
in the 'Ville, the first craft beer festival in
Northville.
The event is planned from noon until 6
p.m. Saturday, June 24, at Millennium
Park in Northville. Tickets can be pur-
chased at
or at the
chamber of commerce office. A limited
number will be available on the day of the
event. The festival will also include food
trucks, live entertainment, and a corn hole
tournament.
“This should be a great event for the
Northville area, “said Jody Humphries,
Northville Chamber of Commerce execu-
tive director. “It's going to be a fun atmos-
phere where our patrons can come and
relax, sample the different beers, enjoy
some unique food options and play a little
cornhole or listen to live entertainment.”
The $30 admission ticket includes 10 3-
ounce tasting tickets, a 12-ounce festival
mug and optional registration for the corn
hole tournament.
For more information, call (248) 349-
7640 or visit
Generous donors
There was an impressive turnout for the first meeting of the 100 Women Who
Care - Northville chapter recently when Northville Civic Concern was chosen to
receive more than $13,000 in donations from the group. Each of the 100 women
wrote a check to the Main Street League, a 501c3 corporation, for dissemination
to Northville Civic Concern. 100 Women Who Care is part of The 100 Who Care
Alliance, a global organization that facilitates philanthropic groups that includes
100 Men Who Care, 100 People Who Care and 100 Kids Who Care in addition to
100 Women Who Care. The next meeting is at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 1, at The
Garage in downtown Northville.
