Arthurs Students Learn to Argue With Help from the Trenton Police Department

Trenton police officer Mike Oakley visited Arthurs Middle School to help students with a unique lesson.

Students at Arthurs Middle School assisted the Trenton Police Department in investigating a fictitious crime created by sixth grade language arts teacher Julie Grimmelsman. Grimmelsman teamed up with officer Mike Oakley on Jan. 9 to teach students lessons in argument writing, which is part of the new common core state standards, according to Grimmelsman. Students were given a fictitious scenario, involving teens who threw a rock through a store window, and were asked to find evidence that determines the person(s) who committed the crime. Grimmelsman collected each student's written version of the crime and sent them to the police station where Oakley looked them over, and then visited Arthurs to discuss their work. While at the school …

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Arthurs Receives 2012 Michigan's Best Award

Teachers, administrators and school board members will celebrate the award at the Michigan's Best Awards luncheon on Nov. 10 in Detroit.

Arthurs Middle School is one of only nine schools across the state to be awarded the 2012 Michigan's Best Award. The Michigan Association of School Boards uses the award to "honor and recognize the quality education and innovative programs taking place in Michigan schools each day," according to a Trenton Public Schools release. “Educators are constantly developing innovative approaches to education, and the Michigan’s Best Award recognizes the cream of the crop of the many great programs across the state,” Kathy Hayes, MASB executive director, stated in the release . “These districts have a proven record of success and their programs are models that can be emulated in districts across Michigan.” Arthurs Middle School was selected for the …

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Trenton Public Schools Photo Gallery and Bulletin Board

Use this page to share photos of Trenton Public School events, sports, students, athletes, teachers, coaches, artwork, accomplishments, etc. and to post information about upcoming events.

Trenton Patch wants to be your refrigerator. We aren't saying we want you to plug us in and keep food inside of us. Not at all. That would be weird. We want to be the place you go to to post photos, artwork and accomplishments related to Trenton Public Schools. We want to help you stay organized, share proud moments with other readers and find out what the future holds for you and your family. We encourage readers to use this page as you would your refrigerator. Grab a magnet or a piece of tape and stick anything you want on this page -- as long as it's appropriate for all ages: If we haven't made it clear just what can and should be posted on this page, please feel free to ask questions in the comment section below this article. We also …

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John Hetzler

10:56 am on Friday, September 7, 2012

Thanks Michelle for adding your photo! Hope the first week of school has gone well.   more ›

Updated: Trenton Students to Hold Car Wash Fundraiser

Each year Boyd W. Arthurs Middle School students take a trip to Washington D.C. partially funded by an annual car wash.

Students at Boyd W. Arthurs Middle School need your help to get to Washington D.C. To raise funds for the trip to D.C. Arthurs students will hold a car wash from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 22 in the parking lot of Advanced Auto Parts, 3665 West Road, near Grange. There will also be a bake sale at the car wash, where people can buy delicious baked goods while getting the car washed. All proceeds from the car wash will help 8th graders pay for their class trip to Washington D.C. in the Spring of 2013. * A previous version of this article listed the wrong time for the car wash.

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Arthurs Middle School Staff Present Schools to Watch in D.C.

Boyd W. Arthurs Middle School is one of just 300 U.S. schools to be honored with a Schools to Watch accreditation.

Having successfully completed the first step in becoming Schools to Watch accredited, Boyd W. Arthurs Middle School staff have begun the second step of teaching staff at other schools how to take the honor for themselves. Ten Arthurs staff are presenting their action plan to dozens of other schools at the National Schools to Watch convention in Washington D.C. Friday to share their successes with hopes of helping other schools follow their trend of excellence. At the National Schools to Watch convention Arthurs staff met with U.S. Rep. John Dingell to further share their success. Schools to Watch is an initiative beginning in 1999 by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform in an effort to identify and honor schools nationally…

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Students Celebrate Last Day of School With Shaving Cream Fight

Students at Arthurs Middle School in Trenton could be seen walking up and down West Road Thursday covered in shaving cream.

The shaving cream began to fly along West Road Thursday as students from Boyd W. Arthurs Middle School celebrated the last day of school with a massive shaving cream fight. Students like Jacklyn Christie and Caleb Youngs said they were covered from head to toe in fluffy, white shaving cream because they wanted to, "celebrate the final day as middle schoolers." The last day of school marks the day many Arthurs students become high school students.

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Mom and Daughter Volunteers Open 'Closet' to Everyone

A weekly clothing drive at Boyd W. Arthurs Middle School provides clothes to local students, expecting mothers and people recently released from jail.

Arthurs Closet started with one rack in a small athletic room at Boyd W. Arthurs Middle School. Five years later, the Closet is bursting out of what used to be the main office and principal's office. Volunteers Rhonda Baker, 47, and daughter Eryn Baker, 21, spend each Tuesday sorting, folding and hanging clothes that pour in from outlets all over Trenton. "When I started, it was upstairs in a little room and after I did my copies for the teachers and the laminating I would go straighten that up and then it started (everything)," Rhonda said. Rhonda is a part-time employee of the Trenton Public School district who told her daughter, "If she isn't working, she can volunteer." There are typically over a dozen bags sitting outside the Closet's…

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Rhonda Baker

10:47 pm on Monday, May 7, 2012

Janet, If you would like to stop in on Tuesday morning will gladly accept the help. Thank You!   more ›

Arthurs Schools to Watch Dedication Was a Celebration

Members of every aspect of the community met in the gym at Boyd W. Arthurs for a dedication ceremony.