Roeper Summer Stock Theatre is pleased to announce a $5,000.00 annual gift in support of full-tuition scholarships from The Jack Oakie & Victoria Horne Oakie Charitable Foundation.  Under the direction of Mitch Masters and Dan Greig, Roeper Summer Stock Theatre will open its 12^th season this summer.  Continue reading...

Art created by students from The Roeper Lower School will be featured in a display at the Baldwin Public Library in downtown Birmingham from April 15-May 15. The art can be seen in the children’s room at the library and will include drawings, paintings, prints, collages, puppets, and masks created by students ranging from pre-school through fifth grade during the current academic year.

The USA Swimming Foundation awarded The Roeper School a grant for $10,500 in support of the Make A Splash At Roeper program.  The Roeper program began in 2010 is one of only four Make A Splash programs in Michigan.  Since 2010 Make A Splash At Roeper has taught nearly 300 students. This year’s Make A Splash At Roeper program will run August 19 -23, 2013.  Continue Reading...

Kristin Clark Taylor, a former senior White House advisor, corporate public relations executive, journalist, author, lecturer, consultant and ’76 Roeper Alumna, visited The Roeper School on April 12, 2013.   Kristin spoke with students and shared memories of Roeper, various experiences in her career, and encouraged students not to be afraid to take a leap of faith when confronting choices. Continue Reading...

The Roeper School is please to host nationally revered speaker, Gene Batiste, on Friday, April 26, 2013 at 7:00pm in the Roeper Community Center (41190 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills).  A reception will be held prior to the presentation at 6:30pm.  Gene Batiste is the Vice President for School Field Services & Equity and Justice Initiatives at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).  Batiste will present, “Affinity Group Work: Benefits and Challenges for an Independent School Community.”  The event is free of charge and the public is invited to attend.  Childcare is available.  Please RSVP to Carolyn.lett@roeper.org.  Continue Reading...

Balfour Publishing has chosen one of the Roeper 2012 Yearbook pages as one of the best page spreads!  While Roeper has received many honorable mentions over the past 20 years, this is the first time Roeper has been chosen as the best and has been featured in the 2012 Yearbook Yearbook.  This publication showcases a variety of what the publishing company considers to be the best in various categories.  The 2012 Yearbook editors were Ben Kochanowski and Jordan Veillette.  Claire Dennis came up with the idea and completed the design work for the spread.  Linda Vernon serves as the Yearbook Advisor. 

The Roeper School is pleased to announce the appointment of Colleen Potocki as the new Director of the Middle School, effective July 1, 2013.  Colleen is currently a Middle School English teacher at The Roeper School, a Special Lecturer at Oakland University, and the Co-Director and Co-Founder of HomeRoom Learning.  Continue Reading...  

Jarie Ruddy and Sue Williams are being honored by The Race Relations Diversity Task Force as two of this years Diversity Champions.  To read the full story....

Michigan’s professional organization of school athletic directors, the Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (MIAAA), has selected Ernie Righetti of The Roeper High School as regional Athletic Director of the Year.  One of only fourteen administrators state wide to be honored by the MIAAA, Righetti was presented the award in Traverse City on March 18, 2013 at the annual MIAAA Mid-Winter Conference in which over 500 athletic directors participate.  Continue Reading...

She may have been only been here for about six months, but actress Michelle Williams said that was long enough for the Roeper School in Bloomfield Hills to leave a lasting impression.
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Model, rapper and clothing designer Carter (Cartier) Sims began appearing in American Eagle Outfitters stores after he was selected as a "Live Your Life" profile subject last year. The Roeper graduate and Syracuse junior was speechless when he traveled to New York City and saw his face high on a billboard in Times Square. Click Here for Full Story

House's 27 leads Birmingham Roeper past Auburn Hills Christian , 60-45. Click Here for Full Story

Kentucky Wesleyan's Bianca Barton is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week, it was announced by the league office on Monday. The senior guard helped pace the Panthers to their first GLVC East Division title in program history last week. Click Here for Full Story

The Roeper School is proud to announce that senior, David Veillette of Lake Orion, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play soccer for Lawrence Tech University (LTU) in Southfield, Michigan.  David began playing soccer at age three.  He has played for Roeper since he was four and has played for the Force since he was eight.  David started on the Roeper Varsity Soccer team all four years of high school and was the team co-captain this year.

It’s a good thing basketball is played inside, because the Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes girls basketball team and its supporters would’ve added to the cold wind chill outside with the huge sigh of relief they blew on Friday night. Click Here for Full Story

Congratulations to the twenty two members of Roeper Model United Nations who participated in the Model United Nations of the University of Chicago from February 7-10, 2013.  Roeper students represented the Republic of Turkey on ten different United Nations committees and Brazil, North Korea, and Office of Disarmament Affairs on three other crisis committees at the 2500 student conference. 

On Saturday, February 2, 2013, the Roeper Chess team won multiple awards at the Michigan Scholastic Team Championship Chess State Tournament.  The K-3 Championship team won 1^st place and was named State Champs.  The K-5 Championship team finished 2^nd in the state.  Two of the K-5 Reserve teams received trophies for 5^th and 7^th in the state. 

The Roeper School’s annual MOSAIC Auction has been scheduled for Saturday, March 16 at 5:30 p.m. at the Detroit Athletic Club (DAC).  The auction theme, “¡Viva Roeper!,” promises a fun evening.  This year’s auction will include great items to bid on such as tickets to The Late Show with David Letterman, an “instant wine cellar” complete with over 30 bottles of premium wine, a Chicago getaway, a two-night stay at the Hotel LeBristol in Paris, France, and Disney Park Hopper passes to name a few.

“A remarkable act of generosity realizes a transformative future for the Birmingham Campus,” is how Head of School David Feldman describes the recent donation of $451,000 from an anonymous donor to fully fund The Roeper School – Birmingham Campus/Beautification project.

Second and third grade students at Roeper continued their tradition of turning what many consider trash into treasure by opening a recycling/reusing gift store.  The store was only open for four days, but the students made $2,435.23 and chose the Michigan Humane Society to be the recipient. 

The Roeper School inducted two new members to the Roeper Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, December 21, 2012. The Roeper Athletic Hall of Fame was established in the mid-eighties as a means of honoring individuals who have made a lasting impact on the Roeper Athletic program. Inductees are chosen periodically by the Athletic Department in recognition of outstanding athletic accomplishments and/or contributions.

The Roeper School is proud to announce that two seniors have signed National Letters of Intent to play college sports.  Alexandra Blankenburg, daughter of Bob and Dee Blankenburg of Rochester, has signed with the Vanderbilt University swim team and Jack Murray, son of Stephen and Chi-Ying Murray of Beverly Hills, has signed with the University of North Carolina men’s tennis team.

Lisa Baker, Upper School Director at The Roeper School, announced today that Catherine Galligan and Samantha Heiman have been named Commended Students in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program.  A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, have been presented to these scholastically talented seniors.

The students and staff at Birmingham's Roeper School will be celebrating their annual Diversity Day with a little help from a big name this year. Actor, songwriter, poet and Detroit-based performer Mike Ellison has been working all year with various staff members and 19 students at the Roeper Upper School to plan the 2012 Diversity Day, to be held all day today at the school's Birmingham campus.
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Ten Roeper third through fifth graders in an after school enrichment class have chosen the book, “The False Prince,” by Jennifer A. Nielsen as the recipient of the RoughReader Award.  This group was responsible for reading, reviewing and discussing nine currently popular books for kids during a ten week period.  During the final "committee meeting," each book was discussed thoroughly, considering pros and cons and how well it fit the award criteria that the students defined at the start of the course. After the discussions, the kids voted for their 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd choice picks. Following the point-system used by the real Newbery committee, the votes were tallied and the clear winner was “The False Prince.” The kids also chose to name “Wonder” and “The One and Only Ivan” as Honor books.  The RoughReader Award was modeled after the Newbery Medal award.  Students chose the name based on the school’s mascot the Roughrider. 

The Roeper K-3 Chess Team took first place (Co-champions) at the 2012 Michigan Scholastic Club Championship on Saturday, November 17, 2012 in Lansing, Michigan.  Roeper’s K-5 Chess Team took third place. 

The Roeper School will be hosting its tenth Empty Bowls event on Tuesday, December 18, 2012.  With an expected turn out of over 300 students, teachers and parents, the school hopes to again add to the continuing success of the national Empty Bowls program.  This year we will continue to benefit Lighthouse Services of Oakland County. 

In a Staten Island neighborhood that was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, many survivors are still homeless or without heat and electricity, but they've been eating well. Chicken parmesan subs, mac and cheese, baked ziti and roasted red pepper soup.  While it sounds like a restaurant menu, these are just a few of the items that have been served from an outdoor kitchen on Brighton Street in Staten Island by two volunteers with Movement for Peace. 
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Ten high school students and two directors from The Roeper School attended the fifth Model United Nations of Goldberg 2012 Conference (MUNOG’12) at the Goldberg Gymnasium in Sindelfingen, Germany from Friday, October 19 through Tuesday, October 23, 2012.  Fifty-five delegations from twenty-four schools and sixteen countries all over the world including India, Russia, Taiwan, England, France, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Denmark, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, and Germany participated in the conference.  Roeper was the only school attending from North America. 

The Roeper Theater Company will stage the musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at The Roeper School’s Birmingham campus from November 2 through 10, 2012.  In this musical comedy, six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser.

Three juniors from The Roeper School will be recognized for their unique community involvement, creativity and leadership at the annual Youth Appreciation Day Breakfast on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 7:15 a.m. at the Center Point Marriott in Auburn Hills.  Read more...

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Alexandra Blankenburg, Rochester resident and senior at The Roeper School, has been named to the USA Swimming’s Scholastic All-America Team for the second year in a row. The Scholastic All-America Team is made up of high school student-athletes who have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and who have achieved the required time standard in a single event.  Read more...

Six seniors at The Roeper School have been selected as Semi-Finalists for the National Merit Scholarship Awards.  Two seniors have been selected as Semi-Finalists for the National Achievement Scholarship Awards.  Read more...

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