Students enrolled in the Mount Clemens High School Medical/Bioscience Academy are provide with a science intensive curriculum that prepares them for careers and post secondary education in the medical field.

Careers in the health care industry are explored through career related coursework, professional guest speakers, employer mentoring, job shadowing and field trips.

Partnerships with Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Macomb Community College and Career Advancement Studies in Healthcare Institute introduce students to a variety of career pathways.

Employment opportunities prior to high school graduation as a Nursing Assistant and Medical Assistant are available to Mount Clemens High School students upon successful completion of the coursework and passage of the state exam for certification.

James Wagner,  Business Teacher

               Mount Clemens High School Business Department has several career-focused classes that allow students to choose one class that best suits their interests or future career goals.  One of the more popular strands is the MS Office Computer Applications career strand consisting of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access software packages.  These courses are mastered in three separate classes over a high school student’s career.

               Overall, Mount Clemens High School students are using technology to reinforce common math and English skills as well as prepare them for a career in the business world.  Currently, in MS Word students have spent the first quarter honing in on Business Communication Skills and writing letters to customers, vendors, parents or local newspapers on a variety of issues.  While learning the tips and tricks of MS Word and all of the little icons, the students are constantly editing and revising their own work; a real world skill and an important part of the writing process.  Next quarter, students will delve into more advanced techniques and business tasks prevalent in college and career.

John Bourdeau, Business Teacher

               The School Store or the "Clem Corner" is up and running daily in the High School!  The Retail Management and Advanced Business Management classes are responsible for the daily operation, inventory, cleaning and planning of this Mount Clemens hidden treasure.

               They are selling a vast array of items: coffee, giant kosher pickles, t-shirts, beef sticks, cookies, chips, and school bags.  The students are doing a good job and looking for ways to improve the store.  Currently we are trying many different products to see what is selling and profitable; the students in the class are really taking ownership of the store.  Profits from the store benefit the entire student body at the High School.

Maureen Cusenza, Art Teacher

               At Mount Clemens High School we embrace the arts by supplementing core areas through our interdisciplinary and global approach in art.  Students learn about various cultures, art history and aesthetics while making connections to other subject areas and the real world, as they produce beautiful art pieces.

                Students will complete a business type art proposal to paint murals in the high school and present it to our high school administration for approval. Students will use math to execute the budget proposal along with deciphering the percentage of enlargement of their sketches.  Students will be using writing skills to write their proposal. They will connect to history and the real-world by completing an online webquest comparing mural artists. The students are very excited about showcasing their art skills on a large scale. We must thank the Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan for granting us the funds to undertake this project.

               In addition to having art classes we also have a National Art Honors Society made up of students interested in the visual arts.  Students in NAHS use art as a focus to complete community service activities.

Terainer Brown,   Dance Teacher

               Touching the lives of nearly 100 students, the Dance Department in Mount Clemens Community School District has much to be proud of.  Some of our successes include, hosting two full evenings of dance featuring our students, guest performances from The Underground Dance Company, Wayne State University’s Department of Dance and Oakland University’s Dance Theatre.  Our students have also had the opportunity to attend and perform in the following dance venues: Oakland Dance Festival, University of Michigan’s MLK Symposium, and Joel Hall Center for Dance in Chicago, IL.  In addition, 7 of our students were awarded dance related and college scholarships during the 2010-11 school year.

               We continue to work toward building a sustainable college preparation dance program.  Currently the program offers Modern Dance, Jazz and also a Saturday Ballet class, free to the students in the district.  It is my honor to give students who really want to pursue dance beyond high school a chance at that dream.

               During the 2011-12 school year, the dancers will be provided with many of the same opportunities from last year, plus more.  In early November, internationally known dancer and choreographer, Ray Mercer of Broadway’s “The Lion King,” will be the department’s Artist in Residence.  In addition, students will have the opportunity to view live performances of Dance Theatre of Harlem, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, and much more.

               Please come and enjoy our Winter Dance Concert January 13, 2012 @ 7:00 p.m., tickets are $5.00.  More information go to www.mtcps.org.

 Patrick Linabury, Senior Producer              

Mount Clemens High School offers a college-accredited television studio production course.  Bather Babble is the product of the Media Studies Production course and gives students hands-on learning opportunities.

Students work as the show’s news anchors, sports reporter, meteorologist, director, technical director, camera operators, audio technician, and they run the teleprompter.            

Other courses offered teach students to retouch and enhance images with Adobe Photoshop, to edit digital video with Adobe Premiere and to create Hollywood-type special effects with Adobe After Effects.

Darcy Ozar, Forensics Teacher

               The Medical Bioscience Academy was opened at the Mount Clemens High School in the fall of 2010.  Through a partnership with Michigan State University, classes were offered to students interested in pursuing careers in medical and forensic fields.

               The forensics class has expanded from a semester class to a year long class.  Science is sometimes intimidating to people; yet many are fascinated by shows like Criminal Minds, CSI, Bones and such.  By showing the connection between Chemistry, Biology and Physics, students see how science affects them in their own lives.

Mount Clemens High School Medical Academy 

Certified Nursing Assistant Course Graduate 

Mount Clemens High School is proud to announce that Shameiko Flagg, a 2011 graduate, is the first student from the Medical/Bioscience Academy to receive the state of Michigan certification as a Nurse Aide  or Nursing Assistant. 

As a high school senior Shameiko was enrolled in the Medical Academy Certified Nursing Assistant course.  This one semester course includes anatomy, physiology, medical terminology, taking vital signs and patient care skills.  Students get hands on experience at a nursing home as a requirement of this course. 

Shameiko completed the state exam in July 2011 and is now eligible to pursue employment in the health care field.

Seminole Academy in the Mount Clemens School District was awarded the Blue Cross Blue Shield Building Healthy Communities grant. The school will use the money to complete the Healthy School Action Tool, form a Coordinated School Health Team, start a walking club, implement the PE-NUT Program (a nutrition and fitness curriculum for classroom teachers) and many more activities that will help to create a healthy school environment.

Comcast recently announced a program to help bridge the digital divide for low- income students. Families who qualify for free lunch can get internet access for $9.95 per month or purchase a computer for $149. For more information visit www.internetessentials.com\about\index.html

Washington Newsletters

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Mount Clemens Community School District's Interim Superintendent serves as a Labor Relations Adjunct for the MASB.

MASB utilizes a diverse pool of adjunct consultants to assist in the delivery of our programs and services. Our adjuncts have years of experience in education, and many are former school board members, superintendents or school administrators. Their experience in the field allows them to bring a unique perspective to the work that they do with school boards across the state.

Fall 2011 Connector District Newsletter

Mount Clemens High School is one of eight in the state chosen for recognition as a team that made decisions impacting school change during the 2010-2011 school year.  The award recognizes school teams that demonstrate such things as collaborative leadership and improvements in curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

CHARLES E. RAMIREZ/ The Detroit News

Mount Clemens— The Mount Clemens Community Schools district plans to have its employees go door-to-door in the city this Saturday to recruit students, officials said Thursday. The staff will continue the drive next Saturday as well. 

Phillip Easter, the district's interim superintendent, sent an email to staff this week asking them to join him in the campaign.  "The goal here is to have a presence in the community, make some positive face-to-face contact with families, and build some trust with parents," he said in the email. "Hopefully this will be the start of good things to come."