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30-540: The school teaches grades PreK3 through twelve on one campus, consolidating its two campuses to one in the fall of 2012. According to the school, over 50 zip codes in Southeastern Michigan are represented by its student population. Over $ 2 million in merit- and need-based financial aid is awarded to new and returning students annually. In the spring of 1878, seven members of the Liggett family, headed by

60-524: A FIRST Robotics Competition team that began its rookie season in 2010. The robotics team won the FIRST Robotics World Championship in 2022. Midwest Premier League side Liquid Football used the stadium for their home games during the 2023 season. University Liggett Schools students produce films and workshops made throughout the year, and the performing arts department launches two major theatrical productions annually:

90-462: A USSF Division 3 professional league, which includes pathways for both players and clubs to go fully pro. November 2020 kicked off another round of expansions for the league. Starting with Edgewater Castle FC on Nov. 27th 2020. It was announced on March 21, 2022 that the MWPL would have 3 Divisions within it. The schedule for the second season of the league was announced on April 6, 2022, nearly

120-440: A conference room. Dr. Phillip Moss, a highly respected director and actor, is currently the chair of the creative and performing arts department of the school. Notable performances have included a 2011-2012 production of Chicago that was sent to national festival where many actors and crew received excellent and superior ratings. University Liggett School's Office of Marketing and Communications publishes Perspective magazine twice

150-590: A drama each fall and a musical each winter. The school is active in the International Thespian Society and the Educational Theatre Association as Troupe 5253. The school's Manoogian Arts Wing was added in 1981, under the planning of then-Arts head Ed Jacomo; it added arts facilities to the school, including a new dance studio, an art display, an audio-video editing studio, five arts classrooms, arts offices, and

180-400: A middle school, and other facilities, such as a new gymnasium, an auditorium, a library, and fine arts rooms, to complement the two-story brick building erected in 1928. In 1969, the need for an increase in space for the middle school was solved by merging Grosse Pointe University School with The Liggett School to form University Liggett School. University Liggett School is accredited by

210-604: A month ahead of the first game. With Detroit City U23 gone, there would be a new champion in the East Division. And with a finalized Southern Division, 3 champions were to be crowned at the end of the 2022 season. A new conference alignment was announced by the league on February 6, 2023. The MWPL confirmed that for the 2023 season, the South Conference would now be known as the Gateway Conference,

240-628: A new building constructed on Briarcliff Drive in Grosse Pointe Woods. The Burns Avenue building was sold, and now houses the Detroit Waldorf School . Detroit University School, the second of Liggett’s predecessor schools, was founded in 1899 by Charles Bliss and Henry Gray Sherrard, who sought independence from public schools. In 1916, after a fire destroyed Detroit University School's original building at Elmwood between Larned and Congress, it moved to what became known as

270-495: A part of another region or metropolitan area. The following cities tend to identify themselves separately from southeast Michigan and are isolated from the core counties of Oakland, Macomb, and Wayne. With 4,488,335 people in 2010, Metro Detroit was the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the United States, while Ann Arbor's metropolitan area ranked 141st with 341,847. Metropolitan areas of southeast Michigan, and parts of

300-751: A year. The magazine has been recognized since 2015 with many journalism awards, including five in 2016 from the Society of Professional Journalists Detroit chapter The school's marketing and communications efforts received an international award for Communications Program Improvement in 2015 from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. 42°25′35.39″N 82°53′57.53″W  /  42.4264972°N 82.8993139°W  / 42.4264972; -82.8993139 Southeastern Michigan Southeast Michigan , also called southeastern Michigan ,

330-626: Is a region in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan that is home to a majority of the state's businesses and industries as well as slightly over half of the state's population, most of whom are concentrated in Metro Detroit . It is bordered in the northeast by Lake St. Clair , to the south-east Lake Erie , and the Detroit River which connects these two lakes. Some cities are considered within southeast Michigan, while also being

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360-543: Is the busiest in the area with the opening of the McNamara terminal and the now completed North Terminal. The airport is located in Romulus . Manufacturing and service industries have replaced agriculture for the most part. In rural areas of Saint Clair County , Monroe , and Livingston Counties still grow crops such as corn , sugar beets , soy beans , other types of beans, and fruits. Romeo and northern Macomb County

390-644: Is well known for its apple and peach orchards. Radio Most major Detroit radio stations, such as WJR and WWJ , can be heard in most or all of southeastern Michigan. Port Huron, Howell, Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti, Adrian, and Monroe are also served by their own locally-originating stations. National Public Radio is broadcast locally from Ann Arbor on Michigan Radio WUOM 91.7 FM and from Detroit on WDET-FM 101.9 FM. Television Major television stations include: WJBK Fox 2 Detroit ( Fox ), WXYZ Channel 7 ( ABC ), WDIV Local 4 ( NBC ), WWJ-TV CBS 62 ( CBS ) and WKBD CW 50 ( CW ). Newspaper Daily editions of

420-602: The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News are available throughout the area. Midwest Premier League Milwaukee Bavarian SC (West), Ajax St. Louis (South) The Midwest Premier League ( MWPL ) is an American amateur and semi-professional soccer league. The league spans primarily the eastern and central portions of the Midwestern United States . The league was founded by four clubs which were all previously members of

450-644: The National Association of Independent Schools and Association of Independent Michigan Schools . ULS' sports teams compete with regional private and public high schools, such as Detroit Country Day School , Greenhills School , Oakland Christian , and Cranbrook Kingswood . Liggett competes athletically in the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference for most regular-season contests with many other similarly sized independent schools throughout Michigan. In 2017,

480-591: The United Premier Soccer League Midwest Conference. Following the 2019 UPSL season, the clubs decided that they could create a stable league that would focus on sustainability of the member clubs by sharing ideas, keeping league costs to a minimum, and maximizing the opportunities for all clubs to compete by limiting end-of-season playoffs that often shorten the season for many teams. The league announced Union Dubuque F.C. as its first member on September 18, 2019, with

510-831: The "Castle," a Gothic-style former residence on Parkview Drive midway between Jefferson Avenue and the Detroit River. There it remained until 1928, when, with the help of Henry and Edsel Ford and many other Detroiters, the school relocated to Cook Road, then the eastern limits of Grosse Pointe. Opened in 1915 in a white frame house (still standing at 301 Roosevelt Place in Grosse Pointe), Grosse Pointe Country Day School served boys and girls from kindergarten through ninth grade. A year later, classes opened in an English-style building located at Fisher Road and Grosse Pointe Boulevard. In 1941, Detroit University School and Grosse Pointe Country Day School joined forces under one board. For

540-601: The 2011 and 2012 seasons for Division III. The boys baseball team won the Division IV state title in 2011, was runner-up in the 2012 season, and won the state title again in 2013. The girls softball team was runner-up for the state title in 2013. Also, the boys ice hockey team won the Division III state title in 2012. In 2014, the girls ice hockey team won the Division I state title. University Liggett School also has

570-460: The 2022 season. The Western division contained 12 teams for the 2022 season The Southern division contained 4 teams for the 2022 season. Rules for classification: P) points; (GP) games played; (GD) goal differential; (C) Champion The first season with 4 divisions. Rules for classification: P) points; (GP) games played; (GD) goal differential; (C) Champion The first season with 5 divisions in it. The Gateway division contained 8 teams for

600-467: The 2024 season. The Great Lakes East division contained 10 teams for the 2024 season The Great Lakes West division contained 6 teams for the 2024 season. The Heartland Division was split up into two division for the 2024 season. Withe promotion and relegation between the two. The Heartland division 1 contained 6 teams for the 2024 season. The Heartland division 2 contained 7 teams for the 2024 season. Great Lakes Conference Winner Note: Formerly

630-787: The East Division East: Cedars FC East: Michigan Stars FC U-23 Heartland Conference Winner Note: Formerly the West Division Heartland Conference Division 2 Winner Gateway Conference Winner Note: Formerly the South Division The golden boot winners were announced on September 15, 2021. The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for

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660-634: The Reverend James D. Liggett, settled in Detroit to establish a small, independent school for girls originally named The Detroit Home and Day School. In 1883, the school moved to a three-story brick building at the corner of Cass Avenue and Stimson Place. In 1914, the Albert Kahn-designed "Eastern Liggett" branch, on Burns Avenue at Charlevoix, was built and soon fully occupied. It would remain so until 1964, when classes would be held in

690-1004: The Thumb and Flint/Tri-Cities , are grouped together by the U.S. Census Bureau with Detroit-Warren-Livonia MSA in a wider nine-county region designated the Detroit–Ann Arbor–Flint Combined Statistical Area (CSA) with a population of 5,428,000. *Denotes member counties of the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) The main economic activity is manufacturing cars. Major manufacturing cities are Warren , Sterling Heights , Dearborn (Henry Ford's childhood home) and Detroit, also called "Motor City" or "Motown". Other economic activities include banking and other service industries. Most people in Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties live in urban areas. In

720-822: The West Conference would now be the Heartland Conference and the East Conference would be the Great Lakes Conference, with an East and West Division. Rockhurst University The first season for the MWPL ended on August 1, 2021 The Eastern division contained 8 teams for the 2021 season. This Western division contained 12 teams for the 2021 season. Rules for classification: P) points; (GP) games played; (GD) goal differential; (C) Champion The first season with 3 divisions in it. The Eastern division contained 11 teams for

750-591: The day-to-day life of the schools, the major change was that Country Day sent its older boys to Detroit University School and became a school for girls. In 1954, the Country Day building was sold to the Grosse Pointe public schools and the girls joined the boys on the Cook Road campus, merging the schools to make Grosse Pointe University School. Minoru Yamasaki was commissioned to design a lower school,

780-434: The league's charter members. After a period with no expansion news, FC Diablos of Normal, Illinois was announced on January 10, 2020, and an expansion continues into March. With expansion side Rockford FC being unveiled shortly thereafter on January 30, 2020. Livonia City FC joins the MWPL on Feb. 29th 2020. Lake St.Clair joins the MWPL on March 2, 2020. BiH Grand Rapids joins the MWPL on March 6, 2020. The league

810-497: The other three founding members being announced in the subsequent weeks. RWB Adria joins the MPWL on September 25, 2019. DeKalb County United joins the MWPL on October 2, 2019. Cedar Rapids Inferno join the MWPL on October 9, 2019 making it the fourth member team. And concludes the joining of the founders. Cliff Conrad has been elected as the league's first president. Conrad is the co-founder and president of Union Dubuque F.C., one of

840-667: The recent years, urban sprawl has affected the areas of Canton , Commerce , Chesterfield , and Clinton townships. The metropolitan area is also home to some of the highest ranked hospitals and medical centers, Such as the Detroit Medical Center(DMC), Henry Ford Hospital, Beaumont Hospital, and the University of Michigan hospital in Ann Arbor. SEMCOG Commuter Rail is a proposed regional rail link between Ann Arbor and Detroit. The Detroit Metro Airport

870-632: The school became a member of the Catholic High School League. It also is a member of the Michigan High School Athletic Association and its 9-12 enrollment of 244 currently places it in MHSAA's Class D. University Liggett School has had three teams in the last two years compete in or win Michigan High School Athletic Association state championships. The girls basketball team was runner-up in

900-588: Was set to kick off in spring 2020; however, the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States . The Midwest Premier League appoints Andy Hayes as the league's first commissioner. On July 27, 2020, the league announced Lansing Common FC from Lansing, Michigan as a new member club. On September 3, 2020, the MWPL entered a partnership agreement with the National Independent Soccer Association ,

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