Editing Livonia, Michigan (section)

==Education==
===Colleges and universities===
[[File:Madonna University.jpg|thumb|[[Madonna University]]]]
Various private and public colleges and universities are located in Livonia, including [[Madonna University]], [[Schoolcraft College]], and a small [[University of Phoenix]] campus.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} The most recent university to open in Livonia is a [[Davenport University]] campus, which opened in 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |date=2008-04-08 |title=Davenport University closing some locations in Michigan, Indiana |url=https://www.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/davenport_university_closing_s.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=mlive |language=en}}</ref> but left the city to move to Detroit in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Veselenak |first1=David |title=Davenport University moving satellite campus from Livonia to Detroit |url=https://www.hometownlife.com/story/money/business/2017/08/29/davenport-university-moving-satellite-campus-livonia-detroit/602075001/ |access-date=29 September 2023 |publisher=Hometown Life |date=August 29, 2017}}</ref>

===Primary and secondary schools===
====Public schools====
[[File:Livonia Public Schools Administration Building Michigan.JPG|thumb|right|[[Livonia Public Schools]] administration]]

Most of Livonia is served by the [[Livonia Public Schools]] district, consisting of two early childhood centers, thirteen elementary schools, four upper elementary Schools, three middle schools and three high schools. The district also serves students in portions of [[Westland, Michigan|Westland]]. A portion of northeast Livonia is served by the [[Clarenceville School District]].

There are currently four high schools in Livonia, all of which are public: [[Franklin High School (Livonia, Michigan)|Franklin]], [[Winston Churchill High School (Wayne County, Michigan)|Churchill]] and [[Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Livonia, Michigan)|Stevenson]] high schools in the [[Livonia Public Schools]] district; and Clarenceville High School in the [[Clarenceville School District|Clarenceville Public School District]]. Ladywood High School, a Catholic all-girls private school run by the [[Felician Sisters]], closed in 2018. [[Bentley High School (Livonia, Michigan)|Bentley High School]], the first high school built in the district, closed in 1985.

Each high school in the Livonia Public School District offers a different educational program. [[Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Livonia, Michigan)|Stevenson High School]] is the home of the school of Global Education, an alternative education model which combines students' English and social studies classes with a focus on the student's role in the world. Churchill houses the MSC (Math/Science/Computer) and CAPA (Creative and Performing Arts) programs. Franklin currently offers an [[International Baccalaureate]] program for select students.

Frost Middle School houses the Middle School Alternative Classrooms for the Academically Talented (MACAT) program. The public K-6 Webster Elementary School is home to the Alternative Classrooms for the Academically Talented (ACAT) program, as well as many after-school programs. Webster also has classes for disabled children. In 2008, the original Webster school was burned down by an arsonist, and Webster was moved to a closed-down school, Tyler Elementary.

===Alternative schools===
* CAPA, a performance art program at Churchill high school<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.starringcapa.com|title=Characteristics of creative thinking psychology|website=www.starringcapa.com|access-date=29 March 2018}}</ref>
* MSC (Math, Science, Computers) a program for the academically gifted housed at Churchill High School.

===Private schools===
* [[Ladywood High School]], a private, Roman Catholic, all-girls high school in Livonia (closed in 2018)
* St. Edith and St. Michael Catholic grade schools
** St. Michael the Archangel School - The school began on September 21, 1942, and the building used for the school had a second story installed after the archdiocese granted permission for this on November 9, 1943. The addition was installed from January to May 1944. There were 345 students for the 1944–1945 school year. On September 24, 1997, construction began for a new addition with a cost of $3.4 million. Construction finished before September 8, 1998, with dedication on October 11 of that year. The addition included a cafeteria, a library, a gymnasium, a computer lab, and six classrooms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livoniastmichael.org/About/Our-History.html|title=Our History|publisher=St. Michael the Archangel|access-date=2020-05-01}}</ref>
* Peace Lutheran School (Pre-K-8)<ref>{{cite web|title=Peace Lutheran School|url=http://www.atpeacewithgod.org/site/ms.asp?sec_id=140003484}}</ref> and St. Paul's Lutheran School (Pre-K-8)<ref>{{cite web|title=St. Paul's Lutheran School|url=http://www.stpaulslivonia.org/school/}}</ref> are affiliated with the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]].

St. Genevieve Catholic School closed in 2016.<ref name=Andreassiclose>{{cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2016/06/14/st-raphael-st-genevieve-st-damian-schools-close/85859810/|title=St. Raphael, St. Genevieve, St. Damian schools close|work=[[Detroit Free Press]]|date=2016-06-14|access-date=2020-05-01}}</ref>