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==Education== [[File:Harper Woods, MI library (2021).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Harper Woods Public Library]] === Primary and secondary schools=== ==== Public schools ==== Harper Woods is served by two public school districts, the [[Harper Woods School District]] and the [[Grosse Pointe School District]].<ref>"[http://www.harperwoodscity.org/page/page/5670056.htm Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109184137/http://www.harperwoodscity.org/page/page/5670056.htm |date=2017-01-09 }}." Harper Woods. Retrieved on January 9, 2017.</ref><ref>"[http://www.harperwoodscity.org/f/ZoningMap13.pdf Zoning Map]." Harper Woods, Michigan. Retrieved on January 9, 2017. Use this map to compare with school attendance boundaries.</ref> The Harper Woods School District manages Beacon Elementary School (preschool-2), Tyrone Middle School (3-5), Triumph Middle School (6-8), and [[Harper Woods High School]] (9-12). The Grosse Pointe School District manages Charles A. Poupard Elementary School in Harper Woods, and residents of Harper Woods in that school district are zoned to Poupard as well as two secondary schools in [[Grosse Pointe Woods]]: Parcells Middle School and [[Grosse Pointe North High School]].<ref name=GPSchoolBoundarymap>"[http://gpschools.schoolwires.net/cms/lib05/MI01000971/Centricity/Domain/30/_Files/gppssdistrictmap.pdf District Map]." [[Grosse Pointe Public School System]]. Retrieved on January 8, 2017.</ref> In June 2019 the school board voted to close Poupard Elementary School as the numbers of students had declined.<ref>{{cite web|author=Khaleel, Sonia|url=https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2019/06/25/grosse-pointe-votes-to-close-poupard-trombly-elementary-schools|title=Grosse Pointe votes to close Poupard, Trombly elementary schools |work=[[Metro Times]]|date=2019-06-25|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref> Harper Woods is also home to the charter schools of <ref>[http://www.chandlerparkacademy.org/index.php] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710074952/http://www.chandlerparkacademy.org/index.php|date=July 10, 2015}}</ref> Chandler Park Academy Elementary, Middle, and High Schools, and Starr Academy. The [[Chandler Park Academy]], a K-12 charter school, is in Harper Woods.<ref>[http://www.2cpaeductr.com/xrdsCpa/menus/Cpahome0.swf Home] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128192421/http://2cpaeductr.com/xrdsCpa/menus/CpaHome0.swf |date=2011-01-28 }}. [[Chandler Park Academy]]. Retrieved on April 3, 2010.</ref> ==== Private schools ==== During its history, Harper Woods was also home to the following (now defunct) parochial and private schools: St. Peter's Grade School, Our Lady Queen of Peace Elementary School, Lutheran High School East, [[Bishop Gallagher High School]], Trinity Catholic High School, Heart Academy, Colin Powell Academy, and [[Notre Dame High School (Harper Woods, Michigan)|Notre Dame High School]].<ref name="Prattclose0">Pratt, Chastity, Patricia Montemurri, and Lori Higgins. "[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1814901451.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17%2C+2005&author=CHASTITY+PRATT%3B+PATRICIA+MONTEMURRI%3B+LORI+HIGGINS&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=PARENTS%2C+KIDS+SCRAMBLE+AS+EDUCATION+OPTIONS+NARROW&pqatl=google PARENTS, KIDS SCRAMBLE AS EDUCATION OPTIONS NARROW] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721105752/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1814901451.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17%2C+2005&author=CHASTITY+PRATT%3B+PATRICIA+MONTEMURRI%3B+LORI+HIGGINS&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=PARENTS%2C+KIDS+SCRAMBLE+AS+EDUCATION+OPTIONS+NARROW&pqatl=google |date=2013-07-21 }}." ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. March 17, 2005. A1 News. Retrieved on April 30, 2011. "[...]said Jean Irvin-Stanley, who has children at Trinity High and Notre Dame High, both scheduled to shut their doors."</ref><ref name="Trinityopen">Mercer, Tenisha. "[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F753B3DBAB9C818&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Schools merge, form Trinity High]." ''[[The Detroit News]]''. June 5, 2002. Metro 6E. Retrieved on April 29, 2011.</ref> In the fall of 2002, Bishop Gallagher and [[St. Florian High School]] in [[Hamtramck, Michigan|Hamtramck]] merged to form [[Trinity Catholic High School (Michigan)|Trinity Catholic High School]] in Harper Woods.<ref name="Trinityopen"/> In 2005 the archdiocese announced that Trinity and Notre Dame, an all-boys parochial school in Harper Woods, would close.<ref name="Prattclose0"/> The all-girls [[Regina High School (Michigan)|Regina High School]], once located in Harper Woods, moved to the nearby suburb of [[Warren, Michigan|Warren]] in the fall of 2007.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}} === Satellite college campuses === The [[Wayne County Community College]] University Square campus is located within the boundaries of Harper Woods. [[Wayne State University]] has also used Harper Woods High School as a satellite campus; with a concentration on general education, Wayne State provides classes in the evening hours when the High School is not in session. === Public libraries === Harper Woods Public Library acts as the community's library system.<ref>"[http://www.libcoop.net/harperwoods/ Home]." Harper Woods Public Library. Retrieved on April 3, 2010.</ref>
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