Editing Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (section)

==Education==
[[Image:2009-0618-LSSU-Admin.jpg|thumb|LSSU's campus was originally Fort Brady.]]

===University===
Sault Ste. Marie is home to [[Lake Superior State University]] (LSSU), founded in 1946 as an extension campus of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now [[Michigan Technological University]]); the campus was originally [[Fort Brady]]. LSSU is home to the LSSU Lakers (D1 Hockey ([[Central Collegiate Hockey Association|CCHA]]), D2 all other sports ([[Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|GLIAC]]). LSSU has around 1500 students, making it Michigan's smallest public university.

===Primary and secondary education===
The area school district is [[Sault Ste. Marie Area Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st26_mi/schooldistrict_maps/c26033_chippewa/DC20SD_C26033.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Chippewa County, MI|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2023-02-26}}</ref>

The Sault's primary public high school is [[Sault Area High School]] (SAHS). "Sault High" is one of the few high schools in the state with attached career center. The school's mascot is the Blue Devil. "Sault High" houses a variety of successful varsity sports teams, such as hockey, wrestling, baseball, and basketball. Altogether, the school provides 24 competitive sports teams for both boys and girls at all levels.<ref>{{cite web |title = Sault Area High School Official Page |url = http://sault.eup.k12.mi.us/saultahs/site/default.asp |work = Sault Area High School and Career Center |access-date = November 1, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111024013231/http://sault.eup.k12.mi.us/saultahs/site/default.asp |archive-date = October 24, 2011 }}</ref> The school district also operates Malcolm High School as an alternative high school.

Sault Ste. Marie has two middle schools, one in the Sault Ste. Marie School System known as Sault Area Middle School. Before the 6th grade annex was added in the late 1980s, the school was referred to as Sault Area Junior High School. The Second Middle School is a part of [[Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting School]], a Native American-affiliated Public School Academy.

There are two elementary schools in Sault Ste. Marie, Lincoln Elementary and Washington Elementary. There is also a Public School Academy, Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting School, and the St. Mary's Catholic School. Jefferson Elementary, McKinley Elementary, Bruce Township Elementary, and Soo Township Elementary (converted into an Alternative High School) have closed because of declining enrollment in the school system.

St. Mary's Catholic School serves students in grades K–8. It is affiliated with the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1773876/Handbook2022-23.pdf|title=Handbook for Students and Parents 2022 – 2023|publisher=St. Mary's Catholic School|accessdate=2023-02-26|page=3/56}} - [https://www.stmarysup.org/ Linked from here]</ref>

There is a [[Bureau of Indian Education]]-affiliated tribal school, [[Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bie.edu/schools/directory/joseph-k-lumsden-bahweting-anishnabe-psa|title=Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe|publisher=[[Bureau of Indian Education]]|accessdate=2023-02-26}}</ref> It was established in 1994 and received its current name in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jklschool.org/page/school-information|title=School Information|publisher=Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishinaabe School|accessdate=2023-02-26}}</ref>