MORE ABOUT MICHIGAN BOARDING SCHOOLS

Michigan's education system provides services to 1.6 million K-12 students in public schools boarding schools. More than 124,000 students attend private schools and boarding schools, and an innumerable number are home-schooled under specific legal requirements. The Michigan Department of Education K-12 schools will ensure that all students will develop their potential to lead productive and satisfying lives. 

The Michigan Curriculum Framework is a resource for helping Michigan's public, private, and boarding schools design, implement, and assess their core content area curricula. The Michigan State Board of Education and the Michigan Department of Education's local district curriculum represents rigorous expectations for student performance and describes the knowledge and abilities needed to succeed in today's society. When content, instruction, and local and state assessments are aligned, they become powerful forces that contribute to student achievement success.

Alternative education is a program operated as a subdivision of the regular K-12 school program. The program is designed for students who can better thrive in an alternative school system. These include students who have specific needs and are often at risk of not graduating. Alternative school programs, like boarding schools, seek to provide added flexibility and alternative instructional models. These often include expanded services from the traditional setting such as online learning, boarding school programs, counseling, childcare, and transportation to help students overcome barriers and meet Michigan Curriculum goals. Alternative education pupils are funded under the K-12 foundation rate.

Boarding schools are separate, non-traditional programs within a K-12 public school district or a public school academy established to provide personalized educational services for students who are at risk of not graduating with their class and have individual needs not being met in a traditional school setting.

Michigan boarding schools engage their students in challenging and purposeful learning while giving them the chance to explore Michigan's beautiful freshwater coastlines, lakes as big as oceans, golden beaches, glorious sunsets, and endless recreation opportunities.

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