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The Student News Site of Plymouth-Canton Educational Park

The Perspective

The Student News Site of Plymouth-Canton Educational Park

The Perspective

Julia Jose (left) and Jacob Roman (right) select one value and draw an animal that represents that value in the Art Room.  March 21, 2025.

Bi-weekly PARClife program provides off-campus learning opportunities

Juliet Gould, Guest Writer June 10, 2025

Students in the Cognitive Impairments Program (CI) earning a certificate of completion from P-CEP exit the school bus and are welcomed by a PARClife staff member who is ready to walk everyone into the...

Joe McFarland (left), young adults program manager and Ellie McFarland (right), teens and tweens program manager, put their knowledge of child psychology together to help create the PARClife program. Jan 3, 2025.

P-CEP partners with PARClife

Juliet Gould, Guest Writer June 3, 2025

PARClife and P-CEP have started a partnership where students who are earning a certificate of completion participate with a local non-profit organization. Mari McFarland, the founder of PARClife, helps...

A hub for learning and community connection, the Canton Public Library provides services that are now at risk due to potential reductions in federal funding. June 1, 2025

End of federal funding threatens vital Michigan library services

Lauren Filey, Staff Writer June 3, 2025

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which provides the majority of funding for the function of state and local libraries, was eliminated by executive order by President Donald Trump on...

SUVs on display at Hines Park Lincoln in Plymouth, Michigan, during a time when global supply chains and tariffs continued to influence the auto industry, April 25, 2025.

Tariffs and Trade: How global policy could hit your driveway

Charlie Carlson, Guest Writer May 28, 2025

For many Americans, owning a car was more than a convenience, it was a necessity. But with new tariffs put into place and trade becoming more difficult, consumers felt the impacts far beyond the factory,...

Park students and teachers recognize former President Ford from Michigan during a behind-the-scenes tour of the Capitol.

P-CEP students, teachers spend week in Washington D.C.

Lauren Filey, Staff Writer March 18, 2025

Nine students and two teachers from the Park returned from a six-day trip to the nation’s capital with the Close-Up Foundation on February 21, 2025. On this annual trip, participants explored the capital...

RJ Doroshewitz, Rank MI Vote volunteer, presents the prospect of Rank Choice Voting to the Introduction to Journalism Class. February 21, 2025.

Coming soon to a ballot near you! (Maybe)

Natalie Yates, Editor-in-chief March 17, 2025

Political turmoil is considered to be at an all-time high with deepening polarization, increased political violence and increased dissatisfaction in election systems.  In the 2024 election in the state...

Albert Zhou converts a free throw for the Star Bursts at the Area 23 Special Olympics Basketball Tourney at Plymouth High School. January 13, 2024.

Area 23 Special Olympics Basketball Tourney: How inclusion makes its way through the Plymouth-Canton Community

Molly Okon, Sports Editor February 14, 2025

At the annual Area 23 Special Olympics Basketball Tourney was held on January 13 in the Plymouth High School gymnasium, the All-Stars and Star Bursts competed first, which resulted in an All-Stars victory...

Salem choir director Jonathan Lunneberg conducts students as they play “O Fortuna” by Carl Orff for the finale at the Collage Concert held in the Gloria Logan Auditorium at Salem High School, Feb. 5, 2025.

Collage Concert returns after 10 years

Matthew Collins, Website Manager February 12, 2025

Over 1,200 eighth graders attended a field trip to the Gloria Logan Auditorium at Salem High School on Feb. 5 to explore and observe performances in the Visual and Performing Arts Department classes P-CEP...

The slick paths at P-CEP between Cantons’ Phase three and the bus loop at Salem High School after a couple inches of snowfall. Dec. 12 2024.

P-CCS gives inside on snowy day procedures and closures

Austin DiCarlo, Guest Writer January 13, 2025

P-CEP, along with every other school in Michigan, has been dealing with  snowy winters for years since it opened in 2002. According to Accuweather and ABC News , the coming winter will be a little colder...

The Kellogg Park Town Square Christmas tree acts as the centerpiece to the “Walk of Trees” display in downtown Plymouth. Dec 15, 2024

Downtown Plymouth’s ‘Walk of Trees’ just might be the hot spot for this holiday season

Kyle Frew, Guest Writer December 21, 2024

Stepping foot into the ‘Walk of Trees’ exposes one to the wonderful sights of decorations, happy families, and an atmosphere enough to put anyone in the Christmas spirit. The ‘Walk of Trees’...

The front of 88.1 The Park’s studio on the second floor of Salem High School. November 11, 2024

88.1 The Park’s ‘Thanks For Giving’ pledge drive begins Nov. 11 as the station raises funds for studio upgrades through its Amplification Capital Campaign

Anya Read, Editing Manager November 13, 2024

  88.1 The Park, P-CEP’s student-run radio station, will hold its annual “Thanks For Giving” pledge drive, November 11-16 to raise money for a massive upgrade through the station’s Amplification...

Salem senior Diya Sompura (left)  and Canton senior Kimaya Samak (right) carry boxes created by the WAA to hold menstrual product donations. Aug. 30, 2024.

Students create organization to empower, provide for women

Summer Jamil October 25, 2024

Around 45 percent of teens say they are affected by the negative stigma around menstruation, and around 60 percent agree they were taught to feel ashamed of their periods, according to a study by period.org....

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