Our Students - Cornerstone Schools
Building Character

Cornerstone’s Character Development Program is supporting academic success and personal growth. Meet our virtue coach and see how students are taking a leadership role in sharing good habits.

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Building Robot and Relationships

They’re a Jr. IT support team, builders of robots, creators of games…and friends. Discover how the Tech Team at Adams-Young Middle School is preparing for a technology-based world and having fun while they do it.

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A Friendship Reunited

She’s now an electrical engineer at Boeing and he’s been her supporter for 15 years. Read about how their friendship began at Cornerstone and how it has helped her on her journey.

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A Canvas of Compassion: Advocating through Art

Students from two Cornerstone Schools learn about expressing peace and understanding through art with their artwork included in Visions of Peace exhibit in Detroit.

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Checkmate! Chess At Cornerstone

Chess has been part of Cornerstone for many years, and was recently revived at one school thanks to a chance encounter.

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Cornerstone Students Take to the Airwaves

An innovative program at Cornerstone provides opportunities for students to write, host, and produce their own radio shows.

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Healthy Bodies, Healthy Communities: Cornerstone’s Comprehensive Wellness Program

Our Wellness Program promotes healthy habits among students, encouraging them to be role models for health within their peer and family circles.

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Cornerstone Athletics = Winning At Life

At Cornerstone, we’re preparing students who participate in our fitness and athletic programs to win on the field – and more importantly to win in life.

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Comerica VP Inspires Students

Five reason you’ll find yourself at home at Cornerstone Schools

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School Uniforms – Promoting Cooperation and Positive Behavior

When you visit one of our schools, I promise you’ll be impressed by how great our students look.

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Serving Others During COVID-19

Monday, January 18, 2021 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States. It is the only federal holiday set aside as a national day of service. AmeriCorps has been charged by the federal government…

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All Students Deserve to be Healthy, Active & Ready to Learn

It’s startling to realize that the United States ranked last out of 21 industrialized nations in child health and safety. It is imperative that students are well-fed and active if they are going to be ready to learn.

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Individualized Learning

Many of us have heard of the term “Individualized Learning”, but what does it really mean? How does a teacher build individual learning structures with 30-36 students in a classroom?

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The Importance of Art in Education

The Arts create joy and success in education.  Having taught art in Detroit for over 15 years, the path I choose was right.  I love what I do.  The arts are important to education because they bring a form of truth to learning and enrich curriculum while bringing joy to students.

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