Address: 8100 Shield Road Dexter, MI 48130 (734) 424-4240 ext. 1705
Program Hours: T, W, Th 8:30am - 2:30pm; M, F virtual or by appt.; Half Days 8:30am-11:11am
Staff Hours: M-F 8am-3pm
Teacher Jessica Baese
Special Education Teacher Erica Ehinger
Graduation Coach: Rob Schwartz
Head of School: Abby Holland
Head of School: Abby Holland
Alternative Education is an invitation-only high school program for students who have been identified by Dexter High School staff as students who might thrive in this program.
Established in Fall, 2016, the Dexter Community Schools Alternative Education program is designed to help high school students who, for various reasons, would benefit from an alternative high school experience. By personalizing their curriculum, using proven intervention strategies, and employing innovative teaching techniques, this program enables students to stay on track to graduate and work toward their own personal goals. Students are highly supervised, but allowed to learn at their own pace. They are neither held back nor left behind: they are in the driver's seat, with caring and skilled instructors by their sides.
Alternative education provides students the support they need to complete their schoolwork while learning valuable study and life skills that will help them in their next endeavor, whether that will be entering the workforce, being trained in a skilled trade, or post-secondary study. A Frontline feature on high school drop-outs offers sobering statistics on the importance of helping kids finish school.
In Fall, 2019, the Alternative Education program moved to the Louie Ceriani Building at 8100 Shield Road. This project was financed by the 2017 Construction Bond. Thank you, Dexter voters! Click here to read more about Louie.
