Greetings MLK Family,


I wanted to make sure I send out a reminder about a few items happening at MLK today and tomorrow!

Spring Parent Teacher Conferences- Parent Teacher Conferences will be held tomorrow,  Wednesday March 12th from 1:30pm-5:30pm. Conferences sessions will be first come, first serve, with strict 5 minute limits for each meeting. Here are a few insights to ensure a smooth and productive PTC meeting:

*Gather relevant documents: Collect your child's report cards and progress reports on PowerSchool Parent Portal.
*Bring your Student
*Prepare questions: Consider questions about your child's strengths, needs, challenges, and learning style.
*Create an agenda: Organize your thoughts and write down what you want to discuss.
*Plan ahead
*Be positive
*Be an Active Listener

Half Day Alert- Tomorrow Wednesday, March 12 at  all MLK students will be released at 12:20pm. Please come back and join us for Parent Teacher Conferences starting at 1:30pm until 5:30pm.

Let's Hear It for the Boys! -Our Boys Basketball Team under the leadership of Head Coach George Ward continues to represent EXCELLENCE on the their ROAD to the Breslin Center for the State Basketball Championship!

MLK Boys will be playing TONIGHT at University Detroit Mercy at 7:30pm against Wayne Memorial High School! Tickets are available on Go Fan at https://gofan.co/app/school/MI10020 Let's Go Crusaders!

Have an amazing Tuesday!

Principal P

Greetings MLK Family!

I hope that each and everyone of you are enjoying this beautiful Sunday afternoon! I wanted to provide this amazing family with a few updates of happenings here at MLK!

Spring Parent Teacher Conferences- Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday March 12th from 1:30pm-5:30pm. Conferences sessions will be first come, first serve, with strict 5 minute limits for each meeting. Here are a few insights to ensure a smooth and productive PTC  meeting:

*Gather relevant documents: Collect your child's report cards and progress reports on PowerSchool Parent Portal.
*Bring your Student
*Prepare questions: Consider questions about your child's strengths, needs, challenges, and learning style.
*Create an agenda: Organize your thoughts and write down what you want to discuss.
*Prepare materials: Bring copies of student work samples
*Plan ahead
*Be positive
*Be an Active Listener

Happenings at MLK-Our Boys Basketball Team under the leadership of Head Coach George Ward  continues to represent EXCELLENCE on the their ROAD to the Breslin Center for the State Basketball Championship! MLK Boys will be playing TUESDAY atUniversity Detroit Mercy  at 7:30pm against Wayne Memorial High School! Tickets are available on Go Fan at https://gofan.co/app/school/MI10020

Boy’s Swim Meet at Wayne State University, on Thursday March 6, 2025 MLK Our team finished 2nd tying  with Western for, second place! Shout out to Coach Peterson and Coach Kaplan and the Swim team Parents and fans here are our amazing results!

*Kevin Bettie, Jr. – 2nd Place finishes in the 200 Yards Medley and 400 Yards Freestyle Relays, 1st Place in the 50 Yards Freestyle, 2nd Place in the 100 Yards Freestyle, and Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Swim Meet.

*Tyee Coxton – 2nd Place finishes in the 200 Yards Medley and 400 Yards Freestyle Relays, 3rd Place in the 200 Yards Individual Medley, and 4th Place in the 100 Yards Butterfly.

*Jace Fields – 2nd Place finishes in the 2    00 Yards Medley and 400 Yards Freestyle Relays, 5th Place in the 200 Yards Freestyle, and 3rd Place in the 500 Yards Freestyle.

*Bernard Henry – 8th Place finishes in the 200 Yards and 500 Yards Freestyle, and 3rd Place in the 200 Yards Freestyle Relay.

*Brandon Kee – 2nd Place finishes in the 200 Yards Medley and 400 Yards Freestyle Relays, 1st Place in the 100 Yards Butterfly and, 2nd Place in the 100 Yards Breaststroke.

*Caleb Tagger – 5th Place finish in the 200 Yards Individual Medley, 5th Place in the 100 Yards Breaststroke, and 3rd Place in the 200 Yards Freestyle Relay.

*Ashton Snorden – 6th Place finish in the 50 Yards Freestyle, 7th Place in the 100 Yards Freestyle, and 3rd Place in the 200 Freestyle Relay.

*Treiden  Warren - 8th Place finish in the 100 Yards Backstroke and 3rd Place finish in the 200 Yards Freestyle Relay

Have an amazing Sunday

Principal P

Greetings MLK Family!

I hope that each and everyone of you are staying warm in this chilly March Thursday! I wanted to provide this amazing family with a few updates of happenings here at MLK!

Spring Parent Teacher Conferences- Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday March 12th from 1:30pm-5:30pm. Conferences sessions will be first come, first serve, with strict 5 minute limits for each meeting. Here are a few insights to ensure a smooth and productive PTC  meeting:

*Gather relevant documents: Collect your child's report cards and progress reports on PowerSchool Parent Portal.
*Bring your Student
*Prepare questions: Consider questions about your child's strengths, needs, challenges, and learning style.
*Create an agenda: Organize your thoughts and write down what you want to discuss.
*Prepare materials: Bring copies of student work samples
*Plan ahead
*Be positive 
*Be an Active Listener

Happenings at MLK- Big Time Shout Out to the Boys MLK Swim Team Coach Kaplan and Coach Peters! Join our young men this evening at Wayne State tonight at 5:30pm as they strive to win the CHAMPIONSHIP! Tickets can be purchased at the Wayne State Swim Complex!

Our Boys Basketball Team under the leadership of Head Coach George Ward  continues to represent EXCELLENCE on the their ROAD to the Breslin Center for the State Basketball Championship! MLK Boys will be playing tonight at Dearborn High School at 7:00pm against Lincoln Park High School! Tickets are available on Go Fan!

Great Job is in order for Coach Tyler and the Lady Crusader Basketball Team for a phenomenal State Championship Run! Thank you ladies, Coaching Staff, parents, and supports for a PHENOMENAL season! This team continues to get better and better! And we know a City and State Championship is RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER!

Have and amazing Thursday!

Principal P

Greetings MLK Family!

Can you believe that Spring is almost upon us?! Spring symbolizes renewal, rebirth, new beginnings, and hope. It's the  time of year when nature reawakens after winter. What new beginnings do you hope to create, and reawaken this Spring? What new talents, that were left frozen during the winter that you will reawaken?! Take this opportunity to SPRING into learning, and pushing toward the goal of graduation!

And here are your Sunday Notes:

Spring Parent Teacher Conferences- Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday March 12th from 1:30pm-5:30pm. Conferences sessions will be first come, first serve, with strict 5 minute limits for each meeting. Here are a few insights to ensure a smooth and productive PTC  meeting:

*Gather relevant documents: Collect your child's report cards and progress reports on PowerSchool Parent Portal.
*Bring your Student
*Prepare questions: Consider questions about your child's strengths, needs, challenges, and learning style.
*Create an agenda: Organize your thoughts and write down what you want to discuss.
*Prepare materials: Bring copies of student work samples
*Plan ahead
*Be positive 
*Be an Active Listener

Congratulations are in order- Congratulations to Coach Foster, the MLK Athletic Department and student Don Spillers for an amazing showing Friday at Ford Field for his participation in the MHSAA State Wrestling Semifinals and Quarter Finals.

Congratulations to Coach Ward the MLK Boys Basketball Team, the Coaching Staff, Athletic Department and MLK Cheerleading Team! MLK rocked the house at Grosse Pointe South. Our victory on Friday paved the way for our Crusaders to complete in the Regional against  Dearborn this Tue, Mar 04, at 8:00 PM! Tickets for this contest can be purchased on Go Fan at https://gofan.co/event/3257420?schoolId=MI9932

Congrats to our Lady Crusaders and Head Coach Tyler in their victory over River Rouge! The Lady Crusaders B Ball team now progresses to the next Round! 

Have an amazing Sunday!
Principal P

Making All the Right Moves-
MLK Is one of 9 District Teams Qualify for the Super National Chess Championship!

Your Martin Luther King Sr. High School Chess Team has exhibited remarkable determination and skill. Along with producing two state individual chess champions this year alone which is very rare for any school in the country to do. The team has worked tirelessly to refine their strategies and improve their gameplay, resulting in their well-deserved qualification. With a strong sense of teamwork and dedication, the Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School chess team is ready to face the best in the nation.


Head coach Reginald Ayala who was a member of the famed Detroit Duffield (now Bunche Academy) Chess team of the early 2000s explains “I'm thrilled to see our team's growth this year, from mastering one play to now heading to Nationals! Our young team of mostly underclassmen worked tirelessly to achieve their goal of qualifying for Super Nationals. I'm extremely proud of every player, parent, and coach who contributed to this journey. On to Orlando!

Excellence In Motion- Join Head Coach George Ward and the Boys Crusader Basketball Team as they take on The Grosse Pointe South Blue Devils at Grosse Pointe South TONIGHT at 7pm for the District Semi Finals! Tickets can be purchased on Go Fan at https://gofan.co/app/school/MI10020

Lady Crusaders of Excellence!- Join Head Coach Lamar Tyler has they challenge the River Rouge Panthers at River Rouge on Thursday February 27th at 5:30pm. Tickets can be purchased on the Go Fan website https://gofan.co/app/school/MI10020 ! Let's go Lady Crusaders!

Join us this evening for the MLK Jr. Honor Society and National Honor Society  Winter Induction, tonight at 5:00pm in the MLK Auditorium! Together let's celebrate our amazing scholars!

Have an amazing afternoon!

Principal P

Greetings MLK Family!

Welcome Back! I am also excited about seeing each and everyone of you right back home at MLK! As each of us return it is imperative that we keep the main thing, the main thing which is high school graduation.  No matter how close or far that goal may be for you please make sure you are coming to school every day, attending every class, and submitting every assignment. Remember success is measured in inches and not yards.

And here are your Sunday Notes

MLK National Honor Society Winter Induction- Please join us on Wednesday, February 26th at 5:00pm in the MLK Auditorium for the MLK Chapter of the National Honor Society Winter Induction. MLK is proud to induct  9th grade Junior Honor Society  initiates and 10 through 12th grade Honor Society inductees. Congratulations to these amazing academicians.

MLK Celebrates Black History Month!- The MLK Social Studies Department is proud to present a Black History Celebration Program to be held at MLK on Thursday, February 27th. This student only production will feature, music, poetry, dramatic interpretations, and more! Have questions about this celebration please contact AP Laidler at ayrea.laidler@detroitk12.org

Class of 2025 Winter Senior Swing Out! Remember Class of 2025 Seniors! All Seniors who have an attendance percentage of 90% or above on Monday February 24th through Friday February 28th qualifies for a Senior Swing Out Bowling Outing! The Swing Out includes bowling, shoes, food, and transportation! Make sure you are at school daily this week to participate in this incentive! The cutting will take place on Friday March 7th! 

And here is your Black History Minute

On February 23, 1868, William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois is born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Du Bois would become a brilliant scholar, an influential proponent of civil rights and a co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Du Bois helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He edited the association’s journal, The Crisis, from 1910 to 1934, reaching an audience of more than 100,000 readers. But he resigned after an ideological rift with the group. In 1935, he published Black Reconstruction, a Marxist interpretation of the post-Civil War era. At Atlanta University, where he later taught, he founded a review of race and culture called Phylon in 1940 and the same year published Dusk at Dawn, in which he examined his own career as a case study of race dynamics. He rejoined the NAACP from 1944 to 1948 but broke with the group permanently after a bitter dispute. He joined the Communist Party in 1961 and moved to Ghana, where he became a citizen in 1963, the year of his death.

Have an amazing Sunday!

Principal Perry 

Greetings MLK Families, Staff, Students, and Parents,

Please be advised that due to expected inclement weather this afternoon and evening, all after school activities and school staff meetings are cancelled today. All schools will dismiss at their regular times.

The district will be monitoring the weather this evening and, in the morning, to determine the status of school and work tomorrow please watch your local trusted news source or the DPSCD website for updates.

This includes all games, practices, and events including The National Honor Society Induction Ceremony.

Greetings MLK Family and Happy Super Bowl Sunday,


Even though many of us are still a bit disappointed that our Detroit Lions did not make it to the big game. Please take time and enjoy family, friends, and kin during the game, sometimes it is the little things that brings us all together!

Enjoy the game and here are your Sunday Notes:

School Count Day- Attendance Matters Everyday! Did you know that School Count Day goes beyond a mere headcount; it involves securing the financial resources essential for delivering the highest quality education to our students. The data collected during these Count Day directly  determines state funding that every school including MLK needs.  To encourage students to attend MLK will be hosting "raffle" style give aways, which include 5 tablets per grade level, a fun and exciting lunch, and more! On Wednesday MLK students will also be allowed to receive "free dress" as well. Remember free dress dose not include pajama pants, inappropriate wording on shirts, or jeans with excessive rips or tears.

Michigan SOS@MLK- On February 12th the Secretary of State will be visiting MLK from 10am-3pm. The services they will be offering  First time Michigan ID, Renew Drivers License, Transfer title, Apply for or renew disability place card. Have questions on this service please contact Ms. Branch at raquel.branch@detroitk12.org .

MLK Shout Outs- Congratulations to the MLK Boy's Swim team and coaches that represented MLK at the the 2025 Wayne County Championship Swim Meet this weekend.  Included in this picture is MLK Alum Landon Robbins, Kevin Bettie, Jr., Brandon Kee, Tyee Coxton,  Jace Fields, and Coach Peters and Coach Kaplan. Keep up all of the amazing work team!

MLK Black History Minute- No matter who wins this tonights Super Bowl contest,  did you know that this  game will be the first Super Bowl with two African American quarterbacks leading their respective teams in 57 years? 

Patrick Mahomes and his Philadelphia Eagles counterpart Jalen Hurts will make history by becoming the first Black quarterbacks to face each other in the Super Bowl's 57-year existence! Together let's all celebrate this major accomplishment in Black History!

Have a Super Sunday enjoy the game  and I will see each of you on Monday!

Principal P

Greetings MLK Family,

As the second semester of the school year gets under way, I have an important academic update to share.

Please check your Power School Parent Portal as several important notifications have been sent to you and your student.

I wanted to lift to every MLK family the request to closely monitor your students  grades and make you aware of the academic and socio emotional support available to every MLK student. Please keep in mind that every student is required to maintain a Grade Point Average above 2.5 at the close of each semester.  A letter with additional details was archived in your students PowerSchool Parent and Student portal this morning. In order to view it you may log into the PowerSchool Parent Portal. If your student has a Grade Point Average above 2.5 please disregard the communication.

Your student’s counselor will be reaching out soon to share details about an academic support plan that they will develop with your student to help them raise their academic performance. Please closely review that plan and to support your student in raising their grades. Last but not least please take advantage of after school tutoring opportunities here at the school every Mon, Tues, and Thurs from 3:30pm until 5:30pm

If you have any questions, please reach out to your student’s counselor.

Thank you for your commitment to your student and to our school.

Principal P

Greetings MLK Family!

I hope that this edition of Sunday Notes finds each and everyone of you well, warm and content. We are now in the 2nd week of 2nd Semester, please take time and take advantage of all of the academic supports available right here at MLK. Attached to Sunday Notes are Parent Portal Power School FAQ's, and a flier that outlines after school tutoring, and Edgenuity support. Remember Academic SUCCESS  IS POSSIBLE@ MLK!

Michigan SOS@MLK- On February 12th the Secretary of State will be visiting MLK from 10am-3pm. The services they will be offering  First time Michigan ID, Renew Drivers License, Transfer title, Apply for or renew disability place card. Have questions on this service please contact Ms. Branch at raquel.branch@detroitk12.org .

MLK Black History Minute- First Lawyer: John Mercer Langston was the first Black man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854. When he was elected to the post of Town Clerk for Brownhelm, Ohio, in 1855 Langston became one of the first African Americans ever elected to public office in America. John Mercer Langston was also the great-uncle of Langston Hughes, famed poet of the Harlem Renaissance.

DPSCD Winter Break- February 17-21


Have an amazing Sunday!

Principal P