Student holding piece of paper that says 'Each struggle brings forth new contradictions, new and more challenging questions'
Core Value: High levels of critical thought, creativity, and learning
Students on a boat looking at a map of the Great Lakes
Core Value: Excellence in teaching
Two students smiling at a roller rink
Core Value: Authentic, trusting relationships
Students working together to spread mulch at a playground
Core Value: Community empowerment
Smiling students in a green house
Core Value: Equity within both human relationships and the natural world
A soccer team huddling up and giving high-fives
Core Purpose: To provide the tools to achieve ambitious goals and live lives of meaning
Student reading book 'A is for Activist'
Core Purpose: To nurture a sense of place and develop a commitment to a better Detroit
Three smiling elementary aged students posing in front of a planter box in a garden.
Core Purpose: To grow our souls by developing a connection with ourselves, each other, and the earth

Family Tours

Girls at Farm

The James and Grace Lee Boggs School will host tours for prospective families on the remaining dates and times in 2018:

Th, Apr. 12, 9am
M, Apr. 16, 5pm
Tue, May 8, 9am
Th, May 17 5pm
Th, June 7, 9am
Th, June 7 5pm

Response is required. Please email Ms. Che-Lin at che.lin.boggsschool@gmail.com with preferred date and time to reserve your spot. These dates are subject to change or cancellation due to low response. We hope to see you!

Open Application Period

Our open-application period is April 1-30, 2018 for the 2018-19 school year! NOTE: We will be closed through April 8 for Spring Break. Applications will be available for download from our website starting April 1; they can be picked up and dropped off (or mailed) from the 9th through the 30th.

Auction

Please join us for our annual auction, Friday, March 23, 2018, at 6pm at the Belle Isle Casino! Email amanda.boggsschool@gmail.com for an invitation and directions for purchasing tickets!!

Apply to the Boggs School!

Our 2018-19 Open Application Period for students is now closed, but we are accepting applications on a first-come, first-served basis and anticipate having a limited number of seats available for fall across multiple grades. See Application Instructions for details!

Donate to the Boggs School!

We can only do what we do because of our friends. A donation of any amount helps! And our supply registry is open all year! Thank you!

What's New?

Many others are helping the Boggs School to tell its story. Read and view their journalistic and artistic pieces.

Last year, our 1st and 2nd graders made a movie about the life of trash with our friends at People in Education (PIE)! Check out "Trash Life"!

Did you know our students wrote and published a book illustrated by renowned author Dave Eggers?  Read more about the book! 

Where is it Coming From book cover

BEC Blog

Open Application Period Post date: March 28, 2018
Board Meeting Post date: March 12, 2018
Auction Post date: March 2, 2018
Board Meeting Post date: February 12, 2018
Open Application Period Post date: January 17, 2018
Sign that says 'Stop you are entering a nut free zone'