Alumni Welcome

List of 3 news stories.

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  ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Jordan Smith ’07

  This month the Cranbrook Schools Alumni Team sat down with CK alumnus Jordan Smith ’07, Culinary Institute of America-trained chef-owner of Coeur. Since it’s opening in 2023, Coeur provides Ferndale with a “fine dining experience rooted in tradition yet infused with a creative and light-hearted approach”. As a self-described food nerd and classically trained chef, he has a penchant for weaving classic technique and modern ingredients imbued with subtle nostalgia, creating dishes like an artfully updated chicken cordon bleu using local Michigan chicken or an entire tasting menu themed around fast food. He’s a constant student of ingredients, products, technique, and life. He believes that the learning never stops, whether it’s in the kitchen or out in the world. All of chef Jordan’s training and life experience has led him to Coeur, a restaurant which acts as an extension to his wild heart and expansive worldview. Coeur is all about manifesting those memorable, core food experiences in other people. He believes ardently in exploring one’s own creativity, celebrating freedom, and unlocking those memories within us all.
  
  

   
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  Brookside Librarian Mrs. Marmorstein Retires After 25 Years of Inspiring Young Readers

  Click here to share well wishes with Laura Marmorstein as she retires
  
  After over two decades of shaping young minds from the Brookside Library, Laura Marmorstein is not only saying goodbye to her teaching career, but the countless students whose lives have been touched by her through her care. She’s described as a gift to the school by her fellow colleagues. Reflecting at her time at Brookside, she shared, “All schools seek to educate children but the way we educate here and the resources that we have to pass on, that it’s a very special place and treasure that”. She also expresses a great gratitude for her colleagues, saying “I’ve never met a group of more caring, creative, and passionate people.” As she turns to the next page in her chapter, her legacy will live on within the lower school library in the imaginations of the children whose love of reading she helped to spark.
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  CKAA inducts Fran and Prospero Dagbovie as Honorary Alumni, Celebrate Stacy Rivard and more

  Click here to congratulate Fran and Prosper Dagbovie on their new status as honorary alumni
  Click here to wish GMS Head Stacy Rivard well as she retires
  
  At their final meeting of the the 2024-25 school year, the Cranbrook Kingswood Alumni Association celebrated longtime faculty, inducting former faculty members Fran and Prospero Dagbovie as Honorary Alumni, and presenting retiring GMS Head Stacy Rivard with the Alumni Appreciation award. The event was held at Coeur in Royal Oak, owned and operated by Jordan Smith '07.
  
  CKAA President Ekta Lobo Wilcox '89 inducted Fran who was present in person to accept the honor. CKAA President-Elect Ian Perkins '05 presented Prospero as Honorary Alumnus. While he couldn't be there in person due to health considerations, a delegation from the CKAA will pay him a visit to deliver their school rings soon!
  
  View more photos of the event by clicking here.
  
  You can leave a note of congratulations for the Dagbovies and Stacy Rivard at Reunion at our "Faculty Milestones" event at Reunion on Saturday, June 7 at the Cranbrook Library, 3:30- 5pm.
  
  Click here to register for the Faculty Milestones event and other Reunion events.
  If you can't join us in person, you can congratulate our honorary alumni on their sharing page. Follow the links below.