Alumni Welcome

List of 3 news stories.

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  Exploring Campus by Bike: MSG Cyclists on the Go

  As our GMS students cruise into summer they are taking a newly sharpened set of skills with them. For more than 15 years, the Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Girls Cycling Club has been helping students discover the joy of biking—and exploring and navigating the landscape around them — one ride at a time. The club was started by the late Miles Robinson, longtime MSG science teacher known for his spirited approach to learning, and social studies teacher Geri Brandimarte. Since then, it has become a treasured intramural tradition each fall and spring.
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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.