N.I.C.E. Community Schools

NICE Community School District is a public school district located in Ishpeming, Michigan; the acronym stands for the predecessor districts that consolidated in the 1960s and 1970s: National Mine, Ishpeming Township, ChampionHumboldtSpurr Townships, and Ely Township.

The district is currently composed of one elementary school (Aspen Ridge Elementary School), one middle school (Aspen Ridge Middle School), and one high school (Westwood High School).

NICE Community Schools originally contained several elementary schools, West Ishpeming Elementary, North Lake Elementary, Ely Elementary, National Mine Elementary and Champion Elementary and two middle schools National Mine Middle School (home of the Cougars) and Champion Middle School (home of the Indians). In the early 1990s these schools were closed and Aspen Ridge Elementary and Middle School were opened.

Westwood High School

Founded in 1974, Westwood High School is a magnet high school located in Ishpeming Township.[1]

Aspen Ridge Elementary and Middle School

Aspen Ridge Elementary and Middle School (ARES and ARMS) offers a wide array of classes available to its students.

References

  1. "Westwood High School", National Center for Education Statistics, accessed 20 December 2008.
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