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Belleville High School
BHS Marching Band
Fischer Library
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EDUCATION
The first school building of Van Buren Public
Schools opened in 1827. Now,
over 170 years later, the Van Buren Public School district is
composed to six elementary schools, two middle schools and one high
school serving a population of over 6,000 students.
The 74-square-mile district’s population
includes students from the City of Belleville and the Townships of
Van Buren, Sumpter, Canton and Ypsilanti.
The Belleville area also has two parochial
schools, St. Anthony Academy K-8 and Metro Baptist School K-12.
Post-secondary educational opportunities are
available at the Western Campus of Wayne County Community College
District located on Haggerty Road in Van Buren Township and Eastern
Michigan University in Ypsilanti, The University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor and Wayne State University in Detroit.
In addition to the vocation opportunities
offered through the Wayne County Community College District, The
International Trucking School and The Michigan Institute of
Aeronautics are located at Willow Run Airport.
The Fred C. Fischer Library, located in the
City of Belleville, is part of the Wayne County Library System and
serves the tri-community area.
Named after a Superintendent of the Van Buren Schools the
library is open Monday through Thursday from 12 Noon to 9:00 p.m.
and Friday and Saturday from 12 Noon to 5:00 p.m.
The library offers reading programs for
children throughout the year and the very active Friends of the Fred
C. Fischer Library hold used book sales and present programs for the
public to meet authors and topical subjects.
On two days each November the Library gives our local artists
an opportunity to present their masterpieces through the Window on
the Arts program.
The Belleville Area Council for the Arts sponsors an Art
Smart summer program at the library for area youth.
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