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Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, 6,467 students in 12 schools

Grosse Pointe Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Grosse Pointe, measured against Grosse Pointe's own big snow morning of 3.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Grosse Pointe close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Grosse Pointe Woods.
The Grosse Pointe playbook

How Grosse Pointe calls a snow day

When the call comes

No later than 5:30 a.m., however, in some instances a decision can be made earlier.

“Typically a decision regarding school closure is made no later than 5:30 a.m., however, in some instances a decision can be made earlier.”
Source

How families hear

By radio, local TV, the district website, phone call, email and social media.

“RoboCall- An automated voice message will also be sent out by District Administration along with an email to all families in the District, and posts on official GPPSS social media.”
School Closing Procedures - Grosse Pointe Public School System

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day September 8, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
  • Last day June 16, 2027
District calendar

Read from Grosse Pointe’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is gpschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Grosse Pointe’s snow record

22.3inches of snow a winter
2.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.9with 4 in or more
3.3 ina big snow morning in Grosse Pointe: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
1.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
2Nov
4.8Dec
7.2Jan
6.1Feb
2.1Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 9.5 in on November 12, 2019
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 44.5 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 5.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2 miles away. Mornings are the 7 am snow reading on a weekday from December 1 through March 31, over the ten winters from 2016 to 2017 through 2025 to 2026, from NOAA GHCN Daily.

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The Michigan rule

How Michigan counts a lost day

Michigan requires at least 180 days and 1,098 hours of pupil instruction. The first 6 days (or the same hours) lost to conditions outside the district's control, such as severe storms, are counted as instruction; up to 3 more can be approved by the State Superintendent.

The Michigan rules in the agency’s own words, and every Michigan district

Next door

Districts near Grosse Pointe

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Harper Woods City SchoolsHarper Woods22.3 in0.9
South Lake SchoolsSaint Clair Shores22.3 in0.9
Eastpointe Community SchoolsEastpointe22.3 in0.9
Roseville Community SchoolsRoseville22.3 in0.9
Lakeview Public SchoolsSaint Clair Shores22.3 in0.9
Lake Shore Public SchoolsSaint Clair Shores22.3 in0.9
The schools

12 schools

Every school in Grosse Pointe follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Grosse Pointe South High School, Grosse Pointe Farms
  • Grosse Pointe North High School

Middle

  • Parcells Middle School
  • Brownell Middle School, Grosse Pointe Farms
  • Pierce Middle School, Grosse Pointe Park

Elementary

  • George Defer Elementary School, Grosse Pointe Park
  • John Monteith Elementary School
  • Ferry Elementary School
  • Kerby Elementary School, Grosse Pointe Farms
  • Richard Elementary School, Grosse Pointe Farms
  • Stevens T Mason Elementary School
  • Lewis Maire Elementary School, Grosse Pointe
Questions

Grosse Pointe snow day questions

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