Good Morning Grosse Pointe: Aug. 17

Five quick pieces of information to get the day started in Grosse Pointe: 

1. Today will be mostly sunny with temperatures nearing 82, according to the National Weather Service. A light wind of 7 to 13 mph is likely with gusts reaching up to 20 mph. There is a 40 percent chance of scattered thunderstorms and rain showers at night. 

2. Meet Ben Bandfield. He is the . He began his new job Aug. 1 and many fall athletes are already well into practice. 

3. Grosse Pointe Public School System , which measures academic growth based many factors. The districted earned a 100 percent score last year, too. 

4. for court after Grosse Pointe Woods voted this week to terminate its contract. The termination is expected to happen within 90 days of the Shores receiving the official notification. 

5. The 10-year anniversary of 9/11 is rapidly approaching. Everyone knows exactly where they were at the time the towers went down and exactly what they were doing. Patch is looking for Grosse Pointers directly impacted to share how this tragedy has changed their daily life in the last decade. Email Sara.Martin@patch.com.