 Over $2 million in merit- and need-based financial aid is awarded to new and returning students annually.In the spring of 1878, seven members of the Liggett family, headed by the Reverend James D. Liggett, settled in Detroit to establish a small, independent school for girls originally named The Detroit Home and Day School.In 1883, the school moved to a three-story brick building at the corner of Cass Avenue and Stimson Place.