Allen Park H.S. Senior Katie Weiss honored at April 3 Pistons game

Allen Park HS senior Katie Weiss was honored at the April 3 Piston game at the Palace during halftime. She started a group at her high school to stop the use of the R word (retarded). — at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

Photos by:  SUE SUCHYTA

Katie Weiss (second from left), 17, a senior at Allen Park High School, enjoys a Pistons game April 3 at the Palace in Auburn Hills with her boyfriend Trevor Stier (left),17, a senior at Allen Park High School, her father Michael Weiss (third from left) and her sister Kelsey Weiss, 13, an eighth grader at Allen Park Middle School. Katie launched a presentation at her high school to get people to stop using "the R word"(retarded).

Katie Weiss (right), 17, a senior at Allen Park High School, received a jersey from Detroit Piston
basketball player Jason Maxiell, number 54, on April 3 during half-time at the Palace in Auburn Hills.

Katie Weiss displays the jersey presented to her and autographed by Detroit Piston Jason Maxiell, number 54 on April 3 during half-time at the Palace in Auburn Hills.

Katie Weiss (third from left), 17, a senior at Allen Park High School, displays the jersey presented to her and autographed by Jason Maxiell at the April 3 Pistons game  during half-time at the Palace in Auburn Hills. Shown with Katie Weiss is her mother Veronica Weiss (left), her sister Kelsey Weiss, 13, an eighth grader at Allen Park Middle School and her father Michael Weiss (right).