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ith the name of the hero in the movie Top Gun,
Maverick Levy is a new kind of leader. This high
school senior convinced his father to offer a 20 per-
cent discount on tax prep services to teachers at his high school
— and around the country.
“Educators are underpaid and under-appreciated. I can help
these people afford better tax services than they would get at
a storefront tax company. My dad is in total agreement,” says
Maverick, whose dad, Lawrence Levy, owns Levy & Associates,
a tax service in Southfield, Delray Beach, Fla., and satellite
offices in 29 communities.
Asking his father, his fellow students and his community at
large to do more to better society is just how Maverick rolls.
The senior at Frankel Jewish Academy (FJA) in West Bloomfield
volunteers to tutor autistic students weekly for the Friendship
Circle and is planning a dodge ball tournament next month as
a fundraiser for this organization dedicated to helping children
with special needs.
“Since I’m a senior in my final stage of high school, I wanted
to do something to say thank you to the many fine teachers I’ve
had,” Maverick says.
He’d count Adam Shireman, philosophy and social studies
teacher, and former FJA teacher Kyle Henry, along with all his
Hebrew teachers, as incredibly helpful with helping him under-
stand culture, language and new thoughts.
Maverick, a member of Temple Israel who will go to Israel
in May with his senior class, credits his conversational Hebrew
class with helping him learn how to speak to people on his trip,
his first. This fall, he will enroll in the James Madison residential
college at Michigan State University in the pre-law curriculum.
He comes from a family of professionals. His stepmom,
Michelle, is a lawyer; his dad is a business owner; his late
grandfather, who started the Levy firm, was a CPA. His younger
brother, Jett, hopes to emulate his brother.
“My older son is very philanthropic. He’s been working with
autistic kids since he was 12 years old,” Lawrence Levy says.
“There was a car accident about two weeks ago that Maverick
witnessed on Walnut Lake. Three cars were smashed carrying
teenagers. He hopped out of his car and pulled several kids to
safety. He has the greatest heart in the world.”
When Maverick asked his dad to extend a tax prep discount,
not only to teachers, but to help first responders, his dad
agreed. Recently, firefighters helped quell a bomb scare at the
Jewish Community Center, where FJA is housed.
“This month, we began offering a 20 percent discount to all
teachers and first responders — police and firefighters — in
Michigan and expanded it throughout the country. Then we
added veterans and people serving now in the military. We
want people to know we care,” Lawrence Levy says.
Maverick says he just wants to make a difference for the
teachers who educate the next generation of leaders. •

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Teachers, school administrators, police
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apply for a 20 percent discount at the
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They must present valid identification
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DODGE BALL FUNDRAISER
Maverick Levy is organizing a dodge ball
tournament at Sky Zone in Canton. Teams
of six pay $20 apiece for food, court time
and eligibility for a grand prize from noon
to 3 p.m., Sunday, March 5. Proceeds
benefit Friendship Circle. For information,
visit friendshipcircle.org or email Maverick
at maverick.levy1@gmail.com.

