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Vietnam Veterans of America- Detroit Chapter 9 Rewards Randolph Skills Trades Program Completers with Cash Assistance!
On June 15, in a COVID-friendly drive-by ceremony, 62 Randolph Career and Technical Center students were awarded $220 cash donated by the Detroit Chapter 9 of the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 9 Detroit (VVA9). ...
Celebrating National Camera Day!
Detroit Public Schools Community District houses some of the finest specialty schools in the state, especially supporting the District’s Career Pathways program. Originally named The Detroit High School for the Fine...
DPSF celebrates Juneteenth!
Juneteenth is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of African-Americans who had been enslaved in the United States. Originating in Galveston, Texas, it is now celebrated annually on June 19 throughout the United...
Happy Flag Day!
Happy Flag Day! The Detroit Children's Museum (DCM) has a wonderfully large collection of over 1,000 flags that are used to develop special curriculum for teachers and students in the District. In the DCM lending...
June 2021 Newsletter
DPSCD Summer Programming! Summer Programming is scheduled at 44 DPSCD schools (28, K-8; 15, 9-12; and 6 Exception Student Education Center sites) offering families and students (currently enrolled and new Fall...
It is World Plant a Vegetable Garden Day and we are Celebrating our Farm to School Program!
On World Plant a Vegetable Garden Day, we talked with Matt Hargis, the supervisor of the Farm to School program about the importance of DPSCD’s School Gardens and his vision for the future: “The Office of School...
National Bike to School Day
May is National Bicycle Safety Month! Our children LOVE riding their bicycles! Across 18 DPSCD schools, the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program has recently installed new infrastructure to help make it safer for...
Virtual STEM Goes Red Day at the Detroit International Academy!
On April 19, 2021; the American Heart Association, in collaboration with the Detroit Public Schools Foundation (DPS Foundation) and the Detroit Public Schools Community District’s Detroit International Academy for...
Virtual STEM Goes Red Day at the Detroit International Academy!
On April 19, 2021; the American Heart Association, in collaboration with the Detroit Public Schools Foundation (DPS Foundation) and the Detroit Public Schools Community District’s Detroit International Academy for...
Detroit Children’s Museum provides books for DPSCD Families on World Book Day and every day!
Since 2016, the Detroit Children’s Museum’s (DCM) has been very involved in DPSCD’s Little Free Library Program securing donations of high-quality books (175,000) and maintaining the libraries at each of our schools....
DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH WDIV/Local 4’s EVROD CASSIMY, ON THE LAUNCH OF GOOD ENOUGH
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The inspirational song hit the airwaves April 16th and mask proceeds will be donated to the DPS Foundation to benefit our students. DETROIT, Mich. (April 16, 2021) – The Detroit Public Schools...
Shout-out to our Office of School Health and Wellness!
World Health Day was April 7th and we want to highlight the work of our Office of School Health and Wellness (OSHW) team which includes Dr. Elliott Attisha (Chief Health Officer), Nurse Denise Cade (Senior Director,...
JPMorgan Chase Foundation Supports DPSCD’s IT Education
As COVID-19 hit our Detroit community, we’ve been able to lean on one of our valuable partners to help us get through it together. The current economic and health crisis caused by COVID-19 continues to impact, at a...
