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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 Nutrition is committed to procuring local foods,...
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 students to walk and bike to school. This is the first...
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 Young Women (DIA), hosted Virtual STEM Goes Red Day at...
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 Young Women (DIA), hosted Virtual STEM Goes Red Day at...
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. According to Lead Educator, Charles Merrell, “We...
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 Foundation, an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit...
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, Nursing) and our School Nurses! The OSHW is...
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 disproportionate number, the opportunities open to...
Arab American National Heritage Month’s Student Showcase!
The DPSCD’s Office of Equity, Advocacy and Civil Rights is sponsoring a Virtual Student Showcase as part of the District’s celebration of Arab- American National Heritage Month. The theme is “The Arab-American Experience: What is meaningful to you in your culture?”....
April 2021 Newsletter
2nd Annual Golf Outing at TPC Michigan - June 21, 2021! Save the date and join us! Sponsorships needed. This has been an unimaginable year for our students, their families and our educators. Let’s support them. Golf remains a safe outdoor activity and what better...