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Roy Roberts Contract Extended
RSR Contract Extension-Employee Communication Governor commends Roy Roberts for continued commitment to DPS
School of the Week: Breithaupt Career and Technical Center
Francisco Llobell, a junior at Western International High School, has no doubt where he wants to be in five years – at General Motors Headquarters, working as an automotive engineer designing cars. But if that doesn’t work out, he’s not worried, because he plans to pursue his talent in computer animation while at college and could fall back on a career in computer gaming. Thanks to his coursework in computer-aided design at Breithaupt and Career Technical Center, Llobell, 16, is already on a path toward realizing his dreams. “These are skills I need to have the job I want in the future,” he said recently, taking a brief break from a lesson on the manufacturing process (including concepts like machine … Continue reading
“I’m very, very encouraged with the progress that Detroit public schools are making,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, after visiting Thirkell Elementary
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Gov. Rick Snyder on May 6, 2013, visited a fifth-grade grade class and a pre-kindergarten class at Detroit Public Schools’ Thirkell Elementary School, the top preK-8 school in Detroit, according to Excellent Schools Detroit. DPS showcased a preschool class because the district’s new Strategic Plan calls for preschool for all 4-year-olds. VIDEO: Gov. Rick Snyder and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan speak about education in a town hall in Detroit on May 6, 2013.
School of the Week: Clark, J.E. Preparatory Academy
A principal’s guide to organizing a school around improved achievement and impacting students’ lives on a daily basis Organize your school around the essential principles of academic achievement and school culture, and not only will you see data record improvements in those areas, your school’s student attendance and enrollment will increase as well. It’s a straightforward plan delivered by second year principal Demond Thomas. J.E. Clark Preparatory Academy, in the Morningside community on the far east side, has gotten local, state and national attention for visits this past year by the leaders of General Motors, Lear Corp., Florida A&M and countless media and civic officials, and has served as the focus of several public and private community million-dollar revitalization investment … Continue reading
Emergency Manager Update – Roy Roberts Retirement
DPS Leadership Transition Letter to Employees Emergency Manager Progress Report: May 2011 to April 2013 VIDEO: Watch Governor Rick Snyder’s statement on Roy Roberts’ retirement
School of the Week: Detroit Institute of Technology College Prep High School at Cody
DIT 101- What does it mean to be a student who attends DIT at Cody? Every single student who walks through the doors of Detroit Institute of Technology College Prep High School at Cody must register for “DIT 101.” Similar to a freshman level introductory course at a college or university, this mandatory class—held each day for 40 minutes—pairs students with an academic advisor. The students will maintain a relationship with this person for the next four years of their high school career. The primary task charged to each advisor is ensuring his or her students are on track to graduate and are prepared to enter a two- or four-year post secondary institution that offers a strong program major matching … Continue reading
School of the Week: Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies School (FLICS)
In Kaori Ohgata’s fourth grade class on a recent Tuesday, students studied their words of the week: worm, hello, sticky rice snack, and eye. But these were not just any typical vocabulary words, and the students of the Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies School (FLICS) weren’t using the American alphabet, No. 2 pencils or lined paper to practice them. The students were deftly stretching out red clay and weaving the strands into shapes that created lines of Japanese script on the blank paper in front of them. “Since the Japanese use a completely different writing system, this is a more physical way to learn, and kids like that,” said Ohgata, a Japanese language teacher at FLICS. In this style … Continue reading
DPS Education Advantage: Spring 2013 Newsletter
View our Spring 2013 Newsletter
Tune in! Spring Enrollment segment
A one-hour-long DPS Spring Enrollment segment is airing on MyDetroitCable daily at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. ! Celebrate our schools!!!! See a glimpse now and share it:
School of the Week: Schulze Academy for Technology and the Arts, developing leaders every day
Walk into any classroom at Schulze Academy, and you will be greeted with an energetic salute by every student. Dr. Brenda Lyons has been the Principal at Schulze for five years and is extremely passionate about ensuring her students are confident, successful and driven leaders. Named after the donation of land from Mr. Frederick J. Schulze, the school has been transformed into Schulze Academy for Technology and the Arts. During the implementation of the reform/redesign plans mandated by the Michigan Department of Education, the Instructional Leadership Team put into place a smaller ‘school within a school’ concept for a Leadership Academy for grades 6-8. The Barack Obama Leadership Academy requires recommendations from teachers addressing why students are eligible for the … Continue reading
