Ask the principal about the Carver Learning Community and he’ll tell you it’s ‘The Smart Choice For Smart Kids.’ He can back it up with proof. Carver students are making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The school has also been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Skillman Foundation’s Good Schools: Making the Grade Initiative. The money will be used to improve the school with a new media lab that will feature wireless technology plus Carver is in the running for another Good Schools Grant.

‘Smart’ is the word the Carver learning community lives by. For them, it’s the place to be because the children are taught in a loving, nurturing, and safe school environment which enhances learning. The student population is diverse, so while the children learn their math, language skills, science and social studies, they also learn about other cultures and how acceptance is universal. That helps them to become more well-rounded individuals. Carver also offers a dedicated bilingual program.

To further enhance the efforts to produce Smart children, Carver offers services at the school that help the teaching process such as Social Work, speech and language pathology sessions and an on-site psychologist. Add challenging extra curricular activities such as the Chess Club, The World in Motion/Engineering Society of Detroit, Girl Scouts, corrective reading, and instrumental music that help round out the students academically and add to their overall development. If parents are in need, the school can put them in touch with several services such as legal assistance and the Judson Family Development Center. At Carver, their Smart parents also get involved in the children’s learning activities and get tips from the school to help them become a more active participant in the education of their child.

Partners from the community also contribute to the success of Carver students by providing them with enriching experiences that add to the core learning and help them to think about their future education. All of these contribute to student achievement and progress.

At Carver, the focus is on helping children to succeed and prosper in life. The daily goal is to use every tool available to help students improve their academic performance and use their brains to become the smart student they can be. Give us a call so that your child can become a Carver Learning Community Smart Kid!!

OUR MISSION…”The Carver PK-8 Learning Community believes in continual improvement of all its stakeholders while developing individual learners.”

Historical Note: George Washington Carver was a noted African American scientist who was best known for developing useful products from peanuts.

Detroit’s Central High School has one of the longest histories (150 years) of any Detroit Public School because it was the first Detroit High School. It was established in 1858 with 23 students in a building on Miami Ave. By 1863 the increasing number of students had outgrown the building so the school was moved to the former State Capitol Building (yes, Detroit was the Capitol of Mich.-The seat was moved to Lansing in 1847) and was renamed Capitol High. The school earned its accreditation from the University of Michigan in 1871. In 1893, disaster struck and the school was destroyed by fire. It was moved temporarily to the Biddle House on East Jefferson, then to the new building on Cass and Warren in 1896 (yes that building is the current Wayne State University Administration building) and named Central High. Eventually the student population outgrew that building and in 1926 the school was moved to a new building at Tuxedo and LaSalle Boulevard, its current home.

But that was the Central of yesterday. Today, the school houses an active and thriving population of students despite the challenges presented by the surrounding area. The students can pursue the traditional college prep course of study that includes the highly acclaimed Integrated Carnegie Algebra and Geometry course of study. If they choose to they can spice up academic pursuits with involvement in:

• Local, State and National DECA (Distributive Educational Clubs of America) and BPA (Business Professionals of America)
• Robotics competition
• Fine Arts – Such as participation in the Cartunes project (see photo, car was purchased for charity); participation in the ‘You Make A Difference,’ GM/College For Creative Studies program focusing on automotive art
• Publishing Poetry …’Lyrical Dexterity’…in the English department – Several editions.
• Band – marched in the America’s Thanksgiving Day, St. Patty’s Day and the Broad Street Parades
• The Detroit Area Pre College Engineering Program (DAPCEP)
• Student Council and Michigan Youth In Government
• Community Service for Motor City Makeover, Thanksgiving Baskets and more.

Because Central students are DPS, they have rare opportunities to learn on many levels because of community entities that have formed partnerships with the school such as:

• The Wayne County Community College dual enrollment program
• The Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Retreats
• Marygrove’s Urban Agenda project that helps students make positive changes in their school environment
• Wayne State Higher Education Opportunities (HEOC) that recruits students for college, placing 75-80%
• Alumni Career Week exposure to numerous careers.

If your child is a sports lover, there’s opportunity at Central in Class A competition for girls and/or boys in baseball, softball, tennis, swimming, basketball, cross country, football. In golf, the girls’ teams won 7 straight championships in a row through 2008. A well balanced education in an environment that is filled with the pioneering heritage of the school. Central is the place where your child can blaze a trail to a successful future.

Central High School

Student Shardai Granger touching up a Cartune that was auctioned off for charity.

Michigan Round Table for Diversity and Inclusion

Art Club members with their community service project of a spruced up front desk at the Detroit Police Department’s Western District station.

Art Club members with their community service project of a spruced up front desk at the Detroit Police Department’s Western District station.

Mumford High School

17525 Wyoming Street

Anthony Houston, Principal

416-7064

At Mumford High School all students are given the opportunity to learn and excel. The school has produced a number of successful graduates including movie and television producer Jerry Bruckheimer, gospel recording artists Fred Hammond, The Winans, The Clark Sisters, and many, many others. The bar to succeed has been set high and each year Mumford students continue to raise the standards of what it means to be a Mumford graduate.

Named for Samuel C. Mumford, a Detroit Edison treasurer who served on the Detroit Board of Education for 22 years and elected president 3 times, Mumford produces students who put forth their best effort when it comes to academics. Students take full advantage of the advance placement courses, honors programs, merit curriculum, and the schools smaller learning communities. In addition computer labs, reading classes and foreign language courses are offered to help provide students with an extra academic edge. All students are both college and career prep which helps prepare them to enter the world equipped and ready after graduation. Average attendance rates show that 93% of students show up for class everyday which means they are excited and ready to learn!

Mumford High School also has one of the top vocal and instrumental music programs in the State and students can participate in the science Olympiad, robotics team, peer tutoring, track and field, softball, baseball, basketball, football, tennis, volleyball and soccer. Clubs such as Men in Transition and Sister Girlfriend are also open students.

The school continues to undergo improves to meet the needs of the changing community and remains a leader when it comes to adapting to meet the needs of the students. Mumford was the first Metro-Detroit high school to offer a state-of-the-art Technology Center for students, the pioneer high school for the Channel 1 national presentation of news focused on youth, and the first Compact High School in the state ”creating a positive alliance between business, higher education, organized labor and the school.” 

The Mumford Mustangs have received numerous awards for their academic achievements and continue to be productive and successful members in the community.

Glazer Elementary School

Bennie Glenn, Principal

2001 Labelle Street

852-1500

At Glazer Elementary School, student achievement is of most importance.  Principal Bennie Glenn and the highly qualified teaching staff know that education is the key to their students’ future success. The Glazer staff knows that by working hand in hand with their community partners and parents, they will “ensure productive citizens in a global society.”

Glazer Elementary was recognized as a Leadership School by Schools of the 21st Century and was also awarded a $100,000 Skillman Improvement Grant, the highest award among six elementary schools included in the 2007 High Performing category out of 300 Detroit elementary schools. The grant helped to fund several programs including a GED certificate program and the purchase of computers to “assist parents of Glazer students who have not completed high school.”

Core academics are top priority at Glazer but students are welcome to participate in extra-curricular activities such as Chess Club, Choir, Art Enrichment Program, Academic Games, After School Tutorial and Art Club, and more. Students are also welcome to participate in the school’s safety patrol, sports program, and Technology and IT Classes.

Throughout the year Glazer holds several events for students and their families to celebrate and showcase the accomplishments of students such as Family Math Night, Computer Club, Annual Field Day, Science and Art Fairs, as well as several others. All these events add to the atmosphere at Glazer and the family feeling the staff creates for students each and every day.

Thomas Alva Edison Elementary PK-5

Beverly Green, Principal

17045 Grand River

852-1066

When children begin attending Edison Elementary, they soon learn that a lot is expected of them. The staff and teachers are there to help them to develop their academic, social, creative and physical abilities and to teach them the value of working hard in classes and at anything in life.

The school boasts a clean and safe environment for students along with established supportive relationships with the community and parents, a balance that contributes to the school’s success.

At Edison, the ‘whole child’ approach ensures that the individual student’s needs are met. Children have a variety of academic and other avenues to learning to explore. Along with the core academics, there is Accelerated Reading and Math, after school enrichment, the Mobile Dentist and a school nurse, visual arts, vocal music, creative writing, computer access in every classroom and physical education. They also have a special Saturday Kiddie College that offers foreign language, chess, Young Explorers Club, modern dance and ballet from 9 a.m. to noon. It’s funded by the Skillman Foundation.

Good character and self esteem are companions of academic achievement so the school offers conflict resolution, social work, speech and psychological services, Junior Achievement, the Amazing Me Program, Big Brother/Big Sister, DIA Arts, and the Parents’ Institute where parents can learn tips for helping their children with their school work. Students can also join the Academic Games team and the Safety Patrol.

Collectively, what Edison has to offer is a plus for students. The school is a Skillman Foundation Good Schools Grant Winner and has won the Michigan Golden Apple honor five times and State  Sen. Buzz Thomas’ honor roll…

There is a place waiting for your child at Edison Elementary…a community school.