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Build the Future by Becoming an Architect

Really build the future by becoming an architect. If you are a high school student and you've every wondered about the profession that produced the desigers of the Eiffel Tower, the Renaissance Center, the Fisher Building… then you need to spend just a couple of hours at Kettering High School to hear about the profession from one who really knows it…

Roger Margum Lecture Flier

Time To Come Home

It's that time of year when the Crusaders, the Doughboys, the Rams, Technicians and all of the other great football teams at our DPS high schools, take to the gridiron, fight for the colors, and try to win one for Homecoming weekend! Check the list for your school.

DPS High School Homecoming Events Flier

Hmong Cultural Fest Lights Up Osborn Community

The Osborn Community, along with residents from the Metro Detroit area can experience a close-up encounter with the Hmong culture during a special event to be held at Fleming Elementary School on September 30.

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• City Wide Parent Meeting - Learning Parent Rights and Responsibilities
• Opening of Schools Praise
• It’s that time again! Every year, ALL eighth grade residents of the City of Detroit have the opportunity to apply for admission to Cass, M. L. King and Renaissance High school. The Examination High School application process for admission for fall 2009 runs from September 3, 2008 through October 22, 2008. Students will be tested in January 2009.
  
  More Details: 2008-2009 Examination High School Application Period
• The Detroit Public Schools offers choices that can help parents help their children to perform better in their classes. If your child is eligible, you have the option of transferring your child to a higher performing school and/or you have the option of securing free tutoring services.
  • CHOICE Fact Sheet
  • Supplemental Educational Services Fact Sheet
• The Detroit Public Schools will reopen its (3) three Information Center sites from Monday, August 18, 2008 through Friday, October 17, 2008. More Details
• ‘Teaching your Child to Read and Write’ Parent Workshops - A Detroit Public Schools Title I Initiative
• Parent/Community Quarterly Newsletters

• Superintendent Connie K. Calloway, Ph.D, will have the opportunity to visit schools and programs in Korea later this month
• Information for vendors
• Letter to Vendors
• The Citywide Baby Shower recently held at the Catherine Ferguson Academy, attracted many teen mothers, their friends and family to the school to find out how it can help the young mothers get back on the education highway. It was a productive day that also provided those in attendance with an enjoyabale afternoon.
  
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• Students at Breithaupt, Crockett and Randolph Career Technical Centers have spent their first part of the summer working on beautiful creations for the 5th Annual Entrepreneur Trade Fair where you can spend a little, get something really special and the students keep the proceeds.
• DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT RECOVERS STOLEN COMPUTERS AND ARRESTS THIEVES
• The Skillman Foundation has been a steady supporter of the educational programs for students in the Detroit Public Schools. This year, 82 Detroit Public schools shared over $2 million in Skillman Grants. It made a difference because the money was used to help the students achieve. For more details, please click here.
• The Southeastern High School of Technology community and it's parnters in education, the Chrysler Mack Engine plants and Jefferson North Assembly, invite you to attend the first, SEHS Community Scholarship Dinner. It will be held on Friday, July 25 at the Wayne County Community College District-Eastern Campus at 5901 Conners, from 7 to 9 p.m. The event is a grand celebration of the accomplishments of our graduating students who plan to continue with college-level studies in Engineering or the Sciences. Each will receive a scholarship check for $1,000. The funds were provided by the Chrysler Foundation.
• Detroit Public Schools 2009 Proposed Budget
• Continuous learning is a good thing and children have an opportunity to keep their academic skills sharp this summer by attending the Fleming Academy Bridge To Summer Learning Program. Click here for more information
• McColl Auditorium Dedication
• WCCCD Reading Carnival
  • More Information - Download the Flier
• Take the DPS Web Satisfaction Survey
• Teacher Appreciation Week
• Notice of Upcoming Title I Constellation Meeting Scheduled for May 13, 2008 from 5:30 - 7:30pm
• Superintendent's Evaluation Matrix: Parent/Community Form
• DPS School Employees Safety Tips
• Detroit iTEST Youth Project: Creating Safe Communities through Information Technology Training in Home Land Security Applications
• Congratulations to the Westside Academy Alternative Education Panthers-State Class “A” Alternative High School Basketball Champions for the school year 2007-08
• 'Big Ed' gives funds to the Martin Luther King Jr., Sr. High School Band
• Title I Parent Resource Center - Open Monday - Thursday 9:00am - 5:00pm
• Help Martin Luther King Jr. H.S. Bands Go to China by Donating Today
  • More Information - Download the Flier
• DPS Welcome Center Information
• Detroit Public Schools Respond to Staphylococcus Aureus (MRDA Infection)
• Schools of Choice Program: Your child might be able to take advantage.

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Resources

• 2008 Council of Great City Schools Reports
• 2009 Adopted Budget
• General Appropriations Resolution and 2008-09 Budget
• School Profile Reports: Information about the academic performance, enrollment history and AYP status of each Detroit Public School.
• MEAP Support Kit
• 2009 Proposed Budget
• 2007-2008 Adopted Budget
• Revised 2007-2008 (DEP) Budget #12
• Amendment 12 to General Appropriations Resolution
• Examination High School Admission Appeal Process Packet (pdf)
• Realignment Planning Committee PowerPoint Presentation
• Revised Deficit Elimination Plan
• 2007 - 2008 Proposed Schools Realignment
• 2006 DPS CAFR
• 2006-2007 DPS TV Commercials
• DPS Properties Available for Lease
• Deficit Elimination Plan
• Annual Reports
• Parent / Community Quarterly Newsletters