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Thursday, July 13, 2006
Ten DPS schools each received a large bin of books this week as part of the Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority’s Ivy Reading AKAdemy program.
The following schools received books: William J. Beckham Academy, Samuel Gompers Elementary, Bunche Elementary, Blackwell Institute, Coleman A. Young Elementary, Coolidge Elementary, Neinas Elementary, Barbara Jordan Elementary, Beulah Brewer, and Heilmann Middle School.
The books were presented at a special event at the Cobo Convention Center, where the sorority is holding its annual national convention this week. Several students, their parents and some teachers attended. The students in attendance each received a book.
The Ivy Reading AKAdemy is the sorority’s signature program. It is designed to promote reading and writing among elementary school students. Members of the sorority donate used and or new books in drop boxes during their annual convention. The bins are divided up by region and the books are then distributed to selected schools in those regions.
About the Detroit Public Schools
The Detroit Public Schools, founded in 1842, is one of the nation’s largest public school systems. Detroit Public Schools is a school district of choice and is open to children who live outside the city. The District offers numerous competitive academic and career technical programs.
Among these world-class programs are the Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural School, Michigan’s only public school of its kind; Davis Aerospace, one of few college prep high schools in the country where students can obtain a pilot’s license; the Detroit School of the Arts, a multiple award winning performing arts high school; and Crockett Technical High School, a digital technology high school.
For more information about the District, visit our website at www.detroitk12.org.
