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Program Summary

3D Dance Academy

3D Dance Academy is an art organization designed to instill fun, energetic, and motivating training through the discipline of dance. They provide quality dance training (including hip-hop, modern, African-centered, and ballet), majorette, tumbling, and cheer services.

Abrakadoodle

Abrakadoodle offers comprehensive art education programs exploring techniques such as painting, sculpture, drawing, and mixed media. Students will be exposed to a variety of cultures, art techniques, and artists.

Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum and Leslie Science and Nature Center

The Leslie Science and Nature Center will facilitate programs covering topics such as the Water Cycle, Circuits, Engineering, Life Cycles, Animal Classification, and the Scientific Method. Workshops may take place indoors or outdoors and will involve hands-on activities, meeting live animals, and outdoor games and enrichment.

Arts & Scraps

Arts & Scraps will fuse lessons in science, math, and culture with the art projects to create fun learning opportunities for DPSCD students. With each session, students will receive their own individual bags of repurposed, sustainable materials which they will use to create projects that help to reinforce their comprehension and retention of the subject matter.

At Bat

At Bat's baseball program will equip students with fundamentals of baseball (how to properly throw, catch, hit, play different fielding positions, and engage in a five-inning game with peers) as well as enhance their social-emotional learning and value of healthy competition. Through this program, students will not only learn how to play the game but also how to self-evaluate, set meaningful goals, and develop sportsmanship.

Banks Services

Banks Services offers an array of classes covering a broad area of topics including cooking, cosmetology classes, dance classes, painting, arts and crafts, STEM, drones, videography classes, gardening, crochet class, sewing class, spoken word and poetry, and more.

Blucar

BLUCAR is a trusted provider of supplemental educational services with innovative programming aiming to crystalize and encourage the development of youth. Their multifaceted programs are tailored to meet the needs of students of all ages with offerings in sports/recreation, history, business,STEM, culinary arts, computer technology, videography, and more.

Camp Dinner Table

Camp Dinner Table is a culinary arts/social-emotional learning program where students learn basic cooking, food presentation skills and safe kitchen etiquette. This year’s summer programs will include two STEM-based Farm to Plate Programs: 1) Where did this Food Come From?, and 2)  MyPlate, Your plate: Eating according to the 5 Food Groups. Students will be immersed in food history, farming history, water and soil experiments, as well as preparing food prepared from locally sourced locations.

College for Creative Studies, Community Arts Partnerships

The College for Creative Studies Community Arts Partnerships brings the College’s world-class resources in the arts to DPSCD students. Highly trained professional teaching artists from the College for Creative Studies work in small classes to deliver a hands-on introduction to a variety of visual art and design media and techniques for youth through a range of project-oriented activities from painting and sculpture to photography and product design.

DAPCEP

Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program (DAPCEP)  will bring a series of STEM workshops designed to highlight the connection between academic subjects learned in school and advances and discoveries in STEM fields. In these sessions, students will explore topics including synthetic materials; bacteria/viruses; electromagnetic fields, potential/kinetic energy, and more.

Detroit PAL

Detroit PAL is partnering with I Teach Chess to provide instruction around the basic strategy of chess to DPSCD youth. Playing chess has been shown to have an incredible impact on learning and skill development, including fostering critical thinking, problem-solving, and mental alertness.

Detroit Soccer District

Detroit Soccer District will introduce students to the fundamentals of soccer so that they understand the rules of the game and become proficient in key skills. Student athletes will learn foundational movements, footskills, passing & receiving with teammates, small-sided application, team formations, and more.

Diversified Community Services

Diversified Community Services will offer STEM-based activities, performing arts activities, and athletic and structured recreational activities which will enhance student exposure in these spaces and support improved social development. All DCS programs will offer hands-on opportunities and experiences for youth that support increased content retention and social-emotional learning skills development through project-based lesson plans.

DPR Educational Services

DPR Educational Services offers a plethora of hands-on opportunities for youth designed to improve students' academic performance, classroom participation, & leadership skills. Their programs cover an array of subject areas, such as Cool Chemistry, Robotics, Healthy Cooking, Food Chemistry, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Active Games, Life Skills, Recreation, Sports, and STEM.

EDforTech Corp

EDforTech Corps will offer STEAM programming focused on exploring robotics: Their programs will incorporate robotics, coding, and hands-on math and science experiences to connect to STEM educational pathways and career options.

Enrich Kids Now DBA YES! Youth Enrichment Services

YES! Youth Enrichment Services will expose youth to quality enrichment in the arts, specifically dance, acting, and music. Their classes will include creative movement, jazz, hip hop, theater, cheer dance, tumbling, HBCU step, songwriting, and musical theater. Classes teach discipline, self-esteem, and teamwork, in addition to the arts instruction.

Learn It Systems

Learn It Systems offers an array of fun and exciting programs that incorporate social and emotional learning into every aspect. Program offerings include multicultural learning, hands-on STEAM  projects (including LEGO and K’Nex education), performing and visual arts, and sports and fitness.

Living Arts

Living Arts ignites creativity in the lives of Detroit youth through the performing, visual, and media arts. This summer’s programs will offer an array of experiences to DPSCD students, including opportunities to explore dance, visual arts, music, drama, and literary arts.

MedReimagined

MedReimagined helps to build the pipeline of Black and Brown doctors in our community by providing hands-on experiences for students to learn the fundamentals of biomedical science. Through this program, students will learn fundamentals of core body systems, and how to use science and engineering to address common health challenges.

Motor City Street Dance Academy

Founded in 2016, Motor City Street Dance Academy is dedicated to bringing hip-hop culture to Detroit youth. Programs include hip-hop dance, art and music, DJing, yoga/fitness, and mural art.

MSU Community Music School Detroit

MSU's Community Music School Detroit will offer programming that explores the brief history of popular music genres, including Hip-Hop, Jazz, Pop, and Electronic. Throughout the summer, students will engage with these genres through various creative activities such as writing poetry, creating their own versions of songs, and participating in interactive exercises. This program aims to provide students with a well-rounded appreciation for music and its cultural significance

Neighborhood Legal Services Michigan

Neighborhood Legal Services Michigan offers age-appropriate career/college readiness programs to youth from elementary through high school. Their programs use a comprehensive model that incorporates life lessons, interactive learning, and group discussions to facilitate learning.  This summer’s offerings will include programs in STEM in Agriculture, STEM in Renewable Energy, STEM Art, Drones, and Leadership/Sports.

No Fear Cafe

No Fear Café specializes in providing high-quality, fun, and engaging programming based in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). This summer, students will have an opportunity to experience art and technology, including coding and exploring STEM-based careers through fun activities and creative modules.

Playworks

Playworks helps kids to stay active and build valuable social and emotional life skills through the power of play.  Students will learn conflict resolution skills, inclusive play, social-emotional learning skills, and leadership all through playing intentional games.

Renaissance City Chargers

Renaissance City Chargers is a Detroit-based nonprofit organization focused on the development of youth athletes with a passion for football and cheerleading. This summer, they will be facilitating programs in flag football skills and drills as well as modern dance and cheer.

Sound Mind Sound Body

Sound Mind Sound Body provides comprehensive student development and engagement through sports.  Programs will incorporate an array of sports, including basketball, volleyball, cheerleading, track, tennis, baseball, softball, and golf.

The Lawn Academy

The Lawn Academy will provide students with hands-on opportunities to explore STEM and horticulture. Students will benefit from fun, hands-on, and visual experiences that offer interactive activities inside and outdoors.

The Rae Curtis Initiative LLC (RCI Studios)

The Rae Curtis Initiative seeks to increase opportunities for young people to explore their interests in the performing arts and basketball. Program offerings include dance, dancenastics (which is a combination of choreography and beginner gymnastics), basketball training, and musical theater.

Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum

Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum provides meaningful aerospace education designed to prepare students to become drone and aircraft pilots, as well as gain exposure to engineering and STEM-related careers more broadly. This summer’s programming will focus on Aviation & Aerospace Engineering. Drones, Rockets, RC Airplanes, and 3D Printing.

Urban Neighborhood Initiatives (UNI)

Urban Neighborhood Initiatives and its partners will facilitate a range of enrichment activities that incorporate athletics, STEM, visual/performing arts, and nature-based programming. All programs will incorporate Social and Emotional Learning, with opportunities to engage in community-building and reflection each day.

WHOH Detroit

WHOH Detroit offers programming across a range of sports, including soccer, NFL flag football, basketball, and volleyball, with a strong emphasis on conditioning and promoting healthy eating habits. Additionally, WHOH Detroit offers programs in podcast journalism, which provides a platform for students to express themselves through media as they learn essential skills and become exposed to career opportunities in journalism.

YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit

The YMCA will facilitate programs in the arts and sports. Their dynamic YArts program includes hands-on learning opportunities in Visual, Media, and/or Theater. Y on the Fly is a sports sampling program that exposes students to traditional-non-traditional sports, free play, and literacy sports activities.

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