Season: Fall

GPA Requirement: 2.0

Head Coach: Quan Edgar

Season: Fall

GPA Requirement: 2.0

Head Coach: Reginald Simpkins 

Season: Fall

GPA Requirement: 2.0

Head Coach: Stefan Waits 

Season Fall:Fall

GPA Requirement: 2.0

Head Coach: Derrick Edwards

Season: Fall

GPA Requirement: 2.0

Head Coach: Kuneka Gilchrist

Season: Fall

GPA Requirement: 2.0

Head Coach: Kathleen Sommerville

Season: Winter

GPA Requirements: 2.0

Season: Winter

GPA Requirement: 2.0

Head Coach: Stefan Waits

Season: Spring

GPA Requirement:2.0

Head Coach: N/A

Season: Spring

GPA Requirement:2.0

Head Coach:N/A

Season: Spring 

GPA Requirement: 2.0

Head Coach: N/A

Season: Spring

GPA Requirement: 2.0

Head Coach: N/A

DDM Culture Academy is a 501c3 mentoring program that leverages Digital Detroit Media’s relationships with corporate clients and professional networks to expose students to career pathways in design, advertising, and marketing. They will receive real-world insights, cultivate their skills, and hone their craft alongside industry experts.      

Our subject matter experts facilitate modules and curate opportunities for students AND their parents in areas including:

• Advertising/Marketing

• Financial Literacy

• Cinematography

• Interpersonal Communication

• Conflict Resolution

• Health & Wellness

Detroit Regional Dollars for Scholars (DRDFS) has been helping local students prepare for life after high school for more than 30 years.

In 1990, four community members came together with a common mission to help local students at Willow Run High School see what was possible after they walked across the stage as high school graduates. By taking trips to campuses like the University of Detroit Mercy, these few members began to make a difference and inspire students to dream bigger for their futures. As time went on, students were excited to head to post-secondary education, but weren’t sure how to navigate the cost.

In 1995 the organization joined forces with the nation’s largest scholarship provider, Scholarship America, becoming Willow Run/Ypsilanti Dollars for Scholars. This partnership granted the organization a 501(c)3 status and allowed them to begin raising funds and giving out scholarships to the students they worked with.

In 2012, those same committed neighbors realized that they wanted to make a larger impact throughout the Southeast Michigan region, and created a plan to expand, renaming themselves Detroit Regional Dollars for Scholars.

With so many schools participating, the academic support program was able to grow and take shape. Starting in 10th grade, students participated in a full schedule of trips and activities in order to learn exactly what it would take to prepare for post-secondary education. In 11th and 12th grade, students’ dreams of college became real as they toured campuses, talked with admissions staff, learned about majors, and received acceptance letters.

In order to better complement the DRDFS scholarship program, the academic support program earned its own name in 2019, and is now known as the Next Level Scholars™ program. With this program at the forefront, our Detroit chapter of Dollars for Scholars became the first chapter nationally to be awarded the Scholarship America Honors Award. DRDFS was proud to receive this great award next to the scholarship programs of Chick-fil-A and Coca-Cola.

Today, we serve nearly 400 students in Southeast Michigan annually. We partner with 14 schools across Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne counties. DRDFS has awarded scholarships exceeding $2.6 million to more than 1,700 students since 1990, and our alumni network grows each year.

DRDFS is proud of the students and supporters who have helped us get to where we are today. After more than 30 years, we have accomplished a lot, but still have work to do. We are looking forward to many more years of partnering with those who share our passion of helping local students succeed.

Dual enrollment is a program that allows high school students (usually sophomores, juniors, and seniors) to enroll in college courses for credit prior to high school graduation.   

Students participating in Dual Enrollment will take courses offered by colleges and universities who have a fully executed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the District.  Many of the courses offered through Dual Enrollment are transferable to other institutions, however some courses may only be recognized by the institution offering the course.  Courses are often delivered on campus at one of the District’s high schools.   

Students benefit from taking Dual Enrollment courses both by earning college level credit and also by the opportunity to engage in rigorous post-secondary content and expectations to prepare them for college and career. 

Detroit Public Schools Community District participates in FIRST Robotics.  Because of the current crisis, competitions for FIRST LEGO League Explore (FLLE), FIRST LEGO League Challenge (FLLC) and FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) which usually compete in the fall have been delayed until March - May 2021. A virtual only option is available for FLL Explore and FLL Challenge. FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) will compete during the regular winter season in 3 new virtual challenges.   

High School (FRC): The ultimate varsity sport where teams of high school students and their industry mentors design and build large scale robots to battle in fierce 3 vs. 3 competitions on a 27’ x 54’ playing field.

Teen Court is a juvenile diversion program created for juveniles who have no prior juvenile court record and who have committed a minor violation of the law. In a Teen Court proceeding, juveniles between the ages of 11 and 16, who commit certain minor misdemeanor infractions (such as shoplifting, minor in possession of alcohol, possession of marijuana, etc.) who are willing to admit responsibility at the outset, testify as to their guilt before a jury of high school-age teenagers (the “Teen Jury”). Following the youth offender’s testimony, the Teen Jury questions him/her, as well as his/her parent(s) or guardian, regarding the event that brought the juvenile to court, as well as any other relevant issues that may potentially put the juvenile at risk for further unlawful behavior, such as school attendance, home behaviors, and drug and alcohol use. Based upon the answers to the Teen Jury’s questions, the Teen Jury then determines an appropriate disposition, or juvenile sentence, for the juvenile offender. Dispositions, which cannot involve any form of detention, typically include a requirement of no new delinquent behavior, community service, oral and/or written apologies, restitution if applicable, maintenance of acceptable school attendance and grades, and may also include, if applicable, mandatory participation in counseling services, drug screens and an on-line shoplifting prevention program. If the juvenile offender successfully completes the disposition imposed by the Teen Jury, the case is not formally charged and thus, the juvenile will not have a juvenile record for the offense.

The Women of Tomorrow mission is to inspire, motivate and empower at-risk young women to live up to their full potential through a unique group mentoring program with highly accomplished professional women and scholarship opportunities.

Women of Tomorrow engages highly accomplished professional women as mentors in a small group setting. We operate in partnership with public school districts; all activities are held during the school day, under the auspices of the school district. The schools select at-risk girls for participation based on a broad definition of “at-risk” including low income, abuse, disability, likelihood of dropping out of high school, becoming involved in gangs, drugs, criminal activity, getting pregnant or academic, social, behavioral, medical or other risk factors. Each group is diverse in its composition with girls in 9th - 12th grade who have varying strengths and weaknesses so they can learn from and empower each other. Girls in the program typically do not know each other prior to joining the group.