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2019 Summer Learning & Activities

Great family and student learning and activities are still happening throughout the summer. Check out links to these resources and list of events below:

Info Links

Key Event Dates

Canvassing Blitz

  • District and school staff will be visiting Detroit’s neighborhoods to make sure our families learn about DPSCD’s schools, programs and get ready to enroll before the first day of school – September 3, 2019.

DPSCD Summer on the Block

  • Thursday, July 11, 4-6 p.m. - Pershing High School
  • Thursday, July 18, 2-4 p.m. - Adult Ed West
  • Thursday, July 25, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Western High School/Clark Park
  • Saturday, July 27, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Henry Ford High School
  • Thursday, August 1, 2-4 p.m. - Hamilton 
  • Thursday, August 8, 4-6 p.m. - Ann Arbor Trail
  • Saturday, August 10, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Edmonson 
  • Thursday, August 15, 2-4 p.m. - Adult Ed East
  • Thursday, August 22, 4-6 p.m. - Barton 

Summer Fun Centers

  • Ages 6 – 17
  • June 24 – August 16, Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
  • Schools: Brenda Scott, Charles Wright, Earhart, Erma Henderson, Gardner, Golightly, Gompers, John R King, Mackenzie, Ronald Brown, Schulze, Wayne
  • Summer Fun Center enrollment: https://www.detroitmi.gov/recreation, 313-224-1100

Goal Line Fairs

  • Northwest Activities Center of Detroit, 18100 Meyers Rd, Detroit, MI 48235
  • Date: Sunday, July 21, 2019
  • Date: Sunday, August 18, 2019
  • DPSCD Participating Schools: Bagley, Coleman A. Young, Vernor, FLICS, John R. King, Palmer Park, Pasteur, Schulze,

Davis Aerospace Parent Meeting - (9th Grade Only)

  • Monday July 29, 2019, 6 - 7:00 p.m.
  • Coleman A. Young International Airport, Civil Air Patrol Building, 11499 Conner Detroit, MI 48213

DPSCD Pop-Up Enrollment Centers

  • Date/time: July 29 – August 23, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. 
  • NORTHEAST: Brenda Scott Academy / 18440 Hoover, 48205
  • CENTRAL: Ben Carson High School / 571 Mack Avenue, 48201
  • SOUTHWEST: Earhart Elementary-Middle / 1000 Scotten Street, 48209
  • NORTHWEST: Gompers Elementary-Middle / 14450 Burt Road, 48223
  • WEST: Mackenzie Elementary-Middle / 10147 West Chicago, 48204
  • EAST: Ronald Brown Academy / 11530 E. Outer Drive, 48224

DPSCD 2019 Free Day at Michigan Science Center

  • Saturday, August 10, 2019, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
  • Michigan Science Center, 5020 John R St, Detroit, MI 48202

DPSCD 2019 Back-to-School Expo

  • Saturday, August 17, 2019, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
  • Randolph Career Technical Center, 17101 Hubbell Street, Detroit, MI 48235

HR Job Fairs

  • Saturday, July 20, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. – PD HQ, 8500 Cameron, Detroit, MI 48211 (security officers only)
  • Wednesday, July 24, 5 - 7 p.m. - King High School (all positions)
  • Saturday, August 3, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. – PD HQ, 8500 Cameron, Detroit, MI 48211 (security officers only)
  • Saturday, August 10, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. - Mumford High School (all positions)
  • Tuesday, August 13, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. - Renaissance High School (all positions)
  • Monday, Sep 9, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.  - Ludington Magnet Middle School (all positions)