Detroit Collegiate Prep

Detroit Collegiate Prep High School Accepting 9th Grade Applications Detroit Collegiate Prep High School (DCPHS) is an exciting new, DPS college preparatory high school in Detroit opening for the 2011-12 school year with its inaugural 9th grade class of 162 students!  A collaboration between DPS, Michigan Future and Diplomas Now, DCPHS partners with City Year Detroit, Communities in Schools of Detroit and utilizes John Hopkins University's (JHU’s) award winning “Talent Development” curriculum model.  DCPHS is open to any student eligible for 9th grade and offers each of them a unique college preparatory high school environment, enriched with positive role models, mentoring and support services geared toward life success in college and beyond. Detroit Collegiate Prep will open for the 2011-2012 school year as a DPS "priority school," built on the “small high school” model, eventually enrolling approximately 500 total students in grades 9-12.   It will be located at the newly renovated Northwestern High School building's east wing at 2200 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit 48208, complete with its own Detroit Collegiate Prep building entrance, principal and staff, classrooms, mentors, tutors and after school program. DCPHS offers students and their families: Small Class Sizes/small high school model: A student: staff ratio of 8:1* and a maximum class size of 27 allow for a highly personalized, nurturing environment where positive 1:1 relationships and mentoring can thrive. Accelerated College Prep Curriculum: Every student engages in a college preparatory curriculumthat includes an accelerated math and reading curricula designed by Johns Hopkins University to ensure that all students can succeed in college prep math and English classes, the basis for success throughout college years. More Academic Classes: A block schedule allowing students to focus on 4 courses at a time and take 8 additional academic courses over their 4 years in high school (32 courses vs. 28 on a traditional schedule). Mentors: A team of City Year young adult corps members will serve as full time "near peer" mentorsby providing additional academic, mentoring, tutoring and social support, serving as positive role models for all students. Enrichment Programs: A wide range of individual support for the special needs of students, plus after school enrichment programs provided through Community in Schools of Detroit (CIS). Positive School Environment: A positive collaborative "whole school" environment that values the voice of students and their families. We want to engage teenagers and their families in building our school traditions, celebrating our successes and creating a bright future for every DCPHS student! *11 DPS and JHU staff members, a team of 7-8 full time young adult City Year corps members and a CISSocial Worker (MSW) for the 9th grade class. We still have several 9th grade spaces left to enroll for our Inaugural 2011-2012 School Year – the high school graduating class of 2015!!  If you will be a 9th grader this year or know of a student or family who would like more information on DCPHS, please have them call us at: (313) 899-7370 or visit our website at http://www.diplomasnowdetroit.org  Piloted in Philadelphia, the Diplomas Now model that will shape Detroit Collegiate Prep is currently running in schools in Detroit, Los Angeles, New Orleans, San Antonio, Chicago and Philadelphia, with commitments for expansion from additional districts this upcoming school year. Diplomas Now Feltonville Full-Year Pilot Results The Feltonville School of Arts & Sciences, a high poverty 750-student public school in Philadelphia, was the national demonstration site for Diplomas Now Students made dramatic improvement in the three researched-proven “early warning indicators” of dropping out:  Attendance, Behavior and Course performance in math & English (see below) 4,500 instructional hours were regained through reduced suspensions The school met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for the first time Also visit:  www.cityyear.org/diplomasnow or www.diplomasnow.org or http://michiganfuture.org/schools/2010-11-schools/ for further results and information on the Diplomas Now model of DCPHS.

City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world. In communities across the United States and through two international affiliates, these diverse young leaders help turn around high-need schools and get at-risk students back on track to graduation by working to improve their attendance, behavior and course performance. For more information, please visitcityyear.org. Founded in Boston in 1988, City Year has established programs in Boston; Chicago; Cleveland; Columbia, SC; Columbus, OH; Denver; Detroit; Little Rock/North Little Rock; Los Angeles; Louisiana: Baton Rouge; Louisiana: New Orleans; Miami; Milwaukee; New Hampshire; New York; Greater Philadelphia; Rhode Island; San Antonio; San Jose/Silicon Valley; Seattle/King County; and Washington, D.C.; and international affiliates in Johannesburg, South Africa and London, England. For more information, please visit www.cityyear.org/detroit.

"Any Time, Any Place, Any Way, Any Pace!" (Digital Learning Model)

Schools of Choice bill coming

Legislature likely to get proposal this week as foes from Detroit, suburbs gear for fight

By CECIL ANGEL FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

   An education reform package that includes mandatory Schools of Choice and cyber schools could be introduced in the state Legislature as early as Wednesday, the chairman of the state Senate Education Committee said.

   “It’s a good possibility on Wednesday, the 24th, we’ll have part of the package ready for introduction,” said state Sen. Phil Pavlov, R-St. Clair Township.

   The education package also addresses charter school caps and school aid. The package is part of Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposed “Any Time, Any Place, Any Way, Any Pace” public school learning model.

   Education Committee hearings on the package will begin Sept. 7, Pavlov said.

   Mandatory Schools of Choice is emerging as the most controversial part of the education package.

   Opposition is strong in the heavily Republican Grosse Pointes. In heavily Democratic Detroit, three legislators have said they are opposed to state-mandated Schools of Choice because, they said, it will negatively impact Detroit Public Schools.

   “I don’t want the state to help usher children from one community to another at the expense of the community where they are,” said state Sen. Bert Johnson, D-Highland Park, whose district includes the Grosse Pointes and part of Detroit.

   State Sen. Coleman A. Young II, D-Detroit, said every proposal out of Lansing that was supposed to help DPS has hurt it. He cited the 1999 state takeover that was supposed to improve the district academically.

   At the time, the district had 180,000 students, a $93-million fund balance and a $1.5-billion bond project. Under state control, DPS wound up with a $200-million deficit, he said.

   “I don’t think the state should be imposing another mandate on the city or any other city,” Young said.

   State Rep. Lisa Howze, D-Detroit, said mandatory Schools of Choice “would further impact DPS’s ability to stabilize.”

   Last week, the Grosse Pointe Woods City Council passed a resolution against mandated Schools of Choice.

   The Grosse Pointe Woods-based Michigan Communities For Local Control has set up a Web site at www.miclc.com   and is contacting other school districts to build opposition.

   Peter Spadafore, assistant director of government relations for the Michigan Association of School Boards, said the MASB has been talking with the Snyder administration and legislators about the bill.

   Based on the ongoing discussion, the bill likely will include “universal choice K-12 up to capacity. The problem is how to define capacity,” he said.

   Spadafore said the MASB is opposed to mandatory Schools of Choice. “We feel that decision should be made by the local school district,” he said. “By mandating Schools of Choice, it’s just a solution looking for a problem.”

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