  Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 9418 Registered: 10-2003 |
How could nobody have posted this? Kudos to the children in DPS achieving and over achieving. They get enough bad press so an article like this is a nice change of pace. http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll /article?AID=/20070618/NEWS05/ 706180331/1007/NEWS&GID=+/USZY eadanZJ95usu0vuannhuxxaid1B5qq egwJoBk%3D | ||
Frumoasa Member Username: Frumoasa Post Number: 18 Registered: 03-2007 |
Incredible work! More stories like this should be publicized...I know that DPS has success stories. I know them, I see them succeed in the workplace and I am friends with them  | ||
Mtm Member Username: Mtm Post Number: 219 Registered: 06-2006 |
And, how about this one from yesterday's Freep: "DETROIT: Students headed to Science Bowl "Six students from Cleveland Middle School in Detroit are to compete against 29 teams in the U.S. Department of Energy's National Science Bowl for middle school students this week in Denver. The question-and-answer tournament tests students' knowledge in science. "The Cleveland students are the only ones from Michigan in the contest. They won a regional competition to earn an all-expenses-paid trip to the competition, scheduled Thursday through Sunday." | ||
Oliverdouglas Member Username: Oliverdouglas Post Number: 97 Registered: 02-2006 |
Jt1: Thanks for the link! Now wait for the usual suspects to post that scores have been cooked, these are exceptions to the rule, etc. It's a great story I hope everyone reads. Just as downtown development successes get people excited and start to spend time and money there, maybe stories like this one will get parents and students excited about DPS possibilities and get more involved, volunteering, etc. | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 679 Registered: 10-2003 |
Cleveland Middle School will be a high school in the fall. | ||
Detroitteacher Member Username: Detroitteacher Post Number: 1069 Registered: 06-2006 |
Here is another success story: A female student of mine was accepted to West Point Military Academy and received over 325,000.00 in scholarships for her college career. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 2335 Registered: 12-2005 |
Detroitteacher, congratulations. I think I can just barely imagine how proud that makes you feel. Good job to both of you! Thank you. | ||
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto Post Number: 3663 Registered: 10-2003 |
^^^^^What Jim said.^^^^^^ | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 9419 Registered: 10-2003 |
A total of 7 responses? Pitiful. Maybe I should have asked which coney do you think DPS kids prefer. That would have gotten some attention. | ||
Kimistree Member Username: Kimistree Post Number: 77 Registered: 01-2004 |
Congratulations to these honor students! I wish them all the best! There are always good things happening with DPS, and another of them is An Evening of Fine Arts. Middle and high school students perform ballet, jazz, and modern dance, choirs sing classical, jazz, and contemporary, and bands play jazz and classical also. They have this every year and it is most up lifting to see. I think you have to know a teacher or someone in DPS to get tickets but it is well worth it. | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 6073 Registered: 02-2004 |
Yes, Congraduations DPS Students with the factual data shows that 50% of them didn't graduate! | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 9421 Registered: 10-2003 |
So if a percentage don't graduate we should ignore the accomplishments of those that did or those that are currently excelling? | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 6075 Registered: 02-2004 |
If 50% of DPS students stop clowning around and playing with themselves. Then they would get their diplomas. As for right now 50% of them have 99 problems and I'm not the one. | ||
Lmr Member Username: Lmr Post Number: 51 Registered: 03-2007 |
Yes, a big congratulations to the DPS students who are graduating this year! | ||
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus Post Number: 1434 Registered: 06-2006 |
"So if a percentage don't graduate we should ignore the accomplishments of those that did or those that are currently excelling?" I'm glad to hear success stories coming out of DPS, but all school district have success stories...every district has individuals and teams of individuals that excel in various ways...the performance of a school district, however, is not measured by how those few individuals fare, but how the students as a whole fare...that's why graduation rates and overall college acceptance rates are the criteria used measure the performance and quality of different districts to each other when someone looks at a school district's quality when deciding whether to move to a certain area, awards in chess and science competitions probably aren't enough to make up for a 50% chance of graduation (Message edited by thejesus on June 19, 2007) | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 9423 Registered: 10-2003 |
I don't disagree with that but how many districts and children are disparaged like the children in DPS. If we (metro Detroit) are so willing to condemn them every chance we get then we sure as hell should congratulate those that are achieving major succecsses. This was not a thread to proclaim that DPS is great. It was a thread to acknowledge the children in DPS that are doing amazing work. That concept seems way too difficult for people. Again, congratulations to the students highlighted in this article that have achieved on a national and international stage. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 988 Registered: 04-2006 |
:::resists urge to respond to stupid comment above::: Congrats to the kids. This actually isn't very surprising. I remember in HS when our chess team won the state championship one year(something that happened quite often but was never highly publicized), a local news station (I'll leave unnamed) promised to cover the story but never showed. The local media in Detroit is very eager to tell you how good International Academy is and how bad DPS is, but don't do very much to highlight the many successes of the inner-city schools. Even when it is highlighted, it is often done in such a condescending tone that you just wish they had never come at all. | ||
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus Post Number: 1436 Registered: 06-2006 |
^^^I guess DPS students can all go make a living playing chess then...how much money is there in that field again? while it's nice for morale to win little competitions, schools exists to teach kids valuable skills to help them succeed in life and become productive members of society...winning the state chess competition is nice, but when half your kids can't even earn a simple HS diploma, perhaps the focus needs to be somewhere else Ihearthed, I don't see why the news should make a big deal about a school winning a chess match... if students started graduating and getting into college at respectable rates, THAT would be news...winning a chess match, however, not so much (Message edited by thejesus on June 19, 2007) | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 9424 Registered: 10-2003 |
Again, this post is to congratulate the kids that have made significant accomplishments. If you want to start a general thread about DPS help yourslef but pissing on a thread that acknowledges kids from DPS achieving on a national and international stage is pretty low. Again, Congrats to the kids that won national or international awards for: Chess Robotics Math Symbolic Logic Social Studies Linguistics The fact that it is so hard for people to acknowledge these kids accomplishment without adding additional comment speaks volumes to the mantality in this region. | ||
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus Post Number: 1437 Registered: 06-2006 |
^^^I was responding to Ihearthed's post about the news being biased against DPS b/c the didn't report on a chess competition victory...pls read whole thread before posting...ty | ||
Pete Member Username: Pete Post Number: 74 Registered: 10-2003 |
"awards in chess and science competitions probably aren't enough to make up for a 50% chance of graduation" hehe. this demonstrates a total lack of understanding of what goes into the making of a successful student in any school district. graduation rates aren't a lottery. if i send my kid to dps, their "chance" of graduating isn't 50%. if they go to northville, their "chance" of graduating isn't 95%. a student's success in school is influenced primarily by their parents and the positive emphasis that is put on education within the home. in fact, some studies show that a child's chance of success in life is determined by their experiences in the first three years after birth. this issue is much more complicated and nuanced than how it is typically portrayed. but most people are cognitively lazy and don't want to think too hard. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 9428 Registered: 10-2003 |
It doesn't change the message you are making. Please start a new thread if you would like to continue pissing on these kids accomplishments. Reagrdless I will not respond to you any longer on this thread since it is already going to garbage. It's just a shame that people have such difficulty giving DPS kids any credit wihtout tempering the comments. | ||
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus Post Number: 1438 Registered: 06-2006 |
^quit trying to turn this into some higher moral ground bullshit...I gave the KIDS credit credit...but then YOU, yes YOU asked the question as to whether piss poor graduation rates of a school district mean that we should ignore small individual accomplishments, and I responded that individual accomplishments are great, but the school district cannot be given credit for them as school districts are measured by graduation and college acceptance rates, and not by individual accomplishments that likely would have occurred if said individual belonged to another district... | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 6077 Registered: 02-2004 |
Pete, Great source. Getting your children to graduate from high school starts with 6 greatest teachers Mom, pop, teacher, God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost. It all goes with the enviroment, home and peers that could change the human spirit of the children so that they could change the world one society at a time. | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 6078 Registered: 02-2004 |
A female student recieve over 325,000 in scholarships. YAY!!!! Who ever say DPS is no good! Take that suburban and EVIL charter schools. | ||
Oliverdouglas Member Username: Oliverdouglas Post Number: 99 Registered: 02-2006 |
Told you. | ||
Detroitteacher Member Username: Detroitteacher Post Number: 1072 Registered: 06-2006 |
I am proud of ALL of my students who walk across the stage at graduation. Many face challenges that suburban kids don't face. The mother of one of my students was murdered on Valentine's Day, she moved to a suburb to live with her dad, came to school everyday and graduated with honors. Another kid watched both of his parents being brutally attacked and murdered at a young age and he graduated with honors and was accepted at a prestigious Ivy League school, complete with scholarships. We have honors programs, post names of scholarship winners and amounts received, give acknowledgement to those who excel despite challenges, and those who have improved. We also recognize kids for their non-sports achievements in and out of school. We also have a National Honor Society program. I'd say we recognize more non-sports achievements than most schools. Watching kids walk across that stage at graduation is the greatest amount of satisfaction I get from my job. I am the last person they see before they climb the stairs to get to the stage. EVERY single kid hugs me and thanks me for pushing them and not giving up. Many apologize for being a pain in the buttocks and most come back to see me after they've had a semester of college/work/military under their belts. I am proud of ALL of the kids who graduate. | ||
Islandman Member Username: Islandman Post Number: 554 Registered: 08-2004 |
$325,000! That is awesome. What does she want to do, if you don't mind me asking. With that kind of money, she has a lot of options. | ||
Detroitteacher Member Username: Detroitteacher Post Number: 1073 Registered: 06-2006 |
She is going to West Point and plans on studying engineering. She is a smart young lady who works hard. She asked me to write a letter to Carl Levin so that he could recommend her to WP. He is very selective when making these recommendations. Another student from DPS is going to the "other" Military Academy. They are the only 2 and it has been some time since any DPS student has been accepted to either Academy. She is very humble and doesn't like to be publicly recognized for her achievement. She was (until she graduated) also the leader of the DPS (the entire district) ROTC program (I forget exactly what her title was). She's a good kid who worked hard for what she wanted. We have MANY kids like that in DPS. | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 825 Registered: 07-2005 |
quote:Here teach, let me bring you up to speed on the FIVE United States Service Academies: * United States Military Academy, also known as "West Point" and "Army", founded 1802 * United States Naval Academy, also known as "Annapolis" and "Navy", founded 1845 * United States Coast Guard Academy, also known as "Coast Guard", founded 1876 * United States Merchant Marine Academy, also known as "Kings Point" and "Merchant Marine", founded 1942 * United States Air Force Academy, also known as "Air Force" (and infrequently as "Colorado Springs" or "that school in Colorado"), founded 1954 | ||
Yvette248 Member Username: Yvette248 Post Number: 663 Registered: 10-2006 |
Nobody cares about reporting good news. If it was bad news about DPS, it would have headlined 2, 4 & 7 newscasts. | ||
Detroitteacher Member Username: Detroitteacher Post Number: 1075 Registered: 06-2006 |
Thanks Q. I meant there are only 2 DPS kids going to ANY Military Academy this year. The other kid will be attending Annapolis. Not too many kids I come into contact with even think about these types of schools. My post was a bit misleading and I do apologize. | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 826 Registered: 07-2005 |
No problem Detroitteacher, I hope any kid at Cooley HS or ANY DPS High School for that matter that cannot get into West Point consider one of the other four US Service Academies. I hope everything went good for you this past year at Cooley. I will be by there next week to show my family one of the many high schools I attended while growing up in Detroit. | ||
Detroitteacher Member Username: Detroitteacher Post Number: 1076 Registered: 06-2006 |
If you'd like to have a formal tour, I can give you the name of the person who does that in the summer. Just email me at TMCooleyweb at aol dot com. He does the tours for free and is great at accommodating alumni. | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 828 Registered: 07-2005 |
I just sent you an email, I really appreciate it! |
