This short video (below) shares how Community Schools dig deeper into the problems they’re facing to find root causes and work collaboratively to find the best solutions.
Last Monday, seven DPS principals logged on to a Zoom call to hear from and support each other. They talked about the challenges they are facing with reopening school in the midst of a pandemic to and how to make decisions in a way that is inclusive of many different opinions and expectations.
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Durham Public Schools Foundation and Durham Public Schools Scholarship Foundation have merged, a move that strengthens two organizations whose missions align and whose programs reach across Durham Public Schools. The work of the DPS Scholarship Foundation will continue as programs of DPS Foundation, and the 2021 Scholarship Application has just launched on their website.
DPS Foundation is teaming up with Duke University and Duke Health’s “Doing Good” employee giving program to provide rapid response funds to…
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Although we've met our initial $1.5 million Accelerating Digital Equity Campaign goal, students will need significant ongoing support during this time of crisis and on the other side of it.
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The DPS Foundation has worked closely with the school system and other community partners to allocate campaign funds raised to the most urgent digital equity areas of need. Already, Campaign funds have been deployed to:
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We set out with bold goals back in June 2020 when the DPS Foundation launched the Accelerating Digital Equity Campaign. Fewer than 8 months later, we're excited to announce that we have crossed our Campaign goal line – raising more than $1.5 million to help ensure all DPS students have equitable access to the resources needed for high quality digital learning this year and beyond!
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For the past couple of weeks, 35 DPS students, led by DPS Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council and LEADurham, have been mobilizing to get out the vote.
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A free conference for youth to engage with their peers around pressing social justice issues.
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As of the first of October, more than 650 donors have given $879,000 towards our $1.5 million goal. This fund has provided nearly $70,000 to DPS for laptops and $300,000 for HOPE learning centers.
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HOPE (Harnessing our Partnerships for Education) Learning Centers are designed safe, welcoming and supportive communities for young people K-12 to access while completing their online learning. Learn more.
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Are you a teacher, school administrator, or parent looking for community support for your students? The HOPE Network includes over 50 local organizations and over 100 volunteers, (and counting!) who have all signed up to help Durham Public Schools and its community during this time of crisis and into the future.
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The rapid, urgent transformation of the learning environment is requiring significant skill, imagination, and money – and our community is showing up.
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We are so pleased to welcome Brianna Kennedy as our new Director of Programs. In this role, Brianna will help our young and growing organization develop and implement strategies that accelerate the transformation of Durham Public Schools for success and equity for every student.
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DPSF is launching 3 initiatives to galvanize financial and non-financial community resources to support our students, families and educators through this crisis. We need your help in three areas:
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