Foundation President & CEO, Chacona Johnson, was featured on Street Beat this past Sunday on Channel 50. She discussed the recently announced Morse Code Scholarship Program with Attorney Michael Morse. […]

Of all the dramatic floats that will travel the route of America’s Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit this year, just one has the distinction of being designed by a middle schooler.

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DETROIT (October 31, 2011) – The Detroit Public Schools Foundation, an independent 501 (c)(3) organization, announces that its Board of Directors has agreed to expand the Foundation’s mission to include

(Southfield, MI – October 27, 2011) … Detroit Public School (DPS) students (2012 & 2013 graduating classes) have a chance to earn $2,000-$5,000 in college scholarships by entering the MORSE

Chacona Johnson recognized for Community Service by One Hundred Black Men of Greater Detroit DETROIT – (October 14, 2011) – Detroit Public Schools Foundation President and CEO Chacona Johnson was

DETROIT, October 4, 2011 – Regina Fortushniak, Development Officer at the Detroit Public Schools Foundation, was selected to participate in Leadership Detroit Class XXXIII, a year-long community leadership program to

PNC TEAMS UP WITH THE PARADE COMPANY TO EXPAND LOCAL PRESCHOOL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND CREATE NEW PARADE FLOAT DETROIT (03 October 2011) – The Parade Company today announced that it

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Detroit, MI – August 24, 2011 – In 2001, a team led by Benjamin Pruitt assembled the first All City High School Marching Band.  Almost immediately, the band was a