Updated: June 6, 2016 It is overwhelming to try and think of the number of steps you take in a year, the number of times you breathe, hours of sleep you get, or even the amount of times you blink…
Teacher Spotlight: Hannah Parish at Dove Academy of Detroit
Hannah Parish is a 5th Grade Teacher at Dove Academy of Detroit. What keeps your students aiming for success in the classroom? In our classroom, we have short-term and long-term goals, which encompass both group and individual goals. The students…
School Spotlight: Dove Academy of Detroit
Dove Academy of Detroit Snapshot Students Served: 450+ Grades Served: Preschool – 8th grade Year Established: 1997 Board Members: Steve Tomkowiak, President Willa Jackson, Treasurer Carol Morgan, Secretary Albert Stanton, Vice President Jarod McGuffey, Member Website: doveacademy.net No Excuses.…
10 Choice Team Members Recognized by MAPSA for Teacher and Administrator of the Year
We are proud to announce that 10 of our Choice team members are being recognized by the Michigan Association of Public School Academies (MAPSA)! Eight Choice teachers have been named by MAPSA as top semifinalists for Teacher of the Year and two Choice…
2016 National School Choice Week Recap
National School Choice Week was another week of celebration! Parents were raving about their love for school of choice on Facebook. Here are a few highlights from the week: Three Oaks Public School Academy Students everywhere at Three Oaks are…
Charter School Gives Hope to Kids in Detroit
In the midst of chaos within the Detroit Public School System, where building conditions have been deemed unsafe, teachers aren’t teaching due to sick-outs and students aren’t being educated, there sits a community school who has quite a different story.…
Character Choices: Compassion / December 2015
Character Choices in December What better character trait to learn in December than compassion? In lieu of the holiday season, students across all academies incorporated compassion into their academic learning, and everyday happenings. Dove Academy Dove Academy spread compassion throughout the community!…
Dove Nation is Dominating
Great achievements are happening at Dove Academy! Four educators are being recognized for their hard work and dedication during the past five years. Paul Ezel, Jodi Austin, Anne Hartland and Katie Leib were recently recognized by the Michigan Association of…
Back-to-School 2015
Back-to-School 2015 was a huge success! On the morning of Tuesday, September 8, a welcome back celebration was taking place all throughout Michigan at each of our 14 schools. From rolling out the red carpet, to capturing those first day…
Character Education: Courage
During the month of May our focus character trait was courage. Students have learned courage through of variety of experiences at our schools this month. Benton Harbor Charter School Academy had students perform skits about courage. Dove Academy had…