ARISE Detroit! Neighborhoods Day
DPS Partner Schools
Date: Saturday, August 2
Time: “Sun-Up to Sun-Down”
*All DPS programs should take place between 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
ARISE Detroit will host its 8th Annual Neighborhoods Day event on August 2,
2014 from “Sun-Up to Sun-Down” and hopes to partner 20 Detroit Public
Schools with local businesses/organizations to provide in-kind beautification
resources to help prepare our schools for the upcoming school year. Below,
please find the DPS sites that will take part in Neighborhoods Day, as well as the
project requests.
DPS Contact:
Kaniqua Daniel-Welch
O: 313-873-4542 / C: 313-421-9203
[email protected]
ARISE Detroit Contact:
Luther Keith
O: 313-921-1955 / C: 313-407-6772
[email protected]
1. School Name: Carleton Elementary School
School Address: 11724 Casino, 48224
Name of Principal/Contact Person: LaChelle Williams
Contact Number: 866-8322 or 595-4153,
Grades Served: PreK - 5th
Project Request: Murals and Paint or Replace the Marquee
Number of volunteers needed: 10
Resources needed to complete the request: Paints, brushes, drop cloths, paint
cleaner, rollers, pans
2. School Name: Ann Arbor Trail Magnet Middle School
School Address: 7635 Chatham, 48239
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Darron Jackson
Contact Number: 313-910-5739 OR 313-274-8560
Grades Served: PreK-8
Project Request:
• Cleaning and painting classrooms, restrooms, hallways, lockers, and gymnasium
• Planting flowers
• Providing tar for staff parking lot
• Painting murals of school logo in auditorium
• Signage for Solar Panel/Greenhouse and Garden Project
• Walking Trail/Track in adjacent park
• Fence enclosure around portable classrooms
Number of volunteers needed: 50 to 60
Resources needed to complete the request:
• Paint and paint application supplies
• Gravel and tar
• Fencing
• Perennials
• Skilled artist for murals
3. School Name: Mason Elementary School *This school was on last year’s list,
but did not receive a partner.
School Address: 19955 Fenelon Street, Detroit MI, 48234-2273
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Omega Mostyn
Contact Number: 313-204-3647
Grades Served: PreK-8
Project Request: Mason is interested in having murals painted in the building
and flowers planted outside of the building. The murals are desperately desired.
Number of volunteers needed: 10
Resources needed to complete the request: paint; landscaping supplies
4. School Name: Harms Elementary School
School Address: 2400 Central, Detroit, MI 48209
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Mauro Cruz
Contact Number:313-849-3491
Grades Served: K-5
Project Request:
Cleaning and painting hallways
Cleaning Playground areas
Number of volunteers needed: unknown
Resources needed to complete the request: Paint, misc. painting materials
5. School Name: John J. Bagley Elementary
School Address: 8100 Curtis, 48221
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Cheryl Price, Principal/Michele MasseyJackson, AEA
Contact Number: 313.494.7175
Grades Served: Pre-K-6th
Project Request:
• John J. Bagley is in desperate need of a playground
• Interior Face Lift:
• Auditorium
• Bathrooms
• New lockers
• Painting
• Cafeteria
• Upgrade electrical system
Number of volunteers needed: As many individuals, businesses and
organizations willing to donate their time and monetary resources. (30)
Resources needed to complete the request: Monetary donations, materials and
time.
6. School Name: Carver S.T.E.M. Academy *This school was on last year’s list,
but did not receive a partner.
School Address: 18705 Paul Street, Detroit, MI 48228
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Ms. Sabrina Evans
Contact Number: 313-408-5706
Grades Served: PreK
Project Request: Painting and cleaning school building/playground area,
planting flowers
Number of volunteers needed: 20-30
Resources needed to complete the request: Paint and brushes, bags, cleaning
supplies, gardening tools and supplies, etc.
7. School Name: Detroit International Academy for Young Women (DIA)
School Address: 9026 Woodward, Detroit, MI 48202
Name of Principal: Beverly Hibbler \ Contact Person: Robert Muha
Contact Number: (313) 826-9570 Cell School number : (313) 873-3088
Grades Served: Preschool- 12th
Project Request: We are seeking the painting of a number of our classrooms,
hallways, and lockers
Number of volunteers needed: 30-50
Resources needed to complete the request: Paint, caulk, drop cloths, plaster,
brushes, rollers, roller covers, paint poles, ladders, five in one scrapers, plastic
sheeting, paper paint masks for dust, sanding screens.latex gloves
Once we know what resources that are available, along with the number of volunteers,
we can determine the number of areas to be painted. We greatly appreciate this
opportunity to be considered.
8. School Name: Durfee PreK-8
School Address: 2470 Collingwood, 48206
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Ricardo Martin
Contact Number: 313-252-3070 or 313-623-0056
Grades Served: PreK-8
Project Request: Cleaning and painting classrooms, hallways, lockers and school
grounds
Number of volunteers needed: 12
Resources needed to complete the request: Paint, scrapers, drop cloths, garbage
bags, gloves
9. School Name: Bennett Elementary School
School Address: 2111 Mullane Detroit, MI 48209
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Josette Buendia
Contact Number: 313-849-3585 (school) or 313-330-5396 (cell)
Grades Served: PreK - 5
Project Request: School Beautification
Number of volunteers needed: 30
Resources needed to complete the request: Primer, paint, paint brushes, rollers,
gloves, plants, shrubs, birdfeeders, butterfly houses, peace post, benches, and
picnic tables.
Note from the principal: Bennett Elementary School is a community school. We would
like to improve the grounds. We have raised garden beds that need to be primed and
painted. We also have a butterfly and hummingbird garden that needs to have additional
plants and shrubs added as well as birdfeeders, bird houses, hummingbird feeders and
houses. We would also like to see benches and picnic tables to encourage the community
to relax and enjoy the grounds.
We need some indoor clean up. We have a room in the basement of Bennett that needs
some TLC. It is primarily organizing and discarding old, obsolete items. There are
abandoned, burned up homes across the street from the school and within sight of school
grounds, which need to be boarded up or leveled. There are empty lots which need the
grass mowed on the same city block as the school. These lots end up being used for
dumping when the grass gets too high.
Your consideration for Bennett as part of the ARISE Neighborhood Day Project is most
appreciated. I think it would be a wonderful tie-in to our summer enrollment-recruitment
campaign.
10. School Name: West Side Academy
School Address: 4701 McKinley Detroit, Michigan 48208
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Andrea F. Ayler / Lenora Crawford
Contact Number: 313-456-8000
Grades Served: 9-12
Project Request: Cleaning and painting classrooms, hallways, lockers and school
grounds
Number of volunteers needed: 5-10
Resources needed to complete the request: Paint, Paint Brushes, Paint
Scrappers/Supplies, and Garbage Bags
11. School Name: Osborn Academy of Mathematics, Science & Technology
School Address: 11600 E. 7 Mile Rd., 48205
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Tanya F. Bowman
Contact Number: (313) 330-5768
Grades Served: 9-12
Project Request: Plant flowers, paint murals, minor repairs
Number of volunteers needed: 15
Resources needed to complete the request: Paint, brushes, flowers, soil, tools,
etc.
12. School Name: Ralph J. Bunche Preparatory Academy
School Address: 2715 Macomb Street, 48207
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Cindy Lang
Contact Number: (313) 494-8350 or (313) 719-1913
Grades Served: Pk-8
Project Request: Beautification of the grounds, flowers planted and etc, I would
also like several Inspirational Quotes painted on the walls on each floor. If "no" to
the quotes, we would like the lunchroom painted
Number of volunteers needed: 15 or more
Resources needed to complete the request: Flowers and etc for grounds
beautification, paint and materials for the Quotes.
13. School Name: Detroit Collegiate Prep @ Northwestern
School Address: 2200 West Grand Blvd, 48208
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Steven Elam
Contact Number: 313-899-7370
Grades Served: 9-12
Project Request: Murals in the stairwells
Number of volunteers needed: 10-25
Resources needed to complete the request: Paint and brushes (or wall mural
decals), scaffolding and/or ladders, plastic tarps, painter's tape
14. School Name: Pulaski Elementary-Middle School
School Address: 19725 Strasburg, 48205
Name of Principal/Contact Person: DeSheil L. Echols
Contact Number: 313 866-7022
Grades Served: PK-8
Project Request: Clean up abandoned homes across the street from Pulaski. There
are a total of 6 vacant homes located on E. State Fair. Our students must walk
past these dangerous blighted homes on a daily basis. There is definitely a Safety
Hazard.
Volunteers Needed: 10-12 people
Resources needed to complete the request:
1. Garbage bags
2. Brooms
3. Shovels
4. Rakes
5. Plywood (to board up homes)
6. Hammers
7. Nails
15. School Name: Maybury Elementary School
School Address: 4410 Porter, 48209
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Norma Hernandez
Contact Number: 313-849-2014
Grades Served: PREK-5
Projects Request:
• Cleaning and painting classrooms, restrooms, hallways, and gymnasium
• Planting flowers
• Providing tar for staff parking lot and Filling holes in the back of the school where
the students walk to get to playground
• Signage - Electric
• Benches with and without tables in playground for student that want to read in the
sun...
• Update / paint portable 112 Need HVAC- no windows open so heating and cooling
is of the utmost importance
Number of volunteers needed: 50 to 60
Resources needed to complete the request:
• Paint and paint application supplies
• Gravel and tar
• Perennials
16. School Name: Neinas Elementary School
School Address: 621 McMillan, 48209
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Natalia Russell
Contact Number: 313-849-3701
Grades Served: PREK-5
Projects Request:
• Cleaning and painting classrooms, restrooms, hallways, Support Staff Room and
gymnasium
• Planting flowers
• Signage - Electric
• Benches with and without tables in playground for student that want to read in the
sun...
• A mascot on the gym floor, which needs to be removed
• Secure playground fencing, spruce up playground
• More flowers out front
• Painting the library
Number of volunteers needed: 50 to 60
Resources needed to complete the request:
• Paint and paint application supplies
• Perennials
17. School Name: Jerry L. White Center
School Address: 14804 W. McNichols, 48235
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Tia’Von Moore-Patton
Contact Number: 313303-2292
Grades Served: Special Education
Number of volunteers needed: 10-20
Project Request/Resources needed to complete the request:
 Cleaning and painting classrooms, hallways, lockers and school grounds
 Removing dead trees from school grounds
 Planting flowers
 Painting murals
18. School Name: Noble Elementary/Middle School
School Address: 8646 Fullerton Street, 48238
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Angela M. Broaden/Latoyia Webb-Harris
Contact Number: 313-318-9681 or 313-873-0377
Grades Served: Pre-K - 8
Project Request: Lockers Painted, Hallways Painted and Classrooms Painted
Number of volunteers needed: 50
Resources needed to complete the request: Paint, Paint Brushes, Drop Cloth
19. School Name: Davis Aerospace High school
School Address: 900 Dickerson, 48215
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Michelle Davis
Contact Number: 313 213-7041
Grades Served: 9-12
Project Request: Painting the school and planting flowers
Number of volunteers needed: 20
Resources needed to complete the request: painting supplies, flowers.
19. School Name: Thomas A. Edison Elementary
School Address: 17045 Grand River Ave., 48227
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Marcus G. Davenport, Principal
Contact Number: 313-852-1066/ 313-520-9616
Grades Served: PreK - 5th Grade
Project Request: Painting Murals Throughout Edison Elementary
Number of volunteers needed: 5 - 20 Volunteers
Resources needed to complete the request: Paint, Volunteers, Painting Supplies,
and Ladders
*Note from the principal: Edison Elementary has suffered severe damage to our ceilings
and walls due to a severe roof issue throughout the winter and spring seasons. The goal
for Edison Elementary is to have colorful murals painted throughout the building to
improve the overall quality of our building for students, parents, and staff. In addition, I
would love to have additional areas of the building painted with fresh paint and/or
creative murals such as in the gym, art room, music room, classrooms, main hallways,
pre-k/kindergarten wing, auditorium, lunchroom, and main office. The murals should be
creative works of art that showcase famous scientists, inventors, and scholars since our
building has adopted the identity of being "Edison Inventors." I envision the gym with
murals of famous athletes who are pioneers in various athletic fields. I envision the
auditorium with murals of famous individuals in the field of arts and entertainment. I
envision the main hallways with murals of famous scientist, scholars, and inventors. I
envision the main office with possible murals of famous leaders. I envision a possible
similar theme throughout individual classrooms and hallways in the building. I feel that
the colorful and creative murals will enhance our inventor's theme in the building. This
will also increase our student's overall awareness of successful individuals in the world
of math, science, and leadership.
20. Name of School: Brewer Academy *This school was on last year’s list, but
did not receive a partner.
School Address: 18025 Brock, 48205
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Cecily Wilson
Contact Number: 313-244-5607
Grades Served: K-8
Project Request: Playground equipment-Basketball rims; Black Tar to fill the
basketball court. We’d also love to have the tennis court cleaned up. Number of
volunteers needed: 15-20 Resources needed: Basketball rims; equipment to
smooth out the tar; cleaning supplies.
21. Name of School: Brown, Ronald Academy *This school was on last year’s
list, but did not receive a partner.
School Address: 11530 E. Outer Drive, 48224
Name of Principal/Contact Person: Damon Sewell
Contact Number: 313-886-2611
Grades Served: PreK-6
Project Request: To plant 10 Fruit Trees around the school grounds.
Number of volunteers needed: 10