Accelerating Digital Equity Campaign Dollars at Work

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The DPS Foundation has worked closely with the school system and other community partners to allocate Accelerating Digital Equity campaign funds raised to the most urgent digital equity areas of need. 

Already, Campaign funds have been deployed to: 

  • Ensure all students were equipped with learning devices at the start of the school year 

  • Create the student IT Help Desk internship, which is adding capacity to the DPS Help Desk while also giving DPS students professional training and a living-wage paid internship 

  • Train teachers on best practices in closing learning gaps exacerbated by the pandemic and in creating equitable pathways to advanced coursework online

  • Provide hundreds of vulnerable students free access to HOPE Learning Centers

  • Fund 28 projects addressing digital equity and remote learning needs, led by students, educators, and families across 23 different DPS schools

Here are just two examples of the 28 ADE School Fund projects supported through this Campaign. You can review the full list of awarded projects: https://www.bullcityschools.org/ade-fund. 

Learning and Caring Takes Place Virtually Anywhere

City of Medicine Academy

Enhancing student social-emotional learning and increasing family engagement in online learning through three interconnected initiatives: 

1.   Cybrary - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion collection development 

2.   STEAM - Student Tutors Educating & Advising Mentors

3.   Virtual Science Fair 

Employee Empowerment

Offered by Project-Passport

Eno Valley Elementary

Virtual retreat experiences for teachers and staff on Wellness Wednesdays, with session on:

1.   Managing stress

2.   Coping with change and uncertainty 

3.   Managing time

4.   Maintaining motivation

5.   Engaging students virtually 

6.   Building deeper connections

Katie Wright