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Las escuelas deben ser lugares donde cada educador esté seguro, cada estudiante pertenezca y cada familia sea tratada con dignidad. Pero las recientes órdenes ejecutivas federales dirigidas contra los inmigrantes están poniendo en peligro esa seguridad y tienen el potencial de perturbar la vida de la comunidad a todos los niveles, incluidas las aulas de clases.

At Durham Public Schools Foundation, we believe every child, every person—no matter where they come from or how they got here—deserve to feel safe, supported, and valued. Schools must be places where every educator is safe, every student belongs and every family is treated with dignity.&nbsp;</p>

Learn more about our January DPS Alumni of the Month, Audrey Hawkins (Southern High School ‘07)

As of Jan. 1, 2025, DPSF has welcomed Durham nonprofit Crayons2Calculators (C2C) into the organization as an official program. This provides Durham teachers with a one-stop shop for needed school supplies.

Learn more about our December DPS Alumni of the Month, Sonie Guseh Osagie (Jordan High School)

<p>Learn more about our November DPS Alumni of the Month, Pilar Hurtado (JD Clement ‘22)!</p>

On Friday, the school board met to determine next steps for classified staff pay. The passion and dedication displayed by our community members in that meeting was undeniable, and we share in the disappointment that key issues were not fully addressed.

Durham is going through an incredibly challenging time. Hear from DPS Foundation’s Executive Director about the current crisis.

Each year, DPSF holds a grants cycle where we are giving funding directly to schools to lead the charge with their ideas. This year we awarded...

After five years of galvanizing community support for public schools and building DPS Foundation (DPSF) from idea to a vital reality, founding executive director Magan Gonzales-Smith has shared that she will be stepping aside on July 31, 2023.&nbsp; Longtime education advocate, Durham native, and current Deputy Executive Director Erika Reese Wilkins will take the helm as the next leader.

It’s been one year since WHOLE Schools launched. We’re sharing what we accomplished in 2022, and the road ahead in 2023 and beyond.

On May 11, 2022, the Durham Public Schools Foundation will launch Corporate Leaders for Public Education, a new network of companies that are collaborating with the Foundation and DPS to build strategic corporate partnerships with our public school district.

The Durham Public Schools Foundation (DPSF) has launched a partnership with Duke University Health Systems (DUHS) and Durham Public Schools (DPS) to focus on urgent mental health needs of public school communities. The WHOLE Schools Campaign (Wellness | Healing | Opportunity | Learning | Equity) is creating new ways for the school environment to be a holistic, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive support system for everyone.

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.

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 la...

DPS Foundation is teaming up with Duke University and Duke Health’s “Doing Good” employee giving program to provide rapid response funds to…

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:

A free conference for youth to engage with their peers around pressing social justice issues.

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.

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:</p>