The Michigan League of Academic Games Super Tournament was held March 7-9, 2012 at the Crowne Plaza in Grand Rapids, MI.  Schools throughout Michigan participated in this annual
event.

Academic Games is a series of competitions designed to test a student’s knowledge in several subject areas including math, English, language arts, social studies and logic. The primary purpose of Academic Games is to make learning fun for students and challenge them in these academic areas. Students learn and have fun, while trying to out think each other in the various academic areas.

Hope of Detroit Academy Math WiZards team placed 1st place at State Level in Division III of On-Sets, 2nd place in Division I of Equations and 5th place in Division I – On-Words. 
 
“We are extremely proud that we were able to place in the top 5 in all of the games this year, not to mention 1st place in On-Sets and 2nd place in Equations”, said Academic Game Coach, April Jenkins. 
Coach Manuel Rosales-Smith indicates that, “I was overwhelmed with joy when I got the news that our academic games team placed 1st place in On-Sets, I literally screamed and jumped for joy. These students gave up one Saturday a month from September to January in order to compete at a local level,
against schools within our Region. To qualify for the state level each student must have attended at least 3 Saturday Tournaments in order to compete at State Level this year.”

The following are academic games in which the students participated in:

On-Words - is a word game involving spelling, counting, grammar, phonetics, word roots, inflectional endings, prefixes and suffixes. Players explore evolving problems based on networks of intersecting words similar to crosswords puzzles.

In the game of Equations -  students explore a broad range of math topics including elementary arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponentiation and root operation. This fun and educational game is played on a playing mat with numbered and mathematical sign cubes.

On-Sets is a  - mathematical game involves logic and set theory. Using game rules similar to Equations, players explore the concepts of union, intersection, difference of sets, complement of a set set identity, set inclusion and the null and universal sets.

Hope of Detroit Academy conducted it’s annual multi-cultural concert on Thursday, February 16th.

The students sang songs from different cultures.

Hope of Detroit Academy celebrated our PBS reward day at the Boy’s and  Girl’s Club last week. The students had so much fun with all of the different activities. The PBS model is short for Positive Behavior Support. Students can earn incentives for their behavior throughout the month and if they are able to demonstrate good citizen, they will participate in the reward day for the students.

The students participated in three bicycle raffle donated by Boy’s and Girl’s Club.

February is re-enrollment month for current students of Hope of Detroit Academy. It is very important that you complete the form and return the form by Wednesday, February 29, 2012 to your child(ren)’s classroom teacher.  Please click on the link below to print a re-enrollment form for your child(ren).

Also, please do not forget to indicate any new siblings (brother(s) and/or sister(s) only) that will be entering grades Kindergarten through 8th grade.

Please call the main office if you have any questions at (313) 897-8720.

Re-enrollment Form for 2012-2013 school year

Friday, January 27, 2012, Hope of Detroit Academy will hold its SECOND QUARTER Parent /Teacher /Student Conferences of this school year (2011-2012).

There will be a half-day scheduled on Friday, January 27, 2012.  Students will be dismissed at 12:00 p.m. due to Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences, lunch will be provided to students before they are dismissed.
Conference hours are as listed:

Kindergarten – 8th Grade: 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Please complete a parent schedule request form and return it to the teacher no later than Wednesday, January 25, 2012. The teacher will send you a confirmation of the time requested by you.
 
Should you have any question about this process, please call the school (313) 897 - 8720.

Hope of Detroit Academy is implementing an online parent communication tool called Edline.

Edline will allow parents to view grades, attendance, and other student information
online.

Because of the new implementation process, all parents will receive information regarding the account set up during the second quarter parent teacher conferences. All parents will need to register for a login, which will allow them to log into Edline.

More information will be available in the Resources tab on our website.

M.E.A.P. (Michigan Educational Assessment Program) testing will begin for the third through eighth grade students on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 and end on Friday, October 28, 2011. 

The scheduled days for testing will occur on Tuesday’s, Wednesday’s and Thursday’s from 8:15 – 11:.30  a.m. Friday’s will be used as a make-up day.

This assessment test is a very important tool that will assist the teachers in identifying the areas of need for each student.   This test also measures the progression for each student in his/her grade level compared to other students in the city and state.                     

Due to the importance of this test, we suggest that your child(ren) receives a good night’s rest, eats a healthy breakfast and drinks plenty of water and/or fluids.  It is important that all students are in attendance and arrive to school on time and be well prepared. 

We do believe that all of our students can and will beat the M.E.A.P. !!!!!

Thank you for your continued support and cooperation throughout the school year.

Our Annual Open House will be held on Thursday, September 22, 2011 from 5 – 7 p.m.  Parent(s) and guardian(s) will be able to meet their child(ren)’s teacher, tour the school grounds and much more.  Please mark your calendar!!!

Conocer Nuestra Escuela (Open House)

Venga a Conocer Nuestra Escuela (Open House) el Jueves, 22 de Septiembre de 5-7 de la tarde.  Padre(s) y tutor(s) pueden conocer al maestro(a) de su nino(a), visite la escuela y mucho más.  Por favor marque su calendario!!!

On the 10th Anniversary of the September 11th 2001 attacks, Hope of Detroit Academy is remembering all of the victims and families that have been affected by this historic tragedy.....

Welcome back to Hope of Detroit Academy!

Some notes for the 2011-2012 school year are:

First Day of School is Tuesday, September 6, 2011.

School Hour

KDG - 1st grade: 7:50 a.m. - 3:20 p.m.
2nd - 8th:   7:50 a.m. - 3:30 p.m..

All students must have an emergency form on file with current contact information including phone
numbers.

Student's dress code will be in effect as of  September 6, 2011.

Breakfast and Lunch program will begin on September 6, 2011. 

Please remember to fill out your school meals application.