Detroit International Academy for Young Women

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Detroit International Academy for Young Women
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Address
Detroit International Academy for Young Women
9026 Woodward

Detroit
,
Michigan
48202

United States
Coordinates 42°22′58″N83°04′50″W / 42.382696°N 83.080674°W / 42.382696; -83.080674
Information
Type Public high school
Established2005
School district Detroit Public Schools
GradesPK–12
Website www.detroitk12.org/dia
Student assessments
2021–22 school
year [1]
Change vs.
prior year [1]
M-STEP 11th grade proficiency rates
(Science / Social Studies)
Advanced %≤50 / ≤20
Proficient %≤50 / ≤20
PR. Proficient %– / –
Not Proficient %– / –
Average test scores
SAT Total771.9
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Detroit International Academy for Young Women (DIA) is a PK-12 school in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's sole public girls' school, located in the former Northern High School. [2] [3]

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The school mascot is The Pink Panther. [4]

History

The school opened in a building on Woodward Avenue in 2005.[ citation needed ] Its location is the former Northern High School building. [5] At the time it opened, the school had 78 students.[ citation needed ] The school changed into an all girls' school after July 2006, when the Michigan Legislature passed a bill permitting the establishment of all girls' and boys' public schools. [6] In its first year of being a girls' school there were 95 students in grades 9-10. [7] It moved into its current location in the fall of 2007. In 2008 there were about 400 girls attending the school. [6] Originally a high school, it began middle school classes around 2009, and around 2010 it began elementary classes. That year there were 530 students. [7] In 2014, 502 girls were registered at the school. [8]

In 2015 the school began holding white dress graduations instead of the usual cap and gown graduations. Several of the dresses were donated since most of the students receive free or reduced school lunches, a mark of having low income. Many private girls' schools in the United States use white dress graduations. [9] 60 girls graduated during the 2015 ceremony. [10]

Student body

As of April 2015, African-Americans comprise 86% of the student body. The second largest demographic is Asians, at 5%. 82% of students are designated as economically disadvantaged. [8] Most students qualify for a free or reduced-price lunch. [11]

Students include African-Americans, Bangladeshis, Hispanics and Latinos, and Whites. DPS stated that the school has a "strong tie to the Bangladeshi community." [12] Principal Beverly Hibbler stated that the all-female environment was attractive to persons in the Bangladeshi culture. In 2010 about 45-50 students were Bangladeshi. [13]

Persons living outside of the DPS district are allowed to attend DIA. As of 2010 some students reside in suburbs outside of Detroit; their parents typically work around Downtown Detroit and the students go to and from school using their own transportation. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 "MI School Data Annual Education Report". MI School Data. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  2. ↑ "Home Archived 2015-06-23 at the Wayback Machine ." Detroit International Academy for Young Women. Retrieved on June 30, 2015. "9026 Woodward, Detroit MI, 48202"
  3. ↑ "Northern High School" (Archive). Detroit Public Schools. May 4, 2003. Retrieved on June 30, 2015. "Northern High School 9026 Woodward, Detroit, MI. 48202 "
  4. ↑ "Application for Admission 2015-16 Academic School Year" (Archive).
  5. ↑ "Home Archived 2015-06-23 at the Wayback Machine ." Detroit International Academy for Young Women. Retrieved on June 30, 2015. "9026 Woodward, Detroit MI, 48202"
  6. 1 2 Dawsey, Chastity Pratt. "Girls school: A model for change." Detroit Free Press . February 4, 2008. Retrieved on June 30, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Ferrara, Margaret M. (University of Nevada-Reno). "“My Vision Became a Reality” An Interview with Beverly Hibbler, Principal of the Detroit International Academy Archived 2016-01-18 at the Wayback Machine " (Archive). Advances in Gender and Education , 2 (2010), p. 39-42. Montgomery Center for Research in Child & Adolescent Development. CITED: p. 39.
  8. 1 2 "Detroit International Academy for Young Women–School Profile" (PDF). Detroit Public Schools. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Zaniewski, Ann. "Caps and gowns? Nope, these grads get beautiful dresses" (Archive). Detroit Free Press . June 4, 2015. Retrieved on June 30, 2015.
  10. ↑ Williams, AJ. "DPS School of the Week: Detroit International Academy for Young Women" (Archive). Michigan Chronicle . June 10, 2015. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Detroit International Academy for Young Women Graduation June 4, 2015." Detroit Public Schools. Retrieved on July 1, 2015. Retrieved on June 30, 2015.
  12. ↑ "School of the Week: Detroit International Academy for Young Women Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine " (Archive). Detroit Public Schools. September 30, 2013. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.
  13. 1 2 Ferrara, Margaret M. (University of Nevada-Reno). "“My Vision Became a Reality” An Interview with Beverly Hibbler, Principal of the Detroit International Academy Archived 2016-01-18 at the Wayback Machine " (Archive). Advances in Gender and Education , 2 (2010), p. 39-42. Montgomery Center for Research in Child & Adolescent Development. CITED: p. 40.

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