Dohn’s Keeping Teen Moms In School (KTMIS) Program gathered a group of wonderful community members to participate in a ‘Think Tank’; brainstorming ways to improve the area and make it feel more like home for the student moms and their babies.
Field trips have long been considered an essential part of the school experience – they give students the opportunity to build cultural understanding and tolerance, and expose them to words outside their own.
Meet Ms. Alena Cody, art instructor for the recently added Art Program at Dohn’s Young Women’s Academy.
(Pictured above L-R: Sule Program Officer Jordan J. Klette-Cusher, CEO V. Ruth Klette, Art Teacher Ms Alena Cody, YWA Program Coordinator Ms Paula Goodloe, Ms Sarah Krueger, Educational Aide) Once the dream of bringing an Art class to Dohn’s Young Women’s Academy was...
Paula Goodloe, former math educator and current Program Coordinator of Dohn Community High School’s Young Women’s Academy (YWA) knew something didn‘t add up. The students of YWA needed more than the regular academic curriculum. Ms. Goodloe was determined to find the...
You may have heard our call to action: “Be The Difference. Make The Difference”. Dohn Community High School has had 20 years of success, in part because of the support from our donors and grantors. This supplemental generosity helps Dohn go the extra mile to really...
PNC's generous investment in Dohn's Keeping Teen Moms in School (KTMIS) program, specifically Mommie and Me, Smart as Can Be, provides essential items for the children in this program. Infant and toddler high chairs, safety gates, activity walkers, sensory toys, and...
Think one person can’t make a difference? Steven Murphy, Regional Sales Manager for Kay-Twelve.com, just did. Steven is a great example of a Community Connector. In a feat of complex logistics, he facilitated a donation of 400 school desks to Dohn from another...
Pictured above: Dohn High School teacher Yvett Spivey teaching math on a whiteboard supplied by Crayons to Computers The four-year-old partnership between Crayons to Computers (C2C) and Dohn Community High School sets a sterling example of a community working...
COVID-19 made online learning a necessity. We saw, immediately, that Dohn students lacked access to home computers and internet access. With 98% of our Black and Brown students living at or below the poverty line, we had to act quickly to meet the need for online...
