Tag Archives: DPS 61

May 14, 2025- Ashley Grayned of Decatur Public Schools, student Braeden Apholone along with his mother, Shawanda Apholone Guise joined co-hosts Dr. Juanita Morris & Dr. Jeremy Morris on Thee Morri...

May 9, 2025 -The Heart of Illinois Community Foundation has announced a $150,000 donor advised grant to the Decatur Public Schools #61 Prep Academy in celebration of the first cohort graduating class ...

June 28, 2024 - DPS 61 COO Dr. Mike Curry and Director of Buildings & Grounds Kent Metzger joined Byers & Co to give an update of where the district is at with their Master Facilities Plan. Li...

Today was an all-hands-on-deck kind of day! We had several teachers, staff members, and even the principal herself show up and show out for this month's Teacher Of The Month surprise at American Dream...

March 8, 2024 - American Dreamer STEM Academy principal, Rida Ellis, joined Byers & Co to talk about The Amazing Shake event where they teamed up with 4H and students learned important soft skills...

February 28, 2024- Decatur Public Schools is asking students, teachers, and parents to fill out the 5 essentials survey to improve schools around the district. The annual 5 essentials survey identifie...

October 30, 2023 -The 2023 Illinois Report Card released today shows improvement in DPS graduation rates and attendance rates, but work still needs to be done to improve academic proficiency. Schools ...

May 4, 2023-Employers, administrators, and relatives of DPS 61 students were in attendance at Eisenhower High School as students signed their certificates of acceptance to employment, programs, or col...

January 28, 2023- Millikin University hosted the Regional VEX Robotics Competition at the the Decatur Indoor Sports Center (DISC) on Millikin's campus. High school students across Illinois competed ag...