Detroit Merit Charter Academy

DMA is an awsome school...The teachers try to make us,the students achieve. Kids from DMA now go to awsome highschools. Some go to liggit or international. This year im going to aplly to those schools and cranbrook. This year im in 6th grade i love my teacher Ms.Dean. I have been at DMA since kindergarten and i have always been in proficient classes. I would really reccomend this school.Chanel Williams=D

To agree with the parent who wrote a reveiw on 6/14/2011, I totally agree with her reveiw DMA has really gone down in every way since Ms.Benser has left...My daughter has taken her child on put him else where....i hear that the kids are involed in alot of fights there now....they dod not have as much respect for the staff as before.

This school really was an exceptional school when my child first started there. I was very dissapointed this last year because the leadership at this school has went down since the change of the principal/assistant principals. The teachers seem to lack the care and concern for the children that they had in previous years. I was also dissapointed in some of the teachers inability to control the discipline problesms. The academic program is challenging for the students but I think they are missing the key elements that made them excel under the previous leadership. They pushed so hard after realizing they were not on track in the middle of the year (which I believe was due to lack of leadership) I think they not only burned the students out I also think they burned the teachers out too. Not sure if we will remain here.
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I heard so many positive things about DMA, I really expected something wonderful when enrolling my children. Unfortunately I found out it's not better or worse than any of the other charter schools in the the area. My kids previously attended Winans Acadmey which seems to have a more nurturing environment. DMA is more focused on the cirriculum which is great, but elementary aged kids need both. My children have been bullied at this school, and that's disappointing. There have been virtually no field trips this year. On the positive my children seem to be doing well academically. For some reason the school calls their eigth grade dance a prom, which I feel takes away from what prom really is or should be. Socially the children seem to far too advanced for their ages, I have seen and over heard behavior I consider to be inappropriate for this age group. I love the staff, the teachers are awesome and the assistant principals seem to truly care. The school principal however, I've never even met her out side of my very first to the school. I don't know if I will be reenrolling or not. I have changed schools once and don't want to keep switching things up on tmy kids.
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Hi. I am a student from dm and I just want to say this school is an Exellent school to enroll in. It challenges students to push the envolope and to succed. I am currently in 8th grade and will soon be graduating. Now I am doing 9/10 grade Math!!! It prepares us for high school and collge, and the staff are cool! They have us apply for GREAT high schools early, and teach us important moral such as wisdom, integrity, pudence, and so on. This is a great school! Shout out to Ms. Comer!!
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I am a proud parent! my son has attended DMC from opening day! I love what this school it has given my son soooo much! He does excellent!!!
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they really have great forein language also the teachers are all qualified for the job a down point is they don't have a gym
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Best School Ever! The Students Get Along Great With The Entire Staff And All Together It's Just A Great School.It's Academically Great And Behaviorally Great.The Staff Gives The Students That Push They Need If They Need It And They Want Nothing Best The Best For Their Students! I Would Suggest This School If You Want Your Child To Have A Bright Future! Sincerely,Rashad Williams
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I love this school! DMA has provided a great education for my son since Kindergarten and now will be doing the same for my daughter. When my son needed tutoring DMA provided that free of charge! When he needed extra help and needed to be in a summer program to not be held back, DMA helped with that also! What other schools offer so much for so little in return! This school does not just pass your child on to the next grade when they cannot do the work like many schools do, they help them, and I appreciate that. I have never seen discipline problems at this school and have in fact seen DMA students behave better that students at my daughters school (Cornerstone). Thank you DMA, and Ms. Benser for providing a GREAT school! Sincerly the Rahmaan family
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I think Merit Academy is an excellent school. Yes the children are concerned about their color and the parents should be as well. I think the color system is excellent because it lets the parents know how their child is behaving. It is up to the parent to enforce rules about the color their child was on and discipline them when their behavior is out of control. The education that my son received at Merit is excellent. I would recommend a parent to send their child to Merit.
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