Frederick Douglass Academy: wins a global GIS award
DETROIT. Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men, in the North End, runs a Geographic Information System program that pairs drone technology with college coursework. Students earn nine college credits through partnerships with Eastern Michigan University and NAFTEC, and alumni have brought in $500,000 in scholarships while logging internship hours in environmental management, engineering and homeland security.
The school just won Esri's Special Achievement in GIS Award, the first and only high school in the world to get it out of nearly 100,000 annual applicants. Principal Dr. Willie White points to individualized student support, on site mental health services and daily meals as part of why it works. Similar programs have started in other states, and the U.K. and the U.S. Department of Education have both reached out.
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