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More Than Words: Our Best Spelling Bee Yet
On Thursday, June 12th, the DBG community came together for our annual Spelling Bee, and this one may have been our best yet. Held in ...
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Celebrating the Class of 2025: A Day of Legacy and Inspiration
On Saturday, June 7th, the DBG community gathered to celebrate the remarkable Class of 2025. Families, friends, alumni, and staff came together to honor 14 ...
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Class of 2025: DBG ‘Decision Day’ Brings Inspiration and Valuable Lessons
Figuring out which college to attend is a decision that’s not made lightly. At DBG, when our seniors make that big life and academic choice, ...
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DBG Alum Appointed by Governor to School Safety and Mental Health Commission
Our DBG graduates are leaders and King Bethel is a prime example. A 2024 DBG grad currently studying sociology at Wayne State University, King has ...
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Class of 2025: Future Leaders in Skilled Trades, Architecture, and Business
What do skilled trades, architecture, and business have in common? They are all about building things including structures, ideas, and opportunities. According to the Michigan ...
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Class of 2025: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Mind
Science and psychology are two career pathways that involve unlocking mysteries. Both are growing fields with the power to make a positive difference for individuals ...
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Class of 2025: Healthcare Heroes and Service Leaders
Overall employment in healthcare is projected to grow faster than average for all occupations over the next ten years. According to published reports, about 1.9 million ...
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Class of 2025: Storytellers of the New Media Landscape
Every DBG student has a story. For some of our graduates, their future careers involve storytelling in professions like marketing, public relations, media, video production, ...
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Class of 2025: It’s Full STEAM ahead for these DBG Graduates
At DBG, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) is ingrained in everything we do. We also have a dedicated STEAM Lab that’s making a ...
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DBG Alum Reynard Robinson’s Journey of Growth and Transformation
From his dorm room in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, DBG graduate Reynard Robinson has exciting updates to share. He’s wrapping up his junior year at Southern ...
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DBG Student Researchers Present Findings at Great Lakes Regional Counseling Psychology Conference
Their confidence and public speaking skills wowed a crowd at Wayne State University as four DBG student researchers (Keenan, Garrett, Jamarion, and Messiah) presented at ...
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Tune in to DBG TV, Where the Next Generation Takes the Mic
Students have a voice at DBG in more ways than one. When they wanted to learn about content creation as part of our program’s daily ...
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Portrait Perfect: DBG Family Night is an Epic Family Reunion
As parents and students stepped through the doors of DBG February 21, they weren’t just arriving at an event — they were coming home. Through ...
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New Leadership for DBG’s Board of Directors
DBG’s dynamic board of directors has selected a new slate of leaders to take us into 2025 and beyond. We are pleased to welcome Jeri ...
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DBG Student Headed to National Cheerleading Competition
She was just three and a half years old when DBG student Antonia first fell in love with cheerleading. The high-energy, high-flying sport requires precision, ...
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We gave students the chance to invest $6,000 at DBG. Here’s what they proposed.
A DBG mascot, a student art fair, first aid classes, scholarships, SAT prep and more were among the innovative ideas DBG students pitched during our ...
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Lions fans can score premium club level playoff tickets and support DBG. Here’s how.
Detroit Lions fans can purchase some of the hottest tickets in town – club-level NFL divisional round playoff tickets for the Lions playoff game at ...
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A Winning Holiday Season for the Detroit Lions and DBG Detroit
The Detroit Lions are winning in more ways than one. In their final road game of the 2024 season, the Lions beat the San Francisco ...
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Buffalo Youth Program is the First to Replicate DBG’s Model
For more than a decade, DBG Detroit has received requests from around the world to replicate our proven model. Our team has worked tirelessly to ...
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DBG Celebrates Thanksgiving with Annual Turkey Bowl and Potluck Dinner
DBG Detroit is a family and when it comes to Thanksgiving, our family celebrates in a big way. From an adrenaline-filled flag football game to ...
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DBG Students Attend Special Screening of ‘The Fire Inside’ with Claressa Shields Herself
World champion and two-time Olympic gold medal winning boxer Claressa Shields herself sat in the audience at Cinemark Flint West 14 in Flint along with ...
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DBG Alum Achieves Dream of Becoming Federal Officer
DBG graduate Lionel Banks, Jr. continues to rise through the ranks of law enforcement, and he credits DBG with helping him achieve his dream career. ...
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DBG Hosts Partner Appreciation Celebration at Lumen Detroit
Community is everything to us at DBG and nothing makes us happier than to celebrate our partners, supporters, and friends. That’s why we gathered a ...
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‘Mr. E’ Joins DBG as Our New Programs Director
DBG is excited to welcome a new face to our leadership team, and he’s a familiar face to many. Emmanuel Smith is DBG’s new Programs ...
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Community Cleanup and Back to School Bash Kicks off 2024-25 School Year
Our students ended the summer and kicked off the 2024-25 school year in true DBG style with a community cleanup and “Back to School” bash ...
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Camp Tanuga Sets the Stage for Magical Summer Memories
S’mores, swimming, sunsets and more were just the beginning of another magical overnight camp experience at Camp Tanuga in Kalkaska (30 miles east of Traverse City.) The ...
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Shamrock 555 Foundation Awards Two New $10,000 Student Scholarships
Two hardworking DBG students are the latest recipients of $10,000 college scholarships from the Shamrock 555 Foundation. They were recognized recently during the organization’s 6th ...
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Trivia Question: What is Sporclecon? And What Role Did DBG Students Play During the Recent Event?
Answer: It’s the largest trivia gathering in the United States, filled with puzzles, quizzes, games, prizes and more designed for the those who appreciate trivia ...
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