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Introducing the Diploma-Plus Program

 
Devington Community Development Corporation and Arlington High School has now partnered in another area to offer an alternative competency-based route to a high school diploma for youth who have left school or are not succeeding in traditional high schools. The Arlington Diploma-Plus (DP) Program opened in August of 2008 as an alternative school of choice in the Indianapolis Public School District.The DP School at Arlington combines high expectations for every student, a competency-based approach in which students progress at their own pace, a personalized learning environment, and opportunities to make connections between what is learned in school and the world of work. Students are also engaged with local community organizations and partner with students at Arsenal Tech DP to share learning experiences.

 
INSPIRING (Future Focus):

Connecting real world experiences to the classroom, preparing students for successful transitions to post-secondary education and careers.

 
TRANSFORMING (Effective Supports):

Fostering positive community partnerships that ensure student success

 
ENGAGING (Performance Based Systems):

Creating life-long learners through competency-based teaching and learning where students uncover meaning at their own pace and "show what they know".

 
EMPOWERING (Supportive School Culture):

Honoring diversity and nurturing positive relationships through deeply rooted school norms and inclusive teaching practices.

 
To Enroll

Please eMail Sharon Arnold, Executive Director of Devington Community Development Corporation

 
Diploma Plus Programmatic Video
"Part 1"
 

 
Diploma Plus Programmatic Video
"Part 2"
 

 
The Facts re:

"46226 Zip Code"

Indianapolis, Indiana

 
 Fact:

489 felons are released into the 46226 area annually.

 
 Fact:

The Devington Community has also become the central business district for drugs, prostitution, and other criminal forms of commerce which come with the secondary crimes of carjacking, robbery, burglary, rape and domestic violence.

 
 Fact:

The number of graduating students in the class of 2009 from Arlington High School, a school within our targeted area, was seventy-two. Five Hundred Twenty-One students entered the freshmen year together, 72 graduates (13.8%). *This leaves more than 400 adults with less than a high school diploma residing in the community, a growing trend.*

 
 Fact:

Devington Ranks #1 in Indianapolis in elderly and handicapped residents.

 
 Fact:

Major problems with storm water overflow-sewage backing up in home drains and showers. Affecting property value and sales.