Join us for a Playworks Play Session!

  1. Updates

Play sessions provide you with a first-hand experience of the Playworks program in action.

Each play session lasts about one hour and takes place on the playground at one of our partner schools.

Below is a list of upcoming play session dates and locations. 

Please call Sommer Brock at 313-879-4934 or email sbrock@playworks.org to RSVP for a play session tour or to schedule an alternate date.

 

Date                                Location                                                                                          

April 28 (M)               Bethune Elementary (8145 Puritan, Detroit)                                           12:15pm

April 30 (W)               Roosevelt Elementary (2065 Cass Lake, Keego Harbor)                       12:35pm

May 2 (F)                   Roosevelt Primary (2610 Pinecrest, Ferndale)                                        11:50am

May 6 (T)                   Lincoln-King Academy (13436 Grove, Detroit )                                       9:50am

May 8 (Th)                 A.L. Holmes Elementary (8950 Crane, Detroit)                                       11:50am

May 13 (T)                 Bennett Elementary (2111 Mullane, Detroit)                                            11:20am

May 19 (M)               Washington-Parks Academy (11685 Appleton, Redford)                         11:45am

May 21 (W)               Edison Elementary (27321 Hampden, Madison Hts)                                 11:40am

May 23 (F)                Bethune Elementary (8145 Puritan, Detroit)                                               12:15pm

May 27 (T)                 Washington-Parks Academy (11685 Appleton, Redford)                          11:45am

May 29 (Th)               Roosevelt Elementary (2065 Cass Lake, Keego Harbor)                           12:35pm

June 2 (M)                  A.L. Holmes Elementary (8950 Crane, Detroit)                                          11:50am

June 4 (W)                  Bennett Elementary (2111 Mullane, Detroit)                                               11:20am

June 6 (F)                    Roosevelt Primary (2610 Pinecrest, Ferndale)                                            11:50am

 

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