Last evening was the annual HYPE Board of Directors Holiday Party.

It’s always a pleasure celebrating all of the hard work of a successful year with everyone’s families.

Happy Holidays!

Students are pictured practicing their push-ups and modified push-ups:

This is their fitness skill for the 2nd card marking:

Peer to Peer push-up practice:

The EF POHI class took their annual Community Based Instruction (CBI) trip to the Fairlane Town Center today.

The students have a great time holiday shopping, visiting Santa and eating in the food court.

This is always a fun event to attend!

OL Smith students pictured having a great time in the pool with water exploration:

progress (getting ones feet wet so to speak):

The Dearborn Goodfellows are out this weekend with their annual paper campaign supporting – No Child Without A Christmas.

Please consider offering your support if you can – I purchased mine bright and early today near DHS:

Students practicing for the upcoming 15 min swim:

Water exploration:

Today was the launch of our new location for our Special Needs Swim Program.

The students’ new swimming venue will now be the City of Dearborn’s Ford Community and Performing Arts Center Pool.

This is an excellent new partnership between the Schools and the City. I truly appreciate all of the support and hard work of officials from both the City and the Schools who worked with me to make this a reality.

The success of our first day and the smiles on the students faces both in the pool and in the lobby enjoying lunch made it all worth it.

Thank you everyone for the outstanding new partnership and continued shared services!!

Tonight was the 34th Annual City of Dearborn Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony and Sing-Along

A very fun community and family event.

We had a special guest student from the Dearborn Schools light the official tree tonight!

Today was the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser put on by the Dearborn Public Schools Art Department.

It benefits those in need and who are hungry during the holiday season.

This is the 28th year of the event – always an enjoyable time for a great cause!

We spent some time today visiting with some local heroes when we donated new toys and a Christmas tree to the Firefighters Burn Drive.

The Burn Drive brightens the holiday season for children and families in need by providing these items to local community members. They’re always looking for more donations….

Giving does good and it feels good 👍