Dearborn Schools offering free breakfast and lunch pickup for students at six sites Dearborn Public Schools is offering free pickup lunch and breakfast for students while school is closed for the mandatory shut down over the next three weeks. Families will be able to stop in and pick up a bag with both breakfast and lunch for each child in the family. Pickups will run daily from 10 a.m. to noon starting tomorrow, March 17, at Fordson, Edsel Ford and Dearborn high schools, McCollough-Unis, Salina Intermediate, and Woodworth Middle School. Signage at each site will direct parents and students where to enter the building. Food will be near entrances to minimize the amount of time community members spend in the facilities. Please note, meals are available to anyone age 18 and younger. Students do not need to be present, and the Dearborn School student does not need to attend at that building. A designated person can collect meals for multiple children. Meals for Saturday and Sunday can be picked up on Friday. The program will allow the District’s 20,700 students to continue to have access to healthy food. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last week ordered all Michigan schools closed from March 16 through April 3 to slow the spread of novel coronavirus and cases of COVID-19. Dearborn Schools is scheduled for spring break April 6 to 10, so school will not resume in the District until April 13. The grab-and-go meals will be served at least through April 3. Superintendent Glenn Maleyko praised the District’s food service team for quickly implementing this drastic change in service to meet the needs of families. “We appreciate the patience of our families and community as we all try to adjust to this sudden change from closing schools,” Dr. Maleyko said. “More than three quarters of our students qualify for free or reduced priced school meals. We realize this food is important to our families, many of whom may be facing additional financial hardships from the sudden economic changes related to COVID-19.”
District responding to FAQ from school closures
We realize the abrupt closure of all the District schools for weeks is causing concern about many issues. As we have answers, we will post them here. Keep in mind, this type of closure is unprecedented in modern times, so the District needs time to figure out dozens of different issues. Also, information may change as the situation and our planning continues to evolve. Check back here for updates. New information will be added to the top.
How long will schools be closed?
Gov. Whitmer ordered all schools closed until April 5. Dearborn Schools was already scheduled to have spring break the following week, so the District currently plans to be closed through April 12.
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Will this mean extending the school year? Changing graduation dates?
We don’t know yet, but possibly. The Michigan Department of Education will need to provide schools direction on this topic.
The reality is that even if the state waives the required number of school days, the content our students are supposed to learn will not change. Missing three weeks of school will leave students behind academically.
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Will students be offered online learning?
Yes. We are using the resources we have to continue online learning for students, including iReady, Eureka Math, Kahn Academy, Google Classroom and more. Teachers will be monitoring how students are using these resources and checking email to answer questions from students or parents. Many teachers already use these and other online resources to supplement classroom instruction. Middle and high school students should watch their school emails for word from teachers about possible assignments and/or online classes.
That said, we do not anticipate being able to move to entirely virtual schools for all 21,000 students. We also realize that many of our students do not have access at home to computers or the Internet and cannot effectively complete lessons.
Elementary parents – in most cases, your child can access their online learning tools by accessing Clever. (See how to access Clever.) Their student ID number is on their report card.
Parents should also be checking their child’s individual school websites for updates and information.
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Will the district offer access to computers and the Internet for online learning?
We are looking at the options. Meanwhile, Comcast is waiving the first two month’s fees for the Internet for some low-income families through its Comcast Essentials program. See https://www.internetessentials.com/covid19
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Is our school event canceled?
Yes. If you had a school or public event planned in a District building between March 16 and April 10, assume it is canceled. High school parent-teacher conferences, school fundraisers, athletic events, PTA meetings, scouts, concerts and more are canceled or postponed while the buildings are closed. (You can still check with your event’s organizers to confirm.) A few smaller, District-related meetings will still occur, but staff should look for specific guidance on those.
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Will schools and buses be cleaned during the time off?
Yes. Crews are working on sanitizing the schools during these first few days off, and buses, already sanitized once, will be wiped down again before school resumes.
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Will schools be open so I can get my belongings?
Schools were open on Friday, March 13 so students and staff could collect personal belongings. If an extremely important item was left at the school, please reach out to your teacher or principal to possibly arrange a way to retrieve that item on March 16 or March 17. There is no guarantee that you will be able to get the item from the school. Schools are being thoroughly cleaned on March 16 and 17, and after those days they will be closed to all staff, students, and parents.
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Who do I contact if I have more questions?
Please reach out to the District Communications office at 313-827-3006or communications@dearbornschools.org. You may also be able to email teachers and staff if you have more specific questions.
Please check out Mrs.Gruz’s and Mrs. Hansen’s blog . You have assignments on there as well.
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Greetings Oakman Families,
As you are aware, schools are closed until April 13. While this is a necessary measure for everyone’s safety, students are missing valuable instructional time at school. Oakman teachers and teachers across the district will be in constant contact with students in order to provide online and remote learning opportunities. Classroom teachers have already started to post to their blogs, Google Classroom and Class Dojo in order to define the daily learning expectations for every student.
The Oakman community has always played a leading role in how teachers, students and parents work together to put students first. We are now asking parents to ensure that students have access and make time to complete their daily work. Work together with your children and put together a schedule for them to follow. Children thrive when there are set routines and schedules in place.
Although most of the teacher’s daily expectations will be posted online, we are not promoting technology as the only learning resource. We want to stress the importance of keeping screen time to a minimum and allow for hands-on activities, reading books, writing, STEAM activities and playing outdoors if possible.
All teachers will continue to update their Blogs/ Class Dojo and can be reached by email with any questions or concerns.
Hello Parents and friends!!
Here is a schedule of what is expected of you each day. For example, you look at Monday and scroll down. You will see activities that need to be done for ELA, Math, Brain Break, Social Studies and Science. You are only expected to finish those listed for Monday. You do not need to continue on to Tuesday or any other day. When it is Tuesday, you are expected to do the work listed under Tuesday and so on.
Fridays are Make up days– which means any work that wasn’t finished can be done that day. I will be checking your work daily.I know I have the best third graders in the world and you will get your work done.
Also, you need to keep up with Gym, Music, Science Enrichment, and Art. Check out their blogs.
You can reach me on classdojo for any questions or concerns.
Remember to read everyday even on Saturdays and Sundays!!
SPELLING WORDS:
Go on classdojo and send work. One activity a day.
| telephone | arrive | whole |
| June | huge | broke |
| celebrated | wire |
| 3/16/2010 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| ELA | Readworks:“All about Venus”Answer questions | Writing: log into study island. You have a writing prompt that needs to be written on paper and sent back to us on classdojo. | Readworks:Read poem and answer questions. Fireflies in the Garden | Read a book of your choice and write about it. Then,send a picture on classdojo. | Make up Day Any work not done, can be turned in this day. |
| Math | Mathathon;Practice for 10 minutes | Zearn module 5 (You should be on Lesson15 , if not you need to catch up) | Zearn module 5 (You should be on Lesson16 , if not you need to catch up) | Zearn Module 5 (You should be on Lesson17 , if not you need to catch up) | Make up Day |
| Brainbreak | Send a video of you on classdojo doing 20 jumping jacks. | Send a video of you on classdojo doing stretching for one minute | Send a video of you on classdojo running in place for one minute. | Send a video of you on classdojo reading a poem (any poem you want, you can make up your own poem) | Make up Day Any work not done, can be turned in this day. |
| Social Studies | Go on study Island -Social Studies. There has been an assignment added for both classes Elward and Logel. Complete the following work. | Go on study Island -Social Studies. There has been an assignment added for both classes Elward and Logel. Complete the following work. | Make up Day Any work not done, can be turned in this day. | ||
| Science: | Click on the link below and then write the answers on a paper to the discussion questions only. Once you have answered the discussion questions, take a picture and send it to me on classdojo as a message. https://mysteryscience.com/animals/mystery-4/trait-variation-inheritance-artificial-selection/30?code=NDY2MjkzMA&t=student | Click on the link and then write the answers on a paper to the discussion questions only.Once you have answered the discussion questions, take a picture and send it to me on classdojo as a message. https://mysteryscience.com/animals/mystery-4/trait-variation-inheritance-artificial-selection/30?code=NDY2MjkzMA&t=student | Make up Day Any work not done, can be turned in this day. |
Hello parent , Please Check out my blog and ClassDojo .You will find your child’s weekly activities on there. Please make sure all work is done .If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to me.
Important Information-Remote learning 3/16/2020-4/3/2020
Hello parents,
Due to the nature of the Coronavirus, we will continue to promote learning for our students via Remote Learning. Please continue to check classdojo and the blog daily. Students will have assigned work which will need to be completed daily.
Greetings, All Dearborn Public Schools will be closed for students effective immediately, March 13, 2020. This is a result of Governor Whitmer’s order to close all K-12 school buildings, public, private, and boarding, starting Monday, March 16 until Sunday, April 5. Dearborn Public Schools spring break will take place from Monday, April 6 through Friday, April 10. Students will return to school on Monday, April 13, 2020. Students may report on Friday, March 13, 2020 at the normal start time to pick up their belongings and school supplies.
Corona Virus Press Release
Hello All,
Below is a press release that was sent out tonight regarding Whitmore Bolles. This, along with a previous message from the Superintendent can be found at The First Bell site. https://firstbell.dearbornschools.org/
Also here are two video links:
the first to the Press Conference that was held on Wednesday evening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFwBi4DyNdM
and the second was a message that was video taped on Friday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCBdxU7jzbk
Our school nurses have also put together a great list of resources and can be found here:
https://dearbornschools.org/services/coronavirus-covid-19-information/
There is a link to this information on the front page of the District’s website www.dearbornschools.org.
Have a great evening,