Families,

Our next materials pick up date will be Monday October, 26 at 1:15-2:00. This pick up will be a drive by just like before. I will have new math materials, unit 2 reading & writing, reading bags, and other needed items.
It is important that someone comes to pick up these items to allow your student to continue with their learning properly. Remember who ever comes just needs the teacher name, Ms. Fadhl, and student’s name.

In-Person Learning Labs:

The Learning Lab Committee, district nurses, and the district leadership team met today. As aligned with the Learning Lab guidelines in-person Learning Labs will be inactive effective tomorrow, Wednesday October 21, 2020 for an indefinite time frame. The guidance provided by the Wayne County Health Department indicates undesirable trends regarding the out-Wayne County Covid positivity rate (4.6% as of 10/20/20), infection rate within the Dearborn community, resulting in a slight increase in the school infection cases as a result of community spread. Please be advised that we will look at the weekly data report so staff should be ready to return to learning labs in person at any point in time. We will of course attempt to give a couple of days advance notice for planning concerns.

Dear Family,

NEW! During the COVID-19 crisis, you can choose to have your child’s online book order shipped right to your door or delivered to me with our class order.

All orders earn FREE Books for our class—thank you for your support!

Class Order Due Date: 10/30/2020

Connect to Our Class Page: https://orders.scholastic.com/MZ69T

Shop the flyers for your child’s grade together: https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=670608

Please feel free to forward the Class Page link to extended family and friends who may want to support your child’s reading.

Ms. Fadhl

Class Code: MZ69T

Families, as you may have heard face to face ‘Learning Labs’ start next week for elementary. However, Kindergarten has not finished their NWEA testing so we will continue to have students coming to the school for 1/2 hour to do the last of the NWEA for Fall. This means Kindergarten Learning Labs (face to face) will begin the week of October 12-16 but virtual Learning Labs will start on Monday.

My face-to-face Learning Labs will be on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons from 1:55-3:50. Each learning lab will be a 1/2 hour with 3 students at a time. This means not all students will be invited to the Learning Labs at this time. There is no bussing for the face-to-face labs also.

My virtual Learning Labs will begin on Monday, October 5th. They will be on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. These will be small groups for students working with me on ZOOM. I have been working on the scheduling for this and will share it with you soon. Every student will have at less two learning labs (F2F or virtual) per week.

Below I have shared a link to sign up for NWEA testing next week. Testing will be Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. Please sign up using the link.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D49A4AF2CA3F9CF8-math

Please fill out this district parent survey regarding social-emotional learning for our elementary students. Thank you

English version

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Henry Ford Elementary will host a food distribution today, Friday, September 18th, from 10:30-1:00. Please come to Door 14, in the annex, off of Mercury Drive.  

Welcome to Kindergarten! My name is Ms. Fadhl and I am super excited to begin a NEW and exciting year with you in my class.

I will be scheduling appointments on Monday to meet with you for Kindergarten orientation. These appointments will be for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings. They will be virtual or face-to-face with the student and one parent based on your preference.

School begins with these at-home independent activities on Monday, August 31st.

Monday, August 31: Write your name(first and last)

Tuesday, September 1: Draw a picture of you and your favorite thing

Wednesday, September 2: Draw a picture of your family

Thursday, September 3: Draw or write about what you would like to learn in school this year

Dear Parent(s),

Every year, billions of dollars in federal funding go to hospitals, fire departments, schools, roads, and other resources based on census data.

For a better future of our city, schools, and students , please click on the link now and fill out the census. It only takes a few minutes from your time to make a difference.

Complete the Census application here: 

Sincerely,

Ms. Fadhl

Parents can preview possible curriculum changes

Dearborn Public Schools is offering a chance for parents and community members to explore two new curriculum resources the District is recommending for next year – one for elementary English Language Arts and the other for some high school math. Both curriculums provide extensive digital resources that are available for school and home use.

Interested parents can view some of the materials online and then learn more about the resources during online meetings on Monday for the elementary program and Tuesday for the math program.

Both curriculum resources have gone through extensive evaluation by Dearborn teachers and have been recommended by the District’s curriculum committee. This is part of the District’s regular process to update and implement new curriculum.  Please note, these changes have not yet been approved by the Board of Education.

Elementary Reading and Writing 

Elementary parents are invited to learn more about the Benchmark Advance English Language Arts program that the District is considering for all the kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms.

Benchmark Advance © 2021 is a standards-based, core English Language Arts program. Language arts includes reading and writing and also impacts text-based resources for science and social studies.  The Benchmark program provides lessons and practice in all areas of reading including phonological awareness, phonics and word study, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.  Writing is also included.

Parents are invited to attend a Zoom meeting with Benchmark representatives for more information and a Q & A session on Monday, June 1 from 5 to 6 p.m.  Please email communications@dearbornschools.org for information on logging into the Zoom meeting and to get login information to view a sample of the digital curriculum material.

Secondary math

Parents also are invited to learn more about the enVision AGA math program that is recommended for adoption for use for Algebra 1, Algebra 2 and Geometry instruction.  

enVision AGA is a highly rated program and has been researched and piloted in Dearborn classrooms over the last two years. Textbooks, workbooks and an extensive collection of digital resources, including interactives, mathematical modeling, and adaptive practice are part of  enVision’s high quality program. 

Parents can view enVision materials using the link to a padlet: enVision Math

In addition to previewing the materials online, parents are invited to attend a Google Meet with enVision/Savvas representatives for more information and for a Q & A session on Tuesday, June 2 from 4 to 5 p.m.  Please email communications@dearbornschools.org for information on accessing the Google Meet event. 

For more information about the possible curriculum changes, contact Dr. Ross Groover, K-12 Consultant for Curriculum & Professional Development, at groover@dearbornschools.org.

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PreK for 4 year olds!

ATTENTION All FAMILIES WITH A FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILD: Dearborn Schools offers a Free Preschool Program

GSRP is a free program for all eligible families and is designed to give a high quality preschool experience prior to Kindergarten. 

Eligibility is primarily based on family income (federal poverty level), life experiences and child’s age.   If your child’s birth date is between December 2, 2015 to December 1, 2016, your child may qualify for this program.  

If you would like to be sent information about registration for the 2020-2021 school year please fill in the GSRP Interest Form 2020-2021 and someone will contact you as we start the registration process. 

If you have any other questions please email Amy Modica modicaa@dearbornschools.org

تنبيه الى جميع الأسر التي لديها طفل يبلغ من العمر أربع سنوات

 مدارس ديربورن تقدم برنامج مرحلة ما قبل المدرسة المجاني