School Age Child Care Options

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School Age Child Care Options

February 4, 2021 by Mohammad Abdelfattah

Do you need Kids Club during our Hybrid Learning? We now have total ONLINE Enrollment through our new Eleyo System.  

Just go to our Eleyo Web Page https://dearbornschools.ce.eleyo.com/child-care/3/school-age-care  Parents will need to create an account and then begin to enroll their children. It is OK if you don’t know your Cohort schedule at this point. Go ahead and choose a schedule. When you are given your schedule by your teacher just drop us an email at billingech@dearbornschools.org and we can make that correction for you! 

Kids Club is from 7:30 a.m. until the beginning of school and the flat fee is $13 for each a.m. session. The p.m. session is from the end of school until 5:30 p.m. and the flat fee is $15.60 for each session. 

You will see sections for Kids Club and for School Age All Day Child Care. We do offer care at DuVall and Lindbergh. The hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The cost per session is $36/8 hour, $38/9 hours and $40/10 hours. Registration is on a first come first serve basis. A minimum number of students are required to offer our tuition based programs. 

Questions? Call us at 313-827-8350

Click here to view the letter on Kids Club and Child Care

Remaining Late Starts to be Replaced by Half Day

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February 3, 2021 by Mohammad Abdelfattah

Dearborn Public Schools is canceling the four remaining late starts scheduled for this year and will replace them with one half day on a Friday still to be determined.

The late starts scheduled for Feb. 10, March 10, April 21 and May 5 are canceled, and students and staff will have a regular day of school those days in whatever format the district is conducting class at that time.

Instead of the late starts, students will have a half day of school on the Friday before the district restarts learning labs.  Teachers will use the afternoon to prepare for students returning to the classroom. The district does not yet know what day that will be.  

The Board of Education has set two measures for when the district will reopen schools.  Both are based on reports from the Wayne County Health Department. Dearborn has already improved to at least a D grade on the COVID risk matrix, which is the first requirement.  The second requirement is that Wayne County, outside of Detroit, falls to a 5 percent or lower positivity rate on the weekly report.  This week’s report showed the area down to a 6.2 percent.  The most recent reports are available on the district’s COVID page.

The district expects to tell staff on a Tuesday and the public on a Wednesday when both conditions have been met.  The half day would be that Friday to allow teachers to prepare to return to working in the school buildings.  The Monday after the announcement, learning labs would restart, including those for special education programs funded through Act 18.  Students would start returning to class in buildings for blended learning two weeks later.  The board-approved reopening timeline is posted on the district’s back-to-school website.

This year’s school calendar originally included seven late start dates.  Late starts are Wednesdays about once a month where students report to class an hour later to allow the staff time for professional development before school.  This year, the three late starts in the first semester were cancelled after the district opted to have a soft start to online school.  With this announcement, the district has eliminated all the late starts for this school year.

“In a typical year, late starts are a great tool to allow staff time to come together with their peers for teambuilding and professional development,” said Superintendent Glenn Maleyko. “However, this is not a typical year, and teachers and administrators feel the time would be better used to help make a smoother transition to restarting in-school learning.”

See the revised calendar or visit our district calendar page.

WIDA TEST- For English Language Learners Coming Soon

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For those taking WIDA test

January 27, 2021 by Mohammad Abdelfattah

Snow families,                                                                

We hope that this email finds you well.  We are reaching out to notify you about some important events that will be taking place within the next few weeks.

Starting on February 1st, our students that have been identified as ELL (English Language Learners) will be assessed in proficiency in these four domains: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

What is WIDA?

  • WIDA is a consortium of states dedicated to the design and implementation of high standards and equitable educational opportunities for English language learners.
  • The assessment is given annually to monitor students’ progress in acquiring academic English language proficiency. 
  • Students can exit the WIDA assessment if they score proficient in Reading/Writing or receive a 4.8 cumulative score.

What are the benefits of the WIDA Assessment?


The most important thing to know about the WIDA Assessment is that it is an assessment to find the student’s level of language proficiency and then creating support that will be the most beneficial for your child to achieve his or her goals.

This week, we will be calling parents of English Language learners to bring in their child to school to take part in the WIDA assessment.  Your child will not be marked absent for their online learning that day.  We will notify classroom teachers if your child will be missing sessions.  A recorded lesson will be available for them for what they missed.

Our school community is following social distancing protocols and wearing masks while we are in the building.  It is asked that you and your child also practice social distancing and wear a mask while in the school.

You will bring your child to the main doors (door #11)at 8:45 to complete a health screening form.  (Kindergarteners will have different time schedules, we will notify you of the time) After that has been completed, your child will be taken to be assessed.  Parents and guardians are not permitted to wait in the building at this time.  The testing window will be from 9:00 am -11:30 pm.  We ask that you drop off and pick up your child promptly at the scheduled time to ensure that we have adequate time between testing sessions. If your child should finish the test before the scheduled allotted time, we may call you to come and pick them up. 

Please, let us know if you have any questions.  

Thank you,

Mr. Abdelfattah, Principal 

Snow Elementary 

Email: abdelfm@dearbornschools.org

Mrs. Saad, ELD (English Language Development) Specialist 

Snow Elementary

Email: saadl@dearbornschools.org