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February 23, 2021 by Mohammad Abdelfattah

More than 1,400 Dearborn Public School staff were able to get their first COVID vaccination shot on February 11 and 12 at one of two locations. Depending on which vaccination they received, all those staff will need their second shot either three or four weeks after the first dose.  Realizing that scheduling the second dose of the vaccine will lead to staff shortages, the district is being proactive and planning four online learning days.

The first two Thursdays and Fridays in March (March 4, 5, 11, and 12) will now be remote learning days where students remain at home.  Students should still expect to have mostly live instruction over those four days.  Teachers will provide more specific information about their classes closer to that time.  Students will still be expected to log into Schoology each of those four days and attend classes and complete assigned work.

The Mondays and Tuesdays of both those weeks will still be hybrid with some students in school.  Wednesdays were already scheduled to be remote learning days.

Hybrid learning will still start on March 1 for students in kindergarten, first, second, sixth and ninth grades.  On March 8, students in preschool, third, fourth, fifth, seventh and 10th grades will start hybrid learning.  Grades eight, 11 and 12 will return for hybrid learning on March 15.

The first two weeks of hybrid learning, students will attend face-to-face class one day that week, either Monday or Tuesday depending on if they are group A or B.  Their second day that week now will be replaced by remote learning.

Superintendent Glenn Maleyko announced earlier that the district would likely need to add some remote learning days after the district found out we would be able to mass vaccinate willing staff over two days.

“We appreciate the community’s patience as we work to keep staff, students and families as safe as we can in the current environment,” Dr. Maleyko said.  “Learning remotely for these additional days will provide more continuity to students and allow teachers to work around the vaccination schedule.”

“Please know that even after staff are vaccinated, they will continue to follow CDC guidelines including wearing masks in schools, and we will encourage our community to continue to use social distancing and to #MaskUpDearborn until the country is able to get COVID under control,” Dr. Maleyko added.

Press Release #24/Feb. 24, 2021

Dearborn Public School parents, even those not enrolled in any public assistance programs, will be getting new or additional food benefits in the coming months.

Michigan announced earlier in February that the state would provide additional food benefits for any students who are eligible for free lunch or breakfast through school and whose school was not entirely open for at least some part of this school year due to the pandemic. (See the Pandemic EBT flyer)

Dearborn offers free lunch and breakfast to all of its students through a special provision of the National School Lunch Program, and the district has offered entirely remote learning through February of this year.  That means all of Dearborn Public Schools students qualify for the new benefits.

Families that currently have a Bridge Card and receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will see the additional amounts automatically added to their cards starting in late March and then periodically through June.  Families do not need to apply for this assistance.

Families not currently enrolled in the program will get a new Bridge Card in the mail.  The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) plans to mail one card per Dearborn student.  Many Dearborn families also received cards last spring under an earlier version of the Pandemic EBT program, but in that case, families received one card in the name of the oldest Dearborn student.

Bridge Cards, or EBT, can be used to buy food at numerous Michigan retailers.

The amount of the benefit will vary by month depending on the number of school days and if the child’s school was face-to-face. Families will receive about $127.53 monthly for each eligible child during the time Dearborn was offering remote-only learning and about $77.06 for each child for the months the district is in hybrid learning this school year.  Benefits are retroactive to September and will be paid through June. 

Dearborn Public Schools is not involved in administering SNAP benefits.  The district is providing this information as a courtesy to families.  Residents with additional questions about the Pandemic EBT program are encouraged to contact MDHHS directly.

The additional SNAP benefits will not impact Dearborn Public Schools free weekly student meal distributions.  Those will continue even after students start hybrid learning in March, although the distribution day and some distribution sites will change.

As school gets ready to reopen next week for Kindergarten-2nd grade students in person, many teachers in the district need to get their second Covid vaccine shots that week or the following week. Therefore, the DISTRICT has stated that ALL students will stay home on March 4th, 5th, 11th, and 12th for Zoom meetings instead of in person learning. This will only affect grades 3-5 students on March 11th and 12th.

Third grade will start back hybrid in-person on Monday, March 8th. Group A students will attend school on Monday, Group B will attend school on Tuesday, then everyone will stay home on Zoom Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of that week only.

I just received this information from the district and wanted to share it with you for your planning purposes.

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A big thank you to Ms. AlSaad, Ms. S. and all Snow Students who participated in making Valentines for our local seniors! The seniors were so grateful and touched by our artwork and kind words!

Hello Snow Community,

Thank you to all who attended today’s meeting. I am linking an English and Arabic version of the presentation below for anyone to reference.

Thank you, Mr. Abdelfattah

English Presentation

Arabic Presentation

February 19, 2021 by Mohammad Abdelfattah

Please click here to watch the video

Entry and Exit Procedures

All students should be lined up with their classes at the proper doors by 9:40 am.  Teachers will greet students promptly at 9:40 am. 

All students will line up with their class at 9:40 am (first bell). At 9:40 am teachers will walk their classes into the school.  

 The Pledge of Allegiance will be recited inside classrooms. 

Older Siblings may line up with kindergartners if needed.  

If it is raining or the wind chill is less than 20 degrees: Students enter the building through the lobby (Doors 1, 2, and 12) at 9:30am and proceed to line up outside their class. All staff will be outside the classroom, main lobby area, and hallways to assist children as needed.  Students are not to get dropped off before 9:30, students will enter at 9:30 and make their way to the classes while maintaining 6ft social distance 

February 17, 2021 by Mohammad Abdelfattah

With the start of blended learning on March 1, Dearborn Public Schools will change how it distributes free student meals.

Weekly meal pickup will move to Wednesdays starting on March 3 and will be provided at all of our traditional middle and high schools.  Pickup will continue to run from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.  

Students at all levels will also have the option to receive a meal on the days they attend school in person.

Pickup will be available at Bryant Middle, Dearborn High, Edsel Ford High, Fordson High, Lowrey, McCollough-Unis, Salina Intermediate, Smith Middle, Stout Middle, and Woodworth Middle schools. 

Please note, Henry Ford, Maples, McDonald and Miller elementary schools and the Dearborn Heights Campus will no longer be distribution sites.

Dearborn Public Schools will continue to provide a week’s worth of food for any student in the district or any sibling under 18 years of age.  No ID is required, and the student does not need to attend that building or come with the adult picking up the food.

Students attending in person will also have the option to get a meal at school that day.  Students will socially distance in serving lines, and touch points have been minimized.  The district will continue to work to provide high quality food in the safest way possible. 

Elementary students attending face to face will be able to pick from one of two hot lunch options or pack their own food.  Most buildings will have students eating in the cafeteria with social-distancing, but the specifics of how children will eat will vary by building.  Menus will be provided on the Nutrislice website.

Middle and high school students attending face-to-face instruction will be able to get a grab-and-go breakfast.  Those menus will also be posted on Nutrislice.  More details of how breakfast will work at each building will be provided directly from that school. 

Dearborn Public Schools has been distributing free student meals since shortly after the schools were required to close in March 2020.  Recently, we have been handing out more than 100,000 meals a week.  The district has about 20,700 students.

All students attending school in the district are eligible for free breakfast and lunch under special provisions of the National School Lunch Program.

Hello Snow Community,

You are all cordially invited to an informational parent meeting regarding the restart plan/Hybrid scheduling plan. The Meeting will take place over zoom on Friday February 19th, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. All parents are welcome to attend. There will be a detailed presentation and a question and answer session afterwards.

Mohammad Abdelfattah is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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Good snowy morning! I hope you are all warm. I’d like each family to sign their child up for ONE afternoon learning lab in the next two weeks. Please click the link below and write your child’s name in the comment section when signing up. Thank you!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AAAAA23A3FA7-afternoon