Parents,

It has been a great first couple of days, thank you for all of your support! Please remember to drive safely when picking up or dropping off your students and to pull all the way forward in the circle drive.

Next week, Thursday, September 6th, is our Open House and Title I informational meeting. The Title I informational meeting will be from 5:30-5:55 in the auditorium and Open House from 6:00-7:30. Attached are flyers that provide more information; please know your student’s schedule before coming and plan on meeting their teachers as we won’t be passing them out. Open House will be just that, open; you will have the flexibility to meet and greet teachers at your convenience.

Next Friday, September 7th is Picture Day for all students. You received information in your summer packets to order pictures. Every student will get their picture taken for their student ID’s and will get them then; please encourage them to smile brightly! Also next Friday all 9th graders are invited to the Freshman Tailgate for our home football game against Belleville. The tailgate begins at 5:30 pm on the hill; students will have food, play some games, and then get to experience their 1st official high school football game for free. We’d love to see them all in their DHS t-shirts received at orientation and you’re invited back to join us for the game at 7.

Lastly, I’ve included an attachment that provides dates for all the major events and created a google calendar that you can access and add to your calendar by following this link: https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=ZGVhcmJvcm5zY2hvb2xzLm9yZ19xbGZsY2lpZmkwNDB1MmpqMGphNXNrcGgxb0Bncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t Please know we will make every effort to update the calendar if there are changes as well as through email.

Thanks

Mr. Martin

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Below is the condensed schedule for Thursday, June 14th – The final half-day for the 2017-18 school year.

Hello Parents,

Well, we’ve made it to our final full week of school for the year. A few things to note as we are winding down the year.

All library books that are still checked out need to be returned by the end of the day tomorrow. On Friday, all students will participate in a locker clean out. Besides their textbooks, there shouldn’t be anything left in their lockers. Please tell them to bring home all of their personal items. Next week, lockers should only be used for their textbooks, which will be getting collected.

Speaking of next week, all students are required to take their final exam. That said, Dearborn Public Schools and DHS understand that the Eid El Iftar Holiday may be June 14 which is our scheduled last day of school. Therefore, we have moved our final exam schedule one day earlier, possibly starting on Monday, June 11.  A half day of school is still scheduled to be in session on June 14 but there will not be any final exams on this day.

As a District we plan our school calendars in advance and when planning the 17-18 school year we adjusted the calendar based on the information we had at the time which was that the Eid El Iftar may be June 15 or June 16.  We recently discussed the date with local Islamic Clergy and there is a possibility that the Eid El Iftar may be June 14.

We understand that students who are celebrating the Eid El Iftar may not be in session but we must still take regular attendance.   We appreciate your understanding and your patience on this matter and have included our final exam schedule for this year for your reference.

Thanks

Mr. Martin

The fifth card marking comes to an end this Friday, May 4th. Report cards will be available soon thereafter. As always, current grade information is available on Parent and/or Student Connect.

Our classes are working hard to prepare for four upcoming fitness tests. The first test, the 250 yard shuttle run, will be on Thursday, April 26. During the first week of May, students will be taking the push-up test. The second week of May will be the pull-up test. Finally, the mile and 1/2 run will take place at the end of the second and beginning of the third week of May. All of the aforementioned tests will be completed prior to May 15.

Join us on Wednesday, March 21 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM for Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences!