Hello families,

I am writing this with mixed emotions. I understand completely why our school district, and districts around Michigan, have taken the measures they have. Everyone’s safety is what is most important. However, in 28 years of teaching I have never had an interruption in our school year quite like this one. I will miss your children! They are such an amazing group of kids, I feel like I am letting them down by not being there for them. 🙁 I know they need to be taught, I know they enjoy our classroom and socializing with their friends and I know it is a hardship for parents to both work and worry about caring for their children and their children’s education.

I am very grateful to all of you for your sacrifice and contribution to your child’s education these next few weeks. I will do everything I can to support your child during this necessary break. Please make sure to have your child go to our Google Classroom site to find learning that will keep your child on pace with our regular classroom learning. It is important that your child continue with our 3rd grade curriculum. You can contact me anytime, either through my blog or with my email (martinh@dearbornschools.org) whenever you have concerns or questions.

I will keep you updated as new information arises with my blog posts . Please take care and stay safe. And please give your children a special hug from me. I already miss them!