Please join us for a special chatting event at William Ford with school administration and several guests from our Administrative Service Center on Tuesday, February 13th from 4:30-5:00 in the school cafeteria. This is a great opportunity to ask questions about district programming in regards to curriculum, facilities, special education and much more. Our guests include the following;
Fordson Feeder track, Executive Director (Mr. Adam Martin) Director of Payroll & Benefits, and Business Services (Ms. Pamela Miller) Director of District Operations (Mr. Mark Andrews) Curriculum & Assessment Consultant (Ms. Hilda Irani) Special Education, Coordinator (Ms. Mariam Alaouie) We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday afternoon!
The following events are taking place at William Ford this week:
Monday, January 29, 2024: Win or lose, wear your Detroit Lions gear or blue and gray to show support! The NED Show assembly for grades 3-5 Music Club, ELG, and Title II groups meet at 4:00pm
Tuesday, January 30, 2024: Early Release day. Students will be dismissed at 2:25pm
Wednesday, January 31, 2024: Chess Club Meeting at 8:00 3rd Grade Math Competition ELG, Title II Groups, and 4th Grade Boys Sports meet at 4:00pm
Thursday, February 1, 2024: Third Grade Bake Sale ELG, Title II Groups meet at 4:00pm
Friday, February 2, 2024: Popcorn Day. Each bag of popcorn will be sold for $1.00 each ELG Group meets at 4:00pm
Please see the information below for registering to vote:
Voting before Feb. 27: For the first time, local voters will have two ways they can cast their ballots before the Feb. 27 primary.
Absentee voting will start in late January as city clerks begin mailing absentee ballots to those who requested them. To receive an absentee ballot, a person must complete an Absentee Ballot Request Form. This request can be completed online or via a paper form submitted to your local city clerk’s office via mail or in person. Those who plan to vote absentee and then mail the ballot back should drop the ballot in the mail at least two weeks before the election. Completed absentee ballots also can be submitted in person via designated drop boxes or at the clerk’s office until polls close at 8 p.m. on Feb. 27. If a voter requested an absentee ballot and then decides to vote in person on Feb. 27, the person should bring the absentee ballot with them to the poll.
For those participating in the Get 2 to Vote election campaign, remember that not everyone can return a completed absentee ballot. Absentee ballots can only be returned by the person voting, an immediate family member, or someone living with the voter.
Would-be absentee voters can visit their city clerk’s office to complete an Absentee Ballot Request Form, pick up their ballot, and complete and submit the ballot all in one visit. However, those planning to do so should be aware that there may be a substantial wait as clerk offices deal with a deluge of election work.
The 2024 election cycle is only the second presidential election since absentee ballots became available to all Michigan voters. This year marks the first time Michigan voters can also take advantage of early voting.
Early voting is like regular voting, except up to nine days earlier. No special request form is required and nothing is sent through the mail. Registered voters simply show up at their city’s early voting location during voting hours, preferably with a driver’s license or other official photo ID. Early voting starts nine days before the election, which for this year means those polls will open Feb. 17. Dearborn voters can visit the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center from Feb. 17 through Feb. 25 from 9 am until 5 pm. This is the only early voting location for Dearborn. Dearborn Heights residents will be able to vote early at the Canfield Community Center from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from Feb. 17 through Feb. 25.
Schools will not be used for early voting locations and will continue to have class on those days. Dearborn Public Schools will not have classes on Feb. 27 as many of the schools are also used as public polling locations on election day.
Registering to vote: Michigan law also now allows people to register to vote up until election day; however doing so well before the election is strongly encouraged. To register to vote, a person must be at least 18 years of age and a United States citizen. To see if you are registered to vote and to learn more about how to register, visit the Michigan Voter Information Center. Many adults opt to automatically register to vote when they get their Michigan driver’s license.
For more information on registering to vote and how to vote in Michigan, please click the link below:
The following events are taking place at William Ford this week:
Monday, January 22, 2024: Music Club at 4:00pm ELG and Title II groups meet after school at 4:00pm
Tuesday, January 23, 2024: Early release day. Students will be dismissed at 2:25pm Student Advisory Council meeting at 8:00am Parent Meeting at 9:15am in the cafeteria
Wednesday, January 24, 2024: Chess Club Meeting at 8:00 Fourth Grade Girls Sports Club at 4:00 ELG and Title II groups meet after school at 4:00pm
Thursday, January 25, 2024: Preschool Parent Meeting at 9:30am First Grade Bake Sale ELG and Title II groups meet after school at 4:00pm
Friday, January 26, 2024: Popcorn Day. Each bag of popcorn will be sold for $1.00. Hawaiian day! Dress up in your Hawaiian clothes. Hawaiian leis will be sold for $1.00 each. ELG Group meets at 4:00pm
Due to freezing temperatures, all Dearborn Public Schools will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, January 17, 2024. Since school is closed, there will be no chess club and after school groups tomorrow.
Due to school closure tomorrow, the building spelling bee has been rescheduled for Thursday, January 18, 2024. Also, the parent meeting on Thursday, January 18, 2024 has been rescheduled for next Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 9:15am.