Hello All!

I hope you are healthy and safe! This week’s first assignment is a day late, but they are posted! A reminder, if you are in a class that has the Scratch assignment, please post a link to your projects on the Scratch Forum under the first section of the class. I miss you all!

Thank you

Mr. Ochoa

A note from administration

Parents please keep your kids at home. During the mandated shut down, all school playgrounds & athletic fields, will be closed to the public.  If you are found on the property you will be asked to leave.  Please stay at home!  Do not visit friends and family!Stay healthy and stay safe!

I hope everyone is healthy and safe! This week, we will be exploring some online activities. Kindergarten and 1st grade are looking at PBS kids music which offers a variety of music related apps to explore. 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade and 5th grade will be exploring the Scratch website which is a global coding community which emphasizes creativity and collaboration. We will focus on creating music based projects. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you

Mr. Ochoa

Good morning!

the Detroit Symphony Orchestra is live streaming a concert at 10:45am. Here is the link for info

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Round 2 chromebook pick up for our Lowrey families.

This is only for Lowrey Students! If your family does not have a working computer and is in need of a chromebook then please come to Lowrey’s main doors, tomorrow Friday March 20th between times of 12:30pm to 2pm. 
 If you already picked one up, please don’t come again.  One chromebook per household!
 All parents will need to sign a consent form to insure chromebooks will be returned in the same condition they were given. All parents and students are responsible for the chromebooks. They must be returned once students return to school. 

Hello all!

I hope you are healthy and safe! I have added new assignments on iLearn for every grade level. Each assignment uses online resources that we can continue to use while our building is closed. Please do not forget to click the “submit” button on the assignment page. Let me know if you have any questions, my email is

ochoaj@dearbornschools.org

Thank you

Mr. Ochoa

Lowrey School will be distributing Chromebooks to families in order to support their child’s remote Learning. Each Chromebook was checked and cleaned by admin and personnel to ensure that they are safe to be used. Please note that chromebooks need a working internet connection.   If your family does not have a working computer and is in need of a chromebook then please come to Lowrey’s main doors, tomorrow Thursday March 19th between times of 11:30am to 3pm. 
 One chromebook per household! 
 All parents will need to sign a consent form to insure chromebooks will be returned in the same condition they were given. All parents and students are responsible for the chromebooks. They must be returned once students return to school. 

Hello all, I hope you are healthy and safe! I sent out emails to every student I teach with an invitation to the blog and to iLearn. I will continue posting assignments and music resources over the next few weeks. Please let me know if there is anything specific you are interested in exploring. Have a great evening!

Thank you

Mr. Ochoa

Dearborn Schools offering free breakfast and lunch pickup for students at six sites

Dearborn Public Schools is offering free pickup lunch and breakfast for students while school is closed for the mandatory shut down over the next three weeks.

Families will be able to stop in and pick up a bag with both breakfast and lunch for each child in the family.  Pickups will run daily from 10 a.m. to noon starting tomorrow, March 17 at Fordson, Edsel Ford and Dearborn high schools, McCollough-Unis, Salina Intermediate, and Woodworth Middle School.

Signage at each site will direct parents and students where to enter the building. Food will be near entrances to minimize the amount of time community members spend in the facilities.

Please note, meals are available to anyone age 18 and younger.  Students do not need to be present, and the Dearborn School student does not need to attend at that building.  A designated person can collect meals for multiple children.  Meals for Saturday and Sunday can be picked up on Friday.

The program will allow the District’s 20,700 students to continue to have access to healthy food.  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last week ordered all Michigan schools closed from March 16 through April 3 to slow the spread of novel coronavirus and cases of COVID-19.  Dearborn Schools is scheduled for spring break April 6 to 10, so school will not resume in the District until April 13.

The grab-and-go meals will be served at least through April 3.

Superintendent Glenn Maleyko praised the District’s food service team for quickly implementing this drastic change in service to meet the needs of families.

“We appreciate the patience of our families and community as we all try to adjust to this sudden change from closing schools,” Dr. Maleyko said.  “More than three quarters of our students qualify for free or reduced priced school meals.  We realize this food is important to our families, many of whom may be facing additional financial hardships from the sudden economic changes related to COVID-19.”

Check the Dearborn Public Schools website at www.dearbornschools.org for any updates or changes to the meal program or for other issues regarding the school closure.