Please click on the link to view a message from Dr. Maleyko, Superintendent of Dearborn Public Schools to the community.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/185fK-9S-83cklYGsZBwuwntm8BiXcHkMRCf3qPHAico/edit?usp=gmail&ts=5e754fbf

Dearborn Public Library has set up a way for residents of Dearborn/Dearborn Heights to remotely register for temporary Dearborn Public Library cards.  These cards will allow access to all Dearborn Public Library electronic materials.  Instructions and highlights of available eResources is available through the following link:  https://dearbornlibrary.org/wordpress/need-a-temporary-library-card/

Please pass this link and information along to any Dearborn/Dearborn Heights families you may know. Thank you!

Smith students still have time to order a yearbook from Lifetouch online at ​ybpay.lifetouch.com​ until Sunday, March 29th. Use the access code: ​9917720​ to purchase your book. Don’t miss out…get your yearbook today!

Governor’s Stay Home-Stay Safe order means another day off school. Free meals, online learning will continue.

As many of you know, this morning Gov. Whitmer issued a Stay Home-Stay Safe order.  We wanted to update what this means for the schools. 

1.Schools will now be closed THROUGH April 13.  We were planning to return that day, but now are scheduled to return Tuesday, April 14.  Obviously, that could change as the situation evolves.

2. SMITH IS A FOOD DISTRIBUTION SITE. Free meal distributions will continue during the shelter-in-place period.  Providing food is an “essential service.” In fact, we now are planning to extend the meal distribution through our spring break, so food will be handed out Monday to Friday through at least April 13.

3. Online learning will continue.  While current state law says the learning cannot count as “seat time,” Gov. Whitmer has clarified that “does not mean that school work done during the mandatory school closure won’t ‘count’ toward grades, credits, or graduation.”  (Teachers and students are still officially scheduled for spring break from April 6-10, so there might be a week off during your weeks off.)

We will continue to work to keep you posted on changes and have information at firstbell.dearbornschools.org.  Meanwhile, please stay safe out there everyone.

Greetings Vikings!

Our partners from DSHINE would like everyone to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Their team of expert teachers, researchers, and programming staff have pulled together lots of resources to provide you with daily healthy eating and physical activity lesson plans that children and their families can do at home. Also note they have translated versions that are available in an additional link.

This is the link for the Middle School Lessons in English: https://dl.orangedox.com/DSHINESMSLessonsEnglish

This is the link for the Middle School Lessons in Arabic: https://dl.orangedox.com/DSHINESMSLessonsArabic

 Enjoy this time with your families! Be safe and healthy!

Principal Jebril

Specific Directions for Logging Into CommonLit:

Step #1: Log into your gmail using your school email.
Step #2: Go to Commonlit.org
Step #3: Select “Sign in with Google”
Step #4: Select your school email
Step #5: It will ask you to reset your password. Make it the same as your school password, so you don’t forget it.
Step #6: Connect your account to Google Classroom
Step #7: Log in

Please notice that there are TWO articles to read and then a third assignment on Google Classroom. I have had a number of students only read one article. Don’t forget about the other and then return to Google Classroom for Assignment #3.

If your assignments are getting lost in the stream, select “Classwork” at the top of this page. There is a folder titled “Happiness” that all of these assignments are being put in.

Email me with questions!

Assignment #1: STUDY: ‘HIGH INCOMES DON’T BRING YOU HAPPINESS’

Assignment #2: YOU CAN BUY HAPPINESS, IF IT’S AN EXPERIENCE

Assignment #3: “High Incomes…” / “You Can Buy Happiness…” Cross-Textual Questions

These assignment are due 03/27/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment. https://www.commonlit.org/en/user/login You must log in with your Dearborn Public Schools account in order to connect. Otherwise, it will not let you log in and will not allow you to complete your assignments.

Dearborn Schools has announced that O.L. Smith will be added as a student meal distribution site starting on Monday, March 23.

Students, parents or a family representative can stop by any of meal locations from 10 a.m. to noon each week day to pick up meals.  One bag will be handed out for each child under 18 in the home.  The Dearborn School student does not need to attend school at that building.  Students do not need to be present, and a designated person can pick up meals for all the children in the family.
The free grab-and-go meals include food for lunch and breakfast.  Meals for Saturday and Sunday can be picked up on Friday.  
Six other food sites opened on Tuesday, including Fordson, Edsel Ford and Dearborn high schools; McCollough-Unis; Salina Intermediate; and Woodworth Middle School.
Signage at each site will direct parents and students to where to enter the building.  Food will be near entrances, usually near the kitchen, to minimize the amount of time community members spend in the facilities.

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

Greetings Vikings!

I hope you are all well and enjoying good health!

Starting on Monday, Smith will be distributing breakfast and lunch packages to families for any child under the age of 18. We will have a drive through system on the Notre Dame side of the building between 10-12pm.

Teachers and staff members have been in contact with all students via Google Classroom, iblog, e-mail, etc.

If you do not have computer access and have not heard from a staff member regarding the loaning of chrome books, please email me immediately- jebrilz@dearbornschools.org.

Thank you and please be well and stay safe!

Principal Jebril