Dear Viking Families,

O.L.Smith staff members have looked over the information provided from the Internet Access Survey and created packets for families who do not have access at home. These families can enter the school’s office doors to pick up their child’s packet on TUESDAY, MARCH 17th, 2020 from 9:00-11:00am. No one will be allowed to enter the school to pick up any other belongings. There will be a table set up right when you walk in to pick up the packet. Thank you for taking the time to help ensure learning is happening for all students at this time.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Hello Families,

Moving forward, we will be utilizing online instruction. We will post assignments each week for you to complete. We need a few days to transition everything online, but wanted to update you with what to look for next week.

Next week, you will write a CERERC talking about how Anne’s character has changed throughout the play. This will be typed and we will provide sentence stems, a mentor text, and the PDF of Anne Frank for you to use. We will also provide a rubric, so you know what to expect.

We will also transition the Act 2 assessment to a Google Form for you to take as a quiz at home. You will be allowed to use the play, but avoid using your notes. By assigning this assessment next week, you can take the test with the play fresh in your brain and we will work on corrections options for students who want to improve their score.

We want to work together to wrap up our Anne Frank unit over the next week. Transitioning to online will take some adjustment for everyone and we will work through it together.

Please reach out to us with concerns or questions and we will do our best to answer them.

Stay well!
Ms. Timpf, and Ms. Schafer

All Dearborn Public Schools will be closed for students effective immediately, March 13, 2020. This is a result of Governor Whitmer’s order to close all K-12 school buildings, public, private, and boarding, starting Monday, March 16 until Sunday, April 5. 

Dearborn Public Schools spring break will take place from Monday, April 6 through Friday, April 10. Students will return to school on Monday, April 13, 2020.

Students may report on Friday, March 13, 2020 at the normal start time to pick up their belongings and school supplies.  

All staff should report on Friday, March 13, 2020 to assist students. Staff will only attend for the morning half of the day followed by a half day release time.

All staff should continue to check their email daily for updates and information.

Please direct all questions should be directed to your immediate supervisor.

As of Thursday, 3-12-2020 there are no reported or confirmed cases of COVID 19 in the Dearborn Public Schools. 

This closure of schools is part of a nationwide effort to slow the spread of the COVID 19 virus. These actions will not eliminate the COVID 19 virus, cure COVID 19,  and this will not guarantee that a person will not contract the COVID virus at a later time. Again, these actions are part of a nationwide effort to slow the spread and limit the number of people who will become infected. 

Thank you