Ms. Sims' First GradeDearborn Public Schools

Mar 23rd Updates as of 03/23

It has been a crazy time for all of us. I wanted to take a moment and just give everyone an update on my current situation.

Today, I am in the process of moving out a few more things from my home. I will be spending the next few weeks with my elderly parents in northern Michigan.

Once I have a chance to settle in, I plan to check and/or review all the wonderful work you have all been sending.

I so appreciate your concern and thoughtful words at this time. Thank you for your patience and understanding in this matter.

Ms. Sims

Mar 21st The Superintendent’s letter from 3/20/20

https://docs.google.com/document/d/185fK-9S-83cklYGsZBwuwntm8BiXcHkMRCf3qPHAico

Mar 20th Music blog link

Mrs Meyers has a fun music blog for you:

https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/duvallmusic/

Mar 20th Support Staff Information

The Special Education teachers and bilingual teacher would like to remind the parents they are also available online:

Mrs Chromicz, the Learning Disabled teacher:
https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/aileenchromicz/

If your children are receiving Speech/Language services, please join the Duvall Elementary Speech/Language Remind group:
remind.com/join/duvallel

Ms. Grammel’s Speech/Language blog can be found here:https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/grammel/

Dearborn Speech Department Website:Speech and Language Home Suggestions

The Bilingual teacher is Mrs Fakih:

fakihl@dearbornschools.org

Mar 19th Update (Parents read first/not virus related)

Hello Everyone,

I would like to you be up to date about what has been happening in my family. My dad was scheduled for surgery in April. Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey decided to move his surgery to yesterday (3/18). It was an out patient procedure and he is at home healing. I am up north with him and my mother at this time to be their caregivers (they are both in their upper 70s).

My sister will not be able to help for awhile due to possible exposure to the virus.

I have been lucky to have Mrs Grahl and Ms Cibasek using my email address to answer most of the your emails in the last few days. I hope to be able to spend more time looking at your child’s work by this weekend, but I will be remaining up here for an undetermined amount of time.

I know my family and I would love to see get well emails or screenshots of “Get well soon” notes that the children would like to write.

Please hug your child for me and I promise to put out a blog daily just to stay in contact.

Ms Sims

Mar 19th Emotional Support Hotline

Mar 18th DuVall Chromebook Loan Process

Please fill out this form if you would like to reserve a Chromebook on loan for my child. To take the DuVall Chromebook survey, please click here. Please complete this survey by 10:00 AM on Thursday, March 19th as this will provide our staff with enough time to prepare the necessary number of Chromebooks based on the anticipated number of requests. The survey above must be filled out in order to make a reservation for a Chromebook on loan – we will not be able to distribute additional on-the spot requests as it takes time to prepare each of the Chromebooks.

There is a limit of one Chromebook per family. Chromebooks must be returned to the school on the first day Dearborn Public Schools reopen after this mandatory shutdown. Students must follow Dearborn Public Schools Acceptable Use policy and guidelines. The family borrowing the Chromebook agrees to understand that they are responsible for any damage to the Chromebook. The Chromebooks on loan are for current DuVall students only.

Internet Access:
Chromebooks require internet access and have Wi-Fi built-in. Dearborn Public Schools cannot provide internet home access. Comcast has an Internet Essentials package for families that qualify. This program is currently free for 60 days. After the 60 days, Internet Essentials will cost $9.95 per month. (You can apply online: https://apply.internetessentials.com/) Dearborn Public Schools does NOT have an affiliation with Comcast. Individual families are responsible for any costs of the service.

Qualifications for Internet Essentials:
You are eligible for public assistance programs such as the National School Lunch Program, Housing Assistance, Medicaid, SNAP, SSI, and others
You do not have an outstanding debt to Comcast that is less than a year old.
You live in an area where Comcast is available but have not subscribed to it within the last 90 days.

Xfinity Wi-Fi Free
Xfinity WiFi Free For Everyone: Xfinity WiFi hotspots across the country will be available to anyone who needs them for free – including non-Xfinity Internet subscribers. For a map of Xfinity WiFi hotspots, visit www.xfinity.com/wifi. Once at a hotspot, consumers should select the “xfinitywifi” network name in the list of available hotspots and then launch a browser.

Plan for Distribution on Friday, March 20th:

Parents will drive up to the bus lane on Francis Street near the preschool door (door 4) on Friday, March 20th.  Parent/ Guardians must have a Driver’s ID.  A DuVall staff member will bring the parent our Chromebook Loan agreement to the car along with the Chromebook, have the parent sign it, and then collect the signed agreements as a record of our Chromebooks that have been distributed.  Please follow the schedule of distribution for classes below so that we can have an orderly distribution of the Chromebooks on loan – there is a limit of one Chromebook on loan per family.

9:00 – 9:15 Ms. Shapas

9:20 – 9:35 Mrs. Ross

9:40 – 9:55 Mrs. Grahl

10:00 – 10:15 Ms. Sims

10:20 – 10:35 Mrs. Burke

10:40 – 10:55 Mrs. Morrison

11:00 – 11:15 Ms. Cibasek

11:20 – 11:35 Mrs. Alabakoff

11:40 – 11:55 Mrs. Moon

12:00 – 12:15 Mrs. Ranka

12:20 – 12:35 Mrs. Courtright

Thank you for following the above guidelines and schedule for distribution to make this process possible as well as for the DuVall staff who will be assisting during processing and distribution days.  

Robert Attee
Principal,
DuVall Elementary School
(313)-827-2754https://duvall.dearbornschools.org/

Mar 17th 1st Grade Online Instruction Updated

Please click on the document below to see the 1st Grade Online Instruction Schedule. I have updated the link, so hopefully everything works smoothly. We will all get through this together.

1st Grade Online Instruction

UPDATED WEBSITES LOGINS FOR MS. SIM’S CLASS 03/17

Mar 17th Bear the Bad Dog

Take a look at Bear being a bad dog. He just won´t listen.

Mar 17th A blog for the kids

I CAUGHT HIM! I told you last week that I thought he was sleeping on the bed when I was at school. Today I went into the bedroom and caught him jumping down and walking away. He was GUILTY!

THEN, a little while later, I went back into the bedroom and he was laying on the bed like he was the king. He didn’t even move! What a bad dog he is! (I took a picture but don’t know how to upload it. I will when I figure it out).