The Dearborn Public Schools is offering an emotional support hotline in order to provide support to students/families who are experiencing anxiety, fear and stress in this time of crisis. DEARBORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Families can contact the hotline at: 313-827-8500 or by email at: dss@dearbornschools.org. Please click on the link below to view the flyer with additional information. https://smith.dearbornschools.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/132/2020/03/covid-19-social-support-hotline.pdf
The district has recommended that food services add another site to our emergency feeding program. Smith is the school that has been selected to start on Monday, March 23.
More information will be coming your way regarding chrome book distribution at Smith. Coming soon!
We are so excited to see so many of you working through your CERERC and assessment. Don’t forget that these are due by the end of the week.
If you need a break from your school work and want to check out something cool, try the link below! It is a virtual tour of the “Secret Annex,” or the attic Anne Frank and her family were hiding in. You can explore each room and see where they lived.
Let us know what you think, if you get to take the tour!
Good Evening, The latest Press Release is attached. Starting tomorrow, Dearborn Public Schools will offer free pickup breakfast and lunch to all of our students at any of six school locations. The grab-and-go meals will be available from 10 a.m. to noon at Fordson, Dearborn, and Edsel Ford high schools, McCollough/Unis, Salina Intermediate and Woodworth.Any child age 18 or younger is invited to receive a meal. Please refer to the press release for more details.
We hope you are all doing well and staying safe. For this week, we will be wrapping up our Anne Frank Unit. You will type a CERERC and complete the Act 2 Assessment. Directions for these tasks are on Google Classroom.
CERERC (DUE 3/20): You will complete the Anne Frank Act Characterization CERERC. The directions for this assignment are already on Google Classroom.
Anne Frank Act 2 Assessment (DUE 3/20): You will complete the Anne Frank Act 2 Assessment using a Google Form, which is posted on Google Classroom. Do the best you can, and we are trusting you to take this assessment honestly. If you do not do well, we can discuss corrections options moving forward.
Please reach out to your friends and let them know what the expectations are for the coming days. We will also be calling as many students as we can each week to check in and provide support where it is needed.
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.
I want to recall a previous message regarding supply pick up. Under the direction of the Superintendent, which is based on the Governor’s directive – no parents or students are allowed in any district buildings until the shut down is over.
I apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you for understanding that we are truly dealing with a very fluid situation.
On March 12, 2020, Governor Whitmer issued the order to close all public schools in Michigan until April 3, 2020 (Due to spring break, Dearborn Public Schools will reopen to students on April 13, 2020). With this order, we are all entering into uncharted waters as parents, students, teachers, and administrators. There are a lot of questions that surround how the rest of the school year play out with our upcoming field trips, school events, activities, grades, and tests. During this time, our district staff along with MDE are making decisions that will help to chart the direction we will be traveling as we learn more about the Coronavirus and our state and country’s efforts to mitigate its spread.
On Friday, our staff was able to create a plan for remote learning to help families prepare for the next few weeks. Our first step was for all advisory teachers to survey their students so that we are aware of anyone who doesn’t have access to computers/laptops at home. (Check the blog for community support for laptops and internet access.) Please make sure your child completed the survey sent to them by their advisory teacher. Teachers worked within their content level PLC teams to meet the needs of students by continuing to teach essential standards within their content areas. All teachers will be communicating with students via iblogs and emails. They have created online lessons via Google Classrooms and ilearn courses. Links to these platforms will be posted on their blogs. Please visit each teacher’s blog for daily updates and lessons. Please let your students know that this is not a vacation and that we will continue to work together on teaching and learning. Feel free to use the schedule I shared below to help establish a routine.
Any student who needs books or personal belongings from school will be able to pick them up on Monday or Tuesday 9-12pm. NO ONE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE BUILDING BEYOND TUESDAY – UNTIL STUDENTS START ON APRIL 13th. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS.
Please feel free to e-mail me with any questions you may have during this time. I know that by working together, even remotely, we will get past this together!
