Let’s Get Back To Work!

Back to learning this week! Please remember to complete 4 I-Ready lessons and 4 Khan Academy assignments this week.

I made 2 short video clips, which are posted on Google Classroom, giving some reminders about the Khan Academy assignments. Check them out!

Finally, we will have a Google Hangouts session on Tuesday, April 14th at 1pm. I will send out the link to your student email just a few minutes before 1pm, so watch your email. This will be a chance to get any of your questions answered.

Happy learning!

Mr. ZImmer

Google Hangouts with Mr. Zimmer

There is a Mr. Zimmer Google Hangouts session today, April 8th at 1:00 pm. It is completely optional, so please come if you want, and don’t worry if you can’t. I mostly want to try setting my own up for the first time to work out any tech issues. I’ll send an email invitation at 12:55 pm, so watch your student gmail account at that time. Hope to see you in the hangout!

Mr. Zimmer

Weekly Learning Update

Here are the results from last week’s work.

Weekly Winner’s Circle: Hamza, Maysoon, Mahdi, Megan, Jaelyn, June, Ava, Luke

Oh So Close: Angie

Finished with Khan: Abdelaziz. Alaina

No official assignments this week, but if you have time, check out the awesome videos in our Google Classroom! Also, we will have a Google Hangouts session for the very first time this coming Wednesday, 4/8 at 1:00 pm. Check you student email for the invite right at 1:00 pm on Wednesday. Hope to see you then!

Spring Break Is Here!!!

Please see the following message from Principal Jebril:

Greetings Vikings,

As you know, next week is spring break, but food distribution will continue during spring break!! The Dearborn Public Schools distribution sites for student meals during the week are Fordson, Dearborn and Edsel Ford high schools; McCollough/Unis; Salina Intermediate; Smith Middle School; and Woodworth Middle School. During the week of April 6 to 10, meals at the 7 Dearborn Schools Locations will be handed out on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.  Friday, April 10, is Good Friday and a holiday for District staff.

Report cards will be available online on Monday, April 6th. These report cards are for marking period 3 are based on the grades that students had prior to March 13th, 2020. You will be able to access the report cards via ParentConnect. To login to ParentConnect, parents need to use their PIN and password.  Parents go to Dearborn Schools website then ParentConnect link. If they don’t know the login info, parents may click on the (Need Your Login Information) link and it will prompt you to enter your email address as provided to the school and entered in MIStar (Menu/Enrollment/Student Editor/Contacts) and click Submit. This process emails them their PIN and Password. Once in ParentConnect, you will be able to access your child’s report cards by going to Report Card Marks. WE WILL NOT BE MAILING THEM HOME.

Next week is our spring break, which is a time for everyone to take a break from the remote learning and enrichment assignments. Teachers will be unavailable during this week and students are not expected to complete any work.

Remote learning will resume on Monday, April 13th. Moving forward, our school district will be finalizing a plan for the remainder of this school year. This is similar to what students have been working on over the last few weeks. We will continue to update our blogs with resources to help your child at home as well as arrange for continued class check-ins via Google Hangouts, etc between teachers and students in their classes.

Most importantly, during this next week, take this valuable time to be with your family while still following the recommendations from Governor and the CDC.

I really hope that you and your child take the next week to rest up, enjoy your family and take up a new hobby or establish a new skill – just for fun! It’s not often that life is put on “pause” for us. Let’s make the best of this time. With adversity,  comes opportunity! 

Smith staff and I miss seeing all of our students and their families and know that we will persevere and make it through this uncertain time. We are the Vikings and we will get through this together!!

Please take time off, rest up, sharpen the saw and enjoy your families! 


If there is anything that you need – please reach out to me. Have a wonderful spring break!

Principal Jebril

Weekly Learning Update

Way to make progress on I-Ready: Hamza, Zack, Mahdi, Abdelaziz, Megan, June, Ava, Angie

Way to make progress on Khan Academy: Naif, Amanda, Hashem, Jaelyn, June, Ava, Angie, Isabella, Ahmed, Luke, Hamza, Maysoon, Abdelaziz, Mahdi, Aidan, Megan, Warren, Alaina

Don’t forget, I am asking you to try to finish 4 Khan Academy assignments and 4 I-Ready lessons each week. Work on that I-Ready!