Welcome to The First Bell

Congratulations! We seem to hear that word quite a bit this time of year, and well we should. As another school year comes to an end, there are plenty of success stories and accomplishments that need to be congratulated. First, congratulations to all of our graduating...

Their backgrounds are as different as the path that led them to the Adult Education program, but one-by-one a group of students shared their compelling and inspirational story of success during a recent Students Speak event in April.   Students Speak events are...

Dearborn Public Schools considers your child’s safety one of our top concerns.  That includes training them how to respond to potential emergencies in the buildings from fire drills to lockdowns.  This sheet is meant to help you, as parents, understand your...

Forget cute and cuddly, the third-grade students in one Lindbergh Elementary classroom had some slippery classroom critters this year. Laura Polidori’s third class raised Chinook salmon over the course of the school year and released them this spring at Ford Field...

A new professionally produced video touting the success of Dearborn Public Schools programs for immigrant students will be shown during a special screening at Salina Intermediate School on June 10 at 3:30 p.m.  The public is invited to attend. The video was...

Four Dearborn Public School staff members including a custodian, an instructional technician, a social responsibility room supervisor, and a bus dispatcher were honored as Impact Award winners on Tuesday night. This is the fifth year for Impact Awards, which honor...

Greetings, This is a good time of year to call to mind that classic fable of the Hare and the Tortoise. We all know how it goes.  The hare, being much faster, zooms ahead of the tortoise but his overconfidence and reckless attitude results in disaster. The hare...

Lunch recess has arrived, and McDonald Elementary students race out to the playground.  Many clamber onto the equipment, but others line up for Four Square or other popular games. At first glance, it looks like a traditional recess scene, but closer inspection...