The decision to close school due to inclement weather is not an easy one. We realize it has a large impact on Dearborn students, parents and staff. We want to share with you the process and factors that we consider when determining a weather-related school...
As part of a broader initiative to discourage vaping among students, two more high schools in the district will be getting vape detectors in the restrooms. Dearborn High has piloted the vape detectors since last spring. At the December 2024 Board of Education...
Posted on Dec. 13, 2024 on the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential website Lansing, Mich. - The Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) is announcing today that Michigan has been selected as one...
Two Dearborn students and a former classmate have turned a middle school class project into a published book they hope to use to help save for college. Edsel Ford High School freshmen Jumana Abbas and Thao Ho, along with then-classmate Mona Ahmed, collaborated in...
The Michigan Department of Education requires that school districts provide at least 1,098 instructional hours to students in kindergarten through high school. Districts are permitted up to six forgiven school days each year for emergency closures. Usually,...
A tri-county consortium including Wayne RESA has launched a campaign to encourage better school attendance. The In Class is Where It’s At campaign encourages parents to make sure students are attending school, offers tips for improving attendance, and provides...
The winter season is upon us, and this year weather alerts will be looking a bit different. The National Weather service has created new “cold weather terms” to distinguish when temps are dangerously low. When this occurs you will see a “Cold Weather...
More music is ringing through the halls at Oakman Elementary School thanks to a grant. The Save the Music grant has provided more than $70,000 worth of instruments, music stands and music books to the school to boost its instrumental music program. The district hopes...
District eighth graders will be learning more about high school options in Dearborn Public Schools in December. Parents are invited to attend the sessions at their child’s school or one of two sessions planned via Zoom in December. Each middle school will host a...
Dearborn Public School’s Virtual K-12 is accepting transfer requests in and out of the online-only school for the second semester, which starts Jan. 6, 2025. The deadline to transfer in or out of Virtual K-12 is Dec. 1, 2024. Virtual K-12 offers students at all grade...
Students and families from across Dearborn Public Schools are again stepping up to Battle Against Hunger this November. The annual Battle Against Hunger food collection drive will run from Nov. 18 to 22 at several schools in the district. Last year the school...
The annual Robert Cipriano Memorial Cross Country Meet for select elementary and middle school students was held on Nov. 5, 2024. Physical education teachers invited students in fourth through eighth grade who qualified to participate in the meet at Ford Field Park in...