Free Summer Discovery Program planned at elementary and middle schools

Thanks to a multi-million dollar grant, Dearborn Public Schools is planning a large 2024 Summer Discovery Program for current elementary and middle school students. The free Summer Discovery Program will provide hours of additional math and literacy education for...

Five honored at Teacher of the Year ceremony

Five teachers were honored on Thursday, April 18, during an event to announce the 2024 Alberta Muirhead Teacher of the Year Students’ Choice Awards. Those receiving the awards include: Jorie Watts from Geer Park Elementary for preschool to second grade teachers,...

Dearborn High students to show award-nominated student productions

Dearborn High School film students earned 10 nominations for their student productions this year, and the public can see those nominated films during the school’s annual film fest on May 17 and 18, 2024. Students received 10 nominations from the Michigan Chapter of...

Smith Middle School piloting mindfulness program

Mindful of mindfulness, Smith Middle School students are starting their school days with some deep breathing, yoga stretches and rethinking their thinking. The school this semester is piloting a program called Teens Work It Out, which is intended to help students...

Virtual K-12 taking enrollments, transfers for fall

Dearborn Public Schools Virtual K-12 is now taking out-of-district enrollment and in-district transfers for fall. Virtual K-12 is an online school for students who live in Wayne County.  Classes are generally taught live by Dearborn Public School teachers and...

Free preschool program accepting applications starting on April 19

Dearborn Public Schools’ Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) will start distributing applications on Friday, April 19, 2024 for the 2024-25 school year. Dearborn Public Schools is strongly encouraging all families who live in the district and have a child the right...

District service helps connect students and families to mental health providers

Students, staff and their families who may be struggling with mental health, substance misuse or social-emotional issues now have another resource to find help. Dearborn Public Schools has contracted with Care Solace to help those in need connect with local counselors...

Kindergarten Roundups scheduled for April 15 to May 1

Parents living in the Dearborn School District with students planning to start kindergarten in the fall are invited to Kindergarten Roundups at their local elementary school.  Parents and guardians can also start enrollment now through the district website at...

Free Parent University sessions set for March, April and May

Parents are every child’s first teachers, and Dearborn Public Schools is offering some free lessons for those teachers. Parent University will be held this year on three Fridays: March 8, April 26 and May 17. The free, one-hour sessions are open to parents or other...

Middle and high schools planning orientations to welcome next year’s students and parents

Looking ahead already to next school year, schools across Dearborn Public Schools are planning orientation events in spring 2024 to meet students and parents. Most district middle and high schools have scheduled events to welcome next year’s incoming students and...

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New program trains would-be building engineers

New program trains would-be building engineers

Five district employees have benefited from a new program to help train prospective building engineers/building operations specialists. Three of those employees - Vivian Blanton, Walter Wheble and Tyler Saba - recently completed the yearlong training program, and all...

District’s 2023-24 calendar approved

District’s 2023-24 calendar approved

The Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education voted on Monday night to approve the new  contract with the Dearborn Federation of Teachers, which also sets the district’s calendar for the year. The Aug. 21, 2023 vote approved the five-year contract, which also...

Back-to-school pictures?  We have a sign for that

Back-to-school pictures? We have a sign for that

For many families, taking pictures on the first day of school each year is an honored tradition. Dearborn Public Schools is here to help! We have created cute 2023 signs for the first day of school for each grade level or, if you prefer, a generic one with no grade...

Enrollment event set for Sept. 6 for free GSRP preschool

Enrollment event set for Sept. 6 for free GSRP preschool

The Dearborn Public Schools’ free preschool program still has some slots available for the 2023-24 school year and is planning an enrollment event on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at Cotter Early Childhood Center and Salina Elementary. The Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) is...

Kids Club and paid preschool holding enrollment fair

Kids Club and paid preschool holding enrollment fair

Families interested in Kids Club before and after school childcare or in the district's paid preschool programs are invited to an Information and Enrollment Fair on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The event at Henry Ford Elementary School will allow parents...

Tentative 2023-24 school calendar released

Tentative 2023-24 school calendar released

Please see updated article on the 2023-24 calendar UPDATE - DFT moved voting on the contract that includes the calendar to Aug. 14 and 15. Dearborn Public Schools is releasing its tentative 2023-24 school calendar this week with some significant changes for the coming...

Free summer student meals offered at seven sites

Free summer student meals offered at seven sites

Dearborn Public Schools is again offering free meals to children over the summer of 2023. Free breakfast and lunch will be offered at seven locations.  Each building has its own meal schedule based on other activities planned for that building and staff...

School open houses will welcome students back on Aug. 25

School open houses will welcome students back on Aug. 25

The district has one more calendar date to release for the new school year. Schools will hold their open houses on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. The events will be a chance for students, parents and guardians to meet teachers, visit their schools and find their classrooms...

 

 

 

 

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