Hello Geer Park Families,

Today, we will be having material pick-up again.

Due to the rain, we have moved the pick up area to the cafe.

Please enter at door# 4, adjacent to the east staff parking lot. Please remember to wear a mask and stay at least 6 ft apart from others.

Times: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, for all grades, including the students in the virtual learning program.

Thank you

Dear Geer Park Families,

• We will have another opportunity to for you to pick up your child’s materials on Tuesday, Sept. 8th.

Location: Outside Playground at Geer Park

Times: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, for all grades, including the students in the virtual learning program. Our noon hour supervisors will be assisting with this distribution since remote and virtual learning will continue at 8:55 on Tuesday.

• Note: “Please make sure your child(ren) continues with their virtual sessions and are completing their online work.  Students will be required to participate in online meetings/lessons at specific times with their teachers (synchronous learning) and complete activities and assignments on their own time (asynchronous learning).” Please communicate with your child’s teacher for more information or if you have any questions regarding the schedule. Thank you to all of the parents who attended last week’s parent orientations. It was nice to see all of you.
• On-line learning school hours: “All other elementary schools will start class at 8:55 a.m. and finish by 3:50 p.m. on a regular online day and at noon on a half day.”

– Short video explaining: Synchronous and Asynchronous online learning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=XuCApbjof1U&feature=emb_logo

• Please read and review the learning expectations with your child.

• Parent Expectations (English and Arabic)
• Student Expectations (English and Arabic)
• Face Covering Expectations (English and Arabic)

In addition, if you have any other questions, feel free to contact the main office at 313-827-2300. Mrs. Beydoun is the Secretary and Mrs. Zreik is the Receptionist. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mr. Lawera

Dear Geer Park Families,

We will have another opportunity to for you to pick up your child’s materials on Tuesday, Sept. 8th.

Location: Outside Playground at Geer Park

Times: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, for all grades, including the students in the virtual learning program. Our noon hour supervisors will be assisting with this distribution since remote and virtual learning will continue at 8:55 on Tuesday.

Have a wonderful four day Labor Day Weekend!

Sincerely,

Mr. Lawera

Dear Geer Park Families,

This is a friendly reminder that parents can pick up their child’s materials tomorrow, Thursday, September 3rd at Geer Park.

Location: Outside Playground

Times: 9:00 – 12:00, for all grades, including the students in the virtual learning program.

Please note: We will also have a technology station set up for parents and students who need additional help with logging in their chrome books and to help with any other questions that they may have. Thank you Mrs. Tront for your assistance with this!

Sincerely,

Mr. Lawera

Dearborn to continue free weekly meal pick up…

Free weekly meal distributions will continue after school starts
online this month and will expand to more school locations.
However, the program will have some changes, including requiring
proof that the recipients are Dearborn Public School students.
Thursday, Sept. 3, will be the first day for the new school-year
program. Parents or other adults still will be able to pick up a
week’s worth of lunch and breakfast items for students.

Parents are encouraged to pre-order meal pickup through
the Nutrislice website or app. https://dearbornschools.nutrislice.com/menus-eula

This will allow them to enter the
student information once for the year. The software will remember
the information the next time the adult goes to pre-order. (Here are
directions for ordering online. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1735NHPeMGQL-OwWo3Cn4Rz2uRuECuIRb/view) If they don’t pre-order online, the
adult will have to provide the information at pickup. The meals will
continue to be free to Dearborn Public School students. After the
first week, weekly meal packs will be distributed on Fridays, starting
with Friday, Sept. 11.

Meals will be available for pickup from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. each
week at Bryant Middle School, Dearborn High School, Edsel Ford
High School, Fordson High School, Henry Ford Elementary, the
Dearborn Heights Campus (Howe/STEM/Berry Center), Lowrey
School, Maples Elementary, McCollough-Unis, McDonald
Elementary, Miller Elementary, Salina Intermediate, Smith Middle
School, Stout Middle School and Woodworth Middle School.

At most locations, adults will be able to stay in their vehicles and
pull up to have food loaded in their car. Families that pre-order will
be able to use a special designated line. Student meals can be
collected from any building, even if the child attends a different
school

Dearborn Public Schools began offering free food distribution in
March just days after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered schools to
close to slow the spread of COVID-19. Food distribution was
initially funded under emergency provisions of the School Lunch
Program. Food distribution continued over the summer through a
separate federal summer nutrition program, which will end in
Dearborn with the distribution on Aug. 27. Neither of those
programs required the district to collect student information. With
the restart of school, though, Dearborn Public Schools now is
required to link each meal to a district student in order to be
reimbursed through the National School Lunch Program.

Each meal pack will contain a breakfast and a lunch for each day of
school that week. Most packs will have 10 meals (five each of
breakfast and lunch), but some weeks may be smaller due to days off
school.

The district has been distributing more than 60,000 meals a week and
has handed out more than 1.25 million meals since the shut down in
March.

“We are glad Dearborn Public Schools is able to continue to
distribute free nutritional meals to our students,” said Jeff Murphy,
director of food services. “We know this service is important to
many of the families who participate.”

سيستمر توزيع الوجبات األسبوعية المجانية بعد بدء المدرسة عبر
اإلنترنت هذا الشهر وستتوسع إلى المزيد من مواقع المدارس.
الخميس 3 سبتمبر سيكون اليوم األول لبرنامج العام الدراسي الجديد. ال
يزال بإمكان أولياء االمور أو غيرهم من البالغين الحصول على وجبة
غداء وفطور تكفي لمدة أسبوع للطالب. ومع ذلك ، سيحتاج الشخص
البالغ إلى تقديم االسم والمدرسة ومعرف الطالب أو رقم الطالب لكل طالب
يتلقى حزمة وجبات. يتم تشجيع أولياء االمور على الطلب المسبق
الستالم الوجبة من خالل موقع website iNutrislice .https://dearbornschools.nutrislice.com/menus-eula سيسمح لهم ذلك
بإدخال معلومات الطالب مرة واحدة للعام. سيتذكر البرنامج المعلومات في
المرة التالية التي يقوم فيها الشخص البالغ بالطلب المسبق. )فيما يلي
توجيهات للطلب عبر اإلنترنت. for directions are Here(
ا عبر اإلنترنت ، فسيتعين على

(.online ordering…https://drive.google.com/file/d/1735NHPeMGQL-OwWo3Cn4Rz2uRuECuIRb/view )إذا لم يطلبوا مسبقً
الشخص البالغ تقديم المعلومات عند االستالم.
ستظل الوجبات مجانية لطالب مدرسة ديربورن العامة. بعد األسبوع
، بد ًء األول ، سيتم توزيع حزم الوجبات األسبوعية أيام الجمعة ا من
الجمعة 11 سبتمبر.
الوجبات ستكون متاحة لالستالم من الساعة ٣٠:١٠ صبا ًحا حتى 1 ظهًرا.
كل أسبوع في المدارس التاليه: براينت اإلعدادية ، مدرسة ديربورن
الثانوية ، مدرسة إدسل فورد الثانوية ، مدرسة فوردسون الثانوية ،
مدرسة هنري فورد االبتدائية ، حرم ديربورن هايتس )STEM / Howe
/ مركز بيري( ، مدرسة لوري ، مدرسة مبلس االبتدائية ، مكولى يونس ،
مدرسة ماكدونالد االبتدائية ، ميلر االبتدائية ، ومتوسطة سالينا ، ومدرسة
سميث المتوسطة ، ومدرسة ستاوت المتوسطة ، ومدرسة وودوورث
المتوسطة.
في معظم مواقع التوزيع، سيتمكن اولياء االمور من البقاء في سياراتهم
ا من استخدام خط معين

لتحميل الطعام. ستتمكن العائالت التي تطلب مسبقً
خاص. يمكن جمع وجبات الطالب من أي مبنى ، حتى لو كان الطالب
يذهب إلى مدرسة مختلفة
بدأت مدارس ديربورن العامة في تقديم وتوزيع مجاني للطعام في شهر
مارس بعد أيام فقط من إصدار حاكم الوالية جريتشن ويتمر أمًرا للمدارس
باإلغالق إلبطاء انتشار 19-COVID .تم تمويل توزيع المواد الغذائية
في البداية بموجب أحكام الطوارئ لبرنامج الغداء المدرسي. استمر توزيع
الغذاء خالل الصيف من خالل برنامج تغذية صيفي فيدرالي منفصل ،
والذي سينتهي في ديربورن مع التوزيع في ٢٧ آب/ أغسطس. لم يطلب
أي من هذين البرنامجين المنطقة لجمع معلومات عن الطالب. مع إعادة
بدء المدرسة ، على الرغم من ذلك ، فإن مدارس ديربورن العامة مطالبة
اآلن بربط كل وجبة بطالب المنطقة حتى يتم تعويضها من خالل البرنامج
الوطني للغداء المدرسي. ستحتوي كل حزمة وجبات على وجبة فطور
وغداء لكل يوم من أيام المدرسة في ذلك األسبوع. تحتوي معظم العبوات
على ١٠ وجبات )خمس وجبات افطار و خمس للغداء( ، ولكن قد تكون
بعض األسابيع أصغر بسبب أيام العطلة المدرسية.
كانت المنطقة التعليميه لمدارس ديربورن توزع أكثر من ٦٠ ألف وجبة
في األسبوع ووزعت أكثر من ١٫٢٥ مليون وجبة منذ اإلغالق في مارس.
قال جيف مورفي ، مدير خدمات الطعام: “يسعدنا أن مدارس ديربورن
العامة قادرة على االستمرار في توزيع وجبات غذائية مجانية لطالبنا”.
“نحن نعلم أن هذه الخدمة مهمة للعديد من العائالت التي تشارك.”.

Release Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Drive-through book bag giveaway: Sat., Sept. 5

Event Date: Sat, 09/05/2020 – 2:00pmLocation: HFC main campus

To our Dearborn-area community:

If your students need school supplies to start the school year, join us on Saturday, Sept. 5, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. for our Back to School Book Bag Giveaway.

• FREE backpacks
• School supplies
• PPE (face masks and hand sanitizer)

Details for Saturday

Arrive on campus through the North entrance on Evergreen. Follow the campus drive to the circle drive at Building L near the South entrance. Remain in your car to receive up to two (2) book bags for your students. Leave campus through the same route you arrived, the North entrance.

Thank you, event sponsors!

Henry Ford College Support Staff Association Henry Ford College Foundation HCE South

Contact information

Leslie Windless
lwindless@hfcc.edu
313-695-7054

Dear Geer Park Families,

Thank you to those of you who have already come to Geer Park to pick up the materials for your children.

Teachers have communicated the pick up times with all families. For those of you who are scheduled to pick up materials today, we are still handing them out until noon.

If for some reason you were unable to pick up your child’s materials this Monday -Wednesday, we will have tables set up tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 3rd on the playground.

Pick up times for all families, including the virtual students will be from 9:00 am – 12:00 p.m.

Thank you,

Mr. Lawera

Dearborn to continue free weekly meal pickup, but student information will be required

Press Release #08/2020-21

Dearborn to continue free weekly meal pickup, but student information will be required

Free weekly meal distributions will continue after school starts online this month and will expand to more school locations.  However, the program will have some changes, including requiring proof that the recipients are Dearborn Public School students.

Thursday, Sept. 3, will be the first day for the new school-year program.  Parents or other adults still will be able to pick up a week’s worth of lunch and breakfast items for students.  The adult, though, will need to provide the name, school, and student ID or student number for each student receiving a meal pack. Parents are encouraged to pre-order meal pickup through the Nutrislice website or app.  This will allow them to enter the student information once for the year.  The software will remember the information the next time the adult goes to pre-order.  If they don’t pre-order online, the adult will have to provide the information at pickup.

The meals will continue to be free to Dearborn Public School students.  After the first week, weekly meal packs will be distributed on Fridays, starting with Friday, Sept. 11.   

With the restart of school online, the district is also doubling the number of locations where student meals will be distributed.  Meals will be available for pickup from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. each week at Bryant Middle School, Dearborn High School, Edsel Ford High School, Fordson High School, Henry Ford Elementary, the Dearborn Heights Campus (Howe/STEM/Berry Center), Lowrey School, McDonald Elementary, Maples Elementary, McCollough-Unis, Miller Elementary, Salina Intermediate, Smith Middle School, Stout Middle School and Woodworth Middle School. 

At most locations, adults will be able to stay in their vehicles and pull up to have food loaded in their car. Families that pre-order will be able to use a special designated line. Student meals can be collected from any building, even if the child attends a different school.

Dearborn Public Schools began offering free food distribution in March just days after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered schools to close to slow the spread of COVID-19.  Food distribution was initially funded under emergency provisions of the School Lunch Program.  Food distribution continued over the summer through a separate federal summer nutrition program, which will end in Dearborn with the distribution on Aug. 27.  Neither of those programs required the district to collect student information.  With the restart of school, though, Dearborn Public Schools now is required to link each meal to a district student in order to be reimbursed through the National School Lunch Program.  Each meal pack will contain a breakfast and a lunch for each day of school that week.  Most packs will have 10 meals (five each of breakfast and lunch), but some weeks may be smaller due to days off school.

The district has been distributing more than 60,000 meals a week and has handed out more than 1.25 million meals since the shut down in March.

“We are glad Dearborn Public Schools is able to continue to distribute free nutritional meals to our students,” said Jeff Murphy, director of food services.  “We know this service is important to many of the families who participate.”

https://firstbell.dearbornschools.org/2020/08/26/dearborn-to-continue-free-weekly-meal-pickup-but-student-information-will-be-required/

Greetings Geer Park Families!

I hope you and your family are doing well and you are safe!  Although the beginning of this school year will be different than any in the past, all of us at Geer Park are anxious to welcome you back to school!  As you know, Geer Park Staff and Dearborn students will return to school online on Monday, August 31st.  I understand you may have many questions.  If after reading this you still have questions, feel free to contact the main office at 313-827-2300.

Classroom Rosters and Assignments:

In the past, Geer Park has posted rosters on office windows.  Due to our “online” start to the school year, this will not take place this year.  Instead, classroom teachers will be contacting each family by phone or email to inform them of their child’s placement as well as provide some important information for the first week.  Expect this contact by Friday, August 28th.  Calls and/or emails will occur later in the afternoon.

Classroom Orientation will look different than in previous years.  Rather than having a parent meeting at school for the whole class, teachers will be scheduling individual or small group orientations within the first week of school.  These orientations will be very important!  Some classroom materials will be distributed, daily schedules, log-ins for technology, introductions, and much more will be shared during the orientation. 

Chromebooks:

Last spring, we had six chromebook distribution days.  We also had a chromebook distribution day this week as well.  Chromebooks are to be used by our students!  The need for reliable technology at home is critical for students to complete work and interact with the classroom teacher.

For the 2020-2021 School Year, we are recommending that every enrolled student has a Chromebook, laptop or an electronic device to use. If you need one for your child, please contact the main office.

Additional updates for the beginning of the 2020-2021 School Year:

Please check the new school calendar as there are some changes, specifically for the first week.  https://dearbornschools.org/services/district-calendars/  Monday, August 31st through Thursday, Sept. 3rd will be ½ days.

School start and end times have been changed a little to accommodate for the remote learning.  New elementary school time will be from 8:55am-3:50pm.  Half days will end at 12pm.  Attendance will be taken, as well as tardies for not being available to the teacher by 8:55.

All Dearborn public schools will be using Schoology and Zoom for our online learning. 

This year will look much different than the Spring.  Students will be expected to be available and ready to learn from the start of the day at 8:55 until the end of the day at 3:50.  Please continue working with your child(ren) to set up routines and areas for them at home.  We will continue to work together and do our best to provide the best educational opportunity and experience for your children.

There will be live lessons every day and set schedules to help with consistency.  There will also be small group opportunities; online and “face to face” at school.  See below.

Learning Labs:  Learning Labs will be an opportunity for staff to offer additional support (academically, socially and emotionally) to a small group of students face-to-face.  Decisions regarding who, when and how often will be made as a team to ensure we are meeting the needs of our students.  Learning labs will not begin until mid-September.  Your child’s teacher will share more information on the labs soon.

If you have further questions, please feel free to contact the school office.  Although the beginning of the year will bring questions and uncertainties, we WILL get through the opening of the year.  Your patience and support is always appreciated.

-Geer Park Team

“Dearborn Public Schools will be making applications available for this year’s GSRP preschool programs offered throughout the district on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 from 10 a.m – noon which is tomorrow. Applications will be available for pick up outside the office doors at the following locations:

• Cotter Early Childhood Center 13020 Osborn St.

Please be sure to wear a mask when picking up applications.

When you pick up an application, an appointment will be made for your family to return paperwork on September 1st.

If families cannot not make it to one of these locations to pick up an application or if there is currently an application on file and an appointment is needed, please contact Cotter Early Childhood Center at 313-827-6150 before September 1st. 

GSRP will be starting virtually this school year and will follow the direction of Dearborn Schools for returning to face-to-face instruction. Teachers will be working with accepted families remotely and offering some face-to-face assistance for families able to visit their classroom.“