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Retell a Favorite Story

Talk to your child about their favorite book. You might say, I am thinking about a book that has 3 bears in it. It also has a little girl with blonde hair. Let's see what we remember from this story The Three Little Bears. Have them tell you about another book from...

Free Breakfast and Lunch Pick Up For Students

Dearborn Public Schools is offering free pickup lunch and breakfast for students whileschool is closed for the mandatory shut down over the next three weeks. Families will be able to stop in and pick up a bag with both breakfast and lunch for each child in the family....

Think GREEN Tomorrow!

Ask your child to go and find 5 items in your house that are GREEN! *Following DirectionsTalk about the 5 items they found and what we do with them. For example: A green pepper is for putting on our salad. *This helps with Oral LanguageHave your child draw a picture...

ABCmouse Free Home Access

Hello GSRP Families, To help our families during the next month, ABCmouse has offered schools free home access. This is a program that reinforces the skills taught in the classroom and is enjoyable for students. When in-school learning isn't possible, using...

Preschool Remote Learning Ideas

Here are some suggestions for academic games and activities to do with your child. Website Suggestions for Learning Literacy ABC Matching Game Letter Trace Alphabet Bubble Upper and Lowercase Matching Starfall https://www.youtube.com/user/StorylineOnline...

How to Talk to Your Kids About Coronavirus

Hello Families, With the recent news, this can be an especially scary and uncertain time for our little ones. It is important to address it with them as well as make it easier for them to understand. This article has great suggestions for talking points with your...

An Important Message from Dearborn Public Schools

Dear GSRP Families: Greetings, All Dearborn Public Schools will be closed for students effective immediately, March 13, 2020. This is a result of Governor Whitmer’s order to close all K-12 school buildings, public, private, and boarding, starting Monday, March 16...

A Message from the Principal regarding COVID-19

Dear Dearborn GSRP Families, With the latest COVID-19 pandemic now infiltrating Michigan it is best we stick to the facts and don't pay attention to all of the "false" news on social media, but instead educate ourselves and parents regarding the science behind the...

2020-2021 PRE-K Enrollment  Information

2020-2021 PRE-K Enrollment Information

ATTENTION ALL FAMILIES WITH A FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILD Dearborn Public Schools Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) is beginning the application process for the 2020-2021 school year. GSRP is a free program for all eligible families and is designed to give a high quality...