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GSRP Winter Fair

GSRP Winter Fair

On Thursday, December 21st classrooms were full of fun and educational activities as preschool families from across the district participated in Cotter Early Childhood Center's annual Winter Fair! Children worked on patterning, letter recognition, counting, and hand...

Lunch time! Family Style

Lunch time! Family Style

Did you know that our GSRP students eat lunch family style? This means that we pass food around the table, practice scooping some for ourselves, and leaving some for others. We work on table manners, like when to use a napkin, saying please and thank you, saying yes...

District Parent Survey

Dear Parent/Guardian,  We want to hear from you. This survey will ask you questions about your child’s school, including questions about Open House schedules, culture and climate, student engagement, school environment, and school safety. The results of this...

Fine Motor Practice in PreK!

Fine Motor Practice in PreK!

GSRP Preschool students have been BUSY since they began school in September! Children have been working their fine motor muscles (those muscles that help us to write, and cut, and do all kinds of great things with our hands!) through a wide variety of materials and...

Fall Explorations

Fall Explorations

Fall is a great time to be in preschool! Classrooms from Long Elementary and Henry Ford Elementary have been on field trips to the Heritage Park Petting Zoo and U of M's Environmental Interpretive Center. Students participated in parades and fun fall gatherings at...

Reminder on when to keep sick children home

Germs seem to come in waves, and Dearborn Public Schools, like most of Michigan, has seen an increase lately in a variety of infections being passed around. So it seemed a good time to remind families about our handy When To Keep Your Child Home from School...