DEARBORN — Beginning at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15, the Dearborn Public Schools district will send a test phone message to all parents who have a student enrolled.

The system will call the number provided by parents when they filled out an emergency card number for their student earlier this school year. Parents with more than one child will receive only one call, which will likely show up on IGs as “Dearborn Public Schools” or “827-3000.”

The district is using TeleParent, a web-based notification system. Messages can be sent in both English and Arabic. When schools are closed due to severe weather, if there is an emergency situation, or there is a need to remind people about a district event, the phone messaging system will be used to notify staff and parents. The district will also continue to post information on the district web-site, cable channel, Facebook, twitter, and notify all local radio and television stations.