November 4th, 20220DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Crestwood School Board Trustee Danielle Elzayat, who was appointed to her position in 2020, is now seeking election to a full term.
Elzayat, who was elected president of the board by her peers earlier this year, started her career at the Wayne County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management in...
October 22nd, 20220DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Hassan Beydoun is campaigning to retain his seat on the Crestwood School Board and serve a full six-year term in one of the two seats available.
Beydoun was appointed to the school board last November after Ed Garcia resigned. There are two other candidates in the race, Nadia Berry, who was elected in 2016, and...
August 26th, 20220DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Having been a resident for the last 33 years and dedicating herself to the community, Najah Jannoun is hoping to retain her seat on the Crestwood School Board.
Jannoun has been a realtor and has worked in the community for more than 10 years. Before being appointed to the Crestwood School Board, she was invited...
August 26th, 20220DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Abdul Sattar Hammoudeh is one of four candidates hoping to earn one of two partial term seats on Crestwood’s School Board.
Hammoudeh immigrated from Lebanon in 1996 and earned his BS in electrical engineering from Lawrence Tech. University in 2004 before earning his MS from the University of Michigan-Dearborn...
August 20th, 20220DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A graduate of Dearborn High School and resident of the Crestwood School District since 1992, David Williamson is seeking a seat on the Crestwood School Board.
Williamson is one of four running for two open partial term seats on the board.
He earned a bachelor's of computer science degree from Eastern Michigan...
August 12th, 20220DEARBORN HEIGHTS — With a history of dedication to the education of children throughout the community, Nadia Berry is running for re-election to the Crestwood School Board. She is vying for one of two full term six-year seats on the board in the Nov. 8 election.
Berry has served the community’s children for more than 26 years as...
October 27th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — With the recent announcement of a surprising resignation, a position is open on the Crestwood Schools Board of Education.
Trustee and treasurer Ed Garcia, who was first elected to the school board in 2004 and served as a police officer in Dearborn Heights from 1991-2013 before running for mayor in 2017, has...
May 7th, 20210DETROIT — Dearborn native and Fordson High School alum Mike Jaafar was promoted to undersheriff of Wayne County, making him second in command and the first Arab American to be appointed to this position.
In his new role, Jaafar will be overseeing both the jails and law enforcement and will be second in command under Wayne County...
November 22nd, 20200DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Danielle Elzayat, a resident of Dearborn Heights since 1995 and the mother of children in the district, has been appointed to the Crestwood School Board.
After being inspired by the direction the board has been going in the last year, Elzayat decided to interview for the position.
“I’ve been volunteering...
November 10th, 20200DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Having already censured Trustee Salwa Fawaz in September, the Crestwood School Board has voted to censure her again.
The censure was put forward by Trustee Sue Kaminsky and supported by Secretary Nadia Berry, and was a result of comments made during an Oct. 28 meeting.
On Oct. 28, the board met to approve...
November 5th, 20200COMMUNITY — With election results rolling in nationwide, winners have been announced in local elections in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights.
In Dearborn, Adel Mozip(14,356 votes), Irene Watts (12,781 votes) and Mary Petlichkoff (12,278 votes) were each elected to the full term seats on the Board of Education, with Patrick...
October 31st, 20200DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Crestwood School Board voted to approve an evaluation and contract extension for its superintendent.
Dr. Youssef Mosallam, who has an extensive background in education in the Dearborn and Dearborn Heights communities, was appointed to the position of superintendent in October 2019.
The evaluation itself...
September 25th, 20200DEARBORN HEIGHTS — During the regular meeting of the Crestwood School Board on Sept. 14, Board Member Eduardo Garcia read a resolution to censure Trustee Salwa Fawaz.
The resolution was put forth by Garcia and supported by Trustee Sue Kaminsky.
“In light of an incident involving Board Member Salwa Fawaz on June 15, 2020, in...
September 21st, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS - While the search for a new superintendent for the Crestwood School District has been in progress, the board has selected four finalists to move onto the interview process.
The names of the candidates are James Baker, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, Lakeview School District, Battle Creek, MI; Dr. Mary Ann...
November 9th, 20184DEARBORN — In a dramatic contrast, all five Arab American candidates failed in the Dearborn Board of Education race on Tuesday, while other Arab Americans scored victories in Dearborn Heights' Crestwood School District and the Northville School Board.
In Dearborn, the Arab American capital of the U.S., thousands of Arab voters went...
