April 22nd, 20230DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Just one year after its formation, the Annapolis High School Arab Student Union (ASU) hosted its first Iftar dinner.
The dinner brought community members and students from the Dearborn Heights D7 School District together on April 18 and included dates, chicken, rice pilaf, salad, fruit and more.
Annapolis...
July 28th, 20220Here is the list of candidates for school board elections, before the withdrawal deadline, that will appear on the November 8 ballot for the Dearborn, Crestwood and D7 school districts.
Note that the last date for withdrawal is this Friday, July 29, at 5 p.m. This list will be updated on our website after that...
December 15th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — As more and more students countywide are being charged with making threats, an 11-year-old from O.W. Best Middle School is among them.
In the weeks following the Oxford School shooting, police have been investigating several instances of threats against schools, resulting in dozens of juveniles across Wayne,...
December 3rd, 20210DEARBORN/DEARBORN HEIGHTS — In response to the Nov. 30 Oxford school shooting that left four students dead, local school leaders are addressing concerns of parents in their districts.
Dearborn, D7 and Crestwood public school districts all confirmed that they have ALICE training.
ALICE is an acronym for Alert, Lockdown, Inform,...
November 25th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — After the sudden resignation of the former superintendent earlier this year, the district has hired the district’s first African American superintendent.
Tyrone Weeks, who'll begin his duties as superintendent on Jan. 1, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in secondary education, a Master of Arts degree in K-12...
October 16th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — District 7 School Board of Education member Nathaniel Cann is responding to rumors about his past and his present.
Residents elected Cann to the school board in the general election last year and he made history by becoming the first Black man to be elected to the D7 School Board.
On Jan. 6, a fellow board...
August 20th, 20210LANSING — Despite a recommendation from the state’s top health official, the State Board of Education and the governor are still not mandating masks in schools.
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun has issued a recommendation for the state to issue a mask mandate in...
June 27th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Less than 24 hours after a report of a suspicious person at Annapolis High School, Dearborn Heights police confirm the person is not a threat.
Residents on social media were voicing concern after a post on the department’s Facebook page alerted the community of suspicious activity at the high school.
The...
June 16th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Jennifer Mast, who has served as superintendent since 2017, announced that she is stepping down and returning to a classroom at the start of the new school year.
In a letter to the Board of Education, Mast said that it is “with mixed emotions” that she makes this decision.
“It has always been my goal...
May 26th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — In a letter posted to social media and shared with parents, D7 Superintendent Jennifer Mast issued a “stranger danger” alert.
The alert said that a student from Annapolis High School was approached twice by the same unknown man when walking to pick up her sibling at Polk Elementary School.
Both...
May 7th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On May 4, voters passed the $6.4 million bond proposal in the city’s D7 School District to help school enhancements.
The bond is a net zero tax increase to the community members, so the district says that residents will not see an increase in their taxes.
The bond will be split up between three large...
April 21st, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — During reports from the superintendent, the D7 School Board heard the state of the district with the rising COVID-19 cases.
“We are about a week and a half past spring break and, as we expected, following spring break when students were at home for that week, we had assumed we would come back to a rise in cases...
March 13th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — With COVID cases on the decline and vaccinations on the rise, Dearborn Heights’ District 7 School District has decided to host a prom this year.
The district’s senior prom is scheduled for May 27 from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the Bellagio Banquet Center in Dearborn Heights at 23900 W. Warren Ave.
“I...
November 18th, 20200With the new Michigan Department of Health and Human Services order calling for high schools to suspend in-person learning, local school districts have been forced to make tough decisions for their districts.
The Dearborn Heights District 7 School District had been the only district among Dearborn/Dearborn Heights that had allowed for...
