May 6th, 20230DEARBORN – The Arab American News is completing preparations for holding the second annual gala to distribute scholarships to high school graduates bound for college out of the Dearborn and Crestwood School Districts, as part of the Future Leaders in Progress (F.L.I.P.) scholarship program launched last year in partnership with...
November 9th, 20220DEARBORN — The Dearborn Public Schools District will hold its eighth annual Battle Against Hunger food drive this Nov. 14-18.
Led by the district's three traditional high schools — Fordson, Dearborn High and Edsel Ford — the event has grown to include 19 district schools this year. Last year's event garnered more than 19 tons...
April 23rd, 20221DEARBORN — Dearborn Center for Math, Science and Technology (DCMST) student Angela Matta has been named an Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship recipient.
The Edsel Ford High School senior will receive a $40,000 scholarship over four years to pursue a degree in computer science at a college of her choice.
Matta is one of 250...
April 12th, 20220DEARBORN — Dearborn student Ronny Majeed Abdullah is one of 100 graduating high school students in the U.S. — and the only one in Michigan — to receive the prestigious Cooke College Scholarship.
Recipients will receive up to $55,000 annually to cover costs associated with their undergraduate education as they go on to attend...
March 12th, 20220DEARBORN — Edsel Ford High School, Dearborn High School and Fordson High School are planning different events to welcome incoming freshmen students.
Eighth graders and their parents are welcome to attend the events scheduled at their designated high school, even if they are not currently enrolled in Dearborn Public...
February 4th, 20220DEARBORN — Rehab Nader Jadallah, a senior at Fordson High School, and Ronny Majeed Abdullah from Edsel B. Ford High School, have been named semifinalists for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship Foundation's Cooke College Scholarship.
Two other Michigan students are on the highly selective list that saw thousands of...
January 12th, 20220DEARBORN — Edsel Ford and Dearborn High schools are looking for career fair speakers to speak with teens about different jobs and businesses.
Edsel Ford will be hosting a Career Day on Feb. 10 at the high school and Dearborn High’s will be on Feb. 24.
Speakers are needed from a broad variety of careers to give students an...
October 25th, 20210DEARBORN — Earlier this week, a 14-year-old Edsel Ford High School student was reportedly missing, with Dearborn Police asking the community for help locating her.
Fortunately, police reported that Bettul Al-Aufi had been located and was home safely the next day. The Dearborn Police Department thanked the public for their...
April 29th, 20210DEARBORN — In its continued fight against COVID-19, Dearborn Public Schools is offering another free COVID test site and vaccine clinic at Edsel Ford High School.
On Friday April 30, from 8 a.m. until 2:40 p.m., the district is inviting students ages 16- and 17-years-old in the community to receive a free Pfizer vaccine at Edsel...
April 1st, 20210DEARBORN — With spring break coming to an end, Dearborn Public Schools is offering free COVID-19 tests at Edsel Ford High School on Monday, April 5.
The site will be offering free, rapid tests from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.and is being operated by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS).
Anyone in the area is...
March 5th, 20210DEARBORN/NORTHVILLE — Northville High School and Edsel Ford High School in Dearborn have both had to place sports teams under mandatory quarantine.
In Northville, there have been 12 positive cases of COVID-19 reported over the last two days, which resulted in 41 students being placed in quarantine.
All positive cases are...
October 16th, 20200DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Councilman Bill Bazzi hosted what he plans to be the first annual U.S. Marine Corps Challenge for students in the community.
Being a veteran of the Marines himself, Bazzi arranged the challenge as a means to engage local students in a multi-school fitness competition.
“As students have been facing an...
May 23rd, 20200DEARBORN — The University of Michigan-Dearborn was set to induct a Dearborn sporting legend, Ibrahim “Juice” Baydoun, into its Athletic Hall of Fame for the Class of 2020 on June 7. Only the second such class to be given that honor, the ceremony may be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but that doesn’t take away from...
April 30th, 20200DEARBORN — The Rotary Club of Dearborn recently announced a total of more than $60,000 in scholarships awarded to 24 graduating high school seniors in Dearborn.
Scholarships are awarded in four, merit-based categories. Each award category is endowed by or honors a past Dearborn Rotarian who recognized the importance of education...
March 15th, 20190DEARBORN — Edsel Ford High School basketball player Jalal Baydoun enjoyed one of the greatest seasons in Dearborn Public School history and became the all-time leading scorer in the district.
He finished his career with a few marks that are among the highest in the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA).
The boys'...
November 3rd, 20180DEARBORN— Dearborn Public School’s three high schools, Fordson, Edsel Ford, and Dearborn High School, are again collecting food for a local charity. For the first time, this year’s drive will kick off with a family friendly one- or two-mile run at Ford Field Park.
The drive runs from Nov. 12 to 16. The goal is to collect...
August 17th, 20180DEARBORN – More than a dozen of the city’s 29 public schools will turn a century old between 2020 and 2030, according to Dearborn Public Schools Communication Director Dave Mustonen.
The district’s operations department has determined that more than $160 million in maintenance and repair is needed to update the schools,...
May 4th, 20180“The first thing to do is establish what we actually want to do with the money, how much is needed, what issues we want to address and come up with solid plans. Those plans have to be very detailed and exact." - Dave Mustonen, Dearborn Schools communication director
DEARBORN — As communities scramble in search of the...
March 30th, 20180DEARBORN — A crowd of about 75 Dearborn residents, activists and elected officials met at Edsel Ford High School on March 27 to voice their concerns to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality about a proposed permit submitted by DTE Dearborn CEP LLC.
DTE is requesting a new combined heat and power plant to be constructed...
