August 21st, 20260DEARBORN / DEARBORN HEIGHTS— Dearborn Public Schools updated its policy governing student use of cell phones and other wireless communication devices this summer in preparation for the new school year, bringing the district into compliance with a new Michigan law prohibiting students from using such devices during instructional...
August 21st, 20260DEARBORN / DEARBORN HEIGHTS— With the new academic year approaching, backpacks, notebooks, pens, clothes and shoes are returning to family shopping lists. This year, however, preparations come amid rising living costs that are forcing many households to cut spending, particularly those with several children and mounting expenses.
Not...
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...
October 21st, 20221DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A book was recently taken out of instruction in a Dearborn Heights school, following an ongoing controversy around books in schools in neighboring Dearborn.
Crestwood School District officials were made aware of a social media post with photos of a book being taught to ninth grade students that included sexually...
June 5th, 20220DEARBORN — Twenty students from Dearborn and Dearborn Heights high schools will receive scholarships amounting to a total of $75,000 at an award ceremony in Dearborn next week.
The students were chosen to receive scholarships towards their college tuition after an application and selection process, through a program facilitated by...
April 30th, 20220DEARBORN — Huntington Bank and The Arab American News will proudly announce the recipients of the first annual Future Leaders in Progress (F.L.I.P) scholarship program this June.
The program will award a total of $75,000 in college scholarships to 20 Dearborn and Dearborn Heights high school students, out of a faculty-selected...
June 10th, 20170By Stephen Martin
DEARBORN — For Dr. Youssef Mosallam, one of the three executive directors of student achievement in the Dearborn Public Schools, education isn't just about test scores.
"It's about, did you shape the life of young men and women that are now shaping the lives of others?" he said.
Mosallam, 41, has been in his...
