Principal’s Corner
Martian Marathon
Today was another great day to be a McDonald Panther! We had 24 current McDonald students, two past McDonald students, many parents, 7 staff teachers and 1 very cold principal at the run today.
McDonald Students Sign with United Land Singers Tonight at the Max Fischer Building
18 students and Mrs. Duncanson spent the day at a workshop with the United Land Singers and Detroit Children’s Choir Director. At the end of the day they put on a concert for their families. Our students did a fantastic job! I was a very proud Principal in the audience tonight.
Ms. Ford’s 2nd Grade Create Landform Projects
Pictured above: Gadeer, Lamya, Yara and Mariam
Four students from Ms. Ford’s class came down to my office to share their landform projects where they created mountains, rivers, plains and valleys at home and then shared them with their classmates. All the second graders at McDonald are working hard to meet their goal in all subject areas.
Late Start Wednesday Teacher Professional Development
This week during our staff professional development McDonald teachers learned new strategies and important concepts about servicing our students who receive services in Social Work, Hearing Impairment, Speech , Language and other areas of Special Education.
McDonald Pre-K Receive “Learning Backpacks” from Grant
A year ago Mrs. Roe our Pre-K teacher at McDonald wrote a grant to The Dearborn Educator Foundation for “Educational Learning Backpacks” for our preschoolers. There are sixteen backpacks altogether, eight math and eight literacy themed backpacks.
Parents and families in her classroom will be able to check out the backpacks like going to a library. Hopefully by the end of the school year the backpacks will have rotated through all of her students. Each backpack has directions in English and Arabic so I can empower my families to work with their child at home. The parents will use these materials with all of their children kind of like a game night at the family dinner table.
Below is a picture of Mrs. Roe’s class with their new “Educational Backpacks”. Mrs. Roe’s grant is starting making a difference! We are so proud of all that is happening in this classroom and with our Pre-K families.