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Elections

Najah Jannoun is one of three candidates vying for a full term seat on the Crestwood School Board

August 26th, 20220 DEARBORN 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...

Elections

Abdul Sattar Hammoudeh is one of four candidates vying for two available partial terms on Crestwood’s School Board

August 26th, 20220 DEARBORN 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...

Elections

David Williamson seeks a partial term on the Crestwood School Board

August 20th, 20220 DEARBORN 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...

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Nadia Berry seeking re-election for a full term to the Crestwood School Board, one of three candidates competing for two seats

August 12th, 20220 DEARBORN 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...

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Crestwood robotics team looking for support from the community

June 20th, 20221 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Having just returned from the World Championships in Houston, the Crestwood School District’s robotics team is seeking sponsors and donations. The team, Charger Robotics, had qualified for the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology) Robotics World Championships in Houston, Texas in...

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Attorney General Dana Nessel visits Crestwood Schools

April 8th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Attorney General Dana Nessel paid a visit to the Crestwood School District on Tuesday to learn about its approach to restorative practices in the district. Last year, Nessel announced a restorative practices initiative in order to address racial disparities in school discipline. At the beginning of the 2021-22...

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D7 to go virtual, Crestwood and Dearborn remain in person for now

January 9th, 20220 DEARBORN/HEIGHTS — With COVID cases on the rise, local school districts have had to face whether or not to return to virtual learning again. Dearborn Heights’ District 7 (D7) school district has decided to return to virtual learning beginning Monday, Jan. 10 until Friday, Jan. 21 due to the “increase and significant uptick in...

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Local school districts respond to Oxford tragedy, confirm they also have ALICE training

December 3rd, 20210 DEARBORN/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,...

Health

Crestwood School District to return to virtual learning temporarily, plans COVID-19 vaccine clinic

November 24th, 20210 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Amid the surge in positive COVID-19 cases throughout the state, the Crestwood School District has decided to return to virtual learning temporarily. With 36 positive cases among students and staff throughout the district and an estimated one to three close contacts to each case on average, Superintendent Youssef...

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Crestwood School District focusing on social and emotional health of students

September 4th, 20210 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Crestwood School District is working to ensure not only academic excellence, but also social and emotional excellence. With students returning to the classroom, some for the first time in almost two years and some being in a new building for the first time, the school district is focusing on re-teaching...

Health

Chief medical executive recommends mask mandate for schools, state still allowing districts to decide

August 20th, 20210 LANSING — 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...

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Crestwood School District reorganizes the school board, elects Nadia Berry as president

July 30th, 20210 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — During its annual district reorganization meeting, the Crestwood School Board reassigned the trustees into new roles. For the role of president, current President Ed Garcia nominated Nadia Berry, which Trustee Mo Sabbagh objected to, but due to going out of order Sabbagh was able to make his motion...

Health

Local school leaders say they will not be making changes to the mask requirements in schools

May 21st, 20210 DEARBORN/DEARBORN HEIGHTS — While the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the state Health Department are loosening mask requirements, local school leaders have no plans of doing so just yet. Dearborn Public Schools Superintendent Glenn Maleyko said that the district will be continuing as originally planned for the remainder of...

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Local school leaders address vaccine questions

May 15th, 20210 DEARBORN/ DEARBORN HEIGHTS — With the Pfizer vaccine now being approved for children as young as 12, local school leaders are addressing vaccine concerns. Dearborn Public Schools Superintendent Glenn Maleyko said that the district cannot dictate vaccines for students. “We are just advocating for the vaccines in a positive...

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Crestwood School families now qualify for food assistance

March 26th, 20210 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Families with students enrolled in the Crestwood School District will now qualify for Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) relief. P-EBT provides supplemental food assistance benefits to students who have temporarily lost access to free school meals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of the program is to make sure no...

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Crestwood School District announces reintegration plan

March 4th, 20210 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Starting this week, the Crestwood School District is slowly reintroducing students back to the classroom after nearly a year. Beginning March 3 through March 12, the elementary and preschools will host small group tours for specific classrooms. The week of March 15, all elementary schools and preschools will...

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Crestwood Schools announces tentative back to classroom plan

February 6th, 20210 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — In a packet emailed to families, Crestwood Schools presented its tentative reintegration plan for bringing students back to the classroom. The letter attached to the packet signed by Superintendent Dr. Youssef Mosallam said that the district is committed to safety. “Since March of 2020, we as a community, a...

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Dearborn Heights educator appointed to the Michigan PreK-12 Literacy Commission

December 17th, 20200 LANSING — Community native and Crestwood District educator Zainab Beydoun-Jawad has been appointed to the Michigan PreK-12 Literacy Commission. Beydoun-Jawad grew up in Dearborn and has lived in Dearborn Heights for more than 25 years. While Beydoun-Jawad has been an educator in the Crestwood School District for more than 16...

Health

Local school leaders respond to new MDHHS orders

November 18th, 20200 With 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...

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Crestwood School Board president passes away; community responds

October 26th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Crestwood School Board President Donna Ancinec passed away on Sunday, Oct. 25 at the age of 66. According to a GoFundMe page that was set up on Oct. 5, Ancinec had been battling a chronic liver condition for a few years that had impacted her ability to work full time. “Donna has given over 20 years to the...

Elections

Crestwood Board of Education candidates discuss their plans if elected

October 3rd, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Five candidates — two incumbents and three newcomers — are competing for two available six-year-term seats on the Crestwood Board of Education. Sue Kaminsky has been a member of the school board for five and a half years and has lived in the Crestwood District since 1991. “My kids went to school...

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Crestwood School Board censured one of its trustees, Salwa Fawaz

September 25th, 20200 DEARBORN 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...

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Arab American Najah Jannoun appointed to Crestwood School Board

August 31st, 20201 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – Having children of her own in the district and being a realtor in the area, Najah Jannoun is very familiar with Dearborn Heights’ Crestwood Public Schools. Jannoun has two children at Crestwood High School and one at Riverside Middle School. Because of her children — sons Saied, a 2020 graduate, and Malek, a...

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Dearborn and Crestwood School Districts respond to school building closure order

April 3rd, 20200 Dearborn/Dearborn Heights — Superintendents from Dearborn Public Schools (DPS) and the Crestwood School District responded on Thursday to Governor Whitmer’s latest executive order, which closes all school buildings for the remainder of the school year, but continues distant-learning and other remote services. DPS Superintendent...