Welcome Back, Owls! – 2025/26
I hope you and your family had a wonderful summer full of great memories. We sure did miss all of you… The entire Haigh staff is excited to welcome our students back and continue to build on all the great work from last year!
Join Us for Open House!
Friday, August 22nd | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
This year, the building will be open for you to meet the teachers and help your child get acquainted with their new classroom and their designated arrival/dismissal door. We’ve found this “practice run” is a great way to ease first-day jitters.
Teacher assignments will be emailed to you on the morning of Open House, August 22nd.
Important Details:
- Supplies Drop-off:
- 1st – 5th Grade students: Please bring your school supplies with you to drop off in the classroom. Be sure to label them clearly with your child’s first and last name.
- Kindergarten students: Your supplies drop-off day will be on Thursday, August 28th.
- Haigh Backyard FUN & our PTA! After visiting classrooms, head to the back of the building to find the PTA Tent, connect with friends, and grab a snack from one of the food trucks. Don’t forget to join our PTA 😉
- Basket Raffle: Stop by the main office to enter our raffle! You can purchase tickets for a chance to win one of three amazing baskets. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.
Below are a few important reminders as we get ready to welcome students back to the building:
- The Main Office is open from 8:00am-4pm daily – Phone # 313-827-6200
- School Hours: M, W, R, F – 8:55 am – 3:55 pm (arrival doors will open at 8:50 am for drop off)
Tuesdays: 8:55 am – 2:25 pm (arrival doors will open at 8:50 am for drop off)
- The first day of school is Monday August 25th
- This will be a half day for all students with dismissal @12:05pm.
- KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS ONLY – Soft start days will be half days, Monday, August 25th – Thursday, August 28th. Dismissal time is 12:05pm. There will be no buses at the 12:05pm Kindergarten dismissal. Full days begin Wednesday, Sept. 3rd from 8:55-3:55.
- Kindergarten students (excluding Young 5’s) will not be assigned a classroom teacher until Wednesday, August 27th.
- More information will be shared about the first day of school and planning for this
- 1st – 5th grade Families will be informed of their child(ren)’s teacher on the morning of Friday, August 22nd.
- All Dearborn Public Schools will be closed for the Labor Day holiday from Friday, August 29th – Monday, September 1st. School will resume on Tuesday, September 2nd @ 8:55 am and will be an EARLY RELEASE day with dismissal at 2:25pm.
- Breakfast and Lunch will continue to be free for all Dearborn Public Schools students
- Breakfast begins at 8:35 daily. Students should arrive no later than 8:45 if they want to join breakfast.
- Breakfast is NOT an early drop-off. Students must be eating school breakfast to be in the cafeteria.
- Our breakfast and lunch menus are available @ https://dearbornschools.nutrislice.com/menu/haigh-elementary
- You can find updated grade level supply lists on our blog. All students will need a pair of headphones as a requested supply for the upcoming year. Headphones must be wired, not wireless. https://haigh.dearbornschools.org/supply-lists/
- ParentConnect- Once it opens closer to the 1st week of school, please make sure to login to review your student’s information and provide any updates.
- If you are interested in Kids Club before or after school please find more information here or you can call 313-827-8350
- Many questions can also be answered as well by checking out our school blog @ https://haigh.dearbornschools.org/
A new addition to Haigh and Dearborn Public Schools this year is ParentSquare! Everyone should have received an email or text at this point enrolling them in our schools portal. This will be our new platform used to send out building level communications. This new system will help streamline communication, especially for parents who have students in multiple buildings across the district. Please take a few minutes to review the Parent Square guidance document below.
The app will automatically default to having notifications sent as a summary at the end of the day, each user will need to manually go in and update their preferences to have notifications pushed to their text or email immediately as we send them out.
How to Change Notification Setting –See Image Below
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I am looking forward to our BEST year yet! Please continue to check email, the school blog, and ParentSquare as communication for the beginning of the school year is shared! Also, don’t forget to follow us on our Instagram page at @haigh_owls.
Best Regards,
Mrs. McIngvale
