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  Fordson High School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The school building, at $2.2m was the first American school building to cost more than $1m, and was inspired in part by the Lawyer's Club at the University of Michigan.
As of 2005, the school principal is Mr.
Fordson High is located in the second largest Arab community outside the middle-east.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fordson_High_School   (279 words)

  
 Donald McKinnon's School Time
In the summer of 1947 we moved to Ontario California, where I spent the ninth grade at Chaffey High School (east of Los Angles about 30 miles), it is the third largest High School in the United States, it also had a Junior College on campus, my homeroom teacher was Mr.
During my Easter vacation of 1948 at Chaffey High School my parents moved back to Melvindale, Michigan where I attended school at the original first Melvindale High School which was in Allen Park a neighboring city, now later in years the now new Melvindale High School is now in Melvindale.
In 1954 I went to night school at Fordson High School in Dearborn Michigan and took a course in public speaking.
ww2.cs.fsu.edu /~mckinnon/school.html   (1057 words)

  
 Dearborn Area Living   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ed Bagdon: The 1944 Fordson High School graduate was a guard and linebacker for the Chicago Cardinals (1950-51) and the Washington Redskins (1952).
Tom Saidock: Saidock, a graduate of Fordson High School, was a tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles (1957) and a defensive tackle for the New York Titans (1960-61) and Buffalo Bills (1962).
Gary Wayne: The Crestwood High School graduate was a left-handed pitcher for the Minnesota Twins (1989-92), the Colorado Rockies (1993) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (1994).
www.dearbornarealiving.com /famouspeople.shtml   (3371 words)

  
 The Arab American News
Dearborn, MI - Eighteen-year veteran employee, Imad Fadlallah, has been named Principal of Fordson High School and will remain in that position through the end of the school year.
I know that I will be very busy at Fordson, but when I return to Stout in the fall, I will be able to continue my work here," he added.
The nomination of a principal for Fordson High School is anticipated in May 2005.
www.arabamericannews.com /newsarticle.php?articleid=1328   (284 words)

  
 Running game fuels Fordson victory - 09/10/05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Fordson's tandem of Hassan Alkinini (163 yards) and Kassem Hojeij (112) combined for nearly 300 yards on the ground and all four Tractors touchdowns (two each).
The Titans lost the ball on downs or were forced to punt on their first four possessions of the second half.
Fordson did exactly that in the third quarter and got its offense into high gear as well.
www.detnews.com /2005/highschools/0509/10/preps-309877.htm   (476 words)

  
 Driving Directions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The school is between 14 mile and 15 mile roads, on the east side of Lahser.
School is on first block on the north side of the street.
School is on the corner of Telegraph and Van Horn.
pioneer.aaps.k12.mi.us /Ath/drivingtootherschools.html   (5654 words)

  
 CNN.com - Arab students seek prom balance - Jun. 12, 2003
The prom at Fordson High, where the enrollment of about 2,300 is 95 percent Arab, underscores key dilemmas confronting Arab-American youth -- balancing assimilation and acceptance, and being American without being too Americanized.
Going with her cousin, who in Lebanon would not have been considered a suitable chaperone because he is someone she could conceivably marry, was the only way her parents would allow her to attend the prom.
Wafa Shuragdi, one of Fordson's bilingual teachers, says many parents won't allow their daughter to go to the prom for fear word will get out she was with a boy.
www.cnn.com /2003/EDUCATION/06/12/arabs.prom.ap   (908 words)

  
 Dearborn Public Schools | Home
Fordson High School is Reducing the Achievement Gap
Fordson High School is among the top 25 schools in the state to significantly narrow the achievement gap when comparing data from the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school years.
Parents play a key role in a child's education and the district is proud of the success of our students, the staff who work to bring about that success, and the parents who provide the love, support, and encouragement that every child needs to be successful.
www.dearbornschools.org /home.htm   (326 words)

  
 Alumni > Distinguished Awards > Barbara Bigley O'Brien > Detroit, Michigan > Marygrove College
After Lowrey, O’Brien moved to an assistant principal’s position at Fordson High School for five years, spent one semester as principal of Bryant Middle School and then became principal of Fordson High School, where she remained until she retired in 1998.
Though cultural differences were often in conflict with curriculum demands, O’Brien stood by the requirements of the school district and the state without alienating parents and students.
However, I was a realistic and demanding Pollyanna.” Her high expectations and optimism have paid off.
www.marygrove.edu /alumni/awards/bigley.asp   (679 words)

  
 Michigan High School AED List - Kimberlysgift.com
There are over 900 high schools in Michigan.
With your help, we can reach our goal that every high school in Michigan has the opportunity to obtain an automated external defibrillator (AED) and have staff members trained in its use.
school is not in use as of 4/03
www.kimberlysgift.org /schools.htm   (204 words)

  
 DETNEWS | Weblog | High School Sports
School administers should take note, and be thankful they hired the right people.
But it is still not a good message to send to those who play high school football.
If you've read 'Friday Nigth Lights' or saw the movie one lesson a high school student should take from it is that placing too much emphasis on football can be a bad thing.
info.detnews.com /highschoolsportsblog/index.cfm   (1806 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Players put fast on hold for game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Discipline is key to football, but players at Michigan's Fordson High face discipline of another level.
Fordson (8-1) traditionally is one of Michigan's top teams, with four state titles, four runner-up finishes and 22 conference titles.
Last year, Fordson lost in the third round of the playoffs, also during Ramadan, and fasting took its toll, said Stergalas, a Catholic, as is the one non-Muslim player.
www.usatoday.com /sports/preps/football/2003-10-30-fordson-high-fast_x.htm   (396 words)

  
 Detroit Now / WXYZ-TV : McDonald's - Channel 7 High School Scholar Athlete of the Week
Elizabeth plays number one doubles for Dearborn's Fordson High School and while she's spent 4 years on the varsity tennis team, she has also played volleyball and run track.
For someone who played neither sport until her freshman year of high school, Stephanie is impressively good.
Having just graduated high school, she heads to the University of Michigan where she will study political science.
web.wxyz.com /scholar-athlete/0308scholar-athletes.html   (552 words)

  
 Schlussel: Hizballah High
Debbie Schlussel continues digging into the Hizballah presence in Dearborn Michigan, where the principal of a high school is a relative of Hizballah's “spiritual leader:” Hizballah High.
The school's principal, Imad Fadlallah, is a relative of Hezbollah spiritual leader Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, a Specially Designated Terrorist (SDT) on the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control terrorist list, used by the State Department.
And the school is a virtual one-stop employment shack for many of the cousins of Hezbollah's Sheikh Mohammed Fadlallah.
tailrank.com /posts/562949953791244/Schlussel__Hizballah_High   (914 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
-- A graduate of Fordson High School in Dearborn and decorated airman is in the custody of the U.S. Air Force on charges of espionage.
Ahmad al-Halabi, 24, a senior airman from Detroit -- once honored as "Airman of the Year" -- is in custody at an Air Force base in California, facing allegations of espionage that could bring the death penalty for the son of Syrian immigrants.
He was reportedly a member of the school's robotics club.
www.officer.com /news/IBS/wdiv/news-1803353.html   (433 words)

  
 L. D. Bell Band - Staff
Grzybowski also taught at the Northwest Schools of Jackson County, Michigan, the Ann Arbor Public Schools of Michigan, and for the Abilene Independent School District in Texas at Abilene Cooper High School as first assistant to Jack Nall.
He came to L.D. Bell High School in 1997 as Associate Band Director and percussion coordinator for the L.D. Bell cluster of schools.
The Tomball High School bands placed sixth and fifth in the Texas State 4A Marching and Honor Band competitions during his time there.
www.ldbellband.org /2002_Archive/staff.html   (1398 words)

  
 Recap of 2006 High School Fed Challenge - Education Resources, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The team from University School won the Wisconsin Fed Challenge in Milwaukee on Wednesday, April 5, and with it the right to represent the state of Wisconsin in the Seventh District Fed Challenge in Chicago on Wednesday, April 26.
Students from Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, a first-time participant in the Fed Challenge, won their state competition in Iowa City on Monday, April 3.
A team from Mundelein High School, new to the Fed Challenge, won in competition against 13 other Illinois schools to become the state champion.
www.chicagofed.org /education_resources/fed_challenge_meet_the_champions.cfm   (942 words)

  
 The Other Club: Fordson High School in Dearborn - Hizballah High?
Rule 12 of that club: "Nothing in the rules or intercourse of the Club shall interfere with the rancour or asperity of Party politics."
Fordson High School in Dearborn - Hizballah High?
Osama Sobhi Abulhassan, 20, and Ali Houssaiky, 20, a former star running back at Fordson High School in Dearborn, were charged in Marietta, Ohio, after they were arrested Tuesday on a traffic violation, said Susan Vessels, assistant prosecutor in Washington County.
otherclub.blogspot.com /2006/08/fordson-high-school-in-dearborn.html   (445 words)

  
 New Fordson High addition upholds tradition amid change   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Fordson High campus is quiet Monday, but the Dearborn school has gone through a period of major growth.
But as the student population grew in east Dearborn, the school became crowded in recent years, with students often forced to leave school for lunch.
The new cafeteria is a broad, open space with high ceilings and fine touches, such as the replicas of iron gates that hang on its walls.
www.freep.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060530/NEWS05/605300388/1007   (571 words)

  
 Attorney Russell Donelson, Timothy R. Ash & Associates P.C., Bingham Farms, Michigan
Russell D. Donelson is a Dearborn native and a 1985 honors graduate of Dearborn Fordson High School.
Donelson enrolled in graduate school at EMU and obtained a masters degree in 1991.
Donelson was an intern for Judge James Callahan of the Wayne County Circuit Court, and a clerk for the Wayne County Prosecutors Office.
www.toughlitigator.com /Bio/RussellDonelson.asp   (336 words)

  
 Michigan State University Newsroom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Getting high school and junior high school students excited about reading Shakespeare can sometimes prove a challenge but when four MSU theatre students come to visit, all eyes and ears are focused on the 16th century playwright's every word.
Although the performers and audiences change from year to year, the MSU theatre department's touring production has been visiting schools across Michigan and the Midwest since 1963 when the Performing Arts Company was established with a strong outreach component.
The actors are invited to perform in front of English and drama classes and, on some occasions, are asked to perform in front of the entire school.
newsroom.msu.edu /plugins/newsroom/printversion.asp?id=573   (294 words)

  
 MITTEN Community Template   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
My pre-teaching experience has included placements in the Writing Center at Fordson High School in the Dearborn School District and in a seventh grade Language Arts classroom at Riverside Middle School in the Crestwood School District of Dearborn Heights, MI.
The Dearborn School District is in the process of implementing a technology grant approved by the community.
According to the CEO Forum on Education and Technology's Interactive School Technology and Readiness (STaR) Chart, Dearborn High is at the level of Mid tech.
www.umd.umich.edu /mitten/lkovick/indexlaura.html   (335 words)

  
 WXYZ: Local News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
A Dearborn Public Schools spokesperson told 7 Action News that there would be extra counselors on hand at the school to help grieving students.
Ahmed graduated from Fordson High School just days ago, and his passengers are still students there.
David Mustonen, spokesperson with Dearborn Public Schools, told 7 Action News, "We have our normal staff of counselors and social workers that are normally here at Fordson High School, but in situations like this, we do pull upon other staff members within the district and bring them here to the school."
www.wxyz.com /wxyz/nw_local_news/article/0,2132,WXYZ_15924_4774154,00.html   (288 words)

  
 School Store Point of Sale
ndy, beverages, spirit novelties, and school supplies The Trojan Corner has 1 single POS Station and is effectively using Fast Keys and their Laser Scanner to ring up students.
School store carries candy, beverages, spirit novelties, apparel.
The POS Software is located on the School's Server and all 3 PC's are networked to it.
www.schoolpos.com /scrap_book.htm   (1777 words)

  
 cantonrep.com
Nina Abadeh, left, dances with Mustafa Shukr, center, and Serafina Romano during the Fordson High School Senior Prom in Dearborn, Mich., Saturday, May 31, 2003.
The prom at Fordson, whose enrollment of about 2,300 is about 95 percent Arab, underscores key dilemmas confronting Arab-American youth in the post-Sept. 11 racial and political climate in the United States _ the balance between assimilation and acceptance, of being American without being too Americanized.
The prom at Fordson High, where the enrollment of about 2,300 is 95 percent Arab, underscores key dilemmas confronting Arab-American youth — balancing assimilation and acceptance, and being American without being too Americanized.
www.cantonrep.com /index.php?Category=18&ID=105165&r=0   (898 words)

  
 Michigan DECA - Chapter Happenings with Dearborn Fordson High School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Interviews were held in May to replace the nine openings for Chapter Office from graduating seniors.
Then, the outgoing senior officers challenged the candidates by asking a series of on the spot spontaneous questions.
After a lot of debate and hard decisions, the senior officers selected the following students to represent Dearborn Fordson DECA during the 2002-2003 school year.
www.emich.edu /public/deca/spotlight/fall02-dearbornfordson.html   (170 words)

  
 University of Michigan Office of Financial Aid: In State High Schools
Applications mailed to candidates and are available at the high school; high school principal and committee select recipient
Graduates of public or private high schools in Ingham County, Michigan
Shiawassee County High Schools (Byron, Durand, Morrice, Perry, Laingsburg, Owosso, Corunna, and New Lothrop High Schools):
www.finaid.umich.edu /Types_of_Financial_Aid/Scholarships/Entering_Undergraduates/instate.asp   (242 words)

  
 Worldandnation: Guantanamo security probe widens to third person
Senior Airman Ahmad I. al-Halabi of Detroit, as he appeared in the 1999 Fordson High School yearbook.
The family then moved from the suburb of Dearborn to Detroit, where Halabi attended Fordson High School.
Halabi went straight into the Air Force after graduating and worked as a supply clerk before being pressed into service as a translator.
www.sptimes.com /2003/09/25/news_pf/Worldandnation/Guantanamo_security_p.shtml   (547 words)

  
 TIME.com: For Farm & Factory -- May 20, 1935 -- Page 1
There, on a table from Abraham Lincoln's law office and after the Fordson High School band played "Stars and Stripes Forever" and Handel's "Largo," Mr.
The Fordson High School band played "My Country Tis of Thee." Rev. Hedly G. Stacey of Dearborn pronounced a benediction.
When they all had signed and the Fordson High School band had saluted their gesture with the "New World" symphony, "Coronation Banner" and "The Star Spangled Banner," two expected names were lacking.
www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,754832,00.html   (520 words)

  
 School Store Point of Sale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
School supplies, Candy, Juices, Milk, Otis Cookies make up the brisk sales here.
Teacher uses POS to track a cart load of products that are delivered and sold in the cafeteria.
Would you believe that the Trading Post is open throughout the school day and does a brisk business every hour!
www.buyepos.com /schoolpos/scrap_book.htm   (666 words)

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