November 2026 MLD Family News🦃🍗
We are Grateful for Our Families!💛
Dearest HPS ML Families,
We are so excited to connect with you at our Parent Teacher Conferences on November 12, 2026 (12:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m and 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.).
Your partnership is incredibly important to us. These conferences are a wonderful opportunity to celebrate your child’s progress, look at their growth in English, and discuss how we can support them together.
Please remember:
- Interpreters are available. If you need someone to translate, please let us know. We want to make sure you can speak and understand comfortably.
- Your voice matters. Please ask questions and share your ideas with your child's teachers.
Make the Most Out of Parent Teacher Conferences
Here are some suggestions to help you get the most from a meeting with your child’s teacher:
- Make a list of things you would like to discuss ahead of time
-Include questions and information that you would like the teacher to know
- Be prompt: Teachers often schedule conferences back-to-back
-Arriving late may delay the meetings after yours or may mean you will need to wait longer than expected
- Keep an open mind: The goal is to work as a team with your child’s teachers
- Clarify and summarize as you go: If you do not understand something the teacher says, just ask
- Ask the teacher how you can support your child: If your child is doing well, ask what you can do to keep things on a positive track
-if there are problems, ask what you can do to help
- Take notes: Note taking will help you remember what you discussed
Thank you for everything you do to support our school community. We look forward to seeing you!
Sincerely,
Afrin F. Alavi/MLD Director (aalavi@hamtramckschools.org)
Mirjana Maros/MLD District Facilitator (mmaros@hamtramckschools.org)
Afaf Abdo-Nagi Saleh/Home-to-School Coordinating Specialist (AASaleh@hamtramckschools.org)
Ebtisam Obeid/MLD Admin Assistant (eobeid@hamtramckschools.org)
ClassDojo is a free app. Families can use it to:
- Send and receive messages with your child’s teachers.
- Read district, school, and classroom announcements.
- See upcoming events.
- Communicate in over 130 languages with automatic, two-way translation.
You will soon begin receiving messages from ClassDojo. You may receive them through the ClassDojo app, as text messages, or as emails. This depends on your preferences in ClassDojoand the contact information you gave your child's school.
If you do not have the ClassDojo app yet, you can download it from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. If you are a new user, please log in using the email address or cell phone number you gave your child's school.
If you have questions after your account is set up, please email parent@classdojo.com for direct support.
It features free English grammar games, question and answer activities, and other online tools to learn English vocabulary and spelling, and practice speaking, reading and writing. There are links to phonics worksheets, videos, printable flashcards, stickers, and certificates. All of the resources are designed to be versatile and useful in many preschool and K-6 classrooms.
Wordsteps makes it easy for students to build their own vocabulary collection, and even access their vocabulary through a mobile device for English language learning on the go. (requires free registration)
November 3: NO SCHOOL for Students
- Election Day (Please go out & vote)
November 12: Report Card Q1 Distributed
November 12: ½ Day for ECE, DE, DW, TB, Holbrook, KMS
- Parent/Teacher Conferences 12:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
November 13: ½ Day for All Students AM
- Staff/Building Level PLC PM
November 16: ML Family Engagement Connection Hour @ 6:00 p.m.
November 25- November 27: NO SCHOOL for Students & Staff
- Thanksgiving Break
November 30: Students & Staff Return
