Dearborn Elementary Charter School

Teachers and staff are cold and disconnected. Rude comments to children as young as 5. My son who loved learning hates going to school every day and is depressed. Do not recommend.

I am so happy that we found this school! This is our second year at Dearborn, as my daughter was accepted via lottery for TK. She just completed kindergarten and will be headed to first grade in the fall. Dearborn has an exceptionally strong community feel - it's like our second family. During the pandemic, the teachers and administrators worked incredibly hard to ensure that all students had the technology necessary to effectively learn in a virtual environment. There were several drive-thru distributions where the students received supplies for their virtual learning. It was evident that Dearborn strived to maintain a continuity of learning for all students. They also hosted student check-in groups with the school psychologist to ensure that the social-emotional needs of students were met. Additionally, the school and its PTA continued to hold virtual events, such as the opportunity to virtually decorate a Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon to compile into a virtual quilt, and themed days where families could post pictures of their children on the school's Facebook page and on Schoology. These events really helped my child to feel that the Dearborn community was still connected even though it was in a virtual environment. Also, I am so impressed with the Yearbook for this school year! It included so many different aspects from technology, such as bitmojis from teachers and class pictures of the students in Zoom. Families also had the opportunity to upload pictures to a digital yearbook site so that they could be included in the hard copy of the yearbook. It was wonderful to see the pictures that I uploaded of my child in the yearbook! The yearbook was done beautifully and captured this crazy year in a fun and memorable way. A big thank you to our Principal, Mrs. Estrada, for all of her leadership, dedication, and hard work to keep our kids happy, safe, and learning during this unprecedented school year. We are so lucky to have you as our Principal! I look forward to my child continuing her educational journey at Dearborn and highly recommend this school for all families looking for a great school for their child. I am so fortunate that we found Dearborn!

principal doesn't care about anything but the schools budget and the overall review of herself. 2 years with the worst 5th grade graduation. The smallest effort is being done. Don't understand why virtual graduation is the route that was chosen when there is in class schooling. Don't understand why there was no yearly pictures. My 5th grader has No class pictures for their last year and my kinder has No class pictures for their 1st year soooo disappointing, While the schools in poverty stricken areas have in person graduations pictures etc. I would never recommend this school.

My child has attended DECA since kindergarten and overall it has been a great experience. There really is a nice sense of community and the administration and staff truly care about the children. He only has one year left and I’m sad for him to move on to 6th grade.

I would 100% recommend you to take your children to Dearborn, my children attended and it was the best experienceWith care, Rufino's Family