Dorena School Family

  September 27th, 2024 I can't believe we are entering our 4 week of school. This week we are in full day schedules for our kindergarteners. We are working on what we call the "productive struggle" with all of our students, this means working through challenges or difficulties in a way that promotes learning and growth. It is when a kiddo encounters a problem or task that is just beyond their current abilities but is still attainable with effort, persistence, and critical thinking. The productive struggle help build resilience, deep understanding, and problem-solving skills. And we encourage it because it leads to meaningful learning rather than just giving students easy answers.  Announcements: PBIS Theme: Respect  If your student has a different go home plan than what we have on record, please call the office and not send it in Dojo. Staff don't always have time to check dojo until after kids leave. So please call the office so we can ensure we have those notes read...

  September 6th, 2024 What a couple of wonderful first days of school, we are excited to celebrate two more first days of school with our kindergartners and our preschoolers next week! We want to thank everyone who came out for our Open House we are so grateful to have such wonderful involved families 💛 . Next week is our first full week of school and we welcome kinders for half days. We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!  Announcements: Oregon state law requires schools to provide students with an opportunity to say the Pledge of Allegiance at least once during each school week. ORS 339.875 specifically requires that each school district will: (1) Provide students with the opportunity to salute the United States flag at least once each week of the school year by reciting: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” (2) Students who do not p...

  September 6th, 2024 What a couple of wonderful first days of school, we are excited to celebrate two more first days of school with our kindergartners and our preschoolers next week! We want to thank everyone who came out for our Open House we are so grateful to have such wonderful involved families 💛 . Next week is our first full week of school and we welcome kinders for half days. We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!  Announcements: We will start our Timely Tater incentive program on Monday 9/9, attendance is VERY important and this year we want all of our students to be regular attenders. If a class has at least 92% of students in attendance they will earn a token on their potato head! Classes with perfect attendance will be recognized daily. REMEMBER the tardy bell is at 8:05am if your student arrives after 8:05am they will be marked tardy and not be eligible towards the class's 92%. Thank you for all of your help getting kids to school every day and on time, let u...