Weekly Newsletter 9/6/24

 

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 us know if you need support with this! 
  • We will be using Class Dojo for all of our communication this year, if you haven't already please sign up using this link. 
  • Transportation is using a new link for all of your bussing needs. Sign up here 
  • We need updated permission forms for students who take medication at school, please fill out this form, or stop by we have copies in the office. 
  • Please remember if you are dropping off or picking students up to use the drop off lane in front of the school and/or park in front of the school. 
  • If you have a middle school student who will be playing Fall sports at Lincoln please call our office and let us know, we are working with transportation to see about dropping kiddos off at Lincoln for sports and would like to generate a list for them. Thanks! Here is the link for signing up for sports or you can call LMS 541-767-5903. IT IS NOT TOO LATE! 
Kindergarten
  • As we welcome our kindergarten students to Dorena, we will be operating on a different schedule for the first few weeks to support their transition into school. During September 5th  and 6th, families will schedule a one-on-one family visit directly with our  NEW Kindergarten teacher, Ms. Fallert. 
  • Kindergarten students will start school on Monday, September 9th and attend school on an early release schedule through September 27th with a daily schedule from 8am-12:30pm. 
  • Starting Monday, September 30th kindergarteners will begin a Full Day schedule 8am-2:30pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Wednesdays will continue to be early release 8am-12:30pm. 
Volunteers
  • We are always looking for more volunteers to help in our school. If the activities listed below are something that you are interested in, please stop by our office and pick up a volunteer packet. Processing applications takes about 2 weeks so please get your forms in quickly. 
    • Helping in the classroom
    • Attending and assisting on field trips
    • Helping with school events such as assemblies, field day, etc.
Transportation
  • If your transportation plan has changed and your student now requires bussing, please call the transportation department 541-942-2803. 
Other Information
  • We will practice several ALICE drills this year in conjunction with our emergency drills (Lockdown, Earthquake, Fire). Please see the follow Letter for more information. 
  • Every Friday we have Panther Pride day where we encourage all students to wear their panther gear or dress in our school colors Black and Yellow to show their Dorena Pride. It is also hat day, students can wear a hat for 25 cents or 3 Panther Pride Tickets. 

On the Radar: 
  • Kindergarten starts half days 9/9/24
  • Fun Friday starts 9/27
  • Kindergarten starts full days September 30th

  • First Week of School 9/9-9/13

    Monday

    Tuesday

    Wednesday

    Thursday

    Friday

    Kindergarten starts half days!

    All 1st-8th attend regular 8:00-2:30pm day
    		Preschool Starts 

    Early Release for everyone PreK-8th 12:30pm
    		Panther Pride Day and Hat Day! 

We are so happy that you and your students are members of our Dorena School family! We will partner together to have a fantastic school year. Thank you for all that you do.  Please do not hesitate to reach out if you ever have questions or concerns.

We have a BIG beautiful middle school class this year! 
Our staff showed their panther pride at the All Staff District welcome 


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