Weekly Newsletter 10/10/24

 

October 10th, 2024

We hope everyone enjoys the 3 day weekend! 

Announcements:
  • PBIS Theme: Respect 
  • PICTURE DAY is on Wednesday 10/16, so dress your best! 
  • We will begin our Panorama Testing this week, this measures student's social emotional learning skills which are pivotal to learning. Please see more in this letter. 
  • Our district adopted a new assessment to measure reading, writing, and science skills that will track their skills from kindergarten all the way through to to High school! It is called MAPS and we will start administering that in the upcoming weeks. 
  • We have some big behavioral issues on the busses this week, please remind students that the rules on the bus are the same as they are at school. Students can get referrals on the bus that lead to bus suspensions. 
  • Our SLSD paid a visit to our school this week and were extremely impressed with the emphasis on academics, the creativeness in which we support kids, and the love and care we have here at Dorena ❤️
  • We have a lot of questions regarding when to keep kids home or when we will send kids home for health related reasons. Here are the guidelines we stick to, otherwise we expect students to be at school:
    • They have a temperature of 100.4 F or higher 
    • Vomiting or diarrhea
    • Red eyes with drainage around them
    • A positive test of COVID-19, Chicken pox, the Flu, Pinkeye, Strep Throat, Measles, Whopping Cough or other infectious disease. 
    • Severe pain or injury.
  • We have our Fall Festival at London school coming up and are in need of Pumpkins 🎃 and Apples for the cider press🍎 ! If you have some you would like to donate please let us know! WE also need volunteers! Please reach out if you have any of these things and can help us out with it. THANK YOU! 
  • We have decided since we are focusing so much on attendance this year that our Monthly Donuts and Dodgeball privilege will be for students who have attended 93% or more of that month and who have no more than 5 behavioral referrals. 
  • 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. 
Data
  • Per the latest School Board Report "With regard to enrollment this school year, McCasline reported that as of Monday night, the District had 2,205 students enrolled, a larger figure than last year. McCasline pointed out growth at Dorena School that he attributed to the gains the school has recently made academically. Dorena topped 100 students enrolled for the first time in several years." 
Volunteers
  • We are always looking for more volunteers to help in our school. This year we have a new math curriculum and it requires a lot of prep! We also send home snack packs weeks and need help with assembly. 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.
Other 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:  
  • Oct 19th School Bus appreciation Day
  • Oct 25th Fall Festival at London School, we encourage parent volunteers to attend! 
  • Oct 31 Costume PBIS event 

  • Week of School 10/7-10/11

    Monday

    Tuesday

    Wednesday

    Thursday

    Friday

    Middle School Campout Points Begin

    Start Panorama Testing 

    Start MAPS testing 
    		PICTURE DAY 📸  starts at 8am

    Dental Screenings 🦷   
     


    Early Release   12:30pm
    		Panther Pride Day & Hat Day!

    4th/5th Pizza Party

    Fun Friday

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.

6th graders working hard in math, using a lot of productive struggle to figure out problems. 
Our Walk and Roll event was a huge success with 25 participants! Thank you Mrs. Rocco! 



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