Weekly Newsletter 2/7/25

 

February 5th, 2025

First week of February and it started off with a bang! From starting self-managers, to our new attendance challenge, and SNOW! We are so proud of our Dorena families. With all of the sudden changes with transportation and navigating all of that this week, you all ROCKED it! We have lots of exciting things coming up this month and are excited to share them with you all. 

Announcements:
  • PBIS Theme: Emotional Regulation
    • Goals:
      •  I can recognize when I'm feeling upset and use my words or tools to calm down/regulate.
      •  I can pause and think before I speak or act, even when I am excited or upset, and make an appropriate choice. 
  • We started self-managers this week! Self Managers in a positive behavior system we have in place for students to work towards earning becoming a self manager each week. Our goal this month is to regulate our emotions. When a student earns being a self-manager, they earn special privileges and responsibilities such as getting to line up first, transitioning to lunch or PE without an adult escort, extra recess time, etc. Self-managers will get to earn participating in Donuts and Dodgeball on 2/21! 
  • Do you have a kid interested in playing Spring Soccer or T-Ball, sign up today! Check out the flier 
    HERE. We have encouraged SVA to put Dorena students together so they know players from their team. 
  • We have our February PBIS Celebration on Friday, 2/28, a staff vs student basketball game. Students in 4th-8th grade are earning the opportunity to play, and our K-3rd grade students will earn the opportunity to perform a routine during half time. Students who have received less than 3 office referrals for the month of February are eligible to attend and/or to play.
  • On 2/21 we will have our Family Night from 5:30-7pm. Please join us for an Art Gallery presentation by our preschool- 8th grade classes and a spaghetti dinner! Cool Door Prizes, too!
  • We have started our monthly attendance challenge! We are trying to get to kids to school every day and on time. The winning class for the month: Each student will win a NEW Dorena Proud vinyl sticker and a NEW Dorena Proud hat. Let's get those kids to school
  • Our school community is participating in the 2025 Electronic Recycling Competition! We will be going up against 45 Lane County Schools to recycle the most "e-waste" the winner gets $500 to their school and a NextStep Reuse store gift card! Please see this document for eligible items to recycle.  Please bring your approved items to the school. WE ARE THE ONLY SLSD school participating! 
  • We also would love school-wide snack donations, goldfish crackers, graham crackers, and granola bars are all big hits. Thank you! 
Data
  • Attendance: 66%, 34% chronically absent. Thursday has the highest attendance and Monday the lowest attendance. 2nd grade has the highest attendance, 7th and 8th lowest attendance
  • Behavior: 609 total referrals, 11:30am highest incident time. 68.5% are Major referrals for bigger more serious behaviors, and 32.3% are minor for smaller behaviors. Defiance is the most common behavior, followed by eloping. The classroom is the location with the most referrals, followed by the gym. 
Volunteers
  • WE ARE SO GRATEFUL for our 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.
On the Radar:   
  • 2/17 No School-Presidents' Day 
  • 2/21 Family Title Night: Art Gallery 
  • 2/28 PBIS Celebration, Families are invited! 

  • Week of School 2/10-2/14

    Monday

    Tuesday

    Wednesday

    Thursday

    Friday

     
    		Early Release 12:30pm 

    STEM Club 12:30-3:15pm     		4th-8th Field Trip 8:30-1:00pmValentines Day  

    Panther Pride & Hat Day

    K/1 Student Store
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.

Fun in the snow! 
Every day for the last 15 minutes of the day Middle School reads with K/1 to work on fluency! 

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