Weekly Newsletter 11/7/25

 

November 7th, 2025

What a week! We successfully completed the first full week of November. Kids are tired, staff are tired, and everyone put forth an incredible effort. As we approach some unconventional scheduling, please be sure to check the school calendar carefully. We wish everyone a wonderful, restful four-day weekend! We look forward to seeing you all back on Wednesday!

Announcements:

  • No school Monday 11/10 for a teacher grading and professional development day, no School Tuesday 11/11 for Veterans day, thank you to all of our service men and women! 

  • We will have our first Donuts and Dodgeball event of the school year this upcoming Friday, all students who have been a self manager or student leader by exhibiting strength or progress with our Character Trait of the month will be eligible to participate. 

  • We will have our emergency drills this upcoming week, just a reminder we practice our emergency drills once a month. We practice Lockdown, Earthquake, and Fire/Evacuation drills. Twice a year we will add an additional ALICE drill to our sequence; the rally point drill. The Rally Point drill is a crucial component of the Evacuate option within the ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) protocol for active shooter response in schools.

    Its main purpose is to practice and ensure the safe and organized evacuation of students and staff and to provide a location for accounting and support.

  • We are working on food support for our families. Our plan is to have food and essential items available for families to pick up what they need after the conference during Family Conferences on 11/24 and 11/25. 

  • Tree of Joy Applications: Glenn (our CCS) has Tree of Joy applications available for families who could use a little extra support during the holiday season
  • Don't forget to sign up for a conference time 11/24 and 11/25! 
  • We invite students to participate in our Ruby Bridges walk to School Day on 11/14. Students hoping to participate as a group can meet at 7:25am at 37373 Row River Rd OR can walk to school independently. We walk to school on this day to honor Ruby and to show that our school are welcoming and safe for all. 
  • Our second attendance challenge is underway! Every time a class has no more than 1 student absent and/or 1 student tardy the class earns a point, the class with the most points by 12/19 will earn a Gingerbread house making party!! Last month Middle School won the attendance challenge! 
Attendance Data
  • As of now Dorena has the highest attendance rate in the entire district with 85% of our students attending regularly!
  • 2nd grade has 100% attendance rate! 5th grade has 94% and 7th grade 90%.
  • Grade with the lowest attendance rate are 6th grade with 60% and 4th grade with 73%. 

  • Week 11/10-11/7Character Trait: Emotion Regulation/Impulse Control 

    No School- Grading DayNo School Veterans Day
    Thank you to our Veterans ❤️


    		Early Release 12:30pm

    STEAM Club 12:30-2:30pm 

    Robotics Challenge Group (4th-8th) 2:30-3:30pm     		Emergency Drills including Rally Point Drill Panther Pride day & Hat Day! 

    Donuts & Dodgeball 

On the Radar:
  • 11/10 No School Grading Day
  • 11/11 No School Veterans Day 
  • 11/24 Early Release, Parent- Teacher Conferences
  • 11/25 Early Release, Parent- Teacher conferences 
  • 11/26-11/28 NO SCHOOL
Students sure are loving Fall and the leaves decorating our fields! 



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