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Adventure 12 Log 1
August 27, 2014
8/28—7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Sign-up Night (Oasis)
9/1—No School (Labor Day) 9/8—6:30 p.m. PTO Meeting 9/16—3:30 p.m. SAC Meeting 9/17—Interims issued
9/23—5:30 p.m. 1st Grade Curriculum Chat 6:00 p,.m. 2nd Grade Curricu-lum Chat
9/30—Health Screenings (Grades K, 1 & 3) 5:30 p.m.— 3rd Grade Curric-ulum Chat
6:00 p.m.—4th Grade Curricu-lum Chat
Our Mission:
Making positive
contributions to
society by expanding
minds to explore our
expanding world
Ms. McMandon’s Message
Welcome to the 2014-2015 School Year! It is with excitement that I welcome you to the 2014-2015 school year. We have missed your wonderful children over the summer and greeted their return with joy. Our week was enriched by seeing our new Durbin Creek families and students and wel-coming them to our wonderful school. Our teachers and staff worked tirelessly to be ready and classes started the first day with meaningful instruction. Getting back in the swing of school can be a challenge and we appreciate you making school a priority. We enjoyed meeting so many parents the first week of school. Our goal is to establish a collaborative relationship with all of our parents to ensure a positive experience for our students. Your child’s teacher will be contacting you to schedule mini-conferences with each parent to start the year off in a successful and positive way. I want to thank you in advance for taking the time to meet with your child’s teacher. Please join me in welcoming the newest members of our Durbin Creek staff: Assistant Principal – Brian Gifford Instructional Literacy Coach – Jenny Sparks Cafeteria Manager – Yasmin Taylor We have had a very smooth opening to the school year. We began the year with 514 students, including 62 kindergarteners. A special thank you to our PTO and Beth Lunsford for providing a reception (Boohoo Breakfast) for our new kindergarten par-ents. Thanks to Ashley Schaefer and Jen Katz for speaking to our parents about PTO and volunteering opportunities at DCE. Over the summer, we learned that Durbin Creek has earned an “A” grade for academic achievement. This was accomplished through the hard work of our students and staff and the fantastic support of our families. Excellent job! We are looking forward to a great school year with your children! Sincerely, Sandra McMandon
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Durbin Creek Elementary School Telephone (904)547-3880 4100 Racetrack Road Fax (904)547-3885 Saint Johns, Florida 32259 Attendance Line (904)547-3915
5 Star School / Golden School/ Accredited by Southern Association of Schools
Oasis News
Breakfast and lunch menus are
available on the St. Johns
County School District web-
site under “For Parents and
Students”
A la carte: (not included with
free/reduced meals)
Daily: salad with shredded
cheese and sliced egg
Monday and Friday: ice
cream
Thursday: pizza (outside ven-
dor) not available until Oct.
Snacks available daily: (not
included with free/reduced
meals): bottled water, juice
packs, chips, yogurt, cookies
and fruit snacks.
Durbin Creek is a Peanut Aware School
What is Peanut Allergy Aware? Several of our students have a severe allergy to peanuts/tree nuts. This allergy can be life-threatening and for these students strict avoidance is the only way to prevent an allergic reaction. Accidental contact or ingestion can be fatal.
Are peanut/tree nut products allowed in school? Yes. However, in order to reduce the risk of exposure for students who possess an allergy to peanut products, these items are not sold in the school lunch program, at extracurricular events or provided in school-wide activities.
Welcome parents to another great year of physical education! We would like for PE class to be a safe, positive fun filled experience for your child. Parents we need your help to make this happen! Here are a few suggestions to prepare your child for PE class in an effort to help keep your child comfortable and safe: 1. We suggest that they wear lightweight/loose fitting clothes that can get dirty, sunscreen, hats and sunglasses. 2. We would also like for EVERY child to bring a water bottle to class, with their name on it, so that they can have water as needed. (Please, water ONLY) 3.We are asking that your child wear a shoe that provides the foot support for running safely. Sneakers, running shoes, tennis shoes, basketball shoes are the best! Please do not wear the following shoes to PE class: platform sneak-ers, boot style lace up sneakers, slip on sneakers with the back open or CROCS as these shoes do not provide enough protection during exercise. 4. If your child is sick, injured, or unable to participate in physical activity please send in a note to the classroom teacher. If there is an injury/sickness that will last for an extended period of time please indicate this in writing and when your child is able to participate again, PLEASE let us know. If you would like to contact us, email is the best way! Please give us 24 hours to get back to you. However, if you have an urgent matter and need to reach us, please contact the front office and they will notify us. Thank you. Ms. Westbrook and Ms. McMahon
Resource Record Overprotection hinders essential school skills
When children are born, they really are helpless. And it's the job of parents to protect them in every way they can. Once they reach elementary school, they become more capable and are able to do lots of things for themselves. Unfortunately, many parents still try to protect their elementary schooler’s from everything. And all of that well-intended "protection" actually smothers their children's budding inde-pendence. Overprotective parenting makes it difficult for children to learn essential skills for success in school and life, such as commu-nication, negotiation, perseverance, responsibility and deci-sion making. To avoid the many pitfalls of overprotective parenting: Don't do everything for your child. Let her do things for herself. Will she make mistakes? Probably. But she will learn from those mistakes. Don't be so quick to rescue your child when she forgets things. If she leaves her homework or gym shoes at home, let her face the consequences. Don't try to negotiate a better grade for your child. If you or your child are confused about a grade she receives, let your child talk to the teacher about it first. Don't call the parent of a child your child is complaining about in school. Give your child a chance to work it out. If it's a seri-ous problem, call the school.
Reprinted with permission from the September 2014 issue of Parents make the difference!® (Elementary School Edition) newsletter. Copyright © 2014 The Par-ent Institute®, a division of NIS, Inc.
Clinic News Free District Screenings for vision, hearing and height/weight measurement will be done on Sept. 30, 2014 for students in grades K, 1 and 3. There will be a letter that comes home in the Tuesday folder. If you wish to opt. out of the screening, you will need to sign
and return the form no later than Sept. 23, 2014. If your child requires any medications at school, please drop them off to the clinic. Do not sent them in with the student, Also, if your child requires an inhaler or an Epi-Pen, please make sure to supply that at the beginning of every year. They are not kept over the summer. Please contact our nurse, Lauri Frost at 547-3884 or email at [email protected].
Please remember that students are not to be dropped off at school
before 8:00 a.m. unless they are enrolled in Extended Day’s
“Before Care”. Prior to 8:00 a.m. there is no adult supervision
available.
School times are 8:30 a.m.—2:50 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. School times for
Wednesday are 8:30 a.m.—1:50 p.m.. Students
should be in class when the tardy bell rings at 8:30
a.m. If students are dropped off after 8:30 a.m.
they will be marked tardy.
If you would like to volunteer in our school, please
visit our website at www-dces.stjohns.k12.fl.us.
Click on the PTO tab at the top of the page. There
you will see links to the School Access Form and
the contact information for our Volunteer Coordiantor, Ashley
Schaefer. If you are having trouble accessing the website or the
application process, please contact Ashley at [email protected].
You must be an approved volunteer to have lunch with your child
or chaperone any field trips.
Extended Day News
After school activities will begin in September! Flyers will
be sent home with your students so be on the lookout for:
Language Exploration Enrichment—Sept. 2
Chorus—Sept. 2
Pottery Plus—Sept. 8
Club Scientific—Sept. 11
Drama Kids—Sept. 17
KidzArt—Sept. 19
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Changes in dismissal: If your child will be going home from
school a different way than normal, please send an email to
[email protected] BEFORE 2:15 p.m. (1:15 p.m.
on Wednesdays). We cannot accept dismissal changes by phone.
Thank you.
