DEY FOCUS
December 9, 2016
4th Grade Chorus to Sing Holiday Carols on December 9!
Fourth Grade Chorus! – Our Fourth Grade Chorus is ready for our trip to “Santa’s Seaside Village” to sing holiday carols on Friday, December 9 at 7:00pm. We will travel by school bus and will leave the school by 6:30pm. All singers should arrive, dressed warmly, by 6:15. The concert begins at 7:00 at “Santa’s Seaside Village” which is located on 30th St. We will sing for 20 minutes, and then we will take the Holiday Lights tour on the boardwalk. We will return to school at approximately 8:30pm.
We appreciate your patience if we should be held up a bit by holiday traffic down at the oceanfront.
This just in: 5th Gr. Chorus & Chimes Rehearsals next week!
Parents please make note of the following Rehearsals in preparation for the Holiday Music Program:
- Monday, Dec. 12: 5th Grade Chorus 2:45- 4:15
- Tuesday, Dec. 13: Choir Chimes 2:45 - 4 p.m.
Thank you!
Calendar of Events
December 13:
- PTA Board Meeting
December 14:
- Holiday Music Assembly 8:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.
- Holiday Music Program 6:30 p.m. (New time!)
December 13-15:
- PTA Gull Gift Shop (during school hours)
December 15:
- Progress Reports
- Great Neck Middle School Chorus Assembly (Grades 4/5 only ) 9:30 - 10 a.m.
December 18:
- Girls on the Run 5K Celebration - 2 - 4 p.m. Virginia Wesleyan College
December 19:
- Gifted Information Night for 1st Grade Parents 6:00 p.m. Cafe
December 21:
- 3rd Grade Market Day 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
- SCA Celebration 2:45 - 3:45 p.m.
- BRC Cancelled today!
December 22:
- Adjusted Dismissal 12:10 p.m. (Grades 1-5)
- AMK 8:10 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
- PMK 10:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.
December 23, 2016 - January 2, 2017:
Winter Break - ENJOY!
Holiday Spirit Week! December 19 - 22
Monday, Dec. 19: Favorite holiday sweater
GIFTED CORNER
Dear Parent of Fifth Grade Students,
You can access your child’s Parent Portal account and navigate to the Standardized Test Results to view your child’s gifted screening scores. As of November 15, 2016 your child’s gifted screening score is available on Parent Portal. Students are expected to score 50. A score in the 80s and 90s is very high! This is a non-verbal test so a student strong in other thinking pathways may score differently on the second test. Please go to the VBCPS web site under the parent tab for more information about setting up your parent portal account.
http://www.vbschools.com/schoolnet/index.asp
Students who have not been previously identified for gifted services may apply for further gifted assessment by completing the online gifted application before February 1, 2017.
http://www.vbschools.com/curriculum/appprocess/
Students who have been identified as gifted previously who wish to apply to the Brickell Academy at Old Donation School (Formerly called “Kemps Landing Middle School”) will need to complete the online gifted application before February 1, 2017. A ‘fresh’ test will be given in the spring. The screening committee will use your child’s highest scores, not necessarily the most current.
http://www.vbschools.com/curriculum/appprocess/
Students who wish to apply to the Middle Years Baccalaureate (MYP) program will need to complete the application on the MYP web site before February 1, 2017.
http://www.plazams.vbschools.com/pages/secondary/ibmyp/
(Available December 2, 2016)
Thank you,
Karen Reidelbach
Gifted Resource Teacher
SHAMROCK FINAL MILE
Registration Instructions:
1. Go on to www.shamrockmarathon.com
2. Click on to the registration tab
3. Click on to 2017 Registration
4. At that point, you will be redirected to raceit.com
5. You will then register YOUR CHILD, not yourself for the Operation Smile Shamrock Final Mile
6. Make sure you pick John B Dey as your school, when it asks what Elementary School do you attend.
Elizabeth Bianchi, Principal
Email: Elizabeth.Bianchi@vbschools.com
Website: www.deyes.vbschools.com
Location: John B Dey Elementary School, North Great Neck Road, Virginia Beach, VA, United States
Phone: 757-648-2440
Twitter: @JbdElem