Bear Essentials
August 6, 2021
We're Off to a Great Start at DES!
We have had a wonderful first 3 days of school here at Dyer Elementary! Our students in grades K-3 have settled in nicely and are already familiar with their way around campus! We are excited to welcome our 4th & 5th graders back to in-person instruction on Monday!
This is the first edition of our weekly school newsletter, The Bear Essentials. We will publish the Bear Essentials each Friday via email. Please be sure to read each edition as this is the best way to stay informed about school and community events. Should you find that you need to update your email address in our system, please contact our SDMC, Stacy Norton via email at: Stacy.Norton@gcpsk12.org.
A link to the current school newsletter as well as archived editions can be found on our school website: https://www.gcpsk12.org/DyerES
Below are a few reminders as we begin the new school year:
- Full meals (breakfast and lunch) will continue to be offered at no charge for all students this year. However, please note that ala cart items such as milk, sides, etc. will be sold at regular price. If your child is bringing lunch from home, and needs to purchase a milk or other item, please be sure to load funds in their MyPaymentsPlus account. We also ask that if you will be providing breakfast for your child that you do that prior to their arrival at school.
- All visitors must check in at the front office, show photo ID, and obtain a visitors pass. Please note: we are not permitting lunch visitors at this time.
- There are no check-outs after 2:15. Also, please remember to send a note to the teacher letting them know you will be checking your child out early. This will ensure your child has his/her belongings with them when you arrive. (Remember, classrooms are locked when not in use, if you arrive when your child's class is traveling, your child cannot access their belongings.)
- Transportation changes must be submitted in writing, no later than 12:30 PM. (We cannot accept transportation changes over the phone or via fax/email.) Bus passes are for emergencies only.
- All students must have a transportation tag attached to their backpack. If you purchase your child a new backpack throughout the year, please remove the tag from the old backpack and send it in to school with your child. We will attach it to their new backpack for you in the office.
- Car Riders, please be reminded there are no left turns when exiting on to Hurricane Shoals Road.
- Ice Cream will be sold during lunch each Friday starting 8/20. The cost is $1.
- Friday's are spirit wear days. Staff and students are encouraged to wear their Dyer/Mountain View spirit wear each Friday.
BEARy Exciting News!
During the first two weeks of school (and beyond) students will learn about the behavior expectations in each area of the school from the classrooms, to hallways, cafeteria, buses and so on. In the past, we taught these expectations with the PAWS. However, this year, we are changing things up a bit and will now be using the acronym BEARS:
- Brave
- Engaged
- Accountable
- Respectful
- Safe
Students are acknowledged and praised for exhibiting desired behaviors. All staff will be awarding students "Bear Bucks" that can be redeemed for prizes and raffle tickets.
Parents, you can help support this program in a variety of ways:
- Review the DES behavior expectations with your child using our BEARS acronym.
- Help solicit local businesses for small gifts and/or gift cards for rewards.
- Donate prizes for students. Anything from dollar tree/Oriental trading items to gift cards.
- Make a financial contribution of $5 per student (part of Online Orientation fees) to help offset the cost of student prizes/raffles & PBIS Rewards Program software.
- Support our PBIS (BEARS) fundraisers and spirit nights throughout the year. We already have two fundraisers up and running, birthday messages on our marquee, and Bruster's Blue Ice Days!
We will continue to use the PBIS Rewards program to issue and redeem Bear Bucks. Parents will also have the ability to utilize the PBIS Parent App. where they can track their child's points (bear bucks), and communicate with their child's teacher. More information about the App will be emailed in the coming weeks, please keep an eye out!
Get Connected to Dyer ES!
Parents & guardians, you play a crucial role on our team, and one of our top priorities is to communicate with you effectively. We use a variety of tools to communicate such as the Parent Portal/ParentVUE, our school website, email, weekly school newsletters (The Bear Essentials), Facebook and the PBIS Rewards Parent app! Please be sure we have your current email address on file; this can be updated via the Parent Portal by clicking on the Update Student Information tab.
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Dyer Elementary School
Website: https://www.gcpsk12.org/dyeres
Location: 1707 Hurricane Shoals Road, Dacula, GA, USA
Phone: 770-963-6214
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DyerES/