Dublin Times
WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL EDITION-August 15, 2016
TEAMWORK-Together is Better!
-Helen Keller
Welcome Back Message from Mr. Drewno
I would like to welcome all of our new families to Dublin, and look forward to meeting and getting to know you. This will be my fifth year as principal at Dublin Elementary, and 27th year as part of the Walled Lake School District. In those years I have been a third and fourth grade teacher, a special education teacher, a media specialist, and a principal. This will be my ninth year as an elementary school principal. As a child, I attended Oakley Park Elementary, Clifford Smart Middle School, and graduated from Walled Lake Central High School. In my time away from school, I love to spend time with my family and friends, travel, sing and perform, workout, spend time on the lake, and work on my home in downtown Milford.
Thank you for sending us children who are well rested, prepared, and ready to learn. We look forward to working with you and your children every day at Dublin. We will continue to prepare children to be every day leaders and learners. Thank you for partnering with us to motivate, engage and hold our students accountable for success. It is going to be a great year!
Respectfully,
Mr. Drewno-Principal
Welcome Back Packets and Online Registration
Simply log in to Skyward Family Access to update contact/emergency information and complete many important forms such as our Food Service Application, FERPA Form, fee payments, Code of Conduct, and other important documents.
The process needs to be completed for ALL students prior to the first day of school. Parents will not be able to view their child's class placement on August 26th until this process has been completed. Please click HERE to get started! There are important directions and video tutorials to assist you.
Upcoming Important Events
- August 20 Board of Education Meeting (7:30 PM) ESC Building
- August 22 Bus Routes will be posted on the Transportation Web Site
- August 25 Board of Education Meeting (7:30 PM) ESC Board Room
- August 26 Class Placements Available after 4:00 PM on Skyward Family Access
- August 30 Transportation Post Cards Mailed Out
- August 31 Dublin Meet and Greet (2:00-3:00 PM)
September 2016
- September 5 Labor Day-No School
- September 6 First Day of School-Full Day
- September 6 Kindergarten Boo Hoo Breakfast (10:00-11:00 AM) Media Center
- September 6 Dublin PTA Meeting (7:00-8:00 PM) Media Center
- September 8 Board of Education Meeting (7:30 PM) ESC Board Room
- September 9 PTA Welcome Back Picnic (5:00-7:00 PM) Dublin Playground
- September 12 Curriculum Night Grades 4-5(6:30-8:00 PM)
- September 13 Curriculum Night Grades 2-3 (6:30-8:00 PM)
- September 14 Curriculum Night Kindergarten and Grade 1 (6:30-8:00 PM)
- September 16 PTA Fundraiser Kick Off Assemblies (3:00-4:00 PM)
- September 20 Half Day for Students (12:09 PM Dismissal)
- September 20 LAYA Taste of the Lakes Event (5:00-8:00 PM) Edgewood
- September 22 Middle School Curriculum Night (6:30-8:30 PM)
- September 25 Community Ed. Classes Begin
- September 26 Dublin Picture Day
- September 26 High School Curriculum Night (6:30-8:30 PM)
Welcome New Staff!
We would like to welcome the fololowing new staff members at Dublin:
Becky Reed-Fifth Grade Teacher
Jennie Ashley-Kindergarten Teacher
Katie Plummer-First Grade Teacher
Ewa Omahen-School Psychologist
Vickie DeSantis-Preschool Paraeducator
We are so happy to have these new members to our team at Dublin.
Classroom Placements
Please remember, you must have completed the Back to School Information online before you can view your child's classroom placement. Thanks.
Suggested School Supply Lists
Office Hours
Dublin Meet and Greet
This is also a time to bring any school supplies that you may have purchased over the summer so your child does not have to worry about bringing these items on the first day of school. Please bring all printed forms for Car Rider, Shamrock Pick-Up, PTA forms, etc to the Meet and Greet. We will collect these in the office.
Parents may pick up Car Rider and Shamrock Pick Up signs at the Meet and Greet. The PTA will have information about all of their upcoming events for the year and you will have the opportunity to meet our PTA Executive Board members. We also encourage parents to sign up to be a PTA member or a volunteer for the 16-17 school year. We look forward to seeing you at the Meet and Greet!
PTA Welcome Back Picnic
The PTA will be serving pizza from Hungry Howie's for dinner, will have information about PTA membership, and there will be opportunities to sign up to volunteer at PTA events throughout the school year.
Bring your lawn chairs and your blankets for this fun welcome back family event. Pizza must be pre-ordered for this event with the PTA. Pizzas will not be sold during the event. Click HERE for an order form. These order forms can be returned to school at the Meet and Greet event or during the first few days of school to your child's teacher. The PTA will be collecting these before the picnic. Thank you!
First Day of School/Arrival and Dismissal
Drop Off: 8:50 AM
School Begins: 8:55 AM (Tardy Bell)
Dismissal: 3:58 PM
Departure: 4:05 PM
Half-Day Dismissal: 12:09 PM
On the first day of school, parents may walk their child to class. After the first day of school, we respectfully ask that you allow students to walk to their classroom on their own. Our staff and safeties are available to help all students during this time every day. Thank you for your help with this.
Welcome New Kindergarten Students!
Parents of kindergarten students should plan to bring their kindergarten student to school at 9:15 AM on the first day of school. Parents should park in our main parking lot and enter/sign in at our main office. Parents and kindergarten students should report to their classroom for a fun activity together. We would also ask that all kindergarten students bring a lunch to school the first day of school to help with first day lunchroom procedures.
To welcome our new kindergarten parents, our Dublin PTA has scheduled a special "Boo Hoo" Breakfast for all kindergarten parents in the Media Center on the first day of school. This will take place from approximately 10:00-11:00 AM after students are settled in their classrooms and after the special activity teachers have planned for you.
Kindergarten parents are encouraged to stop by the Media Center before they leave for the day for light refreshments and to meet and greet PTA board members. Parents will receive important school information, sign up for the PTA, and get the chance to network and meet other kindergarten parents at Dublin.
Lunch and Food Service Information
Breakfast will be available every day at Dublin and will also begin the first day of school. The cost for breakfast will be $1.25. Breakfast is $.30 for eligible free and reduced lunch students. Breakfast for the first day of school will be cereal, string cheese, fruit, and fruit juice.
A September lunch menu will be posted on the Food Service web site after August 22nd. Teachers will send home a lunch menu with your child the first day of school.
You can always visit Walled Lake's Food Service Website for information by clicking HERE.
Should you need free or reduced lunch services or information, please click HERE.
Communication is Key at Dublin!
SKYWARD FAMILY ACCESS
It is critical that parents keep an updated email address and let us know if it changes as soon as possible. Parents may update this information for us on Skyward Family Access. All teachers at Dublin utilize Skyward Family Access to communicate with parents.Report cards, lunch account information, progress reports, attendance, and other important information will always be posted on Skyward Family Access. If you are a new family to Walled Lake Schools or have misplaced or lost your Family Access ID and password, please click HERE to get connected.
DUBLIN TIMES AND SCHOOL WEB PAGE
Our Dublin Times newsletter will be sent electronically to parents. An archive of newsletters will be posted to our school website. Our school website can be found HERE. Please visit this page often for information about our school. You will find links to important documents, websites and blogs from your child's classroom, PTA forms and information, and important updates and forms that you will need to access.
Please follow us on Twitter @DublinWL to be updated regularly on important events at our school and fun pictures of student events and learning!
REMIND 101
In an effort to have great communication from school to home, we also offer Remind 101 to all Dublin parents. How does it work? If you would like to receive a quick text message on your cell phone or device, just sign up with us and you receive a quick text to remind you of important school events, deadlines, time frames, etc. at Dublin. You can unsubscribe at any time, and we promise not to over use this communication tool either!
To receive messages via text, text @dublinp to 81010.
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Trouble using 81010? Try texting @dublinp to (248) 809-4032
instead.
Curriculum Nights
Monday-September 12 Grades 4-5
Tuesday-September 13 Grades 2-3
Wednesday-September 14 Kindergarten and First Grade
Absences and Notes to School
If your child is in the fourth or fifth grade, and a "walker" student, and would like to ride a bike to school, parents must give their permission by writing a note to the principal.
The Transportation Department will not issue bus passes for after school study, play dates etc. Bus passes will be issued for shared custody, day care, babysitting, or other emergencies. The Transportation Department will also issue year-long passes for in-district transfer and school of choice students when there is room on the bus.
If your child's transportation/dismissal for the end of the day changes in any way, please send in a note at the beginning of the day to your child's teacher or the office. If this changes during the school day, please call our secretaries BEFORE 3:00 PM. We will always make sure your child gets to the correct place at the end of the day, but we ask for your help with this by notifying us EARLY in the day or with a note. Thank you!
Peanut Free Practices, Birthdays, and Snacks
Peanut Free Classrooms
Please be aware that we have students at Dublin Elementary that may have a life-threatening allergy to peanuts and/or tree nuts. Some students may not eat, touch, or even inhale the aroma of peanuts or tree nuts without having life-threatening consequences. As a result, it is imperative that we all keep this in mind when planning for any food brought into school. This year, your child’s classroom may be designated as a nut free classroom. If your child's classroom is designated as a nut free classroom, please do not send in food items that contain peanuts, tree nuts, or nutmeg. ANY non-labeled foods (home baked items included) for class parties cannot be ingested, either. This also includes food that is manufactured in facilities that process peanuts/tree nuts. Many food items are safe for consumption, but may require a different brand if the product is manufactured in a facility that processes tree nuts. Your child's teacher will notify you if your child's classroom is a peanut free classroom, and will give you a suggested snack and party list of foods to help guide you with food choices. There are also peanut free tables designated in our cafeteria.
Birthday Treats
Parent may not send food items in for birthday treats. Other items such as pencils, erasers, stickers, a book for the class, etc. are other choices for birthdays. At the beginning of each month, Mr. Drewno will meet with all students that celebrate their birthday that month, and have a "Popsicles with the Principal" treat.
Snacks and Water
Time will be allotted in your child's classroom for a snack each day. We encourage students to eat healthy snacks-preferably fruit, vegetables or a source of protein if possible. To help with recycling, it would be best to have a reusable water bottle for your child to use for water if needed.
As always, the health, safety and well-being of each and every child at our school is of the utmost importance to all of us. Thank you for your continued support .
Safety Practices at Dublin
- If your child needs to be picked up during the school day, he/she will only be released to a parent, custodial parent, person listed on the school emergency form or a person identified in a permission note from the parent. We will require a photo ID.
- Any legal documents containing custodial restrictions or court orders MUST be on file in our office.
- If you are visiting our school or dropping off a student, please park in our main parking and come through our new main entrance doors to our office area to sign in. All Dublin doors are locked and will not be opened by staff members or students. This includes students who are tardy to school. Do not drop off students in the parking lot if they are tardy for school. Parents must come into the office to sign tardy students in. When using the main entrance, please buzz in and the secretaries will open the door for you.
- To maintain a safe and secure learning environment, parents and visitors may not go to any classroom unless they have made prior arrangements with the classroom teacher. Parent volunteers are welcome at Dublin, but must sign in each time they volunteer in a classroom or in the building. Please remember to sign out when you are finished. Parents may not visit classrooms unexpectedly when volunteering or visiting the school. Students walk to their classrooms on their own each day and will be called down to the office if leaving early. Students will be called down to the office for any forgotten items brought in to the office.
Arrival and Dismissal Procedures
- If you are dropping off your child at the beginning of the day, they must be dropped off in our Car Rider loop area in the front of the school along Farnsworth Street. Parents may drop students off by car starting at 8:45 AM each morning. Mr. Drewno and our fifth grade safeties will be there to assist students if needed.
- Parents should stay in their cars in the Car Rider line and students should exit their cars on their own on the sidewalk side. Students will enter the building and report to the gym each morning and sit by grade levels. Mr. Drewno, staff members, and safeties will be on duty each morning in this area.
- Students may not be dropped off before 8:45 AM. Parents and children should remain in their cars until the Car Rider door is opened at 8:45 AM each morning. Students may not be dropped off in the bus area at the south end of the building or in our parking lot.
- The doors at the Car Rider entry will be opened at 8:45 AM and closed and locked at 8:55 AM each morning. If students arrive after 8:55 AM they are tardy for school and will need to be checked in by an adult in our main office.
Dismissal
- If you will be picking up your child at the end of the day, you must use our Car Rider system or Shamrock Pick Up system. Parents picking up their child with their car must have a Car Rider sign displayed in their car every day on their visor. Parents may pick up these signs in our main office. Parents that are picking up their child by car should be in our car rider line by 3:50 PM. Parents should stay in their cars and students will be called out to you. A parent volunteer will come along to you in your car and take your name down and Mr. Hohlbein will be calling your child out to meet you. Please have your Car Rider sign on your visor and in full view for us. This makes the line go much faster! Thank you!
- For the safety of everyone and efficiency, parents may not walk up to the ar rider door to pick up their child. We want to keep as much foot traffic in one are, and car riding traffic in another. All parents that do not wish to wait in the car rider line must park in our main parking lot. Parents that park should walk up to the north entrance door to the gym to pick up their child there. This is our Shamrock Pick Up area. Parents should bring their Shamrock Pick Up Sign with them to the pick up area. Signs will be collected by a staff member. When your child arrives to the Shamrock Pick Up area, they will be given your Shamrock Pick Up Sign and students will be dismissed to their parents. Parents should wait outside on the sidewalk area for students to be dismissed. Parents and students will then walk to their parked cars.
- Thank you for helping us maintain a safe, secure and efficient arrival and dismissal at Dublin. Parents have been awesome about this and are very helpful for new parents. Thank you for helping!
Dublin Contact Information
Principal jeffreydrewno@wlcsd.org
248-956-3832
Wanda Weaver
Principal's Secretary wandaweaver@wlcsd.org
248-956-3802
Patti Harthun
Building Secretary patriciaharthun@wlcsd.org
248-956-3800
Email: jeffreydrewno@wlcsd.org
Website: http://wlcsd.org/dublin.cfm
Location: 425 Farnsworth Street, White Lake, MI, United States
Phone: 248-956-3800
Twitter: @DublinWL