Dublin Times
October 30, 2017
Upcoming Important Events
Coming Up This Week...
- October 30 Musical Theater Class (4:00-5:00 PM) Media Center
- October 30 Cub Scouts (6:15-8:15 PM) Cafeteria
- October 31 Half Day-Professional Development Day 12:00-12:09 Dismissal
- October 31 Halloween Parties (10:45-11:45 AM)
- November 1 Fire Drill Practice Drill
- November 2 Brownies (4:00-5:00 PM) Art Room
- November 3 Buster the Bus Presentation (K-2)
Next Week...
- November 6 Musical Theater Class (4:00-5:00 PM) Media Center
- November 6 Cub Scouts (6:15-8:15 PM) Cafeteria
- November 7 Election Day-NO SCHOOL
- November 7 PTA AirTime Event (3:00-9:00 PM) AirTime Novi
- November 8 PTA Meeting (7:00 PM) Media Center
- November 10 Picture Retake Day-Media Center
Later this month...
- November 13 Vision Screening
- November 13 Musical Theater Class (4:00-5:00 PM) Media Center
- November 13 Cub Scouts (6:15-8:15 PM) Cafeteria
- November 14 Vision Screening
- November 14 Student Council Meeting (8:15 AM) Media Center
- November 14 Fit Kid Camp (4:00-5:15 PM) Gym
- November 14 Cub Scouts (6:15-8:15 PM) Cafeteria
- November 14 Music Concert-Grades 2-3 (6:30-7:30 PM) WLN
- November 15 Vision Screening
- November 15 First Grade Field Trip-Outdoor Center
- November 16 Vision Screening
- November 16 Hungry Howie's Pizza Day
- November 16 PBIS Team Time (3:10-3:40 PM)
- November 16 Brownies (4:00-5:00 PM) Art Room
- November 17 Vision Screening
- November 17 PTA BMX Bike Show (2:45-3:45 PM) Playground
Teacher of the Year Nominations
The Walled Lake Consolidated Schools are again participating in a program to honor exemplary teachers. We hope you will join us in an effort that will result in the selection of the TEACHER/EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR for the Walled Lake Consolidated School District at the elementary, middle school and high school levels. This honor will be bestowed at our January 11, 2018 school board meeting.
Each school building will select a teacher of the year and that person’s name will be submitted to the district committee for final selection. All names will be removed from the forms and only the building principal will have knowledge of the candidate’s name. The principal will appoint a committee to help with the local selection. That person’s name will then be submitted to the district committee. We are requesting that this form be returned to your school NO LATER THAN MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2017.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
Any FULL TIME, CERTIFIED, TENURED teacher/educator who spends 50% of his/her time in a classroom. Nominees must have a minimum of five (5) full years of classroom teaching experience
WHO MAY NOMINATE?
Any person in the community may nominate any teacher/educator in the district for this honor. Please send or deliver the formed l inked below to the nominee’s school.
HOW TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION FORM
Please send or deliver Nomination forms to the nominee’s school in an envelope marked clearly with “TEACHER/EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR”.
Please call Diane Kochis at 248 956-2192 if you have any questions.
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR A NOMINATION FORM AND FULL DETAILS!
Halloween-October 31st
Please remember this is a HALF DAY of school. Students will be dismissed between 12:00-12:09 PM.
COSTUME GUIDELINES:
- Students may wear a school appropriate costume during the class party if they choose. Please help students and their teachers by choosing costumes that are easy for students to put on themselves.
- As always, costumes should be appropriate for the school setting.
- Costumes should be safe for students to wear,
- Costumes should be wholesome in nature. Please avoid "bloody" or scary costumes or masks. Weapons real or pretend are not allowed.
- Costumes may be brought in on the bus, but should be kept in a bag or backpack so as not to distract our bus drivers or others.
Thank you for following these safe costume guidelines.
Buster the Bus
Picture Retake Day
We ask that you bring back your original picture packet on this day too. If you have any questions about retake day or school pictures, please give us a call in our main office. We are happy to help.
Scholastic Book Fair
The Fall Book Fair is coming! The fair this year will be held December 4-6, with setup on November 30 and tear down on December 7.
Many volunteers are needed to make the fair a success. Please consider signing up! All profits go directly to the media center. Thank you!
To volunteer, please click on the link below...
Election Day-NO SCHOOL
Lunch Moms Needed
Watch Dog Dads Needed
Please click HERE to sign up to help.
When you come to school that day, please stop in our office, sign in, and we will direct you where to go!
Hungry Howie's Pizza Nights
Our Hungry Howie's Pizza Nights are always the third Monday of every month this school year.
Let them know you're from Dublin and we will get 10% of the sales.
Thank you for marking your calendars, ordering Hungry Howie's Pizza for your family, and supporting our school!
- November 20, 2017
- December 18, 2017
- January 15, 2018
- February 19, 2018
- March 19, 2018
- April 16, 2018
- May 21, 2018
Student Council News
Operation Gratitude (October 25th - November 9th)
We will be collecting Halloween candy, toothbrushes and toothpaste, and thank you letters or cards for our soldiers stationed overseas. Please thank our heroes by donating to this great cause in some way.
Outrun Hunger 5K Run/Walk (Saturday, November 11th. 9:00-AM-12:00 PM)
You can sign up for the 5K Run/Walk or the 1 mile fun run at www.outrunhunger.org. This is a wonderful event that supports people in our community. It's only $10 for students to register. If you don't want to participate in the race you can volunteer at our water station and/or just cheer for the runners. Wear your Dublin Student Council shirt, and hat. Please let our Student Council teachers know if your child will be volunteering.
Next Student Council Meeting: Tuesday, November 14th at 8:15 AM in the Media Center.
In order to get all the latest information for your Student Council Representative, please sign up for our Student Council text messages! Information on how to sign up is below!
Third Grade Reading Law
Being a good reader is critical for children to be successful in school. In 2017, the Michigan Legislature implemented the Third Grade Reading Law to ensure that students exit third-grade reading at or above grade level, which will impact the current 2017-2018 first-grade students by the time they are in third-grade.
In accordance with this law, and as a means of better informing classroom instruction, districts will be providing K-3 reading assessments to students across the state. These assessments will identify students who need intensive reading instruction and intervention, and will also provide useful information to help teachers tailor instruction to meet individual student needs.
- The law also requires districts to provide early and regular written communication with parents of K-3 students with reading difficulties. Communication will include information about current services being provided, additional reading supports planned for your child, and a read-at-home plan for you to help your child at home.
- I-Ready Reading Assessment that Walled Lake has been utilizing the past three years.
- K-3 literacy instruction in Walled Lake, includes this the Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy booklet.
You may also visit the WLCSD website by clicking HERE for more information.
PTA Reflections Program
PTA Reflections is a nationally acclaimed student recognition program to encourage artistic creativity in the classroom and at home.
Students of all grades and abilities may participate and explore the arts based on the 2017-2018 theme:
Within Reach
Our Dublin PTA Reflections Parent Volunteer Chairpersons for this year are:
Audrey Petrea
248-431-4080
Beth Masen
248-722-9264
Students may choose one or all of the available arts categories:
- Dance Choreography
- Film Production
- Literature
- Music Composition
- Photography
- Visual Arts
There will be an after-school workshop for students interested. Watch for a date and time for this event. The majority of the work on these projects is expected to be done at home.
Applications for a Reflections Project are in our Main Office!
Parenting Education Fair
Have you registered for the Western Oakland County Parenting Education Fair taking place on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at Walled Lake Northern High School? If not, you can do it today by clicking HERE!
Walled Lake Schools values our partnership with our families and believes a home-school connection is key to a child’s success. We are continuing our partnership with our neighboring parent/teacher groups and staff from Farmington Schools, Oakland Schools, Oakland County Youth Assistance, and West Bloomfield Schools. Together we are hosting the Western Oakland County Parenting Education Fair on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at Walled Lake Northern High School. We are very excited to have Dr. Michele Borba joining us this year as our keynote speaker!
The Parenting Fair’s purpose is to educate, inform, and provide resources for parents and caregivers. Topics include managing social media with your child, reducing stress and anxiety, strategies to help you with a child with ADHD, nutrition, character building, planning for college, and more. Child care is available for a reasonable cost ($3 for one child, $5 per family) and includes entertainment and lunch. Lunch for conference participants will be available for purchase from local food trucks during the event.
Below are helpful links regarding the Parenting Fair.
· Website:
http://wlcsd.org/parents/western-oakland-county-parenting-education-fair-2017/
· Conference-At-A- Glance: http://wlcsd.org/downloads/parenting_fair/2017_conference_at_a_glance.pdf
· Registration: https://events.oakland.k12.mi.us/coe/coe_p2_details.aspx?eventid=158131&cc=COEE&oc=10
We hope to see you at the Western Oakland County Parenting Education Fair Walled Lake Northern High School on Saturday November 4, 2017. Spread the word and bring a friend!
Girls on the Run and STRIDE
Registration for both groups will begin in December.
GOTR will meet on MW from 4:00-5:15 PM and the STRIDE group will meet on TTH from 4:00-5:15 PM.
We are looking for coaches for our STRIDE team. We have our coaches secured for our Girls on the Run Team. Please contact Mr. Drewno if you are interested in coaching our STRIDE team this year. We will not be able to run the STRIDE team without parent coaches. Thank you for considering.
Invisible Dad
Through the generosity of parent donations and the planning of a few dedicated people, we are thrilled to provide the Invisible Dad lunch program at Dublin Elementary.
Every day, in our own community and in our school, children are faced with a growing form of hunger: food insecurity. Not knowing where their next meal will come from, these children are not only faced with being hungry, studies have also shown these children can face more severe issues in the future. The Invisible Dad program hopes to change that by providing the funds necessary to make sure all children have access to a full meal at lunch.
These funds are not something you or your child have to ask for or apply to receive. These funds are available without question or judgment as children go through the line at lunch. Parents will be notified privately and confidentially if their child’s lunch is paid for by the Invisible Dad. Sometimes the situation is simple and the lunch account just needs to be refilled. We ask that you refill your account and perhaps consider donating back to the program. Sometimes the situation is more complex, the money just isn’t there and won’t be there for some time. In those cases, you and your child will not have to worry again about lunch. The Invisible Dad program will step in and make sure lunch is provided.
Donations can be made by sending cash or a check to school made out to “Walled Lake Food Services” with “Invisible Dad - DUBLIN” in the memo. This is not a tax-deductible donation, this is just money from you to a child in need.
Walled Lake Schools offers free and reduced-cost lunches; the Invisible Dad program aims to solve for the short-term and one-off situations. If you would like to apply for free or reduced-cost lunch, please contact Mr. Drewno.
For more information about this program, visit www.invisibledad.org. Please contact Mr. Drewno, or Julie Rader-Food Services Coordinator (julierader@wlcsd.org) with questions.
CLICK HERE to view a recent segment about Invisible Dad by Channel 7!
Kroger Rewards
Please click HERE for directions.
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.
You can opt-out of messages at anytime by replying, 'unsubscribe @dublinp'.
Trouble using 81010? Try texting @dublinp to (248) 809-4032
instead.
Office Hours
Mrs. Weaver and Mrs. Garcia are available to help visitors and volunteers every day. If you have questions, please call our secretaries at 248-956-3800.
District Information
District Bell Times
Elementary Trimester and Report Card Dates
Transportation Information
Dublin Contact Information
Principal jeffreydrewno@wlcsd.org
248-956-3832
Wanda Weaver
Principal's Secretary wandaweaver@wlcsd.org
248-956-3802
Sarah Garcia
Building Secretary sarahgarcia@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