Dublin Times
Week of: January 15-19, 2018
Upcoming Important Events
Important Upcoming Events
- January 15 MLK Jr. Day-No School
- January 15 MLK Jr. Celebration-WLN (5:00 PM)
- January 15 PTA Hungry Howie's Day
- January 15 MLK Celebration-WLN (5:00-8:00 PM)
- January 18 Conferences (Half Day of School)
- January 18 Girl Scout Recruitment Meeting (5:30 PM) Media Center
- January 19 Student Council Spirit Day-Tropical Day
- January 19 PTA Bingo Night (6:30-8:00 PM) Cafeteria
- January 22 Musical Theater Class (4:00-5:00 PM) Media Center
- January 22 Cub Scouts (6:15-8:15 PM) Cafeteria
- January 23 Kidz Keyz Piano Class (4:00-5:00 PM) Room 401
- January 23 Cub Scouts (6:15-8:15 PM) Cafeteria
- January 25 PBIS Team Time (3:10-3:40 PM)
- January 25 LEGO Class (4:00-5:00 PM) Room 401
- January 25 Girl Scouts (4:00-5:00 PM) Media Center
- January 25 Brownies (4:00-5:00 PM) Art Room
- January 26 Guitar Class (4:00-5:00 PM) Room 401
- January 26 Cub Scouts (7:00-8:00 PM) Cafeteria
- February 2 PTA Daddy Daughter Dance (6:30-8:30 PM) CHS Middle School
MLK Day Celebration
You Are Invited to the
Walled Lake Schools Community-Wide
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration
on Monday, January 15
The 19th annual Walled Lake Schools community-wide Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration is planned for Monday, January 15, 2018 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Walled Lake Northern High School.
The celebration will begin with a multicultural dinner from 5:00 – 6:15 p.m. with food from a wide variety of ethnic restaurants. During the dinner participants will visit student displays from each of our 19 schools focusing on our theme “Building Empathy in Our World: Understanding and Caring for Each Other”. Our dinner is sponsored by generous support from the PTA and PTSA groups from around our district as well as other contributors.
From 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. there will be a program in the auditorium featuring keynote speaker, Caleb White, who is the founder of The Caleb White Project. Caleb will be speaking about this year’s empathy theme, and he will also talk about taking action for Social Justice in today’s world. Several student choirs will perform, students will present their “Express Yourself” projects, and the Walled Lake Schools Friend of Diversity Awards will be presented.
Everyone in the community is invited to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration which is a free program. We are asking everyone to bring a donation of canned food, boxed food, and personal products such as laundry detergent, Kleenex, toilet paper, and shampoo to be donated to the food pantry at Cass Community Social Services in Detroit.
For more information, please contact Alec Bender, co-chairperson of the Walled Lake Schools Diversity Committee, at (248) 956-3432.
Parent-Teacher Conferences Update
Elementary Parent – Teacher Conferences have been rescheduled for Thursday, January 18th from 12:00 to 8 p.m.
Parents may begin to sign up again on Skyward Family Access on Monday, January 8th through Monday, January 15th. Please sign up as soon as possible.
This will also be a HALF-DAY of school with dismissal an hour earlier than usual, at 11:00 AM. Please mark your calendars.
Conferences are a two-way conversation and your insights with regard to your child’s strengths and needs, learning style, and other non-school learning opportunities can help us to shape our instruction.
Conferences are scheduled through Family Access. If you do not have a Family Access account, please contact FamilyAccess@wlcsd.org or contact the Family Access hotline at 248-956-2190. Be sure to include your name, the name of each child in the district, your email address and a daytime phone number.
STRIDE Comes to Dublin!
STRIDE is a running group sponsored by the YMCA. STRIDE is designed to develop and enhance boys social, emotional, and physical competencies to successfully navigate life experiences.
Screened and trained adult volunteer coaches will teach the STRIDE curriculum focused on developing life skills through intentional conversation-based lesson and running games.
At the end of the 10 weeks, boys will be physically and emotionally prepared to complete a 5K run. The Spring 5K race is scheduled for Sunday, May 20th at Lake St. Clair Metropark.
Learn more at www.ymcadetroit.org/stride
You must register online. There are only 14 openings at this time due to the number of coaches we have. All others will be placed on a waiting list.
- The cost is $136.00 per child.
- The group begins the week of March 13th.
- The group meets every Tuesday and Thursday at Dublin in the gym from 4:00-5:15 PM.
- Parents are required to pick students up promptly at 5:15 PM and sign them out in the gym with their coaches.
Student Council Tropical Day
We are asking that all students and staff that participate donate $1 to help raise money for our Dublin outdoor track.
Students may wear tropical style clothing that day that is appropriate for school. Thank you for supporting our Student Council and helping us to raise money for our school.
From the Media Center
ATTENTION FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE PARENTS!
Last year the media specialists had the 4th and 5th graders vote on their favorite book for a mock Newberry Award. This year we decided to refine it by having the kids vote on just 6 books. We are calling it the "Wallberry".
The six books are:
The Wild Robot--Peter Brown
A Boy called Bat---Elana Arnold
All's Faire in Middle School--Rebecca Jamieson
Hello Universe--Erin Kelly
Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race--Mr. Lemoncello
Wishtree-Katherine Applegate
Mrs. Entwistle has purchased multiple copies of these titles. They are all great--can't wait to see which ones are the favorites! The local public libraries are holding these titles for our kids too!
Please encourage your children to read these books. We will let you know which is the winner! We will be voting on them in March.
Thanks for your help and happy reading!
Dublin Ski and Snowboard Club
The Dublin Ski Club will be meeting at Alpine Valley on Thursdays from 4:30 to 8:30 P.M.
Everyone in your family is welcome to join us; however, it is necessary for children grades K-3 to be accompanied by a parent or adult.
The Patch Program (lessons) begins at the age of 7.
*Everyone is responsible for his/her own transportation.
*Pack a lunch/dinner and write your name on the bag.
*Anyone needing ski equipment is required to sign a rentalcontract. I will need these returned as soon as possible.
*You must check in before 5:45. Mrs. Chapp will be waiting for you at a selected spot at Alpine, usually by the fireplace. She will check you in; you will need to get organized for equipment and your ski lessons.
*Snowboard lessons begin at 5:45 in front of lodge and ski lessons begin at 6.
*After your lessons you might want to come into the lodge to warm up and eat.
*After dinner you are free to ski until 8:30 P.M.
*To prevent any accidents with the towrope, PLEASE DO NOT WEAR KNITTED MITTENS, OR EXTRA LONG TASSEL HATS OR SCARVES. Long hair should be tucked into your hat.
*Bring your money to school in an envelope (make sure your name is on the envelope). Please attach your reservation on the outside of the envelope. Everything needs to be brought to room 202 first thing in the morning, by 9:30 A.M.
If you need to cancel for any reason, please call school: 956-3800.
Important: Please send a small picture to school with your name on the back so I can attach them to your enrollment sheets and medical form.
Ticket and advanced lesson $35.00 for students that have completed all 8 stations.
Rates:
Patch &Snowboard $25.00
Ski & Board Rental $20.00
All Area $29.00
Helmet Rental $10.00
· LESSONS/Stations ARE REQUIRED – every student will start at Station One this year(1-7)
· Ski conditions can be checked on the Alpine Web Cam: www.skialpine.com
· Ski classes will be posted down stairs by the Ski School desk.
· After your first lesson, please buy the date patch, this is needed to get on the hills.
Again, skiing will be at Alpine on Thursdays, (weather permitting) from 4:30 – 8:30 P.M.
Everyone is responsible for his or her own ride and we will be sending a sheet with names, address, and phone number of all ski club members to Alpine Valley.
We are requesting that all checks be made out to ALPINE VALLEY or they will accept cash.
Alpine Pine Policy- if you register to ski and you do not show up, a credit will NOT be given for the following week. We are no longer able to trade tickets for the following week.
PTA Family Bingo Night
The PTA will be selling some concessions that night such as pizza, candy, soda, etc, so you may want to bring some money to purchase these items.
Mark your calendars and join us for a fun family evening.
Cold Weather Reminders
PLEASE MARK ALL OF YOUR CHILD'S WINTER CLOTHING CLEARLY WITH THEIR FIRST AND LAST NAME. This is so helpful when we find lost items.
Hungry Howie's Pizza Nights for Dublin
Please order pizza from Hungry Howie's!
Purchase pizza all day and evening from the Hungry Howie's on Union Lake Road, let them know you're from Dublin and they will donate 10% of all sales to Dublin Elementary. Mark your calendars with the following dates:
- January 15
- February 19
- March 19
- April 16
- May 21
Thank you for your support.
Dublin's Daddy Daughter Dance
Our annual Dublin PTA Daddy-Daughter Dance will take place on Friday night, February 2nd from 6:30-8:30PM. This event will take place once again at Clifford Smart Middle School.
Please remember that the form and payment are due to the office by Monday, January 29th.
Also, please remember this is DUBLIN'S Daddy-Daughter Dance and NOT Walled Lake Community Ed. Department's dance also scheduled in February.
Lunch Moms
Watch Dog Dads
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!
Winter 2018 Community Education Classes
We are happy to announce that our Winter 2018 Community Education brochure is “live” online.
We hope your child experienced some of our after-school classes and recreational leagues this fall. Don’t forget, Mom and Dad, we offer adult recreation and enrichment classes too!
Our winter After-School classes begin in January and usually fill up quickly…so please register today to guarantee your child’s spot.
Our interactive, ONLINE FLYERS make registration a breeze. You can register directly from your smartphone, tablet or computer. To view the individual flyers for your child’s school, CLICK HERE to be redirected to our “Class Listings” tab on the Community Education website.
With the new online flyers, you can share them across social media venues, visit the instructor’s website and communicate with me, all on one page!
Youth and Adult Recreation and Enrichment registration flyers are also online on our website.
Community Ed Winter 2018 After-School classes at Dublin Elementary are:
Dublin After-School Musical Theatre - "Moana" - W18
Dublin After-School Fit Kid Camp - W18
Dublin After-School Power of Drawing! - W18
Dublin After-School Little Medical School/Pediatrician - W18
Dublin After-School LEGO: Transportation and Aviation - W18
Dublin After-School Guitar Club - W18
Dublin After-School Kidz Keyz (Piano) - W18
**NEW – ALL credit card registrations MUST be processed online. We can no longer accept CREDIT CARD payments by mail, fax, over the phone or walk-in/drop-off. A non-refundable service fee of 3.49% will be applied to all credit card transactions per district guidelines. As always, we will accept cash, check or a money order made payable to WLCSD. A blank registration form can be printed from our website.
Visit us on Facebook and give us a “Like” to stay up-to-date with all the happenings at Community Education. Our Facebook page contains hundreds of photos from our activities that we are sure you will enjoy.
Kroger Rewards Program
Please click HERE for directions.
Invisible Dad Program
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!
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