Dublin Times
September 18, 2017
Upcoming Important Events
Coming Up This Week...
- September 17 Constitution Day
- September 18 Constitution Day Activities (Wear Red, White, and Blue)
- September 19 Outdoor Center Open House (5:00-7:00 PM)
- September 20 PTA Fundraiser Turn Mid-Sale Turn In Date
- September 21 Rosh Hashanah-No School
- September 22 Fall Begins
- September 22 Fundraiser Raffle @ Lunch
Next Week...
- September 25 Picture Day
- September 25 Musical Theater Class (4:00-5:00 PM) Media Center
- September 26 Fit Kid Camp (4:00-5:00 PM) Gym
- September 26 Brownies (4:00-5:00 PM) Art Room
- September 27 Half Day of School/Professional Learning Day
- September 28 Community Ed. Soccer (4:00-5:00 PM) Playground
October...
- October 2 Musical Theater Class (4:00-5:00 PM) Media Center
- October 3 Fit Kid Camp (4:00-5:00 PM) Gym
- October 3 PTA Meeting (7:00-8:00 PM) Media Center
- October 4 Student Count Day
- October 5 LEGO Challenge Class (4:00-5:00 PM) Room 401
- October 6 Community Ed. Soccer (4:00-5:00 PM) Playground
- October 6 PTA Outdoor Family Movie Night (7:00-9:00 PM) Playground
Constitution Day
Join and Support the PTA
Membership forms are always available on the PTA web page.
Click HERE for a PTA Membership Form to complete. Print it, fill it out, and send it in to school with your child!
For a list of all of the PTA events, click HERE.
Click HERE to sign up to volunteer for a PTA event!
School Information
Dublin Picture Day
Picture Day information will be coming home with your child. We encourage all families to order online! This is easy and fast. See the information above for codes and important web links!
We need a few parent volunteers to help with Picture Day. Please click HERE to sign up to help. Thank you.
No School-Thursday, September 21st.
Ga Ga For Ga Ga Ball
PTA Cookie Dough Fundraiser
Our PTA will be selling cookie dough as their major fundraiser for the school year. Students participated in a kick off assembly at school on Friday, September 15th, and will be bringing home lots of information about the fundraiser.
We understand not all families want to sell cookie dough, for various reasons. If you would like to donate money instead of selling cookie dough, please do so.
Students who sell 5 items of cookie dough or donate at least $30 and turn in the important fundraiser form by September 20th will be eligible for a raffle drawing to win a plush emoji. Please click HERE for the form to complete.
The money raised from cookie dough sales and direct donations to the PTA funds many things throughout the year.
Some of the things funded by the PTA include field trips, classroom supplies, classroom books, science night, and scholarships for students.
*Please note if your family chooses to give a cash donation and not sell cookie dough, the ONLY prize available for your child is the plush emoji with money. The other awards are from the entertainment book company for selling of cookie dough.
** Please make checks payable to Dublin Elementary and include child’s name and teacher on the check.
Thank you for helping us with this important fundraising effort!
Half Day of School
Dublin Boo Bash...SAVE THE DATE!
Media Center Help Needed
The Dublin Media Center is in need of volunteers to check in books and put them back on the shelves Monday and Wednesday mornings. Volunteers are needed from 9:15 for about an hour. No experience necessary! If you can help, please email me at tinaentwistle@wlcsd.org
Fifth Grade Camp
There will be a Outdoor Center Open House for parents to visit the facility on Tuesday, September 19th from 5:00-7:00 PM. Parents and students may go on an informal tour of the facility and ask any questions they may have of the staff there.
Please mark your calendars for this important event.
We are asking that ALL CAMP FORMS AND MONEY BE TURNED IN BY FRIDAY, October 6th. Thank you!
Invisible Dad Program at Dublin
Dublin Elementary is ready to launch the Invisible Dad Program; a program to support children whose lunch account may be depleted on a particular day.
Click HERE to learn more about the program.
To keep this program running, we ask that you spread the word about the Invisible Dad program. You can share the link provided with different organizations, families, grandparents, etc., and encourage them to make a small donation to Dublin Elementary so this program remains strong.
Donations can be made by sending cash or checks (payable to Walled Lake Schools & in the memo write Invisible Dad ) to the main office at Dublin Elementary.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact the office staff. Thank you in advance for taking care of every student, every day!
Walled Lake Northern Homecoming
Many of our Dublin students will go to Walled Lake Northern High School.
This year, our Dublin students have been invited to participate in WLN's Homecoming Parade which will take place on Friday, October 20th. Students and parents will be able carry Dublin banners or signs, wear Dublin Spiritwear and march in the Homecoming Parade with the WLN Marching Band, King and Queen, cheerleaders, Poms team...etc.
This will be a fun night for our Dublin community. Please join us on Friday, October 20th at WLN's Homecoming game and parade, and show your Dublin and Northern spirit and pride!
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.
Watch Dogs and Lunch Moms
We are looking for Dads to help at school each day. Watch Dogs is a program in which we involve dads at school. We are asking that Dublin Dads volunteer one whole day or half day this year. If you can volunteer more days, that's GREAT! When you volunteer, you will be involved in AM and PM Dismissal, lunch, recess, and also help in your child's classroom and other classrooms. We really need your help!
Click on the video above to find out more about Watch Dogs!
CLICK HERE to sign up to volunteer!
LUNCH MOMS
We are also looking for moms to help in our cafeteria every day from 11:20 AM-1:30 PM. Students need help opening items in their lunches, transitioning in the lunch line, moving lunches from the hallway into the cafeteria, help with cleaning up, etc. You can volunteer one time or many times. We need you!
CLICK HERE to sign up to volunteer!
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-Wide Open House
Families with children seeking premier preschool through high school educational opportunities are cordially invited to visit any of the 19 Walled Lake Schools.
Bring your family to visit Walled Lake Schools so you can meet our world-class
teachers, speak with members of our administrative team, meet our students and parents, get an up-close look at our facilities, and most importantly, experience our ‘every child, every day’ philosophy. Children believe anything is possible; they’re right! In Walled Lake Schools the possibilities are endless!
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10 | 6-8 p.m.
Families with children preschool age through grade five are invited to visit any of the 12 Walled Lake Elementary Schools from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 10.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 | 6-8 p.m.
Families with children grade six through grade eight are invited to visit any of the four Walled Lake Middle Schools from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, October 12.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15 | 1-3 P.M.
Families with children grade nine through grade 12 are invited to visit any of the three Walled Lake High Schools from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, October 15.
After-School Classes at Dublin
Registration is now open for Fall After-School Classes!
Now that the “back-to-school” dust has settled, have you registered your child in any of our terrific after-school classes through Community Education? Some After-School classes begin in the next couple of weeks…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!
On another note, please take a moment to read the Community Education Update that contains news regarding our move to the ESC (Educational Services Center).
Community Ed Fall 2017 After-School classes at Dublin Elementary are:
Dublin After-School Musical Theatre F17 (Start Date: 9/25)
Dublin After-School Fit Kid Camp F17 (Class Date: 9/26)
Dublin After-School Soccer F17 (Start Date: 9/29)
Dublin After-School LEGO F17 (Start Date: 10/5)
Dublin After-School Little Vet School F17 (Start Date: 10/18)
Dublin After-School Young Rembrandts Power of Drawing F17 (Start Date: 10/24)
**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 summer camps that I’m sure you will enjoy.
Thank you for choosing Walled Lake Community Education!
Sandy George
Recreation Coordinator
248-956-5003
Back to School Resources
2017 Parenting Education Fair
For more information, please CLICK HERE
The keynote speaker, Dr. Michelle Borba will discuss the topic of Unselfie and building empathy in our children.
Voluntary Accident Insurance
Information can be found on the district website or by clicking HERE.
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