Bear Essentials
Dyer Newsletter
October 6, 2017
No School Monday!
Progress Reports Issued Today!
As a reminder, elementary schools in Gwinnett County use semester grade reporting similar to the schedule used by middle and high schools. First semester report cards will be sent home in January 2018. We understand the importance of frequent communication about grades and want to ensure you have the information you need about your child’s progress. Dyer will be reporting interim progress reports after the 9th and the 27th week of school (March 2018). These interim reports will be sent home in your child’s Friday Folder.
Current grades also can be accessed on the GCPS Parent Portal at any time during the school year. If you do not have access to the Parent Portal, please contact our office for assistance on steps you will need to take to obtain a portal token.
In addition, we encourage you to contact your child’s teacher—at any time during the school year— if you have any questions about your child’s academic progress. Working together, we can better support our students!
Parent Surveys
Parents,
Please help us improve our school by taking a few minutes to complete two very important surveys: one for GCPS and one for the State of Georgia.
Each year GCPS conducts a Parent Perception Survey which is available on the Parent Portal. Once you log-in to your account, the survey should automatically pop up on your screen (make sure your pop-up blocker is turned off if you don't see it). Click here to log-in to your account. If you haven't yet set up a Parent Portal account, please visit our main office at Dyer to complete the brief form and show your valid ID. We also have computers available in the Media Center for you to use to complete the GCPS survey.
The other survey is from the State of Georgia and assists with our College and Career Readiness Climate Star Rating. You may complete the State survey on your computer, smartphone, or tablet or again, at the Dyer Media Center. We would like ALL parents to complete this State survey, and all responses are anonymously submitted directly to the Georgia Department of Education for analysis. Please click here to access the State survey.
We hope you will take a few minutes to complete these two surveys to help us improve Dyer Elementary. Thanks for your support!
After School Clubs - Registration Ends Tonight
We are excited to offer several clubs this fall for your child, if you choose to participate. You can read more about each club offered on the flyer below.
Program Dates and Times:
All classes will be held on Thursday afternoons from 3:10-4:10. Students will stay at school during dismissal and attend their clubs from there.
Fall Session dates are:
10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16
Cost: The cost is $40.00 for Fall session (6 classes). Please pay through MyPaymentsPlus. (This is the only option for payment.) The deadline for registration is Friday 10/6, classes will be filled on a first come, first served basis. If you do not see the class of your choice listed in MyPaymentsPlus, it has likely been filled to capacity.
Attendance: This program is optional and attendance is not mandatory. There will be NO refunds for absences or withdrawals from the program.
Transportation: Transportation home is not provided. Students will need to be picked up at 4:10. Students must have a car rider number in order to participate. In signing your child up for a program, you are agreeing to pick up your child AT 4:10pm. Students will be withdrawn from the program if they cannot be picked up on time.
Questions: If you have any questions please contact Amy Zanardo (amy_zanardo@gwinnett.k12.ga.us).
School Phone #: 770-963-6214
Gwinnett Great Days of Service 10/16-10/20
School Bus Driver Appreciation Day- Monday 10/16
Picture Proofs & Orders
Book Character Day is Coming: 10/31!
Dyer Elementary is excited to announce Book Character Dress Up Day on Tuesday, October 31. On that day, each student is invited to come to school dressed up as a character from a favorite book. Since this is a literacy celebration, the characters should come from a story that was a book first.
Please do not feel like you need to purchase a costume. A simple homemade costume is great!
Your child should bring a copy of the book the character appears in or a picture of the front cover of the book.
There will be prizes in each class and winners will each get to choose a book from the BookMobile! Watch for more details as the date draws near.
Box Tops for Education!
PTO is excited to kick off the Box Tops Program!
Have you been collecting all summer? Do you have your family and friends collecting box tops for you? Your classroom can win an ice cream party each month as the class with the most box tops turned in will win!!!
· Box Tops will be collected the last Friday of each month and must be turned into your teacher by 8:15am.
· Monthly competition will be held! The classroom with the most Box Tops collected will win an ICE CREAM party!
· All Box tops turned in must be cut neatly and not ripped out or having a missing expiration date.
· Winners will be announced the following Friday! Good luck!
OUR FIRST TURN IN DATE IS OCTOBER 27th!!!
Turn in dates:
· October 27th
· November 17th (due to Thanksgiving break)
· December (no turn in due to Winter break)
· January 26th
· February 23rd
· March 30th
· April 27th
· May 18th
Bear Reader Program
Birthday Wishes in Big Lights!
Yearbook Orders
Mark your calendars for these upcoming events!
School Make-Up Days:
Mark your calendar!
Gwinnett County Public School students and staff will make up the missed days due to Hurricane Irma by attending school on the designated inclement weather make-up days in the calendar:
Friday, February 23
Friday, March 9
Friday, March 23
October Dates:
9th-Student Holiday
12th- After School Clubs Begin
13th- PINK Out -Relay for Life
16th- Bus Driver’s Appreciation Day
16th-20th- Can's for Cupcakes Food Drive
18th- Bruster’s Blue Ice ($2)
20th- School Picture Orders Due
23rd-27th- IOWA Testing (Grades 2 & 5)
24th- Sonic Spirit Night
27th- Box Tops Turn-In
31st- Book Character DayParent Volunteers- Sign Up Here!
Help the Dyer Teachers!
All Grade Level Workroom Volunteers needed EVERY Tuesday Morning!
Sign-Up Today:
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/5080B4EA5AB2DA0FC1-ptoworkroom
YOU are needed on a Dyer Family Fun Committee!
- Donuts for Dads
- Muffins for Moms
- Bingo Night
- Decorating Committee
Sign-Up Today!
About Us
Email: FirstName_LastName@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Website: http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/DyerES/home.html
Location: 1707 Hurricane Shoals Road, Dacula, GA 30019, United States
Phone: 770-963-6214
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DyerES