The Royal Decree
March 2019 Newsletter
Royals of the Month
Spelling Bee 2019 Finalists
Spelling Bee 2019 Runner Up and Winner
Kindergarten's 100th Day of School
Assessment Updates
Our students take federally required assessments every spring. These assessments help us understand how our students are growing academically, compared to their peers across the state. The state uses this information to provide more support and resources to the schools in the greatest need. This year, the English language arts and math assessment for grades 3-8 is called the Illinois Assessment of Readiness.. The testing window for Dunlap Grade School will be April 2nd-April 18th. A detailed schedule of testing dates for each class will be sent in March. Please make every effort to ensure your students are in attendance during their testing dates.
The Illinois Assessment of Readiness is almost exactly the same this year as the PARCC assessment that students took last year, only slightly shorter. The Illinois Assessment of Readiness measures the same Illinois Learning Standards and includes the same high-quality test questions that teachers and students have become familiar with over the past four years.
Our students should feel confident showing what they know and can do on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness, even with the new test name and new look.
The Illinois Assessment of Readiness will change over the next few years, as the state works to make it more useful to schools and families. Next year, we will have the results back from the test much more quickly. The year after that, the test will adapt to each student, so we gain a better understanding of where each individual student is in their learning. We will continue to be able to measure students’ growth from year to year throughout these improvements.
Some additional resources are linked below.
Parent's Club Corner
We Need You!
Get to know other parents, your child's teacher, and the entire staff at DGS by volunteering with the Parents’ Club. We will have open officer and committee chair positions for the 2019-2020 school year. If you are interested in finding out more information about the officer positions and the committee chair positions, please contact any of the current officers. We are accepting nominations for these positions. You must have the person’s consent to make a nomination, or you can nominate yourself. All nominations will be announced at our April meeting and voting will take place in May.
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Carnival
Thank you to everyone that sold tickets, donated time, money, and/or products for this year's Royals in Paradise Carnival. We could not have done it without your help. Thanks for making it another successful Carnival!
DGS Family Night Out
Need a break from cooking dinner, or just tired of cleaning the kitchen? Join us for the DGS Family Night Out at Potbellys on March 13th. Fliers will be sent home soon!
Thank you!
Annalee Huntington
DGS Parents’ Club President
2019-2020 Approved Calendar
Virtual Backpack
Pearce Community Center Feb-Mar Events3/31/2019
HS - Give Rugby a Try4/15/2019
MS - Give Rugby A Try4/15/2019
Jump Start Gymnastics Class Flyer5/25/2019
Dunlap Public Library Presents: Drivers Ed for Parents8/28/2019
Dunlap Grade School
Email: mellis@dunlapcusd.net
Website: www.dunlapcusd.net/dgs
Location: 301 1st Street, Dunlap, IL, United States
Phone: 309-243-7772
Facebook: facebook.com/dunlapgrade
Twitter: @dgsroyals