Bear Essentials
January 6, 2023
A Message from Our School Counselors
Please be sure to check your email for an important message from Mr. DiFilippo regarding the opportunity for parents/guardians to preview our upcoming Child Lures: Sexual Abuse Prevention curriculum.
If you have any questions or concerns after reading Mr. DiFilippo's letter, please reach out to your child's school counselor: Melody Ellis at 678-407-8829 melody.ellis@gcpsk12.org (Grades K-2) or Dawn Garner at 770-338-4782 dawn.garner@gcpsk12.org (Grades 3-5).
Author Carmen Deedy is Coming to Dyer!
Children's author and story-teller, Carmen Deedy, will be visiting Dyer Elementary on February 6, 2023.
She will be autographing books after her visit.
If you would like to purchase a book for her to autograph, go to your child's My Payment Plus Account. Look for the Author Visit book sale. There are multiple books to choose from, including one book in Spanish. The sale will take place from January 6 - January 16.
When the books are delivered, they will be held in the Media Center until after the author visit. Depending on how long it takes her to autograph the books, they will either be given out to the students by the end of the day after the author visit or the following day.
81 Elementary Schools in Gwinnett County are now Lunch Debt Free!
On 12/15/22, All for Lunch met with Gwinnett County School Nutrition Department Executive Director Ken Yant and Operations Coordinator Tiiloni Beaver and gave $75,569.92 to pay off the current lunch debt of all 81 elementary schools in the county.
Along with paying off the school lunch debt, All for Lunch has also created a Gwinnett County specific donation page on their website to help keep schools throughout the county lunch debt free. They allow donors to specify if there is a school within Gwinnett that they would like their donation applied to so that we can try to keep schools lunch debt-free year round. If you would like to make a contribution you can do so by clicking this link; 100% of donations that come in will be applied accordingly.
A Message from the Clinic
Get Connected to Dyer ES!
Parents & guardians, you play a crucial role on our team, and one of our top priorities is to communicate with you effectively. We use a variety of tools to communicate such as the Parent Portal/ParentVUE, our school website, email, weekly school newsletters (The Bear Essentials), Facebook and the PBIS Rewards Parent app! Please be sure we have your current email address on file; this can be updated by our office staff (photo ID required).
2022-2023 Free/Reduced Lunch Applications!
Birthday Wishes in Big Lights!
*Special discount for Birthday Marquee Message Pre-Orders! During the month of August, you can purchase a birthday message for your child for a discounted price of $5. This will allow our team ample time for processing messages.
A Message from Dyer PTO
Welcome to another wonderful school year here at Dyer, where every parent is automatically a member of our PTO!
We have exciting news...EVENTS are BACK! This fall, we are thrilled to bring back the Fall Festival and Donuts with Dads. This spring, Muffins with Moms and the Daddy-Daughter dance will return. We are thrilled but we will need parent volunteers to help pull it off!
If you are a willing and able to share your talents as a volunteer, please email us at: DyerPTO@gmail.com
Also, if you missed the PTO Information Packet at Curriculum Night, you can download it here.
Dyer Elementary School
Website: https://www.gcpsk12.org/dyeres
Location: 1707 Hurricane Shoals Road, Dacula, GA, USA
Phone: 770-963-6214
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DyerES/