Dutch Fork Elementary
Faculty/Staff Newsletter Week of January 13th
Superintendent's Priorities
- Focus our work decisions on/around our district strategic plan.
- Identify areas of achievement to improve.
- Provide Chick-Fil-A and Moe's like customer service for internal and external community.
- Strengthen the structure and quality of communication both internally and externally.
- Promote a work and learning environment where students and staff feel safe physically, emotionally and socially.
DFES Beliefs
- We believe all people deserve to feel safe, valued, and loved.
- We believe all children are naturally curious about the world around them.
- We believe learning is a social process.
- We believe inquiry fosters an environment of noticing and questioning.
- We believe in learning from multiple perspectives.
- We believe in learning from authentic primary and secondary sources.
- We believe in encouraging learners to be risk takers.
- We believe reflection should lead to change and growth.
- We believe learning should lead to social action.
- We believe our actions should be aligned to our beliefs.
Shout Outs
- Our kindergarten students shared their personal passion projects this past week. Each student was given the opportunity to bring in primary and secondary sources to help them to talk about a subject/topic they know a lot about. Small teachers making their learning public.
- T. Johson (2nd grade parent and SIC member), S. Clemens, B. Gantt, T. Poston, and A. Umberger for assisting with the district magnet fair Thursday evening at Irmo High School. They were phenomenal in discussing the offerings of our magnet school with families.
- B. Ybarra's small teachers in leading today's learning celebration. They brilliantly taught the audience about their inquiry into refugees.
January 14 PD
Annual school visit from D5 Chief of Instruction
Mr. Guliano was scheduled to be with us earlier this year but had to rescehdule and will be with us Wednesday, January 15 from 8:00 - 10:00. His visit is non-evaulative. We will visit several classrooms across our school.
We look forward to having Mr. Guliano with us.
Scott Out of Office Wednesday
DFES Magnet Open House
We are scheduled to host our magnet open house for prospective families. This night is designed to give families an idea of learning opportunities and experiences at DFES.
Our set up will be in the cafeteria with a table for K-5, related areas, special education, and interventionists. We will need a minimum of two people per team/grade level at each table. Grade levels and teams can decide what type of engagement and/or information that you want families to know and/or experience.
We will wear our school shirts (those worn during the district kickoff) that evening. Jeans can be worn. We will also utilize rear parking to accommodate visitors.
Prior to PD Tuesday we will answer any questions you may have.
Wednesday, Jan 15, 2020, 06:00 PM
DFES Cafeteria
Data teams will meet Thursday, January 16th.
We develop students who care about the world we live in and express critical thinking through natural curiosity and wonder.
Email: jscott@lexrich5.org
Website: www.lexrich5.org/dutchfork/cfm/
Location: 7900 Broad River Road, Irmo, SC, USA
Phone: 803-479-9544
Twitter: @dfes_principal