Good Afternoon Doby's Bridge Families,

So much fun was had by students this week as we began to wind down the school year. Field trips, visits to other grade levels, and Field Days were some of the highlights of our week.

Please see the newsletter below for information regarding:

• Photos from the Week
• Dragon of the Month
• Mr. McGill News to Share
• Watch DOGS
• School Nurse News
• Attendance Information
• SIC Report to Families
• Parent Input for Student Placement for next year- Last Chance
• PTO- Volunteer Opportunity; Board; School Supply Kits
• Mission & Vision of DBES

As always, if I can be of any assistance to you or if you have questions, please don't hesitate to reach out!

Building the Bridge Together,

Amanda Kubbs

Principal

Congratulations to the following Dragons for being selected as this month's Dragons of the Month. These students were selected by their classmates for being HUMBLE in their classrooms. These Dragons received a DBES swag bag, popcorn, and attended a brief celebration ceremony where parents submitted videos to let their Dragon know how proud they are of their student. Congrats Dragons!

Caleb Parker, Lia Guarnieri, Makena Mulligan , Zac Richardson, Arran (AJ) Armstrong, Max Capone, Sasha Patterson, Devin Haaser, Kiaan Kohli, Jack Carricato, Jack Stafford, Madeline Skellet, Kensley Cole, Landon Espinal, Thomas Foster Melhouse, Stefan Plesca, Conrad Hlaisi, Michael Cabrera, Aiden Stegall, Dylan Huguelet, Lauren Montgomery, Taylor Murphy, Analiyah Lopez, Ryder Hirschy, Alexandra Whisnant, Julia Tate , Jasmine Neubia, Paul Arini, Charlie Mehlhouse, Lila Rance, Tyler Teaver, Gordon Owino,Brady Stanley, Sawyer Teel, Addy Dana, Natasha Van Wieren, Noel Francis, Jahmarri Potts, Jiyaan Sriprasath

Congratulations to Mr. McGill. Mr. McGill has been named the Principal of Willie Jeffries School of Excellence in Orangeburg, SC. Willie Jeffries is a tuition-free, public charter school authorized by the Charter Institute at Erskine. He will begin his new role this July. We will miss him dearly, but know that he has a great future in education! Congratulations Mr. McGill!

We are so excited to be Relaunching our Watch DOGS (Dads of Great Students) program this fall. Thanks to Paul Miller for his efforts in organizing and being the lead contact for this program. Please see below for more details!

Our FMSD requires annual updates of all medical management forms. Medical Forms Packets for the school year 2023-24 are being sent out to parents this week and should arrive home in your student’s folders within next few days . Be sure to check folders and back packs. Please be sure to complete the medical forms with parent and physician signatures before school starts in August .

Please plan to pick up your student’s medications no later than 12 PM on 5/25/23 or communicate to Nurse Callahan if you are unable to make arrangements for pick up by that time. We do not keep and store medications over the summer. Left – over medications will be properly discarded if left unclaimed. Nurse Callahan is happy to help if you have any additional questions or need any assistance.

If you are planning to move out of Fort Mill or are enrolling your students in alternate educational programs, please reach out to Michelle England at EnglandM@fortmillschools.org This information will be very helpful for us as we plan staffing and class placements for the 2023-2024 school year.

Each year parents are given the option to provide us with input as we begin thinking ahead to classroom placements for students next school year. Please use the form below to provide information that will be helpful for us to know as we begin the student placement process for the upcoming school year. If you have more than one child you wish to provide input for, you will need to submit this form for each individual child. Please note that this form is for students that will be enrolled at DBES for the upcoming school year and is due by Friday, May 19.

https://forms.gle/BPuV86dmqktWj6hx8

Yearbooks are now sold out. Please check your grade level social media pages to see if anyone is selling an extra copy. Thank you to all who purchased a yearbook to support our school, and our Yearbook Committee for doing a wonderful job creating the yearbook!

We need volunteers for our 5th grade promotion. This is a great way for parents of K-4th graders to see how the promotion works for when their student will take part. Thanks for your support.

☑️ 8 volunteer slots on May 23rd, 2:30-4:30PM — set up for promotion

☑️ 6 volunteer slots on May 24th, 8:00-10:00AM — help with promotion day

Sign up at https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/20f0444a5ab2ea1f49-graduation

The PTO wanted to take this time to thank you all for helping us make this school year one of the best! We feel very fortunate to live in such a wonderful community and to be a part of our remarkable school.

With that said, we are excited to announce our 2023-2024 DBES PTO Board and Chair Positions! We are looking forward to doing it all over again in the upcoming school year.

President: Cheryl Bird

Vice President: Macy Litvay

Secretary: Melissa Maynard

Treasurer: Katherine Romero

Co-VPs of Hospitality: Brandi Schonauer & Lauren Nadratowski

VP Communications: Alyson Soeatmadji

Co-VPs Fundraising: Rachel Neubia & Denise Slensker

Co-VP Special Events: Diana Werner & Sarah Szilagyi

Hospitality Committee Members- Marirose Adams, Andrea Rance

Spirit Night Chair- Marirose Adams

Volunteer Coordinator- Tara Kennedy

Spirit Rock Coordinator- Sarah Lotko

Book Fair Committee- Kelly Pretzsch

Special Events Committee- Molly Meier

Kindergarten Liaison- Melanie Gaul

1st Grade Liaison- Rachel Cameron

2nd Grade Liaison- Paige Kinder

3rd & 5th Grade Liaison- Marirose Adams

4th Grade Liaison- Diana Werner

✨Volunteers do not necessarily have the time, they just have the heart✨

1st Day School Supplies has back to school kits available for purchase! This is a great way to save money and time on purchasing supplies over the summer.

❌Order deadline is June 15❌

Link to order https://1stdayschoolsupplies.com/kits.php?sid=1178358

We share lots of exciting happenings in our school and classrooms on our Instagram page. Be sure to follow us at @dbesdragons or click the image below to be taken to our page!

Don't forget your student can log in to all of their accounts through accessing Class Link! Click the link below to be taken to the log-in page.