Donuts for Dads

District Strategic Goal #4:

Establish satisfying and productive partnerships with families and the community

Dunlap Grade School will celebrate Donuts for Dads tomorrow, Friday, November 2, 2012 at 7am. You are invited to join us for donuts, juice and coffee in the gym to start our day! Bradley University Basketball Players and coaches will also be in attendance. Thank you to the Parent’s Club for sponsoring this wonderful event!

Back to School Night Success

Goal 4 of the District Strategic Plan reads

”To Ensure a Satisfying and Productive Partnership with Families and the Community.”

Dunlap Grade opened its doors to the families of our students at the annual Back to School Night. The evening started with a Parent University session regarding implementation of “Math in Focus.” Parents were the learners as District Teacher on Strategic Assignment, Becky Hansen, spoke to more than half of our families regarding the Math in Focus curriculum changes at DGS.

Following the Parent University session, parents were able to visit the classrooms of their children to learn about the 21st century learning that will take place. More than 90% of our students had a parent attend! Thank you for your support!

Back to School Night also featured samples from the kitchen staff, conference sign-ups, information from the Parent’s Club and opportunities to register with Cub Scouts and Girls Scouts. We were so happy to see the friendly faces of our families at tonight’s event!

DGS is off to a great start of the 2012-2013 School Year!

Podium

The Parent’s Club graciously purchased DGS a new podium to use for assemblies and special events. It arrived a few weeks ago and was shared at this week’s Parent’s Club Meeting. The podium features a lighted display, storage, and ability to connect to technology. Thanks to the Parent’s Club for their generosity and providing this podium to the students and staff at DGS!

 

Book Fair 2012

Thank you to the Dunlap Grade Parent’s Club for hosting another fantastic Book Fair. The fun luau themed week and evening was a success.

As Dr. Seuss said, ” The more that you read, the more things that you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Reading is an integral part of student success and achievement. The book fair not only gives families the opportunities to expand their home libraries, but give back and increase teacher classroom libraries. Thank you to the families that visited or contributed to the book fair, and thus increasing the opportunities for our children to develop as readers. Furthermore, Thank you to the Parent’s Club for hosting the event. Their hard work and dedication to making sure things ran smoothly is appreciated.

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Now that you have more books at home, you may wonder, What part of reading development can you help with most at home? Scholastic.Com reports that a 1998 study published by the American Psychological Association links reading volume directly with both advancing a student’s reading skills and with that child’s future academic success.

The key to increasing your child’s reading volume is motivation. Choose books that match your child’s interest. Or, explore reading with other media your child loves. Is she a fan of princesses? There is a world of online fairy tales for her to explore. Kids who love superheroes can enjoy easy-reader comic books. Don’t be too picky about what your child reads at this age. Captain Underpants may be more meaningful than Little House on the Prairie — and that’s fine!

Finally, celebrate the fact that you still have a great deal of influence over what your child reads. In a survey commissioned by Scholastic, 81% of kids ages 5-8 say that their mom is a source of information for good books.

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