Dino Tracks

Dear Discovery Magnet School Community,

As we wrap up our inaugural year, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to each of you for your trust and unwavering support. Together, we’ve built a strong and vibrant K-8 community, making this year truly remarkable. Your commitment and partnership have been instrumental in our success, and we look forward to many more years of learning and growth with you.

Thank you for being a part of our journey.

Warm regards,

Dr. Collier & The Discovery Magnet School Team

Please save the date! Lifetouch will be at Discovery on August 6th to take students' fall pictures. We will also have a retake day in September if you are not able to make it. This will enable us to have students' IDs closer to the start of the school year which makes our lunchroom process more efficient. Our Back to School Night will also be on August 6th. This will be a time to meet your student's teacher and drop off school supplies. More details with times will be sent out at a later time.

School supply lists are ready! You can access them here: 24-25 School Supply Lists

The lists are also attached below.

Our front office will be closed for the summer 6/1/24 to 7/23/24.

All medications will need to be picked up in the clinic by 5/23 at 4pm. Any medications left will be disposed of. For any questions, please reach out to Ms. Juanita at jruiz@sd27j.net.

We kindly ask that if you need to pick up your student(s) from school early, please arrive before 3:00 PM. After 3:00 PM, our staff is focused on ensuring a safe and organized dismissal process. Your cooperation in adhering to this request would greatly support our efforts in maintaining a secure environment for all students. The front office is often busy and not always fully staffed at this time. We are not able to guarantee calling your student down in a timely manner. Thank you for your understanding and support.

Please see the below attachments for more information about 27J's free summer meals.

- Check out the attached 23-24 PTA Year in review to see how PTA raised funds this year and how we put those funds back into our community.

- Every Wednesday in May is spirit day at Texas Roadhouse (Brighton location). Show the flyer and they will kick back 10% to our PTA!

- Join PTA on the last day of school for another FREE community event - a foam party! Meet us on the intermediate basketball courts from 4pm-5pm. Sol Popsicles (one of our PTA Sponsors) and The Snowy Churro will be present to purchase a sweet treat to celebrate.

- Get a jump start on next year and sign up for your PTA membership today! Click here! Dues are only $10 and cover your membership from 7/1/24 - 6/30/25.

- Please welcome our two newest board members for the 24-25 school year: Tyler Borchers as our President and Jess Evans as our Vice President.

To learn more about 27J Online Academy (Grades 6-12), please see their newsletter: 27J Online Academy

If at any time you no longer need transportation services after enrollment, you must go to the district website https://www.sd27j.org/ under transportation and fill out a “Discontinue Ridership Form”. This ensures that you will not be charged fees as well as opens up a seat for students on the waitlist.

Our Family Handbook has been revised. Please take a minute to read over our policies and procedures. We've also added a section for Athletics. Discovery Magnet Family Handbook

Just a reminder about attendance. After 10, documentation will be required to excuse future absences. You can email documentation to Lfine@sd27j.net or jruiz@sd27j.net. You may also bring it in to the front office.

Are you not receiving text messages or auto dialer phone calls from Discovery and 27J?

To opt in:

• Phone calls: Call the Finalsite Phone Hotline at "855-502-STOP (855-502-7867)" from the phone line that has been opted out.

• Text (SMS) messages: Reply START to "60680" from the phone line that has been opted out for non-emergency messages. Reply START to "54968" for emergency messages.

Thank you to all of the families who have donated to our ROCK SHOP! We appreciate you all so much.

If you are interested in donating to our ROCK SHOP for the students to have fun items to spend their dino dollars, please see this letter from our assistant principal, Mrs. Slape.

27J's attendance policy can be found here: Attendance Policy.

We are heading into cold and flu season. Please see the attachment for our district's guidance on when to stay home. Please feel free to reach out to our health para, Juanita Ruiz, at

All health and medication forms can be found here: 27J Health Services. Forms and medications may be dropped off to our health clinic during our office hours of 7:30am-4:00pm.