DuJardin School Information
Location: 166 Euclid Avenue, Bloomingdale, IL, USA
Phone: (630) 894-9200
Website: DuJardin Elementary School
Twitter: @D13Jaguars
Office Communication: DJOffice@sd13.org
Attendance Communication: DJAttendance@sd13.org
Disability Awareness Week: DuJardin will be celebrating Disability Awareness Week with color days. Please refer to the flyer for more information or click here.
Early Release Day: Tomorrow is an Early Release Day for students in first - fifth grade. Students will be dismissed at 1:40 pm.
Report Card Information: Report Cards will be emailed to parents TOMORROW.
Spirit Day & Lights Out Day: The next Spirit Day is Friday, March 24, 2023. It is also a Student Council sponsored Lights Out Day: To conserve energy and have a little fun, classes will spend time throughout the day learning with the lights off. Students are encouraged to wear all black to "absorb" the light as well as bring a flashlight to use while working. It costs 25 cents to participate.
Spring Break: We are a week away from Spring Break. Students will be off school the week of March 27th - 31st. School will resume on Monday, April 3, 2023.
5Essentials Parent Survey: We ask parents to take a few minutes to complete the 5Essentials survey at https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/. We value your thoughts!!!!. The responses will help us guide our improvement efforts. All responses are confidential. The current parent response rate is 23% for the 2023 Illinois Parent Survey. We needed 20% of parents to respond in order to receive a report. Thank you for your time in completing this survey for DuJardin Elementary School.
Kindergarten & New Student Registration
Kindergarten and New Student Registration is now open. Please click on the link below to begin registration. Returning Student Registration will open in the Spring. Stay tuned for more info.
Kindergarten & New Student Registration
Registration Fees and Purchases: Starting with the 2023-2024 school year, we will be migrating from Pushcoin to My School Bucks as our online payment portal. We anticipate My School Bucks will be available by the time Returning Student Registration is open.
PLEASE DO NOT DEPOSIT ANY NEW FUNDS INTO YOUR PUSHCOIN ACCOUNT
More information regarding My School Bucks will be available in the upcoming months.
Furry Friend
Do you want to build a furry friend? You can purchase a furry friend kit from the DuJardin PTO. The kit includes: 8'' furry friend, bag of stuffing, star to make a wish, and a birth certificate. The cost for each kit is $20.00. All proceeds will be going towards the kindergarten student who just recently lost his father. The PTO will be matching what we make on this fundraiser to donate to the family.
Order your furry friend here
PTO Board Elections
President and Secretary board positions are up for election this May.
If you are interested in being on the ballot, please email: djpto13@gmail.com
Deadline for ballot submissions are: March 31
Hot Lunch News!
We need volunteers! Please use this link to sign up to help distribute hot lunch: https://signup.com/go/MCeJmLL
April hot lunch is now ready to order. Make sure you have your orders in before Spring Break so you don't forget! Order here: https://buona.h1.hotlunchonline.net/
A couple of important notes:
Hot lunch will now only be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We could not get enough volunteers to have it on Wednesdays.
5th grade parents - please make sure you DO NOT order hot lunch on Tuesday, April 4 when the fifth graders will be at Lorado Taft.
Order Buona hot lunch here: https://buona.h1.hotlunchonline.net/
A few important notes:
1) Tuesday options are: Hamburger, Breaded Chicken Sandwich or Pasta Marinara. Wednesday options are: Hot Dog, Cheese Pizza and Cheeseburgers. Thursday options are Chicken Tenders, Cheese Pizza or Mac & Cheese.
2) Tuesday orders must be placed by Friday, Wednesday orders must be placed by Saturday. Thursday orders must be placed by Sunday.
3) If you need help with the ordering process there are step by step directions here:
https://4.files.edl.io/7814/03/23/22/125018-f4682f3a-e239-4fac-8115-1dc4197c1448.pdf
Message from Nurse Rosero
Nurse Email: jrosero@sd13.org
Student Needs:
Please inform the nurse of any allergies or sensitivities to foods, medications, and environmental allergens. If there are any pertinent details of your students' health that you feel the nurse needs to know, please reach out and discuss this with the school nurse. This information can be helpful to better support your student throughout the day, if certain situations arise.
About Your Student’s Medication:
The district's medication administration policy mandates that all medication to be administered at school requires an MD order, this includes over-the-counter medications. Students may NOT keep over-the-counter meds in their backpacks or in their lockers--including cough drops, Advil, etc. This is an important safety concern! Please review the policy included in the registration process.
If your student requires an inhaler, Epi-Pen, or any oral medication, please obtain the medication form and appropriate health care plan from your physician when your child has their exam. Forms may also be obtained on the district website.
Excused Physical Education Class:
Please note that all PE excuses need to be sent to the Nurse's Office. A parent may excuse a student from PE for up to 3 days. (consecutively) Thereafter, a Doctor's note is required.
Calls home from the Nurse:
Phone calls home are warranted in the event of a head injury, minor or major
All in school sickness including fever of 100.4 (oral) or greater, vomiting and/or diarrhea
Please prepare to keep your child home until:
Fever-free for a full 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medication.
Vomiting and diarrhea has ceased for a full 24 hours
Please refer to the General Health Guidelines which can be found on the district website
If you chose to have your child tested for COVID while here at school a NEW consent form for this year must be filled out. Consent Form for Minor
Send a note to school or email your students teacher and office if....
Your child/ren is walking home or being picked up instead of taking the bus
Your child/ren is being picked up by someone other than who is on the pick up list
Your child/ren is going to kids place instead of taking the bus or vice versa
Your child/ren is leaving school early
As always if your child/ren will be absent from school please call the office.
Office Staff Contact Information:
Attendance Email:(used to report absences)
Office Email:(used for changes to bus/arrival/dismissal)
Nurse's Office Contact Information:
Jessica Rosero- jrosero@sd13.org
Birthday Sign
Want a fun way to say “Happy Birthday” to your child or a staff member?
How about having your birthday wishes on the DuJardin school digital sign!
How: Print out this form, complete the correct information below and return it to DuJardin by the 20th of the month before their birthday month. (For example, a November birthday should return the form by October 20th)
Cost: a suggested $5 minimum donation to the DuJardin PTO
Why: Your child or staff member will be surprised and excited to see her/his birthday announced for one week in lights during their birthday month!
Virtual Backpack
The Bloomingdale School District has a Virtual Backpack that is filled with flyers and information from various organizations located throughout Bloomingdale. Please click on the backpack if you are interested in activities or information from outside organizations. Virtual Backpack
