The Weekly Update #1

Saturday, August 17, 2024

Week 3 Updates

Hello Dickson Families!

This coming Wednesday, August 21, 2024 - Back to School Night | 5:30 - 6:30 pm. We are excited to have families come and learn about all the amazing things happening in your child's classroom this year. Families and school working together is the best support system for our students.

On a disappointing note, I was sad to get reports that a car was driving fast through our parking lot, cutting off cars last week. Thank you to families that follow expectations and those that report concerns. We are always striving to maintain safety and respect at Dickson, but it takes our whole community to work together.

I look forward to a great year of learning, growing, and fun for students, families, and staff!

Sincerely,

Renae McCain

Proud Principal at Dickson Elementary

Classes that beat the 96.5% goal each week will have the opportunity to choose an items from a prize cart or earn a treat!

Students that have perfect attendance for the week are put into a raffle for an additional prize! Winners are announced during Monday Morning assemblies.

We had two classes last week that were so close to perfect attendance as a whole class!

99% and 98%. Both classes earned a special treat on Friday afternoon!

TIPS:

Please write your child's name on everything they bring to school. Their lunch pails, water bottles, jackets, sweaters, etc... Many items get misplaced and staff has to put unlabeled items in the lost and found, often going unclaimed.

Thank you for your patience during the first week of school and driving carefully to keep our students safe. I saw our families taking turns and it brings me joy to see families waving and smiling while exiting campus.

• The sheriff stopped by twice last week during dismissal reminding families not to stop or park along the RED CURBS. At all schools, finding places to stop and pick up your child can be inconvenient and frustrating, but our number #1 goal is to keep our students and families safe. Most of the time traffic is flowing easily within 10 minutes after the dismissal bell.

Please review the arrival and dismissal map and follow the posted signs. Share the expectations with anyone that will be picking up your child from school.

• The best place to pick up your child is to walk to/from your house, park and walk up to the arrival/dismissal area, or drive through the drop-off/pick-up line.
• Please DO NOT stop and park at red or yellow curbs along the street, in the parking lot, or in the carpool loop.
• Please be respectful of our neighbors, keeping their mailboxes and driveways accessible.
• Please cross the street at the stop sign with the crossing guard. We have a crossing guard at the stop sign to help keep students and our community safe.
• DO NOT cross in front of traffic and especially do not call your child to run across the street in front of traffic.

REMINDERS:

• Breakfast is available from 7:10 - 7:40 every morning. If a bus is late, breakfast is still available to the students that rode the bus that day.
• Food sharing is not allowed for multiple reasons, but most importantly for safety, including allergies. Sending healthy snacks and food helps student focus and have optimal performance.
• All devices: (cell phones, smart watches, iPads..) must be off and out of sight while on school campus. If your child needs to contact you, they can ask their teacher or the office for assistance. If you need to contact your child, you may leave a message in the office and it will be provided during a break.
• Dress Code: The weather is very warm, so please review our dress code policy to be sure your child is wearing approved school appropriate clothing. (Frequent topics: Clothing is expected to covered shoulders to mid-thigh with no skin or undergarments showing. Shoes must be worn with back straps on at all times. Make-up is not allowed.)

AUGUST

August: PTA Membership Drive

August 19: Mrs. McCain off campus for a meeting | 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

August 19: Mrs. King off campus for a meeting | 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

August 20: District Parent Information Forum | 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. | Chino High School

August 21: Fire Drill | 8:30 - 9:45 a.m.

August 21: Dickson Back to School Night | 5:30 - 6:30 pm

August 21: Preview 2nd STEP Curriculum at Back to School Night | 5:30 - 6:30 pm | Room 11

August 23: Picnic Palooza (Lunch on the Lawn) | Scheduled grade level lunch times

SEPTEMBER

September: PTA Membership Drive

September 2: NO SCHOOL | Labor Day

September 4: Monthly Awards

September 4: PTA Wetzel Pretzel & Urban Tacos Fundraiser Night | 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

September 6: PTA Grandparents Day Celebration | 6:30 - 7:30 a.m.

September 11: Patriot Day | School still in session | Flag at Half-Staff

September 11: PTA Meeting | 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

September 11: PTA Andy's Dine-In Night (tentative)

September 16: Mrs. McCain off campus for a meeting | 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

September 16: Mrs. McCain off campus for a meeting | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

September 23 - 27: MINIMUM DAYS for PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES | By appointment

September 24: Lockdown Drill | 8:30 - 8:45 a.m.

September 24: District Suicide Prevention Awareness Forum | 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. | Chino Hills High School

September 26: Make-up Day for FALL PICTURES | Dress your best!

September 27: Mrs. McCain off campus for a meeting | 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

September 27: Rock Your School (Details to come)

• https://www.getyourteachon.com/rockyourschool

September 28: SATURDAY SCHOOL by Invitation

September 30: Mrs. King off campus for a meeting | 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.

September 30: PTA - Membership Drive Competition Ends (winning class announced on Oct 4th)

OCTOBER

October 2: PTA Baskin Robbins Fundraiser Night | 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

October 4: Membership Day! Announce Winning Classes!

October 18: TRUNK-OR-TREAT | 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

October 28 - 31: Red Ribbon Week

October 31: MINIMUM DAY

October 31: Literacy Parade

DIRECTIONS for CREATING AN AERIES PARENT PORTAL:

It's much easier now to create an Aeries account! All parents need to create the account once you are registered. Instructions to create a Parent Portal on Aeries.

Click Here to login to your Aeries Portal Account

Click HERE for How to Reset Your Password for your Aeries Student or Parent Portal account

With your Aeries Parent Portal account you can view your child's information, including their grades and attendance.

PTA and Dickson Staff are excited to offer more opportunities for families to spend time together on campus! We will host a special event called "Picnic Palooza", also know as "Lunch on the Lawn.". During this time, approved adult family members can join their student(s) during their regular lunch schedule.

Students can enjoy their hot lunch from the cafeteria and bring it outside to the field to eat with their family, or an adult family members can bring a special lunch to enjoy together.

Please remember that all adults must check in through the Raptor System in the office before entering campus. To save time, you can get pre-checked by bringing your government ID to the office during business hours (7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.). Once you are in the system, you can simply give your name to receive your name tag to enter campus.

Fall - August 23, 2024

Spring - February 14, 2024 | Valentine's Day

We look forward to sharing these wonderful moments with you!

*Please DO NOT check your child out early from school after Picnic Palooza. If we have a high number of students checked out we will have to reconsider the Spring Picnic Palooza.

Welcome to Dickson Elementary! We are happy you are with us. The attached documents will give you the basics for dropping off and picking up your student(s). If you have any other questions, feel free to give us a call in the office.

*Please notice the updated parking spots are painted to designate staff and visitors now. Please refrain from parking in or blocking staff spots to ensure their ability to park for the day.

¡Bienvenidos a la Primaria Dickson! Estamos felices de que estés con nosotros. Los documentos adjunto le dará los conceptos básicos para dejar y recoger a su(s) estudiante(s). Si tiene alguna otra pregunta, no dude en llamarnos a la oficina.

What is PBIS

Our schoolwide expectations are:

Be Respectful

Be Responsible

Be Safe

Behavior Matrix

Behavior Discipline Flow Chart

Definitions of Behavior

We also work on our character. We follow the pillars of Character Counts.

We invite our parents/guardians to support the learning of character by discussing the following:

Respect - Follow the "Golden Rule": Treat others like the way you would like to be treated.

Responsibility - We take responsibility for our actions.

Trustworthiness - Be a person others can trust. We follow through our promises.

Fairness - We can think of others when making decisions. Treat others with fairness.

Caring - Care for others, and not just about ourselves.

Citizenship - We do the right thing, and follow the rules/expectations. We get involved in our community.

At Dickson, our students benefit from Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 support.

MTSS-A | Academic Support

Mr. Monaghan, Dickson's Intervention Teacher, works with small groups of students to provide Tier 2 academic support with curriculum and programs focused on supporting our student's academic foundational skills. Speak to your child's teacher about academic concerns and to schedule a parent teacher conference.

MTSS-B | Behavior Support

Mrs. Ayala, Dickson's Counselor, works with small groups of students to provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 counseling with a curriculum focused on supporting our students' social-emotional health. You can request support if you have concerns regarding your child's social-emotional health.

Request For Support

Click on the picture to access the online Parent Request for Support form.

As of 8/16/24 we have received 9 requests for support for the 2024-25 school year:

5 for social emotional support

2 for academic support

2 for both social emotional and academic support

August/September: Respect

October/November: Responsibility

December/January: Caring

February/March: Trustworthiness

April/May: Citizenship

Let's celebrate upcoming birthdays!

Meet your 2024-25 PTA Board

Anyone can join PTA at any time! There is no mandatory commitment, participate any way that you are able. Please contact a PTA Board Member or the school office for more information.

Wednesday, PTA Snack Cart

The PTA volunteers generously give their time selling snacks after school on Wednesdays. All proceeds go directly back to our students.

• All students are expected to wait respectfully in line.
• Only students with money may stand in line for a snack. All students without money must exit campus to wait for their ride home.
• Families may not park or wait on the drive through curb for their child to get a snack. Please find a place to park so you do not hold up traffic for families that need to pick up and leave.
• Bus riders MUST go straight to the bus. The bus is on a schedule and is not allowed to wait. We give reminders that all Bus riders must go straight to the bus.
• SOAR students are required to check in with SOAR immediately after school. Soar staff members will walk students with money over to the PTA snack cart.

August 1st - September 30th

PTA Membership Drive is open now and the class competition ends on September 30th. The class with the highest percentage of PTA memberships will win an Ice Cream Party! Any class with 100% PTA memberships will get an Ice Cream Party and their teacher will get a $25 gift card. Winners will be announced on October 4th.

We wear our Dickson Spirit Wear every Friday! Classes with the highest participation win a prize.

Spirit Wear must be official Dickson Spirit Wear or a full red shirt to count toward the participation.

sʜᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅɪᴄᴋsᴏɴ sᴘɪʀɪᴛ ғʀɪᴅᴀʏ ʙʏ ᴡᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅɪᴄᴋsᴏɴ sʜɪʀᴛ ᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀ ʀᴇᴅ!

ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴅɪᴄᴋsᴏɴ sʜɪʀᴛ ʏᴇᴛ?
ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴡᴏʀʀʏ, sᴀʟᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏᴡ ᴏᴘᴇɴ!

ғɪʟʟ ᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏʀᴅᴇʀ ғᴏʀᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏғғɪᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ɢᴇᴛ sᴘɪʀɪᴛ ᴡᴇᴀʀ ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ’s ᴄʟᴀss ᴀsᴀᴘ! ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴄᴀsʜ ᴏɴʟʏ!

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¡ʀᴇᴄᴜᴇʀᴅᴀ ᴍᴏsᴛʀᴀʀ ᴛᴜ ᴅɪᴄᴋsᴏɴ sᴘɪʀɪᴛ ᴍᴀɴ̃ᴀɴᴀ ʏ ᴛᴏᴅᴏs ʟᴏs ᴠɪᴇʀɴᴇs ᴜsᴀɴᴅᴏ ᴛᴜ ᴄᴀᴍɪsᴀ ᴅɪᴄᴋsᴏɴ ᴏ ᴇʟ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀ ʀᴏᴊᴏ!

¿ᴛᴏᴅᴀᴠɪ́ᴀ ɴᴏ ᴛɪᴇɴᴇs ᴜɴᴀ ᴄᴀᴍɪsᴀ ᴅᴇ ᴅɪᴄᴋsᴏɴ?
ɴᴏ ᴛᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴏᴄᴜᴘᴇs, ¡ʟᴀs ᴠᴇɴᴛᴀs ʏᴀ ᴇsᴛᴀ́ɴ ᴀʙɪᴇʀᴛᴀs!

¡ʟʟᴇɴᴇ sᴜ ғᴏʀᴍᴜʟᴀʀɪᴏ ᴅᴇ ᴘᴇᴅɪᴅᴏ ᴇɴ ʟᴀ ᴏғɪᴄɪɴᴀ ʏ ᴘᴏᴅᴇᴍᴏs ʀᴇᴄɪʙɪʀ ʀᴏᴘᴀ ᴅᴇ ᴇsᴘɪ́ʀɪᴛᴜ ᴇɴ ʟᴀ ᴄʟᴀsᴇ ᴅᴇ sᴜ ʜɪᴊᴏ ʟᴏ ᴀɴᴛᴇs ᴘᴏsɪʙʟᴇ! ¡ʀᴇᴄᴜᴇʀᴅᴀ sᴏʟᴏ ᴇɴ ᴇғᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴏ!

Feel free to follow PTA on Instagram.

Most current information will be on the Dickson Website or available by calling the office.

Soon 6th grade will be selling Smencils for $2 before school again starting around 7:20 am until 7:40 am. They are fundraising to reduce the costs of 6th grade activities.

We will send out a reminder when their order arrives to start selling.

Dickson is hiring two Playground Supervisors for an 1 1/2 hours a day.

The hours on Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fri.: 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

The hours on Wednesday and every minimum day: 9:50 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.

Please look for the position to fly on EdJoin and apply as soon as it opens. If you have any questions you can ask Mrs. McCain or Mrs. King.

Playground Supervisor Job Description

Doris Dickson Elementary School

Principal: Renae McCain

Email: renae_mccain@chino.k12.ca.us

Assistant Principal: Joanne King

Email: joanne_king@chino.k12.ca.us

Website: https://www.chino.k12.ca.us/Dickson

Location: 3930 Pamela Drive | Chino, CA 91710

Phone Number: (909) 591-2653

School Hours: Bell Schedule | Spanish Bell Schedule