Jaguar Journal September 21, 2023
DuJardin School Information
Location: 166 Euclid Avenue, Bloomingdale, IL, USA
Phone: (630) 894-9200
Website: DuJardin Elementary School
Twitter: @D13Jaguars
Jog-A-Thon: The Jog-A-Thon will take place on Friday, October 13th. If you are interested in helping with Jog-A-Thon please email Mrs. Klassman at aklassman@sd13.org,
Jog-A-Thon Schedule
AM KDG & 1st grade- 10am
PM KFG & 2nd grade-1:30pm
3rd-5th Grade-2:15pm
CC! Celebration Night: The Character Counts! Celebration Night will take place on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. This is an annual event where we come together as a community to support our efforts to be Respectful, Responsible, Caring, Trustworthy, Fair, & positive citizens. View the flyer for more information.
Personal Care Donations: We have started a collection for the Bloomingdale Church. They are collecting personal care items including: shampoo, deodorant, soap bars, toothpaste/brushes, dental care. Click on the flyer for more info.
Raise Awareness for Pediatric Cancer: On Friday, September 29th, Bloomingdale School District will be โGoing Goldโ in honor of Michael Carr and to support Calโs Angels. Michael Carr was a student at Erickson and Westfield who lost his very courageous battle with cancer in April 2021. Please view the flyer below for more information about the event.
PTO News
Hot Lunch News - Ordering NOW OPEN!
Hot Lunch begins next week on Tuesday and Thursday and you can now order!
https://doctordogs.h1.hotlunchonline.net/ Please also make sure you update your student's teacher. Go to Student, Action, edit and update their teacher. If their teacher is not updated there will be confusion during lunch distribution.
Want to help distribute hot lunch? It only takes an hour of time and your students love to see you there! We need parent participation to keep our hot lunch program running. Sign-up here: https://signup.com/go/DCRcnbc
DuJardin PTO Classroom Holiday Party Sign-UP:
Please only sign up for 1 party per student, to allow all families to have an opportunity to help. If there are additional volunteers needed we will let families know. You will be removed if you sign-up for more than 1 party. Please sign up by Friday, September 22. Starting on September 25, we will allow parents who are already signed up for one party to sign up for 1 additional party.
For each class and party, there is a sign up for 1 Party Coordinator, who will be responsible for contacting and working with the other volunteers and organizing the party. There are also 5 slots for class volunteers.
Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EAAA823A4FEC61-dujardin
Save the Dates & Reminders!
Friday, September 22 - Fall Fundraiser order forms are due!
Wednesday, October 11 - Our monthly PTO meeting @ 7 pm
Friday, October 13 - Jog-a-thon
*Reminder - If you are sending the district a check for your registration fees, please do not include your PTO dues. You must have a separate $15 payment for the PTO dues.
Required Health Forms:
- Kindergarten: Physical, Dental, & Vision
- 2nd Grade: Dental
- Health Office Website
Student Daily Medication:
If your student requires daily medication or emergency medication, please bring in a new order from the doctors office. All food action plans and asthma action plans need to be renewed for the new school year, last year's orders cannot and will not be used. All forms can be found on the district website under health office.
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 Studentโs 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
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 โHappy Birthdayโ to your child or a staff member?
How about having your birthday wishes on the DuJardin school digital sign!
How: Print out this form, form are due 2 weeks before the birthday.
Cost: a $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