Jaguar Journal

Location: 166 Euclid Avenue, Bloomingdale, IL, USA
Phone: (630) 894-9200

Website: DuJardin Elementary School

Twitter: @D13Jaguars

Registration Fees: Click here for parent instructions to pay registration fees for the 2023-2024 school year. Besides registration fees, parents are also able to purchase bus and milk. All fees are due by September 1, 2023.

Bus Service: Any student residing 1.5 miles or more from school or along a hazardous route (north of Lake Street, west of Bloomingdale Road, & east of Glen Ellyn Road) is entitled to bus service. All other students must pay to receive bus service. If you are unsure if you need to pay for the bus service, please contact the DuJardin office at 630-894-9200. If you need to pay for the bus service, please do so in a timely manner using My School Bucks. Click here for information from the Bloomingdale School District Office regarding changes to bus routes this school year.

Information Day: Information Day is scheduled for Wednesday, August 16, 2023, from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Information Day is an opportunity for parents to view class lists & bus routes, sign-up for PTO events, and receive other information relevant to the upcoming school year. In order to have your student's name included on a class list, the student must be registered by TOMORROW.

Meet the Teacher/Supply Drop-Off: DuJardin Elementary School will be hosting a Meet the Teacher/Supply Drop-Off event on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, from 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm for Kindergarten - 5th grade students. This is an opportunity for you and your child(ren) to come to DuJardin before school begins to 1) say hello to the teacher and 2) drop-off classroom supplies. We ask that parents or another adult accompany students to Meet the Teacher/Supply Drop-Off.

Student Supply List: Click here to access the Student Supply List for the 2023-2024 school year.

First Day of School: The first full day of school is Thursday, August 24, 2023, for students in first - fifth grade. School hours are from 8:40 am - 3:30 pm. Students can be dropped off at school anytime after 8:25 am.

Arrival & Dismissal Procedures: Please take a moment to review our arrival and dismissal procedures document for this coming school year. For the safety of all we ask that everyone follow the procedures. Students should arrive at school between 8:25 am - 8:40 am. We ask that all students be at school by the 8:40 am bell. Students are dismissed at 3:30 pm. Arrival/Dismissal Procedures

New DuJardin Crosswalk on Euclid Ave: The Village of Bloomingdale relocated the school crosswalk this summer. The new crosswalk is located north of the DuJardin entrance (parking lot). A staff member will be located at the crosswalk during arrival and dismissal. Click here for a map with the new crosswalk location.

PTO Directory: The PTO puts together a PTO directory with student name, parent name, home address, email address, & phone number. The office will provide this information to the PTO unless we hear otherwise. We have created a google form for parents to notify the office if they prefer directory information not be shared with the PTO or placed in a PTO directory. Click here to access the google document. Parents have until Thursday, August 31, 2023, to complete the google form.

Go Orange: During the month of September, we will ask students to donate canned

goods or non-perishable food items. There will be a box in the front lobby for students to

Place food items. DuJardin will also celebrate “GO ORANGE” day on Friday, September 15th. Students will be asked to wear orange to raise awareness about hunger. Click here to view the Go Orange Flyer

SD13 Calendar: Click here to access the Bloomingdale School District 2023-2024 school calendar.

Patrick Haugens

Principal

DuJardin Elementary School

Bloomingdale School District 13

phaugens@sd13.org

630-894-9200

Information Day

We hope to see all of you at Information Day on Wednesday, August 16. You can pay your PTO dues and sign up to volunteer for our activities and events. We will not have Spiritwear for sale on site this year. Our new spiritwear company is fully online and will be running a 30% off sale starting August 15 and will have a bunch of new items and styles. Classroom party sign up will not be at information day. There will be more information coming once school begins on how to volunteer at one of our three classroom parties this year.

Save the Date!

We hope to see all of you to kick off a new school year on Friday, August 25 from 5:30-7:30 pm at DuJardin for our Back to School Carnival!

PTO Dues

Make sure when you are paying for your students' 2023-2024 registration fees, add your PTO Dues to your cart by clicking on "Webstore" under your student's name and scrolling down to "DuJardin PTO FAMILY Membership 2023-2024" and click "add to cart". This will eliminate having to pay for it on Information Day in August.

PTO Volunteer

The PTO needs your support to make this school year a success! Please click on the link below and fill out the google form.

Volunteer Sign Up Form

Hot Lunch News

After a successful test run in the Spring, the PTO will be partnering with Doctor Dogs again this year for our hot lunch program. We will start hot lunch in mid-late September. We will begin with Tuesdays and Thursdays and depending on volunteer support, we will add Wednesdays. Our hot lunch program cannot run without parent volunteers. It is one hour of time. If most families helped just a few times a year, we would have more than enough volunteers to run hot lunch 3 times a week. Please look for more information on purchasing and volunteering for hot lunch once school begins.

Wednesday, August 16th

Information Day 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Wednesday, August 23rd

Meet the Teacher 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Thursday, August 24th

First day of school for 1st-5th grade

Friday, August 25th

DuJardin Back to School Event (5:30 pm - 7:30 pm)

Monday, August 28th

First day of school for KDG students

Month of September

Go Orange

Required Health Forms:

• Kindergarten: Physical, Dental, & Vision
• 2nd Grade: Dental
• Health Office Website

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

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)

DJAttendance@sd13.org

Office Email:(used for changes to bus/arrival/dismissal)

DJOffice@sd13.org

Nurse's Office Contact Information:

Jessica Rosero- jrosero@sd13.org

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!

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