Jaguar Journal

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

Website: DuJardin Elementary School

Twitter: @D13Jaguars

Socktober: During the month of October, we will ask students to donate new socks. The socks will help our homeless neighbors. Socks are the number one requested items in homeless shelters. The grade level that donates the most socks will earn a Sock Hop with Mr. Haugens. We will take donations the entire month of October. At the current time, our third grade students have donated the most socks!

Crazy Sock Day: In honor of Socktober, we will have a Crazy Sock Day TOMORROW. We are looking forward to seeing all the crazy socks that students and staff members will wear tomorrow.

Fire Department Visit: The Bloomingdale Fire Department will be visiting DuJardin on Wednesday of next week to meet with AM Kindergarten students. The fire department will be back the following week to meet with PM Kindergarten & 1st grade students. Students will learn about fire safety.

Bus Evacuation Drills: All students will participate in bus evacuation drills next week. These drills will take place on Thursday.

Cooler Temperatures: As we move into cooler weather, please remind students to dress appropriately. We want students to feel comfortable when they are outside at recess. It might be a good idea to keep a sweatshirt or light jacket at school to put on for recess. Students go outside for recess when the temperature is 10 degrees or above (including wind chill).

Parent-Teacher Conferences: Parent-Teacher Conferences will occur between November 8th - December 2nd. Parents will have the opportunity to select In-Person Conferences or Virtual Conferences (Google Meets). All conferences will be 20 minutes in length. If you have any questions about conferences or need assistance, please contact the classroom teacher or DuJardin Office. Click here to sign up for a conference.

Halloween: Students will participate in an outdoor Halloween parade (weather permitting) and PTO classroom parties on Monday, October 31st. Students should bring their Halloween costume to school to change into before the parade & classroom parties. Students will not be able to go home during the lunch hour and change into their costumes. We expect students will be able to change into their costumes in the classroom. Please help students select a costume that can easily be placed on over the clothes they wear for school. As always, we ask students to keep any costume accessories that depict violence at home (guns, swords, knives, etc.). Kindergarten students are the only grade level able to wear their costumes to school.

Halloween Goodie Bags: Students are able to bring a goodie bag to share with classmates, as long as the goodie bag does not include food items. We ask that there be enough goodie bags for all students in the classroom and individually wrapped.

Food at the Halloween Party: Please contact the nurse at lmills@sd13.org if your child suffers from food allergies. The upcoming Halloween Party will have food and we want to make sure items are safe for all students in the school. The school needs to be aware of food allergies to prevent and respond to any reaction. We also ask that you communicate any food allergies to the classroom teacher.

All parents are welcome to attend the outdoor parade.

Calling on ALL Veterans! DuJardin School will be hosting a Veterans Day celebration on Friday, November 11th between 12:15-2:00 p.m. ALL Veterans are invited to join 4th and 5th grade students for a luncheon followed by a hallway appreciation parade and then a Q & A session in various classrooms (3rd-5th grades). If you are a Veteran and would like to participate in these festivities on Friday, November 11th, please RSVP by filling out this form or calling the school office at 630-894-9200 by November 7th.

Wall of Heroes: In honor of Veterans Day A Wall of Heroes is being created at DuJardin to recognize our Veterans. If you would like to honor a veteran you know, please fill out the attached Hero Form and return it to school as soon as possible.

#LeadLikeAJaguar

Patrick Haugens

Principal

DuJardin Elementary School

Bloomingdale School District 13

phaugens@sd13.org

630-894-9200

Thursday, October 13th: Monthly PTO Meeting @ 7pm

Friday, October 14th: Crazy Sock Day

Monday, October 17th: Young Rembrandts@ 3:30pm

Tuesday, October 18th: Crossroads @ 3:30pm

Saturday, October 22nd: Community Coffee DJ Gym @ 8:00am

HOT LUNCH - EVERY TUESDAY & THURSDAY

SCHOOL STORE - EVERY TUESDAY during lunch period

At DuJardin, we want students to become leaders who model a positive attitude (growth mindset), set and achieve positive goals, understand and manage emotions, show empathy for others, and make responsible decisions (solve problems). Teachers will be using the Second Step curriculum & other resources to help ensure our students #LeadLikeJaguars.

Focus for October 11th - December 12th: Emotional Management: Students learn how to build their emotion vocabularies, practice identifying their own and others’ emotions, and recognize the importance of labeling and managing emotions.

Click here to view our #LeadLikeAJaguar focus for this week.

Click here to view our #LeadLikeAJaguar focus for next week. This is an optional lesson.

Please contact the nurse at lmills@sd13.org if your child suffers from allergies, asthma or any other health issue. We do have events where food may be available to students. The school needs to be aware of food allergies to prevent and respond to any reaction. Your communication will help us better support your children.

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

PTO Meeting tonight!

Join us tonight @ 7pm in the DuJardin Library for our monthly PTO meeting. We hope to see you there!

Hot Lunch News!

IMPORTANT NOTICE - Parents, please make sure your students are in the correct grade and classroom in the Buona portal. We still have several students who are not in the correct class for their orders and it causes confusion during hot lunch distribution.

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. Thursday options are Chicken Tenders, Cheese Pizza or Mac & Cheese.

2) Tuesday orders must be placed by Friday, 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

4) If you want to help volunteer at any day of hot lunch sign up here: https://signup.com/go/MCeJmLL

Mark your calendars!

1) Thursday, October 13 - Monthly PTO Meeting @ 7pm

2) Monday, October 31 - Halloween Classroom Parties @ 2pm

3) Tuesday, November 1 - Monthly PTO Meeting @ 7pm

4) Tuesday, November 15 - Pick-up for Fall Fundraiser @ 3:30 - 6 pm

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:

Marisol Strejc- mstrejc@sd13.org

Karen Hosty- khosty@sd13.org

Nurse's Office Contact Information:

Laura Mills- lmills@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 DuJardin Library is looking for parent volunteers to help shelve books. If you are able to help out in the library on a regular schedule or every once in a while, we can sure use the assistance. Please reach out to Michelle Walters, library clerk at mwalters@sd13.org for more information.

If you or someone you know is qualified and interested in the following position, please apply using the link below:

Registered Nurse - Full-Time

Job Description

Apply Here

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

Connection Card Survey: DuJardin administered a Connection Card Survey to all students, kindergarten - fifth grade during the week of September 26th. The questions on the survey included:

1. Do you have at least one friend?

2. Is there an adult in the building that you trust?

3. Do you feel like you belong?

4. What do you like about DuJardin? (2nd-5th grade)

5. What would make DuJardin better? (2nd-5th grade)

6. What would you like your classroom teacher or the school to know about you? (2nd-5th grade)

Below are results from the survey. Staff have started to review results and discuss ways we can improve and ensure DuJardin is a school where all students feel valued & appreciated.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions, comments, or feedback. The best way to reach me would be via email or phone: phaugens@sd13.org or 630-894-9200.