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OUR NEW CAR TAGS HAVE ARRIVED!

The new tags will be sent home soon, and once they have been sent home:

All old and temporary tags should be thrown away by the parent. Old tags will no longer be accepted.

The parent will get 2 tags for FREE

Any additional tags can be purchased at a cost of 1 for $3 or 2 for $5

Please be patient.... it's going to be a process. But it will be easier for the students, as there will be no more four-digit numbers to remember for car dismissal, and it may even cut down dismissal time overall because of fewer digits to call out, which would be a win for all. :-)

-Please send your child/ren to school with a water bottle every day.

-We are not a 100% peanut-free school, but if your child's teacher has conveyed to you that her/his classroom is peanut-free due to a student in the classroom with a peanut allergy, please respect the health of that child and refrain from sending peanut-containing foods to school with your child.

• We cannot make changes to afternoon pickups over the phone. This must be done in writing, and we must be able to verify it. Please take care of this as soon as possible in the day. Changes will not be accepted after 2:00.

• Please do not drop off children on Sunset or anywhere on University or Bit and Spur, or in the parking lot. It simply isn't safe and we don't have the capacity to escort the children. If your child is a walker but you choose to drop them off, they are to be dropped off in the regular car line. No student, for any reason, should be dropped off anywhere else.

• PreK students will be dropped off during regular morning drop-off.

• Please feel free to stand outside of your car (not near the school buildings) when we are loading cars so your child can better see you.

• If you come to the front door to pick up your child during afternoon carpool, you will have to wait until 3:15 before we will pull your child. Stopping to address the checking of IDs for individual pickup slows down the carpool process greatly. EVERYONE has places to be and things to do.

IMPORTANT ADDITION TO CAR POOL GUIDELINES

When you are leaving the parking lot after dropping off, please observe the first stop sign in front of the gym and on the way out and wait to be directed to move forward. If you pull all the way up to Bit and Spur before the crossing guard is ready, the buses and other cars cannot get into the car pool lanes, and the entire process is held up.

SEPTEMBER

Thu, Sep 12: Title I Parent Meeting, 4:00, the Open House, 4:30-6:00

Mon, Sep 16: Professional Development day- NO STUDENTS

Wed, Sep 18: Student Council Elections

Wed, Sep 18: Chuck E. Cheese fundraiser

Mon, Sep 30: VIRTUAL LEARNING DAY- NO STUDENTS- packets of work will be sent home beforehand

OCTOBER

Tue, Oct 1 through Fri, Oct 4: BOOK FAIR!

Fri, Oct 11: end of first quarter

Mon, Oct 14- TEACHER WORK DAY- NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

Tue, Oct 15: After school tutoring begins

Mon, Oct 21: Statewide Parenting Day

Thu, Oct 24: Read for the Record

Thu, Oct 31: Halloween (no Halloween costumes worn to school)

NOVEMBER

Tue, Nov 5: Election Day, may be a virtual day for students- confirmation should come soon

Fri, Nov 8: Veterans Day Event

Mon, Nov 11: VETERANS DAY, NO SCHOOL

Mon-Fri, Nov 25-29: THANKSGIVING BREAK, NO SCHOOL

DECEMBER

Wed, Dec 18: Holiday Sing-a-Long

Fri, Dec 20: 2nd quarter ends

Mon, Dec 23-Mon, Jan 6: CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY BREAK!

Wednesday, September 11th: Wear a red, white, and/or blue shirt, with uniform bottoms, in remembrance of 9/11.

Friday, September 13th: Wear your favorite hat with full uniform (or E.R. Dickson Spirit Shirt), for National Felt Hat Day (observed on September 15th).

Friday, September 20th: Wear your favorite scarf with full uniform (or E.R. Dickson Spirit Shirt), to celebrate the beginning of fall (observed on September 22nd).

Friday, September 27th: Wear a camouflage shirt, with uniform bottoms, for National Hunting & Fishing Day (observed on September 29th).

Email: rpmurray@mcpss.com
Website: erdickson.com
Location: 4645 Bit & Spur Rd, Mobile, AL 36608
Phone: (251)221-1180
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