Dragon Dispatch

Wednesday, January 29

• No School - Staff Professional Development
• Parent Teacher Group Meeting 3:00pm

Wednesday, February 12

• Family Engagement Team Meeting 2:00pm

Thursday & Friday, February 13-14

• Parent-Teacher Conferences -- Early Dismissal

Thursday & Friday, February 20-21

• No School - Rodeo Break

Wednesday, February 26

• Parent Teacher Group Meeting 3:00pm

Tuesday, March 4

• ELA Benchmark

Wednesday, March 5

• Math Benchmark
• School Site Council Meeting 3:00pm

Friday March 7-Friday March 14

• No School (Spring Break)

Friday, January 24

• Middle School Co-Ed Soccer Game vs. Robins at Wakefield 4:30pm

Monday, January 27

• Middle School Co-Ed Soccer Game at C.E. Rose 4:30pm

Thursday, January 30

• Middle School Co-Ed Soccer Game vs. Hollinger at McCorkle 4:30pm

Thursday, February 6

• Middle School Co-Ed Soccer Game vs. Robins at McCorkle 4:30pm

Monday, February 10

• Middle School Co-Ed Soccer Game at C.E. Rose 4:30pm

No School Next Wednesday (1/29)

Your Opinion Matters! Complete the School Quality Survey

Drachman is a Top Magnet School of Excellence!

Goodbye to Mrs. Peña

Lost & Found Overflowing!
Important Information from the Drachman Health Office

Reminder: Parents and Partners on Patrol

Reminder: Order Your Yearbooks!

Reminder: Register for Next Year!

There is no school on Wednesday, January 29 for a staff professional development day.

Please share your feedback about Drachman with us through the School Quality Survey! You should have already received an email about the survey yesterday at the email address on file in ParentVue.

Emails with the link to the survey are coming from Dr. Freitas in the Assessment & Evaluation Department (A&E) through Survey Monkey. The email will be titled "TUSD Parent School Quality Survey 2025 – we want your feedback!"

Thank you!

We are proud to announce that Drachman Montessori K-8 Magnet School has been named a 2025 Top Magnet School of Excellence by the Magnet Schools of America association (MSA). Magnet School of Excellence Awards are only given to a select group of magnet schools. To receive a national merit award, members of Magnet Schools of America must submit a detailed application that is scored by a panel of educators. These schools are judged and scored on their demonstrated ability to raise student academic achievement, promote racial and socioeconomic diversity, provide integrated curricula and instruction, and create strong family and community partnerships that enhance the school’s magnet theme.

This honor is in addition to our being named a Certified Demonstration Magnet School by MSA in August after a rigorous certification process last year.

Dr. Celaya will be recognized and receive a National Magnet School of Excellence Merit Award on behalf of the school during an awards ceremony held during MSA's National Conference on April 7-10, 2025, in Nashville.

Our beloved Mrs. Peña will be retiring at the end of the month after a decades-long career at Drachman. Please join us in sending her best wishes and congratulations! She will be missed!

Our lost and found is overflowing! If your student has misplaced their jacket, lunchbox, or water bottle, please come rescue it! All items that are still in the lost and found at the end of conferences on February 14 will be donated to charity. Thank you!

Over the next few months, the Drachman Health Office will transition to using SNAP Health Center for communication with parents. As a result, most email communications will now come from SNAP Health Center.

Please note the following important information:

• The first time an email is sent from SNAP, you will receive a message with a password.
• Please save your password – it will only be sent once.
• This password will be used for all future messages from SNAP.

We recommend saving the password in a secure location to ensure you can access all future communications. If you have any questions or need assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the Health Office. Thank you for your cooperation.

We are launching a new program to increase the number of adults on campus to supervise students before school, after school, and during recesses called Parents & Partners on Patrol. Participants in the program will be approved Drachman Volunteers who will receive training from TUSD School Safety and Drachman Administration on how to properly monitor students across various campus spaces, and their support will increase the adult supervision on campus and overall campus safety. If you are interested in becoming a Parent/Partner on Patrol, please email Dr. Celaya for more information.

Yearbooks for this school year are currently on sale for $13. The last day to order is April 17. (Please note that yearbooks must be pre-ordered!)

You can purchase the yearbook on the TUSD Payment Portal, with your student’s ID number as the user name (this can be found on ParentVue), and the student’s last name as the password. If you have any questions, please email Ms. Amanda Laub, who is coordinating the yearbook.

Online registration for the next school year is now available! Please register NOW for next school year to help Drachman get maximum funding and keep all current teaching and staff positions! We need all returning students/families in grades Kindergarten through 7th grade to do this as soon as possible! It’s easy: just open your ParentVUE account and follow the registration steps. Also, please let us know if you have a child who will enter kindergarten at Drachman next year!

Our Mission:

Drachman Montessori K-8 Magnet nurtures the whole child, helps students discover their cosmic task and role as citizens of the world, and guides students to achieve individual excellence.