Royal Decree Family Newsletter

Oct. 1 - DGS Parents Club Meeting (7:00 pm)

Oct. 2 - Custodian Appreciation Day

Oct. 3 - DHS Homecoming Parade

Oct. 4 - Maroon and Gold Spirit Day/Popcorn at Lunch

Oct. 8 - DGS Fall Picture Retake

Oct. 9 - 4th Grade Hult Center

Oct. 11 -

• End of 1st Grading Period
• Bus Evacuation Drill

Oct. 14 - Teacher's Institute (No School)

Oct. 15 - Board of Education Meeting at DHS Town Center (6:00 pm)

Oct. 22 - School Bus Driver Appreciation Day

Oct. 23 - Donuts with Dudes (6:45-7:30 am)

Oct. 24 - No School

• Parent/Teacher Conferences (12:00-7:00 pm)
• Report Cards Issued

Oct. 25 - No School

• Parent/Teacher Conferences (7:00 am - 1:00 pm)
• Report Cards Issued

Oct. 31 - Halloween Class Parties

Oct. 2 - Elissa Chapin

Oct. 10 - Allie Denniston

Oct. 20 - Carlos Evans

• 4th Grade (6:00 pm)
• 5th Grade (7:00 pm)

February 18

• 2nd Grade (6:00 pm)
• 3rd Grade (7:00 pm)

April 29

• Kindergarten (6:00 pm)
• 1st Grade (6:45 pm)

Parent/Teacher Conferences at DGS are scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 24 from 12:00-7:00 pm and Friday, Oct. 25 7:00 am - 1:00 pm. There will be no school for the students on these days.

Conferences will be in-person and student led/facilitated. The link to sign up for a conference time will be sent out via email on Monday, Sept. 30. If you are unable to attend in person with your child, please contact the teacher.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - 7:39 am - 2:45 pm

Wednesday - 7:39 am - 2:15 pm

Students can be dropped off starting at 7:25. There is no supervision of the students before this time. Students arriving after 7:39 will be marked as tardy. All tardies are considered unexcused unless the student is arriving late due to a medical/dental appointment.

On time attendance is important and necessary for learning. If your child will be absent due to an appointment or is ill, please notify the office by 8:00 am each day.

You can call the office or email your absence to: Mrs. Kamin lkamin@dunlapcusd.net and Mrs. Sullivan msullivan@dunlapcusd.net.

To promote a positive, safe, and healthy lifestyle and classroom learning community; birthday celebrations at school will not include treats or favors from home. Teachers will choose to celebrate students in their classroom in grade and age appropriate ways.

Kindergarten 10:45 - 11:15

First Grade 10:55 - 11:25

Second Grade 11:30 - 12:00

Third Grade 11:35 -12:05

Fourth Grade 12:10 - 12:40

Fifth Grade 12:15 - 12:45

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 7:00 pm in the DGS Café. We had an

excellent turnout for our September meeting. It was great to see both familiar and new

faces! We hope you can join us again!

Thanks,

Annalee Huntington

DGS Parents Club President

Donuts with Dudes will be Wednesday, Oct. 23, before school from 6:45 to 7:30 am. DGS fathers, grandfathers, uncles, or male role models are welcome to attend with their Royal!

The Parents Club will be serving donuts, coffee, juice, and milk in the DGS gymnasium. Join your child for a wonderful morning of memories and refreshments. The Parents Club is looking for volunteers to help with setting up on Tuesday, serving donuts/coffee/juice at the event, and cleaning up after the event. A flyer and a Signup Genius link will be sent home soon!

Is there a Caterpillar employee in your household? Have you heard about the Caterpillar Volunteer Service Match? Check out this great way your volunteer hours can be turned into money for the DGS Parents Club.

We appreciate our DGS staff and teachers! Our staff and teachers work hard every day, not only during school hours but also endless out of school hours as well. We can't thank them

enough for going above and beyond for our children by providing them a happy, safe, and

loving environment at DGS.

If you ever want to help with "Teacher Appreciation," we have ways you can do so. You can volunteer with the Parents Club Teacher Appreciation Committee where there are multiple ways throughout the year to help make our staff feel appreciated and special. We often have Sign-up Geniuses where you can help donate towards a special lunch or treat for the teachers as well. Watch the DGS Facebook page or the Parents Club website for sign-ups throughout the year! Let's show our teachers how much we appreciate them!

Each year, Dunlap 5th graders are invited to attend a field trip to NASA's Space Camp. If you are interested in sending your son/daughter, but missed the Space Camp informational meeting, please email jconlee@dunlapcusd.net

Any student in 3rd-8th grades interested in building or improving their basketball skill is invited to attend upcoming HOI Fall Basketball workouts beginning Sunday, October 6th through Sunday, October 27th. All workouts will take place at Dunlap Valley. There will be a strong emphasis on shooting off the catch, shooting off the dribble, and ball handling skills. For more information visit www.heartofillinoisbasketball.com. This is a great opportunity to get ready for the upcoming basketball season. Last year's sessions did fill up so sign up soon!