Top of the Hill

We are excited for the new upcoming 2024-2025 school year. There are many changes to our school this year from a new principal to new playground equipment. Pease take a moment to read through our first newsletter.

Monday, August 26 - Bridge to Kindergarten

Thursday, August 29 - Open House

Monday, September 2 - Labor Day/No School

Tuesday, September 3 - First Day of School

Monday, September 9 - PTO Meeting

Friday, September 13-Rothschild PTO Fundraiser Begins

Wednesday, September 18 - School Picture Day

September 19, and 20 -Vision and Hearing Screening for Grades K, 1, 3, and 5

Friday, September 20-Grade 4 Field Trip to Madison

Monday, September 30 - No School for Elementary Students

Greetings Rothschild Elementary Students, Parents, & Staff,

I am thrilled to introduce myself as your new Principal at Rothschild Elementary. My name is Ted Aleckson, and returning to the school and community where I grew up is a dream come true for my family and me. For the past twenty years, we have lived in Minnesota, where my wife Laura has dedicated herself to teaching 6th grade before focusing on raising our young family. I began my career as a 4th Grade Elementary Teacher and then took on a role as a 7th Grade US History teacher. After almost ten years of teaching, I entered into administration as a Dean of Students and for the past five years have been an Assistant Principal at Becker Middle School in Central Minnesota.

We have three wonderful daughters: Ida (6), who will be entering 1st grade next year, Nellie (5), who will be starting Kindergarten in the fall, and our youngest, Dorothy (2). As a family, we are eager to come back to be closer to our extended family and to raise our girls in such a fantastic district. We enjoy reading, going to parks, and spending time at the lake.

I am looking forward to meeting each of you and working together to make Rothschild Elementary an even more incredible place for our children to learn and grow.

Best regards,
Ted Aleckson

Our school offers many opportunities for parent/guardian involvement. The Rothschild PTO invites parents/guardians to participate in programs, raises funds, and provides an avenue for parents/guardians and teachers to work and socialize with each other. Parents/Guardians are encouraged to attend Rothschild PTO meetings and help with special projects whenever possible. Rothschild PTO meetings are generally held on the second Monday of the month in the Rothschild Elementary School Conference Room #211. Meetings are held from 6:00 – 7:00 pm.

MEETING DATES

6:00PM - 7:00PM

CONFERENCE ROOM 211

AUGUST 12

SEPTEMBER 9

OCTOBER 14

NOVEMBER 18

DECEMBER 9

JANUARY 13

FEBRUARY 10

MARCH 10

APRIL 14

MAY 12

DCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONFERENCES 2024-2025

FIRST SEMESTER with Parents/Guardians:

October 29 : 4:30pm to 7:30pm

November 4: 11:30am to 7:30pm (NO SCHOOL FOR ALL STUDENTS)

SECOND SEMESTER with Parents/Guardians

February 20: 11:30am to 7:30pm (NO SCHOOL – ELEMENTARY ONLY)

February 25: 4:30pm to 7:30pm

School Safety Information for Families

D.C. Everest administrators and staff have been proactively working with law enforcement, first responders and our Superintendent’s Office in Wisconsin to update our Comprehensive School Safety Plans and put into place effective drills that will help prepare us for incidents, emergencies or disasters that may occur at school or within the community. Below is important safety information we encourage you to review prior to the start of the school year.

Talk to Your Student About Safety

It is crucial for parents/guardians to be aware of the safety protocols at their child’s school. Engaging in conversations with your child(ren) about safety drills taking place at school is vital to helping them prepare for emergencies that may take place at school or elsewhere. By helping your student understand the district safety protocols (found below), you can help reduce fear and build a student’s trust in the systems we have in place. Open dialogues between parents, teachers, support staff and students strengthen our processes and emergency response plans. Below are the district safety protocols to review with your student.

Be Alert

“If you see something, say something!” This proactive approach is encouraged among students, parents and staff to ensure safety concerns are reported immediately to school administrators or appropriate first responders, especially if there is a potential for imminent danger.

Drills

DCE schools comply with Wisconsin safety drill mandates. Some of the safety drills we conduct are, per the mandates, unannounced. These drills provide the DCE safety team with the opportunity to assess the effectiveness of our responses. We conduct the first of our fire and lockdown drills within the first two weeks of school to ensure our students are informed and prepared for potential emergencies.

For the past several years, D.C. Everest has followed an established protocol in the event an unauthorized person enters the school building. If that occurs, a building-wide alert is announced, and students and staff are instructed to lock their classroom doors, turn off the lights, and hide while remaining quiet.

Research indicates, however, that to increase their chances of survival, students and staff should be provided with additional options when confronted with an intruder. Therefore, DCE has enhanced the traditional lockdown protocols with a new Run, Hide, Fight Training and Instruction that will be implemented across the District. These procedures are endorsed by safety experts across the country, including the Department of Homeland Security.

Run, Hide, Fight

In an active shooter situation, the protocol of Run, Hide, Fight is adopted:

Run

• Have an escape route and plan in mind

• Leave your belongings behind

• Run regardless of whether others agree to follow

• Help others escape, if possible

• Prevent others from entering an area where the active shooter may be

• Call 911 when you are safe

Hide

• Hide in an area out of the shooter’s view

• Lock the door or block the entry to your hiding place with tables, chairs or any other sizable item

• Silence your cell phone so you are not detected by the shooter

Fight

• Fight as a last resort and only when your life is in imminent danger

• Attempt to incapacitate the shooter

• Commit to your actions — your life depends on it

Emergency Procedures

• Fire: Evacuate and do not return until it is deemed safe.

• Lockdown: Take action based on the nature of the threat, which may include locking doors and covering windows.

• Shelter in Place: Used during external threats, students are secured inside buildings.

• Reunification Off Site: In rare instances, where more distance is needed to ensure student safety, students may be relocated to another site for reunification with parents/guardians. Parents will be advised of reunification sites through our School Messenger all-call system, websites and social media channels.

For your safety and the safety of students, staff and first responders, please:

• DO NOT REPORT TO THE SCHOOL — procedures are in place to safely and efficiently reunite students with parents/guardians.

• Ensure you have persons authorized to pick up your student(s) LISTED ON YOUR STUDENT’S EMERGENCY CARD in Infinite Campus (you can find more information linked HERE). No student will be released to any other adult, if not listed on the current emergency card.

• Have your photo ID with you at the reunification site; it will be required at the time of pickup​.

Communication During an Emergency

During an emergency at a D.C. Everest school, communication is distributed through the School Messenger all-call system, the district websites and our social media channels. To ensure you receive timely alerts, please update your emergency contact information. Please visit the DCE Safety and Security webpage to update your contact information in Infinite Campus.

Parents are advised to:

• Remain at home/work and monitor our communication channels (website, social media, email, texts) for updated information.

• Avoid sending repeated texts or phone calls to students’ personal cell phones; doing so may alert intruders to your child’s location and may tie up the cellular systems, potentially delaying a safe and effective response

• Refrain from proceeding to the site of the emergency — doing so may block roads and prevent First Responders from responding in a timely manner; only proceed to the site if advised to do so by the district or law enforcement

• Avoid posting unverified information to your social media channels — this can lead to mass confusion and misinformation

For any concerns or questions, please contact your building principal.

School and school district-approved e-flyers will keep you informed about upcoming school activities, programs, and events.

As part of our efforts to be more environmentally friendly and to embrace innovative technology, we have moved to digital flyer delivery. With our Peachjar e-flyer program, the e-flyers are posted on school websites for easy access and sent directly to parents’/guardians' email inboxes with the capability for them to:

• Add the event to their calendar
• View event map
• Download as a PDF
• Share on Facebook
• Share on Twitter

https://app.peachjar.com/flyers/all/schools/29950/

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D.C. Everest Elementary Schools will send the following information to non-custodial parents routinely: state test scores, progress reports, parent/teacher conference schedules, and excessive absence notifications. Copies of other information students receive at school are given to students in the classroom. Non-custodial parents can receive this information by making arrangements with the homeroom teacher. It is the responsibility of the parents to make this contact. This information can also be mailed to the non-custodial parent if self-addressed, stamped envelopes are provided to the school. Envelopes provided will be given to the homeroom teacher to be used to mail informational items as. they become available.

View our Nutrislice Menu for all school meal choices.

Nutrislice Interactive Menu

Remember to make deposits for your child(rens) accounts. Have them bring in cash or check in a deposit envelope with their name, ID number, and deposit amount and drop it in the deposit box or turn it into the office at their school. Otherwise, go to www.MySchoolBucks.com to complete a direct deposit.

Special Occasion Treat Reminder

· Per school policy, “Food items brought in for treats need to be commercially prepared with an intact ingredient label listing allergy information and must not contain nut products” (this includes peanuts and tree nuts).

· “In addition, nut-containing products will not be served in the school meal program in grades K-5. Students in grades K-12 may pack a cold lunch containing nut products. Those meals should be eaten in the cafeteria only.”

The D.C. Everest Area School District contracts with Lamers Bus Lines to provide busing for home-to-school and co-curricular transportation. Please contact them directly for assistance at 715-298-6110 or 40groupsb@golamers.com.

The primary purpose of universal screenings is to help all students be successful. By identifying students who are in need of more specialized academic or behavioral interventions, we can provide assistance and preventative measures as early as possible. Likewise, by identifying students with higher reasoning skills and talent potential, we can provide them with opportunities to participate in the Gifted and Talented Magnet program, Honors, Advanced Placement, or Dual Enrollment programs as appropriate for the individual student.

These screenings include state or district tests, as well as specific academic or behavior screening tests. The screening assessments are typically administered to all students two or three times per year at the elementary level.

• The universal screening tool iReady is an adaptive assessment used in grades K-5 for math and in grades 4-5 for literacy to help determine where students might have gaps in knowledge and skills and need assistance. For grades K-3 in the area of literacy, aimswebPlus is the universal screening tool chosen by Wisconsin as a comprehensive assessment of young children's knowledge of literacy foundational skills that are predictive of future reading success.

• iReady and aimswebPlus universal reading screening data will also be used to determine which students would benefit from continuing in the screening process through use of informal, diagnostic, individually administered assessment tools in the areas of phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, and spelling. This will help us identify students who display risk factors associated with dyslexia/related difficulties. The results from these assessments are not intended or designed to diagnose dyslexia; their purpose is to identify children who are experiencing reading difficulties that may require extra support and ensure that support is targeted to each student’s areas of need.

• The Bloomsights screening tool (grades 1-5) helps to identify the connections among students and provides them an opportunity to express their own concerns related to the school environment. It is a student completed screener that informs decision making at the student, classroom, and school level.

Thank you for supporting the D.C. Everest School District’s efforts to build a system of student supports linked directly to data. This initiative will ensure each of our students has the opportunity to receive the assistance they need to achieve academic and social-emotional success. Please do not hesitate to contact your building principal if you would like to discuss any of the screening processes or the options of opting your child out of a specific screener.

ATTENDANCE

When a child is absent, a parent/guardian should call school 715-359-3186, press 1 for attendance voicemail, by 9:00 a.m. to inform the office that the child will not be in attendance. If a family does not call to inform school about a student’s absence, the school will make a reasonable attempt to reach a parent/guardian at home or work. If the office is not able to contact a parent to get an explanation for an unreported absence, the absent child will be recorded as “unexcused”. Police/SRO Zwicky may be called if we are concerned with the safety of the child. After a student has been absent, he or she should bring to school a written excuse signed by a parent/guardian. For doctor or dentist appointments, please bring a slip from their office to have the appointment considered as a medical excuse. Absences beyond five per semester may need a doctor’s excuse. The only excused absences are those due to illness of the student, death in the family, a doctor or dentist appointment that cannot be scheduled after school hours, or whenever the principal considers that exemption from attendance is in the best interest of the student.

STUDENTS WHO ARE TARDY

Children who arrive at school after the attendance bell (8:45AM) will be considered tardy. When such cases occur, parents/guardians should check their child into the office and state the reason for the tardiness. The attendance secretary will make the necessary changes in the school attendance report.

STUDENTS LEAVING SCHOOL EARLY

At times, it may be necessary for you to schedule an appointment or an emergency occurs which requires an early release of your child(ren). Please send a note to school informing the teacher of the early release. Parents/Guardians picking up students during the school day must always check in at the school office and sign him/her out. The teacher will then be contacted to dismiss the student. Parents/Guardians may not remove students from a classroom, lunchroom, playground or location other than the office. Students will not be permitted to wait for parents/guardians in the parking lot or at a curbside location. This procedure will be followed for your child's protection.

CHANGES FOR STUDENT PICK-UP DURING THE DAY

If a parent/guardian needs to change the plan for pick-up/bus drop-off at the end of a day, the parent/guardian must call the office and notify the secretary by 3:00 PM. The secretary will relay the message to the teacher and the student. Do not email the child’s teacher or leave messages on their phone, as the teacher may not get the message before the end of the day.

EVEREST ADVENTURE CARE 2024-2025

Registration is now open for before and after school care at Rothschild Elementary. Spots are limited and do fill quickly. Please see their website for more information at:

https://gtcc.dce.k12.wi.us/quick-links/adventure-care/2024-before-and-after-school-care

For questions on availability, please contact Amanda Rose, Assistant School Age/Camp Coordinator (715)359-6563 ext 5 or arose@dce.k12.wi.us

For purposes of understanding: A “visitor” means an unpaid person who attends a district sponsored event or activity. As part of D.C. Everest Board Policy 8410 school safety plan, all doors to the school are locked during the school day. Visitors will need to press a call button located near the center of the front doors to enter the building. All visitors are required to register in the school office.

• “Visitor” is typically a parent/guardian/family support person attending a school event, sporting event, theater production, class choir, or school family event OR is a parent/guardian dropping off/picking up their child from school.

• Visitors attending school events shall report their presence and sign in at the school office if the visit occurs during the instructional day; but may not be required to sign in if the event or activity is after the instructional day.

• Visitors dropping off/picking up their child from school outside normal drop/pickup times will press the call button located near the center of the front doors to enter the building and drop off/pick up their child in the office lobby area.

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The D.C. Everest School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, sex, (including transgender status, change of sex or gender identity), or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability (“Protected Classes”) in any of its student programs and activities. The following staff are designated to receive inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Sarah Trimner, Director of Talent and Culture 6100 Alderson Street, Weston, WI 54476, (715) 359-4221, ext. 1225, strimner@dce.k12.wi.us or Kelley Strike, Assistant Superintendent of Operations, 6100 Alderson Street, Weston, WI 54476, (715) 359-4221, ext. 1243, kstrike@dce.k12.wi.us.

Mr. Ted Aleckson, ext. 5422 - Principal

Laurie Cook, Ext. 5421 - Secretary

Korrin Traska, Ext. 5423 - Health Assistant

Josh Nielsen, Ext 5419 - Student Support Teacher

Emily Gilmore, Ext. 5431 - School Counselor

Heather Schlagenhaft, Ext. 5417 - School Social Worker

Hallie Beal, Ext. 5418 - School Psychologist

Jeff Zwicky, Ext. 5468 - School Resource Officer

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Email: lcook@dce.k12.wi.us
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Location: 810 1st Street, Rothschild, WI, USA
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