Dozier Weekly Newsletter
Week of January 27, 2024
What's Happening This Week
Tuesday, January 28th
100th Day of School
Wednesday, January 29th
Snack Cart
ZEARN FREE DRESS Day- 2nd Grade
Early Dismissal for Wednesday is CANCELLED- students will have a regular day of school
Thursday, January 30th
Bobcat Bonus- Pajama Day
Friday, January 31st
$1.00 Jeans/ Athletic Pants with Uniform Shirt/ Dozier Spirit Shirt
100th Day
On Tuesday, January 28th, 2025 we will celebrate the 100th day of school at DOZIER!
Students are allowed to wear a 100th day shirt with uniform bottoms OR dress like a 100 year old person on this day. Those students not participating must wear a uniform to school.
We can’t wait to celebrate 100 days of school with our little BOBCATS!
Yearbook Orders are Open
Yearbook orders are now available on-line for 2024-2025 yearbooks! To order on line, please visit the following website:
You will need to use code: 21557 to access our yearbook sale. Online orders are due by March 28th.
Paper order forms will go home at a later date. Paper orders can be paid with cash or check and will be due on March 28th.
If you have any questions, please email lori.porter@vpsb.net
Car Raffle Fundraiser Information
Snack Cart Donations
Each month our PBIS team would like to reward our students for their hard work each day by providing a Snack Cart. This Snack Cart will be brought to each classroom so that our students may spend their Bobcat Bucks to “pay” for a treat from the cart. The PBIS team is asking for donations of snack items from the list below to be able to allow students to purchase with the Bobcat bucks. All donations should be brought to the front office.
Example items to donate (everything must be individually wrapped):
Small Pringles Cans, Chips, Little Debbie Snacks, Snack size Candy bars, Snack Cakes Pre Wrapped Cookies, Takis/ Hot Fries, Cheese Crackers, Animal Crackers, Fudge Rounds, Star Crunch, Zebra Cakes, Dunk-a-Roos, Oreo Snack Packs, Famous Amos Cookies, Popcorn Bags
PBIS COLOR RUN
Our next PBIS Incentive will take place on Friday, February 28th. We are running head first into the new year with a PBIS COLOR RUN! Colors will be flying as students make their way around the race track to kick-off the second half of the school year!
All students who have no infractions and no office referrals from January 6th to February 27th will be invited to attend this event. Please encourage your child to work hard to follow the rules at school so they can attend.
For this event, students who are eligible to attend can wear white or light colored clothing. This includes tops and bottoms. Students can also wear colorful accessories, such as socks, bows, tutu’s, skirts, headbands, etc. While the colored powder should wash out, please do not send your child in any clothing or shoes that you would not want stained.
Students should bring a towel to dust off the colored powder after their run. Students will not be changing clothes before or after the color run. Students should also bring a water bottle for after the run.
Bobcat Bonus Day - January
We are excited to announce our January Bobcat Bonus Day! Every Thursday in the month of January we will celebrate “Pajama Day”! Bobcat Bucks will be counted by the teacher each Wednesday. If your child has enough Bobcat Bucks, they will receive a Bobcat Bonus card letting you know that they can participate.
All students must pay 4 Bobcat Bucks to participate in this event.
The following guidelines must be followed for this event.
Students may wear two-piece sets or gowns with shorts/leggings underneath. Leggings cannot be worn along as bottoms. Leggings must have shorts/ gown/ etc over them.
Students MAY NOT wear slippers.
Students may NOT wear “onesie” style pajamas.
They must have regulation school shoes on.
The following is from the Vermilion Parish Handbook and will be adhered to for this special event:
Tops – See- through, tight fitting, or that which exposes the mid-section are prohibited. This shall include, but not be limited to halter tops, crop tops, tank tops, spaghetti straps, noodle straps, and mesh tops, etc.
If you are unsure, please bring the shirt to the office and ask. Our number one priority is always education and these special events allow us to celebrate good behavior and have a direct impact on our ability to teach and learn at DES. Please work with us to make this Bobcat Bonus a success!
Upcoming Dates
Wednesday, February 5th
Spring Pictures
Shrimp Boil Fundraiser Kick Off
Thursday, February 13th
PreK On-Site Enrollment Support 8:30- 10:00
Wednesday, February 19th
Early Dismissal due to Teacher Professional Development
Monday, March 3rd- Friday, March 7th
NO SCHOOL- Mardi Gras Break
Wednesday, March 26th
Early Dismissal due to Teacher Professional Development
Friday, March 28th
Yearbook Orders Due
Friday, April 18th- Friday, April 25th
NO SCHOOL- SPRING BREAK
Wednesday, April 30th- Tuesday, May 6th
LEAP TESTING (3rd- 5th Grade)
Friday, May 23rd
Last Day of School
Reminders
1. MORNING DROP OFF
Students are not allowed on campus prior to 7:30am. Walkers should NOT enter the campus until after the 7:30 bell rings. All students MUST be dropped off in the car rider line, in the back of school, in the morning. Students should not be dropped off in the teacher parking lot, or the side streets near the front of the school. Vehicles must enter the car rider line on Caldwell. Vehicles cannot enter the line, or block traffic on Kiddie.
2. AFTERNOON DISMISSAL
Our campus dismisses at 3:10. All car riders must be picked up by 3:30pm. Please ensure you enter the car rider line no later than 3:25pm. Please display your car rider sign in your front windshield when you enter the car rider line. We ask that you leave the sign in your windshield until your child is in the car. This will help the teachers who are loading students identify the correct vehicles to guide students to their vehicles.
3. UNIFORMS
Students in 1st- 5th grade must wear uniform bottoms (pants and shorts) with belt loops. Belts must be worn in 1st - 5th grade and shirts must be tucked in at all times. Students in Prek and K may wear elastic waist bottoms.
