Yost Weekly Update: August 11, 2023

Yost is supporting Homecoming week with spirit days is the week of Sept 23. The schedule is below:

Here at Yost we want our students to be good digital citizens. Kids should be safe, responsible and respectful when using devices and going online. This month in the library kids have been doing digital citizenship lessons. If you would like to continue these conversations at home, check out the Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship Parent site for helpful information.

https://www.commonsense.org/education/family-tips/managing-media-age-3-8

Gym- Delilah Spear (Toth), Cole Andres (Spain)

Library- Lucy Hacker (Street), Jio Hernandez (Spain)

Art- Alliana Macpherson (Hasselberger) Michael Sharp (Dodds)

Music- Mark Kamstra (Toth), Grace Bogseth (Spain)

Please review the Yost PTO Post below:

Doors Open- 7:10

Warning Bell- 7:27

School Begins- 7:30

Dismissal Begins- 2:15

Office Hours- 6:45-3:15

Please refer to the video for updated traffic patterns.

https://youtu.be/sVQEas2ZlOA

Yost has been designated as a Family Friendly School by the IDOE.

Congratulations to Bailly, Jackson, Liberty, Yost and Westchester for being recognized as 2023-24 PLTW Launch Distinguished Schools! PLTW Distinguished School recognition honors schools committed to increasing student access, engagement, and achievement in their PLTW programs.

9/21 Yost PTO Mum Pick-up

9/26 Yost PTO Izaak Walton Family Nature Night, 6:00-7:30

10/2 Yost Picture Day

10/8 Yost Title I night & PTO meeting, 4:30
10/17 Yost PTO Silly Safari Family Night

10/18 Quarter 1 Ends

10/24 & 10/25 Fall Break (no school)

11/5 eLearning Day (campus closed)

11/25 & 11/26 Body Safety Dunebrook presentations

11/27-11/29 Thanksgiving vacation (no school)

12/20 End of Semester 1

12/23-1/6 Winter Recess (no school)

1/7 Second Semester begins

The first step to maximizing academic growth throughout the year is getting to school as much as possible. This year, we have a goal of a 95% attendance rate for the year. We will celebrate class winners and share our school attendance rate for the week.

In an effort to improve attendance which directly positively impacts student growth and achievement along with adhering to the new state law regarding attendance, Senate Enrolled Act (SEA) 282, Duneland School Corporation has developed a new Attendance Policy.

A few important changes:

• Parent/Guardian Verified Absence: This is a new category of student attendance. It is used when an absence does not meet the criteria to be considered "Excused" or "Unexcused." There will only be four (4) Parent/Guardian Verified absences allowed a semester. Additional absences called in by a parent or guardian not meeting the definition of "Excused" will be considered "Unexcused."
• Parents only have one (1) week to verify an absence or provide documentation for an "Excused" absence.
• A student who is absent from school for five (5) days within a ten (10) week period without the absences considered "Excused" will be deemed a student in need of truancy prevention.

1. Absenteeism in the first month of school can predict poor attendance throughout the school year. Half the students who miss 2-4 days in September go on to miss nearly a month of school.
2. Chronic absence appears to have doubled by the end of the 2021-22 school year. We estimate that it now affects nearly one out of three students (or 16 million vs. 8 million students in the 2018-19 school year).
3. Poor attendance can influence whether children read proficiently by the end of third grade or be held back.
4. By 6th grade, chronic absence becomes a leading indicator that a student will drop out of high school.
5. Research shows that missing 10 percent of the school, or about 18 days in most school districts, negatively affects a student’s academic performance. Chronic absence is considered two days a month.
6. When students improve their attendance rates, they improve their academic prospects and chances of graduating.
7. The most important thing to track is not just how many are missing school without an excuse but how many are missing so many days in excused and unexcused absences that academics are off track.
8. Missing one (1) day of school every two (2) weeks, adds up to almost a year and half of school from kindergarten to senior in high school.

Yost Attendance- 96.14%

Kindergarten- Mrs. Nay 97.62%

1- Mrs. Papineau 97.65%

2- Mrs. Street 99.05%

3- Ms. Toth 96.92%

4- Ms. Hasselberger 98.89%

Please review information below regarding the Yost Blood Drive.

Information regarding sign-ups for boys and girls basketball is below.

Below is information regarding Ready, Set, Kindergarten. The program is hosted at Yost as well as the other elementary schools.

Below is information regarding the universal screener for dyslexia. This link connects you to information from the IDOE.

Learn more about the Duneland Early Learning Classes at the the HUB. Click on the image below to enroll.

To make an appointment please call 219-763-8112. Let NorthShore know you are a Duneland School student or staff member and that you would like to make an appointment at the Duneland School Clinic located at the old CMS.

Below are lists for student success.

Information regarding student bus transportation for the 2024-2025 school year is available on DSC website under the Transportation Department.

TRACK STUDENT'S BUS WITH MYSTOP APP- The Duneland School Corporation Department of Transportation has now made My Stop available to our families.

My Stop is a web-based application which will allow parents to access live bus GPS information using a smartphone, tablet, or computer and securely view the current location of your child’s bus on routes. The system also provides the bus’s estimated time of arrival at your child’s bus stop.

Please read the attached letter to parents for more information on how to use My Stop to track your child's bus.

The DSC Child Nutrition Department utilizes NutriSlice as its menus program. This app is available for iPhone and Android through your mobile app store. Parents can also access the full website for Duneland Schools on a computer via this NutriSlice link.

This app will allow parents and students to view the menus as well as the nutritional info for each menu item at any of the Duneland Schools. This program will be developed further incorporating images of the actual food items being served at each of the Duneland schools.

Email: jhuwig@duneland.k12.in.us
Website: https://www.duneland.k12.in.us/Domain/12
Location: 100 West Beam Street, Porter, IN, USA
Phone: 219.983.3640