February Newsletter

Beginning Monday, February 12th

Students in 6th grade will enter through Door 1. (Main Entrance) Entry through Door 1 begins at 7:45 a.m.

Students in 5th grade will enter through Door 4 (81st ST near parking lot). Entry through Door 4 begins at 8:00 a.m.

Parents and visitors:

When visiting the school, please note that you will have to stop and sign in at the security desk. You will also need to provide the office with a photo ID card.

The safety of your children is our number one concern. Please do not walk through the staff parking lot we do not want any child to become injured as vehicles are moving.

Students are allowed to bring limited sports equipment (footballs, soccer balls, volleyballs) to use during recess. However, to ensure safety of students and vehicles, using that equipment on-campus during arrival and dismissal is not allowed.

Students at Dawes are engaging in various activities to honor Black History Month. Students 5th grade have been researching various figures in history to present on their accomplishments. Students in all grades will also be celebrating 50+ years of Soul Train with a musical celebration this month. We can't wait to share pictures of the festivities in next month's newsletter!

Students in middle school had the opportunity to taste test potential new lunch items and give their feedback to the Open Kitchens representatives. Students sampled several new items that might appear on a future lunch menu in CPS!

Students celebrated the holiday season with different festivities!

Students in third grade worked with Mrs. Patton and the Fine and Performing Arts Team to put together a performance celebrating Christmas traditions in different countries.

The Dawes community was lucky to have a secret Santa provide gifts for all the students in grade PreK through Second Grade. Each student got to see Santa and take home a fun surprise! A big thank you to our generous donor and to Ms. Biszewski and her team of volunteer elves for sorting through all the gifts.

Dawes parents celebrated the holiday season with a cookie decorating activity. BAC and PAC members joined a few Dawes staff members to decorate snowflake cookies at the December meeting.

Kindergarten students in Ms. Mangan's art class used greens and blues to paint the first part of their landscapes. We can't wait to see how their masterpieces turn out!

Bianca Marchan, Dawes Class of 2020, was recently awarded a full-tuition 4 year scholarship to the University of Wisconsin - Madison through the Posse Program. Bianca demonstrates skills in academics as well as leadership.

Posse identifies public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential who may be overlooked by traditional college selection processes. Focusing on four major cities, New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and Chicago, Posse extends to these students the opportunity to pursue personal and academic excellence by placing them in supportive, diverse teams—Posses—of 10 students. Posse partner colleges and universities award Posse Scholars four-year, full-tuition leadership scholarships.

Go, Bianca! Go, Badgers!

Mike Strzykalski joins the Dawes team as our new building engineer. He's already hard at work overseeing projects in the school building. Mr. Strzykalski comes to Dawes with years of experience handling a wide-range of building maintenance issues.

D'Atkins Clark and Chris Brown are the dynamic duo that make-up the Dawes Security Team. Mr. Clark (Mr. D to us!) moved into his role as lead security guard following Ms. Price's retirement. Mr. Brown comes to Dawes from another CPS school. We're lucky to have both Mr. D and Mr. Brown here to support our students each day.