Dolphin Digest for Parents

Dear North Davis Community:

I hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend. As we enjoy the extra day this weekend, let's take a moment to honor and thank those who have served. A special thank you to our very own Darrin Hunter for his service. The dental assembly was informative and fun. Thank you Nurse Amanda for organizing it.

Parent teacher conference week : Please make sure you have responded to your student's teacher and scheduled your conference. Students are dismissed at 11:55 AM. Here is the NDE Fall Conference Week Letter. The fall schedule along with dismissal information for all students is linked below.

Youth Truth Survey: Please take a few minutes to click on the button below and provide your feedback. ALL parents at NDE are invited to take this. This is an important piece that guides our work. Thank you to the 51 families (12%) that have taken it so far. Our goal is 80% participation rate this year! The information is linked below. We appreciate your participation!

This week, there are a number of events that we would love to see you...DJUSD Pep Talk and the Solar Project Outreach. Please encourage your student to participate in Mirror Day on Friday.

Looking for ways to volunteer...sign up to help at the Book fair or provide treats for our staff during conference week.

Thank you for all you do make NDE so special!

Go Dolphins!!

Principal Pinto

Spirit Day! This Friday, November 15th, is Mirror Day, where students can come to school dressed to match one or more friends. Identical hats? Matching shirts? The same hairstyle? Get creative and have some fun!

Hello NDE Community,

We all want to help our kids when they are struggling with problems with school, peers, difficult experiences or any number of things. Figuring out how to best do that isn’t always obvious (and kids have a way of letting us know when our best efforts are not working). I hope you can join us for the next online event of DJUSD’s Parent Empowerment Program.

PEP Talk on Wed., Nov. 13 from 6pm-7:30pm.

Topic: Validation

It almost sounds too simple, but validating is an essential part of helping our kids successfully deal with challenges. The PEP Talk will cover what validation is, what is it not, and how to use it with our kids and others. You'll also get some pointers on how to better validate, as well as hear some reasons why it is more effective to validate rather than continue to talk past each other. Presented by Tom Harrer from the Auburn Davis Center for DBT. Link to register: https://bit.ly/PEPTalk-Validation

Jump into Reading was a lot of fun, and we have the winners! We received nearly 500 bookmarks from students showing their time spent reading. What an impressive turnout! Class winners will receive a classroom party, and the individual winners will receive gift certificates to the Bookfair! Congratulations to the winners and all of our readers!

Class winners:

TK-3rd - Ms. Eich's and Phister's 1st grade readers

4th - 6th Ms. Brehler's 4th grade readers

Individual winners:

1st Place

Nico K - grade 1 (Ms. Tessier's room)

Kathryn H. - grade 5 (Ms. Neal's room)

2nd Place

Ayman A. - grade 2 (Ms. Ochoa's room)

Justine M. - grade 6 (Ms. Brewin's room)

The Scholastic Bookfair is coming to NDE the week of 11/18 to 11/22. We are looking forward to seeing kids, parents, and teachers! Let's make some reading wishes come true. The link to shop online will be available on Nov. 15th and can be found on the Scholastic Bookfair website. Find out how to set up an eWallet on the website too.

We are still looking for volunteers for the Bookfair. Thank you to everyone who has already signed up, we are so appreciative of your support. You can sign up on Konstella or swing by the library and we'll happily pencil you in! We still have openings, and we have a few dates/times that we are especially shy on volunteers so if you're considering signing up, here's where we could use a few more hands:

Wednesday 11/20 from 1:15 to 2:00 - we have 5 openings

Wednesday 11/20 from 2:00 to 2:45 - we have 6 openings

Thursday 11/21 from 1:15-2:00 - we have 4 openings

Thursday 11/21 from 2:00 - 2:45 - we have 5 openings

“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting, and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.”

Roald Dahl (British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter pilot)

See you soon in the Library.

WHO

• Survey one parent or guardian from each household.
• Parents/guardians are invited to take the survey once for each child enrolled.
• Aim to survey as many parents/guardians as possible (at a minimum, schools must receive a minimum of 10 responses to be eligible for a report).

WHAT

• Parents/guardians will share their feedback about their overall school experience.

WHEN/WHERE

• Surveying must happen between 10-28-2024 and end-of-day 11-22-2024.
• Parents/guardians will take the survey on any internet-enabled device.
• Schools with in-person parent events during the survey window are encouraged to open computer labs, distribute laptops or tablets, or invite parents/guardians to take the survey on a smartphone while on campus.

WHY

• Efforts to improve school culture and student achievement should also be informed by family perceptions. Feedback from a diverse range of community members can serve as an actionable, real‐time barometer of factors that influence student success.

HOW

• Respondents will be prompted to select their language of choice from English, Spanish, Russian, Vietnamese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, and French.
• The survey will take about 15 minutes to complete.
• The survey must be completed in one sitting.

☀️ Join us to discuss solar energy 🌱at North Davis Elementary (NDE). DJUSD is hosting a follow-up meeting for solar implementation at NDE. We will be sharing updates, based on your feedback, and outlining next steps which will help shape the future of renewable energy at our schools. There will be two meeting opportunities on 📅Thursday, November 14, 2024. The first meeting will take place at ⏰3:15 p.m. and the second meeting will take place at 5:15 p.m. in the 📍Library at NDE. All are welcome! Can’t make it? Submit your feedback to FacilityPlanning@djusd.net by November 29, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.

November 11 - School Holiday

November 13: DJUSD Pep Talk

November 14 - Solar - Public Outreach Meetings

November 18 - 22: Parent Teacher Conference week and Book Fair

November 25 - 29 - Thanksgiving Break

December 16: Climate Committee Meeting

December 18: Variety Show 8:30-10

December 23 - January 3 - Winter Break

North Davis Elementary School PTA invites you to join our Panda Express Fundraiser on Friday, November 29, 2024! 🍜🥡

Help support NDE PTA by ordering food online or via the Panda Express app for pick-up or take-out at any of the more than 2,000 Panda Express locations across the U.S.!

How it works:

• Orders can be placed online or through the Panda Express app any time between November 22 - 29, 2024, but pick-up must be on November 29, 2024.
• During checkout, enter Fundraiser Code: 926503.
• 28% of all sales will go directly to support North Davis Elementary PTA! 🎉

What is PBIS?

A framework in which we develop systems to support students with behavior.

We do this by:

- Having consistent, school-wide expectations

- Explicitly teaching and re-teaching the expectations - shared responsibility

- Acknowledging the positive behavior

- Responding to problem behavior - it’s complicated!

- Using data to make decisions, make changes, and adjust systems

Email: rpinto@djusd.net
Website: https://northdavis.djusd.net/
Location: 555 East 14th Street, Davis, CA, USA
Cell phone: 530 -760-9566