PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

We had a wonderful time at all three mini-schools! Thank you so much for coming out! I cannot believe we are beginning our fourth week of school already! As we enter this fourth week we have three important pieces of information that we want to make sure all families get to see!

1. 🚗🚙🚌🚲 Pikmykid

We are asking that ALL Solar families download the app for the NEW dismissal system. Whether your child gets home by car, bus or bike, we ask that EVERYONE downloads the app and verifies that the information is correct in the system.

How will this system improve our dismissal? 

For bus riders, you will get a notification when your kids have been loaded onto the bus. For walkers, you will get a notification when your child has been picked up. For carline, this system will help us make sure your child is called down in a timely manner and that your wait time is shorter! 

We will use this week (September 6th-9th) to make sure:

• each one of our 750+ families have the app on their phone and all the information is correct AND

• all families who plan to use CARLINE or WALKER at any point this year (even after clubs) will need a NEW CARLINE number. We will be passing these out this week.

We will OFFICIALLY begin the FULL implementation of Pikmykid on September 12th. We appreciate everyone's cooperation and patience with this transition!

2. 👚👖👟NEW Uniform Expectations 

We will begin this week. We won't be at school for college shirt day on Monday, so this week will not look much different (Tuesday students may wear maroon shirts (see below) Wed-Thurs regular uniform and on Friday Girl Scout shirt OR spirit shirt) but next week it will look slightly different.

The Solar Uniform Schedule for the week of 9/12- 

MONDAY - college shirt OR Solar spirit shirt

TUESDAY- regular uniform

WEDNESDAY - regular uniform

THURSDAY - regular uniform

FRIDAY - HOUSE shirt OR Solar spirit shirt

See UPCOMING EVENTS calendar below to know which shirt to wear each Friday!

(Please contact brladipo@dallasisd.org if your child is NEW to Solar and has not yet recieved a house shirt with your daughters NAME, GRADE, HOMEROOM TEACHER and SHIRT SIZE.)

3. 🍰Birthday Treats and Food

We need your help! This year we are asking that parents help us limit the food and treats brought into the office.  Our office staff currently spends about an hour each day delivering food and treats to classrooms. Here's how you can help:

• We ask that individual gifts for students (flowers, cookies, cards) be given at home. We will no longer be delivering individual gifts to students. If a parent has made a delivery to the school, they can come to the office with the student after dismissal is over to pick up the items. 

• Parents/Guardians may bring birthday treats ONLY if there are enough to share with the whole class. These treats will only be accepted to celebrate birthdays (not other occasions - unless specifically requested by a teacher). Birthday treats must be store bought and will always be distributed during the last 10 minutes of class.

• We are a nut-free campus. We want parents to be mindful of allergies in the classroom. Teachers will notify parents through their newsletters/Remind about allergies. 

• Classroom snacks should be individually wrapped and may be dropped off in the front office. Please make sure that the boxes/bags of treats are labeled with your child's homeroom teacher.

• We are requesting that parents to limit the amount of times that lunches are dropped off in the office. While we are happy to accomodate occasional needs - we want to ensure that our time is focused on attendance, enrollment and parent support. Uber Eats or any other delivery service are ONLY to be used to provide meals for teachers and staff. While we understand that things come up, your support with this is greatly appreciated!

• Once we purchase more outdoor seating parents may be notified that they can join their student for lunch once a month in the garden.