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Please note that asking people about their vaccination status is a breach of privacy. Please do not request personal health information of others. Thank you.
Important dates:
Friday, March 12 - no school - staff development day
Monday, March 15 - no school - district holiday
Wednesday, March 17 - FINAL picture day
Friday, April 2nd- 11th - spring break (no school)
Friday, May 14th - minimum day
Friday, May 28th - minimum day, last day of the school year
For your information only - March 26th we will have the district COVID testing team at Donlon for staff only. You may see white tents on our playground - we wanted everyone to know what was happening!
FINAL Picture Make-Up Day! For students who did NOT have their photo taken last fall.
FINAL Picture Make-Up Day! For students who did NOT have their photo taken last fall.
When: March 17th between 11:00 am and 12:30 pm
Where: In the front parking lot of Donlon
How: Sign up for a Studio One Photography time slot here
Otherwise, if you would like to submit your own individual photo of your student for inclusion in the yearbook, please send the photo to yearbook.donlonpta@gmail.com
DONLON HYBRID (IN-PERSON/REMOTE) & AT-HOME PROGRAM STARTING:
Kinder, 1st, and 2nd Grade hybrid students return to Donlon on Thursday, March 4
3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade hybrid students return to Donlon on Monday, March 8
NOTE: BELL SCHEDULE HAS SHIFTED FOR 1ST - 5TH GRADE PM STUDENTS (KINDER IS THE SAME). PM INSTRUCTION BEGINS AT 12:15 AND ENDS AT 3:00 PM FOR 1ST - 5TH (12:30 - 3 FOR KINDER). SEE REVISED BELL SCHEDULE AT RIGHT.
Please see the pdf below of maps for students entering and leaving campus, for classrooms, and diagrams for parents driving or walking to school. NOTE: THE EGRESS MAP HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH TWO MAPS - ONE FOR CHILDREN MOVING TO WAITING LINES, AND ONE FOR THEM MOVING FROM LINES TO EXIT THE SCHOOL. SEE PAGES 3 AND 4 OF THE PDF FILE BELOW. Teachers will be walking students to their waiting lines, so kids don't need to worry about getting lost! We will have staff supervising all around to help students find their way.
Donlon Maps and Flow For Return to Hybrid (1).pdfDonlon Elementary Bell Schedule Hybrid & At Home 2021.pdfPTA sponsored this Question/Answer document - if you have additional questions, please add the to the document by contacting the executive board members noted.
Donlon Elementary Reopening Information -Revised.mp4Slides from video with live links (see speaker notes on each slide for the script of our video narration)
Pick up procedures
*All families, walking or driving, should have a large paper (printer paper is fine) with their child's first and last name, their teacher's name (not room number), and their grade. This should be in the front passenger windshield so we can see from front of car, or carried if you are walking/biking.
Walking/biking families drop off:
Come to the front of school (on Dorman) and say goodbye to your child at the start of the walkway that goes from Dorman to our front gates. All of our kindergarten, first, and second graders did a great job of walking down the path and right to their teacher (in line or in the classroom).
Driving drop off:
It is best if your child is able to open the car door for themselves and climb out (if you have a child lock, please disengage it). It is also better for your child to come out on the curb side of the car, NOT the traffic lane side. Please pull all of the way to the front of the drop off lane, or as far forward as there is space and when the cars in front of you stop, you may let your child exit the car too (they don't have to be in front of the gate to exit).
Walking/rolling pick up:
If you plan to get the free lunch for your child, please walk around the parking (NOT through the lot) using the sidewalk on Dorman, then the pathway at the south end of our parking lot (by the painted yellow curb) to walk to the walk-up lunch line. Get your child's lunch, then return the same way. It's only 548 steps round trip (we checked!). If you walk from the back of our school, get your child's lunch, then walk along the pathway to the sidewalk on Dorman, and line up in the walking pick-up zone on the other side of the parking lot. We will not send children to meet walking parents at the lunch pick up area.
We will have the small front parking lot empty tomorrow so our walking families can line up according to their child's teacher - you will see cones with signs that have the teacher's name on it. Kinder line up will be closest to the fence, then first grade, and so on. Please maintain your 6 feet of distance for safety. We plan to call several children from the same classroom to speed up the walking lines.
Driving pick up:
The center drive (through our parking lot) is for families who do NOT want the free lunch for their child. The curb lane is for families who want the free lunch for their child (or, families who do not want the free lunch may use this lane and simply pull forward and exit without lunch). There is a sign in front of the lunch tent with the food choices, please have your child's order ready as you arrive.
Again, if you have other caregivers, PLEASE share this information with them so they know our procedures.
Thank you for keeping all of our students and staff safe, and thank you for your patience as we learn these new procedures!
If your child is a hybrid student returning to campus and you did not receive an email health screener from Qualtrics, please review the above document to ensure that your child is safe to come to campus. Also, if you did not receive the email from Qualtrics, you should enter your child's information into this form to be shared with our student services department.
NEWS FROM THE HEALTH OFFICE
NEWS FROM THE HEALTH OFFICE
MEDICATION AT SCHOOL
We have been preparing and are excited to have the kids back on campus as soon as we get the green light.
If you have a student who will have medication at school, please make sure that we have the correct Medication Consent form for the current school year. This applies to Prescribed and Over the Counter medication. Please make sure that all of these guidelines have been met before bringing medication in:
Students name must be on the box or bottle (keep label attached for prescription meds)
Medication must match exactly to what the doctor’s orders say
Consent form must be signed and stamped by the doctor, and signed by the parent/guardian
For links to all of our medical forms click here.
Please call Jamie Tompkins between the hours of 8:30-1:30 M-F if you have any questions. You may also email jtompkins@pleasantonusd.net.
Hybrid Elementary Flyer.pdf5th Grade Students Moving on to Hart Middle School next year...
5th Grade Students Moving on to Hart Middle School next year...
The counselors at Hart Middle School have created an Incoming 6th Grade Google Form for all Donlon 5th grade parents and students to complete with their choices for classes next year. Since we are unable to send paper forms as was past practice, we are asking you to please complete and submit this Scheduling Form for all current 5th graders who are slotted to attend Hart next year. We appreciate your assistance in getting this important information submitted. The Hart Counseling Staff will be available via email for any scheduling assistance and questions that parents and students may have with the process.
Warm regards,
Hart Counseling Staff
Register for the 9th Annual (Virtual) Run for Education
Run, walk, bike and more AROUND THE WORLD with your friends, family, school and the entire community from April 11-18, 2021.
Register at www.ppierun.com today or by March 15 to get a reduced price of $20 w/shirt or $15 w/out
PUSD staff 50% off!
Discounts at selected local businesses (April 11-18) for everyone who wears the RUN shirt
Form school teams & accumulate miles together
Suggested routes around town - with updates as we Race around the world!
Register NOW for our weekly drawing, which is held every Sunday with the winner announced every Monday.
Last week's winners were: Yijya Wang (SAT or Academic Tutoring Gift Card) and Kimaya Muthukrishnan & De de Curry -TWO winners of Coldstone for a YEAR (once a month). Congratulations!
This week we will have FIVE winners of an Academic Tutoring Gift Card.
P.S. Donlon Elementary is currently in 3rd place behind Fairlands and Alisal for number of registrations received! Let's get registered, Cubs!
Families of students learning English
Join us at our next ELAC meeting - March 30, 5:30 p.m.
(click on the date for the zoom meeting link)
Mrs. Gates will present our School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) and ELAC members have the opportunity to ask questions and provide input. The SPSA must be approved by our English Learner Advisory Committee each year.
The Final DLAC meeting is upcoming in April:
DELAC-The final DELAC Meeting will be held on April 14, 2021 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. We will review the Listening Campaign Feedback and the Draft for the 2021-2024 LCAP. Here are flyers with more information in English, Spanish and Chinese.
VERY IMPORTANT!
VERY IMPORTANT!
Are you moving before the 2021-2022 school year?
Are you moving before the 2021-2022 school year?
If you have already moved, are moving, or will possibly be moving before the start of the 2021/2022 school year, please let us know by filling out the google form linked below.
With all of our grades at or near capacity, such information in advance is vital to our planning process.
If this applies to you, please fill out this MOVING FORM today!
If this applies to you, please fill out this MOVING FORM today!
If you are moving and you have district materials (chromebook, library books, etc.), please contact the Donlon office at 925-426-4220 to arrange a return.
Are you (or someone you know) considering a school-based job?
Are you (or someone you know) considering a school-based job?
Pleasanton Unified is hiring substitute teachers! Please see this Certificated Brochure for more information. Pleasanton Unified is also hiring substitute classified Paraprofessionals, Custodians and Student Supervision Assistants! Please see this Classified Brochure for more information. If you know someone that might be interested in any of these positions, please pass this information along.
Pleasanton Unified is hiring substitute teachers! Please see this Certificated Brochure for more information. Pleasanton Unified is also hiring substitute classified Paraprofessionals, Custodians and Student Supervision Assistants! Please see this Classified Brochure for more information. If you know someone that might be interested in any of these positions, please pass this information along.
STUDENT ATTENDANCE REMINDER
STUDENT ATTENDANCE REMINDER
If your student is going to be absent and unable to participate in distance learning, please remember to call the Donlon office attendance line at 925-426-0403 and leave a message with the reason for the absence.
If your student is going to be absent and unable to participate in distance learning, please remember to call the Donlon office attendance line at 925-426-0403 and leave a message with the reason for the absence.
Our BEST prevention tools - the three "W"s
Our BEST prevention tools - the three "W"s
Wear a face covering
Wear a face covering
Wait (so you stay 6 feet apart)
Wait (so you stay 6 feet apart)
Wash your handS
Wash your handS
Think that all masks are the same? They aren't! Click to watch this video as a family! (and share with your friends)
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