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Does your child enjoy riding their bike or scooter to school? Do they walk to school?
Help improve their experience by providing feedback to the Alameda County Safe Routes to School program
Please take this 5-minute survey about your family’s travel choices and perceptions of safety. We’d love your feedback about how your student gets to and from school and what barriers limit your child’s use of active and shared transportation. All parents or caregivers who submit a survey by June 9th (and include their contact information) will be entered to win fun Safe Routes to Schools-themed prizes. Thank you!
The Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) next parent workshop will be Tuesday May 23 @ 4:00 pm on Zoom. Registration is linked below.
The Tri-Valley SELPA is offering a series of workshops designed to provide information and resources for helping parents navigate our student's use of digital technology. We hope that you find the information and resources useful for you. As you can imagine, there is a lot to cover - just with the issue of social media alone. We would like to give you these additional resources to help you engage in these critical conversations with your child regarding digital technology and ways to mitigate the harmful impact of social media on mental health. Included is the link to Family Digital Tech Planners - which may be helpful in establishing expectations and norms around digital technology use.
The Tech Tutorial: More FAQs on Digital Tech Parental Controls
Tuesday, 05/23/2023, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., Virtual
Are you planning a family trip for the upcoming summer break? As you begin to make arrangements, please be mindful of the importance of sending your student to school every day possible. Each year, absences spike in the weeks leading up to summer break, and into the start of the new school year, yet teaching and learning occur right up to the start of and immediately following the summer break.
Please review the PUSD 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 Instructional Calendars as you begin to make plans for the upcoming summer. It is also important to note that Independent Study Contracts may not be issued during the last twenty (20) school days of the year. Existing policies related to assignments and grading will be upheld for excused and unexcused absences if taken during the final 20 days of the school year.
While we recognize that breaks are an important time for reconnecting with family near and far, we know that even a few missed days can add up to too much lost learning time, potentially putting your student at risk of falling behind in school. This is as true in kindergarten as it is in high school. With this in mind, please ensure regular and timely attendance for your student for the remainder of this school year and the upcoming start of the 2023-2024 school year.
We appreciate your partnership in maintaining student attendance!
BE SAFE - OUR STUDENTS ARE WATCHING AND LEARNING FROM YOU!
Adults - please use crosswalks in our front lot and all around school.
Please focus your attention on driving forward after your child has left your car.
Please follow the directions of our staff who are working to keep everyone safe.
Important Dates for May:
Important Dates for May:
Tuesday, May 2: General PTA Meeting @ 7:00 - 8:30pm (Donlon Library)
Friday, May 5: PTA-Sponsored Movie Night @ 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Monday thru Friday, May 8 - 12: Teacher Appreciation Week
Tuesday, May 9: Donlon Early Release Day - ALL students start at 8:15am; TK/Kinder end at 12:05pm, and 1st thru 5th end at 12:15pm
Tuesday, May 9: Hart MS Open House @ 5:30 - 6:30pm
Thursday, May 18: Donlon Open House & Science Fair @ 6:00 - 7:00pm
Wednesday, May 24: 5th Grade Band & Strings Performance @ 1:55 - 2:50pm
Wednesday, May 24: School Site Council Meeting @ 3:20 - 4:20pm via Zoom
Friday, May 26: District TK thru 5th Minimum Day - ALL students start at 8:15am; TK/Kinder end at 12:05pm, and 1st thru 5th end at 12:15pm
Monday, May 29: NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day Holiday
Thursday, June 1: PTA-Hosted Staff Retirement Party @ 3:00 - 3:45pm (Donlon MPR)
Friday, June 2: Last Day of School! - Minimum Day - ALL students start at 8:15am; TK/Kinder end at 12:05pm, and 1st thru 5th end at 12:15pm
We need adult-only help!
Many of our teachers need to change classrooms for next year, and this is a huge undertaking - especially at the end of the school year. If you can assist us we would so appreciate your help. We need adults who can come to Donlon without children to help us box and move classroom materials, and to unpack them in their new locations.
I'd like to know who could be available and when so that I can create a schedule of help that best meets our teacher's needs. Please take a moment to see our "doodle" forms, where you can indicate all of your availabilty. If your availability matches that of one of our teachers, one of us will connect with you before the date you are available. I hope to be able to use all volunteers and support all of the moving classrooms. Thank you in advance!
Janet Gates, Donlon Principal
Doodle #1 - May 4th - May 13th
Doodle #2 - May 14th - May 20th
Doodle #3 - May 23rd - May 27th
MOVING??
Do you plan on moving out of Pleasanton soon or over the summer? Please complete this form to let us know. Completing the form does not mean your student will be unenrolled from Donlon.
YOUR CHILD'S ATTENDANCE MATTERS!
Did you know...missing only 2 days each month of school means that your child misses 10% of their education?!
Learning is more than completing classwork - it's also learning social skills, conversation skills, problem-solving skills, independence, and more. These things cannot be replicated when your child is away from school - please have them here everyday, unless they are ill.
Here are some things that parents and guardians can do to help children come to school every day:
Set a regular bed time and morning routine.
Lay out clothes and pack backpacks the night before.
Avoid letting your child stay home unless he or she is truly sick. Sometimes complaints of a stomachache or headache can be a sign of anxiety and not a reason to stay home.
Talk to teachers, school counselors or other parents for advice on how to alleviate a child’s anxiety about going to school or other issues.
Develop back-up plans for getting to school if something comes up. Call on a family member, a neighbor or another parent.
Avoid scheduling medical appointments and extended trips when school is in session.
Independent Study Contracts
Independent Study Contracts
Per PUSD policy, there may be no Independent Study agreements issued the last twenty (20) school days of the year. PUSD will not approve Independent Study requests during the last 20 school days of school. Existing policies related to assignments and grading will be upheld for excused and unexcused absences if taken during the final 20 days of the school year. If your child is absent the last twenty days, we cannot guarantee your child will return to the same school the following school year.
NEWS FROM THE HEALTH OFFICE
NEWS FROM THE HEALTH OFFICE
KINDERGARTEN PARENTS/GUARDIANS
ORAL HEALTH EXAM FORM DUE BY 5/31/2023
California law (Education Code Section 49452.8) requires a dental check-up for all Kindergarten students. If you have yet to turn this in, please return the completed form to the Donlon office, or email to: jtompkins@pleasantonusd.net
ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR K-6 SCHOOL PROGRAM
ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR K-6 SCHOOL PROGRAM
The Alameda County Fair would once again like to offer us free tickets for our K-6 students. Parents who are interested in receiving a free ticket for their students must go online and order the tickets ahead of time by June 15, 2023. Click on the link/flyer below to go online and order your free ticket for your student. The tickets are first come, first serve basis and we are not responsible if you are unable to retrieve a ticket; we are simply giving each family the information. These are for student tickets only. Enjoy!
What's Happening at Donlon??
What's Happening at Donlon??
We are a very active Cubs Community, with lots of information being shared! So where can you find out what's happening?
The Monthly Donlon Digest (which you are reading now!)
Periodic ParentSquare emails and notifications (download the app - free for iOS and Android devices)
The Donlon Website (donlon.pleasantonusd.net)
The electronic Marquee outside the Donlon office
PTA website and weekly Newsletter (sign up for the newsletter on the homepage of the PTA website @ donlonpta.com)
TK & Kindergarten Registration
TK & Kindergarten Registration
for 2023-2024 School Year
for 2023-2024 School Year
Parents who are planning to register their children for Kindergarten, Transitional Kindergarten (TK) or grades 1 through 5 at Donlon Elementary School for the 2023-24 school year are invited to drop off their enrollment applications and associated paperwork at the Donlon Office.
**PLEASE DROP ALL COMPLETED ENROLLMENT PACKETS IN THE LOCKED BROWN MAILBOX OUTSIDE THE FRONT OFFICE**
For detailed information outlining the steps for enrolling new students, click here to go to the PUSD website.
Parents of current PUSD TK students DO NOT need to complete the online enrollment. TK students who will be attending Donlon for Kindergarten next year will automatically be transferred to us.
Enrollments received after February 28th are received on a first-come, first-serve basis. If Donlon does not have space remaining in that particular grade level, the student will be overflowed (placed) at one of our other PUSD schools.
Registration for our before and after school program must be submitted separately to Donlon Kids Club. Click here for their website.
NOTE: Kindergarten through 2nd grade parents:
Last Session is May 8th!
Stanford Parenting Center
Stanford Parenting Center
Stanford Parenting Center, an academic center seeking to empower parents with evidence-based strategies to help them foster healthy parent-child relationships and support their children’s mental health and well-being. The SPC works with the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development at the Stanford University School of Medicine to connect parents with a team of world-class experts.
The last course is this Friday, May 5 - about Anxious Childhood Emotions and how to parent through these. See flyer at left to register.
Reminder about ongoing meetings for the African American Family Network - only one meeting left this school year.
Banquet & Senior Recognition Night on May 18th!
22-23 AAFN Flyer (1).pdfPUSD Bilingual Volunteer Registry Slide.pdfSTUDENT ITEMS
STUDENT ITEMS
For parents who are dropping off items for students:
Please clearly mark item with student's first and last name AND teacher's name.
Items left for students should be placed in the container on the cart in front of the school office BEFORE 11:15am. Musical instruments can be placed under the table inside the office door.
School policy is that classes will not be disrupted for delivery of items students forgot to take to school.
Items will be given to students at lunch time.
If you are PICKING UP HOMEWORK or other items that a teacher has left in the office for you, feel free to come in and grab the items from the table right inside the office door.
Thank you very much for your cooperation!
Our Principal was recognized as Association of California School Administrators Region 6
Elementary Principal of the 2022-2023 School Year!
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