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IMPORTANT DATES:
IMPORTANT DATES:
Dates for the 2022-23 School Year
Thursday, 9/1: Coffee with the Principal and PTA President, 8:15 - 9:00
Monday, 9/5: Labor Day; NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, 9/6: Staggered Schedule Begins for 1st Grade
Tuesday, 9/6: PTA General Meeting, 7:00 - 8:30 in the Donlon Library
Tuesday - Thursday, 9/13 - 15: PTA Book Fair, 3:00 - 4:00 in the Donlon Library
Wednesday, 9/14: School Picture Day
Friday, 9/16: PTA Book Fair and Ice Cream Social, 5:00 - 7:00pm
Monday - Friday, 9/26-30: Abilities Awareness/Wheelchair Foundation Fundraiser
22-23 AAFN Flyer (1).pdfATTENDANCE
ATTENDANCE
Please call the school office absentee line at 925-426-0403 to let us know if your child will be absent from school. Please state the child’s name, the teacher’s name, and the reason for the absence. Children should be free of a fever for 24 hours (without medication) prior to returning to school. Prolonged illness or communicable disease should be reported to the school office as soon as diagnosed. If the student’s absence is due to a contagious illness, you will need to provide the school with a doctor’s note upon the student’s return to school. To request homework, contact your child’s teacher via email.
Tardiness:
While we understand that there are sometimes challenges in the morning, please work to ensure that your child arrives at school on time. Children miss vital parts of lessons when they are late to school. If late, we will ask your child to check in at the office before going to their classroom, to be sure that they aren’t marked absent.
Early Dismissal of Student Procedure:
Although students are allowed to leave during the school hours for medical or dental appointments, this is not encouraged. In order to protect each child who needs to leave the school before dismissal time, the parent must personally come to the office and sign the student out. Students will only be released to adults listed on their emergency card. Students will not be released to bike or walk home for appointments or illness.
Questions about attendance? Please contact Sam Thomas at the Donlon office (925-426-4220 or sthomas@pleasantonusd.net).
Donlon Elem 2022-2022 Flyer.pdfElection for parent representatives on School Site Council - please look for ballots in your child's Wednesday folder; you may submit ballots to the box at the front office. (Note, we will have the ballot box on top of the brown school "mailbox" during the school day).
Safety in and around Donlon - drivers use caution!
Safety in and around Donlon - drivers use caution!
No cutting around waiting cars and turning left into the parking lot.
No cutting around waiting cars and turning left into the parking lot.
Dorman Street, in front of Donlon, is a two-way street. The lane that travels north (from Luckys towards Donlon) splits into a “left turning” lane and a “going straight” lane. It is absolutely illegal to drive in the “going straight” lane and then turn left into the Donlon parking lot! If you are waiting to enter the parking lot, wait in the turning left lane. When you reach the entrance to the Donlon lot, you may then move towards the parking lot section.
No parking along Dorman Road during pick up or drop off time.
No parking along Dorman Road during pick up or drop off time.
In the southbound lane of Dorman, coming from Denker Road towards Donlon, the curb lane is a no parking zone during school drop off and pick up times. There is a photo of the no parking sign shown below. This lane is intended for people to queue up to turn right into the Donlon parking lot. Do not park here, or block traffic waiting for your child, because people behind you are not able to get around.
Thirdly, there is NO left turn out of the Donlon lot during pick up or drop off hours. (See photo of the no left turn sign as you leave our lot).
Teach Bike Safety for crossing streets
Finally, students leaving the BACK of school must walk their bikes on pathways and across the street. There have been several near misses when children rode into the street instead of walking their bike to cross. When dropping off children do not stop in crosswalks.
Thank you for your attention to these concerns. We want to make sure that Donlon is safe for all of our students!
No left turn out of the Donlon lot during drop off or pick up times!
HEALTH OFFICE UPDATES
HEALTH OFFICE UPDATES
PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF CURRENT FIRST GRADE STUDENTS:
ALL children entering first grade are required to have a Health Exam completed by their doctor. The exam can be dated up to 6 months before starting Kindergarten, and no more than 90 days after entering First Grade. Students who will be in first grade during the upcoming 2022-23 school year who have gotten their medical exam but have not yet turned in the Health Exam form, please return the completed form to jtompkins@pleasantonusd.net, or drop it off at the Donlon office.
The due date for submitting the Health Exam for this year's First Graders is November 11, 2022. First Graders who have not submitted their Health Exam form will not be allowed to attend class after November 11th until the form is received in the office. Click here for a copy of the Health Exam form.
STUDENT 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 11:30am. 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!
Please take some time to review our Donlon School Plan for Student Achievement for 2022-2023
To the right is a video that explains this important document.
2022-23 Donlon SPSA Overview.mp4Page updated
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