October 2023
Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month!
"Latino history is American history..."from https://www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov/exhibits-and-collections.html (check out this great link)
Attendance Matters!
Please remember that every moment of learning counts for your child. It's important for children to be at school on time each day. Please let Mrs. Gates or Mrs. Tremain know how we can help you and your child with this essential task.
These norms of behavior are how we adults interact at Donlon . If you have any questions about our norms, please reach out to Janet Gates or Danielle Tremain, your Donlon administrators.
Donlon's Meeting Norms:
Stay student focused.
Assume positive intentions.
Be open to ideas.
Communicate clearly and succinctly.
Ask and welcome questions for clarification.
Allow others to complete thoughts before responding.
Listen carefully for understanding, and respect other’s views.
Honor time limits.
IMPORTANT DATES:
* Oct. 4: Walk to School to Start Your Day
* Oct. 5: EARLY RELEASE DAY (Grades 2 - 5 only) - Minimum Day Bell Schedule
* Oct. 9: No School
* Oct. 11: Picture Makeup Day
* Oct. 11: Wheelchair Donations Due - fundraising link
* Oct. 12: School Board Mtg. 6pm - Agenda - Watch Here
* Oct. 13: Flag Salute @ 10:55: Tie-Dye Theme
* Oct. 13: Entries for PTA Reflection “ I am Hopeful Because…” due - student entry form
* Oct. 13: PPIE Gala 6:00-10:00pm - Website with details
* Oct. 17: Porky’s Fundraiser with Donlon Staff Servers 4:00-9:00pm
* Oct. 18: PTA Donlon Fun Run
* Oct. 23-27: Red Ribbon Week
* Oct. 26: School Board Mtg. 6pm - Agenda - Watch Here
* Oct. 31: Halloween Parade at 8:30 a.m. (back field - Payne) & Minimum Day
Bell Schedule Reminders
For safety reasons, Students should not be dropped off before the gates open at 8:00am (9:00am on Wednesday) as we have no adult supervision until then.
Students who arrive later than 8:15am (9:15 on Wednesdays) will be marked tardy. The bells determine tardiness, not the gates being open.
Message from the Health Office
TO: FIRST GRADE PARENTS/GUARDIANS
RE: REQUIRED HEALTH EXAMINATION DUE BY NOV. 8, 2023
The California Health and Safety Code (124105) requires that every child entering the First Grade in a CA school have a health check-up. A certificate, signed by a licensed healthcare provider, must be presented to the school to verify that your child has received the health check-up. Exams may be dated back to 6 months before they began Kindergarten through Nov. 8th, 2023.
Click here for a copy of the Health Exam form. In addition to the doctor's signature and stamp, please also sign the parent/guardian portion.Thank you!
Jamie Tompkins
Health Services Assistant
jtompkins@pleasantonusd.net
ABILITIES AWARENESS WEEK
We have the following going on for the rest of this week:
* Use of wheelchairs in PE
* Wheelchair Foundation donations to purchase wheelchairs to be delivered to Pueblo, Mexico next summer!!
* Lots of books and videos that can be used to bring awareness to differing abilities
* Some fabulous PTA volunteers will be in the library on Friday at lunchtime with the following activities...We will have Braille slates (total 4), some books, stimming crafts materials, and sign language posters!
Thank you, Donlon Community, for all you are doing to bring continued awareness, inclusivity and compassion to the attention of all of our students:)
Donlon Yearbook
Yearbooks are 10% off until the end of October! Grab those memories and the discount while you can! Purchase your yearbook today: https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1015924981461695
Got photos? Share your photos for the yearbook! If you’ve got great photos from Fall Carnival, First Day of School, Book Fair & Ice Cream Social events, we’d like to see them! Upload your photos in the Donlon TreeRing website or email your photos at yearbook.donlonpta@gmail.com
If your family would like a yearbook, but is unable to purchase one, please send an email to Principal Gates.
AAFN Dates 23-24 (5).pdfAfrican-American Family Network Dates for 23-24 School Year
African-American Family Network meets quarterly for the 23-24 school year. The dates and locations can be found on the flier at left. Quarterly African-American Family Network Meetings are the first and broadest touchpoint for African-American families in PUSD to build community in affinity space, have culturally relevant and specific activities that are social and fun, and opt into other district programs.
Birthdays!
Each student receives a birthday pencil from Principal Gates or Vice Principal Tremain during the month of their birthday (and they get the special happy birthday serenade!). Other birthday celebrations for children should happen at home. No food (no candy) or drinks may be distributed to students, as student allergies can be life threatening. Thank you for your understanding.
Our School Plan for Student Achievement for 2023-2024 school year is attached here. Please take some time to review our goals for this school year! For a quick summary of our SPSA, click here.
School Site Council meets monthly to review data, consider options for improvement, and determine our focus for the school year. This important group of people represents and serves all aspects of our school community with 5 parents, 3 teachers, 1 non-teacher staff member, and our Principal. All are welcome to attend, and there is time allotted for comments from the community at the beginning of our meetings. Please see the Donlon Website for School Site Council meeting dates, agendas, and minutes.
Important Tip: Children should know the phone number of their parent/guardian, or be able to find it in their backpack or planner. Please show your children how to call your phone number on a land-line (at our site, the number "8" must be pressed first to get a dial tone, then the area code, then the 7-digit number).
STUDENT ITEMS - Anything that comes to school should have the child's name and teacher's name clearly marked ("Sharpie" pens are great for this purpose).
If your child lost an item at school, please ask him/her to check our lost and found box in the multipurpose room. We will place all lost/found items on the front lawn this first week of September. Please look for any items on Tuesday. We will gather and donate any items unclaimed as of Wednesday morning. We plan to do this each month to avoid a glut of found items.
Cubs in the Community! See what our Cubs are doing...
This is a new section in the Donlon Digest - featuring our Cubs and the things that they are doing outside of their school day. Please use this form to submit information (keep it short and sweet) and a photo if you'd like. Then look for your child in our next Digest update!
