January Newsletter 2018
DeMotte Elementary 1000 S. Halleck Street, DeMotte, IN 46310 www.kv.k12.in.us Telephone: 219-987-2789 Upcoming Events
Jan. 9- Students Return Student Drop Off Tips Jan. 10- PTO Meeting @ With cold and inclement weather comes additional parents 4 p.m. in Media Center dropping off students in the morning. In order to accommodate more cars we need to keep traffic moving as safely and Jan. 11- Report Cards effeciently as possible. Our drop off area holds six cars at a time. For efficient drop offs, it is necessary for students to exit their cars Feb. 2- Spring Pictures from all six locations. Please have your student exit the car from the first location you stop at in the drop off zone. We realize that Feb. 26-March 9 is Third many parents prefer to drop their child as close to the school Grade ISTEP Test, Part 1 doors as possible, unfortunately there are too many students being dropped off to accommodate this. Here are some helpful HAPPY NEW YEAR! hints to make the process go smoothly:
1. Begin saying good-byes before entering the drop off zone. 2. Have hats, gloves, and backpacks on before stopping. 3. Have your child seated in the passenger side of the car. 4. Pull as far forward in the drop off zone as possible. 5. Exit from the first location you stop at in the drop zone, even if it is further from the door. Staff members are there to assist students as needed. 6. Remember all the cars behind you are waiting and need to move up. 7. Be alert to children and parents walking across the parking lot. We really could use your help with this parents
2 Hour Delay
Start Times Doors open 10:35, School begins at 10:50
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Students that are chronically absent miss out Email to teachers- If you email your child’s teacher, the teacher may not get that email message until the next day. The school’s computer network uses filtering Attendance software. If your address is not recognized by the software, it gets “caught” in the system. The message is not released until the next day. With this in mind, please do not email homework requests for that day, emergency transportation requests, or Upon returning to school after anything that must be read or answered on the same day. Time-sensitive information an absence, a student must such as this should be handled through a phone call to the office. bring in a note stating the reason for the absence. If a School hours- School begins at 8:50 a.m. and students need to be seated in the classroom by that time. The doors open at 8:35. Students who are tardy must be student is absent more than accompanied to the office to be signed in. Dismissal begins at 3:25 p.m. The school three days, the school nurse, office is open from 7:45 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Anytime you come to school, please make Mrs. Wheeler, needs to be sure you stop in the office and be prepared to show you I.D. informed.
Homework requests for sick students- If you want the teacher to prepare homework for your child who is not in school, please call the school by 10:00 a.m. for Students that miss school, pickup at the end of the day. miss out on important instruction. Students miss Emergency school closing- Kankakee Valley School Corporation utilizes a service that valuable group interaction, contacts families by telephone in the event of emergency school closing. It is crucial that we have the correct telephone number in order to reach families in a timely manner. discussion, and presentation of new material. Class time 1. If school is canceled due to emergency or severe weather, it will be broadcast over cannot be recovered by simply these radio stations: WRIN-1560 or WLQI -97 FM Rensselaer, WZVN - 107 FM Lowell, doing makeup work. WNWI -1080 AM Valparaiso, WAKE - 1500 AM or WLJE - 105.5 FM Valparaiso, WKVI-1520 AM or 99.3 FM - Knox, WAZY- 96.5 FM - Lafayette. Please do not call the school office as this decision is not made here. Attendance letters are sent out after five, eight, and ten days. 2. If school is delayed due to ice, fog, or other circumstance, the information will be If a student is chronically broadcast over the radio stations listed above. Please do not call the school. absent, a meeting will be set 3. If school must be dismissed early during the day, students will be dismissed as soon up to discuss your child’s as the buses arrive. Radio stations will be called to alert parents that children will be absences. coming home early. Children will be sent home on their regular bus for early dismissal unless parents provide other written instructions. Students cannot make phone calls for Our attendance policy can be early dismissal, nor can school personnel call for them. It is the responsibility of parents found in our handbook. Go to to provide a safe plan for their child if school is dismissed during the school day. our website and click on school 4. Information about school delays or cancellations- will be posted on the Kankakee forms under the Quick Links. Valley School Corporation website. We attempt to have the information posted by 5:30 a.m. You will find the information at www.kv.k12.in.us Be Sure to Like Our Official Face Book Page: KV DeMotte Elementary
From Our Kitchen to Yours
Fun fact:
When planning our menus, we are required to follow the Nutritional Our PTO still needs Standards set by the USDA. Each lunch has to have the following volunteers to help with standards per meal for grades K-5: 550-650 calories, <10 Saturated Spring Events. If you are Fat, 0 Trans Fat, <640 mg Sodium, 1-2 oz. of protein, ¾ cup of interested in helping, vegetable, ½ cup of fruit, 1-2 whole grains, 1 fl. Oz. of 1% milk or please email skim flavored milk. We are happy to provide such a nutritional meal [email protected] for all our students.
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