WESTERN DUBUQUE DISTRICT NEWSLETTER August 2019 Vision . BACK TO SCHOOL INFORMATION Success for All Online Registration Process for ALL Students Mission . ALL students attending Western Dubuque Community School District must be registered each school Develop life long year using our Online Registration System. The 2019-2020 online registration is open now. Please learners and visit our District website at www.wdbqschools.org/Registration.aspx for more information. responsible citizens Fall Registration & Fee Day for the 2019-2020 School Year Guiding Elementary Schools: August 5, noon — 7:00 p.m. Philosophy . Secondary Schools: August 13, 7:00 a.m. — 6:00 p.m. Better Everyday Student schedules and locker assignments will be available at registration (if applicable). Elementary class rosters will be available at the schools on Monday, August 12. Families who choose not to use RevTrak to pay their school/ * * * * * * * * * lunch fees can pay these fees during registration. (Please review Fee Schedule insert.) Any student entering Western Dubuque Schools for the first time MUST provide proof of birthdate (copy of birth Balltown certificate, adoption records or certified statement of physician) and immunization verification unless this in- formation is already in their official school records. Please refer to the “Required Vaccination” and “Dental and Lead Bankston Screenings Required” notices on page 5 for more information. Bernard Preschool & Shared Visions Students: Cascade Parents of Preschool and Shared Visions students need to sign up for a home visit/orientation meeting time slot. These will be held on August 26 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and on August 27 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Please Centralia call your student’s school after August 1 to schedule a day and time that works best for you. Dyersville Elementary Open Houses: Epworth An Open House will be held at all elementary schools on Wednesday, August 21, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Farley Secondary School Meetings: Fillmore All Secondary Schools have scheduled meeting times in August for various students. See page 3 for details. Garryowen School Supply Lists: School supply lists can be found on the District and school websites. Graf Holy Cross First Day of Class Schedule for the 2019-2020 School Year: Luxemburg Friday, August 23: Grades K-12 (This will be a FULL day of school.) Wednesday, August 28: Preschool and Shared Visions students New Vienna Peosta RevTrak (Online Payment Processing System) RevTrak allows you to make school-related payments online via credit card or debit card at your convenience from Petersburg our District website. You can make payments for the following fees for the 2019-2020 school year: textbooks, agen- das, food services, city limits bussing, yearbook, activity passes, 4 year old preschool 4-day tuition, and other trans- Placid portation fees. Rickardsville How It Works: 1) Log on to the Western Dubuque website: www.wdbqschools.org 2) Click on the “Online Payment System” Quick Link Worthington 3) If you do not yet have a Parent Portal ID & password, please contact Mary Boge at 744-3885 ext. 6030 4) If you do not yet have a School Dining ID & password, please contact Clif Cameron at 744-3885 ext. 6041 PRESCHOOL SCHOOL CONTACT INFO HOMELESS CHILDREN AND We offer a preschool program for students Cascade Elementary School YOUTH who are 4 years of age on or before Sept. 15, 2019. Our 3-day preschool program is FREE and Phone: 563-852-3335 [Board Policy 501.16] the monthly tuition for our 4-day program is Principal: Dan Wendler The board will make reasonable efforts to $120 for students who will be four years of age Cascade Jr./Sr. High School identify homeless children and youth of school as of Sept. 15, 2019. age within the district. To help ensure that home- If you have questions regarding our preschool Phone: 563-852-3201 less children and youth have a full opportunity to program, please contact the school of interest. Principal: Ryan Fritz enroll, attend, and succeed at school, the board Asst. Principal/Activities Dir: Adam Kedley shall: encourage their enrollment and eliminate existing barriers to their receiving an education, SCHOOL PICTURE DATES Drexler Middle/Intermediate School collaborate with other service providers, ensure Phone: 563-744-3371 transportation is provided in accordance with It is important your child wear Principal: Scott Firzlaff legal requirements, and provide stability in appropriate school attire for their Asst. Principal/Activities Dir: Cole Pederson school assignment according to the child’s best school picture. Spaghetti strap interests. tops, halter tops, etc. will not be Dyersville Elementary School The district has designated Melissa O’Brien as allowed. Phone: 563-875-8484 the local homeless children and youth liaison. Fall school pictures will be Principal: Linda Martin Please contact the building school counselor taken during regular school hours on the follow- with questions. ing dates, with the exception of Cascade Jr./Sr. Epworth Elementary School High School and Western Dubuque High School: Phone: 563-876-5514 Cascade Elementary Principal: Dan Butler HEALTH EDUCATION September 25 Farley Elementary School [Board Policy 603.5] Cascade Jr./Sr. High School Phone: 563-744-3308 Parents are free to inspect instructional mate- August 13 (7:00 a.m.—6:00 p.m.) Principal: Lori Grimoskas rials prior to their use in the classroom. Parents who object to health education instruction in Drexler Middle/Intermediate School Peosta Elementary School human growth and development may file a writ- August 30 Phone: 563-588-9010 ten request that the student be excused from the Principal: Melissa O’Brien instruction. The written request will include a Dyersville Elementary proposed alternate activity or study acceptable to September 18 Western Dubuque High School the superintendent. The superintendent will have Epworth Elementary Phone: 563-876-3442 the final authority to determine the alternate September 10 Principal: Jacob Feldmann activity or study. (Iowa Code 279.50) Assistant Principal: Richard Hatcher Farley Elementary Activities Director: Tyler Lown September 24 PRIVATE INSTRUCTION Peosta Elementary [Board Policy 604.1] September 18 SAFE & EFFECTIVE USE OF Except as otherwise exempted, in the event a child of compulsory attendance age as defined Western Dubuque High School SECLUSION & RESTRAINT by law does not attend public school or an ac- August 13 (7:00 a.m.—6:00 p.m.) State law forbids school employees from using credited nonpublic school, the child must receive corporal punishment against any student. School private instruction. Private instruction means employees may use “reasonable and necessary instruction using a plan and a course of study in PARENT/TEACHER force, not designed or intended to cause pain” to a setting other than a public or accredited non- CONFERENCES do certain things, such as prevent harm to self or public school. others. State law also limits school employees’ The Iowa Department of Education recognizes All Elementary Schools abilities to restrain or confine and detain any three option for delivery of this form of instruc- student. If a child is restrained or confined or tion: two options for delivery of competent Nov. 12, 3:30-7:00 p.m. & Nov. 14, 2-7:00 p.m. confined and detained, the school must maintain private instruction and one option for independ- Feb. 25, 3:30-7:00 p.m. & Feb. 27, 2-7:00 p.m. documentation and must provide notice to the ent private instruction. child’s parent. For information, including applicable forms, Drexler Middle/Intermediate School If you have any questions about this state law, visit the “Options for Educational Choice” sec- Oct. 1 & 3, 3:45-7:15 p.m. please contact your school. The complete text of tion of the Iowa Department of Education’s Jan. 14 & 16, 3:45-7:15 p.m. the law and additional information is available on website, https://www.educateiowa.gov/pk- the Iowa Department of Education’s web site: 12/options-educational-choice. Cascade Jr./Sr. High School www.iowa.gov/educate (search “Chapter 103”). Sept. 16 & 18, 4:10-6:30 p.m. SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS Jan. 6 & 9, 4:10-6:30 p.m. HEALTHY KIDS ACT (Board Policy 804.5) Mar. 23 & 24, 4:10-6:30 p.m. The purpose of the Healthy Kids Act is to establish physical activity requirements for stu- It is the policy of the Western Dubuque Com- dents and to establish nutritional content stand- munity School District to create and maintain a Western Dubuque High School safe school and work environment. Security Sept. 23, 4:00-7:00 p.m. ards for food and beverages sold on school grounds during the school day. School districts cameras are installed within school buildings Jan. 6, 4:00-7:00 p.m. must ensure that every kindergarten through fifth and buses as well as the exterior of buildings. Mar. 30, 4:00-7:00 p.m. -grade student has 30 minutes a day of physical Security cameras monitor school property, as- activity and every 6th-12th grade student has 120 sisting administrators in detecting and deterring minutes per week of physical activity. Physical unacceptable behavior or activities and other- TESTING DATES activity will be defined in department rules and wise enforcing district rules. Camera systems can include physical education classes, recess, also provide a historical record to facilitate in- We encourage all students to be in school on interscholastic activities, school activities, and vestigations. testing dates. Please look for these dates in non-school activities. The law requires that we All actions or conversations are subject to school correspondence and make note of them monitor how students fulfill this requirement. being recorded. Employees, students and others when planning for doctor appointments, etc. This law also requires every student, by the end found to have tampered with or disabled cameras of 12th grade, to complete a course that leads to or systems will be subject to discipline including STAFF E-MAIL cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certifica- termination of employment.