Dooley
PTA Online Auction 2010
Starting
on February 11, 2010, the Dooley PTA will begin auctioning
a number of fun and unique items support our teachers and students at
Dooley!
www.biddingforgood.com/DooleyAuction
Other
items, such as school t-shirts, sweatshirts, and yearbooks are available
for immediate purchase from the PTA here:
www.dooleydragons.com
Links
are not active and must be copied to address bar manually. Plano ISD
is not responsible for contents on external sites or servers.
District
Update on
"Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day”
Dear
Parent(s):
In the
event your child plans to participate in the “Take Our Daughters
and Sons to Work Day” program on April 22, 2010, we wanted you
to be aware of the position of the Plano Independent School District.
The Plano School Board has reaffirmed its commitment to classroom
attendance and has declined to participate.
The Plano Independent
School District supports and encourages all students in life choices
by providing a wide variety of career education activities throughout
the school year. We encourage teachers and principals to involve parents
and business leaders in their respective activities. Not only are specific
career oriented classes offered, many classes include concepts involving
life skills to promote independence within each student. Speakers, both
male and female, provide insight by speaking to students in all grade
levels. Partnerships between companies and schools provide business
role models, tutors, and mentors for students. Building self-esteem
in students is a priority. We would welcome your involvement or your
company’s involvement in our activities.
The Board and Administration
of Plano ISD are committed to the value of instruction in the classroom
and to the state attendance requirement of 180 days per year. There
are, and will continue to be, numerous requests for students to attend
various functions during class time.
The Texas
Education Agency recommended that school districts in the area coordinate
in developing a common date for Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work
Day. Therefore, Wednesday, June 9, 2010, has been chosen as
a common date to be recognized for the school districts within Region
10 to participate in Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.
Parents
who elect to have their student participate on April 22, 2010, must
notify the school in writing at least one week in advance of the absence.
The student will receive an unexcused absence, but the student
will be allowed to make up class work for full credit. However,
according to Plano ISD Board Policy EIAB (LOCAL), “Students who
do not submit one week in advance a written notice of a planned unexcused
absence shall receive a zero for make-up work.”
If you
have questions, please call Kathy Venslauskas at 469-752-8105, Elaine
Arnold at 469-752-8112 or Kim Loftus at 469-752-8166.
Reflections
Winners Headed to State
5th grader
Dylan and 4th grader Nathan
Reflections
Results 2009-2010: “Beauty Is…”
State Entries
Three entries
from two Dooley students are going to take part in the state Reflections
judging in February. They were in the top 10 percent in all of Plano.
This is the first time Dooley Elementary will be represented in Austin
for the state-level judging. All three entries are in the photography
category. The entries are:
Nathan
W - 4th grade "Hot Balloon"
Nathan W - 4th grade "Turret Arch Through Window"
Dylan P - 5th grade "Brightens Earth, Up There Always Yellow"
Results will be
available in March.
Congratulations
to Nathan and Dylan – this is VERY exciting.
Dooley Elementary
will be well represented in Austin.
Minoo Wille
Reflections Chairperson
Dylan's photograph: "Brightens Earth Always
Up There Yellow"
Nathan's
photographs: "Hot Balloon" and "Turret Arch Through Window"
Kiss
A Pig Contest!
The
Dooley staff is challenging the entire student body to collectively
read at home for ONE MILLION MINUTES! The contest will run until May
28. For minutes to count, they must be read at home, recorded in a student
reading log and signed by parents. If students read for 20 minutes every
night, we can make it there together!
Watch
the promo!
Windows
(wmv) | Mac/iPhone (mov)
Dooley
Academic Night
Congratulations
to all the pumpkin contest winners, and thanks to all the students,
teachers, and families who came out for Dooley Academic Night!
Dooley
Students Welcome Barron, Isaacs to Neighborhood
Barron Elementary Principal Michele Loper
Isaacs
Early Childhood School Principal Dr. Elaine Schmidt
During
the announcements on Friday, September 18, Dooley presented posters
signed by our students to the principals of Isaacs
Early Childhood School and Barron
Elementary. Welcome to the neighborhood!
Welcome
Back Dooley Dragons!
UPDATE:
2009/10 Dismissal Procedure
The Dooley
Staff has updated afterschool dismissal procedures to improve the safety
and security of your child.
Make sure
your student knows their method of getting home for each day: off-campus
walker, PASAR, bus/daycare, or carpool pickup. Any change in transportation
must be made by sending a note to the teacher or calling the school
office by 2:00 PM.
•
PASAR students will be dismissed from their grade level and walked to
the gym.
• Walkers will be dismissed at the side door (facing north to
San Gabriel) and are expected to walk off campus. Students are not allowed
to congregate outside on the hill by the school marquee sign.
• Bus and daycare will be walked to the cafeteria and loaded on
the busses from that area.
NEW
PROCEDURE FOR CARPOOL PICKUP
• Carpool and students who are escorted home by parents will line
up in their designated indoor area near the front entrance. Staff on
outside duty will radio teachers to send a child outside as parents
come through the normal carpool line or walk to the school and gather
in a designated area by the front entrance.
• Kinder and 1st graders sit on the porch for dismissal. Grades
2 through 5 will be in the main hallway waiting to be called.
This is
the same procedure we have used in past years on bad weather days. The
Dooley staff decided to make this our daily carpool dismissal procedure
for the 2009-10 school year to improve the safety and security for our
students.
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