Good afternoon Davis Drive Dolphins,

 

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Congratulations to all our First in Fitness Award winners! DDE is so proud of all the participants who showed perseverance in practicing for your event over multiple weeks. You all should be proud of yourselves! Thank you to Mr. Guenther for organizing this event and all the parent volunteers who made this event possible.  A list of the award winners is below. 

 

Report a Student Absence - Click Here 

 

Field Day - Volunteer Information - Please Read

ALL PARENTS who are interested in volunteering in any capacity for Field Day MUST complete this form!! 

Questions? Please email Ashley at adashputre@wcpss.net 

 

Spring School Pictures - March 28th! 

Students will have their picture taken on Tuesday, March 28th. 

Individual and Classroom Group Photos will be taken. 

There are two ways to pay for the Classroom Group Photos:

1. Pay Online: please go to www.strawbridge.net
   Click “Order Pictures” and enter the following code: FM405448  

Class pictures are $10 and must be ordered in advance. 

2. Place exact payment of cash or check (checks made payable to Strawbridge Studios, Inc.) in the envelope that will be sent home with your child and return the payment in the envelope on or before March 28th. 

A proof package of your child’s Individual Spring Photos will be sent home 3-4 weeks after Picture Day with information on how to order. 

Please check your child’s backpack for more information - coming soon!! 

 

Clothing Needed for the Health Room: 

The Health Room is asking for donations of male and female clothing in sizes Youth XS through Adult Small. Items needed include: shorts, athletic pants, short sleeve and long sleeve tops. Please make sure all donations are newly washed and dried. Please drop off donations to the Front Office. 

 

Did Your Child Borrow Clothing From The Health Room Recently? 

Please wash and dry clothing that has been recently used and return the items to the Front Office. Thank you! 

 

Reminders from the Front Office! 

• 10:00am - deadline to drop off all snacks and lunches. Please make every effort to send lunches and snacks with your children each day when they arrive at school. If you must bring a snack or lunch after instruction begins, please do so by 10:00am. 

• 1:15pm - deadline to call the front office with a transportation change. Please do not email the office staff. We listen to all voicemails throughout the day! 

• 1:30pm - deadline to pick up your child for an early dismissal. Please contact the teacher or the front office if you will pick up your child early from school, especially if your child is in 4th or 5th grade. Calling ahead will ensure that the pick up process is expedited quickly because your child will have their belongings with them while in the building and they will not need to travel back to their trailer. 

 

Early Release - 12:15pm 

Friday, March 24th 

11:15am - deadline to call the office with transportation changes. 

11:30am - deadline to pick up your child for an early dismissal.  

 

Teacher Work Day 

Friday, March 31st 

 

Spring Break Vacation 

April 3rd - April 7th 

 

Carpool Reminders

Thank you for your help with keeping carpool processes safe and running smoothly.  We appreciate you staying in your cars to allow staff to unload students, too.  Please remember that students may only be unloaded from your car while in the designated unloading area in each carpool look and never on Davis Drive, Collins Road, or any other locations on campus.  Unloading outside of the designated areas is not directly supervised and is extremely dangerous.  We care about your children too much to ever have injury accidents happen due to unloading early.  

First in Fitness - Congratulations to a Job Well Done! 

3rd Grade: 

Jonathan Fischer - 5th Place Long Jump

Lilla Stachler - 6th Place Mile Run 

Mia Bowser - 4th Place Jump rope

Helen Luo - 3rd Place Long Jump

 

4th Grade:

Bryanna Williams - 4th Place Long Jump

Lianna Benn - 3rd Place Pull Ups

Miles Strahler - 3rd Place Long Jump

Olsen Schwanke - 5th Place Jump Rope

 

5th Grade: 

Kartik Patel - 2nd Place Shuttle Run 

Parker Morris - 3rd Place Long Jump

Ela Sen - 4th Place Pull Ups

Camden Moore - 2nd Place Jump Rope

Jayden Jazzikoff - 1st Place! Pull Ups

 

Single Subject Acceleration

Information regarding the Spring 2023 SSA Test Request window is currently available for Davis Drive Elementary. SSA stands for Single Subject Acceleration and is the practice of placing a student in a higher grade level in one subject area.  If you are interested in learning more about the SSA Program, please visit: http://bit.ly/DDESSA

 

This website contains a parent information video, important dates, and the link for Test Requests. Please direct any questions to Amy Fenton or Marcia Hardenbrook at afenton@wcpss.net or mhardenbrook@wcpss.net. The Test Request window is from March 20- 24. Late submissions will not be accepted. The Google Test Request form will not be live until the window opens.

 

PTA NEWS - Week of March 19th

1. Looking to get involved with the PTA??!! - Positions available for the 2023-2024 School Year Include: President, VIce President, and Treasurer. We are starting to plan for the 2023-2024 School Year and will begin the nomination and election process for several positions. Interested in learning more? E-mail Ashley at ddeptapresident@gmail.com 

2. SAVE THE DATE - Spring Carnival - April 22nd 1:00-5:00pm RAIN or SHINE! 

3. DOLPHIN DEPOT - The school store is open on a limited schedule for the time being. Open Dates: March 21st, 23rd, April 18th, 20th, May 2nd, 4th, May 16th and 18th Find us in the Front of School from 7:15-7:40am.