Welcome to Del Sur
Doug Johnson , Principal
Office Hours: M-W & F, 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
School Hours: M, T, W, F 8:30 a.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Thurs: 8:30 a.m. – 1:10 p.m.
DSES NEWS - The future!
Edition 2, December 12, 2011
Edition 1, October 31, 2011
FEBRUARY PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Greetings Explorers,
I would like to thank all of you who attended my State of School Address
on Wednesday, January 25th. The meeting immediately followed our second
PTA/Foundation General Association Meeting. I truly appreciated the
opportunity to discuss our future budget issues, class size, support
services, our software programs, MAP testing, our spring Principal’s
Reading Challenge, and our second Science Fair. If any of you have
further thoughts or questions about the information presented, please
let me know.
The spring Principal’s Reading Challenge will begin Monday, February
13th. During this time please encourage your child to read as many books
as they can within their reading level. The challenge posed for them is
to attain the expected number of Accelerated Reader points for reading
at least thirty minutes a day for seven weeks. The challenge will end on
April 13. Students that meet their goal will be invited to a special
assembly. It is very important that children develop a lifelong habit of
reading. During this challenge, it is our hope to hook some of our
reluctant readers into selecting reading as a leisure time activity.
This is no small task given the many other alternatives for our children
today. Parents, thank you for supporting the reading habits and efforts
of your children. We know that at Del Sur we are a school community of
readers.
During the next months of school, I am looking for parent volunteers
that can help us implement our new “Engineering is Elementary”
curriculum. This curriculum was purchased through the generosity of
Jerome’s Furniture. I would like at least one parent per classroom to
help facilitate the nine lessons in this program. We will be teaching
this program for one hour during nine consecutive days during the year.
Preferably, the lessons would be taught in the afternoon. If you are
interested in helping us bring this hands- on science program to our
students, please give me a call. I will be holding a meeting for
interested parents sometime in February.
For those families that have been inquiring about our Science Fair this
year, please note that this year’s Fair will take place Friday, May 11.
More information about our Science Fair will come out next month.
I had the opportunity to attend our district’s recognition dinner in
January. This is a time once a year that our district honors our
teachers of the year, classified employees of the year, and our
volunteers of the year that were selected from the previous school year.
From our school Robyn Elbayadi was recognized as our teacher of the
year. Gabriella Olszewska, our librarian, was honored as our classified
employee of the year; and Charity Stone was saluted as our volunteer of
the year. These individuals truly represent the high quality of
teachers, classified staff, and volunteers that we are fortunate to have
at Del Sur.
On March 17, our Educational Foundation will hold its annual Casino
Night silent and live auction at the Ranch House. This is a fun evening
where the goal is to raise funds to pay the salaries of our music
teacher, art teachers, and Impact credentialed teachers. In addition,
the Foundation raises money to support adding and maintaining our
technology on our site. I thank all of you in advance for supporting
this very important event for our school. Last year our Foundation
raised over $50,000. With these funds, we continue to be able to provide
our students with a well-rounded optimal educational experience.
I would like to thank our parents for all of your support and
encouragement with your precious children. The staff and I feel very
fortunate to have the opportunity to work with our students every day.
See you on Campus,
Mr. Johnson