Welcome to the second week of digital courier for the 2017-2018 school year. There are a number of items this week for you to review.
First, have you signed up for SchoolCafe yet? This year parents are able to deposit money in their child’s cafeteria account and complete a free/reduced school lunch application online at https://www.schoolcafe.com/ For directions on how to set-up an account and make payments, the parent resource guide can be found at http://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/school-nutrition/files/2017/05/Card-SchoolCafe-ParentGuide-MakingPayments.pdf Even if your child does not eat school lunch, we would like to request that all families complete a lunch application. The number of approved applications assists the school with gaining access to federal funds as well as a number of grant opportunities. To learn about lunch prices and menus visit the school nutrition website at http://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/school-nutrition/
As you are all aware Monday is the Solar Eclipse. Dismissal will be delayed one hour so buses will begin loading at 3:25 pm. Please be aware that aftercare will close at the usual time. Car riders will be dismissed from the cafeteria. Walkers will be dismissed from the art room instead of outside by the gym. If you are planning to come check out your child early, please arrive no later than 12:30 pm. Please know that if you choose to have your child stay home on Monday for the eclipse the absence will be unexcused absence.
For those of you returning to LRE this year, if your child was evaluated for the gifted program in the Fall of 2016, Ms. Hammer sent home letters last Thursday in your child’s courier envelope. If you did not receive the information you can contact Ms. Hammer at Tracy_Hammer@dekalbschoolsga.org
All Kindergarten students are assessed using the Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS) as required by the Georgia Department of Education. Teachers have been busy this week getting to know students and completing the required GKIDS readiness checklist. To learn more about the GKDS readiness checklist please click this link: http://gkidsreadinesscheck.gadoe.org/ (Para en Espanol: http://gkidsreadinesscheck.gadoe.org/es)
