Deal Island Elementary School

Back by popular demand, the T-Shirts and Long Sleeve shirts are for sale again! The shirts will be on sale for three weeks. All orders are due by November 15th. Shirts are expected to arrive the first week of December. T-Shirts are $15 and Long Sleeve shirts are $20. They are broken into two different links but will all arrive together. We need 38 T-Shirts and 32 Long Sleeves to be sold in order to ship! To make the process easier, please include in your notes who the order is for! Thank you so much! T-Shirts: http://www.customink.com/fundraising/dis-23-t-shirt-sale-2?utm_campaign=fr_organizer_email&utm_content=dis-23-t-shirt-sale-2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link Long Sleeve Shirts-https://www.customink.com/fundraising/dis-23-long-sleeve-shirt-sale-2?utm_campaign=desktop-post-launch-v3&utm_content=dis-23-long-sleeve-shirt-sale-2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link

This week is Red Ribbon Week! Monday- *Neon Colored Clothes day *After School tutoring Tuesday- Happy Halloween!!!! *Camo day or Free Casual *PBIS Incentive *No Tutoring!! Wednesday- *Wacky Tacky day *Flu Shots administered for students & staff who turn in consent form Thursday- Team Shirt day Friday- PJ Day

Thanks to those who came to our Fall Festival! Please take this survey to help provide us some feedback. If you do so by Thursday, your students can earn a casual day on November 6th. Thank you! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftVHUe9YSW628_we-YLkUBnr5-Clr4vCBkFY90eTK8B1L6rw/viewform

We would like to thank everyone for coming to our Fall Festival event! Thanks to many different organizations, volunteers and donations, it was a very successful and fun night. We would like to thank the Somerset County Roads for providing the lights so we could Trunk or Treat safely in the dark. Thanks to our Somerset County Sheriff's Department and our SRO Officer Adams for ensuring everyone's safety. We also would like to thank the Church of God for providing the food for sale and to Mr. Bill Bates for supplying the pumpkins. Thanks to the parents for candy donations and lastly a big thanks to our staff for pulling it all together! We cant wait to do it again next year! A survey will be posted later.

Thank you to all of those who came out tonight. We will have chips and baked goods for sale for $0.50 tomorrow. If you donated candy, you may dress casual tomorrow. Thank you.

Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade went to Barn Hill Reserve in DE today! They got to see and learn about many different animals. They also got a stuffed Otter to take home! It was a wonderful day and trip!

The school shirts are TRENDING and some folks feel like they missed out! No worries! Back by popular demand, we will launch the shirt sales again on Monday! Same shirts, same price! Keep an eye out! Thank you for your support!

4th and 5th Grade traveled to Wallops Island last week and explored the NASA Visitor Center! They had a wonderful time learning about Earth and Space Science.

Check out this resource available to our students!

Here is our new DIS vocabulary words of the week! In an effort to improve our vocabulary usage across all grade levels, we have created these vocabulary cards for our school and families to use at home and in the classroom. We encourage you each week to try to incorporate our DIS word(s) of the week into your conversations at home. This week's words are inspired by the Disney movie, "Lilo and Stitch". Thank you for your continued effort in supporting our students' education!

Our Fall Festival is this Thursday night! We are still accepting candy donations and still need 4-5 Trunk Volunteers! Please let Mrs. Walters know by sending her an email. Students who donated candy may dress casual on Friday. On Wed. K, 1 and 2 are going on a field trip. Our shirt orders are being sent home on Mon.

A reminder that there is no school tomorrow, October 20th for students or staff.

Reminder and Clarification: Thursday is $1 casual day and snacks are being sold for $1 to benefit the United Way. Also, if you are utilizing the pick up and drop off line and you need more time to secure your children safely, please pull forward or into the parking lot therefore the line can continue to progress.

Here is our new DIS vocabulary words of the week! In an effort to improve our vocabulary usage across all grade levels, we have created these vocabulary cards for our school and families to use at home and in the classroom. We encourage you each week to try to incorporate our DIS word(s) of the week into your conversations at home. This week's words are inspired by the Disney movie "Mary Poppins". Thank you for your continued effort in supporting our students' education!

We are having a movie & snack cart to benefit the United Way on Thursday. Treats will be 50 cents to $1. We are closed on Friday, the 20th. We are still looking for trunk volunteers and candy donations. Please let Mrs. Walters know if you are willing to decorate a trunk by Thursday. Flu shot forms due before November 1

Happy Birthday to our students born in October!

October 30th-November 3rd, we will be celebrating National Red Ribbon Week. This is a national campaign aimed at promoting a drug free, healthy lifestyle for students, families, and the community. As we strive to educate our students on the importance of healthy lifestyle choices, we also emphasize one’s responsibility to treat others with respect. During that week, our school will be hosting a school spirit week to promote our campaign. The schedule of events is as follows: Monday (10/30)- “My Future is Too Bright for Drugs." (Students can wear neon colored clothing and/or sunglasses) Tuesday (10/31)- “You Can’t See Me, I’m Drug Free” (Students can wear camouflage clothing. Because this is the end of the month, students may dress casual even if they choose not to wear camouflage) Wednesday (11/1)- “Drugs are WACKY! I’d Rather Dress Tacky." (Students are encouraged to dress in tacky, gaudy clothing) Thursday (11/2)- "You use, You Lose! Let’s stay on the Winning Team." (Wear your favorite team shirt) Friday 11/3- “Follow Your Dreams, Not Drugs." (Students may wear their PJs) *If students choose not to participate, they should come to school in their normal uniform. *If you have any questions or concerns related to the information in this letter, please contact Mrs. Horner at the school.Thank you.

Attention Parents and Guardians, We only have 41% of students that have their forms completely filled out online. New students to the school should also check the returning students tab to complete forms there as well. Some impacts of not having forms completed: - We do not have emergency medical information on record or consent to treatment in an emergency - Families may not correctly receive phone, email, or physical mail correspondence - Students may not be included in the yearbook or honor roll - Families in need may miss out on opportunities for support - Grant funding to our schools may be impacted by incomplete data

Introducing our new DIS vocabulary words of the week! In an effort to improve our vocabulary usage across all grade levels, we have created these vocabulary cards for our school and families to use at home and in the classroom. We encourage you each week to try to incorporate our DIS word(s) of the week into your conversations at home. This week's words are inspired by the Disney movie, "The Aristocats". Thank you for your continued effort in supporting our students' education!

This week is Parent/Teacher conferences on Monday, 4pm-6pm. Tuesday begins after school tutoring. Rock Creek Church is on Wednesday. The Somerset Arts Council is hosting an opening night for their student art show on Friday at their gallery in Crisfield. 10 students from DIS will be featured. Have a great week!