Phone Message 2.7.2021

 Good afternoon to all of our Cub Families.  I hope all of you are enjoying the weekend.  I'll keep today's message short as I know many of you are excited to be getting ready for the Super Bowl.  

This Tuesday, February 9 is the next virtual SAC/PTO meeting.  We will begin at 5:30pm and the link is posted in the email that comes with this phone message and also on the DCES Facebook page and DCES webpage.  Topics will include an updated school report and mid year student achievement data.  Remember all are welcome to use the link and join.  https://meet.google.com/psb-phbg-jhq?authuser=0

Next, this Wednesday, February 10, Mrs. Skavroneck has another mobile book checkout planned at Pelican's Snowcones on Tamiami Trail.  Times are from 3:30 - 5:30pm.

Last, just for planning purposes remember we do not have school on Monday, February 15 in honor of President's Day.

That's it for announcements. If you are going to be watching, I hope you all enjoy the Super Bowl.  Since my Browns were eliminated, I am just rooting for a blow out, so all of you put your kids to bed at halftime. I look forward to seeing our well rested,  Ready, Responsible and Respectful Cubs tomorrow morning. Have a great evening.

Phone Message 1.31.2021

 Good afternoon to all of our Cub Families.  It's another beautiful weekend and I hope you all are enjoying it.  I have a few quick announcements for this coming week.  

First, Monday will conclude our Otis fundraiser.  Please make sure all order forms are turned into school.  The front office has been working to get prizes out to students.  Thank you all for your support of the fundraiser.  

Next, a flyer will be coming home this Take Home Tuesday with a QR Code to complete the annual Parent Survey for DCES.  Once you complete the form please send the flyer back to school so that your child can earn 100 Liveschool points.  For two years in a row DCES has had the most parents complete this survey, please help us lead the way for a third straight year and give us valuable feedback to keep improving our school.

Just for planning purposes the next SAC and PTO meeting is Tuesday, February 8th at 5:30pm.  The meeting will be virtual and the link to the meeting will be included in next week's phone message and posted on Facebook.  The topic for the SAC Meeting will be an updated school report and sharing of our Mid-Year data.  Remember all parents are invited to attend.

The link to February's Newsletter is attached to the email that comes along with the phone message.

https://sites.google.com/yourcharlotteschools.net/dces/february

Thank you all for listening.  I am looking forward to seeing our Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Cubs tomorrow morning.

Phone Message 1.17.2021

 Remember tomorrow we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and there is no school for staff and students.  School will resume Tuesday, January 19.

On Tuesday we will begin our traditional Otis Spunkmeyer Cookie Dough Fundraiser.  Fundraising envelopes will be coming home with your students Tuesday afternoon.  These packets will contain all the information about this years fundraiser including prizes for students, merchandise and dates.  The dates for this year's sales are Tuesday, January 19 - Monday, February 1.  This year's fundraiser will be different as the sales will take place online.  Once again, please take a look at the envelopes that come home Tuesday.  As always we thank you for your support and of course understand this year that many jobs have been affected and this fundraiser may not be possible for some of our families.  

I want to continue to remind families that January 25 - January 29 is Celebrate Literacy Week.  Flyers and information came home, but I especially want to keep reminding parents of the January 29 Character Parade where students can dress like up like a character in their favorite book.  The parade will take place that Friday morning and students will be showing off their character costumes to their friends as we parade through our campus.  We will keep reminding families as the event approaches.

The last message is for families who drop off their children in the morning for Parent Drop Off.  We must close the front gate at 8:18am as I need our staff and students in classroom to start instruction at 8:20am.  If I keep that gate open any longer staff and students will be late to class.  If you arrive after this time you must walk your child into the office and sign them in.  I appreciate your understanding as many classrooms start their Math and Reading blocks at 8:20am and I do not want to have classroom instruction time missed.  Thank you for helping getting our Cubs to class on time.

Thank you all for listening if you are football fans I hope you all have enjoyed the playoffs and that you all are rooting for the Cleveland Browns this afternoon.  I hope our Cubs enjoy the extra day off and I look forward to seeing all my Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Cubs Tuesday morning.

Phone Message 1.10.2021

 Good afternoon Cub Families.  I hope you all are enjoying the cool weather and having a wonderful weekend.  

We have some exciting events coming up this week.  Join us Tuesday, January 12 at Harbour Heights park for the Mobile Family Reading Center.  Mrs. Skavroneck will be at the park with some free books and giving out 25 Liveschool points to all students that check out a book.  The hours we will be at the park are 3:00 - 5:30pm.  Another exciting event is our postponed WinterFest Drive Thru, which will be at the school on Thursday, January 14 between 4:30 and 6:30pm.  Stop by anytime between these hours for free hotdog, chips and Pelican’s rainbow snowball for students, books, activity packet and lots of fun.  Families will not get out of cars, but will drive thru for these treats.  We are looking forward to seeing our Cub Families at these two events.

Also on Tuesday, January 12 is picture retake day.  Any new students or students wishing to take new pictures can go to mylifetouch.com and use the code EVT978TV9 to place an order. Remember these pictures are for the DCES Yearbook, so all students must be in school uniform.  

Next Monday, January 18 there is no school as staff and students have the day off to honor Martin Luther King Jr.  

One last reminder to help families plan ahead is a reminder that January 25 - January 29 we will be Celebrating Literacy Week at DCES.  There will be fun activities throughout the week and the week will end on January 29 with a character parade. Students will be able to dress like a character from their favorite book.  More information will be coming, but this will allow families to start helping students think of their favorite characters.

Thank you all for listening and have a great rest of your Sunday.  I am going to enjoy it watching some NFL playoffs and finally rooting for my Cleveland Browns in the playoffs!  I look forward to seeing our Ready, Responsible and Respectful Cubs tomorrow morning. 

Phone Message 1.3.2021

 Good afternoon and Happy New Year to all Cub Families.  This is Mr. Vernon with a quick message for this week.

Remember all Cubs return to school tomorrow morning, January 4 and need to be in class by 8:20am.  

I hope you all had a terrific Winter Break, I know I did.  But, now I am ready for the second half of this school year and I hope our Cubs are ready too.  Please help me in reminding all of our students that We Are Cubs.  When we return we will be sure to remember that Cubs are always Ready, Responsible and Respectful.  Cubs also work towards Nothing Less Than Our Success.  We show GRIT and always do our best.  If we remember these things there is no way we can fail.

The second half of the school year is going to be great.  Once again, Happy New Year and I look forward to seeing our Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Cubs tomorrow morning.

Phone Message 12.13.2020

 Good afternoon to all of our Cub Families.  This is Mr. Vernon and I hope you all are enjoying a good weekend.  I have a few messages for this week.  

Remember, we try very hard to make Tuesday our day that important school information comes home.  We call it Take Home Tuesday, so be sure to check your child's backpack every night, but especially on Tuesdays.  This Tuesday, you will see two items coming home from the DCES front office.  One will be a flyer for this Friday's Grinch Day.  Students may wear a green shirt or a Grinch shirt with their uniform bottoms as we celebrate Grinch Day at DCES.  We have made Grinch Day a new tradition at Deep Creek to promote kindness.  In the movie, The Grinch, the Grinch realizes that kindness and giving made him so happy that his heart grew three sizes that day.  We will be promoting kindness and giving at DCES by asking for donations to the Charlotte Homeless Coalition.  The flyer will have some suggestions of items that could help their food pantry.  If you would like your child to donate, please send them to school Friday, December 18th with this donation.

The next letter coming home Tuesday will be a reminder about uniforms and technology.  We know know some of our Cubs will be excited about new clothes and technology they may receive over Winter Break.  Please review the uniform policy and technology so we are proactive in making sure students only wear or bring to school items that are permitted.  I thank you for helping us pay attention to small details, so we can continue having a great school.

Wednesday, December 16 is a fun event.  We will be having a Winter Fest Drive Thru between the hours of 4:30pm - 6:30pm.  The event will be taking place on our bus loop.  We have the event lasting two hours to avoid the long lines, so come at anytime between those hours.  We have arranged for coach to grill some hot dogs for our students, snow cones for students, and of course Mrs. Skavroneck will be passing out free books.  We miss our school wide events and the cheer that they bring.  We are hoping this small event will put some smiles on our Cubs' faces.  Please drive thru and enjoy.

Last, I want to again remind all families of the updated calendar for Winter Break this year.  Winter Break will begin on December 24 and all students will return on January 4.  Thank you all for listening and enjoy the rest of your Sunday.  I look forward to seeing our Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Cubs tomorrow morning.

Phone Message 12/6/2020

 Good afternoon.  This is Mr. Vernon with some messages for the upcoming weeks.

We have 13 school days left until Winter Break.  Unless your child is not feeling well or showing any symptoms, please be sure to have our Cubs at school all day, every day.  We definitely want to use every minute to help them learn.  We will still of course have some fun along the way and I want to share those days with you.  

As an entire school we are competing in a Liveschool challenge to earn some fun activities before Winter Break.  As a school we have to work together to get 75,000 LiveSchool points before Friday, December 18th.  Our students get LiveSchool points by remembering We Are Cubs.  Cubs are always Ready, Responsible, and Respectful.  Every time a student is caught doing one of the three Rs they earn a point.  We have great students at DCES and I know they will reach this 75,000 point goal.  If they do, I want to let you know what we are doing so students can participate if you would like.  Friday, December 18 with be Grinch day students can wear a green or Grinch shirt to school that day.  We will make this our day of giving as we will also be collecting food for the Charlotte County Food bank.  Monday, December 20 will be Holiday/Winter sock day and students can wear their favorite winter socks with their uniforms.  Tuesday, December 21will be Holiday/Winter hat and headwear day and students can wear their favorite winter headgear with their uniforms.  Finally, Wednesday, December 22 will be pajama day and our December DEAL Day.  Students can wear their pajamas to school and we will have our December DEAL day activities.  Remember these days start on Wednesday, December 18.  I am including them in today's message so you have time to prepare if you would like your Cub to participate.

This Tuesday, December 8th is our next SAC Meeting.  The meeting will again be held virtually using Google Meets at 5:30pm.  I have attached a link to the meeting on the email that comes with this phone message.  This message and link will also be posted on our DCES Facebook page and the DCES website.  This month's topic will be about upcoming State Testing for our students and school wide testing that takes place.  We will also do a school report and answer any questions.  The link is meet.google.com/ivo-ntwh-der

Please join us virtually on Google Meets Tuesday, December 8 at 5:30pm.

We are missing the fun events that we normally do at DCES each year.  However, we are very appreciative of the turn out that Mrs. Skavroneck has had for her mobile book check out events.  Mrs. Skavroneck is busy planning another fun event so save the date of Wednesday, December 16.  The plan is to have a drive thru winter event during the hours of 4:30 - 6:30pm.  So save some time on Wednesday, December 16 for this fun event.

Finally, the link to the December Newsletter is also attached to this email. https://sites.google.com/yourcharlotteschools.net/dces/december

Thank you all for listening.  I look forward to seeing my Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Cubs tomorrow morning.  Have a great evening.