Dozier Elementary Weekly Newsletter

January 26th

No School: Monday, January 26, 2026 for Vermilion Parish due to concern for ice on the roads, a wind chill projected in the single digits and water being turned off. If an extension of this school closure becomes necessary, we will inform you at that time.

January 27th

$1 T-Shirt for Technology with Uniform Bottoms

January 28th

FULL DAY OF SCHOOL: Wednesday, January 28th was originally scheduled to be a 1/2 day of school, it is now a full day.

PBIS Snack Cart

January 29th

Bobcat Bonus: Pajama Day

January 30th

$1 Jeans/Athletic Pants Spirit Day

Step right up for an exciting Crescent City Circus celebration filled with amazing magic and thrilling stunts!

When: Thursday, March 19

Who: Students who consistently demonstrate We C.A.R.E. values will be eligible to attend:
Cooperate
Are Responsible & Safe
Respect Everyone
Enjoy Learning

Students must have no infractions and no office referrals from December 19 through March 19 to join the fun.

We can’t wait to celebrate our students who show positive behavior every day!

We are excited to announce our January Bobcat Bonus Day! Thursdays in the month of January we will celebrate “Pajama Day”! Bobcat Bucks will be counted by the teacher each Wednesday. If your child has enough Bobcat Bucks, they will receive a Bobcat Bonus card letting you know that they can participate.

All students must pay 4 Bobcat Bucks to participate in this event.

The following guidelines must be followed for this event.

• Students may wear two-piece sets or gowns with shorts/leggings underneath. Leggings cannot be worn along as bottoms. Leggings must have shorts/ gown/ etc over them.

• Students MAY NOT wear slippers.

• Students may NOT wear “onesie” style pajamas.

• They must have regulation school shoes on.

The following is from the Vermilion Parish Handbook and will be adhered to for this special event:

Tops – See- through, tight fitting, or that which exposes the mid-section are prohibited. This shall include, but not be limited to halter tops, crop tops, tank tops, spaghetti straps, noodle straps, and mesh tops, etc.

If you are unsure, please bring the shirt to the office and ask. Our number one priority is always education and these special events allow us to celebrate good behavior and have a direct impact on our ability to teach and learn at DES. Please work with us to make this Bobcat Bonus a success!

Each month our PBIS team would like to reward our students for their hard work each day by providing a Snack Cart. This Snack Cart will be brought to each classroom so that our students may spend their Bobcat Bucks to “pay” for a treat from the cart. The PBIS team is asking for donations of snack items from the list below to be able to allow students to purchase with the Bobcat bucks. All donations should be brought to the front office.

Example items to donate (everything must be individually wrapped):

Small Pringles Cans, Chips, Little Debbie Snacks, Snack size Candy bars, Snack Cakes Pre Wrapped Cookies, Takis/ Hot Fries, Animal Crackers, Fudge Rounds, Star Crunch, Zebra Cakes, Dunk-a-Roos, Oreo Snack Packs, Famous Amos Cookies, Popcorn Bags, Fruit Snacks/Roll-ups.

Our district has a fun new math goal for Kindergarten-5th grade students! We are working toward having every student complete 60 on-grade-level Zearn lessons by Mardi Gras Break. Zearn is an online math program that helps build strong math skills, and students can work on it both at school and at home. Zearn lessons can also be completed when students have been absent!

📄A paper will go home in your child's Bobcat folder on Wednesday that will let you know how many lessons they have completed.

🎯 Student Reward:

Any student who completes all 60 lessons by Friday, February 13, 2026, will earn an extra recess and a special treat (after Mardi Gras break).

Thank you for supporting your child’s learning at home—we appreciate your partnership! 😊

Week of January 26 – Honesty

Our trait this week is honesty! Being honest means telling the truth and doing what’s right, even when it’s hard. When we’re honest, people can trust us — and trust makes friendships and teamwork stronger.

Share why honesty builds trust. Praise your child when they tell the truth, especially when it’s hard to do.

Thank you so much for supporting Dozier with the Cash for Schools program last year! You can keep turning in Proofs of Purchase for the new school year. Please make sure Proofs of Purchase are clean and cut correctly. Every little bit helps!

• The top 5 classes that turns in the most POPs will earn a day of free dress!
  
• Top class out of the whole school will earn a Popsicle party!
  

All students received a Car Rider sign. Please display this sign in your front windshield when you enter the car rider line. We ask that you leave the sign in your windshield until your child is in that car. This will help the teachers who are loading students identify the correct vehicles to guide students to their vehicles.

If you do not have your sign, or if someone else is picking up your child, please have them write your child's first and last name on a piece of paper and place it in the window. We will not replace Car Rider signs throughout the year.

MORNING DROP OFF

Students are not allowed on campus prior to 7:30am. Walkers should NOT enter the campus until after the 7:30 bell rings. All students MUST be dropped off in the car rider line in the morning. Students should not be dropped off in the teacher parking lot, or the side streets near the front of the school.

AFTERNOON DISMISSAL

Our campus dismisses at 3:10. All car riders must be picked up by 3:30pm. Please ensure you enter the car rider line no later than 3:25pm.

In the event of rain/inclement weather, walkers must be picked up in the car line or in the front of school after all of the buses have been loaded and have left campus.

February 2nd- 6th

National School Counselor Week

February 3rd

4H Meeting

$1 T-Shirt for Technology with Uniform Bottoms

February 4th

Shrimp Boil Fundraiser Kick-Off

PreK On-Line Enrollment begins at 8 a.m.

February 5th

Bobcat Bonus: Valentine/ Mardi Gras Shirts with Uniform Bottoms

February 6th

Progress Reports Posted

$1 Jeans/Athletic Pants Spirit Day

February 10th

$1 T-Shirt for Technology with Uniform Bottoms

February 12th

Bobcat Bonus: Valentine/ Mardi Gras Shirts with Uniform Bottoms

February 13th

Class Valentine's Parties

$1 Jeans/Athletic Pants Spirit Day

February 16th- February 20th

Mardi Gras Break- NO School