Farley Elementary Family Flyer

Farley Elementary Families,

Welcome back to the 2024-2025 school year. I hope you and your families enjoyed summer filled with a lot of fun and sun! We are well on our way getting ready for the new school year. Our custodial staff has been working hard preparing the building, and teachers have been preparing their classrooms for students.

We are excited about instructional changes that will be taking place this school year. We are implementing a new math curriculum called Bridges. Teachers have been busy learning and organizing the new math materials. We also have new reading curriculum that we learned about and began implementing last school year. This school year we will be in full implementation of this resource. We are looking forward to the growth our students will experience in both reading and math.

There are physical updates happening as well for our building and district. Our new playground is set to be installed within the first couple of weeks of school. Staff and students are anxiously waiting the installation of the playground, and we look forward to the many smiles when this project is complete. We have also updated our district and school website. The new website will be a valuable tool for news, events, and important information. Additionally, we have launched the Western Dubuque app, available for download on both Google Play and the Apple App Store (search Western Dubuque Schools, ia). The app provides convenient access to school updates, calendars, text message notifications and more right at your fingertips.

My hopes for this upcoming school year is that we continue to strengthen the partnership between home and school. Through support, connection and opportunities, we will work together to make the greatest influence on student growth. I am looking forward to a great school year! If you have questions or need support, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Sincerely,

Amanda Klaas

Building Principal

Come meet your student's teacher and drop off school supplies!

This document is linked at the bottom of the newsletter, and a paper copy will be sent home during open house.

7:45 a.m. - supervision begins for family drop off; students dropped off may enter building at or after 7:45 a.m.

• adults remain in vehicles at all times during drop off
• vehicles remain single file in drop off lane along edge of parking lot
• student(s) remain in vehicle until vehicle pulls forward to area marked by paint
• adult supervisors monitor and walk students from drop off area across bus lane
• students enter building and walk to designated arrival area for each class

8:05 a.m. - supervision ends for family drop off

8:05 a.m. - teachers meet students in designated arrival area and transition to classroom

Prior to 3:05 p.m. - only vehicles picking up FES students and the student's DMS siblings should enter the parking lot north of FES/DMS; vehicles picking up FES students should enter from the south via 3rd Ave NE and 4th St NE

3:05 p.m.

• Pk students & Siblings in right hand lane
• All other students in left hand lane
• remain in vehicles at all times during pick up
• students walk and stay with adult supervisors in the area
• vehicles pull forward to designated loading area
• If needing to buckle a child, please pull forward out of the drop zone to allow pick up to continue for other families.

*Please note the change to this dismissal time!

3:10 p.m. - dismissal of FES students walking or riding bicycles; ONLY students walking or riding bicycles from school to their home or designated after school location will be dismissed via the crosswalk area at the intersection of 3rd Ave NE and 4th St NE on the west side of the FES/DMS campus.

Due to delays from the company, our installation date has been pushed back. We are hopeful that the installation will happen within the first couple of weeks of school. We will keep you informed as we get updated information.

Farley Elementary phone number is 563-663-9652. (Please note that it will come across as a Davenport number.)

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August 23-First day of school K-12

August 27-PTO Meeting 6:00

August 28-TK first day of school

September 2-No School Labor Day

September 3-Preschool first day of school

September 11-Picture Day

September 24-Color Run

September 25-Rain Date Color Run

October 4-Homecoming Parade

October 16-Picture Retakes

Breakfast/Lunch Menus

2024-2025 Calendar KG-12

2024-2025 Calendar PreK

2024-2025 Student-Family Handbook

Farley Elementary Quick Reference Guide 2024-2025

The Western Dubuque County Community School District Non-Discrimination Policy Statement can be accessed via this link.