Jaguar Journal

Location: 166 Euclid Avenue, Bloomingdale, IL, USA
Phone: (630) 894-9200

Website: DuJardin Elementary School

Twitter: @D13Jaguars

Attendance Email:(used to report absences): DJAttendance@sd13.org

Office Email:(used for changes to bus/arrival/dismissal): DJOffice@sd13.org

Nurse's Email:jrosero@sd13.org

• Tomorrow: Last Day for 1st-5th Grade (1:40 pm dismissal), Awards Assembly, & 5th Grade Clap Out @ 1:20 pm.

Students will be dismissed at 1:40 p.m. tomorrow, as we wrap up our final day of the school year. It has been a wonderful year filled with learning, growth, and memorable experiences, and we are incredibly proud of all that our students have accomplished. We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our families for their continued partnership, support, and involvement—it truly makes a difference in creating a positive and successful school community. From classroom activities and special events to academic progress and personal growth, this year has been a meaningful journey for everyone involved. As we head into summer, we encourage families to enjoy time together, explore new adventures, and relax. We wish you a fun, safe, and refreshing summer break, and we look forward to welcoming everyone back in the fall!

Tomorrow, we will celebrate our 5th grade students with a special Clap Out event at dismissal. Our 5th graders will take one final walk through the halls as students and staff cheer them on and send them off in style.

We invite all 5th-grade parents and families to join us! Please gather outside by the front doors to create a "cheering tunnel" for the students as they exit the building for the very last time.

Let’s give our graduating Jaguars the memorable send-off they deserve—we’re going to miss them! Students will exit the front of the building around 1:25 pm.

The End of Year Report Cards will be updated in the ALMA platform tomorrow after 3:30 pm.

To access Alma, please head to dujardin.getalma.com or erickson.getalma.com. You will need to log into your Alma account using the same information from registration. Your username should be your firstname.lastname. If you don't remember your password, please select “forgot password” at the bottom or contact the office.

On the left hand side, select your child’s name. Then select the “report cards” tab. Underneath this tab, you will see a Trimester 3 Progress Report PDF. This will show you your child’s current progress for the school year.

Access Your Child’s Progress Report

We have put together a Summer Learning Challenge for interested students who would like to continue their learning over the summer. We will share information with students before they leave. Click here for a digital copy of the Summer Learning Challenge.

This school year, our students have worked incredibly hard toward mastering their math fact fluency goals. To see how much growth your child has made, their specific spring math benchmark information will be sent home in the near future. Over the summer, we highly encourage students to keep practicing math facts. Keeping these skills sharp will free up their working memory, allowing them to focus their full attention on more complex, multi-step problem solving.

With the planned summer renovations of our Internal classroom spaces, DuJardin will be closed starting at 2:00pm tomorrow. Once students have been safely dismissed for the year at 1:40pm, staff will be asked to exit the building shortly thereafter.

What this means for students and parents:

• All student items will need to be taken home prior to 2:00pm on May 22nd. Our teachers will assist with locker clean outs prior to the 22nd. No students or staff will be able to re-enter after May 22nd
• If a student will be absent on May 22nd, any items left behind will not be available for pick up until next school year.
• DuJardin Main Office staff will be available by appointment at the temporary District Office located at 255 E. Lake St. during the summer months.
• The best way to contact our DuJardin Main Office between May 22nd and September 8th is to email us at DJOFFICE@SD13.ORG

All medications must be picked up by a parent or guardian no later than Friday, May 22nd at 1:00 PM. Parents can pick up medication between 8:00 am - 1:00 pm on May 22nd.

• Medications will not be sent home with students.

• Remaining medications will be discarded after the deadline.

The 2026-2027 school calendar was amended during the most recent Bloomingdale School Board Meeting.

The change involves the Early Release schedule. The district will transition from monthly Early Release days to weekly Early Release days.

The New Schedule:

• Weekly Release: Students will be released at 3:00 PM every Wednesday.

• Previous Schedule: This replaces the former schedule of a 1:40 PM dismissal once per month.

Click here to access the new 2026-2027 updated calendar.

Kindergarten Eligibility Children who will be five years of age on or before September 1, 2026, are eligible to enroll in Kindergarten for the upcoming school year.

New vs. Returning Student Portals To streamline the process, we have two distinct registration pathways:

• New Student Portal: For families brand new to District 13.

• Returning Student Portal: For any student currently enrolled in D13 during the 2025-2026 school year.

Important Note for Transitioning Students If your child currently attends a D13 school, they are considered a returning student. You should use the Returning Student Portal even if your child is moving from one building to another (for example, moving from DuJardin Elementary to Westfield Middle School OR moving from Preschool at Erickson to Kindergarten at Erickson or DuJardin).

The Working Families Tax Cuts allows parents, guardians and other authorized individuals to establish a new type of individual retirement account for their children, called Trump Accounts. The account is for a child who has not turned age 18 before the end of the calendar year in which the election is made and has a valid Social Security number.

The account features a pilot program contribution of $1,000 for children born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028, and who are U.S. citizens with a valid Social Security number.

Learn more about Trump Accounts and how they work at Trump Accounts - Jumpstarting the American Dream

Important Reminder: MySchoolBucks and Student Fees

School fees for the 2025-26 school year are available in your MySchoolBucks account. If you haven’t received email notifications regarding fees, please ensure your student is "attached" to your account.

How to get started:

1. Sign in to your MySchoolBucks account.

2. Attach your student(s) to your profile if you haven't already.

3. View and pay fees directly through the portal.

Late Fee Policy: To avoid a $25.00 late fee, please ensure payments are made within 60 days of the due date. This policy is also posted on the District Website.

The IMC is in need of volunteer shelvers on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays! It's a great way to help your child's school library. You do not need to commit to the full 30 minutes - - choose a slot and help shelve for 5-10 minutes or whatever works for you within that slot. Sign-up via the link or qr code below:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0545A8AC2FABF8C61-59067359-library

Required Health Forms for the upcoming school year:

• Kindergarten: Physical, Dental, & Vision
• 2nd Grade: Dental
• Health Office Website

• For this summer please email these forms to: DJHealthOffice@sd13.org

Student Needs:

• Please inform the nurse of any allergies or sensitivities to foods, medications, and environmental allergens. If there are any pertinent details of your students' health that you feel the nurse needs to know, please reach out and discuss this with the school nurse. This information can be helpful to better support your student throughout the day, if certain situations arise.

About Your Student’s Medication:

• The district's medication administration policy mandates that all medication to be administered at school requires an MD order, this includes over-the-counter medications. Students may NOT keep over-the-counter meds in their backpacks or in their lockers--including cough drops, Advil, etc. This is an important safety concern! Please review the policy included in the registration process.

• If your student requires an inhaler, Epi-Pen, or any oral medication, please obtain the medication form and appropriate health care plan from your physician when your child has their exam. Forms may also be obtained on the district website.

Excused Physical Education Class:

• Please note that all PE excuses need to be sent to the Nurse's Office. A parent may excuse a student from PE for up to 3 days. (consecutively) Thereafter, a Doctor's note is required.

Calls home from the Nurse:

• Phone calls home are warranted in the event of a head injury, minor or major

• All in school sickness including fever of 100.4 (oral) or greater, vomiting and/or diarrhea

Please prepare to keep your child home until:

• Fever-free for a full 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medication.

• Vomiting and diarrhea has ceased for a full 24 hours

Please refer to the General Health Guidelines which can be found on the district website

Send a note to school or email your students teacher and office if....

Your child/ren is walking home or being picked up instead of taking the bus

Your child/ren is being picked up by someone other than who is on the pick up list

Your child/ren is going to kids place instead of taking the bus or vice versa

Your child/ren is leaving school early

As always if your child/ren will be absent from school please call the office.

Office Staff Contact Information:

Attendance Email:(used to report absences)

DJAttendance@sd13.org

Office Email:(used for changes to bus/arrival/dismissal)

DJOffice@sd13.org

Nurse's Office Contact Information:

Jessica Rosero- jrosero@sd13.org

Want a fun way to say “Happy Birthday” to your child or a staff member?

How about having your birthday wishes on the DuJardin school digital sign!

How: Print out this form, complete the correct information below and return it to DuJardin by the 20th of the month before their birthday month. (For example, a November birthday should return the form by October 20th)

Cost: a suggested $5 minimum donation to the DuJardin PTO

Why: Your child or staff member will be surprised and excited to see her/his birthday announced for one week in lights during their birthday month!

The Bloomingdale School District has a Virtual Backpack that is filled with flyers and information from various organizations located throughout Bloomingdale. Please click on the backpack if you are interested in activities or information from outside organizations. Virtual Backpack

Important Links & Info:

Arrival/Dismissal Procedures

Handbook talk presentation

First View Information (track the location of the bus)

DuJardin Parent/Student Calendar

Recess during Cold Weather

Nurse Information

School Store

Lunch Procedures

The Accelerated Reader (AR) program at DuJardin: Students in first-fifth grade can take AR tests on the books they read.

As students earn points, they can get rewards, including bookmarks, brag tags, and a chance to attend our special AR Night Out in January and the big End of Year Field Trip in May!

Mr. Pearlman will be going over the AR program during library with our First and Second grade students this coming week. Most books we have in the library are AR books and students can read the book and take a quiz to earn points. So, find a great book, get reading, and let's get those points!

Click here for more information about the AR program at DuJardin.

Please note: this is an optional reading incentive program.