Stallion Stampede

Happy October, Stallion Families!

September was Attendance Awareness Month, and our Stallions had so much fun celebrating the importance of being at school each day! Classes began building their Mr. Potato Heads by earning pieces for great attendance, and our Attendance Spirit Week brought plenty of school spirit and excitement to campus. Thank you, families, for helping your children arrive at school on time, ready to learn and unleash their superpowers!

As we begin October, we are excited to welcome our Stallion grandparents and grand-friends to Grand Fest on Friday, October 2, from 5:00–7:00 p.m. We hope you will join us for a special evening of family, connection, and fun!

Thank you for your continued partnership and for helping make Stetson Hills such an incredible place to learn and grow.

With Stallion Pride,

Brittany Dyer-Hurdon

Principal

Deer Valley Unified School District is working to support all families and students to improve attendance and academic success. Consistent attendance has been shown to support learning and growth for all students. This starts early in your student's academic career.

Check out the DVUSD Every Day Counts website HERE.

2:00 Early Release dates for October are:

October 2

October 23

October 30

Half Day 12:05 Release for Conferences - October 8 and 9

No School October 12-16 - Fall Break

What are teachers doing on early release days??

During the month of October, Stetson teachers will participate in both professional development and Professional Learning Community (PLC) collaboration time. During professional development, teachers will be trained in best practices for modeling during instruction. During PLC time, Stetson teachers work with both their grade level team and with five other schools in DVUSD to plan instruction and intervention for students. In October, teams will continue working through the PLC cycle giving instruction and assessment, analyzing data, creating intervention and enrichment groups, and re-teaching content as needed.

October 2 - PTSO Grand Fest AND Book Fair 5-7PM

October 6 - Governing Board Meeting 7PM

October 7 - SDOHS Homecoming Parade 9:30AM

October 8 - Half Day Release 12:05PM - Conferences

October 9 - Half Day Release 12:05PM - Conferences

October 12-16 - Fall Break - No School

October 23 - Heavenly Hats Parade

October 23 - Middle School Dance 5:30-7PM

October 28 - Band Concert 6/7/8th Grades 5:30PM

Please note there was an error on communication regarding Book Fair and Grand Fest. These events are both from 5-7PM on Friday, October 2nd!

The DVUSD Governing Board is currently considering potential school boundary changes and welcomes input and feedback from the community. Please visit the DVUSD Long Range Planning Committee website for more information on potential boundary changes. The next Governing Board meeting is October 6.

Our Veterans Day Assembly will be held on Thursday, November 5th at 9:15AM in our courtyard. Parents and families are invited to attend!

Know a veteran who wants to attend? Have them RSVP at this link: https://forms.gle/p6aqhh5iGRWsFCX47

Elementary K-5

Middle School 6-8

REGISTRATION: October 1, 2026 - January 8th 2027

SPRING TESTING: January 19 – February 19, 2027

Kindergarten - CogAT (online)
Grade 1: NOT AVAILABLE

Grade 2: NOT AVAILABLE

Grades 3 - 11: CogAT (online)

Register Here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KT7TK0P1WSNQ7dnVbgkQI9Dc1Qm-naxb41vY48lu028/viewform?edit_requested=true

Our baseball team is currently 3-1 and softball remains undefeated at our halfway point of the season. Our remaining home games are 10/1 and 10/20 (played at BGHS) for baseball. Our remaining home games for softball are 10/6 and 10/22 (played at BGHS). Playoffs start after Fall Break- more info to come as our season comes to a close!

Our Cross Country Season is off to a running start (pun intended!). We are excited to host our second meet this year at Stetson on 11/19! We are looking for volunteers to help along the course. If you are interested please email Coach Trescott. The away season meets are scheduled for 10/29, 11/4, 11/12, and 12/1.

There are some new and exciting changes to our Stallion Cheer team! There will be a parent interest meeting on 10/26 at 5pm in the library. We will share our new schedule and plan for the school year!

We are putting the finishing touches on our volleyball season. We are currently looking for uniform sponsors! If you would like to advertise your business alongside your Stallion Pride, please reach out to sarah.unti@dvusd.org for more information. Tryouts will begin 11/16 and run through 11/20. All athlete info must be completed in registermyathlete.com by 11/13.

Keeping the PACE The Stallion Way: Behavior Update!

We’ve seen a big improvement in students keeping their hands to themselves. Thank you for reinforcing this at home! Please continue to encourage your child to respect others’ personal space and to keep toys and stuffed animals at home so they can stay focused at school.

Our next schoolwide focus is starting and staying with learning. This means listening to directions, beginning the assigned task promptly, and seeing it through. We’ll help students recognize when they are getting off task with classmates or putting off work by taking an unnecessary break, and teach them how to return to the task or ask for help.

We’ll practice these skills in classrooms and morning announcements, recognize students who show responsibility with PACE tickets, and look for progress during classroom walkthroughs through November. Thank you for helping our Stallions keep the PACE!

Keep the Pace, the Stallion Way - Be responsible, Be respectful, Be safe!

In order to reduce the amount of disruptions in the classroom and maintain a productive learning environment, we only accept certain forgotten items to be dropped off to students. We appreciate your understanding in helping our students learn responsibility, while also ensuring we create the best learning environment possible for our students.

A few key reminders:

• For pick up and drop off, you may choose to utilize the blue lane OR you may park in a designated parking space and walk your child across the cross walk. Please do NOT park on the blue line, as this is a moving lane only.
• Reminder that you may not drop off your children in the street in the school zone. The buses are not legally allowed to pass you and it blocks up traffic on the road if you are dropping off within the school zone. Please pick a side street or the front parking lot to drop your children off at instead.
• Once you pick up your child(ren), please either pull all the way forward to merge or pull completely into the other lane to merge. If you cannot fit the entire length of your car into the other lane, please do not block traffic by sitting in both lanes. Please pull all the way up and then merge so that traffic can continue to flow behind you.
• Pull ALL the way forward on the blue line. We will help your students find their car if you are at the top of the line. Your student will walk down to your car. Please do not stop at the ramada for drop off or pick up.
• Please put away your cell phones when entering our parking lot.
• Grades 1-8 parents, please do not enter the parking lot until 3:25. This helps our community to be able to access their homes by not blocking Stetson Hills Loop prior to dismissal.
• School zones are NO passing zones and you may not park in the bike lane within the school zone.

WHAT IS NOT BULLYING? Adults must realize that not every unkind thing a child does constitutes bullying. For example:

• Being left out is not always bullying. It’s natural for kids to have a select group of friends. Although they should be kind towards everyone, it’s unrealistic to expect them to be close friends with every child they know, and be invited to every function or event.

• Experiencing conflict is not bullying. Learning to deal with conflict is a normal part of growing up. The key is for children to learn how to solve their problems peacefully and respectfully.

• Not playing fair is not bullying. Wanting a game to be played a certain way is not bullying. Children understand the concept of sharing, and should take turns being in charge of the game.

When observing the unkind behaviors your child experiences, be sure to label them correctly. This will help you know how to handle the situation appropriately so that your child can learn and grow from it.

(Ref. Policy JICK, JICK-R, JICK-EA, JICK-EB)

Bullying occurs when all four conditions below are met:

• Unwanted aggressive behavior(s) involving an observed or perceived power imbalance;
• Done by another youth or group of youths, who are not siblings or current dating partners;
• Repeated multiple times;
• Inflicts harm or distress on targeted youth including physical, psychological, social, or educational harm.

(SRR handbook 2025-2026)

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