The Weekly Splash

Dear Dolphin Parents,

To ensure a smooth and safe first day, please note the following:

Kindergarten Parents: On the first day only, you may park in the parking lot and walk your child to class.
COMM Parents: Families will have a pink sticker on their car tag. This allows you to park and assist your child out of the car or use the carpool line for drop-off.

All car riders must be dropped off in the carpool line. This is a vital safety measure, and we appreciate your cooperation. Our staff will kindly remind anyone not following these guidelines so that we can keep all students safe.

Thank you for helping us start the year with safety and kindness at the forefront!

Sincerely,

April D. Kenely

Principal

Stop by the PTA & Spirit Wear Tables at Meet the Teacher!
We’ll be in the cafeteria with Italian ice pops, your pre-ordered spirit wear ready for pickup, and a fun Hat Bar where you can create your own hat and customize it with fun patches! Didn’t pre-order? A limited supply will be available to purchase on site, or you can order online here. A portion of each Spirit Wear purchase goes directly back to the PTA, helping us support our amazing students.

Join the PTA & Update Your Account

Returning families—log into your Membership Toolkit account to join the PTA and update your student’s teacher for the new school year.

New families—create your free account to get connected! From there, you can set up your students profile, join the PTA, set your volunteer preferences, and have access to purchase items throughout the year like Elf Alley gifts, Dolphin Dash signs, and other fun PTA programs.

New to Donald Orientation

Donald Cafeteria
August 11 | 4:00–4:30 PM

Meet the Teacher
Classrooms
August 11
COMM: 4:00–4:30 PM
Kinder–5th Grade: 4:30–5:30 PM

First Day of School – “Seas the Day!”

Donald Front Circle Drive

August 12 | 7:15–8:15 AM
Parent Donuts & Coffee

Join us for Meet the Teacher tomorrow Monday, August 11th from 4:30–5:30 PM. This is a great opportunity for your child to meet their teacher, see their classroom, and drop off school supplies. If you ordered a school supply pack, it will already be delivered to the classroom.

Families who are new to Donald are invited to attend a New Family Information Session with our principals from 4:00–4:30 PM in the cafeteria. This session is designed to help you feel confident and prepared for the first day of school. COMM class students will meet their teachers from 4:00-4:30.

All other families can attend their Meet the Teacher at 4:30 PM

We can't wait to welcome you all back—we’re diving into another amazing year of discovery!

The first day of school is August 12th. Doors will open at 7:15 am. Our learning begins at 7:45 and ends at 3:10. All students will go straight to class on the first day of school.

Due to Safety and Security, only Kindergarten Parents/ Guardian will be allowed to walk their students to class on the first day of school. After that, all students will report to the gym for morning arrival. We encourage all families to attend Meet the Teacher to ensure their child knows where their classroom is and who their new teacher will be. All students in grade 1-5 will walk in with staff support if needed.

Help us get the year off to a smooth start by completing your Back-to-School Forms as soon as possible!

Why It Matters:

Required to receive district-issued iPads
Required to participate in field trips
Ensures we have the most up-to-date emergency and contact information

Help us reduce paper waste by opting not to receive a printed copy of your child’s report card. You can update your preferences in the Skyward/Parent Portal – see the photo for an example. When you leave the “Printed Report Card” box unchecked, you’ll still have full access to your child’s grades online while helping us save resources and protect our environment.

Verify your child’s username and password are working:

New to LISD (K-12) - A password will be assigned to your child and can be retrieved in Skyward using this guide (English, Spanish, Chin).
Pre-K - Your child’s teacher will share their password with them when school starts.
K-5 - New passwords went into effect July 10. To retrieve your child’s new password in Skyward, use this guide (English, Spanish, Chin).

Verify your student is able to login to the LISD LHUB

Please ask your student/s to login to https://lhub.lisd.net to verify they know their LISD password and can access LHUB. If they are able to login, they are ready to complete the next step and change their password.

Until school starts, if students need help with their password, they need to contact the Help Desk at 972-350-1833 - option 3

Students who have not updated their password since July 1, 2025 will need to change their password by August 17 at 10 p.m., or they will be assigned a password. If your student was able to successfully access the LISD LHUB from the steps above, they should know their LISD password and they can login to this site to change their password prior to August 17.

For the 2025–2026 school year, LISD will increase student and adult meal prices to align with federal guidelines and rising food service costs. This marks the first student lunch price increase since the 22-23 school year. Breakfast and lunch prices will increase by $0.30. These adjustments help ensure compliance with USDA requirements and reflect the district’s efforts to maintain high-quality, sustainable meal services.

All students that qualify as receiving reduced price meals at the previous price of $0.30 for breakfast and $0.40 for lunch will now get all breakfast and lunch meals for FREE at all LISD campuses for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 school years. Find out if you are eligible and apply HERE.

You must apply each year for the Free and Reduced Lunch program. Complete the application by clicking on the button to see if qualify.

Link: Free and Reduced Meals Application

Lawmakers recently passed House Bill 1481, which prohibits the use of cell phones and smartwatches during the school day.

Cell phones and smartwatches can be both a communication tool for families and a distraction to learning for our students. In order to focus our learning and instruction time with students, all elementary school students are required to put personal devices/cell phones away in their backpack from the time they enter the building in the morning until the dismissal bell. Smartwatches are not allowed at school.

Students are expected to use wired earbuds/headphones with their iPads. Please do not bring wireless earbuds/headphones to school.

You can reach your student by calling the front office at 469-713-5198. If your student needs to reach you, they can call you from the office phone.

Each family comes with a different perspective on device usage; these changes still allow for iPad and personal device parental controls that go above and beyond district settings and expectations. To learn more about parental control settings on district and personal devices visit lisd.net/ipads.

Important Bus Info for Families

Transportation is now in-house through LISD

Parent App- Here Comes the Bus

The GPS function will update in the app every 1-2 seconds.
Parents & students can track their bus by the bus number.
The app will update in the fall - communication will come with directions for families at that time.

Transportation Call Center

Opens August 4th
Purpose is to handle bus issues, answer questions, and provide customer service to families and the community.
469-713-5983

A QR code will be posted on the district website daily with any bus changes.
✅ Visit the LISD Transportation Page
www.lisd.net/transportation
✅ Click "View Bus Locator" to check if there’s a bus stop for their address and to access other important details about bus service.

For this coming school year, there will be 5 absences allowed with a parent note for any reason. For pre-planned trips or outside school activity absences, parents will have 5 additional absences and will need to complete a pre-planned absence form. We will provide more information with back to school resources on how to access the pre-planned absence form. For additional details, view the May 2025 LISD RAPPort newsletter from Dr. Rapp HERE.

Morning Arrival

7:15 - School Doors Open!

Student safety is always our number one priority, so we have a very structured arrival and dismissal at Donald. Our students who walk or ride their bikes to school will always enter and exit the building through the main entrance. Students who ride the yellow school bus or daycare bus will enter the main entrance.

Staff is always monitoring campus entrances, the front crosswalk, and the carline during arrival and dismissal to make sure our students remain safe.

Carpool Lane

All students in K-5 who arrive by car may be dropped off in the carpool lane at the back of the building.
Parents/Guardians should pull forward as far as possible before letting the student exit the vehicle.
A staff member and/or safety patrol student will assist your student with opening the car door.
If possible, please ensure that your student can exit the vehicle from the driver's side to prevent walking between cars.
When in car line loops, please drive slowly and avoid using technology/cell phones.
A staff member and/or safety patrol student will assist your student with opening the car door.
If your student needs assistance exiting the vehicle, please park in a designated parking area to assist your student instead of using the drop off loops.
Please remain in your vehicle at all times while in the drop off loops.

Entrance Options, Arrival Locations, and Breakfast

Students in grades K-2 who arrive prior to 7:35 will go to the cafeteria.
3rd-5th grade students will go to the gym
Students wanting to eat breakfast may eat in the cafeteria.
All students will go to the classrooms at 7:35.
Students who arrive after 7:40 and want to purchase a breakfast will take the food with them to the classroom.
As always, all visitors must enter through the front doors and check in at the front desk.
Students are expected to be in their classroom, unpacked, and ready to begin learning by 7:45AM!
Tardy slips are provided to students arriving on campus after 7:45 AM. For safety reasons, a parent must escort any tardy students into the building to receive a tardy slip.

Afternoon Dismissal

Students are dismissed at 3:10PM according to how they will be going home for the day:

LISD Yellow Bus
Daycare
ESD
Carline
Walkers & Bikers

Please note that if your child is a walker you must not drive up and park! If you drive up to campus, your child will need to be picked up in the carpool line only.

Car Line

All students in K-5 who go home by car should be picked up using the car line.
Parents/Guardians should enter the car line and have the Car tag visible with the student’s number
A staff member will call the student to an assigned colored cone.
When arriving at the back of the school by the colored cones, pull forward as far as possible to the next available cone.
A staff member and/or safety patrol student will assist your student with opening the car door.
If possible, please ensure that your student can enter the vehicle from the driver's side to prevent walking between cars.
When in the car line, please drive slowly and avoid using technology/cell phones.
If passing another vehicle is necessary, a staff member will guide you in doing so safely.
Please remain in your vehicle at all times while in the car line.

Car Tags are REQUIRED for student pick-up in the carline!

All families will be issued 2 car tags at Meet The Teacher
Car tag number must be prominently displayed on your rearview mirror prior to pulling in to the carline
Please drive slowly as you enter campus so the staff member on duty is able to see your number!

LOST CAR TAG?

Contact the office to purchase a

replacement car tag for $1

We know the first day of Kindergarten can bring a mix of excitement and nervous butterflies—for both students and parents! It’s completely normal if there are a few tears (from your child… or from you!), and we want you to know that we’re here to support you every step of the way.

To help ease this transition, our district allows Kindergarten parents to walk their child to class on the first day of school. You’ll have the opportunity to help them get settled and say your goodbyes with a little extra comfort.

To make the morning even more special, our amazing PTA is hosting “Seas the Day” just outside the building. There will be a photo opportunity for all families and a treat just for you as you send your little one off on their new adventure

We can’t wait to welcome our newest Dolphins!🐬

Want to go on Class Field Trips this year? Volunteer on campus?

If you are wanting to attend your child's field trips, help with events, or volunteer on campus you MUST have a VOLY background check complete. It is a very easy process and nice to get out of the way early before it's too late!

Lewisville ISD's VOLY site is open and ready to accept volunteers for the 2025-2026 school year. All volunteers on LISD campuses must have an approved background check on file. LISD uses LewisvilleISD.voly.org to post volunteer opportunities and to process background checks. Please go to the site and either create an account or update your account from a previous year. VOLY also has an app! You can find it in the app store for either Apple or Android products. Be sure to select that you want to work with Lewisville ISD. We look forward to having you on campus as a volunteer soon!

CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE YOUR VOLY FOR THE YEAR

Visitor Check-In

FRONT DOORBELL

Per district policy all visitors to the school must ring the doorbell and present their driver's license/proper identification to the camera before being granted access to the building. Without proper identification, we will not be allowed to enter. Thanks for understanding and prioritizing the safety of our students and staff.