Dan Powell's Weekly Newsletter

Hello, Dan Powell Families!

What a fun time we had dressing up for Homecoming Week! It was great seeing some of you during the Homecoming Parade! This week is the last of the second six weeks and we look forward to finishing strong! We have another full week of dressing up and festivities with Red Ribbon Week, Scholastic Book Fair, and Literacy Night! More details about the dress up days and festivities are below! Everyday of school, our scholars are learning new information to foster lifelong success. We appreciate your partnership with getting your student to school on time daily, which maximizes their potential for academic success! We look forward to another great week of teaching and learning! Let's go, Powell Bulldogs! 💜 #BulldogPride #GameonBulldogs #EvermanISD #EvermanBulldogs

In order to minimize disruptions to learning, we ask that early dismissals be completed prior to 2 pm.

To heighten the safety and well being of our students and staff, please remain in your vehicles during arrival dropoff and dismissal pickup. There are no walk ups during our arrival and dismissal processes.

🍎Doors open at 6:50 am
🍎 Breakfast is served from 6:50 am - 7:20 am

🍎 First Bell rings at 7:25 am

🍎 Tardy Bell rings at 7:29 am

🍎 Instruction starts at 7:30 am

🍎 Early Dismissals end at 2 pm

🍎 Dismissal is at 3:00 pm

What: City of Everman & Timberview Farmstead Halloween Festival
Cost: Free Event
Location: Timberview Farmstead
When: Tuesday, October 27, 2026 from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

• Craft, Food & Merchandise Vendors
• Trick-or-Treat
• Games
• Activities

Literacy Night will be on Thursday, October 29th from 5 pm - 7 pm! Join us for a night full of literacy fun with storytime, learning activities, and an opportunity to shop at our Book Fair! We hope to see you soon!

When: October 26th–30th!

🧡 Parents: Please create an eWallet for your child!

An eWallet lets your child buy books at the Book Fair without bringing cash to school.

📲 Scan the QR code on our flyer to set up your child's eWallet!

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🎃📚 ¡LA FERIA DEL LIBRO YA VIENE! 📚🎃

¡Nuestra Feria del Libro será del 26 al 30 de octubre! ¡Estamos muy emocionados! 🎉📖

🧡 Padres: ¡Por favor, creen un eWallet para sus hijos!

El eWallet permite que sus hijos compren libros en la feria sin llevar dinero en efectivo a la escuela.

📲 ¡Escaneen el código QR en nuestro volante para crear el eWallet de sus hijos!

📚🎃 Let's get ready to shop for books! / ¡Prepárense para comprar libros! 🧡
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/danpowellearlylearningacad

Our latest Average Daily Attendance rate is 91.74%. We are in the midst of cold and flu season and are aware that attendance is being impacted. We have gotten our school deep cleaned and encourage you all to keep your students home if they are experiencing symptoms associated with a cold and flu, which are contagious. However, if your scholar is healthy and symptom free, please make sure they are at school daily by 7:30 am. Our Average Daily Attendance goal is 97%, so let's work together to attain it while giving your student the academic experience they are so deserving of!

Weekly Focus: Connection, Kindness & Helping Others

Children learn social-emotional skills through everyday moments of connection. This week, let's practice noticing how our actions and words affect the people around us.

Try This at Home: “Kindness Counts”

Ask your child:

“How did someone show kindness to you today?”
“How did you show kindness to someone else?”
“What could you do if someone is having a hard day?”

Look for simple opportunities to practice:

Helping someone
Giving a compliment
Sharing or taking turns
Using kind words
Checking on someone who is sad

Conscious Discipline Phrase:
“We are a family. We help each other. Your kindness makes a difference.”

Family Challenge: Try one intentional act of kindness together this week—and talk about how it made you and someone else feel.

Kindness is more than being nice. It is a skill children can practice every day!

Alphabet Walk: Enjoy the cooler weather and go on an Alphabet Walk with your family! The main objective of an Alphabet Walk is to find letters that have been unintentionally formed in the outdoors. Perhaps crossing tree branches form an X against the blue sky, or a cat curved on your deck forms a perfect C. A front door wreath on your neighbor's house is an O. The brickwork above the windows in an old Main Street building creates a V.

An alphabet walk works well to develop pre-reading skills for those learning ABCs, but it's also interesting to older children, who enjoy the challenge of finding patterns in nature and the outdoors. In addition to solidifying the letter shapes in the mind's eye, the alphabet walk sets the stage for abstract thinking and provides practice for visual learning.

Thank you so much for donating bottled water to our staff! We are greatly appreciative for the love and support shown in contribution to our hydration, well-being, and safety! We will be accepting donations throughout the school year, which can be received at the front office.

It is extremely important that you make provisions for an adult to meet your student every day at the bus stop. Please be aware of the steps that will be taken in the event this policy is not followed:

• 1st Incident – Warning from Campus Administrator

• 2nd Incident – Loss of Bus Privileges for one week

• 3rd Incident – Loss of Bus Privileges for six weeks

• 4th Incident - Loss of Bus Privileges for the remainder of the school year

Persistent noncompliance with this policy will result in loss of bus privileges for the remainder of the year. Please inform the school if you know you will not be able to greet your student at the bus stop so that student can remain on campus for you to pick him/her up. Doing so will foster safety for your student and allow the bus route to remain on schedule for routes to other campuses.

🍎 Pre-K will arrive and dismiss on the south side of the school. Please reference the map.

🍎 Kindergarten and siblings in various grades will arrive and dismiss on the west side of the school. Please reference the map.

🍎 Dismissal is at 3 pm. Please use the Pikmykid dismissal cards to foster a smooth transition.
🍎 Walking up during arrival and dismissal is not allowed as it impedes on the safety and well being of our students and staff and the flow of traffic.

We appreciate your cooperation and partnership with ensuring our students and staff are safe during our arrival and dismissal procedures.

Our student dress code will be enforced including the clear backpack policy.

🚨Leggings, yoga pants, and biking shorts must be worn under skirts or dresses.

🚨Crocs, open-toed shoes, and flip flops can not be worn at school.

Please click on the links below for more details regarding student dress code.

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Week of October 26th - October 30th

Red Ribbon Week

Scholastic Book Fair

Monday, October 26th

• Instruction begins at 7:30 am

• Everyday Heroes - Honor your favorite hero with a costume or superhero shirt.

• Or 50th Day of School - dress in 1950s attire.

Tuesday, October 27th

• Instruction begins at 7:30 am
• Team Up Against Drugs - Show your team spirit in a favorite sports jersey or school spirit shirt.

Wednesday, October 28th

• Instruction begins at 7:30 am

• Bright Futures - Brighten the hallways in your favorite neon shirts, accessories, and cool sunglasses.

Thursday, October 29th

• Instruction begins at 7:30 am

• Decades of Making a Difference - Dress in attire from your decade of choice.

• Literacy Night - 5pm - 7pm

• Instruction begins at 7:30 am

• Character Counts! Be the hero of your story! - Bring a storybook character to life with an iconic top or costume.

• Or Pink Out - Wear Pink