Stingray Sentinel - Home Edition

Monday 5/25:

No School - Memorial Day Holiday

Tuesday 5/26:

B Day for MS Electives

Resource: K& 1 Music, 2nd Technology, 3rd Spanish 4th PE/Health 5th Art

Wednesday 5/27:

A Day for MS Electives

Resource: K & 1 Art, 2nd Music, 3rd Technology, 4th Spanish, 5th PE/Health

Thursday, 5/28

B Day for MS Electives

Resource: K& 1 PE/Health 2nd Art, 3rd Music, 4th Technology, 5th Spanish

Friday 5/29:

A Day for MS Electives Attendance

No elementary electives

Classes/office hours end by noon

Class zoom celebrations in the morning

Times/Dates for student item pick up -

See Below for details for June 4th & 5th -includes spring pictures, yearbooks, personal items from the classroom, labeled items from lost & found, medications, etc.

*Continuing students will be keeping technology for now, we will only be collecting tech from 8th graders or leaving/withdrawing students.

Currently our office is still closed due to Covid-19 concerns. We will let you know when we are back open. Please do not come by with donations, paperwork, etc. or you will be turned away.

Thank you! We hope to be open soon.

Coach Herrera has put together some fun activities for a Virtual Field Day! Looking for things to do? Have your students check out Field Day in Edmodo!

Please do your best to abide by the timeframes listed to help the process go quickly! Please have a sign to hold up with your child's name and teacher to signal whose belongings bag we are getting for your car.

Please feel free to decorate your car with signs, balloons, wear crazy hats and costumes etc. We will have music, teachers there to wave & hope to create a festive celebration/send off for your student and to celebrate their hard work.

PLEASE remain in your vehicle at all times. Students can roll down the windows, cheer, yell, wave, etc. but must stay in the vehicle. Teachers will not be approaching cars for hugs.

All employees handling items will be wearing masks and gloves and will be practicing social distancing.

If your child is leaving DCSS to move onto high school or to another school - please have technology items with you to hand off to the pick up lane person. Don't forget the chargers! If you are not leaving DCSS please hold onto your technology for now!

We will be using the back car loop that wraps around the field - Lanes 1 and 3

• Thursday, June 4 –
• Kindergarten – 2:00-3:00
• 2nd Grade and 3rd Grade – 3:30-4:30
• 4th Grade and 5th Grade – 5:00-6:00
  
• Friday, June 5 –
• 1st Grade – 2:00-3:00
• 6th and 7th Grade – 3:30-4:30
• 8th Grade – 5:00-6:00

Pre-purchased yearbooks will be distributed with student item pick up on June 4th and 5th.

We do have some remaining yearbooks which can be purchased with exact change cash!

They are $25 cash - The pick up lane person can get it for you and will have an envelope for you to drop the cash into.

Last year's - 2018-19 remaining yearbooks $5 (cash exact change)

Car Magnets - $5

All medications will be ready in the pick up lane process - a signature is required on the form so please bring a pen if possible!

Any remaining medications will be disposed of with medical waste on June 12th.

New forms will be posted to our website in July for you to take to the doctor for 2020-21 school year.

We will be able to take uniform Donations - washed please and bagged. Make sure you attach your name to the outside of the bag, or inside the bag for us to give you volunteer credit.

All items will be re-laundered prior to the fall sale!

Phase 1: in January, we completed phase 1 of the recommit process. 97% of our students are returning for 2020-21 school year

Phase 2: New this year in CSUSA, for the second step in the process, parents/guardians will complete an online Re-Enrollment Packet for returning students. This allows us to collect updated student demographic data, receive parent/guardian consent, and emergency contact information closer to the start of the school year. By completing this step, we will have fewer updates needed for emergency contact information in August/September.

You should get an email like this...

If you are receiving this letter it's because you recommitted your student(s) to return to DCSS for the 20-21 school year. Phase 2 of the recommit process begins today, 5/4/20. All recommitted students must complete this process in order to be fully enrolled to return to DCSS for the 20-21 school year. Please visit our enrollment website, SchoolMint https://csusa.schoolmint.net to complete the re-enrollment process.

Please reach out to the enrollment administrator, Cece Zamora, if you have any questions.

czamora@southsidecharter.org

Thank you for your cooperation!

This was sent via email and on social media but we wanted to post it one more time... CSUSA is collecting information about re-opening for summer and fall and we want your input!

Thank you for your support these past ten weeks as we have worked hard to continue high quality instruction in a remote learning environment. We are proud of our teachers, staff, parents, and students for going above and beyond during this crisis. We would like to gather your feedback on what the best avenue for the 2020-21 school year may look like for your child. Please give us your feedback on the best plan for your child by clicking the link below, or scanning the QR code attached.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ParentCheckIn2021

This free program unites communities in a nationwide campaign that celebrates reading for fun while improving access to books during the summer. For 2020, Scholastic is sharing a brand new experience in Scholastic Home Base, a free digital destination which offers full books, live events, and games in a safe community for readers! Readers will be encouraged to track their reading streaks to earn rewards and unlock book donations, with the goal of donating 100,000 books by July!

Students can earn a free book by reading eight books of their choosing. After reading the books, record it on the B & N Reading Log and write about your favorite part. Once completed return it to Barnes and Noble for a free book!

Take a minute and submit a teacher or staff member who deserves a Stingray Shoutout! Have they done something amazing lately? or maybe you just want to thank them for something they have done regularly that is above and beyond! Share here...

Entries will be used to lift up staff members, pass along a kind word, brag about our teachers, etc.

https://bit.ly/3efkHn7

Friendly Reminder

Is your student currently in 6th grade going into 7th grade?

No-> This reminder is not for you.

YES-> Please continue reading.

Has your student received the Tdap shot? (Usually at age 12)

Yes->make sure the school has a copy of the Florida Shot Record

No -> You must have this shot in order for your student to start school in August. Please visit your physician or clinic (listed below) to get the shot and obtain the Form DH-680 (required to be on this form) as soon as possible.

Florida Department of Health

5220 N Pearl Street

904-253-1420

Duval County Health Department

515 W 6th Street

904-253-1250

Duval County Health Department

900 University Blvd. N

904-253-1620

Once you have received this form showing proof of your student receiving the Tdap shot, please email it to bmerryman@southsidecharter.org

We are now moving to ALL online payments going through one system! MySchoolBucks started as our meal payment site, but it will now be our site for Before/Aftercare, Meals, Field Trips, Purchasing Items, and donations!

If you do not have a MySchoolBucks account, set one up now!

https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/login/getmain?requestAction=home

Special Thank you to Dailys of Jacksonville (Town Center) for giving us free coupons for frozen drinks, fountain drinks and ice creams to use as end of the year incentives to complete the NWEA! Special Thank you to Mr. Gifford for asking them and they were more than happy to provide!

If you haven't checked them out - do so! https://dailys.com/ and KIDS EAT FREE at Daily’s Dash on Wednesday!🥪🔥 AND every kids meal comes with their choice of a chocolate chip, snickerdoodle or peanut butter cookie!

They have two locations near Southside at 4991 Gate Pkwy, Jacksonville Florida 32256

and 4887 Gate Pkwy, Jacksonville Florida 32256

As employees work/pay may be impacted as well as not having the free/reduced lunch program impacting families, we hope to be able to list some resources/information for you.

We have moved the long list of resources over to a separate link: https://www.smore.com/71a3z

DCSS families, our help desk is open from 8am-3pm Monday through Friday. When calling the menu options are for general questions, technology assistance, Edmodo & coursework help, and enrollment (for new families 2020-21, etc.) If we are helping another family, please leave a voicemail and we will call you back. Thank you to our help desk superheroes Ms. Jill, Mr. Jules, Mr. Ball and Ms.CeCe!! 904-423-5348

We have moved our comprehensive list of programs, apps and softwared used at D.C.S.S. to a seperate page - https://www.smore.com/dxqct

Click to learn more about powerschool, clever, edmodo, school mint, Lexia, and more!

Log your volunteer hours on a computer in your Powerschool account (option does not appear on the App)

IF you need to log more volunteer time and have been busy this fall, there are some off-site opportunities that can be done from home...

1 hr: Leave a positive review on Facebook, Yelp, or Great Schools - let shopping families know what you LOVE about Duval Charter at Southside. This helps our marketing team!

1 hr: Choose one of our enrollment/marketing social media posts and share it! That's it... help spread the word using the "share" button

https://www.smore.com/7hgnx

Website: https://www.southsidecharter.org/
Location: 8680 A C Skinner Parkway, Jacksonville, FL, USA
Phone: 904-4235348
Facebook: facebook.com/DuvalSouthside
Twitter: @DCSSouthside