The Doty Digest
Greetings Doty Families,
It has been a crazy month here with the weather and illnesses going around for both staff and students. I haven’t worked a full week all month and I appreciate all of your patience with my slow email responses of late. I’m not sure how things will go after today -several of Miss Julie’s class members have determined that I am going to jail. It’s not yet decided which one of them is driving me there, I’m thinking they are still looking for a really small car! (Recess was interesting yesterday!)
In February, we will be conducting our part of a district-wide climate survey for students, families, and staff. I am looking forward to seeing the results. I want Doty to be a welcoming and accepting environment for all and if there are ways that we can improve, I would like to hear of them!
This month we administered our new reading assessment and have started looking at the results of it. So far it looks like it is going to give us really helpful information. This assessment looks at the building blocks of reading. If a student is struggling it will help us be able to really target which skills we should work on with them. I am interested in what the assessment will show us over time.
Report cards will be sent home soon. You will notice that they look a bit different than they have in the past. A group of teachers has worked on them to make them more reflective of what we are teaching. Please do not hesitate to reach out to your student’s teacher if you have any questions. Report cards are snapshots in time and give an overview of where your student is at. Conversations and conferences are always the best way to get a complete picture of your student as a learner.
As always, thank you for sharing your students with us!
Gillian
“The mission of the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile Program is to provide quality dental services to Vermont children in selected underserved communities, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.”
Hello Doty Families. Does your child need dental care? Most dentists recommend our children see their dentist every 6 months for a cleaning, maybe x-rays, and other treatment. I am speaking with Plainfield Health Clinic about scheduling the Mobile Dental Van to come to school in the spring. That way, you won’t have to leave work to drive your child to the dentist, and your student will be away from class just long enough to get their cleaning and dental check up done.
If you are interested in taking advantage of this opportunity, please let me know. We need 10 students signed up in order to schedule the van. The Dental Van has the capacity to see 20 children a day. They are happy to see any child who already sees the dentist at Plainfield Health, anybody who is without a dentist, or anybody having difficulty getting to their dentist. Please email me at lfaesy@u32.org if interested. Thank you and have a great weekend. -Nurse Lydia
