The Bulldog Bulletin

Week of September 14-18, 2026

Hello Everyone!

It’s a NEW Week! It’s a brand new week, and every day is a FRESH start! Let’s make it a GREAT one!

A few important reminders and announcements as we get started:

Parent/Teacher Conferences: We have conferences this Thursday and next Tuesday. Dinner will be provided by 4:00 p.m. each evening. Please make sure progress reports are ready to hand out during conferences. For students who are not signed up for a conference, please send their progress reports home next Tuesday. Also, be sure to have sign-in sheets ready for both conference evenings. I am hoping to have the Student Handbook printed and ready to hand out as well.

Bulldog Beat: We will have a Bulldog Beat practice assembly this Friday at 10:00 a.m. Please listen for announcements beginning around 9:50 a.m. to start moving students to the gym.

PLCs: Because of our conference preparations this week and next Tuesday, we will begin PLCs next Wednesday, September 16, during grade-level plan time. PLCs are intended to be an established and consistent part of our work together, but they do not necessarily need to take the entire plan period each time we meet. The time will be used thoughtfully and productively based on the needs of your team and students.

And finally—keep handing out those Caught Doing Good tickets! 🎟️ Our drawings will take place at Bulldog Beat!

Thank you for all you do each day for our students and for one another. Let’s make it a GREAT week!

~ Dorothy

September – On the Radar

September 17: Parent-Teacher Conferences, 4:00–7:30 PM
September 18: First Grade Instrument Parade, 9:00 AM
September 21: Total Wellness for staff 8:30-9:30
September 21: Vision Screenings - students
September 22: Parent-Teacher Conferences, 4:00–7:30 PM
September 25: Bulldog Beat, 9:00 AM
September 28: Safe School/Healthy & Fit School Meeting, 4:00 PM
September 30: Picture Day

TOTAL WELLNESS

We will be partnering with Total Wellness to provide free flu shots in fall.

Cleveland Bailey: September 21, 8:30-9:30am.

Sign up link: https://core.totalwellnessok.com/public/event/26835

Free flu shot requires health insurance/uninsured $39
B12 Shots will also be available for $20

GAME ON!

SEPTEMBER 1-24 is our GAME ON! SEPTEMBER TOUCHDOWN ATTENDANCE CHALLENGE! A large football field will be displayed in the cafeteria with GRADE LEVEL FOOTBALLS working their way to a TOUCHDOWN! The grade level team with the HIGHEST ATTENDANCE AVERAGE for the month will WIN a TAILGATE PARTY! Winner will be announced at our Bulldog Beat on Friday, September 25! Updates will be given each Monday morning of the prior week's attendance average! Our GOAL is 95% attendance, but the challenge is on to BEAT that 95%! Encourage your students to show up EVERY DAY! Because ATTENDANCE MATTERS! GAME ON! 🏈

As of Monday, September 7: 4TH GRADE IS IN THE LEAD!

September's Character Word and Quote of the Month:

CHARACTER

Quote: "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

Your character is what you really are." - John Wooden

CAUGHT DOING GOOD Tickets!

Be on the look out for CAUGHT DOING GOOD tickets arriving in your mailbox this week, along with more tickets placed in a bucket/basket in the lounge. These tickets are for you to hand out when you see CAUGHT DOING GOOD behavior! Whether it's in the hallway, cafeteria, playground, classroom, library - our students are doing GOOD/GREAT things! Make a big deal about when you see them automatically helping someone, being a good role model, picking up trash they didn't even put on the floor, offering to do something extra! When these actions happen automatically, it is a sign of great character and let's recognize our students for it! When you hand out a CAUGHT DOING GOOD ticket, remind the student to put their first AND last name on the ticket and place it in the bucket/basket YOU have in your classroom which is designated for these tickets. On Bulldog Beat assembly days, bring your class' bucket with you to the gym, pour your class' tickets into your grade level's designated bucket for the monthly drawings!

BADGE ACCESS

Teachers' badges will work from 6 am to 7 pm Monday-Friday.
Teachers' badges will work from 9 am to 6 pm Saturday-Sunday.
During breaks, when deep cleaning is scheduled in buildings, badge access may be limited.
After-hour set points and times for heat/air will not change.
When visiting admin, you must enter through the main entrance and will be required to sign-in with your Mid-Del badge.

VECTOR TRAINING

REMINDER: Make sure you are wrapping up the Vector Training videos.

Certified Staff * PL Focus due October 1st!

"Our job is to teach the students we have.

Not the ones we would like to have.

Not the ones we used to have.

Those we have right now.

All of them."

~ Dr. Kevin Maxwell