Young parents and families,

Welcome back, parents and families! I hope you all had a wonderful summer. Thank you for helping us kick off the school year so fabulously. If you need anything or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re here to support you and your child throughout the year!

Thank you for your support!

Lana Coffman, Principal

lana.coffman@decaturisd.us

(940)393-7400

August 19th - DISD School Board Meeting, 6pm

September 2nd - Student and Staff Holiday

September 3rd - Progress Reports

Each Monday, we will focus on a manner that we feel is important for our students to know and use.

Learning manners can help build strong relationships, improve communicaiton, and avoid misunderstandings.

Here are some other reasons why manners are important:

• Improving relationships

• Being successful

• Teaching respect

• Making people feel comfortable

• Being helpful

At Young Elementary, we believe that if you do the small things well, you are more likely to do the big things well.

In addtion to learning manners, each week we will also focus on character traits. Teaching character traits can help students develop positive personal traits, moral and ethical compasses, and the skills to navigate a complex world. It can also help students become better citizens, more confident, and more resilient.

We realize that most of you have already completed the "Student Emergency Form," however, the nurse's office experienced technicial difficulties and we need everyone to complete the form again.

We aplogize for the inconvenience.

Thank you for your help!

School starts at 7:40am. Students are considered tardy after 7:45 am. Morning drop-off is in the front of the building. Please do not drop students off in the bus loop or the parking lot. We will run one line for safety and have wonderful staff unloading cars / assisting students. If you wish to walk your student to the front door, please park in the parking lot and use the crosswalk. Parents will not be allowed to walk students to class after August 16th. Please drop off at the drop-off line or the front door.

School dismisses at 3:25pm.

Pre-K students, AIMS, and LEAP students will be dismissed from the cafeteria (north end). Parents will need to park and walk up with their car tags.

However, Pre-K students with siblings will be dismissed with their older siblings from the front of the building.

Kindergarten through 5th-grade students will be dismissed from the front of the building.

PARENTS WILL NEED TO STAY IN THEIR CAR and display your pick-up tag. Our wonderful staff will load your students. Lanes are not grade-level specific.

Students will not be dismissed to anyone who walks up or anyone who does not have the appropriate pick-up tag.

Young Elementary will use pink dismissal cards for all car riders. Please print your child’s name, grade level, and teacher’s name on the pink card. If you have multiple children, you can list them all on one card.

Front dismissal Lanes are not grade-level specific. You can pick one of the two inside dismissal lanes or our third outside dismissal lanes.

Pre-K students, AIMS, and LEAP students will be dismissed from the cafeteria (north end). Parents will need to park and walk up with their pink cards.

Please have your pink card displayed in your car window during dismissal.

Please stay in your car. The Young staff will load your child(ren) for you.

Students will not be dismissed to anyone who walks up or anyone who does not have the appropriate pick-up tag.

If you need to change your child’s daily transportation, please call the front office before 2:30pm.

If you do not have a pink dismissal card you will need to park and go into the front office. The front office staff will check your driver’s license and Skyward to verify you can pick up that particular student at Young Elementary.

You can get additional pink cards from the front office.

Please be patient as we perfect this dismissal process over the first few weeks of school. After a few weeks of practice, dismissal will run very smoothly. Our ultimate goal is to ensure your child’s safety.

Students must register for the bus services. Students who are regularly assigned bus riders are required to ride the bus home each day as expected. Parents who wish for their student to have a different mode of transportation than the bus, should call Young's front office prior to 2:30pm on that particular day. Any questions pertaining to Bus transportation need to be directed to Transportation at (940)393-7122.

Students will have PE (3 days a week), Music, and Art. Tennis shoes are required for PE.

Now that school has officially begun, get your spirit shirts!! They sold out super quick at meet the teacher so buy them here! No shipping cost and they will come to the school and we will send home with your kiddo!

Deadline to order is August 25th