DFS Dolphin Weekly Update

*Bold Items are new or singular events.

*If a day of the week is not listed below, it is because there were no major events to detail.

Monday, November 2

• Strings Instruction

Tuesday, November 3

• Election Day
• No School for Students
• Staff Professional Development Day

Wednesday, November 4

• Grade 5 Intramural Volleyball - Teams 1, 2, 3, & 4 (3:35 - 4:15PM) (Pickup in Front of DFS)

Thursday, November 5

• Early Morning Band Rehearsal (7:20-7:30AM Check-In @ DFS Front Doors)
• Early Dismissal
• Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences (6:00 - 8:00PM)

Friday, November 6

• DFS Play Day!
• DFS Picture Re-take Day
• District Math Challenge #3 Posted

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

Lao Tzu (600-531), Philosopher

Fifth-grade students in Miss Wolfe’s class recently completed a culminating service-learning project inspired by their Bookworms study of Walk Two Moons. After exploring the book’s themes of compassion, empathy, and grief, students took the initiative to raise funds to support their project before working together to create cozy blankets for children in need through Binky Patrol.

Happy Halloween from the DFS Staff!

DFS alumni, Jenna Schlatter, is featured in the Trumbull Special Olympics Gymnastics flyer!

The new DFS flagpole and flag have been installed!

With only 181 days to learn each school year, every day truly does matter. If your child is not ill, the best place for them is DFS! Please take a look at the week's attendance data and help us ensure all students maximize learning this year.

Daily Attendance

Monday: 97.5%

Tuesday: 97.4%

Wednesday: 97.4%

Thursday: 96.5%

Friday: 96.2%

August/September Daily Attendance Average: 98.2%

October Daily Attendance Average: 97.5%

Year-To-Date Daily Attendance Average - Kindergarten: 97.3%

Year-To-Date Daily Attendance Average - Grade One: 97.3%

Year-To-Date Daily Attendance Average - Grade Two: 98.3%

Year-To-Date Daily Attendance Average - Grade Three: 97.8%

Year-To-Date Daily Attendance Average - Grade Four: 98.4%

Year-To-Date Daily Attendance Average - Grade Five: 98.1%

Year-To-Date Daily Attendance Average - All Grades: 97.8%

DFS was recognized as a CT School of Distinction for the 2025-26 school year in the areas of High Performance and High Growth in Math for all students based on last year's SBAC scores.

Viewers love the "Staff Shout Out" feature on our What’s Up Dolphins news and entertainment show. This is an opportunity for anyone (staff, student, parent) to give a “shout out” to any staff member who may have gone above and beyond in some way. If you would like to nominate a staff member please use the link below; your nomination may be read on an upcoming episode!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSxeRx0pv5Xo1ySgZCLRF8iwVa6LdhaebEmG-gWSFcXK7M9A/viewform?usp=sf_link

We are excited to share that Trumbull Public Schools (elementary level) are rejoining the Math in Action Challenge Program, a free enrichment opportunity for all that helps students build problem-solving skills in fun and engaging ways.

Each challenge includes creative problems that go beyond the classroom, encouraging students to use strategies such as drawing models, looking for patterns, and thinking logically.

General Information

• Free program — no sign-up necessary.

• Open to all students in Grades K–5.

• Refer to the calendar at the link below for the release dates of challenges and due dates of solutions.

• Solutions for the Challenge can be found on the website the day after it is due. Be sure to go back and correct your work.

We are happy to announce that the CT chapter of the American Statistical Association will be continuing our annual K-12 Data Visualization Poster Competition this year. This is a poster contest open to all K-12 students, which we organize as part of the national contest sponsored by the ASA: https://www.amstat.org/education/asa-data-visualization-poster-competition-for-grades-k-12-

We welcome both physical and digital submissions. The deadline for submission is Thursday, April 1, 2027. Please see the attached PDF information document for dates and submission instructions.

The Yale University Department of Statistics & Data Science will host an in-person poster session and awards ceremony for all contest participants in late April. All winning and honorable mention posters in our CT chapter will be forwarded to the ASA national competition. In recent years, many participants from CT have won also at the national level.

If you have any questions or would like more information, please don't hesitate to contact us at zhou.fan@yale.edu.

Best regards,

Zhou Fan and Leying Guan

CT ASA K-12 outreach

PTA Reflections Digital Entry Link

During PM carpool dismissal, parents enter their child's carpool number once they are in line along Daniels Farm Road using the link below. The link allows daily access to a Google Form as follows:

1. Open the form (LINK: https://forms.gle/CDjvEC31yvPabfqL6 or use the QR code on the right)
2. Enter your child's carpool number when you arrive at DFS.
3. Hit "submit".
4. Repeat this process for each child you are picking up that day.

This must be done each day you are picking up a student. Please DO NOT enter your number until you are in the carpool line or there will be too many students in the waiting area. If you bookmark the form on your phone, it will be easy to access on the days you need it. Below you will find a short video demonstrating the process.

Instructional Video Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LzaVbMQwYjYZ17V__qhjQYDQQUILLXJc/view?usp=sharing

Please read and follow these important rules to keep all our students, families, and staff safe.

• We do not sacrifice safety for convenience.

• Parents must stay in their vehicle. Students should be able to exit the vehicle during AM carpool drop off without parental help. This allows for a smooth flow of traffic so that students can be in class on time.

• Please pull up all the way to the top of the drop-off and pick-up zone.

• Students may enter and exit the car only when the car has entered the single lane of the drop-off and pick-up zone.

• Students may not enter and exit the car when the vehicle is in the two-lane area of traffic flow.

• All students must enter and exit on the driver side of the car. This is different than last year as the traffic pattern has changed due to our new parking lot layout.

• Cars must stay in line and not pass any other vehicles when exiting the drop-off and pick-up zone. There are two lanes for exiting DFS.

• Morning drop-off begins at 8:20AM and ends at 8:35AM. Students may not exit their vehicle until 8:20AM during carpool drop off. Staff is on duty at 8:20AM each morning, with no supervision prior to this time. Allowing your child out of the vehicle early places her/him in a potentially dangerous situation.

• Afternoon pickup begins at 3:15PM and ends at 3:35PM. Students in kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade should be picked up from 3:15 to 3:25 PM. Students in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade should be picked up from 3:25 - 3:35PM. After this time, students are brought to the front office.

• Parents choosing to walk their children to carpool may enter the area from the front or rear of the property. You may not walk through the bus area on the side of the school. You may not park in the staff lot and walk your child to carpool to avoid waiting in line.

In order to maximize the safety and efficiency of our early dismissal, change of dismissal, and after-school participation reporting from home to school, we utilize to an electronic system. We do not accept paper notes.

We use a Google Form to collect this information on a daily basis. We DO NOT review any form entries submitted after 12:00PM. If after-school plans change after 12:00PM, you must call the front office to report the change, otherwise the classroom teacher will follow the regularly scheduled dismissal instructions.

The form can be accessed via a computer using the link below, or a phone using the QR Code below.

LINK: https://forms.gle/3iPmqMEUYMuZexVw9

If you have any questions, please contact us directly.

Thank you!

Summer is a great time to reinforce our DFS SWIM mantra! It's amazing how following a few simple-to-do mindsets can make a world of difference in yourself and the people around you. Be a positive force!

Daniels Farm Elementary School

710 Daniels Farm Rd., Trumbull, CT 06611

203-452-4388

Regular School Hours

Doors open at 8:20 AM

Regular School Hours: 8:35 AM - 3:20 PM

Early Dismissal Hours: 8:35 AM - 1:00 PM

Delayed Opening Hours

1 ½ hour Delay: 10: 05 AM – 3:20 PM (doors open at 9:50 AM)
2 hour Delay: 10:35 AM – 3:20 PM (doors open at 10:20 AM)
2 ½ hour Delay: 11:05 AM – 3:20 PM (doors open at 10:50 AM)

DFS Website

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2026- 2027 Trumbull Public Schools Calendar

DFS Parent Handbook

Volunteer Form*

*Tier 2 volunteer forms are only necessary if you will be working unsupervised with stud