Delran Intermediate School

Hello DIS Families,                                                                                                            

Fire House Open House

Tomorrow is Delran Township’s Fire Department’s Open House from 11:00 until 3:00. There will be tours and demonstrations, opportunities to learn about fire safety as well as information about becoming a volunteer.

Week of Respect

October 6-10th is the “Week of Respect” in schools throughout NJ. We will be doing a number of activities at school that focus on this topic, including daily announcements, a special read aloud and watching some short clips about this topic.

Conferences

A separate email will be sent this evening with directions on how to schedule your child’s conference. Please follow the directions to schedule your child’s conference.

Intervention and Enrichment

We apologize for the delay. The name of the I&E teacher(s) is now available in Parent Portal.

FASTT Math and SRC Update

Our technology team has worked diligently to resolve the issues related that were occurring when students tried to access these programs through the Application portals. Students should be able to access these programs from the STUDENT tab on the DIS website or through applications.  Please let us know if you encounter any problems and we will be happy to assist you.

BLOGS

On Friday, October 10th, students will be submitting their first blog entry.  Every other week, students will compose an entry about either their independent reading book or a topic assigned by their teacher(s). As part of the Common Core standards, students are expected to be able to utilize their keyboarding skills to produce a full page in 3rd grade and two pages in 4th and 5th in a single setting. By utilizing the blogging feature, our hope is that students will gain practice in both their reading and keyboarding skills. Students that are unable to utilize the blogging feature from home will be provided opportunities to blog during the after-school academic support sessions.

When your child is drafting his or her response, you may want to suggest that they write and save the draft in a program such as Word then copy and paste the writing into the comment box. This also allows students to use the spell check and grammar check tools.

When blogs are submitted, your child’s teacher(s) receive an email notification and must approve the entry before it can be seen. This allows us to control and review the information that is posted on the blogs. Please be advised that the blogs will not appear on the website, until they are approved.

Halloween Parade

Although it is several weeks away, it is never to early to plan for one of our favorite events. Once again, we will have two busses driving between DIS and Millbridge as a convenience for parents (so you don’t need to try and find a parking spot twice). Shuttles depart from Millbridge to DIS at 10:15. Shuttles from DIS to Millbridge depart at 11:00. Then, shuttles return to DIS at approx. 11:50. The DIS parade will start at 10:30 sharp. The Millbridge parade starts at 11:15.

PTA Info

The Delran Elementary PTA provides a tremendous service to our students and our school. On Monday, you should have received the packet for the fall fundraiser. We greatly appreciate your support with this fundraiser, which allows us to offer many services to our students and schools. Additionally, if you have not already returned payment for your Kid Stuff books or the book, please do so.

We hope to see everyone tonight at our Fall Festival at DMS. Please remember your canned food donation.

Looking to stay informed….like the new Delran Elementary PTA Facebook page and visit our website at  www.delranelementarypta.com.

Have a great weekend.

Educationally yours,

Mrs. Lowe and Mrs. Rash