Welcome back to school, Dragons! It was so good to see so many smiling faces at drop-off this morning! Be sure to carefully review Principal Faison-Bullock’s first message of the school year. There’s lots of helpful tips including the new volunteer registration process (you don’t have to go to campus to register — yay!), a new way to access the school meal calendar, a review of carpool, and more. Here are some highlights:
Visitor Check-In
To continue providing safe learning environments, all WCPSS schools have upgraded their visitor check-in process to a district-wide Visitor Management System. The new system will identify all school visitors and check nationwide sex offender registries for potential matches. The office staff will continue to ask for picture identification when you want to enter the building. Please have that ready when asked. Staff have the right to decline admission to the building should ID not be shared.
Volunteer Registration Process
Please consider registering now to be a volunteer at Douglas Elementary. The application may be completed from any device (you don’t have to come to campus to register anymore!). Click here to complete the registration. This registration must be approved by WCPSS prior to volunteering on campus or with students at an event/field trip.
School Meals
Breakfast and lunch are available for purchase daily at Douglas. If you would like to see the monthly school menus, please use this link. You will need to choose either breakfast or lunch to see the correct menu. Menus are in both English and Spanish – again choose which option you need. Breakfast costs $1.50 and lunch costs $3.25.
Kindergarten Meet the Teacher
Please reserve Friday, September 1 from 2-3 p.m. for an informal drop-in event where families and kindergartners can find out who their teacher will be and have an opportunity to explore their new classroom. In addition, parents will have a chance to acquire a carpool number, set up a lunch account, register to volunteer and join the PTA. All kindergarten students will report to school full-time on Tuesday, September 5. We’ll see you soon!
Save the Date: Open House and PTA General Meeting
Please join us on Wednesday, September 20, from 5:30-7 p.m. for our Open House and PTA General meeting. We look forward to seeing you there!
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