Week of April 17-21, 2023

 Happy Friday Trailblazer families,


As we return from Spring Break, one of the routines we will be doing is reteaching our LEAD (Trailblazers are Listeners, Empathetic, Accountable, and Disciplined) school-wide expectations for our common areas.  Over the next couple of weeks, we will be reviewing what it looks like to LEAD in the Cafeteria, Bathrooms, Library, during Recess, Assemblies/Rallies, and Before/After school.  


In addition, during the week of April 24th-28th, we will begin with two lessons from the PBIS Bully Prevention Curriculum. Just like we teach our students the behavior and routines expected in our common areas, through these lessons, we can equip our students with the necessary tools to communicate when they are experiencing unwanted behavior. If you would like to learn more about these lessons, please click HERE for additional information. 


What can you do at home to help support this new learning with your child?  As we learn these new tools during the week of April 24th-28th, this would be a great time to have an open conversation with your child.  Discuss the 3 steps they have learned Enough, Walk, and Talk and how they are empowered to let other students know when they are experiencing any unwanted behavior.   


One thing I do want to emphasize is that in the first lesson, we do specifically talk to the students that if they feel they are in danger, the “enough” and “walk away” steps should be skipped, and you should go straight to an adult.  Please encourage your child to report to their teacher or other staff member any activity they feel threatens their safety, or the safety of our school.  


As a staff we continue to review our safety protocols and they will continue to be a primary focus as we enter into our next school year.  If your child ever brings a concern to you at home, please reach out to me immediately.  Working together we can ensure our school remains safe and welcoming for students and staff. Thank you for your continued partnership in our Trailblazer family!


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THIS WEEK’S DC NEWS 

Click HERE to see another fabulous edition of our DC News. Many thanks again to our student leaders and their advisors, Ms. Triplett and Mrs. Lopez for putting together such a wonderful broadcast!


COMMUNITY EVENTS

Please see the information below about events happening in our community! 

PTC NEWS

 

GUMMIES STILL NEEDED: In order to support our safe routes program and our upcoming walk to school days, we are still in need of 50 large Costco boxes of gummies to get us to the end of the school year. If you can donate, please drop them off at the main office. The kids thank you in advance!

 

FUNDRAISER:  World’s Biggest Bounce Park is at the Galleria.  Have a great time with the kids while supporting Diamond Creek Elementary.  Reserve your time at FunBox.com, use PROMO CODE “DCES23” for $3.00 off plus 20% will be donated back to our school.

 

BIRTHDAY WISHES:  Does your child have a birthday between now and the end of the school year?  Now is a great time to submit a form to have their birthday on our marquee message board in front of the school to make their day extra special!  CLICK HERE for the form.  You can hand it in to the front office or email it to marquee@diamondcreekptc.com if paying with PayPal.  

 

SAFE ROUTES: If your student would like to participate in Safe Routes, meet us every Thursday mornings at either the front main gate or side gate to get a shoe tag or get scanned.  Don’t forget to go to Active4.me to register their tag so you can get notifications with your student on campus.  Each week, one student from each grade will win the weekly raffle and pick out a prize.


Hope to see everyone at the GLOW dance tonight!  Have a lovely weekend too!


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Warmest regards,

Mrs. Phillips

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