Posted August 22, 2024
Welcome Back Asbury Eagle Families!
Don’t forget about tonight!
Back to School Night: The BTSN event occurs on August 22 from 5:00-6:00. This is the event that parents (not students) will be attending to get information from teachers and leadership about the school, their teachers, and classrooms. Here is the schedule:
Communication is important to me. Please consider my door always open and please email and contact me if you ever have questions or concerns. It is crucial as we partner to support your child to have open dialogue and communication. That said, every Thursday we send out school wide communication through our Thursday Folder newsletter. Please expect this newsletter each week. In the newsletter, it will contain a letter from me, important information in the “What’s top of Mind?” section. There will also be a spot for information that we have already shared that we feel is still important to have in the “What’s still relevant?” section. There is also a section for information from PTSO and information about enrichments as well as flyers and important dates.
We try to keep communication streamlined so you are not getting an overload of information, but we also have important information, so you will also be receiving newsletters from your teachers as well as newsletters from DPS. I know it can feel like a lot of information at times, so we appreciate your understanding as we try to balance communication so it feels manageable. 🙂
In Partnership,
Jeanna Doung
HR Updates:
Open Positions:
Marketing Team/100 Year Planning Committee
Asbury’s 100 year anniversary is coming up next school year (I know we have just started this school year)- that said, it is going to be amazing and to support this amazingness, we have a committee that is centered around planning for this party! If you are interested, we would love your help with planning- we will meet monthly on mondays. Please reach out to Jeanna if you are interested!
Heat at Asbury
As a reminder, it does get hot in our building. Make sure to bring water bottles and stay hydrated. We work hard to ensure heat mitigation techniques are in place and we check temperatures twice daily while it is hot to make sure that the temperatures are manageable. If your child is ever feeling hot, sick or lethargic, teachers will send students to the nurse to be checked out. In addition, if it is ever unsafe to run school, then we will move forward with an early release heat day. These are approved through the district and you will be notified by 5pm the evening before if we will have an early release heat day. We do understand that these can be a difficult time for families, so please reach out to your teachers and Jeanna to support you.
Attendance
We are working hard to make sure that Asbury is a place where our students want to be! Our collective goal is that every student arrives to class on time and remains in school for the full day, every day. Every absence, even excused, makes it more difficult for students- and their peers- to succeed, no matter what grade they are in. When absences add up, even in elementary years, it becomes harder to graduate. Ofcourse, if your child is too sick to attend school, please keep them home.
CSC/PTSO Meetings:
PTSO and CSC are committees that are important to Asbury. CSC, or our Collaborative School Committee, supports Asbury’s budget as well as developing our strategic school plan. PTSO or our Parent, Teacher, Student Organization supports Asbury by bringing all these different stakeholders together to ensure that we have supports in place for our school to run smoothly and we are focused on community supports and community events. Both CSC and PTSO are hosted on the first Tuesday of each month. With one month taking place in-person and the other online. CSC runs meetings from 5-6 and PTSO hosts their meetings from 6-7. Both CSC and PTSO are open to the public, so please join us!
End of Year/Beginning of 24-25 School Year Important Information
I am thrilled to be back as Asbury’s school psychologist! The Mental Health Minute will continue to be a place for resources and research based information related to psychology and child development. If you have any questions, concerns, or are in need of resources, I am always an email or phone call away.
The BESS universal screener beginning of the year window is now open for parents. Please visit tinyurl.com/bessparent2324 to complete this 5 minute survey. More information about the BESS will be coming in the following weeks. I look forward to a continued partnership with the Asbury community this year!
Lauren Gourgues, School Psychologist
Please visit the Asbury Website for more information and details about enrichments offered during this session: Asbury Enrichments Schedule (update in progress)
Enrichment Flyers
Community Flyers
Upcoming Dates