The Deerfield School Board
Kevin Barry 463-7800,
norsefarm@msn.com
Maryann Clark 463-7153,
clark@nhinternet.com
Donald Gorman 463-7771,
captdon10@yahoo.com
Peter Menard 463-7403,
peter@paradeproperties.net
Debbie Kelley 463-9710,
MrsKelley2u@hotmail.com

Parent High School Advisory Report 2/6/13

Other High School Study Information

Today is the last day of “Teacher Appreciation Week”.  On Monday the teachers and staff were welcomed to school with an ice cream truck themed bulletin board and “coffee cart”.  On Tuesday, two ice cream trucks arrived to surprise the teachers and students.  Most of the money used to pay for the ice cream trucks was raised at the “Celebrate DCS” spaghetti dinner in March by the DEA and donated to the PTO. Technically, the teachers paid for the student’s ice cream and the PTO paid for the teacher’s.  Either way, it was a great treat for the whole school and the beautiful weather and mu-sic from the trucks added to the excitement!  Wednesday and Thursday brought a restocking of the teacher’s “K” cups and bagels for breakfast.  On Friday, we served a lovely lunch that included sandwiches, homemade salads and desserts.  As always, the PTO is grateful to the room parents who helped coordinate the donated items, the many parents who sent in baked items or beautiful salads and the volunteers who donated their time to help work at these events.  We would also like to thank Northeast Ice Cream in Exeter, Walmart and Panera Bread in Concord for offering us discounted or donated items.  Lastly, thank you to all the great DCS teachers.  This week is always fun for us, but we do appreciate your efforts year-round.

Quarter 3 Honor Roll

School Board Notes By Peter Menard

At the regular April 3 rd , 2013, Deerfield School Board meeting, the Board recognized the years of service and leadership provided by Chairman Don Gorman. The Board expressed their thanks for his work and dedication. Kevin Barry agreed to carry forward as Chairman of the Board for this coming year. Principal Paul Yergeau expressed thanks to board members from the teachers and para-professionals for their efforts to pass the contracts and the budget. He also noted that over 200 grandparents came to Grandparents Day. Biography Night featured the 4 th grade using a wax museum presentation format. Another success was the Read Across America
program, for which DCS students read 9,551 books. An upcoming celebration is planned to recognize this outstanding accomplishment. Mr. Yergeau announced that the Math/Science Fair would be held on April 4 th

DCS is also applying for university teaching interns, competing with other schools for UNH interns. In another initiative, the Junior Student 2 Student Leadership program connected students from Deerfield with other area students who are from military families connected to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Two students each from 6 th , 7th, and 8 th grades, along with Principal Yergeau& Guidance Counselor Heather Swanson, participated in the York, Maine program. The purpose is to create leadership skills in students while creating a welcoming environment for new students at schools such as DCS. The board continued its exploration of high school options.

Deb Boisvert, DCS Technology Coordinator, updated the board on Deerfield’s Cable Committee negotiations with Met rocast. The Board agreed that the Cable Committee should aim to reserve an Education channel for DCS for future use.

Appointments for the coming year

Chair Kevin Barry
Vice Chair Don Gorman
MBC Representative Maryann Clark, Peter Menard-Alternate
Selectmen’s Representative Peter Menard
SAU Executive Board Debbie Kelley
Transportation Don Gorman
Curriculum Review Board Debbie Kelley
Manifest Review Kevin Barry, Peter Menard
Maintenance Don Gorman
NHSBA Delegate Peter Menard
High School Liasons Don Gorman & Maryann Clark
Public Relations Peter Menard, Debbie Kelley
Sick Bank Kevin Barry

The School Board members are Donald Gorman, Kevin Barry, Maryann Clark, Peter Menard, and Debra Kelley.

The 8th grade Health and Fitness Magnet wants to know,

Are you up for the challenge?

All proceeds from the challenge go to a memorial fund for the Sandy Hook Community. Please help us reach our goal of raising $500.00.

Spring Concert Grades 1-3

 

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Deerfield Attendance Policy

Attendance is an important part to a student's success in school. August 01, 2012 the Deerfield School board approved the Attendance, Absenteeism, and Truancy Policy. The board considers the following to be excused absences: ·

Illness ·

Recovery from an accident ·

Required court attendance ·

Medical and dental appointments ·

Death in the immediate family·

Observation or celebration of a bona fide religious holiday ·

Such other good cause as may be acceptable to the principal or permitted by law.

In order to make sure your child receives an excused absence in our student system, please make sure that you call, send a note, or e-mail the main office to inform the school of your student's illness and absence. For other absences the parent must provide a written notice.

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Because of your tremendous enthusiasm and ongoing efforts to help our students, our school has once again been recognized with the Blue Ribbon for Volunteerism. This award is presented annually by the New Hampshire Partners in Education, a volunteer organization whose mission is to enhance and enrich the education of children through school volunteerism.

This award recognizes the extraordinary efforts of school volunteer coordinators and their volunteer teams for the achievements realized during the previous school year. We echo the sentiment that your tireless efforts bring opportunities to our children that otherwise would never be possible. Again, thank you for your dedication to our students and your partnership with our school.

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Morning Drop Off

This year we have many more students being dropped off in the morning. This has resulted in an increase in the amount of time it takes to have students enter the building. To keep students from being late to class, we are asking you to have your child exit the vehicle in a timely manner.

If your child is not ready to exit the car, please pull around to the parking area, which will allow the flow of traffic to continue. In order to make this process more efficient, and you are the first car to the front, please pull forward to the last green cone. This will allow for an increase in "groups" of cars, which will decrease the amount of time you have to wait in line and allow students to be on time to class.

Sakai link has changed to sakai.sau53.org. Make sure to change your bookmarks.

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Student Handbook

Don’t forget to review the revised Student Handbook with your student. Please sign and return this signature sheet.

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DCS Dress Code Policy

Please remind your child(ren):

Dress or casual shorts are acceptable provided they are fingertip length or longer when arms are fully extended alongside the body.

Shorts, pants and skirts which are worn below the waist exposing stomach and back are inappropriate.

Spandex, tank tops, halter tops, tube tops, blouses or shirts which expose midriff or back are also inappropriate.

Sleeveless shirts are acceptable

Footwear and accessories must not have ornamentation that will damage furniture or floors, or will create an unsafe situation.

Hats and sunglasses are not worn in the building.

When a student’s appearance is deemed unsafe, disruptive or offensive, the student will be required to return home and correct the problem if the situation cannot be rectified at school. Should you have further questions, please refer to the Deerfield Community School Student Handbook, dress code on page 12.

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Check out this video of the DCS Mission statement

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Newly revised Bullying Policy