The DIS Newsletter is going on Spring Break and will return on Sunday, April 8!
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Student Spotlight:
Each year at the Dollars for Scholars basketball game we raffle off a few items for students. This year, Melaina Zupan and Claire Pirnat won the "pick your locker" raffle. Next year, they will be able to choose a locker anywhere in the school. Quinn Wagner also won a raffle. She will be our "principal for the day" next week. Thank you to all who attended the Dollars for Scholars basketball game to provide scholarships to our graduating seniors!
Spirit Week:
Next week Dover Intermediate will have a "spirit week" to have a little fun before we head into spring break. I've listed the theme for each day below.
3/26, Monday:
March Madness Monday...wear your favorite sports team gear (preferably college basketball)
3/27, Tuesday:
Team Spirit Tuesday...wear your Westlake gear
3/28, Wednesday:
Workout Wednesday...wear sporty attire
3/29, Thursday:
Autism Awareness Day...wear blue
DIS Virtues:
After focusing on the virtue of integrity for the past month, we are now focusing on the virtue of respect. For students we have defined respect as "I honor my space and others by treating them with care and courtesy. When I respect others, I respect myself." In April we will recognize students that have gone above and beyond demonstrating respect to students and staff.
Dates & Reminders:
3/29 - Report Cards Go Home
4/2-4/6 - Spring Break
4/10 - 5th Grade Human Growth and Development Lecture (5A & Dieterich)
4/11 - 5th Grade Human Growth and Development Lecture (5B & Royce)
5/12 - Music a la Mode
Nicholas Miller
Principal, Dover Intermediate
440-835-5494
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Hi Everyone,
Happy Spring Everyone!
I hope you all enjoyed the three day weekend. We are almost there! A few more days until break.
Teamwork makes the dreamwork!!!
DIS PTA is ecstatic to announce the donation of 30 chrome books, a charging cart (for all 30) and licenses have been approved and being processed as we speak. Our two Read-a-thon Homeroom winners (Royce and Szafranski) have selected their activity for March 29th. Mrs. Royce will be enjoying a Pancake bar and Mrs. Szafranski an Ice cream bar all with the works! Thank you cards have been pouring in from DIS Staff and students. We cannot THANK YOU enough for your support with this fundraiser!
March Book Madness is down the FINAL FOUR! You can check out the display case in the front of the building or
click on the link to see which books have moved onto the next round.
Art Show & Share Day was a great success! Thank you to the volunteers that helped the front office with signing guests in and out of the building. We appreciate your time greatly.
DIS families will be celebrating Staff Appreciation during the week of May 5th to the 11th! During this week we would like to show the staff at DIS how much we all appreciate their hard work and dedication to our kids!
We have fun surprises and meals planned for our wonderful staff throughout the week. Please watch for a flyer with additional information to come home with your student next week. If you have any questions, please contact Patty Ponstingle at pcamp123@aol.com.
Enjoy the short week,
Diane
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DIS Student Council Events
April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day
DIS will host an Autism Awareness Day on Thursday, March 29
- Students are asked to wear blue to school on 3/29
- a donut sale in the cafeteria will take place in morning from 8 - 8:25; $1/per donut, $ will be donated to Milestones for Autism
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BIKE HELMET SALE
Going on now!
DIS PTA's Health and Safety Committee is sponsoring a sale of Bell True Fit bike helmets. Thanks to Safe Kids Greater Cleveland Coalition and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital Injury Prevention Center, helmets are available at a discounted price of $10 each.
Helmets are available in toddler, child, youth, and adult sizes. Please note that you can select size and gender, but not the particular style of the helmet. However, the helmets we have received in past years have been blue, red, black, gray, pink and purple and in fairly neutral patterns that the kids have loved and adults would definitely wear.
Ordering Information
- The order form is available here.
- Orders are due with payment by Thursday, March 29. Helmets are $10 each. Please make checks payable to DIS PTA.
- Orders will arrive in 4-6 weeks and you will be contacted about dates and times to pick them up.
- If you have questions, please contact Janet Spreen at jspreen@bakerlaw.com or 216-272-7656.
Check your helmets at home to see if they still fit or if you need new ones!
Click here
for information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about fitting your helmet and why helmets are important for children and adults.
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Westlake Council of PTAs is excited to welcome Dr. Lisa Damour to our community!
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Dr. Damour, New York Times bestselling author of
"Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls through the Seven Transitions Into Adulthood",
provides realistic balanced expertise and advice on children, both
girls and boys
,
and the journey in raising them.
Lisa Damour, Ph.D. is a psychologist, author, teacher, speaker, and consultant who directs Laurel School's Center for Research on Girls, writes the monthly Adolescence column for the Well Family section of the New York Times, is a regular contributor at CBS News, and serves as a Senior Advisor to the Schubert Center for Child Studies at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Damour draws on years of clinical experience and the latest research to provide sound, practical guidance to parents, teachers, and advocates.
We are proud to provide this valuable program free of charge, thanks to your support of the fundraising efforts of Westlake Council of PTAs this year.
Mark your calendars to join us for this phenomenal presentation Monday, April 23 at the Westlake
High School Performing Arts Center
. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Presentation begins at 7:00 p.m.
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Westlake Music Boosters!
Westlake Music Boosters is looking forward to Music a la Mode which will be held on Saturday, May 12th this year! For many years, we have offered a raffle that raises significant funds to support ALL music programs in the Westlake City Schools from grades K-12
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Right now, we are working to gather items and we hope you will help! Themed gift baskets are welcome! We know it's not always possible to put together a whole gift basket, so perhaps you can contribute by donating a gift card to an area business or an individual item that kids or an adult would enjoy such as a game, toy, craft, or jewelry. Sport items or tickets are always a big hit as well. Previous year's basket themes include Cleveland Sports, movie night, craft kits, yoga, games, picnic basket, grilling items, summer fun, and more. Maybe you have unopened Christmas gifts in your closets that would make great donations for the raffle! If you have a basket, gift card or item to donate, please contact Amy Mogyordy at
216-402-7318 or amy@madisoneyecare.com.
Items will be collected through the end of April.
And don't forget to join us at our next meeting: Wednesday, April 11th at 7pm in the WHS Library.
It is never too late to
join
online and pay via credit card or download
pdf form
(check)
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Westlake Council of PTAs Spring Fundraisers
Announcing Westlake's Spring Fever Run!
Get out and enjoy a return to spring on Saturday, April 15th by participating in the Spring Fever run. The Westlake Kiwanis will also be hosting their annual Pancake Breakfast.
Fill out the attached form and mail it in or visit here
to register. Make sure you check off the PTA and earn funds for some amazing new programming.
Questions on either event? Contact Jessica Kim at 216.548.0948
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Connecting For Kids Spring & Summer Programming
includes information on upcoming programs to Discuss Setting Appropriate Limits for your Child and other programs that explore Music, Art and Friendship.
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Healthy Kids Running Series
The UH Rainbow Injury Prevention Center is holding another Healthy Kids Running Series for 5 consecutive Sundays at the Westlake Recreation Center. It will begin April 8th and run for 4 weeks through May 6th. This is a fun run for kids ages 2 - middle school. Each week the kids try to improve their run times and learn how to keep a healthy lifestyle. Click HERE for more information and registration.
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Calling at girls who will be 4
th
, 5
th
, 6
th
, 7
th
or 8
th
graders during NEXT year's school year!
Interested in having some fun while playing and learning the game of Volleyball? We are excited to announce that the Westlake Rec Center has teamed with a few DIS and LBMS moms to bring a league to Westlake. Games will be held at the rec center on Saturdays beginning in June. Practices will be held once-a-week on Monday evenings. Volunteer coaches are needed. For more information on how to sign up, call the Westlake Rec Center or visit the Spring Rec Gazette.
Signups begin March 12! Practices start mid-May.
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Flyer Connection
Tech Corps
spring break app development workshop for grades 6-8 on April 7.
Tech Corps
spring break programming workshop for grades 3-5 on April 7.
Link Ink
expands to DIS & LBMS for the 2017-2018 school year, beginning in April.
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Important Dates:
SPIRIT WEEK:
- 3/26, Monday: March Madness Monday...wear your favorite sports team gear (preferably college basketball)
- 3/27, Tuesday: Team Spirit Tuesday...wear your Westlake gear
- 3/28, Wednesday: Workout Wednesday...wear sporty attire
- 3/29, Thursday: Autism Awareness Day...wear blue
3/29 - Report Cards Go Home
4/2-4/6 - Spring Break
4/10 - 5th Grade Human Growth and Development Lecture (5A & Dieterich)
4/11 - 5th Grade Human Growth and Development Lecture (5B & Royce)
Apr 15 - Spring Fever Run
Apr 23 - Dr. Lisa Damour, 7p - WHS PAC
5/12 - Music a la Mode
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