Fill your blue parent passports to earn free dress day for your child(ren)! View this email in your browser Dragonfly Digest Friday, January 23, 2015 Volume 9, Issue No. 10 Published biweekly Dragonfly Dinner and Auction Discounted Tickets are on Sale now! Come eat and socialize with DMCS Staff, parents, friends, and community members at the ninth annual Dragonfly Dinner and Auction! This year's dinner will be on Saturday, March 21st from 5pm - 10pm!  This event raises over $20,000 for DMCS to improve the education that we all want for our children. Tickets to this adult only event are $30 before February 13th and include dinner catered by Famous Creations! (Menu includes: Rosemary Garlic Tri-Tip, Roasted Garlic Chicken, Spinach Tomato Penne Pasta, Seared Asparagus & Green Bean Blend, Loaded Mashed Potatoes and a Fresh Garden Salad. YUM!) There will be music by DJ Talley and the Dixon Lions Club will be tending bar. Order forms for tickets will be going home with students on Friday or you can pick up extras in the office if needed.  Remember to invite your friends too!   Donate Now! We are eight short weeks away and donations for the auction are needed!  Do you have a business, talent or special item that you would like to donate? Please contact Ms. Jodie Hedlund at jhedlund@dixonmontessori.org. Donations can be brought to the office now! Tuesday, January, 20: Open Enrollment Forms available in the office Tuesday, January 27, 7:00pm: Governing Board Meeting Friday, January 30: Spirit Dress Day (Last Friday of the Month) Friday, January 30, 6pm - 7:30pm: Family Lego Night (MPR) Tuesday, February 3, 6pm - 8pm: Sharing Night Tuesday, February 10, 6:30pm - 8pm: PTO Meeting in DMCS Library (Room 5) Wednesday, February 11, 12:30 - 1:30pm: Art After School (MPR) Thursday, February 12, 2pm - 9pm: Frozen Yogurt at Big Spoon – Mention DMCS Friday, February 13: Open Enrollment Ends What is happening in the Computer Lab   Some of the K/1 classes are coming in weekly to learn how to use the mouse and keyboard. They have also been learning about the parts of a computer. Ms. Tamara and Ms.Shari’s 2nd/3rd grade classes are coming in weekly to work on their keyboarding (Dancemat Typing) and math skills(XtraMath). A couple of the 4/5 classes have been coming in to work on programming using a site called code.org They are also working on their keyboarding skills to prepare themselves for the upcoming State test in April/May   In our Computer Programming and Robotics class students just started learning how to program using C++ Students are looking forward to taking those skills and applying them to program robots. In Tech2 students are building Websites using Google Sites. In Tech1 students are learning about the components of a computer and how they work.    Class Updates Grades TK / K / 1 Welcome back and Happy New Year! Our TK/K/1 grade students came back well rested and ready to learn!  We will be starting our Air and Weather unit and also a super cool Winter and Artic Animals unit. Our 100 Days in School Celebration is fast approaching.  More information to come. Thank you again to all our parents for your wonderful support! TK/K/1 Team Grades 2 / 3 We hope everyone had a wonderful break! Our second semester photography project is due on Monday February 9, 2015. If you have any questions about the project and/or need another copy of the flyer, please let your child's teacher know. Our next Merit Market is Friday January 30th. If you are available to help out please contact your child's teacher. Thank you in advance for your help. Grades 4 / 5 Fifth graders are gearing up for their 50 states tests next week.  We are also preparing for sharing night.  The 4/5's look forward to seeing you there!   Parent Teacher Organization Update   Lego Night - Families Building Together Lego night, sponsored by the PTO, will be on Friday, January 30th, 6pm – 7:30pm.  This is a family event.  Bring siblings and come have a fun night socializing with other DMCS families as you build amazing creations with your student(s)!   Box Tops Class Competition It's that time again for our next Box Top Classroom Contest!  The deadline for submissions is Feb 27th.  The classroom with the most box tops collected will win an Ice Cream Sundae Party!  Don't forget to ask friends and family to help you collect.  The money raised goes towards teacher requests.    Shoparoo Have you downloaded the Shoparoo app to your smart phone yet?! Shoparoo is fundraising made easy: turn pictures of your everyday shopping receipts into cash donations and sweepstakes entries for our school with this free app. Download the free Shoparoo app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store Select our school from the list and start taking pictures of your receipts! Earn money for the DMCS Parent Teacher Organization.   Recycling is Good for the Earth and DMCS Ms. Jenna is thrilled to be the new Recycling Chair at DMCS! Her mission is to reduce the trash school wide, not only through our wonderful municipal Recology service where we can send our aluminum, paper and plastic, but also through an intensive, hard-to-recycle program called Terracycle. This company takes on almost any waste (at typically no cost!) And will provide a point system for our collections to redeem for money or to pass along the benefits as a charitable gift! What a win, win, WIN! Keep your eyes peeled for upcoming collection bins where we will begin accepting: aluminum and plastic drink pouches like CapriSun and Honest Kids with straws! Also snack pouches, like GoGoSqueez, with caps! Thanks in advance for your participation!   What is the Uniform Exchange?  Uniform Exchange is a free program sponsored by the PTO for anyone who needs clothing items to wear at school regardless of the reason (hard to find, finances, student grows out of it overnight).   On the 3rd Wednesday of each month there will be a table in front of the school, during morning drop off & afternoon pick up.   The uniform exchange is totally free to use. Although if you have any clothes that your student doesn't fit anymore, we are happy to take your donations, but this is not required. Just stop by, take a look, and if you find some thing that can be used, take it.   There will be a box for donations at those times. However you could drop off donations anytime in the front office. All the donations are washed then sorted by size and gender for easy selection.   We are currently in need of boys clothes and pants for boys and girls.   News from DMCS Staff Student Services by Ms. Amy Dixon Family Services understands the complexities of life for the military community. They are organizing a free weekly support group for children who are dealing with the struggles of having a parent deployed and/or constant moving. This group will be a safe place for children to process and communicate their emotions during this challenging time as well as receive support from others in a similar situation. The group will consist of activities, role-playing, helpful resources, and additional therapeutic guidance. The group will begin to meet on February 11, 2014 Wednesday morning from 11:30-12:15 (45 minutes) during school. This is considered an excused absence from school. If you would like your child to participate or if you have any questions please feel free to contact Dixon Montessori Student Services Administrator Amy Valenzuela at (707) 678-8953 or Dixon Family Services provider Brittney Cipolla or Samantha Corona at (707) 678-0442. Consent forms need to be turned in to Amy Valenzuela in the school office by February 6, 2014. Acknowledgements Ms. Krista would like to acknowledge and thank Jason Wright, Angele Boudreaux, Dennis Balance and Eric Lapurga for volunteering their time to upgrade the backbone of our network over Winter break. Their technological skills are invaluable and it was very appreciated. Ms. Krista would also like to thank Ray Gracia for building six laptop carts that will be used in the classrooms. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dixon-Montessori-Charter-School/160375697322380?ref=br_tf Copyright © 2015 Dixon Montessori Charter School, All rights reserved. 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