The Brookfield East Computer Science Honor Society welcomes girls grades 3-5 to participate in Girls Who Code, a non-profit organization dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology. Learn more about the club and meetings (beginning January 26) by clicking here!
Announcements
Dear Dixon Families:
We continue to update and modify the schedules for In-Person students as the year progresses, keeping health and safety concerns at the forefront. Please read the attached letter outlining these changes. As always, contact me with your questions or concerns.
Other Important Dates to Note:
Friday, January 15: NO SCHOOL -- Teacher Professional Development Day
Monday, January 18: NO SCHOOL -- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday, January 25: NO SCHOOL -- Teacher Records Day (End of Q2)
Please remember students will go outside for recess every day so they should be prepared with snow boots, snow pants, coat, hat and mittens. Thank you.
As always, please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Luke Sadowski
Dixon School Principal
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Library Book Checkout for Dixon Virtual Students
Hello, Dixon Dragons! We strongly encourage our virtual students to take advantage of the Dixon library even though you won't be physically at school. We will be offering curbside pick-up of library books on alternating Fridays of every month for all virtual students in grades K-5. You can pull up to the south side doors (back entrance) of Dixon between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. to pick-up your orders - Mrs. Foley will meet you at your car. Our curbside schedule for the next two months is as follows:
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Friday, January 22nd, 10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Friday, February 5th, 10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Friday, February 19th, 10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Friday, March 5th, 10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Friday, March 19th, 10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Simply log into your child's library account and put the books that he/she would like on hold. Requests for Friday must be made by 3:00 p.m. the Thursday before pickup! Mrs. Foley will have all available requested books ready for you to pick up on your scheduled Friday morning. You are also welcome to return any library books that you currently have checked out at this time.
If you are not sure how to log into your child's library account or put books on hold, please click on these links for more information:
How to Access Your Dixon Library Account
How to Place a Dixon Library Book on Hold
Finally, don't forget about all the wonderful electronic and audio books available on SORA! How to Use SORA
Questions? Feel free to email me at foleys@elmbrookschools.org. Thank you and happy reading!
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Stephanie Foley
Dixon Elementary School - Library Services
All District Read Information
An All-District Read is a community-building event in which every family and staff member in school has the opportunity to read the same book aloud at home for a set period of time. Our 4th Annual All District Read will begin on Monday, February 1 for those families that opted in September for either A Boy Called Bat or Crenshaw. Virtual Students will kick off the books with their classroom teachers the week of January 18 and books will be sent home at virtual pick up on Friday, January 22. In person students will kick off the books with their classroom teachers the week of Monday, January 25 and books will go home on Thursday, January 28. Trivia question answers will be announced along with trivia question winners each week. Below you will find the pacing calendars for each book. More information to come about virtual family literacy night and trivia questions for each week!
News
Last evening (January 12th), the School District of Elmbrook's Board of Education approved adding 4-Year-Old Kindergarten (4K) for the 2021-2022 school year by a vote of 5-2. The 4K offering will be tuition-free and hosted at each District elementary school. Prior to the approval, Elmbrook was one of only five Districts across the state to not offer this half-day, educational program to our community.
Dixon had a record-breaking Spelling Bee this year! Our participant total came to a whopping 35, beating last year's record by 10 participants! Both in-person students and virtual students came together over Zoom to battle through 12 rounds of intense competition over nearly 3 hours! Nolan Scott (1st place) reigned supreme, with Venkat "Arya" Mitta (2nd place) and Charan Karthikeya Anumukonda (3rd place) close behind. This year was also very special as we had an nearly equal number of students across each grade level (3-5). Each and every student worked hard over the past month to improve their spelling skills. We are so proud of everyone!
All we can say is WOW! What an amazing turnout of toys we had in just a couple days! All of these wonderful toys were dropped at the Milwaukee Reserve Center over the weekend and will go out to the distribution center today to be given to families. ️
Thanks to all who participated!
Mr. Sadowski Checking Out the New Playground Structure. THANK YOU DIXON PTO!