Why does attendance matter? Students who are at school regularly have been shown to reach higher academic levels than students who do not attend regularly. This relationship between achievement and attendance may be apparent early in a child's schooling.
Everyone is welcome at the paint party on April 10th in Celilo Village to celebrate the new Little Free Library being placed there! See flyer for details.
Parents and Community members! Please join us on Thursday, April 18th for a training hosted by SafeSpace Children's Advocacy Center. Pizza at 5:00 pm, training at 5:30 pm. Childcare will be provided. You can scan the QR code on the flyer to RSVP.
Beginning April 24th and running through the month of May, Dufur will be hosting SafeSpace Prevention Coordinator Amanda Holste in a variety of ways to support Dufur students, staff, parents and community members around. Please check out more information on their website at https://www.safespacecac.org/school-based-education
Please join Prevention Coordinator Amanda Holste on Tuesday, April 9th for a Parent Curriculum Informational Zoom
• 5:00pm - 5:20pm - Elementary Parents
• 5:20pm - 5:40pm - Middle School Parents
• 5:40pm - 6:00 pm - High School Parents Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84794999155?pwd=05Cg4BXSYltO21bdMUU1J5IkSDODro.1
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, which recognizes the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect. Dufur School is lucky to have a partnership with SafeSpace Children's Advocacy Center of the Gorge, whose mission is to reduce trauma to child victims of abuse through multidisciplinary evaluation and advocacy in a safe and healing environment.
SafeSpace also provides evidence based, trauma informed child abuse prevention training to any and all youth serving adults and their organizations. Their aim is that through child abuse prevention education they will not only equip our community members to be able to identify and respond appropriately when identifying child abuse, but that they might also curb the tides of child abuse occurring in our community and abroad.
Happy April! Here is the link for the Dufur School April Newsletter: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/726/Dufur_School_District/4136153/24_April_news.pdf
The WIN Room Bookmark Contest had 20 entries.
The winning bookmarks for each grade level will be copied & given to students!
The final performance of this year's Missoula Children's Theatre production "Beauty Lou and the Country Beast" is this evening at 6:00 pm. Admission is $5 for adults, and children are free. If you are unable to attend, here is a link where you can watch it on-line: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/dufur-high-school-dufur-or/evt5ee441c27b
Parents of Dufur High School Spring Sports Athletes:
Shortt Photography will be taking pictures of Dufur High School Spring Sports athletes on Monday April 8th. If you would like to order photos of your athlete, you can use the link below or the attached QR code.
Link: https://www.teamphotonetwork.com/track/e.aspx?2287843-81008-FC5016F05A
Just enter your athletes name as you would like it to appear on their photos as well as their team (Varsity Baseball, Jr. Varsity Baseball or Track & Field). The site will then take you through the ordering process.
Orders placed on, or before, April 9th will be dropped at the School for distribution and there is no charge for shipping. Orders placed after April 9th will be charged shipping, but will be mailed directly to your residence.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to give me a call or shoot me an e-mail.
Pat Shortt
Pat36331@gmail.com
541-993-1550
Happy belated St.Patrick’s Day! 🍀 Mrs. Welk’s class celebrated St. Patrick’s day by trying green foods, building leprechaun traps and having Rainbow Sherbet floats! Hopefully they catch the leprechaun! 🍀
Here is updated information about the Rock, Gem and Mineral Club!
We are having an uptick of cars speeding in the school parking lots. Please be mindful of your speed when you are on district property, help us keep our students safe!
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Gibson's Kindergarten class is determined to catch a Leprechaun with their tricky traps!
Yesterday, Mrs. Gratiot's 4th grade class had the privilege of a visit from our very own local published poetry author, Penelope Schott! Penelope shared poems from her own book, listened to our poems, and then had students write poems from their pet's point of view about questions they have for their owners. What a wonderful experience this was with a member from the Dufur community!
As DHS students who have exhibited leadership, character, service, and scholarship, five new members were inducted into Dufur's chapter of the National Honor Society on March 14th. The inductees are sophomores Alex Labenske, Cynthia Medina, Tygh Timinsky, Alexis Westfall, and Kaylee Wiles (not pictured).
The new members join juniors and seniors Audrey Anderson, Violet Carrillo, Molly Cochenour, Nathan Coleman, Foster Harvey, Alasey Hodges, JJ Johnston (not pictured), Shyanne Loomis, Maddy Martell (not pictured), Mason Morris, Kali Rockwell, Michael Seitz, Isabelle Shaw, and Maddelynn Tierney.
Congratulations to these outstanding students!
The 3rd Grade and High School Anatomy classes have been learning about body systems lately and recently decided to join for a project about the Skeletal System! They had a great time labeling specific bones and then using different types of pasta to create a model of the human skeleton!
The Oregon Department of Education (ODE), the Department of Early Learning and Care (DELC), and Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) are collaborating to broadcast the importance of registering for kindergarten in the spring. When families register in the spring, they are more likely to attend kindergarten orientations and summer programs, access school and community resources, and experience a positive start to school. If you need to register your student for Kindergarten and live in the Dufur School District, please call (541)467-2509 and ask for Bonnie Lepinski.
A huge Thank you to Bill and Louise Tidwell for their recent donation of an AED, and a four hour First Aid- CPR-AED Class to Dufur School. Bill is a 1970 graduate of Dufur High School. Thanks to the Tidwell family for making Dufur School a safer place to learn and work. Once a Ranger, always a Ranger!
Dufur Families,
Our calendar for the next year is posted on the Dufur School website. We are starting to compile a list of next year's kindergarten students. If you live in the Dufur School District and have a child who will be 5 years old by September 1, 2024 please call the school at 541-467-2509. This information will help us as we make plans for next year! Thank you.
Here is information about a few upcoming meetings available to Dufur students.
