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Dower Elementary School
7817 John Dower Road W., Lakewood, WA 98499
(253) 583-5240 (253) 583-5248 Fax

 
Calendar of Events

June 18
5th grade celebration at 1:00 in the gym

June 19
8:30am End of Year Assembly and Volunteer Appreciation

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!! 11:30 dismissal after lunch is served.

Sept. 3rd
Welcome Back to School! See you in the gym for breakfast and morning assembly!

Sept. 5
Open House -- 5:30-7:00 p.m. Meet your child's teacher, find out more about Dower
 

 Every Day --All Day-- On Time!

Kids at hope pledge:

I am a kid at hope.
I am smart, talented, and capable of success.
I have dreams for the future,
and I will climb to reach those goals and dreams everyday.
All children are capable of success, NO EXCEPTIONS! NO EXCUSES!

School Hours:8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Half days: 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

STUDENTS SHOULD NOT ARRIVE BEFORE 7:30 WHEN SUPERVISION IS AVAILABLE. Thank you!

School Photo
All children are capable of success, NO EXCEPTIONS! NO EXCUSES!
Principal
Paula Dawson
Message from the Principal

Well, here we are at the end of the school year. We are still teaching until the end, but you can feel the excitement in the air! We have many events coming up, so I just wanted to post them here for your convenience. We hope you can participate and celebrate the end of the year with us!

May 30 @ 5:30-6:30pm Dower Art Show

May 31 @1:30 May Super Star Assembly

May 30, 31, June 3, 4 MAP Testing, grades 3,4,5

May 29, 30 DIBELS Testing, grades K-2

June 5,6,11 Visits from the Pierce County Library

June 7 @1:30 Dower Talent Show

June 13, 14 "Camp Learned-a-lot"

June 18 @ 1:00 5th Grade Celebration

June 19 @8:30am End of Year Assembly and Volunteer Appreciation
11:30 Dismissal- Last Day of School
   
Dower News

New Student Registration

Student registration will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.(school office will be closed the end of July to the middle of August)

Students entering grades 1-5 need to provide immunization records, proof of residence (example: utility bill, rental contract) and have information on previous school attended (so we can request records).

Kindergarten is open to all students who will be 5 years old by August 31, 2013. Students must live within the Dower attendance area. Please bring birth certificate, immunization record, and proof of address (example: utility bill, rental contract)when you come to register your child.
 

Safety at Dower

Dower is concerned about student safety. We need ALL school visitors must sign-in in the office and get a visitor badge, even if you are just dropping your child off. You will notice that all teachers and staff are wearing badges also.
 

Skyward Family Access
Skyward Family Access
Please click on the above link for access to your child's Skyward information.
 

Skyward Family Access FAQs
Skyward Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have questions about Skyward. Visit the link above to get answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about Skyward.
 

PTO NEWS

There are exciting changes coming to our PT0 for next school year! Election of new officers will be soon. Watch here for more news.

PTO collects Box Tops for Education and Campbell's Labels. Send those in with your child to help us earn money to help our school.

Thanks for your support.
 

Watch D.O.G.S.

What are Watch D.O.G.S? Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) is a program that encourages ment to be active participants in their child's school. While at school, Watch DOGS do everything from greeting kids off the bus, helping with breakfast, working with kids one-on-one, helping at recess, eating lunch with their child's class, and sending kids home with a smile! Any interested men are welcome to join Watch DOGS (dads, uncles, grandpas, etc.) Background checks are part of the program.
Contact Mrs. Dawson 583-5242 if you are interested.
 

Congratulations Mrs. Jaeger!!

Dower's Primary Success Teacher, Mrs. Jaeger, was honored on Friday, Jan. 11 by the Lakewood Rotary. She was chosen as educator of the month for her outstanding work with Dower students, within the community and at the state level in Special Education. We are very proud of Mrs. Jaeger. If you see her, congratulate her!
 

Tips for Keepin' Up on Math Skills over Breaks
Tips for Keepin' up on Math Skills over Breaks
Click this link and check out the Student Achievement Page for a list of family activities to do over any school break, or ANY time!
 

Box Tops for Education

Collect them and send them in with your child and teacher's name! Every 10 boxtops is $1 earned for our school. Funds from this program directly benefit our student program activities.
Last school year, our school earned $1400 with our Box Tops. Let's see if we can beat that this year! This is a great way for grandparents and other relatives to help our school.

Save up those BoxTops - even over the summer!
 

Dower Gear for sale

Buy your Dower t-shirts for only $5.00!!! Pull-over sweatshirt hoody or zip-front sweatshirt hoody for $20! What a deal! You can send money to Dower PTA for the shirts and hoodies - sizes Youth Small, Youth Medium, Youth Large, Youth Extra-Large, Adult S, M, L, XL
 

Emergency School Closure Information
http://www.SchoolReport.org
This site provides a report of school schedule changes due to adverse weather conditions and other emergency situations for member school districts, colleges,and private schools.
 

School Meal Menus
www.sodexoeducation.com
Student nutrition offers a variety of breakfast, lunch and snack programs in Clover Park School District and participates in the National School Breakfast and Lunch Programs. Student Nutrition also offers a variety of catering options for distict events and meetings. Sodexo Corporation provides all meal services for Clover Park School District.
 

Homeless Assistance Information
Homeless Assistance Information
Please click on the above link for more information on homeless assistance information provided from the school district.
 



 

 

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