Douglass Public School

Challenging, Caring, Preparing Every Student Every Day

WE ARE FAMILY*WE ARE COMMUNITY*WE ARE BULLDOGS

Seal Elementary

320 S Chestnut

Douglass KS 67039

PH-316.747.3350

FAX-316.747.3359

Transportation-316.747.3370

Principal-Kim McCune, kmccune@usd396.net

ALL VISITORS CHECK INTO THE OFFICE

If your child will be absent, please remember to call the office!

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December 2024

12/02/2024-PTO Meeting @ Elementary Library 6:00pm

12/02/24-12/13/2024 Skate Week @ Elementary Gym 2nd-5^th grades only and must have permission slip signed!

Annual Holiday Food Drive Begins (see note below)

12/05/2024 3^rd/4^th Vocal and 5^th Grade Band Christmas Program

12/07/2024 PTO Father/Daughter Dance @ Elementary Gym 6:00pm RSVP Due Dec. 3

12/09/2024 BOE Meeting @ Central Office 6:00pm

12/13/2024 Annual Holiday Food Drive Ends

12/19/2024 Ugly Christmas Sweater Day @ Elementary School

PreK AM Christmas Party 10:10am

PreK PM Christmas Party 2:30pm

12/20/2024 PJ Day Christmas Movie Day

PreK No School

Early Dismissal 1:00pm

End of Semester

12/23/2024-01/03/2025 Winter Break!

Teacher/Staff Wish List

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vc8lQMCVmbOXNWt41MLTmLHYav7wnrVseNuFNnCNX6A/edit?usp=sharing

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Seal Elementary Annual Holiday Food Drive

December 2nd-13^th

Monday Dec. 2^nd and 9^th – Canned Food

Tuesday Dec. 3^rd and 10^th – Boxed Food

Wednesday Dec. 4^th and 11^th – Baby Items

Thursday Dec. 5^th and 12^th – New Toys

Friday Dec. 6^th and 13^th – Clean your pantry

*If you do not have the planned items, please bring whatever you have available.

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https://app.teacherlists.com/schools/24500-leonard-c-seal-elementary

2024-2025 School Supply Lists

Preschool supply list: preschool_24-25.pdf

KDG- 5^th grade supply list: 24-25_k-5_school_supplies.pdf

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Bulldogs Beyond After School Program 24-25

Information: bulldogs_beyond_program_informaiton_2024_1.pdf

Enrollment Form: bulldogs_beyond_enrollment_form_2024.pdf

Behavior Contract: bulldogs_beyond_behavior_contract.pdf

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2024-2025 ENROLLMENT

Online Enrollment through www.ezschoolenroll.com starting July 18^th -July 31st for returning enrolled students.

Online Enrollment Instructions:

https://files.gabbart.com/497/parent_online_instructions_1.pdf

Walk-In Enrollment at the Douglass Sports Complex, August 1st, 10 am to 7 pm for NEW PK (see below), KDG (see below), and NEW Transfer Students.

New PK/KDG students bring Birth Certificate, Social Security, Immunization Record, and physical/well child.

Students that were included in PK/KDg Roundup will complete online enrollment and stop by the Building Enrollment to drop off records/free and reduced forms/and make payment not paid through online enrollment.

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Kindergarten - If your child is already on the list for kindergarten, you will not need to do anything further until walk-in enrollment at the end of the summer break.

New students not on our round-up list who will be 5 years old on or before August 31, 2024, please call the Central Office at 747-3300 so that we can put them on the kindergarten list. This will allow us to make plans for teachers and purchase materials for the new school year. We will need the following information:

Student Name
Parent(s) Name
Student’s Date of Birth
Residential Address
Phone Number
Parent email

Preschool / Half-Day Classes

USD 396 offers 3 ways to be admitted to preschool:

We offer half-day Early Childhood Special Education preschool services to 3 and 4 year old children who qualify for an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) through an evaluation process. **Typically developing role model students are selected annually for this program by qualifying through a screening process and then being drawn using a lottery system.
We offer half-day State 4 Year Old At-Risk Pre-Kindergarten services to children based on family qualifications. (See Criteria Table below) New in 2023, we are offering limited slots for half-day 3 Year Old At-Risk Pre-Kindergarten using the same criteria.
We offer half-day Jump Start to Kindergarten preschool services to 4 year old children as a fee-based option.

Criteria for Pre-K At Risk Grant Program	Clarification
Poverty	Qualifies for free lunch program on September 20.
Single Parent Families	At the time of enrollment, the custodial parent is unmarried.
DCF Referral	The reason for referral must describe the need for the child to attend the Pre-K program and be documented and signed by the DCF agent.
Teen Parents	At least one parent was a teen when the child was born.
Either parent is lacking a high school diploma or GED	At the time of enrollment, either parent lacks a high school diploma or GED.
Limited English Proficiency	LEP status must be documented. Forms must be in child’s file. Process and criteria are found at www.ksde.org under Early Learning. NOTE: ESOL services must be provided by qualified teachers.
Lower than expected developmental progress in at least one of the following areas: Cognitive development, physical development; communication/literacy; social-emotional/behavior; adaptive behavior/self-help skills	Based on appropriate and valid assessment results, the developmental progress of the child has been determined by a trained professional to be lower than typically expected for his/her chronological age, yet above what would be considered eligible for special education services (based on the procedural manual and guidance materials of specific assessment instruments). Scores that fall at or below the 40^th percentile indicate “at-risk”.
Child qualifying for migrant status	Copy of Certificate of Eligibility must be on file.

Age Requirements

Early Childhood Special Education students with an IEP may begin school after their third birthday. **ECH Role model students are chosen through a lottery system each March for the following school year. Students are not eligible to be an ECH role model once they can attend kindergarten.

State AT-Risk Grant Pre-Kindergarten students must be three years old on or before August 31^st to be eligible to attend three year old PK or four years on or before August 31^st to be eligible to attend four year old PK.

Jump Start to Kindergarten preschool students must be four years old on or before August 31^st to be eligible to attend preschool.

***Role Model applications for these classes are currently being processed and will be entered into the lottery system. Families will know who was chosen by early June. Questions about our Pre-K programs may be emailed to Principal Kim McCune at kmccune@usd396.net.

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