Dutch Fork Elementary School 7900 Broad River Road Irmo, SC 29063 (803) 476-3900 FAX (803) 476-3920

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March 20, 2014

The Cub Reporter

Spanish Spelling Bee

Mar 21 PTO BINGO Night 5:30 Dinner, Raffles and Silent Auction Begins 7:00 BINGO Begins FREE!! Mar 24 Apr 11 MAP Testing Grades 1-5 Mar 25 PTO Meeting 6:30 p.m. Media Center Mar 28 PBIS Fox Fun Friday Mar 31 Spanish Spelling Bee 8:10 in the Mini Theater DFES is having a Spanish Spelling Bee Contest For Fourth and Select Fifth Graders! Practice your ABCs and join us! March 31st from 8:10-9:00 a.m. in the mini theater The purpose of the spelling bee is to improve students spelling and cognitive skills in Spanish, to increase their vocabulary and to increase the use of speed reading and pronunciation strategies! Check Senorita Martinezs webpage for spelling words to practice at home: http://www.lexrich5.org/webpages/amartine Use these links to help your children practice their Spanish spelling at home: Literacy Center Education Network Lowercase http://www.literacycenter.net/play_learn/letters_es/letters_es_lc.php La Cancion del Alfabeto en Espanol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhYKuKA0qLo

Apr 2 Second Cup of Coffee 7:30-8:00 a.m. in the Media Center Apr 7 Kindergarten Zoo Field Trip Apr 8-25 Smarter Balanced Field Test Grades 3, 4, and 5 Apr 9 5th grade Field Trip SIC Meeting 6:00 Conf. Room Apr 11 Tag of Honor Ceremony 8:05-8:55 Second Grade 9:05-9:55 First Grade 10:05-10:55 Fourth Grade 11:05-11:55 Fifth Grade 12:20-1:10 Kindergarten 1:20-2:10 Third Grade

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Bingo Night is tomorrow night in the gym! We have donations from over 80 businesses worth more than $8,000!! Dinner, raffles, and the silent auction begin at 5:30. If you did not pre-register, you may want to eat dinner before you arrive because we ordered only a very limited amount of extra food. Help us support Sharing Gods Love by bringing in canned goods. For every two canned goods you bring, you will receive one raffle ticket. Bingo is FREE and begins at 7:00 p.m. The grand prize is $100 in cash! Check out a full list of our raffle prizes and silent auction items as well as all the details you need by visiting our website at www.dfespto.org. We hope to see YOU there!

A Friendly Reminder
Parents: Please be advised that the first bell rings at 7:40 a.m. and the second bell at 7:50 a.m. Students must be in class by 7:50 a.m. or they are considered tardy. If you receive a letter in the mail concerning tardies or absences, please contact the school to address these concerns. Parent or doctor excuses should be sent no later than 3 days following an absence. Mrs. Poore is available if you have any questions or concerns about either tardies or absences. Thank you for all you do to support Dutch Fork Elementary School.

In honor of National Nutrition Month, South Carolina Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (SCAND) is holding Cooking Matters at the Store tours to help area families make healthy food choices on a limited budget.
SCAND teaches area shoppers how to make real changes to their food shopping habits, to benefit both their health and their wallets.

will be holding supermarket tours around the state to show area families how to make healthy choices at the store on a limited budget. During the tour, dubbed Cooking Matters at the Store for Adults, participants will get plenty of hands-on-practice as they learn how to compare unit prices, purchase fruits and vegetables on a budget, compare food labels, and pick out whole grains. Kathleen Mercer, president of SCAND, cited the growing need for families to learn how to make the best possible use of their resources when shopping for food in this difficult economy. Share Our Strengths Cooking Matters, nationally sponsored by the ConAgra Foods Foundation and Walmart, developed Cooking Matters at the Store for Adults based on research showing that careful food shopping practices, such as price comparison and nutrition label use, are associated with measures of better dietary quality. The program aims to promote real changes to food shopping habits by creating a dynamic learning experience for participants. The tour will be held at area Bi-Lo stores. For more specific tour information, please go to www.eatrightsc.org, look for posters at your favorite Bi-Lo, or contact Annette Weseman, RD LD at 803-447-4638

(Bi-lo near DFES Irmo, SC) On March 20 and 22, 2014, SCAND

3rd Nine Weeks Box Top and Label Contest

Keep clipping and sending in those Box Tops and Labels for Education labels. The deadline to submit them for the 3rd nine weeks contest is Wednesday, March 26th! The PreK2nd grade student and the 3rd5th grade student who submit the most Box Tops/Labels will both get to be Principal for a Day!!

Lexington-Richland School District Five Presents

District 5 Dance Day Benefit Concert

Come see all the dancers of District 5 at the benefit concert on Thursday, March 20 at 6:00 p.m. in the DFHS auditorium. A donation of canned goods counts for admission to the concert and will be donated to Harvest Hope Food Bank. Come see dancers from CHS, DFHS, IHS, SHHS, CMS, DFMS and T.O. Dance Company with Terrance Henderson

AIDA Harbison Theater Midlands Technical College 7300 College Street, Irmo, SC Thursday, April 3 & Friday, April 4 (7 p.m.) Saturday, April 5 & Sunday, April 6 (2 p.m.)
Ticket Information: Cost - $10 Tickets available at all District Five High Schools Purchase online at www.lexrich5.org