Doss Elementary PTA

Assistant Principal Jane Kronke has asked that I inform you of a current job opening at our school:

Cafeteria Monitor Needed
Monday - Friday*
10:30 - 1:15
$7.25/hr
(Start Aug. 23–First Day of School)

*Will consider job share with flexible days
Contact Ms. Jane Kronke (414-4155)

Class lists will be posted on the windows outside the cafeteria on Northledge Drive at

4:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 18

Immediately thereafter they will also be posted to this website.

Additionally, in an effort to continue our push to go green, Doss will not be mailing out postcards as has been done in the past. Sometime prior to 4:00 p.m. August 18, you should receive a personal email or phone call from your child’s teacher introducing herself to you and welcoming you all to the class.

AISD New Student Registration begins MONDAY August 9 and runs through FRIDAY August 13 during the hours of 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. This registration is only for students who have just moved into Austin and to AISD, or for current AISD students who didn’t pre-register for whatever reason, or for AISD students who have moved or transferred schools over the summer and need to re-register. If your child did pre-registration in the Spring, or registered for Kindergarten through Kindergarten Roundup last May, this does not pertain to you.

Register your student at the front office of the elementary school your child is about to attend. You are encouraged to visit the Doss office earlier in the day as the late afternoon can sometimes be very busy. For more information, please visit the AISD website. Students needing to register for the middle school or high school should also check the website for the dates and times for those school ages.

Back in the spring Doss held a fundraiser selling school supply packs that had to be pre-ordered. If you pre-ordered your supplies they will be in the classrooms for you at Meet the Teacher on Friday, August 20. If you did not order school supplies in May, please purchase school supplies and bring them to Meet the Teacher. Click on the school supply button in the upper right corner of the home page for a complete list of grade level, teacher approved lists. Target, Office Max, Office Depot and HEB are all great places to shop!

Remember to keep clipping those box tops! Vivia Robertson, our Box Tops Chair, will be collecting and counting them as soon as school starts back so get a head start now!

Collect Box Tops all summer long with a collection sheet for each month.

As a community, Doss has made great strides toward “greening our school” this year. Now it’s time for us to get a little recognition for all that hard work . . . and a little inspiration for next year. Green Ribon Schools is an organization dedicated to encouraging environmental education and stewardship in our schools. Doss is a Founding Member. As a Founding Member, we will receive a banner, wrist bands, and a chance to win $100 for Doss. This year, the web site serves as a place to list and describe the various events we have sponsored throughout the 2009-2010 school year. In the future, this web site will serve as a great resource for ideas and as a centralized place to organize and share our efforts. Teachers throughout the school can record their environmental projects, perhaps inspiring greater coordination throughout the school community.

Additionally, the school that has the largest team of teachers and students signed up by June 1 will receive additional recognition from the program.  Please take a few moments to sign your kids up on the site.  There is no obligation to do anything or to receive annoying e-newsletters.  If you have more than one child at Doss, please sign each child up individually.

To register, go to http://www.greenribbonschools.org/ and click on “Get Started.” Then click on “Register Now.” Complete the registration form. In the “School/Group” field, type Doss and select “Doss El.”

Once you’ve registered, take a look around the site. There are a lot of great resources.

Please join us tomorrow, Friday, May 28

8:15 a.m. in the Doss Cafeteria

for the PIE Assembly

as we honor our Partners in Education!

All parents are welcome!

Join us as we honor the businesses, individuals and parents

that have helped make this a spectacular year for Doss!

See you there!!!

Deadline to order through the Doss Online store or by check is WEDNESDAY, May 26th!!!!
You may order them through the Innisbrook website
until June 26 at www.innisbrook.com (school # 116480)
($1.50 added to all on-line Innisbrook orders)

Yearbooks have arrived and will be passed out on Wednesday, May 26th!

There are extra yearbooks that will be sold before and after school on Thursday May 27th and Friday May 28th (cost: $25.00, please make check out to Doss PTA)

Club GEN for middle school girls is open for sign up for graduating fifth grade girls for the next school year.  It is the Girls Empowerment Network, which meets at Murchison.  It is run by counselors and trained high school girls and is there to help girls navigate the middle school years and high school successfully.  For more information on this group, please call Lora Alaniz at 841-4074 or email clubgen@genaustin.org, or visit their website at www.genaustin.org

Mark your calendars for the end of year parties!

June 1st:
Kinder 1:30 -2:30 Blacktop
2nd Grade 1:15 - 2:15 Library/Ampitheatre
3rd Grade 1:30 - 2:30 Playground

June 2nd:
1st Grade - 1:45-2:45 Basketball Court
4th Grade 9:00 - 10:00 Cafeteria
5th Grade 10:30 - 2:00 Westover Hills Club

Fifth Grade Details from the Fifth Grade Teachers:
End of Year Completion Ceremony and Swim Party is Wed., June 2nd!
The Completion Ceremony will be in the cafeteria at 8:30. This will be a morning to celebrate all the kids’ hard work and recognize outstanding achievements. Please make sure your child dresses appropriately since they will be walking across the stage to receive certificates and taking lots of pictures!
As a tradition, the fifth graders will walk the halls of Doss for a final time. Afterwards we will meet outside the cafeteria for cake and punch. This is also a great time for pictures with family, friends and teachers.
Following the ceremony we will be going to Westover Pool from 10:30 - 2:00 for pizza and swimming! You are welcome to pick up your child at Westover on that day but please make sure they say Good-bye to their homeroom teacher and pick up their report card before they leave!
We are looking forward to the fun and festivities!! We couldn’t do this without you!! Thanks so much!!

Thank you to all for contributing to the TA Brown Elementary (our Sister school) toiletries and clothing drives. As always the TA Brown students and staff were very appreciative of your efforts. Below is an except from a message of thanks from Ms. Scales, the counselor at TA Brown.

“… When I saw all of the items you all had delivered, my face lit up like diamonds. Words cannot express how grateful we are to each of you, for sharing your goodness with our children.  We are truly blessed to have you as our “Sister School!”  I really don’t know what TA Brown would do without your caring hearts.  I am truly in an “attitude of gratitude!”

Ms. Scales
Counselor”