Principal's Pin

Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year!  Our incredible staff of educators have been planning and preparing for our students to return.  Together we are dedicated to making connections with students, helping them feel valued, accepted, and safe.  Supporting your student academically can give them the opportunity to do great things.  We ask that you and your student please keep the following items in mind to ensure their success throughout the year:

• Be present each day and on time. Your student’s attendance is a priority.  The Dodge County School System’s official policy is that if a student is absent for more than 14 days within the school year, the student will not receive credit for those courses.  Excessive absences may be referred to the Attendance Support Team and there will be a fee applied for Saturday (Oct. 12th, Jan. 11th, and March 8th) and summer make-up days.  

• Respect Instructional time. For your student’s safety, please do not expect to walk to the classroom and ask for your student or talk to the teacher without an appointment. Students will not be called out of class when dropping off items.  We will have them delivered.

• Study each night and complete all homework assignments.

• Communicate concerns to teachers and administration.

• Check for updates through your Power Parent account (to keep up with your child’s grades and attendance).

• Keep your phone number updated to receive One Call Now messages

A couple of new things we are doing here at Dodge Elementary:

Mic Night: Aug 22nd, Oct 17th, Jan 9th, and March 20th.  On these nights we invite parents to come sit at their students' desks and learn about what we are doing at school and in their classrooms.  We will share school data and important information to keep you informed.

Parent Tickets: For each school event that a parent/guardian and student attends, one adult ticket will be given along with one ticket per DCES student. The adult and student will write his/her name, phone number, and homeroom teachers on the back of the ticket and place it in the Parent Participation Ticket  Bin. At the end of each nine weeks, a winner will be drawn for a prize. 

Data Folders: Every student will keep a data fold to record important STAR, MAPs, goals, progress reports, and Report Cards.  Please look for it, discuss it, then sign and return.

Attendance Reward:  We will have a weekly trophy for the homeroom in each grade with the best attendance record. Also each class will receive a gold star on a calendar outside their door when they have perfect attendance.  At the end of the month homeroom classes will receive rewards depending on how many gold stars they have collected.  Perfect attendance students will also earn exempt days at the end of the school year in May.

Calendar Items to Plan For: September 10-12 Grandparent Breakfast, October 10th Literacy Night, Nov 19-21 Thanksgiving Lunches, Dec 3 Cookies With Santa, Jan 28 Science Fair, Feb 13 Grade Level Dance, Feb 20 Wax Museum, March 3 Dr. Seuss Day, March 31-April 4 Field Day, April 17 Stem Night. Milestones April 21-May 1.  More information to come in the future.

Here at Dodge Elementary we value your opinions, suggestions, and want to work together in building a stronger relationship with parents/guardians and our community.  We are looking for homeroom volunteers to help with activities and reading days.  We would also love for parents/guardians to join our Parent Advisory Committee.  If you are interested please contact your students homeroom teacher. Thank you for your support and we look forward to working with everyone throughout the school year!

Dr. Sheila Honeycutt