The Cub Reporter

Dutch Fork Elementary School • 7900 Broad River Road • Irmo, SC 29063 • (803) 476-3900 • FAX (803) 476-3920
www.lex5.k12.sc.us/dutchfork.cfm Title I School January 20, 2011

District to Hold a Walk

Across the Lake Murray Dam
February School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties is sponsoring a walking
Word of the Month even to encourage active lifestyles for students and communities. The walk will
take place across the Lake Murray Dam on Saturday, March 5 at 9:00 a.m. All
“Respect” ages are welcome to participate.

The event is noncompetitive. All Lexington-Richland Five

student participants will receive a t-shirt. Walking buddies
and/or community members may pay $10 for a t-shirt. A
link to the registration form can be found on the district
website at www.lex5.k12.sc.us

Feb 3
ƒ Honor Roll Assembly 3rd-1:00,
5th-1:30, 4th-2:00
Feb 4
ƒ 100th Day of School
Feb 7
ƒ Nat’l School Counseling Week
The World’s Finest Chocolate Fundraiser sale begins February 8, 2011. Please
Feb 11
get your permission slips turned in to your homeroom teacher now so we will be
ƒ Princess Ball 6:30 p.m. DFES ready for a fast start! All participants begin with ½ case (25 bars). When you
Feb 14 sell those and turn in your $25.00 you can come back for more! You can earn
ƒ * Happy Valentine’s Day! * some really cool prizes and remember, if you sell TWO CASES (100 bars) you
ƒ School Board Mtg. 7:00 RSE will get an invitation to Mrs. Lominack’s Ice Cream Party! Now that sounds like
Feb 15 FUN! The candy sale ends February 23 and all money and unsold chocolate
ƒ PTO Board Mtg. 1:15 p.m. must be turned in by 3:30 p.m. that day!
Feb 16
ƒ Early Release Day 11:40 a.m.
Feb 17 DFES 2nd “Souper” Bowl
ƒ Carolina Wings Spirit Night
4:00-10:00 pm January 31 – February 4
Feb 18
ƒ Jump Rope for Heart Sponsored by Kindergarten
Feb 23
ƒ Interims issued 3rd Nine Weeks Kindergarten – 5th grade students are encouraged to bring in
Feb 25 cans of soup each day. On Friday, Feb. 4 the grade level
ƒ Fox Cub Spirit Day with the most donations will be named
Feb 28 “Souper Bowl Champions”
ƒ School Board Mtg. 7:00 pm DO Donations will go to Sharing God’s Love

Kit Klub
Offerings in
Afterschool
Kit Klub is offering Karate (M, TH),
Cheerleading (Fri), Dance (Wed),
Cooking (Tue) and Long Distance
Running (T, TH)! If you are
interested, please contact Joyce
Stokely at 476-3900 for details on
any or all of the above offerings.
You do not have to be a member of
Kit Klub to participate! Come on out
and join the fun – from learning
some “down home” cooking to girls
on the run…you are sure to have a
lot of fun!
A special thank you to Sara Green,
mom of Elly Green, and Michele
Maxson, mom of Tommy Maxson!!
Mrs. Green got 5 river birch trees
donated to our playground area
from Palmetto Pride and the SC
Department of Corrections! Mrs.
Maxson’s Boy Scout Troop
graciously planted the trees on our
playground! Thanks so much to
everyone who was involved in
getting and planting the trees and a
special thank you to Palmetto Pride
and the SC Dept. of Corrections for
your generous gift! DFES Fox Cubs
look forward to watching them
grow!
Kindergarten Registration is
Underway at DFES
Kindergarten registration is now in progress. If you have a
child that will be 5 years old on or before September 1,
2011, please make sure you register him/her in the 5 year
old kindergarten program by completing all registration
forms and providing the following items:
ƒ State issued Birth Certificate
ƒ Immunization Records
ƒ 3 proofs is residence: tax notice if home is owned or rental lease if home is
rented, plus 2 utility bills: electric, water, phone or cable.
Registration forms can be completed in the school office. Please allow about 20
minutes to register your child.
State Superintendent’s Writing Awards Winners
Congratulations to Austin Niblick in Mrs.
Jefferson’s homeroom who was selected by a
team of judges as Dutch Fork Elementary
School’s winner in the 2010-11 State Superintendent’s Writing Awards Program.
His paper entitled “Smartphones in the Classroom” has been entered in School
District Five’s competition. The winner of that competition will have his/her
essay published in a state anthology on the South Carolina State Department of
Education website. He/she will also be invited to a statewide ceremony in
Columbia in May.
As always the judges had a difficult time selecting one paper from all of the
quality work submitted by the winners from the fifth grade classes.
Congratulations to the following students who were the winners in their home
room classes: Justen Chatman, Dakota Durham, Brice Gregory, Stephanie
Johnson, Austin Niblick, and Rachel Read.
Yearbooks Still On Sale!
The Yearbook Staff has extended yearbook savings for DFES
parents and students one more time! Yearbooks can once
again be purchased for the reduced rate of $25, when
purchased with a Love Line ad. For those who have already
purchased a yearbook, warm your child’s heart with a $10
Love Line letting him/her know how proud you are! Contact
Amy Snowden at asnowden@lex5.k12.sc.us with interests and
inquiries. Both offers end February 14, 2011.
We need photos for the yearbook! If you have any photos of
school activities please go to Dutch Fork’s homepage
(www.lex5.k12.sc.us/dutchfork.cfm) and click on the Upload
Photos button!
 Go Green for Life
Switch Out Those Light Bulbs!
Please consider changing out your old light bulbs with Compact Florescent Lights (CFL). ENERGY STAR
qualified CFLs use 70 to 75 percent less energy than incandescent light bulbs and last 10 times longer. This
saves you money – as much as $34 over the life of each bulb!!

Nurse’s News
There have been some cases of influenza like illness in our school and community. The symptoms of influenza like illness may
include fever AND cough or sore throat. Some also have body aches, headache, chills, a tired feeling, runny nose, nasal congestion,
diarrhea, or vomiting. If your child experiences these symptoms, please keep him/her home away from other children until evaluation
by a provider or 24 hours without a fever (this includes not having taken fever reducing medicines in the past 24 hours). This is
regulated by the DHEC/CDC guidelines (School Exclusion List).

The flu virus can spread to others when a person who is ill with the virus coughs or sneezes. Others get the virus by breathing in
droplets in the air. People with the flu are thought to be able to spread the infection for about 7 days after becoming sick.

To reduce the spread of viruses at home, please ask all family members to:
ƒ Wash their hands frequently with soap and water
ƒ Cover their mouth and nose with a tissue when sneezing or coughing or cough into your sleeve
ƒ Clean surfaces that are touched frequently like door knobs
ƒ Get the flu vaccine…it is NOT too late!

If you have questions please contact our school nurse, Linda Miller, at 476-3906.

The Music Note

Congratulations to Aliyah Bowers, Emily Dale, and Trinity Davis for auditioning and being accepted to be
members of the 2011 Elementary All State Choir. They will be representing our school as they travel to Charleston
this weekend for many hours of rehearsal and a performance on Saturday morning. We are so proud of you!!
The DFES 5th Grade Chorus will be performing the National Anthem at the USC vs. Georgia men’s basketball
game on Saturday, February 12 at the Colonial Life Arena. This is an exciting opportunity for our students! Come
cheer for us!

Media Center Happenings

We had a very successful book swap with 91 students swapping over 400 gently used books. This is a great
way for students to get different books to read without spending any money! Next time we would like to have even
more students participate!
The phone books are coming! The phone books are coming! New phone books
are arriving and rather than put the old ones in a landfill, Keep the Midlands Beautiful has a list of locations for drop off
on their web site: www.keepthemidlandsbeautiful.org.