Please help us keep track of and care for our Journeys reading textbooks. These are newer purchases and cost the district a good chunk of change. Students should be using textbook 2 now, so if you have textbook 1 at your house still, please send it back to school with your child to give to his/her teacher. Thank you!

If your child will be receiving full day in person instruction starting March 8th, please have your child view these important videos. Mrs. Schwarz will also be sharing these with students in Google Classroom soon.

• Bucket Filling Assembly

• Mask Wearing and Hand Washing

Now that we are returning to in person instruction, the vestibule hours at Scott School will be adjusted to 7:45 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. on days we have school.

Please be sure to place a large sign in your window or dash with your child's first and last name if you use the pick up loop after school. This helps us say your child's name over our speaker system and be efficient in keeping traffic moving through our loop. Thanks for your help! This is especially important when we return to full in person instruction since there will be many more students waiting at the loop.

As we transition back to in person instruction, it is important that students and families follow our start and end of the day routines and procedures.

• Students riding a bus will be supervised and guided by school staff to enter and exit a bus in a safe fashion. All bused students will enter the building through the doors by the bus loop.

• Students dropped off and walking to school will be expected to maintain social distancing from others and only be able to enter the building at the front of the school by the office. Our school start and end times have been adjusted while we are in a half day cohort. Doors will open at 15 minutes prior to your child's cohort start time. There will be school staff outside to supervise and guide students to safely enter the building. Please do NOT have your child vacate your vehicle until you see school staff outside to help support a safe transition into the building by walking along the sidewalk to the front of the building. Once drop off students and walkers are inside the vestibule, they will go straight to the cafeteria and sit at designated seats until the first bell rings. They will then be dismissed individually to their classrooms. IMPORTANT NOTE: Student dropped off after bused students have entered the building AND before the final bell, will be directed to use the bus loop doors to enter the building. Students arriving after school starts must enter the front of the building to sign in before going to class.

• Parents wishing to drop off and/or pick up their child must use the loop to do so. Parking in front of the building is dangerous for our students and discouraged. This also prevents our staff from being on time to work since there are limited parking spots at Scott School. Thanks for your help with this.

• Drop off and/or pick up in the street is never acceptable and local law enforcement help keep our students safe by patrolling Wilson Street before and after school. Also, drop off and pick up at other locations other than our parent loop is discouraged. We care about the safety of our students and appreciate families following our procedures and guidelines.

• If your child is going to be picked up after school in the loop, please be sure to post a large sign on your passenger side dash with your child's first and last name (large and legible font please). This is necessary for staff to efficiently identify vehicles for students to keep our loop moving. We will be using a microphone and speaker to call student names to also help run a smooth pick up. Please don't forget to make your dash sign and keep it in your vehicle for use throughout the school year.

DeWitt Public Schools is in need of instructional assistants. Please consider applying if you think you would enjoy working in a school with students, or pass this information along to anyone you know who you think this would be a perfect match for. Thank you!

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School pictures will be on Thursday, March 11th at Scott School for in person instruction students. School pictures will be on Wednesday, April 7th from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Herbison Woods for all K-5 remote learning students (drop in any time that day). Picture information will be sent home when it is received from Lifetouch.

If your child is going to be "absent" and miss school, even if they are a online learner, please be sure to call our attendance line at 517-668-3458. We are required to take attendance even when students are learning remotely, so we want to be sure to account for our students and excuse absences in Infinite Campus. If your child is learning remotely, you should also communicate absences to your child's teacher. We care about our students and worry about them when they aren't in class or online on days they are supposed to be.