Monday Morning Memo 3.28.2021

 Happy Monday to you all.  It's a short 4 day week and Thursday will have some fun in it.  

Teddy Bear Picnic

For those of you that are new to Deep Creek, the Teddy Bear Picnic is a tradition that I believe has taken place every year that DCES has been open as a school.  It is a tradition that emphasizes that we are a school family, not just as a school and staff, but extended to our Cub Families and community.  It is usually attended by almost every DCES family. I believe that the traditions that DCES holds dearly are what helps make it special and I want to always try to preserve as many as possible.

Teddy Bear Picnic 2021 - April 1 (During regularly scheduled lunch times

This years Teddy Bear Picnic will be different, because of COVID-19 protocols we will not be able to invite guests into our campus.  Instead we will focus on students eating in a picnic style with their class families and grade level families.  

1.  Classes should take out their blankets and find a spot in their designated courtyard or pavilion before picking up their lunches from the cafeteria.

2. Designated Areas

• Courtyard #1:  Between C Building and D Building
• Courtyard #2: Between C Building and G Building
• PE Pavilion

3.  Picnic times by Grade Level (Normally Scheduled Lunch Times)

• 10:52 - 11: 32 AM 5th Grade in Courtyard #1
• 11:14 - 11:58 AM 2nd Grade in Courtyard #2
• 11:36 - 12:18 PM Kindergarten in Pavilion
• 11:56 - 12:40 PM 1st Grade in Courtyard #1
• 12:20 - 1:50 PM Pre K in Courtyard #2
• 12:24 - 1:10 PM 3rd Grade in Courtyard #2
• 12:58 - 1:38 PM 4th Grade in Courtyard #1

4. Dismissal

• We will have trash cans all around courtyard to dump trash
• One student from your class will bring trays back to the cafeteria
• Just make sure you are clear from your area in time for the next grade level to place their blankets before they pick up their lunches.  

5. Miscellaneous

• Staff will not be able to eat with their "personal" children. (I will talk about this more at Thursday's Faculty Meeting)
• Encourage students to wear their DCES Blue and Gold with uniform bottoms as we will make Thursday our spirit day, since we don't have school Friday.
• Students may bring Teddy Bears to picnic with them. If they do bring other stuffed animals it is ok. The point is the picnic not policing which type of stuffed animal they bring.
• I will have the school PA System between the two courtyards to play music
• Remember we are following the DEAL Day schedule.
• On Tuesday and Wednesday I will have a Gummy Bear guessing game set up in the cafeteria. One wining class per grade level will win Gummy Bear Snacks for Thursday's DEAL Day
• At the beginning of DEAL Day I will have a school wide KAHOOT game made that we will all play for the first 15 - 20 minutes.

Looking Forward to a great week.

Keli and James