Deerfield Beach Elementary

Dear DBES Families,

FIrst off, please look for more information on our DBES website and through parent links and our instagram page over the next week! Please check daily!

I hope you are all having an enjoyable summer with your children! We are looking forward to an amazing 2023-2024 school year where “Together Everyone Achieves More”, which is our “TEAM” theme! Please review some important updates for the school year below:

Attendance

We have amazing teachers at DBES who are ready and willing to teach your children! But…..we need them in school! Please remember all students who are absent must have their absence called in to our DBES attendance hotline at 754-322-6102. 

***If a child has been out sick three or more days in a row, you will need to provide some form of doctor note/communication to excuse the absence. Please also understand if you have 10 or more unexcused absences, we will work with our school’s social worker and the BTIP process to assist your family.***

Tardy

Our academic day begins at 7:55am once our first bell rings.  Your child is officially late at 8 am.  Students who are continuously tardy suffer instructionally because they are rushed and miss critical instruction. 

For our teachers to do an effective job of teaching your children, we need them through our classroom doors by 8 am.  Please also remember, if you are on a BCPS Reassignment and are regularly tardy, you could jeopardize your reassignment and may have to return to your home school.

Please understand that if your child misses 1,800 unexcused minutes of instruction in a quarter, they will be referred to the state truancy program.

Uniforms

DBES is a uniform school and students are expected to be in uniform daily. School uniforms are mandatory at DBES and students must be in uniforms daily.

Students can where any color polo along with khaki, navy, or black shorts or pants.  Students are allowed to where spirit shirts are on Friday. Students must wear sneakers daily. Students are not permitted to wear ripped jeans, crocs, or sandals/flip flops.

Please see more information on our DBES Uniform policy website page. If you would like to opt out of our uniform policy, you must complete a waiver form and submit within the first two weeks of school. Please ask Ms. Alex Lasseur for this form at the front desk.

Birthdays

You are most welcome to celebrate your child’s birthday by sending in a store-baked treat and a drink (no soda allowed). We ask that you please first contact the teacher to make them aware of your plan. Please also understand, you cannot send in balloons, party favors, pizza, or anything other than the store baked treat and drink.  We will have to send any extra items back home with you if they are brought in.

Café

You are always welcome to join your children for lunch after the first three weeks of school. If you bring in fast food, you are welcome to sit outside at one of our picnic tables to enjoy the special moment with your student. Or, if you are coming to just visit and keep them company, you are welcome to join them inside the café at the table. Please remember to bring in your ID.

Calendar

We do have many great events and activities already taking shape for the 2023-2024 school year and we don’t want you to miss a one! Please save the following dates for your calendar and please bookmark our school calendar for updates:

Monday, August 21  – First Day of School

Tuesday, August 29 – DBES Open House (Grades VPK, K, 1, 2, ASD Special Program) at 6pm

Thursday, August 31 – DBES Open House (Grades 3, 4, & 5) at 6pm

Wednesday, September 20 – Family Tech Night

Wednesday, September 27 – SAC Meeting

Friday, September 29 – Fall Picture Day

Tuesday, October 3 – Interims released to parents

Wednesday, October 11 – Literacy Family Night

Wednesday, October 25 – SAC Meeting

Tuesday, November 14 – 1^st Quarter Report Cards released to parents

Friday, November 17 – Turkey Trot Fundraiser

Wednesday, November 29 – SAC Meeting

Friday, December 1 – 1^st Quarter Honor Roll

Saturday, December 2 – City of Deerfield Beach Ocean Way Holiday Show

Monday, December 4 – Class Picture Day and Fall Picture Make up Day

Thursday, December 14 – DBES Holiday Show – Singing Under the Stars

Friday, December 15 – Jingle Bell Walk fundraiser

Friday, January 19 – Vocabulary Day Parade

Wednesday, January 24 – Math Family Night

Wednesday, January 31 – SAC Meeting

Thursday, February 1 – 2^nd Quarter Report Cards released to parents

Friday, February 9 – 2^nd Quarter Honor Roll

Tuesday, February 13 – Interims released to parents

Wednesday, February 21 – Family Night – Wax Museum

Wednesday, February 28 – SAC Meeting

Wednesday, March 20 – SAC Meeting

Monday, April 1 – Spring Pictures

Tuesday, April 16 – Report Cards released to parents

Wednesday, April 17 – Spring Art & Music Show

Friday, April 19 – 3^rd Quarter Honor Roll

Tuesday, April 30 – Volunteer Breakfast

Tuesday, April 30 – SAC Meeting

Tuesday, May 7 – Interims released to parents

Wednesday, May 29 – SAC Meeting

Monday, June 3 – K/1 End of Year Awards

Tuesday, June 4 – 2^nd grade End of Year Awards

Wednesday, June 5 – VPK Moving Up Ceremony

Thursday, June 6 – 3^rd & 4^th grade Honor Roll Ceremony

Friday, Jun 7 - 5^th Grade Moving Up Ceremony

Monday, June 10 – Report Cards released and Last Day of School for students