Dryden Elementary School

Stacey Abromaitis

Dryden Elementary School Principal

Mary Finnigan

Superintendent

Dryden Junior/Senior High School Principal

Email: sabromaitis@drydenschools.org
Website: drydenschools.org
Location: 3835 North Mill Road, Dryden, MI
Phone: 810-796-2201
Facebook: facebook.com/DrydenCommunitySchools
Twitter: @DrydenSchools

Cardinal Club opens at 6:30 A.M.

Main Office: 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.

Doors open at 8:15 A.M.

Breakfast: 8:15 - 8:30 A.M.

Instruction begins at 8:30 A.M.

Dismissal: 3:35 P.M.

Cardinal Club closes at 6:00 P.M.

The school grounds are closed to the public between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. Monday through Friday. This includes the playgrounds, basketball courts and baseball fields, and the service drive behind the school. Please clear the grounds immediately after drop-off and pick up.

Campus closes at dusk daily.

Students may bring in treats that are factory packaged to share with their classmates. Please be mindful of food allergies/sensitivities when sending treats into school. Additionally, please provide one for each member of the class. We will follow current distribution guidelines to ensure health and safety for all. Students who wish to give a treat to a staff member may take the treat to the office to have it placed in his/her mailbox.

• Please promote and encourage kindness, respect, and positivity.
• The front entrance of the building should not be used for morning drop-off or afternoon pick-up. Please use the provided spaces in the north lot during arrival (8:15-8:30) and dismissal (3:20-3:35) times.
• The service drive around the back of the building is NOT for thru traffic; it is for buses ONLY.
• Pets are not allowed on school property.

Join us as we read The World According to Humphrey in our school-wide One School One Book reading club.

We have also partnered with the Lapeer County Farm Bureau in their Seed to Spoon Cereal Drive. The winning class gets a special prize! Send in those cereal boxes. All collected cereal will be donated to a local food pantry.

Click the button below for more information on our March is Reading Month activities as well as links to videos of each chapter presented by a special reader.

February had us looking for students who demonstrated HUMILITY and/or CHEERING OTHERS ON in conjunction with the Cardinal Three: Safety, Respect, and Responsibility. Congratulations to our High Fliers: Addison Potter, Kaylee Roberts, Olivia Schoonover, Elizabeth Belanger, Jase Skipinski, Melody Hooker, Aiden Tyrkus, Holly Willson, Elayna Handley, Jaedyn Owens, and Caleb Wilson. We are proud of you!

March 28 - April 1 (Spring Break)

and

April 15 (Good Friday)

No School

No Cardinal Early Learning Academy

No Cardinal Club

Please follow the procedures and extend kindness and grace to others.

The loop lane is reserved for students who can exit the vehicle INDEPENDENTLY and QUICKLY in the morning and for those who need it in the afternoon. Please pull as far ahead as possible before allowing students to exit your vehicle on the sidewalk side.

Please don’t double park.

Please follow the directions of the crossing guards. We are all trying to keep everyone safe.

Please inform drivers who are unfamiliar with the procedures to keep things running smoothly.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Please drive with care in the residential areas and in and around our school zone.

We understand drop-off and pick-up times are busy. Please keep your speed down and eyes open.

To keep our young Cardinals safe, please say your goodbyes at the bottom of the steps. If you need to help your child up the stairs, please use the stay-to-the-right rule, so our little ones can hold the hand rails.

Meeting dates: March 15, April 12, May 17, and June 7. All meetings begin at 5:30PM at Dryden Elementary. Come join us!

Popcorn Fridays: March 25, April 29, May 20, and June 3

Daddy-Daughter Dance: April 23 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM in the Multi-Purpose room at the Junior/Senior High School.

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March 9: Wear-It Wednesday (Sparkle Day); Rise Up; Kindergarten and Preschool Round Up

March 10: Rise Up

March 14: Hearing recheck for 2nd and 4th grade; Family Literacy Night; Strengthening Families; School Board Meeting

March 15: Student Library Board meeting; Rise Up

March 16: Wear-It Wednesday (Green Day); Staff PLC; Athletic Booster Meeting

March 17: Rise Up

March 21: Strengthening Families

March 22: Student Library Board Meeting; March is Reading Month Closing Assembly; Rise Up

March 23: Wear-It Wednesday (Vacation Location); Staff Meeting; Rise Up

March 24: Rise Up

March 25: End of the 3rd Marking Period

March 28 - April 1: NO SCHOOL and NO CHILD CARE- Happy Spring Break!

April 4 - 11: Coin Wars to benefit Friends of Imagination Library sponsored by our Dryden Elementary Library Board

April 4: Strengthening Families

April 5: Rise Up

April 6: Wear-It Wednesday (College/Career/Armed Forces); Staff Meeting; Rise Up

April 7: Rise Up

April 9: Easter Egg Hunt at Dryden High School

April 11: Strengthening Families; Monthly School Board Meeting

April 12: Student Library Board Meeting; Rise Up

April 13: Wear-It Wednesday (Tiger Baseball); Rise Up

April 14: Rise Up

April 15: NO SCHOOL and NO CHILD CARE- Good Friday

April 18: Strengthening Families

April 19: Rise Up

April 20: Wear-It Wednesday (Earth Day); PLC

April 21: Rise Up

April 22: Science Day

MARCH 25, 2022

While we anxiously await the arrival of Spring, we still need to dress our little ones for cold weather:

• hat/scarf

• gloves/mittens

• winter jacket

• snow pants

• winter boots

Please call the main office if you need assistance with any of the above items. The Cardinal Closet is stocked and ready.

We will have outdoor recess unless temperatures/ground conditions prevent it.

This month’s themes: Enthusiasm and/or Love of Learning. We will be looking for students who exhibit those characteristics as we select our March Cardinal High-Fliers.

March 9: Sparkle Day

March 16: Green Day

March 23: Vacation Location Day

April 6: College/Career/Armed Forces Day

April 13: Tigers’ Day- baseball

April 20: Earth Day

NEXT MEETING:

March 16, 2022 at 7:00 PM

All are welcome!

President- Nathan Spencer

Vice President: Lori Hall

Secretary: Laurie Hickmott

Treasurer: Sandy Biggs

5th and 6th grade parents:

If you would like your child to participate, you must phone the office the morning of and have their name put on the list. Drop-ins will not be allowed.

Students will be expected to report immediately to the specified room at the end of the school day with work and their Chromebook.

Students must be picked up from the front of the building at 4:30.

If you or someone you know is interested, please contact the main office at (810)796-2201.

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