
If you are looking for something fun to do this weekend. Come join us at Union High School's Indoor Facility for the Boy's Tennis Team pickleball fundraiser.
https://sites.google.com/dcsd.org/uhsfundraiser/home


UHS Boy's Tennis Team Pickleball Fundraiser Tournament
Signup here
https://sites.google.com/dcsd.org/uhsfundraiser/home

A congratulations to the winners of last month's Upper Grade Fun Friday Art Contest!
1st Place: Brinlee Young
2nd Place: Nya Murray
3rd Place: KahLyn Minchey
Well done!



Love Reading


Reading Every Day


Duchesne County School District (DCSD) wishes to inform its public that our community schools are safe.
DCSD has been made aware of a generic, hoax email claiming there are explosives inside of every school. No specific school or district name was mentioned in the email. Other school districts in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming have received the same email in the past 24 hours.
Officials of DCSD have been in contact with local law enforcement who will be vigilant throughout the school day. Again, at this point, DCSD has not received the hoax email or any information of its schools experiencing any reports of threats. All other known incidents in other district locations have been deemed non-credible following investigations.

Duchesne County School District will be destroying confidential special
education records of students born in the year of 1996. In accordance with federal
statutes, each student’s records may be considered “no longer needed to provide
educational services” and may be destroyed after the student turns 27 years old. Unless
otherwise requested by parents, guardians, or former students of legal age, special
education records, which meet the prescribed requirements, will be destroyed after
January 5, 2024.
Several reasons exist for destroying these records. Most obvious is the storage
problem that would be created by keeping such bulky records indefinitely. Another
reason is the need to maintain confidentiality when continued existence of the outdated
records serves little or no logical purpose. Finally, even for persons with legitimate
interests in the student’s status, such outdated records may be potentially misleading
when considering current functioning.
Parents, guardians, and former students of legal age may request copies of any
special education records on file. Anyone with questions regarding this policy and its
implementation may contact Janalee Goodrich at 725-4500


Open Enrollment begins December 1, 2023 for students living outside of Duchesne County


Hoilday Reading-Challenge for kids


Menu Changes for this week


Attendance Matters, 180 school days per year for learning.


180 school days per year for learning


Thankful for Books


Parents & Guardians,
Parents and guardians,
We want to invite you to visit this site: https://www.dcsd.org/o/dcsd/page/attendance-matters.


Free DCSD Literacy Resources


For More information please visit https://duchesnecountysdut.sites.thrillshare.com/page/community-matters


Parents: If you did not receive your students picture packet or only received a proof, please reach out to them and let them know. Its better if you as a parent reach out, because you have all the information they will need. I won't know if or how you paid. You can email them at cs@bellphoto.com or call them 801-479-4624
Thanks.

General Information Announcement–Duchesne County School District
FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) this fall, According to a FEMA press release found on its official website.
The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests will begin at approximately 12:20 p.m. MT on Wednesday, Oct. 4.
The WEA portion of the test will be directed to all consumer cell phones. This is only a test with the purpose of ensuring that systems continue to be an effective means of warning the public about emergencies, particularly those on the national level.
Schools will attempt to keep the interruption at a minimum while maintaining a focus on engagement and learning.

Title: Letter to East Elementary Community (October 3, 2023)
Hello East Elementary Family,
We would like to pass along some information to you regarding some bats that have found their way into East Elementary School lately. On September 22nd, staff noticed a bat in the school and promptly notified the Division of Natural Resources. Their expert came to the school after students were gone, caught the bat, and released it to the wild. Bats were also found in various places in the school the following week. Whenever a bat was found, protocol is that all students and staff are evacuated from the room, crews remove the bat in a similar fashion as DNR personnel, and class resumes. Custodians implemented some preventive measures over the weekend, including doing some work on Saturday and Sunday. Early Monday morning, crews inspected the school and found no bats. This led us to believe that measures were working. However, later in the day, there were a couple of dead bats found. On Tuesday morning, EES and DCSD staff consulted with Tri-County Health and with officials of the Division of Natural Resources to consider future mitigation efforts. It was determined that we should continue conducting school following these protocols and increased preventive measures.
We would like you to know that we are taking this matter seriously and working to keep students and staff safe.
The bats have been identified as Mexican free-tailed bats. According to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, “The Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) is a medium sized bat. Their fur is reddish to dark brown or gray in color. They have broad, black, forward pointing ears, and wrinkled lips. Their tails extend more than one third beyond the tail membranes; most other bats have tails that are completely enclosed within the tail membranes. Their wings are long and narrow…Most of these bats migrate south to Central America and Mexico during the winter…Mexican free-tails prefer to roost in caves, but will also choose attics, under bridges, or in abandoned buildings. They choose roosts near water. The water attracts the insects they eat, as well as allowing them the opportunity to drink…These bats are not currently threatened or endangered.”
Our custodian, who has worked at East Elementary for 39 years, has stated that every few years, schools in our area will have some bats stop over during their migration South.
We have been consulted to not plug any holes until after it has frozen and the bats move South. Instead, we are to take efforts to make their stay at our school unpleasant so they will leave. Crews will bolster these efforts tonight and in the coming days.
Hopefully, this will help everyone understand the current situation. We love our children and hope that they will continue to be happy, safe, and learn, learn, learn.
David Taylor Jason Young
Principal Superintendent
East Elementary Duchesne County School District

Robotics Club will start next week.
Today (Sept. 20th) is the last day to turn in permission slips.
We will then put students into groups, and then let parents know.
Please remember acceptance into the club will be by lottery. Those students who
do not make into the club will be placed on a numbered waiting list and parents will be contacted when a spot becomes available.