09/04/2026
Good evening KDBA families-
Happy Friday Everyone!
This week our Juniors and Seniors were able to visit Danville Area Community College to attend a college and career fair. Pictures from that event are shared below. Our Yearbook Club and EnviroEd had their first meetings this week. I again encourage students to join one of our extra-curriculars. Student Advisory Board will be taking applications soon. Don't forget we also have Poster Club!
September is Attendance Awareness Month. We will have surprise attendance awards throughout the month, and we will have an attendance spirit week later in the month. We will send out more information on this as it is available, but please make sure your student is in attendance so they are eligible for prizes!
Next week is homecoming week for our high school students. A spirit week flyer is below for those wanting to participate. If you are planning on attending the Homecoming football game, please remember DHS has a clear bag policy and students in grades K-8 must be with an adult to enter the game.
Parents whose students are car riders, we need your help with following our drop off areas. Please pull into the parking lot on the south entrance to the parking lot to pick up and drop off car riding students. There are several reasons for this request. First, the area on the street is reserved for our buses to drop off and pick up and cars being on the street slows this process. Furthermore, we have seen several close calls of students almost getting hit when they try to walk across the street to access their ride or enter the school. Safety is one of our priorities so please help us by using the U-shaped parking lot for drop off and pick up.
While we are discussing safety, as you are all aware, schools are required to perform safety drills throughout the school year. We will begin doing our fire, storm, and intruder drills in the coming weeks. There will be more information in the weekly email for parents.
Finally, we will again have our Picnic on the Patio the Week of September 14th. Home Interventionists will be contacting families with more information, but this event is a day for parents to come have a lunch with their child during the school day. We have lunch on the patio and parents have the option of bringing lunch for their student. We break the days up by grade level with 5th and 6th grade families here on September 14th, 7th grade families here on September 15th , 8th grade families are invited on September 16th, and high school will be on September 17th.
Other important upcoming dates:
Monday September 7, 2026 No school- Labor Day
Tuesday September 8th, 2026- Poster Club after school
Wednesday September 9th, 2026 Early dismissal- 2:00
Wow that is a lot of information this week! As always, if you have any questions or concerns please call the office at 217-477-0300!
