Important News

This year, the Howard County Public School System will be administering the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) to all students in grades 3 and 5. The CogAT is a group-administered abilities test that measures students’ reasoning abilities, which they develop through in-school and out-of-school experiences. It is not designed to test a student’s academic achievement, but their potential. Testing Dates: December…

Please remember that despite concerns about school attendance, your children's health (and the health of other children) is most important of all. For this reason, we ask you to please: * Keep your child home if he/she has a fever of over 100.0 taken orally. A fever indicates that your child has an infection that could be passed to other…

“There is no bad time to reflect and set new goals!” –GradePowerLearning.com Through the month of November & December, students will be participating in classroom lessons focused on goal setting! In some grades, the goal is focused on a specific topic such as time management & for other grades, it is much broader. Either way, it’s a great time to…

Dear Dayton Oaks Families, We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday, spending time with family and friends. We know that December can be a hectic month with all of the seasonal events to attend, gift buying and searching for that one parking spot! We hope you are able to take a moment to reflect on the many things we…

Congratulations to the orchestra musicians of the month for November. These musicians practiced and showed dedication to their instruments since starting just one week ago. These amazing musicians are: Joshua Yoon Madison Smith Raina Ruby Ella Chen Timi Makun Jenna Khleif Ayan Yousuf Wawira Waiganjo Emma Bernsohn William Zhang Aleesa Zirvi Ander Conn Milan Sanyal Kingsam Agormeda Leilani Ryang Yara…

All school medications must be brought in by an adult. A doctor's order is required for medication administration by the school nurse. For the safety of our students, please do not send medications in your child's backpack. If your child has a new medical diagnosis, please update us. School emergency health forms were sent home the first week of school…

Today is International Tolerance Day, a day of observance created with the goal of bringing awareness to the dangers of intolerance. To celebrate at DOES, students showed off how proud we are to be different by dressing wacky & tacky. Students & staff celebrated our individuality & inclusion. If you are interested in doing more, here are a few ideas…

Dear Dayton Oaks Families, We have had a busy couple of weeks at Dayton Oaks, with opportunities for parents to visit our school, for different events. Whether you enjoyed our Halloween parade, attended Math Night or will be conferencing with your child’s teacher next week, we appreciate your partnership and participation. American Education Week also reminds us of the following…

NEXT PTA GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 7pm in the DOES Media Center. We hope you can join us! Mr. LaRoche will be providing information about Dayton Oaks' Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program as well as Community Circles. The PTA board will also be presenting options for the use of the extra money that was…

DOLFUN RUN: We exceeded our goal and raised $47,640! What to gift DOES with the extra money raised will be discussed at the next PTA General Membership Meeting on November 28. Top earning classes were Ackerman (5), Buchanan (k), Baxter (k), Mayo (2), Bailey (k) and Kidwell (3). A big thank you goes out to our sponsors (for full list…