The Douglas City Booster Club will be holding the annual Sweetheart Dinner and Dessert Auction on Thursday, February 16, at 5:00. Dinner will be spaghetti, garlic bread, salad, cake and a drink. The cost is $7.00 for ages 10 and up, $5.00 for ages 9 and under and "to go" meals will be available. Mark your calendars and plan to join us for what is going to be an enjoyable and fun evening. You don't want to miss the dessert auction!
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There will be no school the week of February 20 - 24 in observance of President's Week and school will dismiss at 1:35 on Friday, February 17. School will resume on Monday, February 27.
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A huge congratulations to Alex Grace for coming in first in the 7 - 9th grade division at the Trinity County Spelling Bee. Alex will now advance to the state competition which is located in Marin County and takes place in May. Great job, Alex! Kalee Whitman placed third in the 4-6 grade division - congratulations
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In response to the recent Pertussis (Whooping Cough) epidemic in California, Assembly Bill 354 was passed and signed into law. This new law requires all students entering 6th grade in 2021-13 to receive the Tdap (Pertussis) booster shot. Please call your family doctor or the Trinity County Health Department at 623-8209 to make an appointment before school starts in August.
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REMINDERS: Transportation changes are to be done in writing by sending a note to school in the mornings. Please do not call changes in. When dropping off or picking up children at the bus stops please pay extra attention to children who are boarding or exiting the bus. Parents need to be at the Shasta College stop at 8:05. This is such a busy stop that we want to avoid people arriving in a hurry at the last minute and endangering children who are waiting for the bus. For the same reason, we are asking people not to back up until the bus has loaded and left - you never know if there might be a small child standing behind your car and out of your line of vision. Please do not park in the red zone in the parking lot as that results in the buses being blocked and unable to pull out of the parking lot. Vehicles that are dropping off or picking up students should use the yellow loading zone and vehicles parked in the yellow loading zone are not to be left unattended. Children are to use the sidewalk and are NEVER, NEVER, NEVER to run across the parking lot as cars are always coming and going.
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Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Harris and Mr. Belongia will be taking their students to the Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, February 7 for a chamber music performance. They should return to school by 11:30. On Friday, February 10 Wild Things will be held in the school gym from 12;40 - 1:40. This educational display of wild animals is sponsored by the Logging Conference. Students will be asked to sit quietly on the gym floor in order to keep the animals from becoming nervous or frightened.
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We want to thank all of our generous parents and students who have donated clothing to our school clothes closet. We currently have more than we need which is a wonderful position to be in - the one thing we can always use and are always accepting are pants with elastic waists especially in the 5-7 year old range. Thank you so much for thinking of us!
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Good news about health coverage! Now more children and teens qualify for low cost medical, dental and vision care coverage programs through Healthy Families and Medi-Cal for families. BENEFITS: Regular checkups including well-child checkups, immunizations, prescription medicine, labs & x-ray, dental & eye care including glasses, mental health and substance abuse services, physician and hospital services ELIGIBILITY: Determined by family income, covers children from birth to 10, available to US citizens, US nationals and qualified immigrant children. Call 1-800-279-5012 to apply by phone or go on-line at www.healthyfamilies.ca.gov for additional information. All information is kept confidential.
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SPORTS NEWS
The Douglas City Boys Basketball was held last week. Congratulations to the Hayfork team which took first place. Junction City was second, Grenada placed third and Douglas City received the consolation trophy. The sportsman ship trophy went to Bridgeville for the second year in a row (way to go team!).
Kyle Catanese and Ryan Gogan earned All Tourney Honors. Congratulations to all!
A Big thank you to the community and the volunteers who made the tournament a success.
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Tuesday 02/07 10:00 Clark, Harris, Belongia to Chamber Music @ TAPAC
Wednesday 02/08 1:35 Early Dismissal - All Grades
4:30 School Board Meeting
Thursday 02/09 9:45 Clark to Joss House
4:00 HF @ DC
Friday 02/10 12:40 Wild Things in Gym
Tuesday 02/14 4:00 BB - JC @ DC
Thursday 02/16 5:00 Sweetheart Dinner & Auction
Math Count
Friday 02/17 1:35 Early Dismissal
M-F 02/20 - 24 President's Week - No School