It is time to buy your 2016/2017 Dundee Elementary school yearbook - and you can do it easily online. Just click here and place your order easily. It's a full color yearbook this year - and costs $25. 

 All orders will need to be placed by Friday, February 24th. 

We also need a little help in making the yearbook come together.  We need photos of school activities and your kids in them. Think first day of school, field trips, lunch with a loved one, sock hop, or anything else fun. We have a super simple uploader here - just click on the category that best fits your photos and upload. 
 
We're also looking for quotes from kids to include in the yearbook. Ask your kids one of the following questions and email us their comment, name and grade, and we'll use them to make the yearbook even more amazing. 

Here are the questions:

1. What are you most looking forward to @ Dundee next year?         
2. What has been your favorite memory, club, event, etc... of Dundee so far?
3. What will you miss most about Dundee?  (this is more for 5th/ 6th graders)

 
Send us the quotes by emailing us here. All pictures and quotes need to be turned in by Friday, February 24th.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Construction on the north side of the Dundee Elementary School building is scheduled to start in the next few weeks - and Principal Kennedy wants everyone to know about some changes they'll see as it begins. She shared the details during last night's PTO meeting.

​The first steps in the construction project will be the removal of two trees. The large tree surrounded by a bench near the North doors will be removed first. That tree is dead and needs to come down with or without the construction project. The second tree is an Ash, also on the north side. Ash trees locally are threatened by the Emerald Ash Borer and this tree will also eventually have to come down. The great news is that our hard-working team of volunteers has come up with more than $100,000 in grants to pay for this project and that will also include the removal of the trees.

Any salvageable wood from the trees will be reused to make seating and other items for the school. The stump from the large tree will be kept as an educational tool for kids. 

The next step will be the removal of the concrete sidewalk on the north side. It will be replaced with permeable pavers that will provide for a wider path to accommodate all our students, strollers, and parents. 

From there on, the project will probably move quickly and hopefully be wrapped up within about six months. You can see more details about the plan here.

A few other notes from last night's PTO meeting:

• all our online donations are now being processed through the Omaha Schools Foundation, which means we keep 100% of the money. (You can donate any time here.)
• The PTO is looking for nominations or volunteers for next year, including Vice President, T-Shirt Committee co-chair, and Enrichment committee help.
• Sock Hop is tonight and all the proceeds will be donated to Ms. Andersen to help with Sabrina's cancer-related expenses.
• The yearbook committee needs people to upload any photos they have, particularly of the 1st day of school, playground pictures, and old pictures of Dundee school and students

The next PTO meeting will be Thursday, March 2 in the Dundee Cafeteria at 6:30 (due to Book Fair happening in the library). See you then!