Back to School Information -- LOWER SCHOOL

After conversations with our contractors, we have determined that we will not have the outdoor spaces and parking available on campus to host the All Community Barbecue on August 31. Instead, Lower School will enjoy a casual dinner and special dessert to celebrate Rufus's 2nd birthday after the Meet The Teacher event on August 31. Middle and Upper Schools will gather on September 5th for a similar event. We are disappointed that we are not able to bring the entire school community together at one time to celebrate the beginning of the school year, but we are excited to see you all for our lower school gathering on August 31st.

Questions? Please contact Kelly Knox, Alumni and Community Relations Coordinator or Christy Zawadzkas, Lower School Director

Please log in to the PowerSchool Student Information System Parent Portal and update the Student Demographics information located at the bottom left of the Navigation menu. Review and make any needed changes to your family's addresses, phone numbers (if you would like to receive text message alerts from DVFriends, you must list a cell phone number), email addresses, and emergency contacts.
You must provide an emergency contact who is not a parent/guardian.  

New families, you will receive an email from Tracy Seggern with information about how to log into the PowerSchool Parent Portal once you have been entered by the school into the system. Guide to updating Demographic Information in PowerSchool 

Update Communication Preferences -- IMPORTANT for email and text alerts from the school. In addition to updating your demographic information in PowerSchool, you can choose your preferred methods and points of communication in Swift K12 -- our school communication system.  Swift is linked through PowerSchool. See the guide to updating Swift K12 preferences below. Guide to updating Communication Preferences in SwiftK12 

Questions? Please contact Tracy Seggern, Academic Systems Coordinator and Registrar.

DVFriends needs your student’s completed physical and immunizations form before they return to campus. Returning families can access Magnus through PowerSchool use their existing login to access and upload completed forms. New families, once you log into PowerSchool, you will be able to access Magnus Health. For your convenience, we have included a link to the physical and immunizations form below. Please upload to Magnus when completed or send by email to Chris Bedard, School Nurse. Please do not send paper forms to school. Health forms are due by August 18, 2023. Download the Student Physical and Immunizations form 

Questions about student health information and Magnus forms, please contact Chris Bedard, School Nurse.

DVFriends offers a community directory as a PDF file. Your student/family information will be included in this directory unless you opt-out by choosing the “opt-out” button when you update your contact information for communications in PowerSchool. The information published will include:

• Student(s) name(s) by grade
• Parent/Guardian(s) Name(s)
• Parent/Guardian(s) home email address(es)
• Parent/Guardian(s) cell phone number(s)

The deadline to update your contact information and to opt-out of publishing your family’s information in the Directory is September 8, 2023. The Directory will be published as a PDF file. It is not posted publicly.

Guide to Opting-Out of the School Directory 

Questions? Contact Tracy Seggern, Academic Systems Coordinator and Registrar.

DVFriends partners with Brock as our food service provider, offering a number of options for daily student lunches. Families can add funds to their account online or they will be able to send in cash with their student to be added to their account. (Note, Brock will not be able to make change, but they can add any change amount to a student’s online account.) New families will receive individual emails with instructions for establishing their student's account and the student ID and verification codes that they will need to complete this process. Returning families can access their payment account at https://dvfriends.revtrak.net. To encourage families to make use of the online payment option rather than sending cash or checks with students, there will be no processing fees for payment by credit card or ACH.  

Questions? Please contact Tracy Seggern, Academic Systems Coordinator and Registrar.

We like to include extended family members in certain school communications and invitations to events. Even if you have filled out this form before, please provide updated information about your students’ grandparents and special friends. 

COMPLETE THE FORM

Questions? Please contact Kelly Knox, Alumni and Community Relations Coordinator.