Families are asked to keep all sick children at home while symptoms persist. Masks are optional and strongly encouraged inside school buildings for the 2022-23 school year.

Vaccines are acknowledged as the best way to protect yourself from severe illness and all communities members are encouraged to keep their vaccines updated.

DPS Covid Resources
Durham County COVID Vaccine Resources
CDC Covid Dashboard

School Hours are 7:45 AM - 2:15 PM. Students may arrive between 7:15-7:45 AM.

On early release days, students will be released at 12:00 PM.

Click here for the 2023-24 DPS School Calendar → Traditional Calendar-Calendario.pdf

The After School program at EK Powe is beloved by families. You must register your child in advance and sign up again each year. After School care runs from 2:15 - 6:00pm. There is no Before School care offered at EK Powe.

Before and After School Care at DPS

Spreadsheet of other After School resources compiled by the PTA

Each year students are asked to bring supplies to help stock their classrooms with necessary items, and teachers have developed additional wish lists for other items to enhance their classrooms.

Supply Lists by Grade

Teacher Wish Lists

EK Powe welcomes family and community volunteers!

If you are interested in volunteering in your child’s classroom, helping to monitor lunch, or chaperoning a field trip, you will need to submit a volunteer application with DPS. They will run a background check and notify you by email when your application is approved.

Volunteers are required to fill out a new volunteer application every school year and it can take up to two weeks to be approved.

Click here for a step-by-step guide to completing your DPS Volunteer Application. (Note that this is in English - Spanish version coming soon.)

Complete our Family Engagement Form (in English and in Spanish), and we will help you get connected with projects around the school.

Volunteers need to sign in at the front desk before entering the school building.

How much does school lunch cost?

Breakfast and lunch are free! No application needed. View the DPS menu.

• Breakfast- Schools serve breakfast either in the classroom, hallway, or classroom.  

• Lunch - Hot lunch is served at all DPS schools. 

• After-school Snacks - Served to students who participate in DPS Community Education after-school programs. 

• Summer Food Service Program - Free summer meals are available to all children in Durham at some schools and community sites.  Site locations vary each year.  Text FOOD or COMIDA to 304-304 during the summer months to find a site near you with free meals for kids.  For a map of summer meal sites and directions, visit: Durham Area Food Resources Locator (arcgis.com)

Students at EK Powe get to school by foot, bike, car and bus. 

Riding the Bus

DPS Transportation Resources

For 2023-24 DPS has a new bus tracking system. The EduLog Parent Portal replaces the Here Comes the Bus app.

You will need your student’s ID (also called the PowerSchool or NCEdCloud number). Contact your teacher or the office to get your student’s ID number.

Carpool

The carpool students enter and exit the building through the Edith Street Lobby. The carpool line travels south on Ninth Street, turns right onto Green Street, then turns right onto Edith Street. Display your carpool number on your dashboard.

Walking or Biking to School

Students who walk or bike to school will enter and exit the building through the cafeteria door on Ninth Street. Bike racks are available near this entrance. Students will be picked up at this same entrance, and parents must present their child’s carpool number. Students in 4th or 5th grade may release themselves and walk/bike home on their own, if their parents have submitted written permission to the office.

Our wonderful Kindergarten teachers have prepared this welcome presentation for K families.