DeWitt Elementary School

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Congratulations to our December Reading Challenge Winner! Not only did reading help expand her knowledge, she also won a Polar Express themed gift basket! A new reading challenge will begin in January!

Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and some of the elves came down from the North Pole to visit DES today!

Don't forget, DES School Wide Pajama Day & Winter Parties are tomorrow, Thursday December 18th, 2025.


Party Times:

PK - 1:45
K - 1:00
1st - 12:15
2nd - 12:30
3rd - 1:15
4th - 1:30 - DES Cafeteria
5th - 2:10 - DES Cafeteria

Our school is glowing with holiday cheer! We couldn’t be more grateful for a staff that pours so much joy and creativity into making this season magical for our students and families!

Join us for the 2nd Grade Musical "Christmas Cookies" on Wednesday December 17th, 2025 at 1:30 in the DES Cafeteria.

Thursday Morning, December 18th, 2025 is the FINAL Day to turn in DES December Reading Challenge Logs. If you completed a paper log last week, please go ahead and send that to school with your student tomorrow. This weeks logs must be turned in by the 18th.

The drawing for the December Prize Package will be on Thursday December 18th, 2025.

Mrs. Jill’s 3rd grade math group has been putting in the hard work, using base ten blocks to add and subtract within 1,000. Students built numbers with hundred flats, ten sticks, and ones cubes, then combined or took apart the blocks to solve their equations. They practiced regrouping by trading ten ones for a tens stick or ten tens for a hundreds flat when needed. As they worked together, the classroom was filled with teamwork, excitement, and “aha” moments as the blocks helped them see what was happening in each place value. Mrs. Jill was proud to watch her students grow more confident and accurate with every problem they solved.

Mrs. Wendy & Mrs. Alli’s Pre-K students recently participated in making homemade pumpkin pie scented play dough. Using their math skills, our students helped count the measurements of the ingredients and kneaded the dough with food coloring to enhance their fine motor skills. Students also learned how to compose and decompose shapes.

Two DeWitt Elementary artists have their work displayed on ornaments at the Arkansas State Capitol this holiday season.


In celebration of America’s upcoming 250th birthday, the Natural State invited school districts to send three pieces of artwork with the theme “Arkansas Celebrates My Community”. Students were encouraged to draw the unique aspects of their communities. Chosen to represent the DeWitt School District were Kruze Larson (K-4th grade category), Adalynn Adams (5th-8th grade category), and Savanna Smith (9th-12th grade category). Kruze Larson used colored pencils to draw a mallard and highlight the area’s popular sport of duck hunting. Adalynn Adams used oil pastels to create a landscape - the Arkansas County soybean field.


The ornaments are displayed on a holiday tree in the Old Supreme Court Room of the Arkansas State Capitol from now through early January 2026. Congratulations to these young artists!

Thursday December 18th, 2025

SCHOOL WIDE Pajama Day and Winter Parties

Party Times
PK - 1:45
K - 1:00
1st - 12:15
2nd - 12:30
3rd - 1:15
4th - 1:30 - Cafeteria
5th - 2:10 - Cafeteria

In Mrs. Krystal’s class we have been busy. We have been working on identifying and ordering numbers, learning letters and sounds, working on blends, subject/ verb agreement, learning about and finding missing addends, and learning about things you find on a map. We also had fun on the 67th day of school!

Our Community Partner, Arkansas Post National Memorial, is hosting an informative program that explores native techniques to prepare for winter. The event is FREE and open to the public! See the attached flyer for more information.

Our November Reading Challenge winner went into Thanksgiving break with a new book to read, the movie based on the book and all of the snacks one would need to have a reading and movie night!

We can't wait to see who our December Reading Challenge winner will be!

Mrs. Mandy’s 5th Grade Reading classes just wrapped up their novel study of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen! To celebrate, students enjoyed an exciting survival-themed day with special guest Mr. Aaron Boswell from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He introduced them to key survival skills using the S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L. acronym — and the students even got to sample mealworms and crickets!

The week before Thanksgiving break, our 4th graders celebrated the season of being grateful in a special way - through writing!

Students were challenged with the prompt "Why I'm Grateful to Be a DES Dragon," and they poured their hearts into their pieces. Their responses were thoughtful, heartfelt, and full of pride for our school.

We held a small writing contest to recognize outstanding work, and four winners were chosen. We are so proud of all of our students for giving their best effort. These Dragons remind us every day why DES is such a special place to learn and grow

Picture Retakes will be tomorrow, Thursday December 4th, 2025.