Please note our traffic map for the 2026-2027 school year! We appreciate everyone's cooperation. Following the proper traffic routes keeps us from having traffic backing up on the highway and at each school.
Helpful Tips for Kindergarten Families
We are so excited to see all of our returning students this fall as well as excited to meet all of our new students!
DeWitt Elementary School Open House will be Monday August 10th, 2026 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Once again, the DeWitt School District is providing ALL students with their needed school supplies. The only items not included are the following:
Homework Folders - needed for all students K-5 - they can be purchased at Open House
Nap mats - Kindergarten Students will need to bring their own nap mat to use at school. You can bring the nap mat to Open House to leave at the school or on the first day of school.
If you have any questions you may contact the DES Office at 870-946-4651
If you plan on registering your student and have yet to do so, you may come anytime from 8:00 - 3:00 M-F to register your student before Open House.
As we prepare for a great school year, we'd like to share an important update to our student handbook regarding early checkouts.
Early checkout is permitted between 2:30 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.
After 2:45 p.m., students may not be checked out unless it is an emergency approved by school administration.
This procedure helps us ensure a safe, organized, and efficient dismissal while our staff focuses on getting every student home safely at the end of the day.
Early checkout is permitted between 2:30 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.
After 2:45 p.m., students may not be checked out unless it is an emergency approved by school administration.
This procedure helps us ensure a safe, organized, and efficient dismissal while our staff focuses on getting every student home safely at the end of the day.
Attention Parents of Incoming Kindergarten students:
All school supplies for our students will be provided. The only thing parents will need to provide are a blue homework folder which can be purchased at Open House on August 10th and Incoming Kindergarten Students will need to bring their own Nap Mat for the 2026-2027 School Year.
All school supplies for our students will be provided. The only thing parents will need to provide are a blue homework folder which can be purchased at Open House on August 10th and Incoming Kindergarten Students will need to bring their own Nap Mat for the 2026-2027 School Year.
As we prepare for a great school year, we'd like to share an important update to our student handbook regarding early checkouts.
Early checkout is permitted between 2:30 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.
After 2:45 p.m., students may not be checked out unless it is an emergency approved by school administration.
This procedure helps us ensure a safe, organized, and efficient dismissal while our staff focuses on getting every student home safely at the end of the day.
Early checkout is permitted between 2:30 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.
After 2:45 p.m., students may not be checked out unless it is an emergency approved by school administration.
This procedure helps us ensure a safe, organized, and efficient dismissal while our staff focuses on getting every student home safely at the end of the day.
We can't wait to have our students back on campus for the 2026-2027 school year! Please note that DES Pre-K dates are earlier than K-12 student Open House and start dates!
Current Job Openings at DES
As an AGFC School of Conservation Leadership, conservation isn't just taught and demonstrated throughout the school year at DEs, but is ongoing even through the summer months.
Mrs Lindsay and Mr Gunnell have our front flower beds looking pretty! We used a compostable layer of cardboard and brown paper as a weed barrier and then applied new mulch!
Using a compostable layer as a weed barrier not only keeps our pollinator flower beds from needing traditional weed killers, it also helps to nourish and enrich the soil as it breaks down.
Thirteen DeWitt Elementary artists were recognized at the Arkansas Art Educators Eastern Regional Art Show on April 28, 2026.
Winners are Kaizley Travis, first place, kindergarten; Martinez Graydon, first place, first grade; Saylor Chappell, second place, first grade; Emery Lawson, third place, first grade; Angela Castro-Luque, first place, second grade; Christianna Bennett, first place, third grade; Bennett Carr, second place, third grade; Macie Adams, first place, fourth grade; Miles Hill, second place, fourth grade; Ava Watson, third place, fourth grade; Kayci Gomez, first place, fifth grade; Luke England, second place, fifth grade; and Allison Jeffery, third place, fifth grade.
Student work selected for “Best of Show” (first place recipients) will be placed into the 2026 State Youth Art Show in Little Rock June 13 through August 22, 2026, at the HIllary Rodham Clinton Children’s Library.
This year’s DeWitt Elementary artwork featured Arkansas County landscapes, agricultural equipment, wildlife, and citizens. Students explored places they know and self-identity through their artwork.
https://youtu.be/H81grAngHbI?si=F7yWckT6vTuupsrG
Winners are Kaizley Travis, first place, kindergarten; Martinez Graydon, first place, first grade; Saylor Chappell, second place, first grade; Emery Lawson, third place, first grade; Angela Castro-Luque, first place, second grade; Christianna Bennett, first place, third grade; Bennett Carr, second place, third grade; Macie Adams, first place, fourth grade; Miles Hill, second place, fourth grade; Ava Watson, third place, fourth grade; Kayci Gomez, first place, fifth grade; Luke England, second place, fifth grade; and Allison Jeffery, third place, fifth grade.
Student work selected for “Best of Show” (first place recipients) will be placed into the 2026 State Youth Art Show in Little Rock June 13 through August 22, 2026, at the HIllary Rodham Clinton Children’s Library.
This year’s DeWitt Elementary artwork featured Arkansas County landscapes, agricultural equipment, wildlife, and citizens. Students explored places they know and self-identity through their artwork.
https://youtu.be/H81grAngHbI?si=F7yWckT6vTuupsrG
DES Field Day is tomorrow, May 14, 2026.
Important info:
(1) we will be outside a lot, sunscreen and/or hats are highly encouraged.
(2) we will have water games, white clothes are not suggested.
(3) we will have popcorn and snow cones for $1 each at our concession stand. Please don't send large bills with your student. Students will get to visit the concession stand during their 1 hour rotation on the playground.
(4) if you ordered the green field day shirt, don't forget to wear it tomorrow!
(5) only parents/family members who have signed up to work can attend field day - this is not a spectator event.
Thanks to Sheila Dodson, Brandi England, and Stone Bank for a fantastic Coffee and Donut bar this morning!!
Thank you, DeWitt PTO for the cheesecake bar at DES today!
We appreciate it so very much!
Thank you Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth & Diana Graves for the donut breakfast this morning at DES!
It was a sweet way to start our day!
We want to thank Mrs. Carla Walton & Mrs. Alison West for treating our staff to a Dirty Soda Bar yesterday!
We appreciate you both so very much. The sodas were delightful!
DeWitt Elementary School currently has an opening for a certified elementary teacher. If interested, please contact Principal Bobbie Lynn Steeland at 870-946-4651 or bsteeland@dewittdragons.net.
Due to weather and playground conditions, DES Field Day is being moved to Thursday May 14th, 2026.
NEW Parent Volunteer Forms will be sent home with students. Even if you have filled out the previous form and returned it, please fill out the new form and return it to DES by Tuesday May 12, 2026.
On Monday DES Administration, Teachers and Staff were treated to an authentic Mexican buffet by several of our students parents! We are so very thankful for the amazing food!
Thank you :
Lani Rodriguez
Julissa Lemus
Citlalli Huante
Emily del Angel
Laura Barajas
Belen Vega
Gabriela Talavera
Lily Chávez
Lety Gaspar
Pamela Luque
We appreciate everything you made for us on Monday!
May Events at DES
May 4th - 8th - Teacher Appreciation Week
May 4th - 7th - ATLAS State Testing - K-1 - Math
May 8th - DES Field Day
May 18th - Kindergarten Graduation - 8:30 am
May 18th - 5th Grade Awards Assembly - 9:45 am
May 19th - 1st - 4th Grade Awards Assemblies
1st - 8:30 am
2nd - 9:15 am
3rd - 10:00 am
4th - 10:30 am
May 21st - Preschool Graduation - 8:30 am
May 4th - 8th - Teacher Appreciation Week
May 4th - 7th - ATLAS State Testing - K-1 - Math
May 8th - DES Field Day
May 18th - Kindergarten Graduation - 8:30 am
May 18th - 5th Grade Awards Assembly - 9:45 am
May 19th - 1st - 4th Grade Awards Assemblies
1st - 8:30 am
2nd - 9:15 am
3rd - 10:00 am
4th - 10:30 am
May 21st - Preschool Graduation - 8:30 am
Our DES 3rd graders have been exploring the life cycle of a butterfly right in our classroom! We started by observing the caterpillars (larvae) as they grew and changed each day. Then, we watched them form their chrysalises and learned about the transformation happening inside.
Today was an exciting milestone as some of our butterflies have started to hatch! This hands-on experience has helped students better understand life cycles while building their observation skills and curiosity.
Today was an exciting milestone as some of our butterflies have started to hatch! This hands-on experience has helped students better understand life cycles while building their observation skills and curiosity.
