DES will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2024, in recognition of the Labor Day Holiday. Classes will resume at their regularly scheduled time on Tuesday, September 3, 2024.
DeWitt Elementary School is currently looking for a paraprofessional to join our team. If you are interested, applications can be found on the DeWitt School District website. Once you have the application filled out, return it to the DeWitt Elementary School office or contact Mrs. Bobbie Lynn Steeland for further information.
You can reach Mrs. Bobbie Lynn Steeland in the DES Office at 870-946-4651
DES T-Shirt Order Forms were sent home with students on Monday. Order forms and payment must be turned in no later than September 1st, 2024, no exceptions.
If you have misplaced your order form or did not receive the first one, you may get a new one in the DES Office.
If you have any questions, you may call the DES Office at 946-4651.
Thank you Entergy Arkansas for coming and welcoming our students to DES this morning!
Thank you Entergy Arkansas for coming and welcoming our students to DES this morning!
Thank you Stone Bank & Mrs. MaryNell Whitmore for the Teacher Survival Kits and The Huge Candy Jar!
The community support we receive is UNMATCHED anywhere else!
Thank you First Baptist DeWitt & DeWitt Methodist for your unwavering and continued love and support of DeWitt Elementary.
Thank you Unity Missionary Baptist Church for hosting us for a BBQ lunch last Tuesday! We appreciate you amazing support you give our staff and students!
We would like to welcome Mrs. Hannah Lawson to DES! Mrs. Hannah joins our Pre-K staff as a paraprofessional. We are excited to have you with us this year!
Please take a moment to review the traffic map for the DeWitt School District below, before school starts in the morning.
Please be patient with us this first week as we are learning new students, new vehicles and our students are learning new procedures. We know that things may be a bit crazy the first week, but we promise we are doing our best to get everyone into the school and dismissed in a timely manner.
Please make sure to prominently display the car tag with your child's name in order to help us promptly load your child in the afternoon.
Please communicate with your child how they will be going home each day.
Thank you so much for your help and patience, we will see everyone tomorrow!
We would like to welcome Mrs. Staciah Strayhorn to DES this year! Mrs. Staciah will be joining us as a Special Education Professional. We are excited to have her on staff!
Please welcome Mr. JD Gunnell to DES! Mr. Gunnell will serve as the Assistant Principal at DES. While Mr. Gunnell is not new to DeWitt or the DeWitt School District, he is new to DES. We are excited to have him on staff this year!
Student Handbook Update:
The following has been added to the student handbook for the upcoming school year concerning Stanley & Stanley type cups:
"Students are allowed to bring a water bottle to school. The water bottle must completely seal closed when not in use. No Stanley cups or tumblers with straws will be allowed".
Please help us by not sending your student with this type of container for their water.
Thank you ~ DES Staff
Tomorrow is the first day of school and we are so excited to see everyone!
If you were unable to attend open house last week, your child will be sent home with a packet of information. Please fill out the necessary forms and return them promptly to DES!
We can't wait to see everyone in the morning!
School Zone & Car Line Reminders:
1) There are THREE cross walks at DES, one in the middle of the front drive and one near the end by the Preschool Entrance, and one between the elementary cafeteria and high school gym. Please make sure that you are driving slowly and STOPPING for pedestrians in the crosswalk.
2) Arkansas Code 27-51-1609 states that "a driver of a motor vehicle shall not use a handheld wireless telephone while operating a motor vehicle when passing a school building or school zone during school hours when children are present and outside the building.”
Arkansas Act 37 defines a handheld wireless telephone as a wireless interactive communication device with which a user engages in wireless interactive communication using at least one hand.
Please help keep our students safe and stay off the phone while in the school zone.
Please note our updated start and finish times for DES.
Classes Begin: 8:00 am
Tardy Bell: 8:05 am
All Car Riders Dismiss: 3:07 pm
All Bus Riders Dismiss: 3:22 pm
On the FIRST day of school, KINDERGARTEN parents may walk their child into the building and to their classroom. We understand that this is a big and new step in our Kindergarten families lives!
First - Fifth grade students are now pro's at getting into the school, so these families will follow normal drop off procedures on Monday morning. They get to model how to be a big kid to all of our new Kindergarten students!
After the FIRST DAY, ALL students, K-5, will need to follow normal drop off procedures. We will have plenty of adults inside the building helping kids get to their correct classrooms as well.
We can't wait to see everyone on Monday!
The DES Dragon's Den is in need of gently used backpacks and sneakers! See below for more information.
When you get a chance, come and check out our pollinator habitat flowerbeds at DES! The flower bed habitsts were originally planted by Girl Scout Troop 1313. Now they are maintained by Mrs. Lindsay Beaton, through the Conservation Education Grants she has received from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
This year, Mrs. Lindsay also had the help of 9th grade volunteers, Caden & Elijah, to get the pollinator habitat ready for the beginning of school.
Are you a DES student/parent??
Do you live inside the city limits?
If you answered yes, be on the lookout Monday afternoon for the DES Bus! Starting at 2:00 on Monday August 5th, the DES staff will load two school busses to make visits to in and around town! If you see us on the bus, please wave, and be sure to take a pic and post to your Facebook Page! Tag the DES Facebook Page and use the hashtag #IFOUNDTHEDESBUS
We will have popsicles for kids as well if we see you all outside!
If you tag DeWitt Elementary and use the hashtag #IFOUNDTHEDESBUS , Your name will be entered into a drawing for a family dinner! Can't wait to see everyone!
Check the two maps below for our bus routes on Monday! We can’t wait to see you all then!
