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Don't forget tomorrow is Kindness Rocks, dress like a Rockstar day!
Next week DES will be participating in The Great Kindness Challenge! We will have a dress up theme each day as follows:
Monday - 1/25/2021 - Kindness Rocks! Dress like a Rockstar!
Tuesday - 1/26/2021 - Round-Up with Kindness! Dress Western
Wednesday - 1/27/2021 - Hats off to Kindness! Wear a Hat
Thursday - 1/28/2021 - Team Kindness! Wear your favorite team uniform or shirt
Friday - 1/29/2021 - Dragons are Kind! Wear Blue & Gold
Happy MLK Day!
There will be no school on Monday January 18, 2021 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr Day.
Don't forget to check your students backpack, report cards and school awards are being sent home today!
January Events at DeWitt Elementary School
1/8/2021 - Report Cards & Awards sent home with students
1/18/2021 - No School in observance of MLK Day
1/25/2021 - 1/29/2021 - Kindness Week
1/25/2021 - Kindness Rocks! Dress like a Rockstar!
1/26/2021 - Round-Up with Kindness! Dress Western
1/27/2021 - Hats off to Kindness! Wear a Hat
1/28/2021 - Team Kindness! Wear your favorite team uniform or shirt
1/29/2021 - Dragons are Kind! Wear Blue & Gold
January Events at DeWitt Elementary School
1/8/2021 - Report Cards & Awards sent home with students
1/18/2020 - No School in observance of MLK Day
1/25/2021 - 1/29/2021 - Kindness Week
1/25/2021 - Kindness Rocks! Dress like a Rockstar!
1/26/2021 - Round-Up with Kindness! Dress Western
1/27/2021 - Hats off to Kindness! Wear a Hat
1/28/2021 - Team Kindness! Wear your favorite team uniform or shirt
1/29/2021 - Dragons are Kind! Wear Blue & Gold
Don’t forget that tomorrow is Pajama Day at DES!
Today is the last day to sign your child up to participate in the Youth Basketball League!
DeWitt Elementary School is partnering with Kinsa’s FLUency School Health Program to stop the spread of illness in our school community this year. Everyone at our school is eligible to sign up and get a FREE thermometer through the program now by texting the word FLUENCY to the number 900900. Check your inbox for a confirmation email afterward to make sure your order went through. Several people have already signed up, and we hope you do too! Participation in a health program like this is more important than ever to keep our school healthy this year!
DeWitt Football is selling their annual Dragon Sweat Bundle. You get a sweatshirt/hoodie, sweatpants, dry fit style tee, dry fit style long sleeved tee, and shorts with the Dragon Football Logo all for $80.00 a set.
Order forms are in all schools in the district. Return the completed form and money to Coach JD Gunnell @DMS by TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1. Checks should be made to DeWitt High School Football.
November Important Date Reminders for DES:
Monday, November 23rd- "unplugged digital day" for all students- students will bring home a paper packet from their teacher to complete on this day.
Tuesday, November 24th- Friday, November 27th- Thanksgiving Break.
Students return to school on Monday, November 30th.
November Events at DeWitt Elementary School
11/23/2020 - Virtual Learning Day
11/24/2020 - 11/27/2020 - Thanksgiving Break
DES Students were able to spend their hard earned Dragon Bucks in the Dragon Store last week! Here you will find some students from Mrs. Misty’s 4th grade class shopping with Assistant Principal Mrs Gina Watkins!
The National Park Service is excited to announce that there will be FREE access to all National Parks, wildlife refuges, and other Department of the Interior managed public lands and waters for U.S. 5th Grade students and their families!
Follow the attached link for more information!
https://www.nps.gov/kids/fifthgrade.htm
Important updates information about Parent/Teacher Conferences is on the letter below. Report cards will go home with all students on Monday October 26, 2020.
K-3 parents will receive a phone call at the already assigned time. Grades 4-5 phone calls will be made between the hours of 2:00pm and 6:00 pm.
If you have any questions please call the DES Office at 870-946-4651.
October Schedule of Events at DeWitt Elementary
October 9th - Flu Shot Clinic
October 12th - Virtual School Day
October 13th - 16th - Spirit Week
October 13th - Tacky Tuesday
October 14th - Decades Day
October 15th - Patriotic Day
October 16th - Blue & Gold Day
October 27th - Parent Teacher Conferences & Early Release - All Car Riders will release at 1:00 pm, All Bus Riders will release at 1:15 pm October 28th - October 30th - Red Ribbon Week
October 28th - Be Happy -Wear your favorite outfit or an emoji shirt October 29th - Be Brave - Put at Cap on Drugs - wear a cap or hat October 30th - Be Drug Free/Pink Out Day - wear pink
October 30th - Class Fall Parties - More Info to be sent home at a later date.
Homecoming Spirit Week - October 13th - 16th, 2020
October 13th - Tacky Tuesday
October 14th - Decades Day
October 15th - Patriotic Day
October 16th - Blue & Gold Day
Our 1st virtual day is this coming Monday, October 12th. Students will work from home, and not report to the school this day. Devices will be sent home to students whose parents indicated that they would need one in grades 3-5. K-2 will bring home a packet. We will send home the devices on Friday. We ask that they complete their work and then charge their Chromebooks on Monday night. They will return the Chromebook and the charger to us on Tuesday morning when they come back to school. DES Staff will be on hand on the digital day to respond to emails during the regular school hours. Please reach out if you have any trouble at 870-946-4651.
DES Flu Shot Clinic is Friday October 9th, 2020 for any IN PERSON student at DES. If you need a flu shot form, please send a note in your students homework folder and their teacher will send one back home. If you have any questions give us a call at 870-946-4651