Don't forget, tomorrow is the beginning of Kindness week at DES!
We are Crazy for Kindness - Wear Crazy Hair and Crazy Socks!
Monday, January 24th- Friday, January 29th- Kindness Week at DES
January 24th- Crazy for Kindness- Wear Crazy Hair and Crazy Socks
January 25th- Team Kindness- Wear your favorite Team Jersey or Team Shirt
January 26th- Dream of Kindness- Wear your PJ’s
January 27th- Hats off to Kindness- Wear your favorite Hat
January 28th- Dragons are Kind- Blue and Gold Day
DES AMI Information
DES Students in grade K-2 will complete Days 1-4 from the AMI Packet that was sent home earlier this school year. If you have misplaced your students packet you can find it on the school website by using this link:
https://www.dewittdragons.net/o/des
Students in grades 3-5 will find their work for the remainder of the week on Schoology.
Please have your student contact their teacher should they need help.
You may also email Mrs. Bobbie Lynn at bsteeland@dewittdragons.net or call 870-946-4651 and leave a message. Someone will return your call and assist you as soon as they can.
Running Club will be canceled this week. We will let you know when we are able to resume.
Please make sure to check the running club Remind for any updates.
January Events at DeWitt Elementary School
Thursday, January 6th- Report Cards sent home.
January 13th- K-2 Awards given to students to bring home.
January 14th- 3-5 Awards given to students to bring home.
(This semester students will be given their awards to bring home. There will not be an in-person awards assembly)
MONDAY, JANUARY 17TH- No School (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
Monday, January 24th- Friday, January 29th- Kindness Week
January 24th- Crazy for Kindness- Wear Crazy Hair and Crazy Socks
January 25th- Team Kindness- Wear your favorite Team Jersey or Team Shirt
January 26th- Dream of Kindness- Wear your PJ’s
January 27th- Hats off to Kindness- Wear your favorite Hat
January 28th- Dragons are Kind- Blue and Gold Day
Report Cards will be sent home on Thursday, January 6th, 2022.
The January edition of the RISE Newsletter is now available on the RISE Website and it is all about Greek and Latin roots! When students understand the origin of words, they will have a deeper understanding of the English language. Page 4 has fun activities that allow readers to learn more about Greek and Latin roots by taking "The Root Challenge" and solving "Sight and Sound Root RIddles!"
All previous RISE Newsletters can be found on the RISE website:
https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fdawsonesc.com%2Frisearkansas%2Frise-newsletter&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHf8CtdXuSv1tp8oFN2yffwEm4rgw
The lunch menu at DES on Monday January 3rd, 2022:
Sweet & Sour Chicken
Fried Rice
Steamed Broccoli
Tropical Twist Juice
Mandarin Oranges
Cold Milk
We hope you all have had a wonderful winter break! This is just a friendly reminder to put your students Chromebook on the charger so it is ready for school tomorrow morning! Have a great Sunday!
Merry Christmas from our DES Family to Yours!
Don't forget, early release today! All Car Riders release at 1:00 pm All Bus Riders release at 1:15 pm. Have a great day!
Don't forget, early release today! All Car Riders release at 1:00 pm. All Bus Riders release at 1:15 pm. Have a great day!
Tuesday, 15 students from the DES Dragon Runners Running Club completed the final mile of the 2021 Little Rockers Kids Virtual Marathon! They earned 25.2 miles overtime and completed their final mile during running club this week! Upon completion they received an awesome race medal and t shirt!
This 9 weeks, the 70 students in our running club have ran a combined total of 571 miles! We can't wait to see how many miles they add this spring! This Spring our running club students will also have the opportunity to participate in the 2022 Little Rockers Kids Marathon!
#LittleRockMarathon #LRKM #LittleRockers #DragonRunners
Don't forget, early release today!
All Car Riders release at 1:00 pm
All Bus Riders release at 1:15 pm.
Have a great day!
Recently, our DES Third graders chose and researched different ecosystems in their science studies. As they researched, they also created a brochure with information, photos, and illustrations. Students incorporated research, design, writing, and technology to complete their diorama projects.
December Events at DES
12/6 - 12/15 - Scholastic Book Fair in the DES Library.
Students will be able to shop during their library class. Adults can come and
shop after school from 3:00 - 4:30 each day the Book Fair is open. If students
are shopping after school they MUST be accompanied by an adult.
12/15, 12/16 & 12/17 - Early Dismissal
1:00 pm - ALL Car Riders
1:15 pm - ALL Bus Riders
12/17 - Classroom Christmas Parties & Final Day of Fall Semester
12/20 - 12/31 - Winter Break
1/3/2022 - First Day of Spring Semester
The December edition is now available on the RISE Website and it is all about morphology! In this edition, we explain what morphology is, why it is important, and ways parents can help their students increase their morphological awareness.
Check out the December RISE Newsletter. Don't miss the fun activity on page 4 titled Morpheme Master! All previous Rise Newsletters can be found on the RISE website.
https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fdawsonesc.com%2Frisearkansas%2Frise-newsletter&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHf8CtdXuSv1tp8oFN2yffwEm4rgw
Parents, this is a friendly reminder that all 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students need to charge their Chromebook nightly and bring them back to school every day. Thanks!
This month DeWitt Elementary School students collected a total of 11,084 items during the annual food drive for the community!!!! We were able to donate 6,835 items to the Caring & Sharing Food Pantry in DeWitt, 4,149 items were split between the community food pantries in Almyra and Gillett and 100 items were kept at DES for our Food Backpack Program! Our students would not have been able to do this without the help of their wonderful parents, grandparents and guardians.
This year there was an added incentive of a Pizza Party for the grade level that brought the most items to donate. It was a close race all month, but on the final day, with a total of 4,035 items, our 3rd Grade students won the pizza party! Congratulations 3rd Grade!
Each classes breakdown is as follows:
PK - 204 items
K - 506 items
1st - 1,517 items
2nd - 593 items
3rd - 4,035 items
4th - 3,941 items
5th - 288 items
Congratulations students, you all did a great job!!! We hope you all have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving break next week!
Tomorrow is the FINAL DAY of the DES Food Drive for the Caring & Sharing Food Pantry! We have collected so much food that we have already had to take two loads to the food pantry! What an awesome group of students we have at DES!
It is a tight race to see which grade will bring the most items - 4th grade is only 68 cans ahead of 3rd grade and 1st grade has moved into competition big time! The grade level who brings the most items will get a pizza party on Friday!!! But really, everyone is winning because we are sharing with others!
Grade Level Counts:
Pre-K - 202
K - 437
1st - 1473
2nd - 564
3rd - 2053
4th - 2121
5th - 286
