Help out our Backpack Program at DES this week by participating in the Kindness Week Food Drive!
Atlas Interim Testing at DeWitt Elementary School begins tomorrow, Monday,February 10th and go through Wednesday, February 12th , for DES Students in grades 3rd - 5th. On these days, you can help your student succeed by having them eat a healthy & filling breakfast and making sure they arrive to school on time. These things will help to assure that they have the best start to their day and can perform up to their full potential on the interim test!
Mark you calendars, February 28th is the PTO Decades Dance at DES! More information will be coming home very soon with your students!
This past September, as part of our Outdoor Education Unit in PE, our 4th Graders spent a day at the AGFC Potlatch Nature Center at Cook's Lake in Casscoe, AR!
We will have a full length video later, but enjoy these photos from our amazing adventures!
Parent Teacher Conferences at DES will be Thursday February 13th, 2025, from 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm.
February Events at DES
February 4th - DES Spring Class Pictures
February 10th - 3rd - 5th ATLAS Reading Interim Test
February 11th - 3rd - 5th ATLAS Math Interim Test
February 12th - 3rd - 5th ATLAS Science Interim Test
February 13th - Valentine's Day Parties
Pre-K - 11:15 am in the classrooms
K - 11:30 am in the classrooms
1st - 12:15 pm in the classrooms
2nd - 11:00 am in the classrooms
3rd - 10:45 am in the classrooms
4th - 11:00 at Pavillion (weather permitting)
5th - 11:30 at Pavillion (weather permitting)
February 13th - early Dismissal
Pre-K - 12:30 pm
Car RIders - 1:07 pm
Bus Riders - 1:22 pm
February 13th - Parent Teacher Conferences - 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
February 14th - NO SCHOOL
February 17th - NO SCHOOL
February 27th - 2nd Grade Musical
Thank you Arkansas County Sheriff Johnny Cheek and DeWitt Chief of Police Steven Bobo for eating with our Dragons of Greatness at lunch today!
Congratulations to our December 2024/January2025 Dragons of Greatness at DES! The students selected each month for Dragons of Greatness exhibit these characteristics:
D - Dependable
R - Responsible
A - Acts of Kindness G -
Good Friend
O - Outstanding Work
N - Nice to Others
S - Star Student
Congratulations to our December/January Dragons of Greatness!
DES Class Picture Day is Monday,February 4th, 2025! Information sheets have been sent home with students.
If you have any questions contact the DES office at 870-946-4651
A small art contest was held during the 81st annual Coon Supper in Gillett. Thirty pieces of artwork from DeWitt Elementary's third, fourth, and fifth grade artists were on display as over 600 guests filed into the Gillett gym for the event which is held each January as a fundraiser for the Farmers and Businessmen's Club.
Guests scanned a QR code using their mobile phones and voted for their favorite and most creative "coon". Fourth grader Amelia Richter's artwork was chosen as the winning piece. Richter received a prize of art supplies and will be recognized at next year's Coon Supper.
No school today at DES in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
School will not be in session at DES on Monday January 20th, 2025, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Update: report cards will go home with students when we are back in session.
Enjoy your snow day!
Report Cards are being sent home with students today, so make sure to check their backpacks!
Dewitt School District will be closed tomorrow, January 10th. This snow day was built into the 24-25 calendar and will not be required to be made up. Enjoy the SNOW DAY!
Mrs. Sammie’s 4th & 5th grade STEM classes are planning, designing, and building snowman traps this week!
UPDATED DES January Calendar of Events
January 6th - PreK students return to school
January 6th - Teacher Work Day - No School for Students in K-5
January 7th - ALL STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL
*January 10th - Report cards sent home with students
January 20th - Martin Luther King, Jr Day - NO SCHOOL
January 21st - Students return to school
DES January 2025 Breakfast & Lunch Menu's
ALL DES Students return to class, tomorrow, January 7, 2025!
Tomorrow is a teacher workday at DES for K-5 Teachers. Students in grades K-5 WILL NOT have class.
Pre School Classes WILL be in session.
Winter Break begins as soon as school is out today! We hope you have a wonderful break and we will see you all back at DES in the New Year!
