DeWitt Middle School

DMS Parents & Families: We are excited to invite you to our upcoming Scholastic Book Fair. This is an event that gives opportunities for our students to build their home libraries to further their love for reading. This Spring Book Fair will be a familiar, welcome, and safe event for our students. It will take place from March 3 - March 10. Our book fair will offer eWallet, a safe and secure alternative to cash. You can create a free account to add funds and to invite family to contribute so your child can select their own books. If you can't make it in person, you can shop the school's Online book fair. Orders will ship directly to your home, and shipping is free with orders over $25.00. Visit our Book Fair Homepage to learn more and get started with eWallet: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/dewittdragons We are excited to celebrate our love for books together again. Happy Reading! Ms. Pam Carver, DMS Librarian

DMS Parents & Guardians: Please remember today is Parent-Teacher Conference Day. We will hold conferences from 2-7 p.m. Students will be dismissed 2 hours early: 1:10 for DMS Car Riders and 1:15 for DMS Bus Riders.

If you are planning on having something delivered to your student for Valentine's Day, we ask that you send it by 1:30 p.m. on Monday. We will let all students know at the end of the day if they have a Valentine, to come by and get it.

DMS Parents & Guardians: Please mark your calendars for next Thursday, February 17th. We will have Parent - Teacher Conferences on that day from 2-7 p.m. We look forward to seeing all of you and visiting with you about your child's educational progress, and how we can successfully support them to finish this school year strong! We will dismiss early that day. DMS Car Riders will dismiss at 1:10, and our bus riders at 1:15. Staff & Students will be out of school on Friday, February 18 and Monday, February 21. Again, we look forward to seeing you on Thursday, February 17 from 2-7 p.m.

It's National School Counselor Week. We are thankful for our school counselor, Mrs. Courtny Barnett. She is a big DRAGON fan and loves our students! We hope that you feel loved this week. We appreciate you!

DMS Students: Many of you have reached out to let us know that you've lost power, internet, or both. Our teachers are aware of this, and will work with you to be sure that your work will be submitted when circumstances allow. If you are able, reach out to your teacher via Schoology or email to let them know what is going on. Thank you to the students who have already done so. Today is Day 5 & tomorrow will be Day 6 of AMI Work. All of this work is available via your Schoology Dashboard. Above all, please stay warm & safe until conditions improve. -Mrs. Rachel

Basketball Pictures will be taken on Monday, February 7th. This is for all Dragon & Dragonette Teams. Tammy P. Photography will be taking the pictures. Players will be sent home with a copy of the picture prices form today. Please return FORMS with MONEY on Monday if you want to purchase pictures of your student athlete.

From Nurse LeighAnn: Body Mass Index (BMI) screenings will begin soon. Students in 6th and 8th grade will have their BMI measured. Parents have the option to waive their child being screened. If you DO NOT want your student's BMI assessed this year, please pick up a form in the nurse's office at DMS. All forms must be returned by Friday, February 4th. Please contact Nurse LeighAnn at: 870-946-3708 if you have questions. Thank you.

DMS Students should access all of their work via Schoology for the week. No Paper AMI Packets were given out. Please have your student contact their teacher should they need help. You may also email Mrs. Mitchell at: rmitchell@dewittdragons.net or leave a voicemail at: 870-946-3708. Someone will return your call and assist you as soon as they can.

The 7th Grade Girl & Boy Basketball Jamboree set for this Saturday, January 8, has been cancelled.

DMS Students will come home with their Report Cards for the 2nd Nine Weeks/1st Semester today. Please take a moment to review your child's progress with them. Reach out to their teachers via email or phone if you would like to discuss how you can help your child with their academic progress.

The HOME Basketball games for Thursday, January 6 and Friday, January 7 have been cancelled. Friday nights game has been rescheduled for Thursday, January 20, 2022.

Please see attached schedule for Saturday's 7th Grade Basketball Jamboree in England. The coaches will give the players more details about the games tomorrow.

Happy New Year to our DMS Family! We are excited to begin the 2nd semester in the 2021-22 school year. We will resume school tomorrow, January 3rd. Please charge your Chromebooks and dress warm!

We had a great week here at DMS. We were able to spread a little Christmas Cheer & we worked hard taking Semester Tests. Please enjoy some of the fun pics from the week. Have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year. See you next year! We will be back in school on January 3, 2022.

If you ordered Dragon Football Fan Gear, Coach Cody wanted to let you all know that it is here. Please pick up TODAY or TOMORROW at DMS between 8:00 - 1:00. Merry Christmas & Go DRAGONS!

DMS School Family: Reminder that school will be dismissed early for the remainder of the week, starting today. 1:10 for car riders & 1:15 for bus riders. Friday students can leave after testing at 10:35 if they have returned their slip to let us know who will be picking them up in the car line. School will be closed for the holiday break December 20-January 2. We will be back on January 3. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from all of us to you and your family.

Attached you will find the Semester Test Schedule. Students were sent home with a copy today. If your child is going to be leaving after their 8th period test at 10:35 on Friday, December 17, they will need to return the note stating who they will be going home with. Please complete the note and return to the office by Thursday. Students leaving at 10:35 after testing on Friday will go out front and be picked up like we do car rider pick up. Please form a 2 lane line, and we will assist them to their cars. Thank you!

DMS Students & Family: Help us finish out the year with some Holiday Cheer! Please see the attached flier below for a list of our Holiday Spirit Week Themes!

Friday, December 10 is the DMS STUCO Talent Show. Students are encouraged to bring gift wrap or gift bags to donate to the DMS FCCLA service project of buying gifts for the residents of Westhaven. Our students are purchasing Christmas gifts for the residents, and the gift wrap would be used to wrap the presents.