DeWitt Middle School

Monday, October 12, is our first Digital Day. Here are some reminders for all DMS Students & Parents: -Students who requested a school device will bring them home today, Friday, October 10. -Students should use the devices responsibly. Keep them away from food & drink, and not allow anyone else to use the device. -Students should do schoolwork only on the device. -Students should charge their device Monday night so that they can return a fully charged DEVICE & CHARGER on Tuesday, October 13. -All school work will be assigned by teachers and the work and instructions will be in their Schoology Accounts. -DMS WIFI will be up and working all weekend and on Monday. If you have an issue with your own internet, parents can park in our parking lots while their student submits their work. -Should you run into any issues: 1. Email your teacher OR 2. Contact the office, 870-946-3708. We will guide you or direct you to someone who can help you with your issue. Thank you & have a great weekend. -Mrs. Rachel Mitchell, DMS Principal

DMS Parents & Students: Here are some things that we wanted to remind you of or inform you about... 1. Flu Shots at DMS will be Monday, Oct. 19. Forms have went home with your child. Please return by the end of this week so that we can have a count of who will get a shot. 2. Spirit Days for Homecoming Week (October 13-16) are as follows: Tuesday, 10-13, is Tacky Tuesday. Wednesday, 10-14 is Decade Day. Thursday, 10-15 is Patriotic Day. Friday, 10-16 is Homecoming Day/Blue & Gold Day. ***Dress must follow handbook dress code expectations**** GO DRAGONS! 3. Pink Out Day is October 30. Students may dress in pink. 4. Our 1st digital day is this coming Monday, October 12. 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. We will send them home Friday. We ask that they complete & submit 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. DMS Staff will be on hand on the digital day to respond to emails and calls during regular school hours. Please reach out if you are having trouble.

Just a reminder for virtual students or any student who may be quarantined: -You are expected to log in daily to EACH class in Schoology. Please click on that class. -You should do the roll call and complete the assignment that each teacher assigns. -If you don't complete the daily assignments and do roll call, you may be counted absent and not get credit for that day. -Should you experience trouble with submissions or anything else related to Schoology, contact the office at: 870-946-3708. We will try and help assist you.

Dragon Academy Students: Mr. Guest is saying that many of you aren't turning in art work. He said you must set up an art portfolio in order to do this. Here are the instructions: HOW TO SET UP A PORTFOLIO IN SCHOOLOGY This is how you will submit your finished projects. 1. Login to Schoology. 2. Click on “Your Name” located in the top right hand corner. 3. Click “Your Profile”. 4. Click “Portfolios” under your profile picture. 5. Click “New Portfolio”. 6. “Title”. 6th Grade = Art 6 8th Grade = Art 8 7. “Description”. 6th Grade = Dragon Academy/1st 9 Weeks 8th Grade = Dragon Academy/1st Semester 8. Take a picture of your Art using a phone or your Chromebook. Phone: -Open your school Gmail. -Attach the picture of your project to the email by clicking the paperclip. -Open your Gmail on your Chromebook. -Save the picture to your Google Drive. Chromebook: -When you take a picture it will save to your downloads. 9. Go back into your Schoology - Click on “Your Name” - Click “Your Profile” - Click “Portfolios” 10. Click to open the Portfolio that you created. 11. Click “+ Portfolio Items”. 12. Click “File” and find the picture that you uploaded. 13. Click on the picture. 14. Click “Open”. 15. Once your picture appears, click on the “circle” to the right of your “Description”. The “circle” should turn green. This will publish your portfolio so that I can see it and grade your work. 16. Click on the picture that you just uploaded, to open it. 17. Rename the “Title” whatever the name of the project is. (Ex...Found Objects Color Wheel or Famous Laundry Art).

Ms. Deane's 6th Grade Science classes made plant and animal cell models. They used candy to represent the different organelles in a cell.

Upcoming Events @DMS: -Thursday, October 1: JR Dragons v. Hazen at home -Thursday, October 8: JR Dragons v. Crossett at home -Monday, October 12: DIGITAL DAY. This is much like an AMI Day. Students will work on their school work via Schoology. We sent a letter home last week polling students to see who will need a device. Please return this letter by October 1. -Thursday, October 15: JR Dragons @ Warren -Monday, October 19: DMS FLU SHOT CLINIC. Forms will go home with students soon. Students must return the forms in order to get the flu shot. -Thursday, October 22: JR Dragons v. Dumas at home -Tuesday, October 27: Parent Teacher Conferences. More details to come.

8th grade students in Mr. Dollar's history class did a song analysis in observance of September 11th. Students listened to "Where were you when the world stopped turning" by Alan Jackson and illustrated using the images from the song.

6th graders in Mr. Rowland's PLTW Year 1 class had to build a working miniature foosball table. It had to include five players and two rods per team. Students had the option to add a scoreboard, goals, a ball drop, or anything else that added character to their foosball table. This is the first of many projects that students will do during their time in PLTW.

The JR Dragons are on the road tonight to Hamburg. Watch them live! Kickoff is at 7:00 p.m. GO DRAGONS! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnxTjqBaZRIx2nvtFgXKLsQ

DMS Student School Pics Today! Attached is online ordering information, and can be placed until the 28th. Virtual Students can come at 11:00 to be photographed. Come to the east side of the safe room to be let in.

The lunch room will be selling a la carte items such as: chips, cookies, Rice Krispies, waters, & Propel waters. The cost ranges from $0.50-$1.50. Please bring correct change. Students can also purchase an extra main entree' item for $1.00 in the lunch line.

Just a few reminders of things happening here next week: Tuesday, Sept. 22: Picture Day. Forms went home with students this week. You must have your form & money when your picture is taken. DMS Virtual students can be photographed at 11:00 a.m. in the safe room gym. Please park on the east side of the gym and enter through that door (the door facing the field house). Students must be screened and wear a mask to enter. Online information is posted in a photo. Homecoming/Spirit Week has been postponed. We will update you all as we learn the new dates for this.

DMS School Picture Day is coming up!! Picture Day will be on Tuesday, September 22, but forms will go home next week. VIRTUAL STUDENTS can come and have their pictures made, and will be included in our yearbooks. DMS Virtual Students should report with 1 parent or guardian on 09-22-20 at 11:00 a.m. to the safe room gym. Parents, you can park on the east side (across from the field house).

Students: We wanted to share this slideshow with you all to show you how to submit assignments in Schoology. There is a picture that tells about how to submit with Kami, and there is a video that walks you through submitting things as well. We hope that this is helpful! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xDfOY1Se7pYI0qhoeATXWsG0IcLDON2mWNwOvm8rQow/edit?usp=sharing

The YES Program is a program designed to educate students and parents about making educated best decisions as they grow into adolescent years. They would like to invite parents of DMS 7th and 8th grade students to attend a ZOOM parent meeting. https://www.facebook.com/1277357022354798/posts/3304729306284216/?extid=IY3CD6tHn7GkWcCU&d=n

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH FOOTBALL PRACTICE TIMES: 7th Grade- 12:30 JR High- 2:00

DMS Virtual Learners: For some reason, when schedules for some of our DA kids were printed, many of the activity classes didn't show up on their schedules. We can see them on our end, but they didn't know they had these classes. The issue has been mainly with 7th graders who are scheduled to PE, ART, and Keyboarding. If you have a class that says 1st Semester (1st and 2nd 9 weeks), you are expected to work in that class. Some classes might be there on your home dashboard, but are 2nd Semester Classes. It should say that, and won't have any work in it. If you need us to send you a master schedule, let us know. 870-946-3708.

DMS Virtual Learners: You can come to DMS each day from 9:50-10:35 to check out library books if you need to. You may also view virtual books. See below for more information. This is the link and user information to the interactive ebooks at DMS. www.mycapstonelibrary.com/menu/show.html#/bookshelf Log-in information: User name: DeWitt18 Password: Dragons

Dragon Academy Virtual Students, Here are some reminders that you might find helpful as you navigate through your school work: 1. Always use your Chromebook and log in by going to dewitt.schoology.com. You'll use your Dragon gmail and password for your login. 2. Log in more than once a day. Some teacher's virtual periods are later than others. They might not all post at 8:00 a.m. We recommend logging in one time in the morning, one time mid-day, and once in the late afternoon as an example to be sure that you won't miss anything. 3. Remember to email your teachers or send them a message through Schoology if you don't understand something in that class. 4. If you have any technical difficulties, email Ms. Carver (pcarver@dewittdragons.net) or Mrs. Rachel Mitchell (rmitchell@dewittdragons.net). Please don't text or Facebook message them. They may not see it, and then you won't get the help you need. 5. Be sure that you READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS that are included with your work and links to work. You also need to be sure that if a teacher is asking you to participate in roll call on a discussion board that you do this each day. If you aren't checking in, you are getting counted absent for that day and you aren't receiving credit for that work. 6. Lastly, please remember to speak properly when you are emailing other students and teachers as well as when you are in group discussion boards. Things like: LOL, WAZZUP, etc. are okay when talking on social media like SnapChat and TikTok, but they aren't appropriate when completing school work. We hope that you are doing well.

JR Dragons v. Barton at DeWitt, Tomorrow, Thursday, September 3. Gate Opens at 5:00 p.m. and game begins at 6:00 p.m. Please read the directives for attending football games at Dragon Stadium. WE HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE. EITHER COMPLY WITH THE DIRECTIVES OR THE KIDS WILL NOT GET TO PLAY! It has been emphasized to Arkansas School Districts that we all must comply with the directives if we want to continue to play football, cheer and band this season. PLEASE comply with the following Dragon Stadium Procedures Gates will open at 5:00. Tickets will be general admission for JR High for now. Must have ticket or pass to enter. Anyone who leaves the stadium WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to enter again. All spectators must maintain 6-feet physical distance from other spectators at all times. Single-household family groups may sit together but 6-feet physical distance must be maintained from all other groups or individuals. Reserved seating will not be available for any spectators. If bleacher space becomes crowded to the point social distancing is not possible between family groups, you must sit in overflow seating or stand along the fence. Lawn chairs are permissible. Bleacher seating will be restricted such that every other row is unoccupied. (Marked with signage) Face coverings are required for all persons present at all times, except for children under the age of 10 years old. Areas where lines may form (entrances, exits, concessions, restrooms, etc.) shall be marked with cones, “X’s”, or other visual cues to promote physical distance of 6-feet. Game play could be suspended if directives are not followed. Spectators should not enter if: They have fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, or loss of taste or smell. They have had known exposure to someone with Covid-19 in the past 14 days. Spectators may wish to refrain from entering if: They are 65 years of age or older. They have underlying health conditions including high blood pressure, chronic lung disease, diabetes, severe obesity, asthma, or weakened immunity.