DMS Bulldog Quarterly Newsletter€¦ · The Orlando Fest competition was held Friday, April îth - î òth. Life 101 : Life a real – world simulation workshop was held on Thursday,

DMS Chorus “Wins” Orlando Mega Fest !!!

DMS 7th Grade Boys Basketball “Wins “County Championship!!!

The 7th grade boys basketball team defeated Eagles Landing Middle on Monday, February 2nd with a score of 47-32 to claim the County Championship!!

7th Grade Head Football Coach Tori Williams stated "the season was long and it took a complete team effort to make their victory possible". Coach Williams is extremely proud of her players.

DMS 7th Grade boys won the county basketball and football championships this year. Surprisingly many of basketball athletes played an active role in winning the 7th Grade Football

County Championship!!! DMS is looking forward to another spectacular football and basketball season!!

DMS Bulldog Quarterly Newsletter

Special points of interest:

Student Spotlight: Science

Fair and Geography Bee

Winners ...

Teacher Spotlight: “Rivers

to Reef” Two DMS Teachers

chosen out of 16 state

teachers ...

DMS ELA Teachers received

“ Literacy Leader of the

District Award”...

End of Year Edition Volume 2, Issue 3

Inside this issue:

Counselor’s Corner 2

Grade Level News 2

Classroom Spotlight 3

Club News 3

Upcoming Events 4

Student / Teacher

Spotlight

4

School Council/

PTO/PIE

4

Congratulations to the Dutchtown Middle School Chorus! Under the direction of Ladell Fortune the DMS Chorus won 1st place and Grand Champion Winner in the Middle School division at the 2015 Orlando Fest. The Orlando Fest competition was held Friday, April 24th -26th.

Life 101 : Life 101 a real–

world simulation workshop was

held on Thursday, May for 8th

grade students. Students chose a

career and made real life

decisions regarding personal

finance, family , and everyday life

choices. Life 101 is an invaluable

experience for 8th Grade

students. DMS partners annually

with community stakeholders to

make this event possible.

Parent Night on

Human Trafficking &

Social Media. DMS

parents gathered to learn about Human Trafficking and how to protect our children .The presenters were Sheryl Freeman, Clayton County Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, and Brian Ross, Clayton County Senior Assistant District Attorney

SOTM: Students of the

Month were recognized in

March and April for

attendance.

DMS College Probe: The DMS College Probe Fair occurred the week of April 11th and was created for students to gain valuable knowledge concerning college readiness. Mrs. Leshore’s goal (DMS Graduation Coach) is “to get students and parents to begin thinking critically about post-secondary education. Although students have ambitious educational and career aspirations, many lack basic information about how to fulfill their post-secondary goals. Many students and their parents fail to plan because they do not have the essential information resources, personal support networks, and structured programs they need to effectively perform educational and post-secondary planning activities”.

Ms. Leshore would like to thank Dr. Madden for allowing the event to take place at DMS and Mrs. Withers for the use of the media center. She would also like to thank Dr. Taiesha Adams from the Henry County Board Office, Mr. Ronald Cetoute from Albany State University, and Ms. Crystal Cohen from Communities in Schools for volunteering their time to assist her with this event.

Counselor’s Corner

Grade Level News...

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Bulldog Oath:

I

am a bulldog

I get better

and better

every day

failure is not

an option for

me. I will

exceed in all

that I do

because I am

a bulldog

April SOTM

March SOTM

Georgia Best is a state initiative

launched by the Georgia Depart-

ment of Labor in an effort to build

a prepared Georgia workforce.

Soft skills such as work ethic,

leadership, attitude, character,

etc. are introduced to students

throughout the school year. The

counseling department focus for

the month of March/April was

respect.

Rising 6th Grade Parent

Night: On Tuesday, May 5th

Parents of 6th grade students

had the opportunity to “Meet

and Greet” 6th Grade &

Connection Teachers. Curricular

tables were set-up for parents to

visit.

Dr. Prothro’s Gifted classes completed a PBL (Project-Based Learning) Project that stemmed from the Fahrenheit 451 novel. The students had to utilize use critical thinking skills, creativity, and conduct research in order to satisfactory complete this project. Dr. Prothro is extremely proud of her students’ accomplishments.

The Girls R.I.S.E. Club partnered with Brothers of Virtue (a boys

mentoring program at DMS) to participate in helping the homeless

in Henry County. This community service project took place on

Thursday, March 19th at Dutchtown Middle School. The girls

packaged feminine products, toiletries, and wipes, made peanut

butter and jelly sandwiches, and designed the bags. The girls did a

great job collaborating with each other and with the members of

Brothers of Virtue . KUDOS to both organizations for their efforts in

serving our community.

Classroom Spotlight: Dr. Prothro’s 7th Grade Class “Critical Thinking”

Club News: Girls Rise & BOV (Brothers of Virtue) Community Service Projects

On Saturday, April 18th Girls Rise club members came together to beautify

Pates Creek Elementary School’s campus as part of the “Hands on Henry”

project. Ms. Davis (Girls Rise Sponsor) stated “by the end of the day the girls

were tired, hungry, and a bit muddy, but they had a great time”. Ms. Davis

would like to thank all the

parents who allowed their

daughters to participate in

the community service

project and Ms. Lewis,

DMS Marketing Instructor

for assisting with the Project.

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Georgia law provides for the operation of school councils to bring com-

munities and schools together to improve academic achievement. A

mixture of the school principal, parents, teachers and business members

make up the council, which is advisory in nature. The School Council

meets the 3rd or 4th Monday of each month from 8:00-9:00 a.m. Please

click on the following link for specific meeting dates and monthly school

council minutes: DMS School Council

DMS welcomes DQ Chill and Grill

located on 111146

Tara Boulevard

Hampton GA as our

newest PIE

Member!! Click Here to access the

DMS PIE Page

Semester Exams Week:

5/26th– 5/29th

Awards Day Ceremonies

May 26th -6th &

7th Grade

May 28th– 8th

Grade

May 28th-Last Day

of School Year

Last Day of School May

29th...

-Student vs. Teacher

Basketball Game

-EOY Celebrations

Click Here to access the

School Calendar for a

detailed listing of

Upcoming DMS Events...

Upcoming DMS Events

Student Council

Student Spotlight

Teacher Spotlight

Science Fair : Congratulations to Rachel Mittal and Parkaranjot Sign who participat-ed in the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair. Rachel received “Honorable Mention” and Parkaranjot received 3rd Place with honors.

Geography Bee: Congratulations to Alexander Mankoski for winning the school Geography Bee and competing in the District Geography Bee.

Congratulations to Mrs. Johns

and Mrs. Sallas they were two of

only sixteen teachers chosen in the

state of Georgia to attend a summer

workshop for teachers called

“Rivers to Reef”. Rivers to the

Reef will take our teachers from the

urban setting of the headwaters of

the Altamaha River to the estuarine

environments of Georgia’s

coast. Mrs. Johns and Mrs. Sallas will

examine the history of these unique

environments while collecting and

analyzing water quality data along

the way.

Ms. Sallas Ms. Johns

Partners in Education– PIE

The DMS PTO will seek new officers for the

2015-16 School Year!! Additional information

and details will be placed on the DMS

website when the new school year begins.

Congratulations to the DMS

ELA Department for receiving

“The Literacy Leaders of the

District Award” Dr. Prothro,

ELA Department Chair attests “the award

is in recognition of the wonderful efforts

and successes of the ELA department”.

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