DKMS Newsletter

Start Time: 7:55 am

Regular Full-Day Dismissal: 2:50 pm

Half-Day Dismissal: 11:30 am

Wednesday, August 26 - Open House / First Picture Day

Monday, August 31 - First day of school / Half Day / Dismissal - 11:30

Friday, Sept 4 - Monday, September 7 - No School / Labor Day Weekend

Tuesday, September 15 - Half Day for Students / Professional Development Staff

DKMS is excited to continue to partner with Hand2Hand, a local non-profit program that helps make sure every student has plenty of nourishing food over the weekends and school breaks!

How Hand2Hand Helps

• Weekend Packs: Students receive a bag filled with simple, kid-friendly meals and snacks to enjoy when school isn't in session.

• 100% Confidential: Food bags are discreetly placed directly into participating students' backpacks or lockers on Friday afternoons before dismissal.

• Community Supported: Local volunteers and church partners pack and deliver the meals each week to support our school family.

How to Sign Up

Signing up is fast, easy, and completely private. Scan the QR code below with your phone camera or click the link button to register your student today.

Hello DK Families,

Welcome back to school! There are important updates for students taking medication at school. A new medication policy went into place in July 2025. The biggest change impacting your middle school student is around emergency medications, such inhalers and EpiPens. If your student needs to carry their inhaler or Epi-Pen, it is required to have the parent and the physician give written permission by checking the box on the medication form. Another option, especially for young students, is to keep the emergency medication in the office. It is important to remember all medications used at school will require a medication administration form completed by the health prescriber.

This form requires parent signature and student physician's signature, along with dosage and administration instructions. New forms must be completed every year. Any medication must be brought to the school office by an adult and in the original bottle or container.

Please be sure to accurately fill out the new or returning student registration for your child/children, including any medical concerns, updated contact information, and updated physician information. This is important for the first day of school to be safe for your child when they arrive.

Below you will find a list of school needs for some of the most common health conditions:

Any Medications Taken During School Hours:

• Medication in the original bottle/prescription bottle.

• Signed Medication Consent Form

• All Prescription Medications must have a physician’s and parent signature

• Self-Carry Medications

• Allowed to self carry medications per district policy are emergency medications such as inhalers or EPI Pens and permission from both the parent and physician must be marked on prescription medication form.

Severe Allergies:

• EPI Pen and/or Benadryl with Medication Consent Forms

• Allergy Action Plan

Asthma:

• Inhaler with Medication Const Form

• Asthma Action Plan from the physician

Seizures

• Emergency Seizure medications with medication consent form

• Seizure Action plan from physician

Other Life Threatening medical conditions (example: Bleeding disorders)

• Action Plan from the physician

• Any medications needed for medical condition with medication consent form

Diabetes

• Diabetes Medical Management Plan from physician and signed by parent

* Eventlink.com is where information for athletic events and facility usage can be found. Tickets and season passes can be purchased through Eventlink, and you are able to customize your experience by choosing which sports you would like communications from.

* Finalforms.com is where physicals and other important documents should go. These documents can be uploaded by your phone by taking a picture of the document.

* The Athletic Department would prefer all pay to participate payments go through this virtual portal for all Middle School and High School athletes.

Pay to Participate Fees can be paid HERE

PDF of Sports Participation Fees

* Hudl.com is where fans can subscribe to watch live streams of home events that occur at the turf stadium or the High School main gymnasium.

Click here to visit the Delton Hudl Fan Account

* You can also stay up to date with our new athletics social media accounts:

Facebook: Delton Kellogg Athletics

Instagram: DKpanthers

Twitter (X): DKpanthers

Email: tammy.whitmore@dkschools.org

Location: 6325 Delton Road, Delton, MI, USA

Phone: 269-623-1541

Email: julie.gorter@dkschools.org

Location: 6325 Delton Road, Delton, MI, USA

Phone: 269-623-1542