DMS Community Newsletter 25/26
Week 12 - October 26, 2025
Defender Families,
Next week, we’ll celebrate a Week of Spirit Days combining Red Ribbon Week, College and Career Spirit Days, and Halloween! Let’s show our school spirit by coming to school each day ready to learn, stay engaged in every class, and continue building positive Defender pride.
Attendance Matters!
Every day in school makes a difference. Consistent attendance helps students stay connected, understand lessons more deeply, and build strong academic habits. Please help your student arrive on time and attend every day they are healthy enough to be at school.
Tardy Policy Reminder:
Our Tardy Policy System is up and running. The policy was reviewed with students during the Common Sense Assembly. As students earn multiple tardies, (3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 20, 25, ...) an email will be sent home, and students will be notified.
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First 10 tardies (per semester): 1 demerit + 1 day of after-school detention (Tuesdays or Thursdays, 2:30–3:15 p.m.)
- Every 5 additional tardies: +1 demerit and another day of after-school detention
- Your Defender Team
DMS has a Crossing Guard!!! We are asking parents and guardians to refrain from parking in front of the Equestrian Center. It is slowing down the crossing sensors. We appreciate your support.
Read the following article that was released in the Patch. Day Middle School is 1 of 15 schools in TVUSD to make the Educational Results Partnership Honor Roll. Link Here
All 8th graders will participate in vision and hearing screening on Nov. 6th or Nov. 7th. Please remember to bring prescription glasses if you have them.
Use the links below for Infinite Campus support
Log into IC as Parent/Student? Click HERE
Using the IC Mobile App? Click HERE
How to set notifications on IC? Click HERE
Use the links below for Canvas support
Dress Code Reminder!!!
Please refer to the Dress and Grooming TVUSD Board Policy located in the Student handbook on page 8.
DRESS AND GROOMING TVUSD BOARD POLICY
Temecula Valley Unified School District believes that appropriate dress and grooming contribute to a productive learning environment. Student attire and grooming must permit the student to participate in learning without posing a risk to the health or safety of any student or school district personnel. The school district is responsible for seeing that student attire does not disrupt school activity or contribute to a hostile or intimidating atmosphere for any student.
1. Students must wear clothing including a shirt with pants or skirt, or the equivalent (for example dresses, leggings, or shorts) and shoes (no flip-flops or slippers).
2. Clothing shall be sufficient to conceal undergarments and buttocks. No underwear, undergarments, or clothing that is comparable to undergarments (e.g, bathing suits that resemble the same coverage of an undergarment) may be visible at any time. Clothing may not be see-through or mesh if underwear is visible underneath.
3. Attire may not display images that are violent and/or depict drugs, drug paraphernalia, alcohol, or promote any unlawful act. Additionally, attire may not contain imagery, words or acronyms associated with hate speech, profanity, pornography, or any promotion and/or endorsement of violence, alcohol or drug use.
Students and parents/guardians shall be informed about dress and grooming standards at the beginning of the school year and whenever these standards are revised. A student who violates these standards shall be subject to appropriate disciplinary action.
* Please refer to the TVUSD Board Policy Regulation 5132, Dress and Grooming, for the most current district dress code guidelines.
TVUSD Safe Riders Registration
If you have a student who is riding a bike/scooter/ebike/escooter to school, they need to complete the Safe Riders Course.
