DKMS Newsletter

Start Time: 7:55 am

Regular Dismissal : 2:50 pm

Half-Day Dismissal: 11:30 am

Happy Friday DKMS families! It was another great week in the middle school!

I would like to give a huge shout out to Sara Knight and Margaret Martin for their work putting together our Veterans Day Tribute. It is a wonderful way for us to show our appreciation to our Delton Veterans and to bring us all together as a community. To our Veterans, thank you for your service!

First Quarter grades were finalized this afternoon. Information will be sent out to you via email next week on how you can access your child's progress report on PowerSchool Parent Portal. We will email you an actual report card in January after we've completed the first semester. This is a change in what we have done in the past. If you have questions on how to set up a parent portal account on PowerSchool, please reach out to the middle school office at (269) 623-1540.

As we continue through the year, if you are interested in volunteering in your child's classroom or going on field trips, please make sure you have completed a volunteer form in the middle school office. For safety reasons, we must do criminal background checks on adults who will be around our students. This goes for dropping off items for your child as well. We cannot allow you to go to your child's classroom during the school day if we have not done a criminal background check.

As always, I would like to thank our students, staff, families, and community for their hard work and support. Today's Veterans Day Tribute is another great example of why Delton is such a wonderful community and school district. Have a great weekend!

It's a great day to be a PANTHER!!!

Saturday, November 8th - Christmas Craft Show 9:00am to 3:00pm by Delton Athletic Boosters

Friday, November 14th - No School for Students (Professional Development Day Staff)

Wednesday, November 26th - No School for Students - Thanksgiving Break

Thursday, November 27th- No School for Students - Thanksgiving Break

Friday, November 28th -No School for Students- Thanksgiving Break

Wednesday, December 17th - 1/2 day of school - Student release 11:30 am

Thursday, December 18th - 1/2 day of school - Student release 11:30 am

Friday, December 19th - 1/2 day of school - Student release 11:30 am (End of 1st Semester)

Monday, December 22nd - Holiday Break Starts (December 22nd- January 2nd)

Monday, January 5th - School Resumes (Full day)

Monday, January 19th - No School for Students (Professional Development Day Staff)

These students were chosen for showing Safe, Kind, Responsible, and Respectful (SK2R) behavior. They each got to pick a treat as a reward!

Great job, Panthers! Keep it up, you make DKMS a great place to be! 🐾

Amber Martin and her Community Circle students created a “Wall of Thanks” outside her classroom! The students wrote things they are thankful for on colorful paper leaves, and other Community Circle groups have joined in to add even more.

Her wall looks amazing and is a great reminder to pause and be thankful throughout the month of November! 🍂

Mr. Flesher’s 8th grade science students are continuing their hands-on exploration of heat transfer and thermal energy. Through experiments and activities, they’re learning how energy moves and affects the world around them.

This week at Starbase, our 5th graders got to visit Western Michigan University’s School of Aviation. They toured the control tower, learned how planes work, and even got to touch and explore real airplanes up close.

Students also kept working on their snap circuits and bottle rockets and also had a great time heading outside to launch rockets.

As the weather gets colder, not all students choose to spend their recess or free time outdoors. Instead, they’ve been finding fun games to play inside, sometimes with a little help from staff. Whether it’s a card game, the yarn game, or turning Jenga blocks into falling dominoes, students are enjoying their time together, interacting, laughing, and just having fun.

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We are excited to announce that our 5th grade students will have the opportunity to attend camp at Sherman Lake YMCA in the spring of 2026! This three-day experience helps us build teamwork and character in meaningful ways outside the classroom.

Camp Dates:

Monday, March 30 – Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Cost:

$210.00 per student

Payments can be made by check or cash in the Middle School Office during school hours.

Please make checks payable to Delton Kellogg Schools.

Payment Deadline:

Friday, February 24, 2026

We’ll share more details as camp gets closer, but we’re already excited for this fun and meaningful experience with our students!

Meal accounts & Education and Nutrition forms can be set up at: deltonkellogg.familyportal.cloud Students and staff ID #s will be needed to set-up meal accounts.

Please email tiffany.haines@dkschools.org if you need your student or staff ID #.

Families, please remember to complete the 2025–2026 Education and Nutrition Benefits Form. Only one form per family is needed. This helps our school receive important funding and ensures students have access to available meal benefits.

Please check event link for all updates and changes.

* 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

Background checks for volunteers are essential to ensure the safety and well-being of students.This helps keep our school environment secure and positive for all students.Therefore in a continued effort to keep our schools as safe as possible, all volunteer parents and community members, as well as classroom visitors, must submit to criminal background checks.Field trip chaperones are also considered volunteers. Visitor and Volunteer Consent forms must be completed each year and should be turned into the middle school office. You can pick up a volunteer form in the office or click below to print one.

Tentative Kickstart Deposit days at DKMS:

Lost and Found items will be retained for 30 days. After which, they will be donated locally. If you have a student that is missing something, please ask them to check the lost and found shelf, located near the entrance to the cafeteria. If you would like to claim an item, please stop by the middle school office Mon-Fri 7:30 - 3:30.

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