DMS October Newsletter
October 31, 2023
Walking in the Footsteps of History
The 7th grade went on a field trip to Old Fort Niagara! It was a great time and most everyone had fun there! The students were behaving well and were very respectful of the actors' time! As the day went along we got to act out and use some “tools” and see how life was during the colonial wars in North America. Students got to lather a shirt with soap, walk around with fake wooden muskets and practice marching, and at one point we got to play with the wooden lacrosse sticks that the Indian tribes would make and play with! There was so much to do there and we got to be a part of all aspects of life during the colonial time. They showed us the wake up song and battle song played on the drums! We saw someone shoot a musket! We pretended we were a part of the army and marched around! We even got to see where they slept, ate food and hung out! We learned about the baker's room and how he made bread and kept meat for a long time without refrigeration and still kept it edible. Then finally at last they shot a cannon for everyone who was there to sit and watch! They reenacted what they would’ve done in the real war from the commands to the hand signals. Overall it was a very fun trip and we learned a lot about colonial life!
DMS really got together to show their spirit and support of our DMS teams! The entire middle school had an exciting pep assembly on October 18th. Everyone showed great school spirit by wearing their class colors, wearing all their Depew gear and buying Depew themed items to be ready for this exciting event! All the grades had a blast, from the balloon popping race to the dancing in the middle of the entire gym, to the yelling contest! 8th grade took the win for the contest this year, again! During the balloon popping race, the 8th graders also took the win against all of the 7th and 6th graders that had also volunteered to participate in the race. It was very close between the 7th and 8th graders because 7th grade was almost fast enough to beat them.
All during the school day everywhere you looked there were kids and teachers participating in the school spirit. Everyone who could was helping set up for the pep assembly. The band did an amazing job playing the national anthem and getting everyone excited for the pep rally. I feel that everyone had an amazing day with lots of fun and Depew love.
Written by Emily Donahue, 7th Grade
6th Grade Cup Stacking with Strings
This week's W.E.B. Wednesday was very creative and was so much fun! It was filled with opportunities for team building and gave us a chance to use our imagination. It was an amazing idea for us to do the strings and cups to prove that we can do anything if we work together! If we can build teamwork then we can come together as a school and lead our school with kindness and teamwork. Our W.E.B. leaders were fun too, we got to play charades, trivia, and so many more fun games! We can’t wait for the next W.E.B. day!
Written by: Laina Obermeier and Morgan DelConte, 6th grade
7th Grade Marshmallow Structures
On Wednesday, October 25, 2023 we had an amazing 8th grade W.E.B. day. It was a great activity that involved teamwork. We had to work in groups with about 4-5 people, and were given the task to make a strong and structured building out of specific materials. We all had a container of toothpicks and a bag of mini marshmallows. We had to learn how to use teamwork and to compromise and add our ideas with everyone else. It was a competition of who could make the strongest structure. We also enjoyed the fact that it was teamwork and competition. It was an enjoyable experience that allowed us to succeed as a team and the creativity was awesome.
Marcus McCarter Jr. & Maddie Warden-London, 7th Grade
8th Grade String Writing as a Team
On Wednesday October 25, 2023 we had an amazing W.E.B. day. The activity we did as a group was a lot of fun! We loved it! It was about working together as a team. We had to work in teams of 3-4. We had a big piece of poster paper to draw on with a marker. The tricky part was that the marker had 3-4 strings taped to it, and each member of the team had to hold 1 piece of string. Then together, we had to print “kind” words. We all had an amazing time. We are happy to be Wildcats because we do so many awesome and creative things at this school!
Written by Radfan Shaibi, Grade 8
