The Dodge Dish

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DMS Community,

On Thursday, October 29th from 3:30 to 5pm, our 8th grade WEB leaders will be hosting “Activity Night”. This night includes live music and dancing, open gym, games, face painting, concessions and more! Admission is $5 which can be turned into your learner’s TC teacher or the front office. Tickets may be purchased at the door as well. More information can be found below.

Thank you to all that participated in our fall fundraiser. As a community we raised $24,369.60. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed to our school—your support is greatly appreciated! All the donations go to support learner incentives, field trips, and supplemental experiences. Mr. Louis' Tiger Connections class raised the most and had the opportunity to silly string Mr. Nelson and Ms. Bruce.

As we approach next week, we want to remind families that we recognize that some of our students will be excited about celebrating Halloween and wearing costumes, however, we will be business as usual at DMS and will not be allowing costumes during the school day. We encourage learners to enjoy Halloween outside of the school day.

Have a great weekend!

Andy Nelson, Principal

On Thursday, October 29th from 3:30 to 5pm, our 8th grade WEB leaders will be hosting “Activity Night”. This night includes live music and dancing, open gym, games, facepainting, concessions and more! Admission is $5 which can be turned into your learner’s TC teacher or the front office. Tickets may be purchased at the door as well.

Learners were able to get this information in TC this week & tickets are now on sale!

Concessions include:

Tropical Smoothie: $5

Pizza (cheese or pepperoni): $3

Candy: $1

Chips: $1

Water: $0.50

This is a fun, energetic night that goes to a great cause! This fundraiser will help our WEB program stay strong and provide great opportunities for our learners here at DMS.

If you have any questions you can email the WEB Coordinators Ms. Lindahl at jlindahl@isd192.org or Mrs. Cooper at jacooper@isd192.org

Starting October 19th, TalkingPoints will no longer send messages as regular text messages (SMS/iMessage). To continue receiving important updates, announcements, and direct messages from our staff, please download the free TalkingPoints for Families app on your mobile device today. Thank you for staying connected with us!

Business Professionals of America is a high school club and we are partnering with Funds2Org, to collect shoes for a fundraiser. Funds 2 Org will pay BPA a small rate for each pound of shoes and bring them to shop owners around the globe to provide jobs and income for families in poverty.

By contributing to the Shoe Drive you can clean out your closets of old used shoes and teach your learners about charity and recycling. The drive benefits BPA by paying for its club fees, it benefits the environment by giving shoes a second life, and benefits communities by bringing a source of income to those in need!

Sign up to receive a free bag of food every weekend (click the apple above to learn more about Every Meal). By the end of September bags will be placed in student’s lockers on the last day of the student

week. There are no qualification requirements and your family's privacy is protected. We place the bag in your student’s backpack during class time, to maintain privacy. If your student does not have a backpack, we are happy to provide one.

Bags are intended to provide enough food for 1 child, please complete the form for EACH child you have at Dodge. Please fill out the form for the current school year, even If you were receiving a bag last year.

If you have any questions or would like to arrange a different way to pick up the food bags, please contact Jen Hogan at (651) 460-1598 or jhogan@farmington.k12.mn.us .

Sign up link (in English, Spanish, Arabic, Somali, Hmong, and Karen)

We are looking for family and community volunteers to be present in our youths' lives at Dodge Middle School through Friendly Presence. We are excited to offer this volunteer opportunity and welcome the larger Farmington community into DMS. We are hoping many of you take this opportunity to be involved in our learners’ experience. For more information click here and to indicate interest please complete this google form.

Farmington School District has some great opportunities for you!

Click the link to apply for positions or reach out to the main office if interested.

Please take some time to visit the DMS Website where you will find an abundance of helpful information to support your middle school student. Dodge Dish is an electronic publication that you will receive via email every week from our principal Mr. Nelson and the Dodge Dish is always available on the DMS website under “News and Events”. It is very helpful to take time to read through this publication to keep updated on upcoming events and happenings.

Email: anelson@farmington.k12.mn.us
Website: https://dms.farmington.k12.mn.us/
Location: Levi P Dodge Middle School, 208th Street West, Farmington, MN, USA
Phone: 651-460-1500