DMS Delivers

Dear DMS Families,

As we move into next week, we are looking forward to seeing everyone at our Open House. Thank you again for your flexibility with this date. At this time, our elevator is still waiting to be inspected, but we are hopeful that it will be inspected and ready to go for Monday, as the inspection is supposed to take place later today. If this does not happen for some reason, we will still host our Open House on Monday, and move everything to the first floor, as we do not want to postpone a second time.

Again, we truly apologize for everything being up in the air, as we know that this is not best case for students, staff or families. Below, you will find the specific times for grade level presentations. The document has not changed from when it was sent a few weeks ago.

You will also find further information on the October PTO meeting, After School ACE Clubs, and Green and Gold Night, as well as information on a free educator training on The Power of Resilience and Social Emotional Learning. Please also find the DR Dispatch.

Congratulations to our September Students of the Month!

Have a great weekend!

• October 7th: Soccer Game at Dighton
• October 7th: DMS School Council Meeting at 2:45 p.m.
• October 7th: DMS Open House- details below
• October 8th: Soccer Game at Berkely
• October 8th: School Committee Meeting at 6:30 p.m.
• October 9th: PTO Meeting at 6:00 p.m.
• October 10th: Soccer Game at Dighton
• October 14th: No School for Staff/Students
• October 15th: Soccer Game at Dighton
• October 17th: Soccer Game at Raynham
• October 17th: Green and Gold Night at DRRHS at 6:00 p.m.
• October 22nd: Soccer Game at Dighton
• October 22nd: School Committee Meeting at 6:30 p.m.
• October 28th: Soccer Game at Norton
• October 29th: Soccer Game at Somerset

The DMS Open House will take place on Monday, October 7th from 6:00- 8:00 p.m. As we stated above, we are hopeful that our elevator will be inspected and ready to go for Monday, as the inspection is supposed to take place later today. If this does not happen for some reason, we will still host our Open House on Monday, and move everything to the first floor, as we do not want to postpone a second time. Again, we truly apologize for everything being up in the air, as we know that this is not best case for students, staff or families. We are excited to see everyone on Monday, and you can find grade level details on the night here.

We'd like to invite you to our October PTO Meeting. It will be Wednesday, October 9th, at 6:00 pm in the Dighton Elementary School Library. We will also be offering a Zoom link if you are unable to attend in person. Thank you for your continued support and we hope to see you there!

Zoom link

Meeting ID: 870 8399 8854

Passcode: 972875

Student MCAS Reports will be sent home in student backpacks on Friday, October 11th. Please be on the lookout for the reports on that day. We will also remind you on the day they go home. In addition, if your child did not attend DES or DMS last year, score reports will be sent to the school in which they took the MCAS last Spring. Please be sure to reach out to the school that your child attended in Spring 2024 if you wish to access their scores.

ACE clubs (except scrapbooking) will begin on October 1st! Scrapbooking will begin on Tuesday, October 16th!

September Students of the Month were nominated for showing that DMS Lions ROAR by Rising to the Occasion as we started the 2024- 2025 school year!

DMS will again participate in the Feinstein Foundation's Golden Ticket Raffle. Please see below for more details. Students received their tickets last week! Thank you to the Feinstein Foundation for their support of DMS each year!

• Reminder for 7th Grade Families: A physical with current immunizations is required for all 7th grade students. Please have them submitted by October 15th.

• Medication Drop-off: Medications may be dropped off by a parent/guardian starting on September 3rd, any time after 11:00 a.m.

• Medication Administration: When a child requires short-term or long-term medication during the school day, parents are required to contact the school nurse and provide: (a) physician's order; (b) parental consent; (c) medication (30 day supply) in prescription bottle. This includes prescription and over the counter medication. Parental consent (will be sent home on the first day) and physician order forms must be renewed every school year. As a reminder, ALL MEDICATION MUST BE BROUGHT IN BY A PARENT/GUARDIAN.