DMS Community Newsletter 26/27

Dear Defender Families,

We are finishing September this week and heading into October. Classes are moving and shaking. Please continue to check in with your student and check grades with them on a regular basis.

School Safety and Security

Please note that students are only able to ride Class 1 and 2 Ebikes to school. Students must not ride Electric Scooters unless they are 16 years of age and have a driver's license or Learners Permit. To avoid a citation, please review the information flyers carefully.

Attendance:

Just a reminder that after 10 absences, students will require a doctor's note to excuse additional absences. A doctor's note is also needed to excuse tardies if a student comes to school after an appointment.

Please be patient if you are checking students out of school. It may take time for them to get to the office.

Tardy notifications are being sent to families once a student reaches 3 tardies. Please see the tardy policy flyer below for more details.

Shout-out:

A special shoutout to Ms. Vanessa. She works tirelessly to ensure that our DMS campus looks great. National Custodian Day is October 2. Be sure to tell her how much you appreciate her support at DMS.

Mark Your Calendar

• October 13: Make-up Picture Day
• October 15: Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:00 - 6:00 PM
• October 15: Modified Day, dismissal at 12:10
• October 16: Modified Day, dismissal at 12:10

Please Note: Any middle school student attending a high school football game must be accompanied by an adult.

Thank you for your continued partnership and support. Together, we can help our Defenders have a successful school year!

Go Defenders!!!

– Your Defender Team

If you missed the Title I slides during Back to School Night or want to review them you can access them below.

Title 1 Slides (English)

Title 1 Slides (Spanish)

Please see the links to the Math Smores. The Math Smores will explain what students are learning in math and provides resources to support students at home.

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

If you have a student who is riding a bike/scooter/ebike/escooter to school, they need to complete the Safe Riders Course.

Students using measurement to create scale posters of the Layers of the Atmosphere posters.

Students working individually or with a partner to create a Guild Advertisement. They used a checklist to make sure that they are including all parts of the project.

Students working collaboratively to describe measure, meters, and bar lines.

Students working through string exploration as they read music.

Students creating water drip Zentangle Art.

Students making connections between multiple meaning words.

Students worked with partners to create an acrostic poem by answering questions and using information about English Settlements.

TVUSD cares deeply about all of our community members, some of which are being impacted by the government shutdown. If your family needs support, or you would like to help our affected students and families, this flyer will connect you to some local resources. See the flyers below or the Link Here

• Log into IC as Parent/Student? Click HERE

• Using the IC Mobile App? Click HERE

• How to set notifications on IC? Click HERE

• Canvas Parent Observer Video

• Linking a Canvas Parent Account to a Student Account - Written Directions

• Go to Canvas Parent Account Web Address

These directions can also be found on our school website using this link:

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.
   
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.

Dress Code Enforcement

No list of dress and appearance guidelines for students can be written that will anticipate all potential dress and grooming extremes. In the case of questionable dress or grooming that is not specifically covered in the list above, the administration will make the final decision. Appropriate action will be taken at that time, and when necessary, contact will be made seeking parental cooperation and assistance.

School-directed changes to a student’s attire or grooming should be the least restrictive and disruptive to a student’s school day. Any school dress code enforcement actions should minimize the potential loss of education time. Administration and enforcement of the dress code shall be gender neutral and consistent. When a dress code violation occurs, the student will be required to change into proper attire. Continued violations of the dress code will be considered defiance and will be referred to administration for disciplinary action.

Gum is not permitted on campus. Students chewing gum will be assigned Gum Club and receive a discipline point for each infraction.

Gum Club – Students will eat in a designated area under supervision, and serve detention for 3 days. If a student fails to show up for Gum Club, they will receive additional days.

Click on the link to access the Attendance Newsletter from the district office.

TVUSD Community Communication & Non-DiscriminationStatement

• TVUSD Non Discrimation Statements English or Spanish
• Annual Family Notification
• Previous DMS Community Newsletters
• TVUSD Community Connection Newsletters
• Official TVUSD Social Media INSTAGRAM & FACEBOOK

• TVUSD Parent Center Instagram Link

• TVUSD is Hiring: Edjoin Link HERE

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