Week 7 of 37 weeks
This week we celebrate Del Valle Middle School Homecoming. Students will be allowed to dress up and represent their school spirit. As a former Del Valle Middle School student myself, I love the energy and spirit of homecoming week. We get to honor those who came before us, our students who are here now and show our future Del Valle Elementary, Lancaster Elementary and Mission Valley Elementary students what their future middle school is about.
Our attendance for July/August has been a middle school win for Del Valle. This would not be possible with YOU families! Please make sure to keep the energy going for our teens. As we say: they miss a day and they miss a lot. See you on Monday Conquistadores!
One Family, One Destiny!
Big Bad Blue!
Be the One!
Elevate and Conquer!
Happening this week
September
Safety Drill: Fire Drill and Lockown
Kindness in the Classroom: Respect
First bell to head to classrooms: 8:25 a.m.
Breakfast: 7:40 a.m. to 8:25 a.m.
Dismissal: 4:00 p.m.
Del Valle Middle School Homecoming
Monday, September 11
- All assignments for Progress Report 2 are due (6 week)
- Homecoming Dress Up: Patriotic Day
Tuesday, September 12
- Homecoming Dress Up: Fanatic Day
Wednesday, September 13
- Homecoming Dress Up: Say Cheese! Be Picture Ready
- Picture Day for Students
- 7th Math Wacky Wednesday
- Board Meeting 6:00 p.m.
For informational purposes and as written in our Board Policy, we are providing Notice of the YISD Board Workshop and Regular Board meeting on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at 6:00 pm in the Ysleta Room.
NOTE: LIVESTREAM - CITIZENS INPUT - PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY
Livestream: On the meeting date and time, members of the public may access this meeting by visiting: https://www.yisd.net/Page/6358.
Citizens Input and Public Hearing Sign-up:
Visit https://ysletaschoolstx.iqm2.com/Citizens/Default.aspx to access the Board meeting schedule, agendas, and archives. Persons who desire to address the board during Citizens Input or Public Hearing must comply with the sign-up procedures in district Policy BED (Local). Sign in on the Citizen Input or Public Hearing sign-up sheet or sign-in cards available at the meeting from 5:15 pm to 5:45 pm on the Board meeting day.
Thursday, September 14
- Progress Report 2 (6 weeks) on Home Access Center- see video below
- Gifted and Talented Parent Meeting 5:00 p.m. at Central Office, YISD
- Cross Country Meet @ 4:00 p.m. @ Canutillo Middle School
- Homecoming Dress Up: Hawaiin Day
Friday, September 15
- Friday Night Academy
- Pep Rally for DVMS Students
- Homecoming Dress Up- Big Bad Blue Day!
Saturday, September 16
- Football: Del Valle Middle vs Parkland Middle @ Del Valle High School 9:00 a.m.
- Volleyball: Del Valle Middle vs Bel Air Middle @ Del Valle High 9:00 a.m.
Happening Next Week
Monday, September 18
- Excited to see our Conquistadores!
Tuesday, September 19
- National Innovative Technology Day- Thank you Mr. Berry!
- CEIC 4:15 p.m. in room S4.
Wednesday, September 20
- YISD Cross Country Championships
- YISD Volleyball Championships
- 7th Math Wacky Wednesday
Thursday, September 21
- Football: Del Valle Middle vs Eastwood Knolls
Friday, September 22
- Friday Night Academy
- Band Night
- Del Valle High School Game Night for Del Valle Middle 7:00 p.m.
Reading Language Arts: What’s Happening in Middle School RLA?
- What’s Happening in Middle School RLA: Week of September 11, we will be on day 18 of Unit 2 (30 days total for this unit).
Students are reading the following:
6th Grade Poetry
7th Grade Poetry or Drama
8th Grade Drama or Informational
Students are in the drafting phase of the writing process.
Writing Expectation #2 for the writing portfolio is to write a narrative.
Math: What's happening in MIddle school Math?
- What’s Happening in Middle School Math?
6th Grade: Unit 3: Operations with Rational Numbers (September 11-27)
7th Grade: Unit 3: Graphs, Equations, Inequalities with embedded Prisms Module (September 11-27)
8th Grade/7th ADV: Unit 3: Functions (August 31-September 20)
Science: What's Happening in Middle School Science?
- Grade 6 Unit 1: Investigating Chemicals (August 3-23) then Unit 2: Properties of Matter (August 25-September 15)
- Grade 7 Unit 2: Body Systems and Homeostasis (August 25-September 22)
- Grade 8 Unit 2: Forces that Change Earth (August 25-September 15)
Social Studies: What's Happening in Middle School Social Studies?
What’s Happening in Middle School Social Studies?
Grade 8
American Independence (September 5 - 26)
Grade 7
Unit 3: Exploration and Colonization of Texas (Aug 28 - Sept 12)
Unit 4: Mexican Colonization and Empresario System (Sept 13 - 27)
Grade 6
Unit 2 United States and Canada (August 24 - September 22)
Outside beverages in the morning
If students enter the building at 8:30 a.m. (TARDY BELL) with a beverage they will be asked to drink quickly or dispose of the drink.
What is allowed in the classroom? Water bottles and closed containers containing water.
Away for the Day: Cell phones, Ear buds and Electronic Devices
Cell phones, earbuds and other electronic devices may be used before and after school PRIOR to entering the building.
Once students enter the building, they MUST BE TURNED OFF.
Away for the day: All cell phones must be put away and not visible during instructional time, to include breakfast and lunch time.
Phones will be confiscated if students are using it without permission from a DVMS staff member.
Parents or a family member may pick up the phone after school after a $15 fine is paid.
The school will not be held liable for any lost, damaged, or stolen cell phone or electronic devices.
No Student Deliveries during the day
Deliveries for Students (during the day)
Deliveries for students during the day will not be allowed due to the high student population and limited staff to make the deliveries. We also do not want your child to miss valuable instruction. We also limit phone calls to classrooms during the day.
Please be sure to send your child to school with
- their needed school materials,
- band or athletic equipment,
- lunch,
- money
- chromebook
Prepare your student in the evenings to have all they need to be successful the next day.
Conduct Expectations
OFOD Check:
Be Safe
Be Responsible
Be Respectful
Conquistadores are expected to:
- Follow classroom and school expectations.
- Follow the campus dress code at all times.
- Always show respect to others and yourself.
- Keep hands and feet to oneself and off the walls.
- Students must have a hall pass when out of class during the instructional day.
- All students are responsible for their school and personal items at all times.
- No words or actions give anyone the right to hurt another person.
- Fighting is never allowed at school.
- Rough play is never allowed.
- Use of profanity, ethnic slurs, and/or bullying will not be tolerated.
- Rock throwing, picking up rocks or the throwing of any object in a harmful way is not allowed.
- Students must use designated areas for activities. For example: no football or volleyball on the basketball courts. It is for your own safety and the safety of others.
- Food and drinks are only allowed in the cafeteria. Trash must be thrown away in the cafeteria trash can. No littering.
- Unless it is a part of an approved school fundraiser, students may not sell any items to other individuals at school.
- Students may not bring magnets, laser pointers or permanent markers to school.
Ms. Veronica Frias
Del Valle Middle School
915-434-3301
Email: vfrias@yisd.net
Location: 8674 North Loop Drive, El Paso, TX, USA
Phone: 9154343301
Twitter: @vronicasworld