Duxbury Middle School WEEKLY NEWS STRIVE FOR SUCCESS EVERY DAY IN A CARING, RESPECTFUL, LEARNING COMMUNITY 71 ALDEN STREET, DUXBURY MA 02332 PHONE: 781-934-7640 FAX: 781-934-6084 WEBSITE: WWW.DUXBURY.K12.MA.US NOVEMBER 29, 2016 Important Dates November 30, 2016 Author visit Deborah Hopkinson December 1, 2016 Parent Teacher Conferences December 3, 2016 Superbowl at Gillette 6pm December 5, 2016 ½ Day for Students Prof. Development Hello DMS Community, Congratulations to this week s Students of the Week : Luke Moran, Ella Notis, Elizabeth Hunt, Isabella Crovo and Johanna Tackit. These students have demonstrated one or more of our 7 traits of character: Citizenship, Caring, Responsibility, Trustworthiness, Respect, Fairness, and Integrity. Great work! December 7 th Picture Re-Take Day December23rd Half-Day Dismissal at 11:20 December 26 th - 30 th Winter Break January 13, 2017 No School Prof. Dev. January 16, 2017 No School Martin Luther King Day
Parent Teacher Sign-ups for Conferences can be found on the DMS Website Conferences will be held this Thursday, December 1 st. Pictures will go home tomorrow, Wednesday, November 30 th. Re-Take day for DMS picture day will be Dec. 7 th For students who did not get their pictures taken back in October and for students who want to have their pictures retaken. Students who are coming for retakes should bring their individual packages BACK to the photographer. Order sheets are available in the school office or on-line at www.coffeepond.com DMS Social Studies News Leah Grip and Caitlan Sheehan are presenting at the National Council of the Social Studies Conference in Washington, D.C. This conference draws thousands of Social Studies teachers from around the country. They are presenting on using inquiry strategies with political cartoons to promote critical thinking skills. They will be great! For the rest of the weekend, the three of us will be attending the awesome sessions available at the conference on Social Studies topics. HOMEWORK CLUB Come use the beautiful library in our building!! Homework Club is Monday - Thursday after school in the library from 2:45-3:45. It is staffed by a teacher, and three of those days a MATH teacher runs it!! Students can come for all or part of the time and complete homework and get help if necessary. National Honor Society also sends a student to help tutor! Best of all, it is FREE!!!
AFTER SCHOOL WINTER SPORTS TRAINING starts on 12/13 & registration is now OPEN! For more information and to register: www.duxburystrength.com REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for Duxbury Youth Wrestling! Register at www.duxburyyouthwrestling.com. Practices will start around 12/5/16. Hope to see you this season!
Congratulations to this weekend's SEMMEA Senior Festival winners!!! Sign up for membership or please make a donation at our upcoming holiday concerts. Your membership and donations will help us to continue to keep the music awards/scholarships and support rolling! Please go to our website (http://duxburymusicpromotersidol.weebly.com) to DONATE --Thank you! Duxbury will be hosting the Thanksgiving Day Pep Band Breakfast this year for our annual football game against Marshfield. We are in need of donations and volunteers to help make this event successful. Please go to our website (http://duxburymusicpromotersidol.weebly.com) to sign up--thank you! We appreciate ideas & feedback about how we can support our musicians, please email us at: duxburymusicpromoters@gmail.com If you have an idea for a student-run Disney Fundraiser, please have your student ask for a "blue fundraising form" from the music department--the most important criteria is that the student earn 50% toward their trip. See our DMP website for upcoming emails, newsletters & social media for updates. LIKE us & share posts on Facebook & follow us on Twitter @Duxburymusic! CONCERT DATES: SEMMEA Jr Auditions-Sat. 12/3/16 Grade 6 Holiday Concert-Tues. 12/6/16 Gr 7&8 Holiday Chor/Orch-Th. 12/8/16 Gr 5 Holiday Concert-Mon. 12/12/16 Gr 7&8 Holiday Band-Tues. 12/13/16 DHS Concert Groups-Thurs. 12/15/16 DHS Ensembles-Wed. 12/21/16 UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES: New members & chairs needed for various yearly fundraisers like Mattress Fundraiser, Holiday Auction, any student run Disney Trip fundraising ideas for individually-raised funds, and Duxbury Idol Remix.
DUXBURY SPORTS WALL FUNDRAISER Where: Duxbury Legion When: Friday, December 9 th from 6-9pm Cost: $25 per person (adults only) ***Food included***fantastic raffle prizes and silent auction items***cash bar*** 100% of the proceeds will go towards funding the sports wall! PLEASE JOIN US! Support the Duxbury community to raise funds for the new sports wall. Let s provide a place for our kids to practice town sports for years to come! Tickets can be purchased at DuxPlex via Matt Walsh, or online at https://squareup.com/store/duxsportswall, or you can email Liv Pikul at livpikul@hotmail.com if you have questions. We hope to see you there, and if you can t make it, please consider making a donation to the wall. It s a great way to kick off the holiday season, celebrate with us Thank you for your support. Go Dragons!