Teacher Spotlight: Mrs. Sarah Wall is new to DES this year. She is in her 10th year in education and she has been an outstanding addition to our faculty. Mrs. Wall has excellent classroom management skills. She expects a lot of her students and has established strong routines to help maximize learning and minimize disruptions. Adding is an important skill in math for 1st grade and Mrs. Wall has taught her students many different strategies and how to effectively use manipultives in order to experience success. Thank you Mrs. Wall for helping all of your students to achieve at high levels!
Important Schedule Change for 2nd Grade Testing! Please note the change in testing dates due to school closure related to Hurricane Helene.
Sorry about the wrong times on the last post. The doors will be open from 10:00-12:00 tomorrow.
Come see us today in the DMS car line for a free hot dog thanks to Joe's Ice Cream Parlor!
Food and fun tomorrow at the community center!
Here are some of the disaster resources available in our area.
Fall Fest is just around the corner! To make the process go smoother this year, we will be offering pre-sale punch card tickets for some of the games featured on the flyer. These tickets can be purchased through MySchoolBucks starting today until October 23rd. Please note, we will only accept cash or checks starting October 16th. Don’t miss out on this exciting event!
We are in need of donations for our upcoming FUN Friday! Thanks so much for your support.
2nd Grade parents- Your students have CogAT/IOWA testing coming up Oct. 7-11. This test is used for Gifted and Talented qualification. Please make sure your child has a good night rest and eats breakfast each morning. If your child needs to eat breakfast at school, please make sure they are at school prior to 8:00 am.
Toddler time was a blast this morning, thank you @unitedwayofpickenscounty for supplying the books, “Little Blue Truck”. If you couldn’t join us today we would love for you to join us next month for our next toddler time! October 8th at 8:15am!
Our book fair will be open for Grits for Grands on Wednesday and Thursday. We will open the doors at 7:00 am. You may also continue to purchase gift cards at fairs.literati.com through Friday at noon. We will close Friday afternoon at 1:30! Thank you for your support!
Tomorrow is our first toddler time of the year! We hope to see you there!
🚨Last chance to donate before our Dacusville Elementary Fun Run! 🚨We surpassed our $10,000 initial goal already so we aiming for $1,500 more to get us to $15,000?🙏 Every donation, no matter what size, makes a HUGE impact on our school! Go now to myboostert.com and donate. Tonight is the last night! Tomorrow is our BIG EVENT! #supportourschool #thankyou #choosebooster
DES Principal, Travis Chapman, and Assistant Princpal, Christy Holder, have been actively involved this year in supporting student learning by teaching small groups in all grades. Our administrative team is dedicated to serving our students and teachers to achieve high levels of learning for ALL students!
The class with the most NEW Donations before tomorrow morning will earn 15 minutes in our Game Room!
Know someone from out of state? Join our 50 State Challenge! 🇺🇸 Check out the “State Map” on your MyBooster.com dashboard and share your fundraising page to a state we haven’t received a donation from yet! ❤️🤍💙
Our book fair begins next week, September 16-20. We will be offering gift cards for students again this year. To purchase a gift card, visit fairs.literati.com
REMINDER!! On Friday, September 20 we will have our first Fun Friday "No One is Bored when Board Games are Involved". Students will collaborate with peers and utilize important life and problem solving skills in a fun and active environment. DES is in need of games for students to play on Fun Friday and throughout the school year. Please consider purchasing these on our Amazon Wish List. https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2VNJ255WPW1BG?type=wishlist
📣Calling all Dacusville Elementary families! 📣Have you signed up your student for our fundraiser? You don’t want to miss out, our Dacusville Elementary Fun Run is going to be epic! 🥳 It only takes a minute! Head to MyBooster.com to get started. ✅ ✍️ Sign up your student. 🏫 Help us raise $10,000 for outdoor learning spaces and playground improvements. 🙌 Having an AMAZING experience on event day!
Our Fall book fair will be opening September 16-20. Our online companion fair is already open! You can visit fairs.literati.com to purchase. All proceeds from our book fair are used to purchase books for the school library. So far this year we have purchased 168 books with prior book fair funds.
