Jr. High has begun their Digital Citizenship Lessons with Mrs. Clough. The first lesson was on media balance. Attached are tips and ways to discuss with children about balancing their media lives. The Jr. high lessons will continue through next week.
Yesterday, with the help of So IL Veggies, the REACH class got to pick flowers and plant turnips and radishes in our school garden.
Fourth Grade is working on collecting donations for St. Francis Care for their Public Service Project this year. Deadline for donations is Wednesday, September 18th. All donations can be sent to school. There are painted boxes placed around the building to put donations in. Thank you so much for your support.
DGS Transportation Update: Due to mechanical issues with our bus, we will not be running a bus starting this afternoon (9/3), until further notice. Hopefully the issue will be resolved within a couple of days. Parents may call the school if transportation is an issue. We will notify you when bus routes will resume. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Reminder: DGS will dismiss at 2:15 today (8/30) and there will be no school on Monday (9/2) in honor of Labor Day. Have a wonderful weekend!
Reminder: DGS will dimiss at 2:15 today, Wednesday, August 28th.
The baseball and softball teams will have their first home game tonight! They will face Pinckneyville 204. Game time has been moved to 6:30 due to the heat. Come out to the park to cheer on our Rangers!
Please note the early dismissals for this week.
DGS students have been learning rules and expectations through Ranger Academy this week!
Good luck to our baseball and softball teams at OLMC today. Game time is 4:30.
GO RANGERS!
Investigation lab with 6th grade and ratios today in Jr. High!
Information for Ranger Station for this school year.
Athletics Update:
Due to the wet field conditions at Ewing, the baseball game for today (8/15) has been cancelled.
The softball game will be played as scheduled. Bus time for softball is 3:00.
Parents of students in grades 5-8, please be on the lookout for the cell phone compact that will be coming home today. They are to be signed and returned to school by this Friday, August 16.
Please join us tonight for Open House! Students may drop off supplies, see their classroom, and meet their teacher. We can't wait to see everyone!
Don't forget Open House will be on Monday, August 12, from 6-7pm. We are excited to see everyone!
Please see below for back to school dates and information.
DGS school supply lists are now available! You can find them on the school website: www.desoto86.org, or at the following link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13eu61nhq0ztbY0phloEU_jG2Zw_0rr_V
DGS Athletics update:
Baseball and softball practices will begin in August. Baseball will begin practices on August 1, from 1-3, and softball will begin on August 5, from 10-11:30. Practices will be at DeSoto Park. Students in grades 5-8 are invited to join.
Please remember ALL athletes MUST have a current physical on file in the office to participate (including practices).
Registration for K-8 DGS students is now online! To register your child for school: Log-in to your TeacherEase parent account. Click on the registration link. Registration should take less than 15 minutes. ALL students need to be registered by Monday, July 24.
New students may register by using the following link: https://www.teacherease.com/NewFamilyRegistration.aspx?refid=b15d4e47-e859-4b6b-aa7a-062c3b2376f4. If you have any questions, please contact the school, or email Mrs. Clough at lclough@desoto86.org.
Please note: this is only for Kindergarten-8th grade. Pre-K has a separate registration.
