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DolphinFest
The countdown to DolphinFest is ON!! With less than a week to go, excitement is rapidly growing, and we can't wait for you to experience all that is in store at this year's event!
Haven't bought your tickets yet?! It's not too late! Save yourself time in line, by purchasing your tickets online through mid-night on Tuesday, February 26th. Also, Fast Pass drawings will take place Thursday, February 28th. Your kiddos may bring money to the cafeteria Thursday morning before school or you may purchase online. Tickets, lanyards, and sweatbands purchased online will be sent home on Thursday, Feb. 28th, and Friday, Feb. 29th. *Please note, that tickets, lanyards, and sweatbands will also be available for sale in person on the day of the event.
AUCTION!
The suspense is now over!! DolphinFest's Silent Auction is now LIVE and will be all online this year!!! Visit
www.auctria.com/auction/dolphinfest2019 to register and receive a bidder number. If you registered last year, you should have received an email or text this morning with instructions for downloading the Auctria app. It is so easy!! Install the app, enter your code for online bidding and start bidding on the amazing items in this year's auction. Be sure to check out the Teacher Features and Dogwood Exclusive items that are all online this year!
All
available
items are featured online and will also be displayed for viewing in person from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm at DolphinFest.
Online bidding will close at 2:00 pm on Saturday, March 2nd and you may pick up the items you won at DolphinFest.
For more information, please visit: www.auctria.com/auction/dolphinfest2019
SPONSOR UPDATE!!!
DolphinFest would not be possible without the generosity and support of our many AMAZING sponsors! Thank you to the following businesses for sponsoring our DolphinFest and our school:
PLATINUM LEVEL
My Town Roofing
Tower Ventures
Dave & Busters
BLACK LEVEL
Donut Hutt
Battlefront Lasertag & Paintball
Rock N Roll Sushi
Dermatology Realm
First Tennessee
Pigtails & Crewcuts
Hotworx
Stash
BLUE LEVEL
Painting With a Twist
Rhea Lana's of Germantown- Collierville
The Springer Solution
The Smith Clinic for Physical Therapy
Norfork Resort & Trout Dock
The Main Event
Collierville Soccer Association - Lobos Rush
Laura Clark, Realtor - Coldwell Banker Collins-Maury
Heavenly Rugs
Firestone Complete Auto Care
Victra Verizon
Mellow Mushroom
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT!!
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Earn Your Teacher a Free Lunch with Your Volunteer Hours!
In order to make DolphinFest a success, we need Y-O-U! By now, room parents have reached out for volunteers for Dolphinfest.
When you register to volunteer you will be asked to select your child's homeroom teacher. The teacher from each grade that recruits the most volunteers for Dolphinfest will receive lunch...on us! Each volunteer shift counts as a point for your teacher, so sign up as many times as you like! For any questions about volunteering, email Karen Viotti at
karencbu@gmail.com
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Dine and Dash
A popular stop at DolphinFest is the Dine and Dash board. Dogwood families can purchase gift cards that have been donated by area restaurants for 10% off!
We are looking for lots of gift cards to stock our Dine and Dash board. If you have any restaurant contacts that might be willing to donate a gift card, or if you would like to donate a restaurant gift card to help support our Dogwood PTO, please contact
Alison Fondaw at
aliejohns@yahoo.com. Thank you!
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Kids Kan
We raised 5,235 cans for the Mid-South Food Bank! We are so happy to have met our goal!
Thank you to everyone who sent in items and monetary donations to benefit our community. A special thank you our
KidsKan Coordinator, Nabiha Huda, and to all the people that helped count and box everything this week: KidsKan
Our Dogwood Student Ambassadors, Carmen Henson, Elizabeth Gates, Kari Armstrong, Michelle Midha, Alison Fondaw, Holly Kulp, Kathryn Hickey, Chelsea Slabaugh, Jennifer Brown, and Karen Viotti.
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Dogwood Track Team
The Dogwood Track Team
is recruiting beginner to advanced runners in 3rd - 5th grade for the 2019 spring track season. If you would like to sign up for this year's track team, you will need to do so on your MySchoolBucks account. The sign-up period will close on March 4th.
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Review Morning Drop Off Times
Breakfast 8:15 a.m. - if your student is eating breakfast, they may be dropped off at the front circle drive entrance at 8:15 am.
Students who are not eating breakfast or involved in a morning club or activity may not be dropped off earlier than 8:30 a.m. Doors will open at 8:30.
Classes start at 8:45 a.m.
REACH is available for $10.50 per day or a discounted monthly rate if needed.
Click here to learn more about before and after school programming through REACH.
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Behavior Management Workshop - All GMSD Parents Invited
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Support Our Art Program
Our Art Teachers have an Amazon Wishlist for books that will be used to support art instruction during art classes. Though they are not checked out of the art rooms for students to take home, Ms. Luyendyk and Ms. Drury both have reading areas in their rooms available to early finishers. They also utilize the books as an option on Freedraw Days, which are a reward for great classes and students at the end of the quarter.
Our wonderful Art Teachers need help preparing for our annual Fine Arts Night! They need help filling out forms for each student and preparing the artwork for display. It is just an hour and ANY help is appreciated!! Thank you!
If you can help fill out forms, but cannot come to the school, you may take some home. Reach out to Ms. Drury:
marci.drury@gmsdk12.org
Any help is appreciated!
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Book Character Dress-Up Day
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Box Tops
Send in those Box Tops! The class that turns in the most completed sheets by February 27 will win a Pizza Party! Hooray!
Can't find your collection sheet?
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Dolphins Choose to be NICE
The following students received a Dolphin Dollar and were invited to sign the Choose to be NICE wall in the cafeteria on Friday.
Olivia Sulcer, Faidah Jaber, William Temple, Zachary Randall, Mia Chambers, Lily Brownd, and Aariv Shah
The criteria for selecting students is based on having demonstrated the following characteristics:
Noble
Inclusive
Compassionate
Excellent
Please help the counseling department reinforce the importance of being NICE and how it shapes character and promotes becoming a world changer.
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Check Your Child's Grades
Did you know that Skyward offers an app for smartphones that enables parents to check their children's grades on the go? Click here to watch the one minute tutorial about how to install the app and view grades with ease.
You can also access Skyward at:
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Anonymous Alerts
What is the Anonymous Alerts app?
The Anonymous Alerts anti-bullying and safety app reporting system helps combat bullying and other negative activity in schools by empowering students to speak up.
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Shout Outs
We had some amazing help getting ready for the DolphinFest auction. These ladies helped wrap and prepare over 100 items for the auction! Thank you to
Nabiha Huda,
Chelsea Slabaugh, Carie Alley, Michelle Seaton, Jennifer Davis, Holly Kulp, Kathryn Hickey, and Carmen Henson. Check out their handy work!
The Dogwood community is the best!! There are so many people who serve our students, teachers, and families so well that we would like to recognize them more publicly throughout the year. If you have a shout out for a student, teacher, parent, or administrator any time throughout the year, please email it to
elizgates@gmail.com.
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HMS Pom Clinic
The deadline for registration for this event was Friday, February 22nd. If you registered, please note that the date for this event is Wednesday, February 27th. An earlier version of the flyer was circulated with an incorrect date.
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GMSD 5K Stampede and Color Run
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Forest Hill Elementary Updates
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Forest Hill Elementary
As many of our families will be zoned for Forest Hill Elementary next year, we will use this space to communicate information concerning the new school as we receive it.
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Please follow this link for information and upcoming events for Forest Hill Elementary School:
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Join the Forest Hill Elementary Facebook Page
Be sure to Like and Follow Forest Hill Elementary's official Facebook page:
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Ag Day Student Art Competition
Theme: Agriculture: Food for Life
Submission deadline:
March 1, 2019
Who: Grades 3-12 in Shelby or DeSoto Counties
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Nominate a Teacher of the Month
The Germantown Education Commission recognizes teachers who make a significant difference in the lives of students, schools, and the community. Nominate a deserving Dogwood teacher for the Teacher of the Month!
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You Don't Want to Miss...
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Upcoming Events
Monday, February 25 -
Friday, March 1
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CASE Benchmark Testing
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9:00 - 11:00 am
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| Saturday, March 2 |
DolphinFest |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
| Monday, March 4 |
Read Across America Day |
All Day |
| Tuesday, March 5 |
PTO Meeting/Program |
6:15 PM |
| Friday, March 8 |
Quarter 3 Ends |
All Day |
| Monday, March 11 - Friday, March 15 |
Spring Break - NO SCHOOL |
All Day |
| Monday, March 18 |
School Resumes |
All Day |
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Germantown Municipal School District provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, handicap/disability, sex, genetics or age.
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