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| Tuesday, February 25 |
4th and 5th grade clubs |
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| Tuesday, February 25 |
Ticket purchase deadline for DES Grizzlies night |
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| Friday, February 28 |
YEARBOOK SALES END |
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| Friday, February 28 |
Book Character Dress Up Day |
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Buy your Yearbook this week!
Did you purchase your yearbook yet? The deadline for purchase of the 2019-2020 yearbook is
THIS FRIDAY, February 28, 2020!
The yearbook can be purchased on
My School Bucks.
You can confirm purchase of a yearbook by clicking on "My Order History" under the "School Store" tab.
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Book Character Dress-Up Day
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DolphinFest
DolphinFest, Dogwood PTO's annual spring festival, will take place (rain or shine!) on Saturday, March 7th! From 10am to 2pm, the halls of the school will be filled with fun and games galore for kids of all ages! Come make lasting memories with the whole family, by enjoying inflatables, carnival games, concessions, and silent auction.
We need Y-O-U to make DolphinFest a huge success. Parents, middle school students, and high school students are invited to volunteer. Follow the volunteer sign up links at
www.dogwoodpto.com/dolphinfest
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You may
PURCHASE
your
tickets, lanyards, and unlimited inflatables wristbands
online through Sunday, March 1st. Items will be sent home with students the week of March 2nd.
We can't wait to see you on March 7th!
We would like to thank ALL of our sponsors for their support of DolphinFest 2020.
PLATINUM LEVEL SPONSORS:
My Town Roofing
Saddle Creek Orthodontics
Chris & Teresa Price
BLACK LEVEL SPONSORS:
Daher Asthma and Allergy Clinic
Dave & Busters
First Horizon Bank
Germantown Farmington Animal Hospital
Minnie Miles Travel
The Orchard Church
Redeemer's Group
Ridgeway Country Club
Skin Clinics
Shelter Insurance - Lauren Hahs Gilchrist
Springer Sisters
Vascular and Vein Institute of the South
BLUE LEVEL SPONSORS:
Art by Mariet Rogers
Blo Dry Bar Oxford
Board & Brush
Donut Hutt
Laura Clark, Realtor - Coldwell Banker Collins-Maury
Collierville Bootcamp
The Dive Shop
Elizabeth Looney Photography
F45 Training
Firestone Complete Auto Care
Guess Builders
The Handmade Home
Janna Hacker and Associates
Heavenly Rugs
Highpoint Climbing and Fitness
Hoop City Basketball Club
Mathnasium
Memphis Footgolf Club
Menagerie Farms
Memphis Metro Volleyball
Music Box
NexTech Solutions
Pigtails and Crewcuts
Victra Verizon
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DES Night at the Grizzlies
Save the date for a fun night at FedEx Forum!
Order your tickets here.
The deadline to purchase tickets is February 25, 2020.
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Kids Kan
Great job, Dolphins on surpassing our Kids Kan goal! We brought in
2,669 cans for the MidSouth Food Bank. Thank you to everyone who sent in cans and monetary donations!
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Dogwood's Got Talent
This event will showcase the talents of our school! It is open to all DES students (kindergarten through 5th grade).
Applications are now available, or can also be picked up outside Ms. Boyd or Ms. Teel's room.
Applications are due by March 13, 2020. Turn in an application to get an email with sign-ups for audition slots.
Audition dates are March 31, April 1, and April 2. There will be a workshop on April 23rd and a dress rehearsal on April 29th. The show will be on April 30th.
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Choose to Be KIND
The following students received a Dolphin Dollar and were invited to sign the Choose to Be KIND wall in the cafeteria:
Oliver Carsson, Chelsea McLaughlin, Jack Freeman, Mary Hancock, Salina Rahman, Rhett Stegall, Oman Alramm, Kate Howell, Emma Kate Nelson
Please help the counseling department reinforce the importance of being KIND and how it shapes character and promotes becoming a world changer.
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Shout Outs
Big thanks to
Nabiha Huda for organizing a very successful Kids Kan drive! Thank you to the s
tudent ambassadors, Kristin Boccher, Elizabeth Gates, Ann Gee, Gayle Higley, Holly Kulp, Michelle Midha and Karen Viotti for helping count and pack cans for Kids Kan this week!
Our Dogwood community is the best! If you would like to have someone recognized, please email
Elizabeth Gates.
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Houston High PTSO
Houston High School's PTSO is looking for board members for next year! If you are interested in serving on the 2020-2021 HHS PTSO Board of Managers,
please complete the form below
and return to
Sherri Sands by March 1, 2020
via email
or the PTSO mailbox in the HHS front office.
Listed on the
attached form are all the positions on the HHS PTSO Board.
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C.L.A.S.S
Closed, Locked, and the Students are Safe!
The GMSD Safety Team has launched a new campaign to remind students not to open school doors for anyone. Signs are posted at each exit as visual reminders. Check out our principal and students in this musical public safety announcement.
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GMC PTO Board
The nominating committee has been working diligently to prepare a slate for the 2020-2021 GMC PTO Board and we will need your assistance. If you are interested or know someone who is seeking to serve our GMSD community, please have them complete the nomination form. Our main goal as a committee this year, is to ensure that we have a representative from each school on the GMC PTO Board.
Please send all completed forms via email or a screenshot to Chii Onyeagocha or 404-798-9056.
The deadline for the form submission is March 23, 2020. This will give us ample time to communicate with all candidates, confirm our slate and present at our next scheduled GMC PTO meeting on April 14, 2020.
Thank you for your continued service and commitment to GMSD.
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Parent Engagement Opportunities
Strategic Plan Town Hall For Public Feedback on March 31st
District staff and school board members will present the first draft of the GMSD 2025 Strategic Plan on March 31st from 6 pm - 8 pm at a townhall meeting. Staff will be available to collect public feedback. Following the town hall meeting, the draft plan will be published at
www.gmsdk12.org. The community is also invited to provide feedback via our online platform at that time.
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| Tuesday, February 25 |
4th and 5th Grade Clubs |
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| Friday, February 28 |
Yearbook Sales Close |
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| Friday, February 28 |
Book Character Dress Up Day |
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| Monday, March 2- Friday March 5 |
CASE Benchmark Testing |
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| Saturday, March 7 |
DolphinFest |
10 AM- 2 PM |
| Monday, March 9 |
GMSD Board of Education Meeting |
5:30 PM Work Session
6:30 PM Business Meeting
GMSD District offices |
| Tuesday, March 10 |
PTO Meeting |
9 AM, Dogwood Cafeteria
*this is a time change*
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| Tuesday, March 10 |
DES Night at the Grizzlies |
7 PM, Fed Ex Forum |
| Thursday, March 12 |
Spring Pictures |
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| Friday, March 13 |
End of third quarter |
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| Monday, March 16- Friday, March 20 |
SPRING BREAK- NO SCHOOL |
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| Monday, March 23 |
First Day of 4th Quarter |
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| Monday, March 23 |
Down Syndrome Awareness Day |
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| Thursday, March 26 |
HMS Open House for 5th Grade Parents |
6 PM |
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Each of these businesses gives back a portion of your purchase to Dogwood or the Dogwood PTO. Click on the links below to enroll!
View
this video to see just how easy the new BTFE program is to use!
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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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