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Dorothy Hamm Middle School PTSA
PHOENIX POST
Monday, March 4th, 2024
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Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming DHMS Dates | |
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Tuesday, March 5th - NO SCHOOL (Primary Election Day)
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Tuesday, March 12th - DHMS PTSA Meeting, 7:00pm
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Thursday, March 14th-Friday, March 15th - Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences
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Friday, March 15th - NO SCHOOL (Parent-Teacher Conferences)
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Tuesday, March 19th - DHMS Dines Out: Shake Shack, 11am-10pm
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Monday, March 25th - Friday, March 29th - NO SCHOOL (Spring Break)
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Tuesday, April 9th - DHMS PTSA Meeting, 7:00pm
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Wednesday, April 10th - NO SCHOOL (Eid al-Fitr)
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Monday, April 15th - NO SCHOOL (Grade Preparation Day); End of 3rd Quarter
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Friday, May 3rd - EARLY RELEASE (12:05pm Dismissal)
Please visit the online master DHMS Calendar for all 2023-24 school year dates.
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DHMS Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences
Thursday, March 14th-Friday, March 15th
Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences – March 14 (after school) and March 15(no school for students)
We are so fortunate to have two conference days provided for Middle School students, parents, and teachers to meet. Our Fall Conference allows parents to meet every teacher and touch base about student transition to the new grade level. Our Spring Conference requires all students to create and share with parents and their TA Teacher a presentation explaining their progress this year, their strengths and areas for growth, and their plans for their academic future. This style of conference supports students with taking ownership, long-term, of their educational goals. A couple of logistics to note:
- Look for an email/phone call from your TA Teacher to schedule your conference.
- Come prepared to share 1 or 2 goal areas you have for your Phoenix student (short or long term).
- You, your Phoenix student, and the TA teacher will meet for 20 minutes to engage in this presentation.
- All students are required to be present.
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DHMS Dines Out: Shake Shack (Ballston)
Tuesday, March 19th
Support the DHMS PTSA on Tuesday, March 19th when you visit Shake Shack in Ballston, located at 4201 Wilson Blvd STE 0180 Arlington, VA 22203, anytime between 11am and 10pm.
See the flyer for details, and spread the word to friends and family. Thank you!
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DHMS KidsGiving Clothing Drive
The Clothesline for Arlington Kids
Donate through Friday, April 5th
It's spring cleaning time! Please bring your gently-used clothing items and shoes to the big orange box at door 1. KidsGiving is sponsoring a clothing drive from now until April 5th for Clothesline. Clothing for kids ages K-8th grade will be put to good use in our community. Thank you!
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DHMS School Resource Room
The school’s resource room includes food, hygiene items, school supplies, and warm clothes. Offerings vary per month. Here are some of the items you can expect:
- Food: pasta, rice, canned goods, peanut butter, cereals, snacks
- Hygiene items: laundry detergent, soaps feminine hygiene products, toothpaste/brushes
- School supplies: binders, notebooks, pencils, backpacks, lunch boxes
- Warm clothes: jackets, sweatshirts, gloves, socks
The school social worker is also able to locate and order items by request. To make an appointment to visit the resource room, have items sent home with your student, or request items, contact Gabby Bomberg or (703)-946-9032.
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Online DHMS School Spirit Wear Store
The online DHMS Spirit Wear store is open all year round! You may order anytime and items will be shipped to your home address. Select from a wide variety of tees, hoodies, hate, shorts, jammie pants, bags, and accessories in adult, women, and youth sizes. A great way to show your school spirit, and the DHMS PTSA receives 5% of sales. Click below to place your order, and contact spiritwear@dhmsptsa.org with any questions.
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Donate Your Plastic Film Waste & Help DHMS Win a Trex Bench
The DHMS Green Team is setting our sights on winning a super cool Trex bench for our school if we can collect 1000 pounds of plastic recycling material. Bring in your CLEAN, DRY plastic film waste like newspaper sleeves, plastic grocery bags, bubble wrap and all of those empty shipping envelopes. Just drop it in the plastic bins in the hallway near the front office and we'll do the rest. Please make sure all of the plastic is CLEAN, DRY and FREE of FOOD RESIDUE.
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New APS Committee on EdTech, Send Your Ideas
A new committee of the Advisory Council for Teaching and Learning (ACTL) on Education Technology (EdTech) was launched recently. The role of ACTL advisory committees is to channel the input of students, teachers and parents into the improvement of APS in their areas of responsibility. As the recent article in ARLnow describes, the EdTech Advisory Committee Chair, Chris Woolfe, presented a Progress Report to the recent APS School Board meeting and received feedback from the Board. The EdTech Advisory Committee will be making recommendations to the School Board at some point in the year, so if you have any concerns or recommendations for the Committee to consider, please reach out to one of the EdTech Committee members (and DHMS Rep to ACTL), Erik Johnson.
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Complete the APS Go Survey
Every three years, APS conducts a travel survey to understand how our students, families and staff get to and from school.
- APS uses information from these surveys to develop plans and programs that increase safety, reduce traffic congestion, and improve air quality around schools.
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The survey is now open through March 8.
- The survey is voluntary and anonymous.
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Your Voice Matters @APS Survey
This week, APS launched the 2024 Your Voice Matters @APS Survey, and we want to hear from all our families and staff. View this short kickoff video about why hearing from each of you is so important. The results will be used to strengthen family engagement and improve outcomes for students across all schools.
The survey will be conducted during the day in classrooms for students and staff; families received an email with a personalized link from Panorama Education on Tue, Feb. 20.
For assistance with completing the survey, especially if the individual link to access the survey is not received, please email engage@apsva.us or call/text 571-200-2770.
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APS 7th Grade Students: George Mason University EIP Prep Program
To 7th Grade Students, George Mason University runs a program called the Early Identification Program (EIP) Prep which begins in 8th grade.
The EIP Prep is designed to support students academically and personally through numerous activities and events. EIP Prep students are provided with weekly tutoring, mentoring, financial aid, goal setting, study skills, and a wide range of seminars that focus on college prep and admissions. In addition, EIP Prep students and parents attend a family seminar that focuses on family communication, advocacy, and planning for college. Students who successfully complete EIP Prep will transition into EIP for grades 9-12.
- Click here for a letter with additional details.
- More information about GMU’s EIP program can be found here.
- More information about GMU’s EIP Prep program can be found at https://eip.gmu.edu/eip-prep/
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The DHMS PTSA Phoenix Post is a weekly newsletter that informs the DHMS community about DHMS, PTSA, and relevant APS and community news. Please send any newsletter submissions to newsletter@dhmsptsa.org by EOD Thursday for inclusion in the following Monday's Phoenix Post. | | | | |
