

DMS Week 7b Community Newsletter
Spring Semester - February 23, 2024
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See Daybreak for daily announcements (except Wednesdays): Daybreak Live
9 Week Progress Report - Coming Soon!
Don't be blindsided with missing assignments and failing grades at the 9 week Progress Grade
Parents & Guardians,
Continue to team with your student's teachers as we build ownership and self sufficiency of the STUDENTS for their grades and missing assignments in ALL their classes. Please check the Parent Portal and Canvas for your child's grades and missing assignments.
Here are links for PARENT ACCESS to Infinite Campus and CANVAS:
CANVAS - https://www.tvusd.k12.ca.us/Domain/12424
INFINITE CAMPUS - https://www.tvusd.k12.ca.us/Domain/9426
INFINITE CAMPUS PARENT LOGIN INSTRUCTIONS- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CU0C3E04No0Gun-Nk_M7LhCGhsZx6vAS/view
Band & Orchestra Concert & Silent Auction
Join Us 2-29-24 for a Dinner Concert & Silent Auction
Details:
Doors open at 6 PM in DMS MPR.
Concert begins at 6:30 PM
Food orders due by 2-23-24 (Email Mr. Briskey for questions: ebriskey@tvusd.us)
Admission is Free!
DMS Campus Highlights
Mr. Arreola & Mrs. Leuschen - ELA 8 - Guest Speaker Michael Scott Moore
Pulitzer Foundation Guest Speaker
Mr. Moore is a journalist and novelist. He is also a visiting professor at UC Riverside. Moore traveled to Somalia on a grant from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting to research a book on piracy. He was abducted by a local gang of pirates in January 2012.
One of his books, Sweetness and Blood, was named a best book of 2010 by The Economist, and his novel, The Desert and the Sea (2018), is a memoir about his captivity in Somalia.
Mr. Hobart's English 6 - Assignment Intervention & Support
Mrs. Dowling's Science 6 - Nervous System Reaction Simulation
Don't forget to Buy Your YEARBOOK!
Limited Yearbooks Left for Purchase!
Buy your yearbook NOW at the DMS Book Keeper Room 515 or Online here!
Book Keeper Hours:
Monday - 7:35 AM - 8:00 AM (before school)
Tuesday - 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM (after school)
Thursday - 7:35 AM - 8:00 AM (before school)
ASB Bookkeeper & Student Store Hours
Pick Up Orders in Room 515
Order Yearbooks, Defender Gear, and More!
Student Support & Reminders
Attendance: Arrive On Time! Tardies = Lunch Detention
Period 1-6 Tardies Count! Arrive On Time To Learn!
5 Tardies = warning
10 Tardies = 1 day lunch detention + 1 demerit
15 Tardies = 1 day after school detention + 1 demerit
20 Tardies = 2 days after school detention + 1 demerit
School success starts with attendance! Arrive on TIME, Defenders!
TVUSD Dress & Grooming Policy
- All DMS students reviewed TVUSD dress code expectations during the Common Sense Assembly on Friday, 8-18-23. KEY: Clothing free from images displaying or promoting drugs, alcohol, violent images, undergarments covered and shoes with heel strap.
- Guidelines are also listed in Student Handbooks.
- Please see TVUSD AR 5132 for guidelines.
DMS & TVUSD Community Info & Communications
- Previous DMS Weekly Community Newsletters
- After School Learning Opportunities click here
- TVUSD Community Connection Newsletter 2-15-24
TVUSD Parent Center Instagram Link
- TVUSD is Hiring: Edjoin Link HERE