Daniel Wright

Daniel Wright welcomes 720 students in Grades 6-8 to a new school year. Enjoy pictures of students unpacking their supplies and finding their locker.

• No School: Monday, Sept. 2 for Labor Day.
• Athletic Parent Meeting: Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 5:00 p.m., for cross country, soccer, and girls basketball.
• MAP Testing: Wednesday, Sept. 4 and Thursday, Sept. 5.
• 6th-Grade Curriculum Night: Monday, September 9, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
• 7th- 8th-Grade Curriculum Night: Wednesday, September 11, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Please also note the separation of grade levels. This adjustment allows us to tailor the conversation more specifically to the transition to middle school for our sixth-grade families.

Fall sports season will begin the first full week of school.

• Cross Country: Practice starts Monday, Aug. 26. All students are welcome to participate.

• Soccer: Tryouts begin Monday, Aug. 26 through Wednesday, Aug. 28. Girls soccer is open to all students. Boys soccer is open to seventh- and eighth-grade boys.

• Girls Basketball: Tryouts begin Monday, Aug. 26 through Wednesday, Aug. 28. All students are welcome to tryout.

• Athletic Parent Meeting: Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 5:00 p.m., for cross country, soccer, and girls basketball.

Prior to Monday, Aug. 26, the following paperwork must be completed and turned into the school office:

• Permission to Participate form
• Sports Physical (Physicals are considered current for 395 days.)
• Once on a team, the Athletic Handbook and Concussion forms must be signed and turned in to the coach or front office.

Attention all science enthusiastic students in grades 6-8: Daniel Wright’s nationally-recognized Science Olympiad team is holding in-person tryouts after school on Wednesday, Sept. 4! Interested students must complete an interest form with their parents and submit it no later than Wednesday, Aug. 28. Take-home test packets can be picked up outside of room 151 (please take only one per student). Parents and students will be emailed a link to a pre-recorded informational Zoom meeting on Thursday, Aug. 29. The Zoom meeting will include everything you will need to know about trying out for the team and what to expect if you make the team. If you have any questions, please contact Head Coach Lisa Solesky (lsolesky@d103.org) or Assistant Prajatka Joshi (prajatka.s.joshi@gmail.com).

Please put students' names on belongings - earbuds, electronic devices, phones, glasses, water bottles, and everything brought to school. This will help us return lost items to students more quickly.

District 103 will launch an updated website this month. The updated website was necessitated by the acquisition of our previous website provider by Finalsite.

Get pumped for the new school year with the D103 Back-to-School Spirit Wear Sale! We are offering a massive 30% off site-wide, so you can snag all your favorite gear and rep your school with pride. Plus, orders over $75 get free shipping! Don’t wait—this epic sale is on now through Tuesday, Sept. 17. Shop today and kick off the year in style!

Join D103 PTO Parent Education and the Vernon Area Public Library for an enlightening parenting discussion centered around attachment theory techniques that enhance resilience and emotional regulation in children from school-age through adolescence.

• 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, on Zoom
• Register through the library.

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• Mrs. Jessica Groncki, Principal
• Dr. Nina Nusbaum, Assistant Principal
• Mr. Kyle Thompson, Assistant Principal
  
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