Cardinal Call

Email: dcms@443mail.org
Website: https://usd443.org/DCMS
Location: Dodge City Middle School, 6th Avenue, Dodge City, KS, USA
Phone: (620) 471-2100
Facebook: facebook.com/dodgecitymiddleschool
Twitter: @DodgeCityMiddle

The Principals

Mr. Still- Head Principal (6th Grade Principal)

Mrs. Bogner - Assistant Principal (8th Grade Principal)

Mr. Rogers - Assistant Principal/Athletic Director (7th Grade Principal)

Please feel free to share the following Holiday and Winter Safety tips with your building, family and friends.

The holiday season is a special time for giving thanks and focusing on family and loved ones. Help to ensure your family and friends are safe with the following tips:

1. Thaw your meat, poultry by using the refrigerator method, cold water method or in the microwave. Do not thaw your meat on the counter at room temp.
2. Make sure to wash your hands often and before and after preparing food. Hand washing is the single most effective way to prevent the spread of disease.
3. Use separate cutting boards and utensils for raw meats
4. Use a food thermometer to unsure your food has reached a safe temp. (poultry 165degrees, ground meat 160degrees, beef and pork 145 degrees)
5. Place your leftovers in the refrigerator within 2 hours of being cooked. They are safe in refrigerator for 4 days.
6. Keep alcohol away from children
7. Some holiday plants are poisonous and should not be placed where children or animals can reach them. (holly, mistletoe, poinsettia)
8. Inspect toys for chipping paint. Paint from other countries may contain lead.
9. Keep items containing batteries and high powered magnets away from children and pets. If swallowed they can be extremely dangerous to the digestive track.
10. Review toy recall notices before purchasing presents and avoid those on the list.
11. Now is a great time to have all fuel burning appliances inspected. (hot water heaters, furnaces, ovens, dryers, fireplaces)
12. Install carbon monoxide and smoke detectors. Test them monthly and change batteries every 6 months
13. Do not use a gas oven to heat your home
14. Do not run your vehicle in an attached garage even with the garage door open
15. Do not use a generator, grill, camp stove, or other gasoline or charcoal burning device inside your home, basement or garage.
16. Traveling guests in your home means extra coat pockets, purses and suitcase that may contain medications or other toxic items. Keep them away from the reach of your children and animals.

Have a safe and joyous holiday season! And as always thank you for helping to keep everyone healthy and safe!

In the month of December, the 7th grade Odyssey Team teachers have many exciting learning opportunities planned. In Mr. Varner’s science, students will continue learning about chemical formulas, molecules, and compound molecules. In ELA, students will continue with Act 2 of A Christmas Carol. The students have been creating a graphic novel of the play as we read and are excited to finish that. In math classes, students will be taking our FastBridge screener and we will begin working on Module 5: Multiplying and Dividing Rational Numbers. Ms. Camacho’s students will continue learning about digital citizenship. Finally, in Kansas History, students will learn more about our state’s earliest people, the historic tribes of Kansas and European explorers who traveled through the land.

Students alternate each day between PE and Connect. You will have access to the Red/White Day Calendar via our monthly newsletter

Key:

Red filled boxes = red day

White filled boxes = white day

Gray filled boxes = no school

6th Grade Team Red Day/White Day Schedule

Spartans (Red Day = P.E.) (White Day = Connect)

Olympians (Red Day = Connect) (White Day = P.E.)

7th Grade Team Red Day/White Day Schedule

Odyssey (Red Day = P.E.) (White Day = Connect)

Voyagers (Red Day = Connect) (White Day = P.E.)

8th Grade Team Red Day/White Day Schedule

All Stars (Red Day = P.E.) (White Day = Connect)

Defenders (Red Day= Connect) (White Day = P.E.)

• 12/16/24 DCHS/MS Jazz Concert@DCHS Commons 7PM
• 12/20/24 End of 1st Semester
• 12/23/24 Winter Break
• 12/24/24 Christmas Eve, Winter Break
• 12/25/24 Christmas Day, Winter Break
• 12/26/24 Winter Break
• 12/27/24 Winter Break
• 12/30/24 Winter Break
• 12/31/24 New Year's Eve, Winter Break

Girls' Basketball

2 Dec Eisenhower 7/8 Eisenhower Middle 4:00PM

5 Dec Hays 7/8 DCMS 4:00PM

9 Dec Great Bend 7/8 Great Bend 4:00PM

12 Dec Commanche 7/8 DCMS 4:00PM

Boys Wrestling

3 Dec DC Dual 7/8 Comanche Middle School 4:00PM

7 Dec Great Bend Tournament 7/8 Great Bend High School 9:00AM

14 Dec Hays MSWAC 7/8 Hays High School 10:00AM

Family Access by Skyward is a free service designed for families who would like to easily track your student(s) academic progress while at school. The service allows parents or guardians to view your student’s attendance, grades, schedule, food service balance, progress, assignments and emergency information.

Please call the Dodge City Middle School office at 620-471-2100 and ask to talk with Mrs. Burkhard to help you get started and signed up!

If you have questions regarding the professional qualifications of your child’s teacher or paraprofessional, please contact the school principal to gain more information on teacher qualifications and observed teaching performance. If you have questions regarding your student’s state assessment scores, please contact the school principal where your child is attending school