Dakota Minute

As the quarter is coming to an end, we have a new change in regards to quarter report cards. After the first quarter is completed, you will receive this final quarter 1 report card.

The report card you will see after November 11th will show average scores based on all of the benchmark standards housed under a “parent standard.” The purpose of this is to provide a quick overview of a student’s overall performance in a class in a condenced one page format. A more detailed report will also be avilable to view on Infinite Campus. Both reports will stay on Infinite Campus throughout the year.

Gratefully,

Principal Hyer

Thank you to our parent volunteers that we have had so far this year for our 7th Grade Biz Town Field Trips and coming up for our first all school dance! Your involvment in our DMMS student's lives is ever so grateful. If you are interested in volunteering for other dances or field trips to come, please do not hesitate to reach out! You can always email Jamie Linnemon, our Building and Principal Secretary, at JLinne1@isd77.org

We will have an assembly in honor of Veteran's Day on Friday, November 8th. There will be an altered schedule to allow for this gatering. If you have a family member that is active duty or a veteran and would like to attend, you are more than welcome to join. We have minimal seating! We ask that families enter door 8 (cafeteria side). The assembly is from 9:20am-10:00am.

Parents and Guardians,

We hope this letter finds you well as we near the end of October. We are pleased to inform you of a significant update regarding your child's academic progress as we continue to enhance our communication and streamline access to important information.

We will continue our work to inform you when recent data has been updated in the Infinite Campus parent portal throughout the year. Your child's DIBELS fall assessment results are now available for you to view under the student test detail tab.

Simply log in to your parent portal account using your credentials to access your child's DIBELS data in Infinite Campus. Click here for a complete set of directions to help walk you through the process. Please don't hesitate to reach out to your child's school If you encounter any difficulties or have questions about accessing or interpreting the data.

We believe we can strengthen the partnership between home and school to ensure academic success of our shared students by communicating and making DIBELS data readily available on Infinite Campus.

Thank you for your continued support and involvement in your child's education.

It is coming to be that time of year when the sniffles arrive. If you have any extra Kleenex that you are willing to donate to DMMS classrooms, we would gladly take some! You are more than welcome to drop them off in the Main Office for our classrooms.

Thank you!

PBIS: Recognizing Positive Behavior!

Students are recognized by adults in the building with PRIDE slips for demonstrating one or more of our 5 key characteristics of Preparedness, Respect, Integrity, Determination & Empathy.

Donate items for raffles by using our Amazon Wish List

PRIDE STORE GRAND OPENING: Wednesdays before school in the media center. We sold lots of snacks, trolls, Star Wars decor, mochis, Jibbitz and pencils. Students spend over 550 PRIDE tickets on our opening day!

PRIDE RAFFLE WINNERS: In October, we raffled off: A pickleball set, Owala water bottle and a pizza party with friends. The winners of a pizza party with friends are featured here.

Students should have brought home a hard copy of our PTA One and Done Fundraiser. If you have not seen a hard copy, please make sure to connect with your student/s.

HERE you will find a digital copy for your record.

Our fall conferences are coming up soon! Please mark on your calendars that they will be held at DMMS on Thursday, November 21st and Monday, November 25th. More information will be coming soon on sign ups through PTCFast.

We already have quite a bit of lost and found for the year. If your student is missing anything, please make sure they check out lost and found! Anything left at the end of the quarter will be donated.

Construction will continue throughout the 2024-25 school year as work on the new pool progresses. Construction fences and concrete barriers (see attachment remain in place around the parent drop-off/pick-up area.

To help reduce congestion on Howard Drive and in the DMMS parking lot, we offer the following suggestions:

Student Pick-Up and Drop-Off Areas:

• School Lot: Please use both lanes and take turns merging near the pick-up/drop-off area.

• Crossview Church: Please enter the parking lot and find a parking space. DO NOT stop or park in the roundabout, as this may result in a ticket.

• Caswell North: Please find a place to park and wait for your student. Students may use the trail from campus to Caswell North.

Two hour early releases will take place on the following dates:

November 13th, 2024. December 11th, 2024. January 8th, 2025. February 12th, 2025. March 12th, 2025. April 9th, 2025. May 14th, 2025.

There are no middle school practices on early release days. ALL DMMS student athletes should be picked up or use bus transportation home on these days.There is also no activity bus to Mankato West on Early release days. Student Athletes that participate at the high school level may have practices as normal but will have to provide their own transportation or contact their coach.

Here is the assessment calendar for the 2024-2025 school year. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Please make sure to view the student calendar on our district website. This will have our early releases and no school days. In addition, the Google Calendar will have DMMS Specific information.

• November 8th- Veteran's Day Assembly
• November 11th- No School/Teacher PREP Day
• November 13th- Early Out
• November 18th- PTA Meeting
• November 21st- Fall Conferences
• November 25th- Fall Conferneces
• November 27th-29th- No School
• December 3rd- Choir Concert @ West
• December 11th- Early Out
• December 13th- Shining Scarlet Breakfast
• December 16th- Band and Orchestrs Concert
• December 23rd-January 1st- No School