Duxbury Middle School

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1 Duxbury Middle School WEEKLY NEWS STRIVE FOR SUCCESS EVERY DAY IN A CARING, RESPECTFUL, LEARNING COMMUNITY 71 ALDEN STREET, DUXBURY MA PHONE: W EBSITE: DECEMBER 7, 2015 Important Dates December 7th Half day for Students December 8th 6th Grade Concert for Jazz Club & Steel Drums December 9th School Committee Meeting December 10th 7th & 8th Grade Chorus/Orchestra Concert December 15th 7 & 8th Grade Bands and Jazz Band Concert th Dec. 24th Jan. 1st Winter Break January 6th School Committee Meeting CONGRATULATIONS DMS ROBOTICS TEAM Congratulations to the students in the DMS Robotics Club who did a fantastic job competing against other Massachusetts Middle Schools at the annual FLL (First Lego League) Robotics Competition this past weekend. The Competition took place at WPI, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The DMS Robotics Club meets every Thursday after school where the students have fun building and programming robots.

2 DMS School Council Openings DMS has parent openings for our School Council. Interested candidates please submit a letter of interest and a brief personal or professional bio to School Council Elections. Letters may be ed to the DMS Principal, Blake Dalton at bdalton@duxbury.k12.ma.us or dropped off in the DMS office. MORNING STUDENT DROP-OFF SAFETY RULES Thank you so much for making the morning drop-off go so smoothly, however, we would like to remind you of our drop-off expectations. We do expect everyone to help us provide a safe and efficient drop-off. The Student Drop-off area is in FRONT of Duxbury Middle School where the ORANGE TRAFFIC CONES are located. We are asking that you: Please pull all the way to the far corner where the Student Drop-Off sign is located in FRONT on the Middle School. This allows as many cars as possible to unload. If traffic is moving very slowly, continue to move forward to the corner before letting students exit your vehicle. Please do NOT pass cars in front of the Middle School. Students do get out on the passenger side, making it a dangerous situation if you pass them. The cones are there to make it one lane! Please do NOT let students get out of the cars when your car is on the side of the middle school. This is an active traffic zone with cars passing your vehicles. Wait until you have turned the corner and are in FRONT of the Middle School where the traffic cones are located. Please do NOT travel in the right hand lane to let your children out in the parking lot. It is not safe for them to cross through the drop-off lane and this holds up the drop-off process. Drop off is in the left lane only. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

3 Duxbury Music News DON T MISS A BEAT! The Duxbury Music Promoters Online Holiday Auction Opens December 8th at 9:00 a.m. Bid on over 200 items and support our student musicians! Bid online at duxburymusic.org Featured items include: Patriots Rob Gronkowski Autographed Jersey, Boston Symphony Orchestra Tickets, Celtics and Bruins Tickets, Disney Parkhopper Passes, Sunday River Getaway, Overnight at Stowe's Edson Hill, Mohegan Sun Package, PGA National Resort Getaway, Clay Buchholz Autographed Baseball... PLUS Gift Certificates from a wide variety of local businesses and restaurants, holiday gift baskets, sports equipment, musical instruments, ski lift tickets, donations from local artists and photographers, unique stocking stuffers and more! We welcome all bidders, so please spread the word to help us reach our fundraising goal! And be sure to put these holiday concert dates on your calendar: 12/8/15-7pm - 6th Grade / Jazz Club 12/10/15-7pm - 7th/8th Grade Chorus / Orchestra 12/14/15-7pm - Grade 5 12/15/15-7pm - 7th/8th Grade Bands / Jazz Band 12/17/15-7:30pm - DHS Concert Groups 12/21/15-7:30pm - DHS Ensemble Groups

4 DUXBURY HOCKEY CUSTOM APPAREL IS AVAILABLE HERE!! **HOLIDAY SHOPPING MADE EASY**STORE OPEN UNTIL DEC 10**ITEMS SHIPPED TO YOUR DOORSTEP** Placing your order is only a click away cat/duxbury- hockey- grey- 2015/ Please with any questions: Sue Corcoran suzannepcorcoran@icloud.com or Linda Quinlan lcquinlan4@gmail.com

5 Want to learn to make a folded book tree? Book Folding Workshop Make a tree or two! Wednesday, December 9th 3:00 4:15 PM DMS/DHS Library Sign up in person at the library circulation desk. See Mrs. Potash if you have any questions. Registration required. Space limited to 12 students. There is no cost for this workshop. All materials are provided but you are welcome to bring additional items to make your literary tree special to you. Ideas: ribbon, garland, tiny pinecones, beads, pompoms, stickers Sample trees in the Library Showcase on Main Street

6 Holiday Gift-Giving Program Once again, DMS will be participating in the Holiday Gift-Giving Program, through the Interfaith Council. This year, each team has been assigned two children to purchase gifts or gift cards for. The team assignments are listed below. Please be sure to write the amount on the gift cards. All gifts must be unwrapped and cash will not be accepted. Each team should deliver their gifts to the Guidance Office by 8:45 on Friday, December 11 th. Thank you to all those who are able to participate. Wishing you a wonderful season from the DMS guidance counselors! Team 6A: 7 year old girl and a 10 year old boy Team 6B: 11 year old girl and a 9 year old boy Team 7A: 10 year old girl and 13 year old boy Team 7B: 12 year old girl and an 8 year old boy Team 8A: 13 year old girl and an 8 year old boy Team 8B: 9 year old girl and a 12 year old boy