
Cameron White was nominated for player of the week and he is currently in 1st place! Click on the link and you can vote! Link: https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2024/09/15/south-bend-indiana-high-school-football-player-of-the-week-fan-poll-week-4/75103702007/ Eight players — five from northern Indiana and three from southwest Michigan — are nominated below. Voting will remain open until 11:59 p.m. Thursday.

Students who attend Justus Gage and Patrick Hamilton: Bus #16 is running 25 minutes behind schedule this morning. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Attention, Chieftain Fans! A few reminders of our Rules and Regulations at Chris Taylor Alumni Field: no backpacks, no outside food, no outside drinks, and all elementary and DMS students MUST be accompanied by an adult. We will be offering $1 Student Tickets to ALL Dowagiac students. Student tickets must be purchased at their school during school hours. If they are not purchased during school hours, tickets at the gate will be full price. During the 3rd quarter we will be shutting down the ticket booths and not allowing re-entry into the game. Let’s Go Chieftains!!!

Never Forget.


The Board of Education will hold its Regular Board Meeting, on Monday, September 16, 2024, in the Council Chambers at Dowagiac City Hall at 6:00 p.m. The meeting is open to the public.

Thank you!


Congratulations to Dane and Luke Spagnoli! If you have a student who is interested in this scholarship please visit: https://horatioalger.org/scholarships/ to find out more information. The Horatio Alger Association Scholarship application will be available for students to complete on March 15, 2025.


Snow Plowing Bids for 2024-25


Congratulations to Rebecca and Nevaeh!



DMS and DUHS families, if your student rides on BUS #4 it is running about 10-15 minutes late this morning.

Sister Lakes families, if your student rides BUS #4 please disregard our previous message, it will now arrive on time.

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We hope that everyone has had a great first week of school. Here are a few reminders, and we hope that you enjoy your long weekend. Welcome Back!



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Attention to DMS and DUHS students. BUS 19 will be running about 20 minutes behind schedule due to a mechanical issue. We are sorry for this inconvenience and we thank you for understanding.

Tomorrow, August 29, first HOME varsity football game!! We have a few reminders about the Rules & Regulations at Chris Taylor Alumni Field.



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Due to the heat, tonight's HOME Varsity Boys Soccer vs. Brandywine match has a new start time of 6:30 pm.

Attention!!!! The Varsity Volleyball Tri that is scheduled today at Niles has now been changed to being a HOME event. The Tri will start at 4:00 pm at DUHS!! If you bought tickets online, they will be honored. Tickets will be $7.00 at the door 🧡🖤