On February 17, Mr. Buynar's 8th grade U.S. History students will have the opportunity to attend a virtual event hosted by Yale University. At the event, students will have the chance to listen to top college professors and authors discuss the Abolitionist Movement.
We want to recognize the excellent effort made by both our 7th and 8th grade Girls Basketball Teams tonight in their contests against Paw Paw Middle School. Our girls demonstrated great sportsmanship and hard work! Way to represent Lady Chieftains!!
Students in Mrs. Deering's 6th grade ELA classes have been learning to read closely and annotate difficult text. Currently, they are working with partners to annotate and discuss what they are reading.
Attention DMS parents-
Dowagiac Middle School is excited to announce that the Van Buren Cass District Health Department will be offering a great opportunity for our students. On Friday February 25, 2022 the health department dental hygienist will be at DMS offering a program to help stop tooth decay. The SEAL Michigan Dental Sealant Program will be coming to place dental sealants on permanent six-year and twelve-year molars at NO COST!!! If your child has dental insurance it will be billed and any amount not covered by your insurance will be covered by this program. Please check with your dental insurance as many plans do not cover the cost of dental sealants. If your child does not have dental insurance there will be NO cost.
If you are interested in taking advantage of this opportunity please complete the necessary form your child received and send it back to the school as soon as possible and we will take care of everything from there. If your child did not bring home the necessary form, they are located in the main office.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact our School Nurse, Suzanne Dorman RN, MSN at sdorman@dowagiacschools.org or 269-782-4440 ext. 1129.
We hope that you take advantage of this great opportunity available to our students.
8th grade students in Mr. Buynar's U.S. History class are analyzing primary sources of information about the "Era of Good Feeling." Next, they will be crafting an essay on whether the "Era of Good Feeling" deserved its name. Keep up the research students!
Our DMS Grapplers were ON FIRE 🔥 in our home meet against Niles and Paw Paw Middle Schools on Thursday. Nice work CHIEFTAINS!
Our 7th and 8th grade Girls Basketball teams mase a GREAT EFFORT in their home game this week against Three Rivers Middle School. Nice job Lady CHIEFTAINS!
Students in Mrs. Grear's Creative Builders STEM class are learning about kinetic and potential energy by collaborating on a roller coaster project. Nice work CHIEFTAINS!
As we expected COVID cases are increasing so Ascension Borgess Lee is hosting a free rapid testing site. This is a drive thru testing site that is free.
ATTENTION all DMS girls interested in playing basketball this year. Tryouts will start on Monday, January 3rd from 4:30-6:30 in the middle school gym. FYI-In order to participate, student-athletes will need to have a physical on file with the school (If you do NOT have on the day of tryouts, you will NOT be allowed to play until one is provided.). Thank you.
We were treated to a wonderful Holiday Concert from our DMS/DUHS bands tonight. It truly was a JOY to hear everyone on stage together. The evening was orchestrated by Band Director, Mr. Shane Oakley. Everyone sounded FANTASTIC!! Super show CHIEFTAINS!!!
Last week we recognized the following students for being selected as one of our weekly DMS Chieftain HEROES: Kameron H, Charleigh R, & Maddy S. They displayed all of our characteristics of being: Helpful, Engaged, Respectful, Ownership, Empathetic and Safe. KEEP IT UP CHIEFTAINS!
Today, Mr. Schuur's choir classes at DMS wrote Christmas letters to local veterans to help brighten their holiday season. We love our community!
The Dowagiac Union School's Technology Department will be selling equipment Monday December 13 that is no longer being used in the District. The following equipment is available for sale: notebook computers starting at $40 each; Netbook computers for $15 each; Chromebooks starting at $15 each (most are $40 each). We will also have a few desktop computers and monitors. The sale will be held at the Technology Office (same building as the Autoshop) Monday December 13 from 3-5 pm. For questions call 269-782-4477.
Hello DMS Chieftain Families,
Public Safety has made us aware we can no longer allow families to park/stand in the entry area of our driveway in the morning. We have been informed it is a traffic hazard and does not allow emergency vehicles access to the building if a need should arise. Additionally, it has made it increasingly difficult for our district busses to get through to drop off students.
It is for these reasons that we are requiring all of our families who arrive early to either drop their son or daughter off in the front of the building (where they will be able to wait until our doors open at 7:25 am) or park in our front or back parking lots. This will allow emergency vehicles access to the building along with our busses. It will also help alleviate the congestion many people have communicated they experience daily on Riverside Drive.
We thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter.
Mrs. Cromer's Student Council sponsored a SOCKTOBER sock drive at DMS. We were able to collect over 270 pairs of socks to help keep families warm during the winter months. Pictured is the class enjoying a donut party for bringing in the most socks!!! Way to go CHIEFTAINS!
We want to give a BIG CHIEFTAIN shout out to Mr. Schuur and our DMS Choir students for putting on a fantastic Holiday Concert!
On Wednesday November 24th, the combined DUHS/DMS choirs performed at Ramona Roller Rink for "Penny a Pound Night" to kick off our holiday season. Over 50 students participated in singing for our community at this event. Our Dowagiac Choir students had a blast caroling, eating pizza, and skating! We certainly have a lot of things to be thankful for and we love our community!
You have two more chances to see our talented vocal music choirs perform before the end of 2021!
DUS Choir Winter Concert - Thursday December 2nd 6:30pm at Dowagiac Middle School
Annual Dowagiac Christmas Parade - Friday December 3rd 6:30pm outside City Hall. (We will also be selling hot chocolate for a $1!)
Thank you Mr. Schuur and our talented students for being CHIEFTAINS!
Students in Mr. Buynar's 8th Grade Social Studies classes are reciting the Constitution's Preamble as they begin their unit of study of our rights. CHIEFTAINS on the move at DMS!
We would like to congratulate Spencer C. for being selected as our October Student of the Month! Spencer was selected by staff for his positive attitude and good work ethic! He truly is one of our many DMS HEROES who come to school every day ready to learn!
