Mrs. King's class wrapped up their Johnny Appleseed unit by making apple pie in a cup! We started by crushing graham crackers for the base, then added apple filling, whipped cream, and a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. Before tasting, we made predictions about the flavor. After enjoying our tasty treats, we wrote down the steps we took using sequencing words. It was a fun way to celebrate our learning!
4th graders worked in teams to design and build their own Road to the American Revolution-themed board games. After carefully crafting the board games, the students had the opportunity to play each others games, bringing the key events of the Revolutionary War to life in an interactive way!
Coming soon!!!! Dewar Elementary Fall Festival!
Dewar Elementary's 2nd grade is selling Domino’s pizza cards as a fundraiser this year! Please support us by purchasing, or donating, a card on our online store:
https://store.dominos.cards/44858
Students from Mrs. Crews, Mrs. White, and Mrs. Scott’s class enjoyed participating in STEM projects this week. They tested their bottle flipping abilities by filling four different water bottles with different amounts of candy corn to see how times they could successfully flip their bottles. Finally they became spiders and engineered webs using yarn, cotton, craft sticks and their surroundings to catch plastic insects.
Mrs. Taylor's class wrapped up their Johnny Appleseed unit this week with some "Fun Friday" activities! Students tasted red, yellow, and green apples and chose their favorite. Next, they iced an apple shaped cookie, based on the color they liked best and made a graph to see which color was liked by the most students. The yellow apples won! Last, the class followed a recipe to make crock-pot apple dump cake. Learning is sweet at DES!
Mrs Niewoonder's 1st graders enjoyed their first day back at school after the storm. They talked about a variety of community helpers and made cards to show their appreciation.
Veteran's Day Contest!! All submissions will be due by Tuesday, November 5th!
Congratulations to our September Viking Students of the Month from each class! We are so proud of you. Special thanks to the Bemiss McDonald's for providing the delicious lunches for our students to enjoy!
Wear red this Friday, October 18!
Join us on Monday, October 21!
Picture Retakes will be on Monday, October 21!!
Career Day has been postponed until sometime in March of 2025. Thank you for understanding!
Are you ready for the Fall Festival? Purchase your punch cards online at the Dewar School Store under Events and buy your pumpkins online at the Dewar School Store under Merchandise! Links below!
https://dewar.revtrak.net/events/
https://dewar.revtrak.net/merchandise/#/v/pumpkins-for-sale
PTO Meeting on Monday, October 21st!
Welcome back, Vikings!
This is a reminder that students will return to school tomorrow, Wednesday, October 16th. We are so excited to welcome everyone back and look forward to resuming our normal schedule.
While this has been a challenging time, we are incredibly proud of how our community has come together. We truly are #OneLowndes, and #BetterTogether!
Get ready for the Dewar Book Character Dress Up Contest to be held on Thursday, October 31st! The student with the most creative book character costume from each grade level will receive a $10 gift certificate for the November Scholastic Book Fair! To win the contest, you must have a copy of the book with your character. If you don't have a copy at home, check out the Media Center! Start planning your costume today!
Good Evening, Viking Family,
Even though our schools are closed, your student will still be able to enjoy meals at no cost Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, October 9th through 11th.
Schools will be distributing shelf-stable breakfasts and hot lunches from 11 am to 1 pm drive-thru style while supplies last. Meals are only available for students and should be picked up from the school they attend.
All school campuses will be serving meals with the exception of Hahira Elementary School, Pine Grove Middle School, and Parker Mathis Learning Center. Students who attend these schools will pick up from the following locations:
Hahira Elementary will pick up at Hahira Middle
Pine Grove Middle will pick up at Pine Grove Elementary
And students who attend Journey or Lowndes Alternative Program at Parker Mathis Learning Center should pick up meals from their home school.
Again, meals will be distributed this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, October 9th through 11th from 11am to 1pm while supplies last at your child’s school campus.
We hope they enjoy their meals, and we look forward to seeing them back at school after Fall Break on Wednesday, October 16th!
Viking Family,
We have been eagerly anticipating the return of our students; however, the safety of both our staff and students remains our top priority. Following a reassessment today, we have identified over 130 roads that present challenges for bus navigation or are currently impassable due to debris and obstructions from downed lines. We have been advised it is not safe for our buses to navigate many of our roadways. In addition to this, I-75 is grid locked due to evacuees, and this is a main thoroughfare for our buses. We are actively in communication with Lowndes County officials, Lowndes EMA, and local utility companies, all of whom are working diligently to resolve these issues in our community. We appreciate their tireless work and recognize that it will take more time to clear roadways so we can safely transport students to school. With this in mind, students will return to school following Fall Break on Wednesday, October 16th.
Due to the many families who were impacted by the hurricane, we have decided to postpone Career Day to a later date. Thank you to everyone who has already signed up and we will let you know as soon as another date can be set. As always, please let us know if we can be of service to you in any way. Thank you!
