Dewar Elementary School

RED and Purple Up Fundraiser! https://inkandcottongoods.com/product/des-we-love-our-military-families-2025/

KONA Ice has been moved to Thursday, Feb. 20th because of the weather. You can still pre-order your KONA Ice until 5:00 AM Thursday morning at the following link. https://customer.kona-ice.com/#/K3743405545

Attention all 5th Grade Parents! This Friday, February 21 is the last day to purchase a yearbook ad for your student. You can purchase your ad by visiting the online store on our website or by clicking the link below. https://dewar.revtrak.net/yearbooks/#/v/yearbook-personal-ads-grade-5

DES Field Day Tee 2025 $10.00 Deadline for Ordering is Sunday, March 2, 2025 at midnight. https://inkandcottongoods.com/product/des-field-day-tees-25/

Students in Mrs. Hanson's and Ms. Benefield's 5th-grade ELA classes brought creativity to life by designing costumes inspired by figurative language. Through this imaginative project, they took abstract concepts like similes, metaphors, and personification, and transformed them into visually stunning outfits. Each costume creatively represents a specific literary device—whether it's a "time flies" theme featuring clocks and wings or a "raining cats and dogs" design with playful animals. This project not only sparked their artistic talents but also deepened their understanding of literary concepts by allowing them to embody figurative language in a fun and tangible way.

Ms. Strickland's Kinders enjoyed a fun Valentine themed write the room activity practicing their handwriting and visual memory skills today. Students were given a paper with picture clues and had to search the hallways to find the matching words.

Kona Ice has been rescheduled for next Wednesday, February 19th. All previous orders will be honored. The prepay link for new orders is below. All orders must be submitted before 5:00am on Wednesday morning. https://customer.kona-ice.com/#/K3743405545

There are 2 accidents near DES this morning. Buses will be rerouted to share the car rider line. to unload. Be careful coming in this morning!

Happy National SRO Day to our amazing, Deputy Bair! 👮 Thank you for all you do each day to keep our school safe. We are truly blessed with the best SRO anywhere around! 🚓

This week has been SRO Appreciation Week. Miss Barfield's 2nd grade class expressed their gratitude to Officer Bair for her support at Dewar. The students shared stories with each other about how she has helped them and conveyed their love for her. Thank you, Officer Bair, for keeping us safe! We love you!

Dear Dewar Elementary Families, We are excited to announce that Dewar Elementary School will be hosting Career Day on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to learn about various careers and the paths individuals take to achieve their professional goals. If you or someone you know would like to participate and share your career journey with our students, please complete and submit the Career Day form by Friday, February 28, 2025. The form can be submitted via the link Career Day Form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScV1So7r6cr4z1sgtemS7TTRDXx33nmP2Tw7Zbo5aSGYgJiyg/viewform Once your form is received and processed, a member of the Career Day Committee will reach out to provide further information. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs. Rachel Scott at rachelscott@lowndes.k12.ga.us or Mrs. Shelly Singletary at shellysingletary@lowndes.k12.ga.us. Thank you for considering this opportunity to share your professional experiences with our students. Your participation is invaluable to their learning and development. Sincerely, Career Day Committee

Students in Mrs. Taylor’s first grade class had the best time reviewing quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies through an exciting and competitive game of Kahoot! Next, they worked in collaborative pairs to play a game of “Money Bugs” where they compared coin values using the greater than, less than, and equal to signs.

Congratulations to our homeroom February PBIS Viking Students of the Month! Each student enjoyed a McDonald's lunch in the Media Center! Special thanks to Bemiss McDonalds, our CPIE partners, for providing this special treat for our students.

🏈📖 Mrs. Scott and Mrs.Lopez's 4th grade ELA classrooms underwent an exciting transformation that combined the thrill of football with the power of reading. Just like the teams on the field, our students have been working hard to "score" in their reading. They racked up team points by tackling main idea, using inferencing skills to solve the case of the missing mascot, learned all about the evolution of the helmet by using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words, and then finished it off by determining the text structure of passages. The half time show was pretty good too! 🏈📚

Here are a few pictures from Mr. Morrison's "Jurassic Park Week" in the art room!

This week is School Resource Officer Appreciation Week! School resource officers play an important role in keeping our schools safe. At Dewar Elementary, we are blessed to have Deputy Kathi Bair. Deputy Bair focuses every day on protecting our students, teachers, and staff while also building positive relationships with everyone on campus. She serves as a mentor, role model, and trusted adult that students can turn to for help and guidance. She works hard to prevent problems before they happen and she is always there when we need her. Deputy Bair's kindness, patience, and dedication make a big difference in our school community. We appreciate all that she does to make Dewar a better and safer place for everyone! We love you and Deputy Bair!

Mrs. Morris and Mrs. Trina’s Kindergarten class are getting ready for Valentine’s Day. They love painting!

Dewar Parents, Please click on the link below to complete the Georgia Parent Survey for Dewar Elementary. The survey is modeled after the student survey that our students in grades 3-5 took in January. The deadline for completing the survey has been extended to March 21 , 2025. There are 22 questions and the survey can be completed on any device with access to the internet. Survey responses are anonymous and will be submitted directly to the Georgia Department of Education for analysis. Thank you in advance for your participation! Georgia Parent Survey: https://survey.gadoe.org/FM?sid=928DE41B

Kona Ice will be here next Thursday, February 13th! The prepay link is below. All orders must be submitted before 5:00am on Thursday morning. https://customer.kona-ice.com/#/K3743405545

Mrs. Niewoonder's class had enjoyed a new twist on their phonics lesson. As part of Fun Friday, students practiced word work using shaving cream! Afterward, they cleaned up and practiced using their new spelling pattern by writing sentences on their whiteboards.