DELTA MIDDLE
SCHOOL
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This Week
Monday, October 18th
- 1st day of Quarter 2
- 1st day of Cheerleading and Basketball Practice
Tuesday, October 19th
Wednesday, October 20th
- Picture Retakes
- Parent Involvement Committee Meeting - 5:30
Friday, October 22nd
Saturday, October 23rd
- Boys Basketball @ Gunnison - 8:00am
Upcoming Dates
- October 27 - Band Concert (DATE CHANGED FROM 10/21)
- November 1st - NO SCHOOL (Teacher Inservice)
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September Students of the Month
Congratulations to our September Students of the Month.
Left to right: Julian Gallegos, Alexis Kirkman, Cody Brack, Keagan Crespin, Rhylee Horchem, and Sadie Conterars.
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CHOIR CONCERT
Our Choir students performed their first concert of the year on Wednesday, October 6th. It was great to see these students have the opportunity to perform in front of an audience and show off their hard work. Thank you to all of the parents and family members who were in attendance. And a special shout out to Mr. Loeffler for making this event happen for our students!
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Quarter 1 House Champion: Arbitrium
We held our second 'House Day' of the year on Wednedsday, October 6th. We handed out several awards and students had the chance to play a few games to earn points for their House. At the end of the day, Arbitrium edged Animo to win the Quarter 1 competition.
We will continue to award points throughout the year on our way to naming the House Cup Champion at the end of the school year.
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Kindness Club Provides Messages of Support
The week prior to break our Kindness Club took the time to write messages of support for our students out in Panther Park. Thank you to the members of our Kindness Club: Roselyn Gonzalez, Emma Valdez, Kortlan Bynum, Natalie Velasquez, Averie Verquer, Victoria Medina Luna, Emma Kappel, and Olivia Hines!
 
  
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Papa Murphy's Fundraiser Update
Card Distribution
Cards were distributed to students on Monday, October 4th. Students should be sure to distribute cards to each person on their order form.
Rewards
We handed out a variety of rewards for participation in the fundraiser.
- Top Crew class - Mrs. Lambrakos
- Top Individual Seller - Treygan Jones (Treygan sold over 100 cards!)
- Top Individual Seller from each House - $25 gift card
- Raffle with over 30 prizes and gift cards
Thank you
We want to extend a thank you to all of the students and parents/guardians who helped us carry out this fundraiser. The money that was raised will help us develop and improve our House system throughout the course of this school year. All of the money raised will be used to benefit our students.
And finally, thank you once again to our Parent Involvement Committee, specifically Jennifer Yost and April Sanchez, for all of their help in organizing this fundraiser.
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Picture Retakes
- Wednesday, October 20th -
Any students who did not get their picture taken on our first picture day or any students wishing to retake their original picture may take their picture on this day.
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After School Tutoring
Tutoring begins this week and will run from 3:30-5:00 every Mon and Wed.
A number of students have already been recommended and signed up for tutoring.
Space is limited, but if you would like to inquire about your student attending tutoring, please contact any of your student's teachers for more information.
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 Click the image above to view the DCSD COVID Dashboard page.
Symptomatic Students
In order to keep other students and staff members safe and to limit the potential implementation of other preventative measures including school-wide symptom/temperature checks, mask mandates, etc. please remember your student is REQUIRED to stay home if he/she is showing any symptoms of COVID-19.
Your student must be symptom free for a minimum of 24 hours before he or she can return to school and in some cases this requirement may be longer than 24 hours. If you have any questions please contact the office.
Change in Quarantining Protocol
As a reminder, effective September 29th the DCSD changed its quarantining procedures. In the event a student is a close contact at school, the student's parent/guardian will be contacted and provided with the choice of whether or not to quarantine their student for 10 days. Click here to read the updated DCSD COVID Plan letter emailed to parents.
Please note that a mandatory quarantine is still required if someone in a student's household tests positive for COVID-19.
COVID-19 Vaccination Information
The Delta County School District strongly encourages all students and staff members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
The vaccine is currently available for free to all individuals 12 and older.
Visit the Delta County website for more information about the COVID-19 vaccine:
https://www.deltacounty.com/708/COVID-19-Vaccine.
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Counseling Website
Stay up to date on all things related to the DMS Counseling Department by visiting the DMS Counseling website.
This site includes a student self-referral form. If your student is struggling with academic or social and emotional stress, conflicts with peers, or other academic or mental health related issues, please encourage them to complete this form and one of the members of our Counseling team will follow up with them.
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Sources of Strength Training
On Wednesday, September 29th a group of students and staff members participated in an annual training with a national SOS trainer.
 
Sources of Strength is a nationwide program whose mission is, "To prevent suicide by increasing help seeking behaviors and promoting connections between peers and caring adults."
The students and staff members involved in this program will create and implement several initiatives and campaigns throughout the school year geared towards increasing the level of connections surrounding the SOS wheel.
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Athletics Schedules
Click here for a link to our Athletics calendar.
Football
Congratulations to our football teams on a great season. We want to thank each of these student-athletes for their hard work this season. We also appreciate the efforts of our coaching staff, Coach Cano, Coach Carleton, Coach Curtis, and Coach Schumacher.
Boys Basketball
Boys Basketball practice starts on Monday, October 18th.
7th grade
Practices: 6:00am - Gym
Coaches: Kirby Holmes & Larry Abel
8th grade
Practices: 3:30pm - Gym
Coaches: Ryan Crick & Von Mitchell
All participants must have a current physical on file in order to practice. Also, before student-athletes are allowed to participate in a game they must turn in the $40 pay to play fee.
Cheerleading
Cheerleading practice will start on Monday, October 18th.
Practices: 3:30pm - Mat Room
Coaches: Misty Hellman & Shashawna Valdez
All participants must have a current physical on file and pay the $40 pay to play fee in order to participate. Due to a high number of students interested in participating and the need to order uniforms, student-athletes should plan to attend all practices including the first practice on the 18th.
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