Wildcat News
July 20th, 2018
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Welcome back Wildcats!
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I am so excited to welcome your child to the 2018-19 school year at Duluth Middle School (DMS)! Open House, or Meet Your Teacher Day, will be Thursday, August 2, 2018.. See date and times for each grade level on our website and below:
Thursday, August 2 – Open House
9 am-11am 6th Grade
1 pm – 2:30 7th Grade
3 pm - 4:30 8th Grade
You can access the following items through My Payments Plus (See our website for the link):
1. Sign parent orientation form. (This includes acknowledgement you have received and read on-line the GCPS student handbook, media release, etc. )
2. Join PTA
3. Make school contributions for the following:
· Connections - $10
· Student Agenda-$10
· General Supplies-$10
· Technology-$10
After the start of school, other forms/fees for special programs will be available on My Payments Plus, such as PE uniforms and Fine Arts Fees. Teachers will provide more details once school starts. Basic supply lists are also listed on the web site.
Once you have completed the required parent orientation form and made your contributions through My Payments Plus, print out your receipt or confirmation and bring this to Open House. This will be your ticket to go straight to homeroom postings. Once you find your child’s homeroom teacher’s name, you will go directly to that classroom to meet the teacher.
If you have problems accessing My Payments Plus and are not able to pre-register, the day of Open House, you will be directed to one of several computer labs where staff members will be available to help you. Those who have already completed this process will not have a wait.
In addition to this special summer mailing, you will receive information from the school through e-Blasts, student messenger calling system (primarily if your child is absent), the DMS website, and our Facebook page.
However, you should know that our main communications come through our weekly e-blasts and our website I would like to encourage you to sign up for the parent portal if you haven’t already done so. If you are coming from one of our feeder schools and already access the portal, you don’t have to do anything. You’re already in the system. The portal will enable you to keep a daily check on your student’s academic progress. If you are new to Gwinnett County and do not know about the portal, we can sign you up at our Open House, or anytime you stop by the school.
Many of you attended our rising 6th grade general information meetings for parents in the Spring. We noted many ways to get involved at DMS, including serving on School Council and PTA, volunteering for STEM projects, helping in the media center or just being present in knowing what is going on with your child in school every day. I will be posting more information about School Council nominations on the website soon. We also have some committee opportunities on PTA. So if you’re interested, give me a call (770-232-3292). Until then, enjoy the rest of your summer. I look forward to seeing you when school starts Monday, August 6, 2018.
Deborah Fusi
Principal
Classroom Supplies
All students need the following for all classes:
- Tissue (2 boxes) (for Homeroom)
- Hand sanitizer (for Homeroom)
- Clorox Wipes (for Homeroom)
- Pencils
- Colored Pencils
- Glue Sticks
- Pens (blue, black, red)
- Highlighters
- Loose leaf papers
- Earbuds - no headphones
For Grade Level supply lists please go to the school website at http://www.duluthms.org/school-supplies
Busses
Parents, during the first week of school please note buses may run later than normal.
Social Media
Publix & Kroger Cards
My Coke Rewards
Please donate to the school if you're too busy please drop off at the school store we have a parent volunteer who will load them in but don't throw them away!
Help the PTA raise money!
Do your shopping @ Amazon? Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to Duluth Ms PTA when you shop at smile.amazon.com.
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What's Happening
Thursday | August 2nd
9:00 - 11:00 Sixth Grade Open House
1:00 - 2:30 Seventh Grade Open House
3:00 - 4:30 Eighth Grade Open House
About Us
Website: Duluthms.org
Location: 3200 Pleasant Hill Rd, Duluth, GA, United States
Phone: (770) 476-3372
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dmswildcats/
Twitter: @dmswildats