FOX FEATURE WEEKLY UPDATE
January 14, 2022
Levels of Mitigation COVID-19 Operations Guidance for District Schools
SYMPTOM SCREENING CHECKLIST
ID DEBT POSTCARDS
PARENTS PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A BRIGHT PINK POSTCARD IN YOUR MAILBOX IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THESE POSTCARDS WILL SHOW YOUR STUDENT'S OUTSTANDING ID DEBT. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ON THE POSTCARD.
THESE CARDS WERE MAILED OUT WEDNESDAY 1/12, AND THURSDAY 1/13.
ATTENDANCE REMINDER
DATES TO REMEMBER
- MLK Day School and Office Closed
1/18/2022
- Virtual Learning Day for all D5 students
- C-Team Basketball vs. Pine Ridge @ Pine Ridge 5:30 PM
1/19/2022
1/20/2022
- C-Team Basketball vs Fulmer @DFMS 5:30 PM
1/21/2022
REMINDERS
Students, please remember that cups are no longer being supplied to students. Please bring a water bottle to school daily to refill as needed.
Students are not to be dropped off in front of the school before 8:10 AM
All students cellphones should be placed in bookbags when released from the gym or cafeteria in the mornings and should not be in use again until the bell rings for dismissal at 3:30 PM
Visitors will not be allowed to enter the school at this time.
It is recommended that students bring their own water bottle which can be filled at water bottle stations as needed. Parents that bring lunch to students need to have food in a lunch box for students.
IDs must be worn around the neck for all students when on the school campus. Students will be charged $1 for every day that they need a temporary ID. If an ID is missing, a replacement is $5 and a lanyard is $1.
School ends at 3:30 pm. Please make sure your student knows their bus number in the afternoon or how they will be getting home each day.
Parking to pick up students in the car rider line is prohibited.
Students leaving early will need to be picked up no later than 3:10 PM each day
FCA
OFFICE OF SCHOOL COUNSELING
8th Grade Parent/Guardian(s) - Individual Graduation Plan
Prior to winter break, you should have received an email from the Office of School Counseling with important information regarding your child's Individual Graduation Plan. An IGP is a plan of study that emphasizes academic and career development from eighth grade through graduation from high school. These sessions will begin in January and is an opportunity for you and your child to meet with a staff member from the Office Of School Counseling.This year, IGP sessions will look different from previous years. Please use the link below to schedule your virtual meeting.
Dutch Fork Middle School: IGP Sessions - 2022 (signupgenius.com) The email includes information about the IGP process, a presentation to prepare you for the conference, and a Sign-Up Genius link to schedule your virtual meeting.
We appreciate your patience and flexibility as we work together to transition your student into high school as smoothly as possible.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at 803-476-4805 or ccreel@lexrich5.org and we will respond back when school resumes after winter break.
Magnet School Timeline Information
The application window for Criteria-Based high school programs is now open! The window will run from December 6th through January 9th. This is for Dutch Fork STEM and Irmo High This is Escolares.
The application window for other high school programs is from January 10th through January 30th. This includes Spring Hill High School, Irmo High International School for the Arts, and Chapin High School.
For more information on any of these programs, please visit the district webpage at https://www.lexrich5.org/Page/9546
PARENT PORTAL
2021-2022 C-Team Basketball Schedule
TECHNOLOGY CORNER
With the holiday break and new semester, we are seeing an increase in students coming to school with an uncharged device. Please work with your child to develop a family plan for charging their Chromebooks for school each day. As a reminder from the District Issued Device Agreement signed in Registration Gateway:
Charging Your District Issued Device Battery
Devices must be brought to school each day in a fully charged condition. Students must charge their devices each evening. Repeat violations of not charging the battery for the school day may result in disciplinary consequences.
PTSA CORNER
NO SWEAT FUNDRAISER:
PUBLIX Please re-enroll for the 21 - 22 school year to ensure Dutch Fork Middle School PTSA receives credit through Publix partners. *EARN MONEY FOR DFMS WHILE YOU SHOP https://www.publix.com/myaccount/register
AMAZON SMILE
Support Dutch Fork Middle School when you shop on Amazon Our PTSA is listed as: South Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers. Shop at smile.amazon.com and they will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to Dutch Fork Middle School PTSA with no fees, no extra cost. Just click the link below to choose us DFMS PTSA, listed as South Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers! https://smile.amazon.com/ch/57-1069222
SPIRIT NIGHTS
We are currently searching for places to celebrate Spirit Nights. If you have suggestions feel free to send us an email.
Mary Wall
“No Sweat”
Fundraiser & Spirit Night Coordinator
BOXTOPS:
Box Tops for Education has gone digital!
1.) Download the Box Tops App from the App Store
2.) Select Dutch Fork Middle School,
3.) Let’s start earning money for our FOXES!
You can visit BTFE.COM to see what items earn money for our school, purchase those items, and simply scan your receipt in the Box Tops App!! The qualifying purchases will be added to our account! Please join the PTSA in this super-easy way to give back to our school.
Let’s Go, Foxes
Kim O’Leary
Box Tops Coordinator
SPIRIT WEAR:
Check out some odds and ends.
https://dfmsptsa.memberhub.com/store Katherine DeMasi Spirit Store Coordinator
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
Contact Brittany Newell
Volunteer Coordinator
HOSPITALITY:
Are you looking to get involved with DFMS and your child’s teachers? You don’t want too much of a commitment, but don’t know how? Join the Hospitality Committee! We NEED you and WANT you to support our teachers. You can help out as much or as little as you want. *Consider being added to our Hospitality Events
Email: Shannon Floyd
Hospitality Coordinator
FUNDRAISING:
If you would like to support the endeavors of your PTSA, as we support Dutch Fork Middle School, please feel free to donate. Click the link: https://dfmsptsa.memberhub.com/store
Kadenia Javis Fundraising
Coordinator
DF Spirit Wear Odds & Ends
Earn DFMS money while you shop
Box Tops for Education
DUTCH FORK MIDDLE SCHOOL
Website: http://lexrich5.org/dfms
Location: 1528 Old Tamah Road, Irmo, SC, USA
Phone: (803) 476-4800
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dutch-Fork-Middle-School-549147891811317/
Twitter: @DutchForkMS