DMA Community Connection
Giraff-E-News Week 9 - October 12th - October 19th
Downtown Montessori Academy
Website: www.dallasisd.org/downtownmontessori
Location: 1901 Main Street, Dallas, TX, USA
Phone: 9727492500
School website: https://www.dallasisd.org/downtownmontessori
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DowntownIda
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DowntownIda
Mission: Our mission is to foster the emotional, intellectual, physical, and social development of the whole child by addressing the uniqueness of each in an authentic Montessori environment within a public school diverse educational community.
Vision: Our school will provide an authentic Montessori environment in an accredited Public Montessori School to meet the needs of the child through a commitment to the principles of Montessori education and full accountability to the public education standards.
Core Values: Love You, Love Others, Love Our World
DMA Giraffes are "Make A Tall Difference Every Day with Every Child!"
Love You means; taking care of yourself so you can take care of others.
Love Others means; We are the example of what we want. We define our Excellence!
Love Our World means; Build other leaders in the spirit of Excellence, and you are cultivating a lasting legacy of LOVE to nurture our world and be kind to our world.
Principal's Message
Put this on your Calendar
Upcoming Events
10.13 - Campus Cultural Parade - We Go LIve on Facebook @ 8:30 am
10.14– No School for Students
10.17 - 21 – National School Bus Safety Week
10.18 - Tea Talk & Title 1 @ 9:00 am & Principal For A Day @ DMA
10.19 – Unity Day Stop Bullying Awareness Day
10.23-31 – Red Ribbon Week
10.24 – Report Card & Parent-Teacher conference night
10.27 - DMA Goes PINK - Wear Pink to support our own DMA Cancer Survivors
10.28 - Downtown Streets Trick-or-Treat DMA on Main St. @ 4:00 pm
New Start Time for Dallas ISD Elementary Schools
Our Instructional start time has changed to 8:00 am. Our dismissal time will start at 3:00 pm
- Arrival/Drop off will begin @ 7:15 am
- Students will be picked up from their waiting area @ 7:50 am
- Instructional learning begins at 8:00 am
- Dismissal/Pick up will begin @ 3:00 pm
- After school care begins @ 3:00 pm
Important Resources and Information
- 2022 – 2023 Base Calendar Click Here
Stay tuned to the City of Dallas news and upcoming events at https://www.dallascitynews.net/
Attendance Resources: Click here for Excuse Letter Parent services Attendance Matter
Click here for the Food & Child Nutrition Services Forms
Link for Voly: https://dallasisd.voly.org/
Register Here for the National Take Your Parents to Lunch Day at DMA
Dallas ISD Students State Fair Dates - Friday October 7th & 14th
Students State Fair of Texas tickets will be sent home on Wednesday, October 5, 2022. Please contact your child's teacher for further information.
Principal For A Day @ DMA - October 18, 2022
DMA Monthly Calendar. Click on the calendar below for English & Spanish version
Classroom to Parent Communication - Stay Connected
Thank you for always asking how you can support our teachers and staff. Below is a faculty wish list of items teachers and staff are requesting. This is not mandatory and it is a work in progress.
Stay Connected! Download the Remind App and join your child's grade Remind code
Primary Grades PreK 3, PreK 4, & Kinder
Lower Grades 1st, 2nd, & 3rd
Thank you for making it a great day at DMA Everyday!
Click on the Character Counts Icon to get more information about our planned week.
CCWeek
2022 Title 1 Parent meeting - October 11th @ 5:30 pm and October 18th @ 9:00 am
A word from our Campus Safety Sideline Team
I have enclosed our Dallas ISD links to provide more information about the COVID Protocols. We are spraying and sanitizing classes during the weekend and during students specials when they leave the classroom. If students display symptoms, we ask their families to keep them at home.
https://www.dallasisd.org/Page/77414
https://www.dallasisd.org/Page/59216
https://www.dallasisd.org/domain/28375
Click here for the Comprehensive District Safety Plan
Click on the Self-Care Calendars for more resources and support
Counselor Corner
Checkout the news from Counselor Perryman! Click on her button below for the website and resources you need to have a successful school year.
DMA Montessori Stewardship Moment by Ms. Miner
The Great Lessons begin at DMA!
Check out the included video of the Importance of the Prepared environment for the classroom and how it can extend to your home environment. There are other videos, 2 articles, and then a book that you can purchase to help support your own family growth with our Downtown Montessori School.
Learning made fun with our Librarian, Mr. Marvin
Mr. Marvin invites you to visit his website. Click on the button below to begin a journey that has high heights!
DMA Student Activities & Club Informational. Click on the picture to know more.
Events happening in Downtown Dallas - DDI
Upcoming events:
- Wednesdays, October 5, 12, & 19 – Munich Street Garden
- 1pm – 9pm
- Main Street Garden Park
- ALL parking spots at the park side have been permitted
- Wednesdays, October 5, 12, & 19 – Munich Street Garden
ALL PRO DAD'S CLUB INFORMATION
Support our DMA PTO
· Downtown Montessori’s Amazon Smile Link:
https://smile.amazon.com/ch/85-2550090
· How to Change Your AmazonSmile Charitable Organization
To change your charitable organization:
1. Sign in to smile.amazon.com on your desktop or mobile phone browser.
2. From your desktop, go to Your Account, Amazon Smile, and then select the option to Change your Charity. Or, from your mobile browser, select Change your Charity from the options at the bottom of the page.
3. Select a new charitable organization to support.
Search: Ida B Wells Dallas PTO
Click on SBDM icon to review September's Meeting Minutes
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