FOX FEATURE WEEKLY UPDATE
OCTOBER 11, 2019
DATES TO REMEMBER!!!
- TEAM 81 FIELD TRIP TO CATS
10/15/2019
- BAND/ORCHESTRA FUNDRAISER STARTS
- TEAM 82 FIELD TRIP TO CATS
10/16/2019
- C-TEAM BOYS FOOTBALL vs FULMER @ AIRPORT HS
- 8TH GRADE PSAT TESTING
10/17/2019
10/18/2019
ID POLICY FOR 2019-2020
IDENTIFICATION BADGES (IDs) With the rise of safety concerns on school campuses, the use of student, staff, and teacher ID badges make it easy to identify and authorize anyone on school grounds. These badges are also used to check materials out from the library, print documents, and pay for food. All High, Middle, and Intermediate students must wear a current picture ID badge when on District Five property. ID cards are printed on both sides with the same information. ID badges must be clearly visible and worn in front above the waist and below the neck on a breakaway lanyard. In a pocket, or under a jacket is NOT clearly visible. The ID badge may not be marked on or altered in any way, except to be punched by a staff member; if it is damaged, a new ID will need to be purchased. A defaced ID is any badge on which the picture, name, ID #, year, barcode or grade level has been changed, altered, or obstructed. For students, the first card is free. However, replacing lost, stolen or damaged cards cost $5.00. The lanyard is $1.00. The replacement fee covers the cost of the materials used in reprinting and replacement lanyards. Students are to surrender their ID badge at the end of the school year, when requested or when they transfer to a different school.
Badge Policy:
● ID’s must be worn at all times.
● ID’s must be visible and worn outside of clothing.
● ID’s must be worn on a breakaway strap.
● ID’s are the property of DFMS and must not be defaced (or badge will be confiscated and the student must purchase new ID).
● Students must not wear an ID badge belonging to another student. ID will be confiscated.
● All students will be issued two free TEMPORARY IDs PER SEMESTER. After that, they will be charged $1 for every temporary issued (not to exceed $6.00).
● Replacement IDs may not be charged. Students must pay for replacement IDs at the time of purchase.
● Failure to properly wear an ID will result in disciplinary action.
● Beginning after Labor Day, any student not wearing an ID after 1st period will receive lunch detention.
● Repeated violations will be treated as persistent disobedience, and students will be assigned school consequences.
2019-2020 TARDY POLICY
Tardiness to class interrupts learning time for the entire class. Students should organize their materials and use their time wisely before school, during lunch, and after school to keep trips to lockers and other stops to a minimum. At the end of each period, all students should move quietly to their next class and be ready for instruction as guided by the teacher.
Consequences for Tardies
1st, 2nd, 3rd Tardy – No consequence
4th, 5th Tardy – Lunch Detention
6th, 7th Tardy – Lunch & Den Detention
8th, 9th Tardy - After School Detention
10th- Discipline Referral
*Tardies are cumulative for all classes and begin fresh each semester. *Students that are more than 10 minutes late to class without a pass will be considered “cutting class.”
DISTRICT DRESS CODE
The dress code for Dutch Fork Middle school is determined largely by school district policy. The school may modify the dress code as long as the changes stay within the district guidelines.
Clothing deemed distracting, revealing, or overly suggestive shall not be permitted.
Dress or accessories that are considered unsafe, dangerous, a health hazard, or disruptive to the learning environment shall not be permitted. Clothing may not display vulgar symbols or language and may not contain alcohol, tobacco, or drug symbols.
Sleeveless shirts should be at least ID badge width across the shoulder with no visible undergarments. Bare midriffs, spaghetti straps, halter/tank tops, see-through shirts/tops/blouses, and biker shorts are not permitted.
Inappropriate tops are not to be worn beneath an overcoat that the student plans to remove.
Pants must be worn at the natural waistline.
Sleepwear or slippers may not be worn.
Hats, head stockings, kerchiefs, bandanas, or bonnets are not allowed at school.
Shorts or skirts must be at least “fingertip length”. This means that all skirts and shorts must be as long as the longest finger-tip when hands are placed at the student’s side along the entire hemline.
Jeans with holes may not have holes that are higher than the student’s longest finger when hands are placed at the student’s side or higher than mid-thigh.
The school will not be responsible for confiscated, unauthorized material brought to school.
2019-2020 DISTRICT 5 ATTENDANCE GUIDELINES
WELCOME BACK STUDENTS AND PARENTS!!!
WE NEED YOUR HELP AT RECESS
YEARBOOKS ARE ON SALE!!!
CLEAR BAG REQUIREMENT
Dear Fox Families,
We hope everyone has had a wonderful start to the school year. We wanted to take an opportunity to send a reminder that any student 8th grade or younger must be accompanied by a parent/guardian and everyone, including students, will be held to the clear bag requirement. Students will be prohibited from bringing in backpacks, athletic bags, Chromebooks and other supplies into the game.
More information about the Clear Bag requirement and other measures School District Five is taking to promote a safe environment can be found by following this link.
POWER OF KINDNESS WEEK
Monday- Unity Day
Everyone, please wear blue. Blue post its will be passed out with encouraging words to all students and staff
Tuesday- Nobody eats alone
Be encouraged to sit with someone new in the cafeteria. Let’s be sure that no one sits alone.
Wednesday- Favorite T-shirt or Jersey
Wear the shirt or jersey that expresses something you are passionate about. Either your favorite movie, sports team, or band.
Thursday- Kindness Day
We challenged you to complete a random act of kindness all day. You can help a classmate or teacher.
Friday- Fox Pride
Wear your Dutch Fork Gear and show your fox pride!
FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT
BAND AND ORCHESTRA FUNDRAISER
Come get a better night's sleep AND support the Dutch Fork Middle School Mattress Fundraiser!
Saturday November 2nd 10am-5pm. We will have great name brands like Simmons Beautyrest mattresses on display priced up to 50% below retail at the Middle School school. This is ONE DAY only, so we need your help to SPREAD THE WORD by inviting all of your friends! Every purchase benefits the Orchestra & Band!https://sites.google.com/lexrich5.org/dfmsbandandorchestramattressfu/home
FCA
FCA is now collecting items for Operation Christmas Child. This is our annual service project and we are very excited about the opportunity we have to touch the lives of others in such a meaningful way. Attached is a link for you to view items to be collected. If you can help, please send your items to school with your student to be dropped off to Mrs. Feldner or Mrs. Roberts. We will be collecting through the month of October. Thank you in advance for your support. https://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/what-goes-in-my-shoebox-suggestions/
DUTCH FORK MIDDLE SCHOOL WRESTLING
DUTCH FORK CHEERLEADING
GIRLS BASKETBALL TRYOUTS
Attention All Girls!
Basketball Tryouts will be held November 4th, 5th and 6th at Dutch Fork Middle School from 3:45 - 5:25. Please make sure you have all the information filled out on planeths.com (online), as well as, you must upload an updated physical and birth certificate to planeths.com.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Is your son interested in Basketball???? If so, we need your help to make sure he can attend our workouts and/or tryouts. BEFORE any player can participate in team activities, they MUST have a completed physical online with www.planeths.com and it MUST show APPROVED. Any student that shows up to workouts or tryouts without an APPROVED status on www.planeths.com will be turned away. PLEASE don’t let that be your son.
Step 1: Create an Planeths.com account for the parent/guardian AND athlete.
Step 2: Upload a copy/picture of the athlete’s birth certificate (applies to returning athletes as well)
Step 3: Upload a copy/picture of the athlete’s sports physical (Physical must be dated AFTER April 1st, 2019)
Step 4: All forms must be digitally signed by both the parent/guardian AND the athlete.
FALL WORKOUTS Fall workouts will be held on the following dates: October 15th, October 17th and October 22nd. All workouts will be in the Middle School gym from 3:50 – 5:30. PLEASE have your rides here at 5:30. All workouts are open to any NON-FALL sport athlete and are completely VOLUNTARY. All information will also be posted on our basketball website, https://sites.google.com/lexrich5.org/boys-basketball/home and on our NEW App.
TRYOUTS Tryouts will be held on November 4th, 5th, and 6th from 5:30 PM-7:00 PM. Athletes should report to the cafeteria at final school dismissal. Athletes are expected to attend all three (3) days in order to be considered for the team.
PSAT TESTING
The PSAT test takes place at DFMS on the morning of Wednesday, October 16. You will be given more instructions on the morning of testing about where to report.
TECHNOLOGY CORNER
Continue to check back each week as we highlight key points of the District Mobile Device Guide.
Damaged Devices
The district will cover parts and repairs for ONE accidental damage per school year (August 1 - July 31). Additional damages are the responsibility of the parent/student.
Students should not attempt to repair or take the District Issued Mobile Device to an outside repair source. Doing so could invalidate the warranty and the student will be responsible for the damage. Please take the District Issued Mobile Device to the School Technology Desk as soon as possible and have a District 5 technology team member examine it.
If a District Issued Mobile Device needs to be worked on for an extended period of time, the student may be issued a temporary device (based upon availability) until the mobile device is working properly and may be returned to the student.
Malfunctioning or damaged District Issued Mobile Devices must be reported to the School Technology Desk in a timely manner. School District 5 of Lexington and Richland Counties will be responsible for repairing District Issued Mobile Devices that malfunction.
User Misuse and Abuse Costs
If device is misused or abused, the parent/student is responsible for the cost of repair. The repair costs are
updated on the District Five website Instructional Technology page.
Repair costs for the District Issued Mobile Device due to deliberate damage or neglect may include, but are not limited to:
Broken Screen
Top Case/Keyboard
Screen Bezel
AC Adapter with power cord
Case
Note: Repair costs shall not exceed the full replacement price of the device.
PTSA CORNER
If you have not turned in your package and money – THERE IS STILL TIME!!! We have extended the fundraiser sales deadline date until October 15th! The den with the most sales will get an ice cream treat at lunch!!! We would like to thank all of our amazing students and parents who have worked so hard to make our fall fundraiser a success!!!
SPIRIT WEAR:
You can still order your Spirit Wear using this link www.dutchforkspiritwear.com. It will take you directly to our Dutch Fork Spirit Wear page where you can select some really cool new styles! They are offering free shipping until 10/14/19 on all orders!
TURNING GROCERIES INTO EDUCATION:
Remember to register Dutch Fork Middle School as your “Preferred School” with your Publix Rewards – it’s an easy way to earn money for our school! If you don’t already have a Publix account, sign up at Publix.com and choose Dutch Fork Middle School as your partner school in your account settings. Enter your phone number every time you check out and you will be earning money for our school! More at Publix.com/Partners https://corporate.publix.com/community/corporate-campaigns/publix-partners
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION
The days of clipping Box Tops to send into the school are over!! The new Box Tops app scans your store receipt, finds participating products and instantly adds Box Tops to your school’s earning online. No clipping required!! Get the Box Top mobile app today by downloading it on Apple Store or get it on Google Play and start earning money for our school! Once you download the app it will walk you through a quick process of setting it up for Dutch Fork Middle School and you will be set to start scanning!! It’s that easy!! Until October 25, 2019, we can still accept the clipped box tops – please send with your student in an envelope marked Box Tops!
Remember to LIKE our Dutch Fork Middle School PTSA page – here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/Dutch-Fork-Middle-School-PTSA-815163968540842/
If you would like to volunteer with the PTSA, please email Ann Morris at annmorris0524@gmail.com.
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/