DMA Community Connection
Giraff-E-News Week 14 - November 16, 2022
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 "Making 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
Congratulations to our DMA 2022 Teacher of the Year - Mrs. Cynthia Cuesta
Lower Elementary - Dual Language Guide
Discover DMA - The application for the 2023 - 24 school year is now open.
DMA Giraffes are "Making A Tall Difference Every Day with Every Child!"
Our DMA Christmas Angels are here to help. Please fill out the form to see if your family qualifies to participate in the 2022 DMA Christmas Angels. If you know of a family in need for the holidays, please contact our school counselor, Mrs. Perryman, at cperryman@dallasisd.org.
Put this on your Calendar
Upcoming Events
11. 21 - 25 - Thanksgiving Holiday Break
11.29.22 - All Pro Dad’s Club @ 7:30 am
12.01.22 - DMA 2nd Virtual Open House @ 5:30 pm
12.01.22 - 3rd Grade Field Trip
12.02.22 - Concert in the Park (if weather permits) Click Here for Flyer
12.03.22 - Esports 4th grade @ BOMLA & Virtual UIL A+ for 2nd - 4th grade
12.05.22 - Campus Perot Museum Field Trip PreK 4 - 4th grade
12.06.22 - SBDM @ 6:00 pm
DMA Goes to the Perot Museum
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/
November's Tea Talk wit Tabitha Click Here for the Video
DMA Monthly Calendar. Click on the calendar below for English & Spanish
5 Star Award given to our DMA Cafeteria Service for the 2021 -2022 School Year!
Thank you Ms. Monjaras and Ms. Martinez for feeding our children's body and nurturing the soul and spirit of DMA through your kind service. You deserve this award and so much more!
Thank you for making Every Day a Great Day at DMA!
A Word From Our DMA Safety Sideline Team
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!
Boys & Girls Club After School Program accepting new applications for DMA
For further information, please contact Mr. Dickerson @ rdickerson@bgcdallas.org
ALL PRO DAD'S CLUB INFORMATION
November PTO Newsletter - English
November PTO Newsletter - Spanish
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 November's Meeting Video
SBDM