D-B EXCEL
Excellence in a Creative Environment for Learning
MATE Kickoff Meeting
The kickoff party will consist of learning more about the MATE program and watching the movie Spare Parts to get in the building mindset.
Math Tutoring & Enrichment Opportunities
Before School:
Everyday
7:15am - 7:45am
with Mr. Pickering in the Cafe
After School:
Tuesdays and Thursdays
2:45pm - 3:45pm
with Mrs. Gradner in the STEM Lab
D-B EXCEL Parent Advisory Committee
The first PAC meeting will be Monday, September 25th at 3:00pm at D-B EXCEL.
Some goals of the PAC are:
- Increase parent involvement
- Increase communication
- Plan family activities for the year
- Stay up to date on the operations of DBE
- Share ideas and suggestions
- Help organize and facilitate Parent Academies throughout the year
- Have a parent representative for each class
If you are interested in participating in the PAC this school year, please click the button below to fill out the form. If you have any questions regarding the PAC, please contact Ms. Darnell at ldarnell@k12k.com.
Senior Yearbook Ads
The Dobyns-Bennett yearbook staff would like to give you an opportunity to put a personal message for your senior in the yearbook. These special messages can be letters, pictures, or anything you wish to say to your senior. Let these messages show your pride and appreciation. Please click the link below to create and send in your OWN ad - you can have all the control to make it exactly as you like it! The deadline is November 17, so get your ad created today! And, don't forget, all ads will be PRINTED IN COLOR!
http://www.jostens.com/apps/shop/yrbk_ra_flash.asp?CID=136997&PFID=2017081004555797771
Trout in the Classroom
Some of our trout eggs are starting to hatch! Be sure to check out the trout tank when you are at DBE!
About Trout in the Classroom:
Trout in the Classroom is a conservation-oriented environmental education program for elementary, middle, and high school students. Through the school year, students raise trout from eggs to fry and then release them into approved cold water streams and lakes. This act of raising, monitoring, and caring for young trout fosters a conservation ethic within participating students and promotes an understanding of their shared water resources.
Hunger First Donation Drive
D-B EXCEL is excited to be starting a service learning project to help our community. We have become aware of a need at Hunger First in Kingsport and would like to invite our faculty, students, and parents to participate.
For those that don't know what Hunger First is, it is a non-profit organization helping the most vulnerable in the Tri-Cities, Tennessee and Southwest Virginia areas. They offer free groceries three times a week and hot meals twice a week to those who need it. They have a FREE store where families can pick up clothing, shoes, house supplies, etc.
They are in need this time of year because it is about to start getting COLD and there are many children and families in our area who are HOMELESS and don't have the things that they need to get by this winter.
With that being said, we are starting a Hunger First donation drive!
ITEMS TO DONATE:
- They are in desperate need of backpacks (old or new)
- Toothbrushes
- Toothpaste
- Deodorant
- Shampoo
- Body Wash
- Conditioner
- Wet wipes
- Razors
- Socks
- Blankets (old or new)
- Non-perishable food items
Our donation drive will start on Monday, September 25th and end on Friday, October 13th. Students can bring their donations to the Makerspace first thing in the mornings. We appreciate our DBE family helping us contribute to the community!
Attendance Awareness Month 2017
Curbing the Substance Abuse Crisis Community Panel
WHAT: Curbing the Substance Abuse Crisis Community Panel
WHEN: Wednesday, September 27 at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Dobyns-Bennett High School – Nancy Pridemore Theatre
Kingsport City Schools and the Tyler’s Light Foundation, in partnership with Eastman, are hosting a Curbing the Substance Abuse Crisis community panel and educational event, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 at 7 p.m. located at the Dobyns-Bennett High School’s Nancy Pridemore Theatre. This event is open to the public and there is no cost to attend.
An opening presentation will be led by Wayne Campbell of Tyler’s Light Foundation, followed by a panel discussion. Panelists include Barry Staubus, District Attorney, Sullivan County; Cynthia Thomas, DO, MPH, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Physician, Tennessee Department of Health; Alisha Singley, Investigations Coordinator Northeast Region, Department of Children’s Services; Christina Keen, Lead Investigator, Sullivan County Department of Children’s Services; Julie Malone, Principal, Cora Cox Academy; and Hope Bruner, Counselor, Frontier Heath.
The goals of the community panel are to:
- Raise awareness regarding substance use in the community;
- Promote dialogue regarding casual adolescent substance abuse in the community;
- Provide education regarding addiction and the effect it has on families;
- Offer ways parents can reach out to neighbors, family members and children about prevention and treatment.
Reportedly, 1,451 overdose deaths occurred in the state of Tennessee during 2015. In the past year, 25 percent of infants born in Sullivan County were born having been exposed to some type of illicit drug or opioid. This is seen as a reflection of epidemic substance abuse and addiction within the community potentially impacting all facets of school, work and life.
For more information on Tyler’s Light Foundation visit, tylerslight.org.
ASVAB Opportunity
If you are considering entering the military, you are required to take the ASVAB (military entrance exam).
This will be offered at DB main campus on November 9th @ 7:45am in the Little Theater
Please let Mrs. Kerkhoff know if you are interested no later than Oct. 1st.
- This is a valid career assessment and not a commitment to enter the military if you take the assessment
Tennessee Promise Scholarship
Calculators
All students who are enrolled in Algebra 1, Algebra 2, or Geometry are required to have a calculator. The following calculators are acceptable:
TI-83 Plus
TI-84
TI-84 Plus
*Students are required to bring their calculator everyday.
D-B EXCEL Student Norms
Students will report to school on time and prepared for the school day.
Students will bring fully charged laptops and a laptop charger every day.
Students will follow their schedule and report to the appropriate area.
Students will respect the DBE faculty, staff, visitors and other students at all times.
DBE Student Drivers
We have our own parking lot and the entrance and exit is on Roller St.
Students will need to sign up for a parking permit that will need to hang from their rearview mirror at all times (tinyurl.com/DBEparking)
Cars that do not have a car tag will be asked to be moved or will be towed.
If the DBE parking lot is full, there is an overflow public parking lot across the street from the Food City loading dock (On Roller St.)
DBE students/parents can only park in the parking spots marked D-BE/KCS in the DBE parking lot. DBE students/parents cannot park in the Chamber or medical parking lots or they will be towed.
Replacement car tags will be $10.
Car Riders & Bus Riders
Students may be dropped of at DBE beginning at 7:15am. Students arriving after 7:45am will be counted tardy.
Please follow the traffic pattern.
- Car riders will be dismissed after the bus leaves (Approximately 2:35pm)
Bus riders will board their normal bus in the morning and then board the DBE bus at DB.
The DBE bus will arrive at DBE about 7:30am.
Bus riders will be dismissed at the 2:30pm bell.
- The bus will take students to the D-B main campus where they will then board their bus to take them home.
D-B EXCEL Parking Map
Canvas Parent App
Canvas Parent enhances the potential for parents to engage in their children's education. Parents can review upcoming or past assignments, check on grades, and receive course announcements.
Canvas Parent can be used by anyone who creates an account, has been added to Canvas with an observer role, or has signed up as a parent using the web browser.
Parents can access their child's courses in Canvas through the Parent App.
Click here for information on downloading the Parent App for iPhone.
Click here for information on downloading the Parent App for Android.
The Parent App will allow:
- Access to their child's courses
- View past and upcoming assignments.
- Check on grades
- Receive course announcements and notifications.
Learn more by clicking here!
Contact Us!
Email: shensley@k12k.com
Website: http://dbexcel.k12k.com/
Location: 400 Clinchfield Street, Kingsport, TN 37660, United States
Phone: 423.378.2185
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dbexcelkcs/
Twitter: @KCS_DBEXCEL