Students will begin 9 weeks/CASE testing this week. Please make sure all students are in school on time! Spring Break will be March 13-17.
Due to the threat of inclement weather, there will be no school, after school, or extra curricular activities in Decatur County tomorrow, March 3rd. All schools will be closed tomorrow.
Decatur County will host Pre-K registration on Monday, March 27th from 3:30pm-6:30pm at the Middle School vocational building. Please make sure that you bring the required documents and that your child will be 4 by August 15th. Please see link for details.
https://5il.co/1q2l1
There will be tryouts for the DCMS Lady Panthers PeeWee 4th/5th grade (current 3rd/4th graders) and the JV/Varsity 6th-8th grade (current 5th-7th graders) on Tuesday 3/21 and Wednesday 3/22. See https://5il.co/1ptxk for more information.
The play is this Saturday at RHS!
All tickets must be purchased in advance to account for food. Tickets can be purchased from a Theatre student, Riverside office or contact Ms. Penny at penny.lindsey@decaturschools.org.
No tickets will be available at the door.
The Decatur County Board of Education will have a special called work session at 6pm on Thursday, March 2nd at the Decatur County Board of Education.
The Decatur County School Board will meet in regular session on Tuesday, March 6, 2023 in the Decatur County Board of Education. Public input will begin at 6:00pm with the meeting beginning promptly at 6:15.
Parents and Students! Download the new school safety app to make it easier to help keep our students, schools, and community safe! Also, check out the flyer here: https://5il.co/1pazd
Students will not be in school on Thursday, February 16 or Friday, February 17 for Parent Teacher Conference and Inservice. There will be no school on Monday, February 20th for Presidents' Day. Please make plans to attend PT Conference!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Lifeline Blood Services will be at Decatur County Middle School this Thursday, February 16th from 1:00pm-6:00pm.
If you have any children, grandkids, nieces and/or nephews that go to Decatur County Middle, they are counting on you to come and donate for them and for their homeroom class. The top home room class will win a pizza party and the top student with the most donors will win a $20 gift card.
Come support the students and you’re community by donating blood at Decatur County Middle School this Thursday. We have our LONG SLEEVE t-shirts back for this month only. Every donor will receive one.
Congratulations to our 4-H County Speech Winners: 7th Grade - Layla Evans, 6th Grade - Kynslee Frost (3rd Place), McKinley Keeton (1st), Ivy James (2nd Place); 5th Grade - Thomas Inman (2nd Place), Annalise Brasher (1st), Max Hernandez (3rd Place)
Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, February 16th from 2:00pm-6:00pm. Please visit your child's teachers Thursday! Students will not be in school on Thursday, Friday, or Monday (President's Day).
Congratulations to the RHS dance team on their 1st place win at the Jamfest National Championship!
PES had a visit from Buster the Bus last week to teach the students about bus and traffic safety.
Congratulations to Jack Cupples on scoring 1000 points in his middle school basketball career! He is now the DCMS Highest Scorer in its history!
FCCLA members led 5th graders in fun activities to help build their self-esteem. They shared positive affirmations with each other and discussed bullying.
Don't forget to go out to DES tonight and support all of our elementary students in the DES vs PES game! Admission is $2 and it begins at 6!
Through the Governor's Early Literacy Program, all rising 1st-3rd grade students in our school district are being given six high-quality books and activity pages, delivered to their homes this summer at no cost to families. To opt out, please call Amy Clenney at 731-847-1750 by 2/20! Link below!
https://5il.co/1oody