NO SCHOOL - Monday May 27, 2024
in honor of Memorial Day
Please take time to remember and honor all who served
Dumas Intermediate School
Weekly Announcements
DIS Weekly Announcements
May 20-24
Character Counts: Citizenship
Monday - 6-1 Shark Tank
Student Council Meeting - 6th period
Sign up for color run during PE
Tuesday -Student Council Trip - Wear Shorts/Stuco Shirt
Wednesday -Latin Cultures - Food Fiesta
Immunization Clinic - 3:00-5:30 PM
Thursday -
Friday - Shorts/T-Shirts/Hats - FREE
Color Packets for sale - $2 each or 3 for $5
4K Color Run - 2:00 PM
Dumas Intermediate School
Weekly Announcements
May 13-17
Character Counts: Responsibility
Monday - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday - 6th Grade Band Practice High School Gym
Combined Band Concert- 7:00 PM
PEGS
Wednesday - QUEST FEST 3 out of 5
Shorts/T-Shirts/Hats - FREE
Thursday - PEGS Trip
Elementary Track Meet - DEMON STADIUM
Friday - Hat/Athletic Shorts Day $1
PEGS Field Trip
Dumas Intermediate School
Weekly Announcements
May 6-10
Character Counts: Caring
Teacher Appreciation Week
Monday - Yearbook Club Party -4:00 Pm
Tuesday - PEGS Trip
Mckinney/Vento Students to Amarillo
Wednesday - Career Day 1:00-3:30 PM
Thursday - Athletic Physicals - GYM
Friday - Hat/Athletic Shorts Day $1
Student Council & Yearbook Club - Adopt a Highway Clean up
Dumas Intermediate School
Weekly Announcements
April 29-May 3
Character Counts: Respect
Monday - Student Council Meeting 4:00 PM
Tuesday - 5-1 Field Trip
6-2 Field Trip
PEGS
Wednesday - 5-3 Field Trip
Thursday - National Day of Prayer
5-2 Field Trip
6-2 Field Trip
Friday - Hat/Athletic Shorts Day $1
Quest Fest
Dumas Intermediate School
Weekly Announcements
April 22-26
Character Counts: Fairness
Monday
Tuesday - 5th/6th MATH STAAR
Time to ECLIPSE the STAAR
ACC - Field Trip
Wednesday - STAAR Make Up Test
6th Band/Choir Concert
for Student - 3:00 PM
for Parents - 4:15 PM
Thursday - STAAR Make Up Test
Greater Southwest Music Festival - Honor Choir
Disney Shirt Day - $1
6th Grade Band Practice 4:00-4:45 PM - Gym
Friday - Hat/Athletic Shorts Day $1
STAAR Make Up Day Test
6-1 Field Trip
6th Grade Band Dumas Music Festival - Saturday
Dumas Intermediate School
Weekly Announcements
April 15-19
Character Counts: Trustworthiness
Monday -PEGS Parent Meeting -
5th Grade Parents 5:45 - 6:15 PM
6th Grade Parents 6:30 - 7:00 PM
Meet in the Library
Tuesday - 5th/6th ELA STAAR
Time to ECLIPSE the STAAR
ACC - Field Trip
Wednesday -
Thursday - 5th SCIENCE STAAR
Time to ECLIPSE the STAAR
ACC - Field Trip
Friday - Hat/Athletic Shorts Day $1
Multicolor Shirt Day for Neurodiversity Day
Dumas Music Festival - Saturday
Twas the night before testing, all through the school,
Not a soul was stirring, the air calm and cool.
The Chromebooks were charged with utmost care,
In hopes that success soon would be there.
The children, in slumber, dreams filled their heads,
Of equations and passages, as they lay in their beds.
Then out on the roof, there arose such a sound,
Awakening them all, their curiosity unbound.
To the window they rushed, their eyes wide with surprise,
As the STAAR fairy appeared before their eyes.
With a wand in her hand, she spoke words of might,
Guiding them through concepts, shining bright as a light.
Author’s purpose, main idea, and inference so clear,
She taught them with magic, dispelling any fear.
Perimeters, decimals, and word problems they knew,
Reducing fractions and strategies anew.
With a smile, she left them, her wisdom profound,
"Believe in yourselves," was her last resounding sound.
For tomorrow awaits, a challenge, a test,
But armed with their knowledge, they'll give it their best.
So sleep now, young scholars, for tomorrow will show,
Your hard work and effort, how far you will grow.
For the STAAR is just one step on your quest,
To greatness and triumph, you'll surely attest!
Dumas Intermediate School
Weekly Announcements
April 8-12
Character Counts: Flexibility
Monday - 6th Grade Athletics meeting with JH Coaches
Latin Cultures to perform at Board Meeting at 5:30 PM
Tuesday - PEGS
Wednesday -
Thursday - End of 5th 6 weeks
Superhero Day $1
PEGS Fundraiser - Selling Popsicles After School
Friday - Staff Development
No School for Student
Dumas Intermediate School
Weekly Announcements
April 1 - 5
Character Counts: Balance
Monday - Balance
Tuesday - Wear Red or Blue for Autism Awareness Day
PEGS
Wednesday - Faculty Meeting - 4:00 PM
Thursday - 5-2 Field Trip
Friday - Hat/Athletic Shorts Day $1
5-3 Field Trip
Dumas Intermediate School
Weekly Announcements
March 25-29
Character Counts: Speak with Good Purpose
Monday - 5th Grade Band Parent Meeting - 6:00 PM Cafeteria
Tuesday - 5th Grade Science Benchmark
PEGS
Wednesday - Faculty Meeting - 4:00 PM
Thursday - 5th/6th Grade Math Benchmarks
Friday - NO SCHOOL
Dumas Intermediate School
Weekly Announcements
March 18-22
Character Counts: Integrity
Monday - Telpas Make Up
Tuesday - PEGS
Wednesday
Thursday - 5th/6th Grade RLA Spring Benchmarks
Friday - Hat/Sweat Day - $1
Benchmark Makeup
5-1 Field Trip - Window on the Plains Museum
Dumas Intermediate School
Weekly Announcements
March 4-8
Character Counts: Failure leads to Success
Monday - District Test
Telpas Make Up
Food/Toiletries Drive for Wildfire Victims
Tuesday - PEGS
Wednesday
Thursday - Fire Drills
Tutorials - Late Cactus Bus
Friday - Hat/Sweat Day - $1
6th Grade Schedule Request Due
Afternoon Movies $1
Food Drive WINNERS - FREE POPCORN
Dumas Intermediate School
Weekly Announcements
February 26-March 1
Character Counts - Commitment
Monday - Boy Scouts of America Assembly in Gym @ 8:00 AM
Tuesday - PEGS
Wednesday
Thursday - Telpas Testing Day
Friday - Hat/Sweat Day - $1
6th Grade Tour Jr. High
Quest Fest
Dumas Intermediate School
Weekly Announcements
February 19-23
Character Counts - Ownership
Monday - NO School - Presidents Day
Tuesday - PEGS
Wednesday
Thursday - Telpas Testing Day
Craft Day at Kilgore Memorial Library - 4:00 PM
Friday - Hat/Sweat Day - $1
Last Day to Order Yearbook
Student Council Meeting - 4: 00 PM
Dumas Intermediate School
Weekly Announcements
February1 2-16
Character Counts - Fairness
Monday - Yearbook Club Meeting - 4:00 PM
Tuesday - PEGS
6th Grade Band Solo Contest 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Wednesday - Valentine's Day - Wear Red/Pink
Thursday - Tutorial Bus to Cactus
Friday - Hat/Sweat Day - $1
1:00 Student Release
Dumas Intermediate School
Weekly Announcements
February 5 - 9
Character Counts: Trustworthiness
Monday - 6th Grade Relationships Under Construction Begins
Tuesday - PEGS
PEGS - Night of the Notables - 6:00 PM Library
Wednesday
Thursday - Tutorial Bus to Cactus
Friday - Hat/Sweat Day - $1
Valentine Dance $5 6:00-8:00 PM
Congratulations!
Dumas Intermediate on being a CREST Leadership Award Winner
In 2005, Texas School Counselor Association began a program called CREST to recognize schools with outstanding counseling programs. Schools receiving CREST awards have demonstrated a commitment using the Texas Model to improve the lives and achievement of students in academic, career, and personal social domains. The Texas School Counseling Association is proud to announce CREST winners for the 2023-2024 school year.
CREST is a continuous improvement document that gives a school counseling program an opportunity to demonstrate effective communication and a commitment to obtaining results. CREST helps counselors to evaluate their counseling programs, promote their programs to the stakeholders in their districts, demonstrate the effectiveness of their guidance and counseling programs through empirical means, and to implement the Texas and National models for school counseling programs.
CREST looks at the counseling program in five categories:
• Introduction to the School and the Role of the Professional School Counselor
• Program Implementation Cycle
• Foundational Components
• Four Service Delivery Components
• Program Curriculum
The counseling team prepares a digital submission that highlights these areas and communicates just what the counseling program is doing to help students succeed. These are sent to reviewers throughout the state of Texas to be judged according to pre-set standards of excellence.
Congratulations to Dumas Intermediate School for being one of an elite group of schools from across the state to win the CREST Award for Counseling Excellence for 2023-2024.
Conduct a needs assessment.
Organize a campus based advisory committee.
Use program goals to drive services.
Nurture relationships to support implementation.
Serve students through the four service delivery components of the Texas Model
Ensure delivery of guidance scope & sequence
Leverage specialized skills to assist teachers, staff, and parents.
Optimize efforts to create a positive school climate.
Review the program to assess effectiveness-
Dumas Intermediate School
Weekly Announcements
January 29 - February 2
Character Counts: Caring
Monday - District Test #3
Drills
Yearbook Club - 4:00 pm
Tuesday - PEGS
Wednesday
Thursday - 6th Grade Relationships Under Construction Parent Meeting 6:00 PM
Tutorial Bus to Cactus
Friday - Hat/Sweat Day - $1
5th Grade Girls Spinal Screenings
Dumas Intermediate School will do spinal screening on February 2, 2024. State law requires that schools must screen students for abnormal spinal curvature in accordance with the following schedule:
Girls will be screened two times, once at age 10 (grade 5) and again at age 12 (grade 7)
Trained screeners (school nurses) will check you child for signs of spinal problem like scoliosis. Catching a spinal problem early can make the treatment much easier. Not treating spinal problems can lead to serious health problems.
The screening is simple. Screeners will look at your child’s back while she stands and bends forward.
Important Recommendations
Girls should wear a thin T-shirt or a sports bra or a two piece swimsuit top underneath their shirt on exam day.
Girls will remove their shirts during the screening process.
The school will send you a letter if your child does not pass the screening. The letter will tell you how to follow up with at doctor.
This screening is not a medical exam. Your child still needs to see a doctor for check ups.
If you do not wish to have your child screened for religious reasons, you must submit and exemption to the school no later than February 1, 2024
Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Lisa West RN
Dumas Intermediate School
