DMS Family Emails - 05/03/2024

DMS Families, 

Upcoming Dates:

May 6-10 – Teacher Appreciation Week

May 7-9 – NH SAS Testing

May 13-17 – Book Fair

May 17 – 7/8 Dance

NH SAS Testing:

NH SAS Testing will take place next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Please be on time and please bring your wired headphones. See the attachment for more information regarding testing.

7/8 Dance Update:

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the dance has been rescheduled (again) to May 17 from 7-9pm. If students are unable to attend the dance on 5/17 and purchased a ticket for the original date, please have them see Mrs. Wells in the main office for a refund. Anyone else who already purchased a ticket will still be able to get into the dance. Tickets will be sold for $5 on Thursday May 16 and Friday May 17 at 7/8 lunches for anyone who still needs to purchase a ticket.

Book Fair:

The Spring Scholastic Book Fair is almost here! It will be held Monday, May 13th - Friday, May 17th during school hours, and also until 5:00 pm on Thursday, May 16th.  Mrs. Powers is again looking for volunteers. Please consider signing up for one or more time slots at 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C4BABAA2AAAFC1-49042553-dmsspring#/

We will once again be offering families the option to go cashless using eWallet. Any unused funds can be spent at the Scholastic Store Online or to fund a future eWallet. Funds can be added now through May 17th by visiting our book fair homepage: 

https://www.scholastic.com/bf/dovermiddleschool6

Stock up on books for summer reading while supporting the library! 

Thank you!

Counseling Department:

Attached is the May Counseling Department newsletter.

BREATHE PROJECT

My name is Eleanor Gorman. I'm a seventh grader at Dover Middle School and am both a Girl Scout and member of Dover Youth to Youth. I'm currently working on a collection of Girl Scout badges known as "Breathe". I learned about air and how to protect it. The last step of the project was to do a project to help the environment or people in a way related to air. As a member of Dover Youth to Youth, I am very passionate about educating people about the risks of tobacco use and have been working with them on my Girl Scout "Breathe" project to educate parents about the risk of secondhand smoke to their children. If you are interested in further information regarding youth and tobacco products, click here.

DMS PTA News: 

**DMS PTA is looking ahead to next year - we will have some open board positions! We have worked hard over the past couple of years to re-establish and re-organize the PTA and we hope that some new - or familiar! - faces will step up to continue our work in supporting the students and staff at DMS. Board positions include President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Member-at-Large. Please consider joining our team! Feel free to reach out with any questions or to express interest: [email protected]. 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Dover Middle School

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Study Club

Could your student use some support with schoolwork? If so, Study Club is being offered Tuesdays and Thursdays, after school, at St. John's Church.

End 68 Hours of Hunger

Dover Middle School is once again partnering with End 68 Hours of Hunger, to provide food to our students for the weekends.  The program provides children with a bag full of nutritional simple meals each Thursday afternoon. 

Please note, any child is eligible to participate. If you would like your child to participate in this program, please contact your school counselor.

Mary Calhoun 5th Grade
[email protected]
 603-516-7209

Cal Marsden 6th Grade
[email protected]

603-516-7211

Christina Pannone 7th Grade

[email protected]

603-516-7212

Joan Breault 8th Grade

[email protected]

603-516-7210