DMS Family Emails - Updated 12/20/2024

December 20, 2024

DMS Parents/Guardians –

Please read below for important dates and information.

Upcoming Dates: 

December 23 – January 1 – Holiday Recess (No School)

January 2 – Back to School!

January 6 – PTA Meeting @ 6:00 in DMS Library

DMS Spelling Bee

The Curriculum Dept. has enrolled DMS in the Scripps National Spelling Bee! Classroom spelling bees will take place Jan 2nd – 15th to determine homeroom winners. These winners will participate in a school wide competition on Friday, January 17th. You will be notified if your child moves on and invited to watch. Grade level practice spelling lists have been made available students in the main office. “Word Club” is a spelling bee app. that can be downloaded and used to study words as well!

Have a wonderful break,

Principal Dube

Dover Middle School

REPEATED & HELPFUL INFORMATION

DMS Staff Email Directory

District Transportation Information & Contact

Food Services

Student Handbook & Policies

HAVEN:

After the holiday break HAVEN will be coming in again to work with our students. They will be working with grades 6-8 this year. The topics are listed below. To get more detailed descriptions of these lessons please visit their website at https://havennh.org/our-services/education. If you have questions or concerns, please reach out to your child's school counselor.

6th Grade: Healthy Relationships

7th Grade: Sexual Harassment

8th Grade: CARE (Consent, Awareness, Respect and Empathy)

Yearbook:

2025 Yearbooks are now on sale! Yearbooks are $35 (payable in full or in 3 monthly installments) and can be purchased by clicking on this link: https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A05024850.  Yearbooks will not be sold at school and can only be purchased online.  If you have any questions, please email [email protected]. 

New this year, members of our school community can help us add photos from school-sponsored events (DMS Sports, Dances, etc.) to the Yearbook. Go to https://photos.jostens.com/MKDJTE to upload photos.  

Attendance:

If you need to report an absence, please email [email protected] or call 603-516-7019 to leave a message.

After School Clubs:

DMS offers a variety of after school clubs. Please view the list on our website for more information. Check back as clubs are added throughout the year. DMS After School Clubs

Early Dismissals:

Students are not called to the office before a parent arrives. As soon as you check in at the window, we will call your child down.

Bus Changes:

Parents/guardians must contact First Student directly to request the change. First Student will then inform the Dover Middle School office of the updated arrangements. You can reach First Student at (603) 692-4406. They require 24 hours’ notice to be able to approve and communicate the change. Notes are not accepted from students.

Parking:

If you are dropping your child off in the morning, please do not park in the main parking lot. Numerous families have been here early and waiting in the lot, which is preventing our staff from having somewhere to park. The cafeteria opens at 6:55 and all early students can enter the building through those doors at that time.

End 68 Hours of Hunger:

We hope everyone is having a smooth transition back into school. We wanted to inform those who are new to the district as well as a reminder to those returning to us this year of our end 68 hours of hunger program. The 68 Hours program is a food program that each household and every student has access too. Once a week on Thursday (or earlier depending on Holiday and break schedule) the students come down at the end of the day to receive their bag(s) of groceries. The food items are non-perishables such pastas, cereal, canned goods, peanut butter, and other pantry food items. If you are interested in having your household participate, please contact your student’s counselor, and let them know. We hope you have a fantastic school year.

DMS Counselors:

Nora Marden 5^th Grade
[email protected]
603-516-7283

Haley Gilmore 6^th Grade

[email protected]

603-516-7212

Cal Marsden 7^th Grade
[email protected]

603-516-7211

Joan Breault 8^th Grade

[email protected]

603-516-7210

DMS PTA 2024-2025 board:

President - Jodi Langellotti

Vice President - Jessica Rozzo

Secretary - Jessi Pellitier

Treasurer - Mike Sutton

At-Large Member - Tom Mooney