DeWitt Elementary School

Don't forget the PTO Decades Dance is tomorrow at DES! This is for all students and families PK-5. Children must attend with an adult, this is not a drop off event. Our PTO supports our students and our staff year in and year out, come and support them in this fun, family event!

The ATLAS State assessment will be next Wednesday, March 13th, 2024 for grades 3-5. Students need to eat a good breakfast, be on time, and try their best!

Thank you, Mrs. Stephanie Cody, for hosting a fantastic 5th grade math night for parents!

Congratulations to Anna Claire Beaton for placing 2nd in the Arkansas County Spelling Bee! We are proud of all of our contestants, Townsend Cotten, Anna Claire Beaton, Allyn Smith and not pictured, Spencer Ward.

Mrs. Stephanie Cody will be hosting a family math night for 5th grade parents. In class, students are learning how to divide multi-digit numbers using partial quotients. Mrs. Stephanie has had many questions from parents wanting to help their students, so she would like to invite parents to join her that night so she may explain the process to solve these problems so that parents will be able to help their student at home. Please join her Monday, Feb. 26th at 6:00pm. If you have any questions you may contact Mrs. Stephanie at scody@dewittdragons.net Correction: The note that went home with students contained the wrong date. The Math Night will be February 26th.

We would like to thank Jackie and Anthony Johnson, owner of Lauren's Garden in DeWitt, for providing 212 candy packs and balloons for students at DES. This is a yearly passion project that they do to help make Valentine's Day special for all students. Jackie and Anthony also want to mention the following people who pitched in with the cost of balloons. Gail Fox, Dean and Tawana Watson, Billy Wesley and JoAnne Adams, and Carolyn Berry. The balloons are given to DES, Pattillo School, Grand Prairie Job Center and West Haven.

Kindergarten Round-Up 2024 Join us for Kindergarten Registration Tuesday March 12, 2024 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, or Thursday March 14, 2024 from 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm, at DeWitt Elementary School. What to bring: Official Birth Certificate Current immunization/shot records Official copy of child's social security number Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT)/Well Child Check-up Proof of Residence *Children entering Kindergarten MUST be five (5) years old on or before August 1, 2024. For more information, please call the school or visit our website at, www.dewittdragons.net. Please bring your child with you. Your child will be given a quick skills checklist and then will receive a gift.

Reminder, school is closed today! We will see everyone on Tuesday morning!

Reminder, no school today!

DeWitt Elementary School will be closed for President's Day Weekend. School will not be in session on Friday, February 16th and Monday, February 19th, 2024. School return to session on Tuesday February 20th, 2024.

DES Valentine's Party Information

DEWITT SCHOOL DISTRICT DeWitt ABC Preschool Program Open enrollment for the 2024-2025 school year for the DeWitt ABC Preschool Program will begin February 12, 2024 and will remain open until all spots are filled. Applications will be available for children who are 3 or 4 years old by August 1, 2024 with priority given to incoming 4 year old students. Please stop by DeWitt Elementary School for an application. If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Carrie Ashcraft at carrieashcraft@dewittdragons.net

DES Parent Teacher Conferences will be Thursday, February 15th, 2024 from 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Students will be dismissed early on Thursday, February 15th, 2024 because of Parent Teacher Conferences. Car Riders - 1:00 pm Bus Riders - 1:15 om If you have any questions please contact the DES Office at 870-946-4651

Congratulations to our DES Battle of The Books team, they won 1st Place at the Battle of The Books Competition at the Southeast Co-Op!

During Kindness Week this year, we want our actions to speak louder than our outfits. Instead of dress up days, this year we will be collecting food items for the DES Backpack Program. This isn't a competition, but a way to show kindness to others in our school. Helping our students have a full belly is a great way to spread kindness at DES. Students may bring their items anytime during kindness week and give them to their homeroom teacher to be added to the other items collected during kindness week. If you have any questions, contact Mrs. Alesha Jones at DES.

Happy School Counselors Week to our very own, Mrs. Alesha Jones! We are blessed with the best! You can always find her helping and encouraging our students at DES. Outside of school, you can find her encouraging her boys on the ballfield and wherever else her family time takes her. Thank you for all you do for DES!

Kindness Week Volunteers Needed

Don't forget, tomorrow February 7th, 2024, is Class Picture Day! Forms were sent home with students last week. If you have any questions, contact the DES Office at 870-946-4651.

February Events at DES

DES Awards Assemblies will be rescheduled for Friday January 26th, 2024 4th grade 8:10-8:45 5th grade 9:00-9:30 3rd grade 9:45-10:15 K-11:45-12:15 1st- 12:45-1:15 2nd- 2:00-2:30