End of the Year Reminder
DES 2nd graders enjoyed building banana splits in the Habitat today!
DES 1st gd solar oven success!!
More 2nd gd fun at Hodgetown today!
Additional pics from the Sod Poodles game!
DES 2nd graders are enjoying a day at Hodgetown in Amarillo. Some of Mrs. Claborn's class were even invited down on the field!! More pictures from other classes to come!
One of the most highly anticipated events of the year...Field Day!! Thank you to the staff for pulling off another great day for our students and a huge shout out to all of the parents and family for taking time out of your busy schedule to come to DES and support all of our little athletes!!
Summer Feeding at DES
It was marshmallow day in Mrs. Roth's 1st grade class yesterday. Mini or large these 1st graders were in charge!
Congratulations to the DES 1st and 2nd graders that met their year long AR goals! 68 students attended the celebration at the Rahll Activity Center today! We are so proud of them!!
This year has flown by! Please check the flyers below to see our dismissal times for the last day of school!
Several classes, including Mrs. Ottaviani's 2nd graders, wrote and published books this year. Each student in Mrs. Ottaviani's class read their page out loud to their peers to celebrate their accomplishments.
We have baby chicks at DES! Mrs. Hulett's PreK class learned about the life cycle of chickens and cared for the eggs in the incubator. They were so excited to watch the baby chicks hatch! What an exciting time for our sweet littles!
Reminder for DES parents, family and friends:
1st gd awards ceremony - Monday, May 12th at 1:30 pm First Baptist Church
2nd gd awards ceremony - Tuesday, May 13th at 1:30 pm First Baptist Church
DES family and friends - our first Kinder graduation was amazing thanks to your wonderful kids and all of you that came to celebrate with us! Please share your pictures with us! We want to see all of those smiling faces!!
Today is National Nurse's Day and DES is blessed with the best!! Thank you to Mrs. Wright for her dedication to the students at DES and DIS!
Just a reminder to Kinder parents and families that DES Kinder graduations will be held this Thursday and Friday at 9:30 am at FBC just south of DES. Thursday graduating classes - Gordon, Bell and Avalos. Friday graduating classes - Amy Borunda, Francis and Ruiz. Mrs. Mari, the Kinder students and their teachers have been working hard to prepare for graduation. We look forward to sharing this exciting time with each of you!
Thank you to Full Smile for bringing us snacks and drinks today in celebration of Teacher's Appreciation Week!
DES teachers, Mrs. Roth and Mrs. Claborn, are all smiles this morning thanks to the generosity of our DES parents! The DES PTO has provided snacks, gifts and a meal for our staff in honor of Teacher's Appreciation Week. We appreciate all they do to support us!
A concerning TikTok trend is circulating among students at Dalhart ISD, encouraging them to insert pencil lead, foil, or other conductive materials into their school-issued Chromebook USB ports to make the device smoke or spark. While some users see it as a prank or viral challenge, this is both dangerous and illegal.
Tampering with electronic devices in this way poses serious fire and electrical hazards. It can cause permanent damage to the Chromebook, lead to potential injury, and may include school disciplinary action or even criminal charges for property destruction. The lithium ion batteries, when short-circuited, can overheat, swell, catch fire, or even explode, posing a serious threat to the student and others nearby
Educators and parents are urged to talk with students about the consequences of participating in such trends. School issued technology is not only a valuable learning tool but also school property therefore, intentionally damaging or destroying it is not a joke, it's destruction of school property.
