• Monday, April 15th - NO SCHOOL (Grade Preparation Day); End of 3rd Quarter
• Tuesday, April 16th - DHMS PTSA Meeting, 7:00pm *Re-scheduled*
• Thursday, April 18th-Saturday, April 20th - DHMS Musical, Frozen Jr.
• Friday, May 3rd - EARLY RELEASE (12:05pm Dismissal)
• Monday, May 6th-Friday, May 10th - Teacher Appreciation Week
• Tuesday, May 14th - DHMS PTSA Meeting, 7:00pm
• Monday, May 27th - NO SCHOOL (Memorial Day)
• Friday, June 7th - 8th Grade Promotion Party
• Monday, June 10th - 8th Grade Kings Dominion Trip

Please visit the online master DHMS Calendar for all 2023-24 school year dates.

DHMS News & Events

Tomorrow Night: DHMS PTSA Membership Meeting -Tuesday, April 16th

Join us tomorrow night for our re-scheduled May DHMS PTSA Membership Meeting, Tuesday, April 16th at 7:00pm via Zoom. Join us to learn about the latest DHMS news and PTSA updates, including highlights from the DHMS Green Team, both the PTSA and Student/Staff! 

Zoom Meeting Link:

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Meeting ID: 957 7632 0120

Passcode: 621232

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Please contact DHMS PTSA President, Danusha Chandy, with any questions.

Donate Your Used Sneakers!

Donate used sneakers and cleats that no longer fit and make an impact on the environment! Each donated pair will be reused/recycled and count towards the You Tuber Mark Rober and Mr. Beast competition of Team Seas vs Team Trees. 

Our fall sneaker collection allowed for 40 trees to be planted and 35 pounds of plastic to be removed from the ocean!  Donate from April 1 - 30. Boxes near the front office.

If you want to help with this recycling event and others please reach out to the Green Team club, led by Ms. Thomas or PTSA Green Team lead, Heather Shinn, with any questions.

DHMS School Resource Room

The school’s resource room includes food, hygiene items, school supplies, and warm clothes. Offerings vary per month. Here are some of the items you can expect:

• Food: pasta, rice, canned goods, peanut butter, cereals, snacks
• Hygiene items: laundry detergent, soaps feminine hygiene products, toothpaste/brushes
• School supplies: binders, notebooks, pencils, backpacks, lunch boxes
• Warm clothes: jackets, sweatshirts, gloves, socks

The school social worker is also able to locate and order items by request. To make an appointment to visit the resource room, have items sent home with your student, or request items, contact Gabby Bomberg or (703)-946-9032.

Online DHMS School Spirit Wear Store

The online DHMS Spirit Wear store is open all year round! You may order anytime and items will be shipped to your home address. Select from a wide variety of tees, hoodies, hate, shorts, jammie pants, bags, and accessories in adult, women, and youth sizes. A great way to show your school spirit, and the DHMS PTSA receives 5% of sales. Click below to place your order, and contact spiritwear@dhmsptsa.org with any questions.

Donate Your Plastic Film Waste & Help DHMS Win a Trex Bench

We are almost there! Help us get over the finish line. The DHMS Green Team is striving to win a Trex bench for our school if we can collect 1000 pounds of plastic recycling material. Bring in your CLEAN, DRY plastic film waste like newspaper sleeves, plastic grocery bags, bubble wrap and all of those empty shipping envelopes. Just drop it in the plastic bins in the hallway near the front office and we'll do the rest.  Please make sure all of the plastic is CLEAN, DRY and FREE of FOOD RESIDUE. 

2023-24 DHMS Yearbooks Available for Sale

Check “ORDER A YEARBOOK” off your list! Click below for more details and to place your DHMS Yearbook order for the 2023-24 school year now:

Order Your DHMS Yearbook 2023-24

APS & Community News

Yorktown HR Freshman Football Information Meeting - Thursday, May 9th 6:30pm

There will be an optional freshmen football information meeting on Thursday, May 9 at 6:30 pm in Patriot Hall at Yorktown High School. The head freshmen football coach, school staff and booster leadership will be available to answer questions and go over expectations and opportunities for participating on the freshmen football team. All rising 8th and 9th grade players and parents are welcome. 

DHMS Basics: Office: 703.228.2910 / Clinic: 703.228.2940 / Attendance: 703.228.2911

​​​Get Involved: Join the PTSA / PTSA Meetings / Volunteer / Phoenix Fund / Order Spirit Wear

Stay Connected: DHMS Calendar / DHMS Website / PTSA Directory / Morning Announcements

Engage With APS: APS Engage / Contact the School Board / Open Office Hours / Meetings / Agendas​​

The DHMS PTSA Phoenix Post is a weekly newsletter that informs the DHMS community about DHMS, PTSA, and relevant APS and community news. Please send any newsletter submissions to newsletter@dhmsptsa.org by EOD Thursday for inclusion in the following Monday's Phoenix Post.