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Dorothy Hamm Middle School PTSA
PHOENIX POST
Monday, February 12th, 2024
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Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming DHMS Dates | |
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Tuesday, February 13th - DHMS PTSA Meeting, 7:00pm
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Monday, February 19th - NO SCHOOL (Presidents Day)
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Tuesday, February 20th - Peaceful Parenting Presentation, 7-8:30pm
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Tuesday, March 12th - DHMS PTSA Meeting, 7:00pm
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Friday, March 15th - NO SCHOOL (Parent-Teacher Conferences)
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Monday, March 25th - Friday, March 29th - NO SCHOOL (Spring Break)
Please visit the online master DHMS Calendar for all 2023-24 school year dates.
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DHMS PTSA Membership Meeting
Tomorrow Night: Tuesday, February 13th 7pm
Join us for our next DHMS PTSA Membership Meeting coming up TOMORROW, Tuesday, February 13th, at 7:00pm.
Join us via Zoom to learn all about testing at DHMS and how to read your student's data reports from DHMS Testing Coordinator, Poorvi Shah, Reading Coach, Sally Donnelly, and Math Coach, Heather Donaldson, as well as get the latest DHMS news and PTSA updates.
Zoom Meeting Link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82690909141?pwd=aGzMc3W0TZQbeG2re3vfMXUn2fLnuS.1
- Meeting ID: 826 9090 9141
- Passcode: 993990
- One tap mobile
- +19292056099,,82690909141#,,,,*993990# US (New York)
- +13017158592,,82690909141#,,,,*993990# US (Washington DC)
Please contact DHMS PTSA President, Danusha Chandy, with any questions.
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Peaceful Parenting Presentation: Tuesday, February 20th 7-8:30pm
Parenting: one of life's greatest gifts and greatest challenges.
Gain tools to grow more confident in your roles as a parent, build a stronger connection to your child(ren), and learn about the brain science that shapes your relationship with them.
Please join us:
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Date: Tuesday, February 20th
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Time: 7:00-8:30pm
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Location: Dorothy Hamm Middle School Library
For our planning purposes, please take a moment to register: Peaceful Parenting Presentation Registration Form
Speakers: Christine Katcher and Phyllis Thompson
- Christine Katcher, LCSW, has been a social worker with Arlington Public Schools for almost 4 decades. She currently works at DHMS as the Intervention Counselor. Her experience of students and their parents is broad, ranging from preschool through high school. Some of her professional experience includes direct counseling, parent training, special education, social emotional education, and professional mentoring. She loves spending time with her family, including 4 adult children.
- Phyllis Thompson, LCSW, has recently retired from APS where she served as a school social worker, focusing on students with significant disabilities and supporting their families. Previous areas of her career include child abuse prevention, marriage and family therapy, and parenting skill building. Phyllis is the parent of two adult children.
Snow Date: Tuesday, February 27th
Click here for printable flyer with details.
Contact Christine Katcher, DHMS Intervention Counselor, with any questions.
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65th Anniverary of the Integration of Stratford Jr. High
Thanks again for everyone who supported and attended the 65th Anniversary of the Integration of Stratford Jr. High events on February 2nd and 3rd. If you missed the live event on Friday, February 2nd: you can watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DroAO7Ny_iQ
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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.
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Donate Your Plastic Film Waste & Help DHMS Win a Trex Bench
The DHMS Green Team is setting our sights on winning a super cool 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.
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APS Social Studies Resource Vendor Fair - Tuesday, February 13th
The Social Studies department is hosting a vendor resource fair for anyone from the community who wants to view instructional resource options. (In simplified terms, see what the options are for Social Studies textbooks and other materials.) It will be on Feb 13 from 3:30 - 7 pm at Wakefield. Please email Laura Watchman with questions.
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Free Pop Up Shop
Help your closet and the climate by getting free, gently used clothes!
When: February 18th, 2 - 5 pm
Where: Washington-Liberty High School Cafeteria
Who: All students and community members are welcome!
Brought to you by Arlington Students for Climate Action, EcoAction Arlington, Sierra Club Potomac River Group, NAACP Arlington Chapter, and Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions.
To contribute clothes, drop off washed, gently used clothes of any size at Wakefield, H-B Woodlawn, Yorktown, Arlington Career Center, or Casual Adventure before February 17th. please email Laura Watchman with questions.
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Upcoming Yorktown Dance Team Clinics
We are offering a special Valentine's Day edition of our Parents Night Out program. Information including the sign up link is below, and click here for more details.
Parents' Night Out with YHS Spirit Program Valentine's Day Themed
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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. | | | | |
