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Dorothy Hamm Middle School PTSA
PHOENIX POST
Monday, February 19th, 2024
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Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming DHMS Dates | |
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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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Friday, February 23rd - Course Request Forms Due
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Tuesday, March 5th - NO SCHOOL (Primary Election Day)
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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)
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Tuesday, April 9th - DHMS PTSA Meeting, 7:00pm
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Wednesday, April 10th - NO SCHOOL (Eid al-Fitr)
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Monday, April 15th - NO SCHOOL (Grade Preparation Day); End of 3rd Quarter
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Friday, May 3rd - EARLY RELEASE (12:05pm Dismissal)
Please visit the online master DHMS Calendar for all 2023-24 school year dates.
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Wishing our DHMS Community a Happy President's Day!
Look forward to seeing students when we return to school tomorrow, Tuesday, February 20th.
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DHMS PTSA Meeting Follow-up
Thank you to everyone who attended last Tuesday night's DHMS PTSA Membership Meeting, including an overview of testing at DHMS and how to read your student's reports. If you missed the meeting, please click here for the meeting details (under PTSA Meetings). 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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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.
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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 7th Grade Students: George Mason University EIP Prep Program
To 7th Grade Students, George Mason University runs a program called the Early Identification Program (EIP) Prep which begins in 8th grade.
The EIP Prep is designed to support students academically and personally through numerous activities and events. EIP Prep students are provided with weekly tutoring, mentoring, financial aid, goal setting, study skills, and a wide range of seminars that focus on college prep and admissions. In addition, EIP Prep students and parents attend a family seminar that focuses on family communication, advocacy, and planning for college. Students who successfully complete EIP Prep will transition into EIP for grades 9-12.
- Click here for a letter with additional details.
- More information about GMU’s EIP program can be found here.
- More information about GMU’s EIP Prep program can be found at https://eip.gmu.edu/eip-prep/
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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. | | | | |
