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Dorothy Hamm Middle School PTSA
PHOENIX POST
Monday, October 23rd, 2023
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Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming DHMS Dates | |
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Tuesday, October 24th - School Picture Make-up Day
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Tuesday, October 24th - DHMS Principal Chat, 6:30pm (Rescheduled)
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Monday, October 30th - Million Bazillion Live! 7pm
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Monday, November 6th - End of 1st Quarter
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Tuesday, November 7th - NO SCHOOL (Grade Preparation Day)
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Friday, November 10th - NO SCHOOL (Veterans Day)
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Tuesday, November 14th - DHMS PTSA Meeting, 7pm
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Wednesday-Friday, November 22nd-24th - NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break)
Please visit the online master DHMS Calendar for all 2023-24 school year dates.
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Deadline Extended! Calling All Phoenix Artists: 2023 PTA Reflections Contest
The PTA Reflections deadline has been extended to Friday, November 3rd! The TA class with the most entries for each grade will get a snack award!
This year's theme is “I'm Hopeful Because ...” Interested students -- please submit your original work of art in one or more of the following categories: dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography, and visual arts. Fill out this form and submit it with your artwork to reflections@dhmsptsa.org or the main office by Friday, November 3rd. Check here to make sure your submission complies with your art category-specific guideline requirements. Students can also pick up the entry form and the guidelines from the main office. Reach out to reflections@dhmsptsa.org with any questions.
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Donate Your Used Sneakers
Last Day! Monday, October 23rd
Vote with your sneakers, are you on Team Seas or Team Trees? Donate sneakers and cleats that no longer fit and we will reuse/recycle them. To add more fun, each pair you donate will be counted towards the You Tuber Mark Rober and Mr.Beast competition of Team Seas vs Team Trees. Each dollar raised thru recycling will remove one pound of plastic from the water or plant one tree. Results to be shared with the school. Donate from Oct 3-Oct 23. Boxes near the front office.
If you want to help with this recycling event and others this year come to the informational meeting October 3rd for the Green Team club, led by Ms. Thomas. Please contact PTSA Green Team lead, Heather Shinn, with any questions.
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Tomorrow: DHMS Picture Make-up Day
Tuesday, October 24th
School Photos are now online! Families should have received an E-proof via email. Please remember to check your spam. For any questions about your student's school pictures please contact: underclass@vosphoto.com. If you are not happy with your student’s photo, Picture Re-take Day will be Tuesday, October 24th.
If you already ordered pictures and your student will be getting a retake, you MUST send back the original pictures on retake day. Your new order will be reprinted with the same package you ordered and the new image. Also, please note that student ID cards will NOT be updated with the new image if a retake occurs.
Contact DHMS PTSA Picture Day Chair, Krista Ratwani, with questions.
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Rescheduled 8th Grade Principal Chat
Tuesday, October 24th 6:30pm
We hope you will attend a virtual grade 8 Administrator and Parent/Guardian Community Chat. We'll discuss academics, sports/clubs, social-emotional learning, grade level expectations, RISE guidelines, grade 8 promotion, and even have time for questions and answers. We hope you can join us!
Tuesday, October 24th, 6:30-7:30pm: Grade 8 Virtual Meeting with Asst. Principal Crystal Moore: Click here to join the meeting
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Million Bazillion Live! Who Wants to be a Millionaire Show - Monday, October 30th 7pm
DHMS is proud to announce that we have been selected to host the Million Bazillion Live! Who Wants to be a Millionaire Show on October 30th at 7:00 PM. Join us for an unforgettable evening of family fun, financial literacy, games, and prizes. This game show-themed event is a great way for you and your kids to learn about money and have fun doing it. Doors open for snacks at 6:30 – the show begins at 7:00 PM in the Main Gym.
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DHMS Author Visit: Order Books Online
Thursday, November 2nd
Dr. Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long, authors of More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, will visit DHMS on Thursday, November 2 at 8:30 am. Families may order books online by following the directions listed on the order form. Orders are due on Friday, October 27, and the books will be delivered to DHMS.
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Donate Your Plastic Film Waste & Help DHMS Win a Trex Bench
Holiday season is here, and that means you're probably getting lots of shipping envelopes from online retailers! That's great news because 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. Starting Monday, November 6, 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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DHMS PTSA Field to Table Grant
DHMS PTSA is the proud recipient of a $5,000 grant from Field to Table, Inc. Field to Table hosts the Cherrydale Farmers Market at DHMS every Saturday from 8am-12pm, visit their site for product offerings and produce calendar. The PTSA will publicize how the grant is being used over the next few months, but first help us celebrate as Field to Table, Inc. officially hands our PTSA this generous grant! The ceremony will take place at the Cherrydale Farmers Market at 9:30am on Saturday, October 28. All DHMS students, staff and families are welcome! Contact Heather McIntire with questions.
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Online DHMS PTSA Directory 2023-24
The online DHMS PTSA Directory for 2023-24 is now available! The PTSA directory allows parents to communicate with other DHMS parents. You can search by Name, Grade, or TA, and you are able to customize the information you would like to have displayed.
Parents who choose to opt-in via ParentVUE under the "PTA Directory Information - Opt In" section are included. For additional details, including how to access the directory and set your password, please visit: dorothyhamm.apsva.us/ptsa/ptsa-directory. Please feel free to contact directory@dhmsptsa.org with any questions.
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2nd Annual KidsGiving Fair
Saturday, December 2nd 10am-Noon
Join us for the 2nd Annual KidsGiving Fair on Saturday, December 2nd from 10am-12pm! Meet and learn from 11 of our local nonprofit partners about what they do in our community. For every donation made, you will receive a greeting card to decorate and give on behalf of a loved one this holiday season. Family-friendly entertainment ° Refreshments ° Kids' Raffle & Activities ° Free to Attend at: Arlington Science Focus School - 1501 N. Lincoln St. 22201 ° kidsgiving.com ° KidsGiving Fair Flyer
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Cherrydale Farmers Market
Saturday Mornings at DHMS Through 11/18
Open Saturday mornings, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (noon). Market location is, adjacent to the soccer field, in the courtyard on the southeast face of the Dorothy Hamm Middle School. This year’s market will conclude in November, the Saturday before Thanksgiving.Visit https://cherrydalefarmersmarket.org for more details.
Come join us! DHMS PTSA will receive a grant check from Field to Table, the organization that manages the Cherrydale Farmers Market, at 9:30am on Saturday, October 28th. The grant will primarily support the establishment of hydroponic fruit and vegetable growing and related nutrition education at DHMS. More information on this grant will be shared soon, but in the meantime come join the celebration and do some shopping!
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DHMS 8th Grader Fundraiser for Orphaned Children in Mongolia
Hello, my name is Egshiglen Ganbat and I am fundraising money for orphaned children in Mongolia to get through this harsh upcoming winter. Mongolia is a landlocked country in Asia, bordered by Russia and China. Poverty, being one of Mongolia's biggest challenges, causes 400,000 children or 14.5% of the entire population to live on the streets. Poverty can be destructive enough in a hot climate. However, in the severe winters of Mongolia, temperatures can drop to -30 degrees Celsius, leaving orphans nothing but hope to last the winter. In addition to the dangerously cold winters, winter is the season where pollution climbs to its peak. During the wintertime, many Mongolians get warmth in the frosty and frigid temperatures by burning wood and coal in their yurts. Thus, this causes the pollution levels to reach 687 micrograms per cubic meter, which is 27 times the level that the World Health Organization recommends as safe.
Your donation will raise money to buy warm clothing, school supplies, books, masks (to shield from the polluted air), and anything else the orphaned children of the Living Hope orphanage in Mongolia will need to be at their healthiest this winter.
Students can purchase smiles to put on a bulletin board at school for $1 before school in the cafeteria or during TA in Ms. Banks' room (131). Adults can also donate to the GoFundMe. The fundraiser closes on October 31.
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