Principal's Blog
For those of you who are looking for some snow; I hope these images will remind you of what a winter wonderland we enjoyed last year and that maybe we could take a pass on a repeat performance this year!
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Week of January 29, 2016
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February 6, 2016
Snowball Dance
DHS Cafeteria
6:00-9:30 pm
Tickets are $8.00 before Winter Carnival
$10.00 @ the Door
$15.00 a Couple
Snowball Dance
DHS Cafeteria
6:00-9:30 pm
Tickets are $8.00 before Winter Carnival
$10.00 @ the Door
$15.00 a Couple
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Just a friendly reminder that Winter Carnival is once again in sight and that means early morning lip synch rehearsals, the making of posters and tee shirts. It of course is the send off to Winter Break.
Winter vacation week is the 15th - 19th.
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MCAS Biology Retake
Monday, February 1, 2016
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
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MCAS ELA-After School
DHS will once again be providing an after school program for students focused on MCAS review in English, math and science. The English sessions will begin on Tuesday the 2nd of February. It runs for every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon for five weeks. More information on dates for math and science will follow. Please contact guidance if you have any questions on these sessions.
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Quarter 2 grades posted in IPASSWith the release of the second quarter Report Cards; parents and students will see a grade for the quarter, a Midterm Exam grade, an overall Semester 1 grade and an assessment of the students performance on meeting the school's academic expectations for learning. Parents and students will see numbers posted on the Report Card that are linked to the classroom teachers assessment of the student's progress in meeting these expectations. Parents will also be directed to a copy of the rubric that is being used to assess the student's performance in meeting these expectations for learning. If there are questions on any part of the Report Card, please contact the school's Guidance Department and they will endeavor to assist you.
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Master Schedule Building for 2016-2017:
As we begin the second semester of the school year, it is important to know that we will soon be engaging all students in grades 8-11 in the course selection process for the 2016-2017 school year. Our Guidance Counselors will be meeting with students from February 23 through March 18. During these meetings they will be making their initial course selections, while reviewing graduation requirements and academic department pathways. Our faculty have begun entering into IPASS the course recommendations for their students. This process will be completed by February 8th.
The course recommendation and course selection process are the initial stages for building the Master Schedule at DHS for the 2016-2017 school year. Parents will have the opportunity to use the IPASS parent portal to both review teacher recommendations and to submit their course recommendations for their student. It is anticipated that this process will be available from February 13th through the 25th. Please plan to review all course selections with your child during this time period. Nothing that is entered at this point is a permanent decision, as there will be time to review and make adjustments to a student's schedule prior to the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year.
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Course Selection Process:
The Program of Studies is being worked on and should be complete and posted into IPASS by the end of next week. This will allow parents and students to review the courses that are offered and to also review the recommended department pathways for sequencing of courses. We hope to have the portal for parents and students open before our guidance department begins meeting with students to formally enter their courses for next year. A reminder to parents and students that is very helpful if they list in order of preference; at least four electives that they would like to be considered for enrollment in. This helps us when completing the schedule for each student to ensure we have all students fully enrolled in courses for next year.
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SPORTS
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Loud shout out to the best Pep Band in the DVC the DHS Pep Band. The band is led by Mr. John Rheaume and the band members are: Ryan Smith, Patrick Sullivan, Shannon Walthall, Abigail Sullivan, Samuel Masoud and seventh grader Ryan Masoud.
We love having the Pep Band at our games and we hear such positive feedback from parents all the time about how great it is to have the Pep Band at the games. Great job everyone.
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DHS Cheerleaders
Wanted to also send a shout out to our Cheerleading Team for the great job they do in getting our fans into the game. The team extends their appreciation to the Cheer Boosters for their support in allowing the program to continue you this year. They are a great group and we are value their participation at all home games. They are coached this year by Ms. Cassie Reardon.
       
Boys hoop:
The first half of the hoop season for the boys has been up and down. The play league rival Sutton at home tonight (5:00 + 6:30) as they look to get back to even on the year. They are presently 5-6 on the season. Coach Ryan and the team has won its last two games over BVT and Nipmuc. The team is putting a push on and we hope that they will find their way into the Clark and District Tournament, however; we will take it one game at a time.
 
Girls Hoop:
The girls hoop team has an overall record of 9-2 for the season. They also play league rival Sutton High School tonight at Sutton HS (5:00 - 6:30). Coach Quinn and the team will look to avenge one of their losses this year with a victory over Sutton.
      
DOUGLAS TIGERS ATHLETIC SCHEDULE Week of February 1st, 2016
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BUS
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Monday, Feb 1st
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JV Boys Basketball Home vs Valley Tech @ 5:00
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Varsity Boys Basketball Home vs Valley Tech @ 6:30
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Wednesday, Feb 3rd
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JV Boys Basketball Home vs WCS @ 5:00
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Varsity Boys Basketball Home vs WCS @ 6:30
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JV Girls Basketball @ WCS @ 5:00
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4:00
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Varsity Girls Basketball @ WCS @ 6:30
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Friday, Feb 5th
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JV Boys Basketball @ Hopedale @ 5:00
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4:00
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Varsity Boys Basketball @ Hopedale @ 6:30
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JV Girls Basketball Home vs Hopedale @ 5:00
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Varsity Girls Basketball Home vs Hopedale @ 6:30
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Saturday, Feb 6th
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Indoor Track District Meet @ Fitchburg HS @ 9:00
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7:30
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