Duxbury Middle School

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71 ALDEN STREET, DUXBURY MA 02332 PHONE: 781-934-7640 FAX: 781-934-6084

WEBSITE: WWW.DUXBURY.K12.MA.US

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Important Dates

November 23rd

Half-Day

Dismissal at 11:20

November 24th – 25th

Thanksgiving Break

November 30, 2016

Author visit – Deborah

Hopkinson

December 1, 2016

Parent – Teacher

Conferences

December 5, 2016

½ Day for Students

Prof. Development

December 7th

Picture Re-Take Day

December23rd

Half-Day

Dismissal at 11:20

December 26th - 30th

Winter Break

Hello DMS Community,

Congratulations to this week’s

“Students of the Week”:

Eleanor Norberg, Lucas Farhat, Theodore Stravin,

Gavin Donovan, Ian Sovick

These students have demonstrated one or more of our

7 traits of character:

Citizenship, Caring, Responsibility, Trustworthiness,

Respect, Fairness, and Integrity.

Great work!

Re-Take day for DMS picture day will be Dec. 7th

For students who did not get their pictures taken back in October and for students who want to have their pictures retaken. Students who

are coming for retakes should bring their individual packages BACK to the photographer. Order sheets are available in the school office or

on-line at www.coffeepond.com

HOMEWORK CLUB Come use the beautiful library in our building!!

Homework Club is Monday - Thursday after school in the library from 2:45 - 3:45. It is staffed by a teacher, and three of those days a MATH teacher runs it!! Students

can come for all or part of the time and complete homework and get help if necessary. National Honor

Society also sends a student to help tutor! Best of all, it is FREE!!!

After school Winter Sports Performance Training starts on

12/13 & registration is now OPEN!

For more information and to register: www.duxburystrength.com

Fill the Truck on Thanksgiving Come support the Dragons and the Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester on

Thanksgiving Day! The Duxbury High School Football Team will be holding

their Annual Toy Drive to benefit the Dorchester Boys and Girls Club. Please

bring an UNWRAPPED toy to the Thanksgiving Game and help fill the truck.

Let’s make this a special holiday season for every boy and girl!

Kickoff is 10AM!

Congratulations Harry Papp on being nominated to represent Duxbury as this year's Project 351 Ambassador. Harry was

nominated by the DMS teachers and will take part in 2 days of planned service projects in and around Boston with other 8th

graders from all 351 towns and cities of Massachusetts.

DSU News

Cape Cod Cares for Troops Care Packing event Always on the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend, DSU takes volunteers and 500+ pounds of candy to Bourne MA to distribute in over 1500 care packages for troops abroad. It is a remarkable event, meeting volunteers, veterans and family members of troops deployed. If you want to start a sweet family tradition and give back to the troops, email us at admin@duxburystudentunion.com. It is usually a 3 hour commitment (includes travel) but can be flexible to meet family schedules. Children must be accompanied by one parent.

Sue Bradford Executive Director

781.934.2290

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

forDuxbury Youth Wrestling!

Register at

www.duxburyyouthwrestling.com.

Practices will start around 12/5/16.Hope to see you this season!

Sign up for membership or please make a donation at our upcoming holiday concerts. Your membership and

donations will help us to continue to keep the music awards/scholarships and support rolling! Please go to our

website (http://duxburymusicpromotersidol.weebly.com) to DONATE --Thank you!

Duxbury will be hosting the Thanksgiving Day Pep Band Breakfast this year for our annual football game

against Marshfield. We are in need of donations and volunteers to help make this event successful. Please go

to our website (http://duxburymusicpromotersidol.weebly.com) to sign up--Thank you!

We appreciate ideas & feedback about how we can support our musicians, please email us at:

duxburymusicpromoters@gmail.com

If you have an idea for a student-run Disney Fundraiser, please have your student ask for a "blue fundraising

form" from the music department--the most important criteria is that the student earn 50% toward their trip.

See our DMP website for upcoming emails, newsletters & social media for updates.

LIKE us & share posts on Facebook & follow us on Twitter @Duxburymusic!

CONCERT DATES:

SEMMEA Jr Auditions-Sat. 12/3/16

Grade 6 Holiday Concert-Tues. 12/6/16

Gr 7&8 Holiday Chor/Orch-Th. 12/8/16

Gr 5 Holiday Concert-Mon. 12/12/16

Gr 7&8 Holiday Band-Tues. 12/13/16

DHS Concert Groups-Thurs. 12/15/16

DHS Ensembles-Wed. 12/21/16

UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES:

New members & chairs needed for various yearly fundraisers like Mattress Fundraiser,

Holiday Auction, any student run Disney Trip fundraising ideas for individually-raised funds,

and Duxbury Idol Remix.

Congratulations to this weekend's SEMMEA Senior Festival winners!!!

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Duxbury Umbrellas

Stop by the DMS Office to get your umbrella today and show your

Duxbury Pride!

SUPER GIFT FOR THE DUXBURY SUPER FAN! Only $30 cash or check payable to Duxbury Gridiron

DUXBURY SPORTS WALL FUNDRAISER

Where: Duxbury Legion When: Friday, December 9th from 6-9pm

Cost: $25 per person (adults only)

***Food included***Fantastic raffle prizes and silent auction items***Cash bar***

100% of the proceeds will go towards funding the sports wall!

PLEASE JOIN US! Support the Duxbury community to raise funds for the new sports wall. Let’s provide a place for our kids to practice town sports

for years to come!

Tickets can be purchased at DuxPlex via Matt Walsh, or online at https://squareup.com/store/duxsportswall, or you can email Liv Pikul at

livpikul@hotmail.com if you have questions. We hope to see you there, and if you can’t make it, please consider making a donation to the wall.

It’s a great way to kick off the holiday season, celebrate with us…

Thank you for your support. Go Dragons!