Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas!
Mrs. Baker’s class having a little fun in the “snow”!
Miss Parker's class with Santa.
Mrs Winters and Mrs Morris and their First Grade class had a special visitor today. They got to meet a bearded dragon and they also learned about what they eat and how cold-blooded animals are different than we are.
Ms Parker's class celebrated Christmas with a book exchange today!
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December 16-20, 2024
Ms. Moore’s 5th grade ELA students had a paint party making their own gingerbread men and women.
DES Faculty and Staff
St. Nick made a stop by DES today to visit with our students. Before he headed back North, Superintendent Drew Pitcock updated the naughty and nice list with him.
Mrs. Baker’s class says “Thank you, Mrs. Clark!” for purchasing fun card games for the class.
Mrs Ford and Mrs. McCluskey's kindergarten class book exchange was held today.
Fourth grade reviewed their energy transfers standards by creating simple circuits out of aluminum and old Christmas lights. Students designed a Christmas tree and were challenged to complete the circuit to light the tree up!
DES library students have enjoyed guest readers last week! Thanks to all who came to read Christmas books!
As part of their unit on the book, Olive, the Other Reindeer, Mr. Brown taught a vocabulary lesson on musical instruments with Mrs. Sain’s Superstars. Thanks Mr. Brown for helping us better understand what a flute looks and sounds like and for the mini-concert of your trombone.
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Thank you to the Electric Department and City of Water Valley for coming to our rescue restoring power just in time for the Talent Show! Our students have been working hard in preparation.
They also helped solve some of our flooding problems! Thanks again to these hard working men!
The AdMEN at Water Valley District Office are twinning today. I'm curious if they planned it. Your thoughts ??
DES had a special visitor today! Recent retiree Carol Clark came to the school to read a Christmas story to students in the DES library and ran into a few of her babies from her last year’s kindergarten class. They say you never forget your kindergarten teacher…look at the joy on their faces! 🥹🥰💙
Band Concert
December 19, 2024