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Congratulations, Class of 2010!

Published 5/24/10

Commencement ceremonies for the DeWitt High School Class of 2010 were held Friday, May 21, 2010, at Dragon Stadium.

>>Click here for more photos by Mrs. LeeAnn Morgan.

And the Class of '22 Graduates from Kindergarten!

Published 5/28/10

DeWitt Elementary School's Kindergarten Graduation was held Friday, May 28, 2010, in the DHS gymnasium.

>>Click here for more photos by Mrs. LeeAnn Morgan.

DHS Talent Show

Published 5/20/10

The Junior Class talent show was held this spring with fun acts by DHS students.

>>Click here for more photos by Mrs. LeeAnn Morgan.

Kinderlympics

Published 5/25/10

DeWitt Elementary Students enjoyed a fun-filled afternoon at Dragon Field as DES Kindergarten students participated in annual Kinderlympics events. Click below for photos by Mrs. LeeAnn Morgan. >>Slideshow

DES Third Grade Field Trip

Published 5/30/10

Third graders from DeWitt Elementary School recently enjoyed a field trip to the Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff. Click below to see photos by Mrs. Dana Horton.

>>Railroad Museum Slideshow

Body Biographies

Published 5/15/10

Students in Mrs. Dardenne's Senior English classes prepared body biography projects. Working as a group, students prepared life-size representations of characters from the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare.

>>See the projects.

Spring Fling a Success

Published 4/20/10

DeWitt Middle School students danced the night away Friday, April 16, to celebrate the end of Benchmark tests. Sponsored by DMS Student Council, the event has become an anticipated tradition for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students.

Everyone dressed up and danced to their favorite music played by a local D.J. Mr. Clay Dollar and Mr. James Guest, DMS Student Council sponsors, were very pleased with the event. "Everyone behaved and had a really good time," stated Mr. Dollar. "Thank you to everyone who helped us."

Click the link below to enjoy photos from "Night of the Dragon."

>>See Spring Fling Photos.

Scholarships & Financial Aid

Published 2/15/10

Valuable and essential information for graduating seniors and their parents is now available to assist in the scholarship and financial aid process.

>>More information.

Physics Class Egg Drop

Published 3/19/10

Students in Mrs. Hubsch's Physics class recently conducted an "egg-cellent" experiment. In conjunction with their study of momentum and impulse, students were assigned to prepare a cushioned container that would protect four raw eggs from busting...when dropped from the press box at Dragon Stadium! It was great fun to watch the packages drop, then the students unwrapped their bundles to discover if any of the eggs survived. To prove the eggs were raw, students had to bust them in front of Mrs. Hubsch to receive their points.

>>See more photos by Mrs. LeeAnn Morgan

Miss DeWitt Pageant

Published 3/19/10

Congratulations to our newly-crowned Miss DeWitt 2010!

>>More photos by Mrs. LeeAnn Morgan

Regional Art Show Winners

Published 3/19/10

Five DHS art students are winners in the 2010 Eastern Regional Student Art Show. "Best of Show" in 10th grade division - Giovanni Silva; 1st place - Emily Kloss; 2nd place - Skylar Hill; 3rd place - Brett Morian; Honorable Mention - Jeremy Logsdon. There will be a reception and awards ceremony this Thursday night in Forrest City to recognize these and other art students across the Eastern Region. Giovanni's "Best of Show" piece will go to the Arkansas Art Educator's state art show where it will be among all of the state winners recognized at a reception at the gallery of the Arkansas Studies Institute in Little Rock on April 10. Congratulations to these students!

>>See the winning art!

DHS Student in Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition

Published 3/17/10

A work of art by a DeWitt High School Freshman has been selected for entry in the 49th Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition.

Organized by the Arkanas Arts Center with the cooperation of the Arkansas Department of Education. The Young Arkansas artists exhibition showcases artworks of all media created by students in kindergarten through 12th grade in Arkansas, both public and private. A jury of 71 members of the Arkansas Arts Educators Association selected 142 student works from among 605 art works submitted for consideration from 158 schools and art programs.

The YAA exhibition will be open April 9 - May 23, 2010, at the Terry House Community Gallery in Little Rock. An awards ceremony and reception will be held on April 25.

Solar Bag Experiment

Published 3/17/10

Students in Ms. Dana Horton's 2nd grade classroom enjoyed the fun of a solar bag experiment on a breezy day in March.

>>See more photos.

Regional Math Contest

Published 3/8/10

Seven DeWitt High School geometry students competed in the regional math contest at University of Arkansas at Monticello on Saturday, March 6, 2010. The contest is sponsored by the Arkansas Council of Teachers of Mathematics and consists of a one-hour test. Students from Warren, Rison, Star City, and Monticello also competed. The students were accompanied by DeWitt High School math teacher Barbara Rodgers.

FTA Teaching Day

Published 3/5/10

Junior and Senior FTA (Future Teachers of America) members went to DES, DMS, DHS, and Pattillo School on Friday, March 5, 2010, to have a learning experience about teaching. They took care of students of all ages and helped teachers in their classrooms. FTA is sponsored by Ms. Susan Paxton.

Smile, Metric Style!

Published 3/4/10

By Clay Dollar
Mrs. Dollar's 6th Grade Math really measures up!!! Lately the 6th Grade Math classes have been learning about systems of measurement and the metric system especially. In the pictures you can see the students measuring the length of each others' smiles using a metric ruler. All of the measurements are added together, converted to larger units, and drawn as one large smile representing to total of all the classes smiles together!!! Turns out this is a pretty cool way to turn those frowns (about math and the metric system) upside down!!!

>>Click to see more photos.

DHS Student to Participate in Talent Show

Published 3/1/10

Only one talented Arkansan will be crowned winner of the Arkansas EDUtainment talent show (AETS). DeWitt High School's Amelia Keffer has a shot at it. The judges chose Amelia and 19 others, out of over 90 hopefuls. "She sang beautifully," said the show visionaries, former Lady Razorback, now author, Celia Anderson and Power 92 DJ, The Skirt With Tha Dirt, "According to our judges, she was in from the time she opened her mouth."

Amelia is a student at DeWitt High School. She says her future goals are to establish herself in the music industry after attending either Berkley College of Music or Mississippi State. The show will be Friday, March 26, at the Robinson Auditorium in Little Rock. Doors open at 5:30. Tickets are availabe through Ticketmaster or for more information contact Celia Anderson at 270-872-7960.

DHS Senior to Play College Softball

Published 2/25/10

It was an exciting morning at DeWitt High School when one of our very own seniors signed with Williams Baptist to play college softball. An All-State player in 2007-08 and 2008-09, she will join the Eagles at first base.

Coach Eric Newell of Williams Baptist expressed his pleasure in signing not only an excellent softball player but also a well-rounded individual to the team. Softball Coaches Peeks and Walls and former Coach Mark Dardenne, the DHS softball team, family, friends, and faculty attended the official signing in the DHS library Wednesday morning, February 24. Everyone enjoyed delicious "congratulations" cake afterwards.

We're very proud of you and wish you the best!

DHS Bowlers Qualify for State!

Published 2/24/10

The 4A-5A East/West State Bowling competitions were held February 23 at the Jonesboro Bowling Center. The qualifying individual from the DHS boy's bowling team was Jeff Moyer who made the All-State bowling team by placing 10th out of 99 individuals with a series of 597. The qualifying DHS girl's bowling team placed 10th in the state. Congratulations to the bowling Dragons!!!

The DHS Girls Bowling Team qualified for State in the Conference Tournament in Conway February 16, with Kay Best making All-Conference by scoring in the top 15 percent. The team is coached by Mrs. LeeAnn Morgan.

Jacob visits DMS...sorta!

By Clay Dollar

Published 2/8/10

Things at DMS are really livening up lately. Here, our favorite 8th Grade Science teacher poses for a pic during a surprise visit to her classroom by Taylor Lautner (AKA Jacob)!!

Here is the reall info: This is our latest DMS fundraiser idea. Have your picture made with Jacob! Yeah, we know it's not the real thing, but it still looks pretty cool, doesn't it? We couldn't afford the real thing!!! Students can have their pictures made all this week with or without Jacob for just $1.00 per picture.

Measuring Shadows

Published 2/8/10

Mrs. Dana Horton's 2nd grade students at DeWitt Elementary School recently enjoyed an activity of measuring shadows in conjunction with Groundhog Day.

>>Watch the slideshow.

GES 2010 Chess Team for 2010

Published 2/8/10

Coach: Tammie Olson; Assistant: Tony Berry; Team: Will Ballard, Clayton Briggs, Caleb Burns, Christopher Burns, Anna Clawson, and Alex Sullivan. Shirts donated by Mr. Tony Berry.

DHS Student Artsonia Finalist

By Hollye Jackson

Published 1/15/10

A DeWitt High School art student was one of 12 students selected as a finalist in the 10th-12th age group of Artsonia's "Artist of the Week" contest for the week of January 4-9.

Artsonia is the world's largest online student art museum, featuring over 6,700,000 works of student art, including nearly 1,500,000 added just this school year. Our student was recognized for her clay sculpture of an Egyptian canopic jar, modeled after a scarab. She received a certificate from Artsonia, and her work was featured on the website among the other finalists selected by Artsonia for "Artist of the Week".

Click here to see works of art by other DHS students on the Artsonia website.

Peace Poster Winner

By Darleen Frizzell

Published 1/15/10

One of our very own art students at DeWitt Middle School, has taken the first step to becoming an internationally recognized artist by winning a local competition sponsored by the DeWitt Lions Club. Runners-up are also pictured.

Her poster was among more than 350,000 entries submitted worldwide in the annual Lions International Peace Poster Contest. Lions Clubs International is sponsoring the program to emphasize the importance of world peace to young people everywhere.

The contest was coordinated locally by James Guest, art teacher of DMS and Lion Gerald Whitcomb, contest coordinator. The winning poster was selected by panel of judges from the community for its originality, artistic merit and portrayal of the contest theme, “The Power of Peace.” Lion Whitcomb made the presentation of certificates and cash awards. View past international grand prize winners at www.lionsclubs.org.

Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organization with more than 1.3 million members in approximately 45,000 clubs in 205 countries and geographical areas around the world. Since 1917, Lions clubs have aided the blind and visually impaired and made a strong commitment to community service and serving youth throughout the world.

DHS Senior Performs in Parade

Published 1/15/10

We're very proud of one of our own for being selected to perform in the 23rd Annual New Year's Day Parade in London, England!

>>More information.

FACS Department Gets Early Christmas Present!

Published 1/15/10

How long would you be willing to wait for a Christmas present? How about 25 years? The Family and Consumer Science teacher, Mary Ann DuMond, at DeWitt High School did. Click below to read the complete article about the FACS Department's new Bernina 210s.

>>More information.

How Many AR Points Do You Have?

Published 11/30/09

Parents and students may now access reports about Accelerated Reader tests through Renaissance Home Connect. Find out what books have been read, what scores have been made on tests, and how many points have been accumulated for the nine weeks.

>>More information.

El Día de los Muertos

Published 11/05/09

Students in Señora Counce's Spanish classes celebrated the Day of the Dead with a variety of activities.

Click the link below to read the entire article by Señora Counce and to view many photos.

>>Read more.

DMS Historical Halloween

Published 11/18/09

By Clay Dollar
Rain, snow, sleet or shine Historical Halloween was a success!!!! Several students took the "PLUNGE" (quite literally) to earn those ever precious "Bonus Points" despite the seemingly never ending monsoon we endured on Friday October 30, 2009. Some of our guest appearances for the day included: our 16th president Abraham Lincoln, Shakespearian ladies, a host ancient Egyptians and even a Pharaoh or two, Annie Oakley, Greek Gods and Goddesses and even Pandora herself with her famous box (we asked her to keep it closed for the day!), our very own Secretary of State - Hillary Clinton (AKA Mrs. Allen), famous writers and actors/performers such as Laura Ingles Wilder and Marilyn Monroe (thankfully no subway vents at DMS!), we even had our very own court jester to keep us laughing all day long!! Great job to the students of DMS!!!
>>See photos.

DHS Art Club Concrete Canvas Chalk Drawing

Published 11/18/09

By Hollye Jackson
In conjuntion with the "Zettie Jones Art Exhibit and Reception" held at DeWitt City Hall on Saturday morning, November 7, the DeWitt High School Art Club had "Concrete Canvas Chalk Drawing" on the square. Art students gathered on a sidewalk area by the courthouse and created chalk drawings of the "Mona Lisa", Monet's "Bridge at Giverny", Andy Warhol's "Soup Can's", Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night", and the Disney character "Tow Mater".
>>See photos.

Flu Prevention Education in Gillett

Published 11/12/09

By Vicki Reed
Gillett Elementary students participated in Flu Prevention Education during October. School nurse, Mrs. Ginger Sullivan, taught all classes proper hand washing, surface cleansing, and hygiene. A special product called GloGerm was used to show children germs they had missed while washing their hands. A black light made the germs visible to the students. The students then rewashed their hands and will hopefully maintain this practice throughout life.

DHS Band Receives Top Honors in Marching Contest

Published 11/3/09

By Reva Humphries
The DeWitt Mighty Dragon Band competed in the District II Region V A.S.B.O.A. Marching Contest on October 27 in Stuttgart. Though the rain caused a slight setback, the band went on to receive top honors. With the Award of Excellence, the band held their heads high as they received their trophy.

No one can deny the improvement of the band since the arrival of the new band director, Mr. Ben Light. An ASU alumnus, Light has set the band on the road to success.

Congratulations, DHS Band!

Hunter Ed

Published 10/12/09

Randy Rhodes and Mike McGhee from Arkansas Game and Fish gave the Hunter Ed Test to 5th graders pictured here. All students passed the test!

English Tutoring

Published 9/9/09

Need help? Mrs. JoAnn Cox is offering English tutoring Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 3:15 at the high school. For more information, contact Mrs. Cox at jcox@dewitt.k12.ar.us.

Flu Shots

Published 9/9/09

Flu shots will be offered to district students and personnel on scheduled dates at each school in November. Volunteers are needed to assist with paperwork. Visit the district calendar for tentative dates and information.

Race for the Cure Team

Published 9/9/09

Join the team! The district team is organizing again this year and we want you to be a part of it! >>More information

Y.E.S. Program

Published 8/17/09

The Youth Empowered to Succeed Program will be hosting a Parent Education Program for the Choosing the Best Abstinence Education Curriculum on Tuesday, August 25th at 4:00 pm and again at 6:00 pm in the DMS auditorium. By attending this Parent Program you will receive information on what is covered in the Choosing the Best classes and learn updated information on teen sexual activity, trends and pressures that teens face today and how you can make a difference in the life of your pre-teen/teen. The Parent Program is for parents/adults only. No children.

DHS Parking Permits

Published 8/9/09

DeWitt High School students who plan to drive to school this year must purchase a parking permit and sign up for a parking space. See Mrs. Sollars in the DHS office during Open House on August 17 or during the day on August 18. Permits cost $3 each. Students must present their driver's license, proof of insurance, and the license number of the car to be parked at school to receive a permit.

Substitute Teacher Training

Published 8/9/09

There will be a substitute teacher training held at the DeWitt School District Administrative Office Board Room located at 422 W 1st Street on Thursday, August 13 beginning at 9:00 am. Anyone interested in substituting for ANY of the schools in the DeWitt District MUST attend this training (even if you have attended in the past). It is also a state law that ALL substitute teachers have a background check on record. DeWitt Police Department Officials will be at the training to assist us with the background checks by completing the fingerprint profiles for all substitutes. Please contact Lillie Crossland at (870) 946-3814 for information.

Flex Days

Published 7/30/09

In a newly-adopted district policy, teachers who have completed at least 18 hours of professional development this summer may declare three of four scheduled flex days dated August 13, 14, 17, and February 12. Interested teachers should see their principal for an application.