SPRING MUSIC PROGRAM: Our Spring Music program is next Tuesday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m. in the PAC at DMS. Grades 3-5 will be performing along with our Special Choir. Please have your students at the Dowagiac Middle School at 6:45 p.m. if they are performing.
REMINDER: No School next Friday, March 28, 2025 as it is the start of our Spring Break. I hope everyone has an opportunity to unwind. Take some time and enjoy your families.
Spring PTO Fundraiser/Student Incentives: We’re halfway through our Charleston Wrap fundraiser! Please help us reach our goal of $5,000, we are currently at $2,300. Family and friends are already receiving their items! Register today at https://www.registercw.com and share our fundraising link to help us reach our goal. We need everyone’s support! Please scroll down for more information about our PTO Fundraiser. Fundraiser will end Monday, March 24, 2025.
Building Goal for Reading Month: We are 3/4 the way through Reading Month and our building goal for the end of the month is 100,000 minutes. After three weeks, our students have read a total of 85,221 minutes. READERS, READERS, READERS.....READING LOGS HAVE TO BE TURNED IN ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2025.
OUT-OF-BOUNDARY REQUEST: Reminder that out-of-boundary requests must be turned in to the office as soon as possible for your request to be submitted.
Carbonated/Caffeinated Pops/Energy Drinks: Thanks for working together in keeping our Justus Gage students healthy. Pop, caffeinated, and carbonated energy drinks are highly discouraged to be brought to school for breakfast, snack time and lunch. In reference to our Board Policy-8510-Wellness: The Board, however, believes this effort to support the students' development of healthy behaviors and habits with regard to eating and exercise cannot be accomplished by the schools alone. It will be necessary for not only the staff, but also parents and the public at large to be involved in a community-wide effort to promote, support, and model such healthy behaviors and habits. The district shall encourage students to increase their consumption of healthful foods during the school day. Furthermore, with the objectives of enhancing student health and well being, and reducing childhood obesity.
National Teacher Appreciation Week is May 5-9, 2025. The Michigan Department of Education’s (MDE) Office of Educator Excellence wishes to celebrate teachers across Michigan for the entire month of May.
MDE invites parents to submit 15-30 second videos of their students recognizing and thanking a specific teacher for their impact. Cell phones easily capture the videos. Please follow the directions on the flyer. Videos and parental consent must be submitted via the Teacher Appreciation Video Project Google Form. Videos are currently being accepted until Friday, April 16, 2025.
Submitted videos may be posted on the Teacher Appreciation Month webpage and MDE’s YouTube channel. The Office of Educator Excellence’s Facebook (@MIeducator) and X (formerly Twitter) social media pages will be promoting the videos throughout the month of May.
If your child has great things to say about a teacher, use the instructions found on MDE’s website to submit a video today!
