Fitch Camp Registration forms are being sent home to all 2nd-5th grade students. Forms are to be turned into the secretary at each building or scanned to Mr. Turner at, jturner@dowagiacschools.org. Registration will be cut off when we have reached our limit so make sure you get registered sooner rather than later. We will send a message over Facebook when registration is cut off.

From the Desk of the Principal

Welcome back! We hope that everyone had a restful spring break! Our staff is ready to get back to learning! We have lots of things to do as we are quickly approaching the end of the school year. Next week we start I-Ready, NWEA and M-STEP testing and will continue through the month of May. We are also approaching year end field trips and field day. If you here wanting to volunteer or chaperone for any of these events, please make sure that you have a volunteer form in file in the office. You may call the office to see if you currently have one on file.

We are also approaching the windows for Out of Boundary, School of Choice and Teacher requests, so please make sure that you have completed the necessary forms for your student(s) for the upcoming 2025-26 school year.

Schedule of Events

April 18 - 1/2 Day K-12 Good Friday

April 21 - Regular Board Mtg.

April 25 - Math-A-Rama

Building Highlights

Mrs. McIntyre's 4th grade class had some special reading guests to help celebrate Reading Month.

Pictured on the L; Mrs. Siegel and Mrs. Hyatt.

Pictured on the R; Mrs. Taggart, Ms. McIntyre and Dr. Dunn.

Mrs.Barnes 2nd grade class earned a donut party for winning the Penny War for grades K-2. Congratulations Mrs. Barnes and students! You can see by the smiles that they enjoyed the donuts!

DUHS Interact Club dropped off winter items that they collected during their clothing drive. We are thankful to be a recipient of this event. Pictured here with Pat Ham Principal, Mrs. Conlin, are Interact members, Haley H. and Addy W.

Excellent Passenger Awards

One of our newer bus drivers has been rewarding passengers who have been excellent passengers!

T- Shirt fundraiser for Mrs. White

Last fall, we lost our beloved art teacher, Ms. White. The PTO created an art competition for our students with the winning design being made into a shirt. The shirt was then sold to the public and the proceeds were used to buy an art installation that would be on display at Pat Ham. Lillian Zuhl, a 3rd grader, created the winning design.

Pictured L-R: PTO President Sara Lawrence, Board Member Randi Taggart, Principal Nicole Conlin, Lillian Zuhl, PTO Treasurer Tiffany Rohdy and PTO member Stephanie Sparks. The art piece is a great memorial to Ms. White and we appreciate all those who contributed.

Given the increase in illnesses, this serves as a friendly reminder about the importance of proper handwashing.