Thank you to the Superior Elks for the dictionaries for our 3rd graders & the $1000 donation!
We appreciate your support from scholarships to services and even sponsoring free throw contests!
And to ESU #5 staffer Dr. Sadie Coffey who helps out our staff AND students!
There will be NO AFTERNOON PRESCHOOL due to the 2 pm dismissal!
We will have a 2 pm dismissal today. No 8th period, home room or after school activities (including ASP) to be held today out of an abundance of caution.
You can now make payments for activites ONLINE...in addition to your lunch bill!
To read more, refer to the article on the front of the school website at: https://www.deshlerpublicschools.org/article/1979053
The button to pay is at the top of the school website: https://payments.efundsforschools.com/v3/districts/56911/
This will be especially helpful for our open house this fall where you can pay for things without the lines from computer insurance to any of our activity fees!
Questions? Please use the trouble shooting sheet or contact any of the office staff: Marla, Lexi or Julie.
Good luck to our DPS JH Quiz Bowl Team on Wednesday! This wasn't on our calendar -- so please take note if you would like to go and watch!
In need of some new Deshler Dragon gear? Check out the link below and you'll find some generic Deshler apparel and some Deshler Golf apparel. Orders will be shipped to your house! Store will close on March 13th.
https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/xaLkfDFPDC
The Deshler Show Choir did a great job at the Grand Islander Competition today! You can see them perform at the Spring Concert on March 17th.
We want to say a special "thank you" to our senior members, Kira Hiatt, Jordan LeFave, and Ava Kniep for their dedication and leadership!
The remainder of results from FFA District Career Development Events on Tuesday. Congratulations to all these students for their hard work and dedication to their contests.
This group has been working hard in preparation for their show choir competition in Grand Island tomorrow. Good luck Dragons!💜
The final two FFA teams that qualified for State FFA in April. Congratulations to these students for a great day at District Career Development Events on Tuesday!
Two more teams that will be making their way to State FFA in April. Congratulations to these students for being the District Runner-Up in Nursery and Landscape and Veterinary Science on Tuesday! It was a great day to be a Dragon!
On Tuesday, our FFA members captured TWO more District Championships! Congratulations to these students for an outstanding performance at District FFA Career Development Events!
We are nearing the end of QUARTER 3. All quarter 3 work is due by THU, MAR 6TH (no ASP on this night!).
Please encourage your child to stay for ASP if they have missing work. Also, during the 4th quarter, we will be working with AR goals for K-11th grade students. The deadline for completion is May 1st . A letter will be coming home with this information attached along with your child's progress report on their goal.
March menus are attached, the 25-26 school year calendar & our dress up days for Read Across America Week (next week) in K-5.
A few more pictures of the big kid and little kids...reading and playing games.
The Dragon Speech Team had a successful day yesterday as the host for the TVC Speech Meet! As a team, they finished 5th overall. Individual medal winners were Jocelyn Berggren & Jordan LeFave (4th in Duet), Makenna Freitag (6th in Entertainment/5th in Informative), Danica O'Neal (5th in Poetry), and Logan Schmidt was the TVC Champion in Humorous Prose! Congratulations!!
Archery Update:
The 2025 Nebraska NASP tournament is March 14th and 15th. We will NOT be sending a Deshler team this year or transporting equipment. However, Mr. Nash may be able to get individual students registered to shoot on their own. Parent's would be responsible for transportation and assistance during the shoot. Please contact Mr. Nash with questions.
This is how 6th graders read - under their desks! It doesn't matter where they sit to read, as long as they are reading!
REMINDER: NO SCHOOL TODAY.
DPS is hosting the TVC Speech Meet today starting at 9 am. It's open to the public. Come and watch our speech kids perform and enjoy a cinnamon roll this morning or a sloppy joe meal deal by our Spanish 3/4 kids!
It is READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK next week! And READING is our school improvement goal! Students will be bringing home their AR goal for semester 2, as well as the dress up days for the elementary. Help your child by encouragining reading at home!
January's word of the month was perseverance! Nominated by their teachers for showing perseverance in their classroom over the past month and earning Popcorn with the Principal were Serenity, Elle (gone today), Kaleb, Teddy (gone today), Riley, and Peighton! DPS is proud of you!!
