DMS PTA eNews - 10/3/18

October 3, 2018

Next PTA Meeting -- Monday, October 8th, 7pm-9pm - Media Center

Outdoor Family Movie Night - Friday, Oct 12 at DMS - How to Train a Dragon ( PG)

Setup starts at 6pm.  Movie starts at 6:30pm.  Bring your own chairs and blankets.  Snacks and hot chocolate will be available for sale.  This is a free family event - no drop offs please..

World's Finest Chocolate Bar Fundraiser

$1 Chocolate Bar Sale – EXTENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 12.  If you have already sold chocolate, or made a donation to PTA – Thank you!  If you haven’t had a chance to pick up a box of chocolate to sell, it is not to late.  Complete the permission form available in the front office or at the PTA website: http://www.dunlogginmspta.org/activities.html.

We distribute chocolate and collect money each day 2:00-2:45 p.m. in the front office.  Each bar costs $1, and DMS PTA earns $0.50 for each bar sold. We are selling the Variety case (60 bars per case). Students have picked up 77 cases so far, and we hope to sell another 50 cases.  For every case sold, your child will be entered in a drawing for 1 of 15 $10 gift cards to Target or Dunkin Donuts. Money is due back by Friday, October 12. Thanks for your support!

Would you throw a dime in the trash?

Of course not... you'd pick it up, collect it along with other dimes found to make a dollar (or even a few dollars). But that's what each Box Top is... $.10 earned for DMS when you clip it and return it to the school. So don't let any more Box Tops slip into the trash or the recycling. Keep them in a safe place until mid-October when our Fall collection begins for DMS. Stay tuned for more and keep on clipping!

Donations

Thank you for your support of Dunloggin Middle School.  PTA supports many school enrichment programs and social events including the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Acting Residency, BioEYES, author presentations such as Ji Li Jiang, Science Center Assembly, field trip support, Fun Day (June) and Fall Social (Oct. 26).  We host teacher appreciation and health and wellness events. We are able to do all this because of your support.

If you haven’t done so, please consider supporting our chocolate fundraiser (see note above.)  

Or, if you would prefer to make a direct online donation to PTA, you can do so via PayPal at our website (bottom right hand corner of page): http://www.dunlogginmspta.org

Or, make a check payable to DMS PTA and put “Donation” in the memo line and send it in an envelope marked “PTA” to the school’s front office. Thanks for your support!

Membership  

Join the PTA for $15. Your membership helps to support students and teachers.

http://www.dunlogginmspta.org/join.html

PayPal is now available to accept membership payment.

For questions - contact membership.dms.pta@gmail.com

DMS Spirit Wear

Embrace your inner dragon and support your PTA with Dunloggin Spirit Wear. Samples will be on display for your students in the entrance to DMS.  Please return the form and your payment, cash or check to DMS PTA, to the school with your student in an envelope marked DMS Spirit Wear. Questions? Please email welchkelm@gmail.com.   

http://www.dunlogginmspta.org/activities.html

Spirit wear sale extended until Wednesday October 3rd. Support your dragon!

DMS PTA Reflections 2018-19

The National PTA Reflections program encourages students of all ages and abilities to explore and be involved in the arts in an educational way. Through the program, DMS PTA Reflections and PTAs across the country urge students in preschool through grade 12, to create and submit original works of art in the medium of their choice— dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography, and visual arts — reflecting on a specific theme. The theme for the 2018-19 Reflections is “HEROES AROUND ME”. Due date for all the entries is November 8, 2018. For more information visit: http://www.mdpta.org/bridge_reflections.html. Please send your nominations and questions to Sridevi.vedantham@gmail.com.

PTA Budget presented

The DMS PTA Budget will be presented at the Outdoor Family Movie Night on Friday, Oct 12th.

Fall Social - Friday, October 26th   

The Fall Social will be Friday, October 26th. More information coming soon!  

Interested volunteers contact VicePresident1@dunlogginmspta.org

PTA Open Positions

We are still in need of volunteers to help with:

• Health and Wellness Chair
• Fun Day Chair (Spring)
• Community Outreach
• Newsletter

If you are interested in learning more, email president@dunlogginmspta.org.

Lady Dragons basketball is coming to Dunloggin!

HCYP is sponsoring a middle school girls basketball league. All girls in 6th-8th grade are invited to tryouts on Tuesday, October 2nd and Thursday, October 4th from 6-7:30 pm in the DMS gym. Practices will be on Tuesday and Thursday nights with weekend games.  

This is not a PTA sponsored event . PTA is helping get the word out

Restaurant Night at Pie Five-- SAVE THE DATE

Pie Five on Tuesday, November 6th from 5pm  to 9pm..

Earn money for Dunloggin as you shop for groceries at Giant

Visit Giantfood.com and sign in to your account. Go to "Manage my account", then "Rewards and Savings", to SELECT DMS. Don't have your 12-digit account number? Call 1-877-366-2668/option 1. Currently, 73 people have chosen DMS and are earning reward cash for DMS! Let's get to 85 by end of October!

Shop Smile.Amazon.com

Visit smile.amazon.com and sign in to your regular Amazon account. Choose DMS PTA as your charitable organization. Bookmark the site and use every time you shop. Same items, same pricing, but DMS gets the donation!

Stay Connected!

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• dunlogginmspta.org
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