dorsey attendance center
home of the bulldogs
1 Dorsey School RdFulton, MS 38843Phone: 662-862-3663Fax: 662-862-7210
Congratulations to DAC's 2023-2024 Teacher, Paraprofessional and Parent of the Year!
Patti Buse - Parent of the Year; Lora Beth Hathcock - Teacher of the Year; Tami Miles - Paraprofessional of the Year (Paraprofessional of the Year for Itawamba County)
Nurse's Rules
Your child needs to be fever free without medicine for at least 24 hours before returning to school.
Your child needs to not vomit for at least 24 hours before returning to school.
We abide by the date of return on a doctor's excuse. Your child does not need to return until that date.
Over-the-counter
Medication Information
Kaley Loague, R.N., is our school nurse. If you wish for your child to receive over-the-counter medications during school hours, you will need to complete and submit an Itawamba County School District Authorization for Over-the-Counter Medication to be Taken During School Hours form. The forms are on our school website or can be requested from your child’s teacher.
Thanks, Mr. Martin
School Supply Lists 2022-2023
Our vision
By involving all stakeholders, the Dorsey Attendance Center faculty and staff strive to create a positive impact on our community. We will empower each child to excel academically, emotionally, and socially by providing a quality education to all students.
our mission
“Caring for the whole child to cultivate productive members of society."
At Dorsey Attendance Center, we strive to have a climate of high expectation and success in an orderly environment where students feel safe and valued. Our top priority is student achievement through curriculum which are empowering, challenging, and quickly adaptable to new technologies in our ever-changing society. We want each student to set goals, to assume personal responsibility for those goals, and to know that he or she has the ability to learn and be successful.
At DAC, we BELIEve...
Every student has the right to a quality education.
High expectations and hard work, driven by a positive vision, are necessary in order to achieve desired results.
Each person and activity in the school must support the best interest of the students.
Willingness to change for the sake of continuous improvement is necessary.
Education is the most important investment in our future, individually and communally.
It was this set of beliefs that established our sense of purpose.