Jan 20 - Jan 24

#DMSLevelUp

Another shout out to YOU! We are a Niche "Stand Out" school! If you read the article you will notice that this list specifically considers schools with a certain percentage of free/reduced lunch. Keep fighting the good fight!

Here are Alabama’s 2020 ‘Standout Schools’There are all sorts of lists of the best schools, covering things such as academics, athletics, quality of teachers and more.

Reminders and Announcements:

Monday, Jan 13:

Middle School Basketball Tournament

Tuesday, Jan 21:

4 Year Plans - 8th Grade - Science

SPED Dept Meeting - 7:30am

SPED Referral Meeting

Faculty Meeting - During Strategies - 3:45pm

Thursday, Jan 23:

Common Planning Group A

Friday, Jan 24:

Shoot to Change - 2:00 - See below for schedule

Strategic Teaching Flipcharts due

Shoot to Change Bell Schedule DMS

UPCOMING EVENTS

Feb 3-4

5th Grade Elementary Visits

Feb 4

Curriculum Night - 6-7pm

Feb 5

8th Grade Tours Career Academy

Grades Due

Severe Weather Drill - 6th period

Feb 6

Strategic Teaching Walk-through

Feb 7

Progress reports go home

Feb 10 - 13

Gifted field trip

Feb 13

Wellness screening

Feb 18

Strategic teaching review

Feb 20

Safe and Civil Schools Site Visit

Black History Month Program - 1:55

Feb 25

Strategic Teaching Walk-through

SPED Referral Day

Feb 27

Group Picture Day

Feb 29

Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast

Decatur Middle School Staff Calendar

I will keep this calendar up-to-date of all of the events and activities specific to the teachers and staff of DMS. Please keep an eye on this calendar to stay informed.

Decatur Feeder Pattern Athletics Calendar

This calendar is kept up-to-date by Watt Parker, our district Athletics Director. This calendar will keep you informed of all DHS and DMS athletics events.

strategic teaching

Overview

Strategic Teaching Overview

Student Friendly Outcomes

Student Friendly Outcomes Sept 23

Before strategies

After Strategies

O'Hare Station.mov

Stricklin Station.mov

Millwood Station.mov

Shipley Station.mov

Thrower Station.mov

Wise Station.mov

Mrs. Smith's Curriculum Corner

SHIELDS SAFETY SEGMENT

Vaping Consequence FY20.pdf

Coaching with cooper

Coaching with CooperImportant Dates Jan. 20: MLK day (Out of school)Jan. 21: Faculty Meeting: After strategiesJan. 21-22: 8th Grade 4 year plan during...

Common planning

We will meet in the Raider Room/Data Room in the bottom of the library.
Please bring your data from our previous PD, your pacing guide(scope and sequence), your chromebook, and any activities/resources/assessments you plan to use over the next couple weeks.
Please be prepared to discuss the following: Standards, Objectives, Activities, and Assessment

Family Meeting Dates 19-20

the broken windows

Our school-wide discipline is off to a great start! Thank you for working together to fix those broken windows. Students are starting to understand that misbehaviors and civil unrest will not be the norm and will not be accepted. We truly have some great kids!

5-step discipline plan

Remember to have students sign the behavior log for breaking one of your classroom rules.
If a students continues to sign the behavior log he or she should move up your ladder of consequences.
Consequences will reset every week unless a student consistently signs on a Friday. Then the consequences can continue into the next week.
If a student is consistently signing the behavior log he or she will be placed on a RED Card.

RED Card

We have about 20 students on a RED Card.
Remember the top portion of a RED Card is for positive comments only.
The bottom portion is for consequences: 1- Warning, 2- Immediate 30 minute timeout in ISS, 3- Immediate visit to the office where admin will complete a discipline referral

Supervision

There is no procedure, policy, or program that works better than diligent supervision. Please continue to monitor the hallways and stairs between classes.
Please continue to adhere to our duty schedule. We will revisit the afternoon duty schedule to see if we can reduce the amount of supervision.

DMS in the news!

Students work to solve real world problems through civil engineering competitionOne of the biggest benefits of the competition is exposing youth to endless ideas and opportunities in the world of STEM.

Three North Alabama schools win Safe Schools Awards from Alabama attorney generalSAFE SCHOOLS: The Alabama AG's Safe School Awards are out, and a North Alabama school is one of three statewide that's getting a new honor!

Blood donors help middle school student liveDecatur Middle School student Bolu Fawole is a walking endorsement for blood donations.

Bicentennial mural to serve as teaching toolA huge mural on a wall outside the auditorium at Decatur Middle School is not only a colorful piece of art, but a teaching tool, school officials said as they

Just 'one of the boys': Decatur Middle has three girls playing footballOne of the few times Yamilet Ortiz questioned her decision to play football at Decatur Middle School was when she arrived for summer camp and looked at Kate Parker.

Students focus on improving Decatur for robotics competitionA group of students at Decatur Middle School is on a mission to identify areas where Decatur can improve and is doing so through an annual robotics competition.

DUTY SCHEDULEs

Morning Duty 2019-2020

Afternoon Duty 2019-2020

Assistant Principal Responsibilities

Teacher Non-negotiables

Teach the standard
Bell-to-bell instruction
Provide Tier II instruction
Own the data
Love all kids

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS TO GUIDE DECISION MAKING

Does the activity align to our mission?
Does the activity align to grade-level content standards?
How will this lead to higher student achievement?
Does the activity align to grade-level content standards?
Is the the best use of instructional time, or a good use of instructional time?