September 23, 2022

Museum Build Days are coming soon and we need the help of family volunteers! Please click on the Sign Up Form to let us know when you are able to come.

Our Build Days are from 1pm - 3pm on the following days:

  • Thursday, September 29

  • Monday, October 3

  • Wednesday, October 5

  • Wednesday, October 12

Week Snapshot

  • Monday, September 26

      • 📚 Book Fair 📚

  • Tuesday, September 27

      • 📚 Book Fair 📚

      • The South Hall 7th Grade Synergy Orientation / Family Night is not for DVA families. You are welcome to attend, but no 7th grade DVA teachers will be present.

      • ELA Short Story Due

  • Wednesday, September 28

      • 📚 Book Fair 📚

      • Math Unit Test

  • Thursday, September 29

  • Friday, September 30

      • 📚 Book Fair (Last Day!)

      • 🚌 Smithgall Woods Field Trip (have shoes that can get wet) 🌲

What We're Learning

This Week We Are

  • Reviewing for the Unit Test on Inferencing

  • Unit Test on 9/28

  • Students need a pack of M&Ms or Skittles for an activity on Tuesday 10/4

This Week We Are

  • learning about the nitrogen and carbon cycle

  • Review for test

  • Test from #22 to present

This Week We Are

  • Revising and editing our short stories (due Sept. 27)

  • Reading novels and short stories of choice

This Week We Are

  • Exploring the history of China

  • Reviewing WWII

  • Exploring the country of Japan

Welcome Future Teachers!

We are lucky to have several UNG Future Teachers working with our students this year in multiple classes!

  • Ms. Warden (left) will work with Mrs. Haymore in ELA and with Mrs. Ferrell in Social Studies this year.

  • Ms. Snyder (right) will work with Mrs. Lewis in Math this semester.

  • Ms. Kent (not pictured), who was with us last year, will be joining Mrs. Haymore in ELA again this year starting in October.

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Upcoming Dates, Important Announcements, and more

DVA Recap: While learning about Chinese culture, students play Pong Hau Ki.



  • We have families that are trying to form carpools. If you need a carpool, please type your information into this Carpool Request Document as quickly as possible. Please check this document to see if you can help a family (7 hours volunteer time). We hate to lose students because of transportation.


  • Students are considered tardy after 8:20 am. Students arriving after 8:30 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian and checked in at the front door intercom.


  • Students interested in joining our growing basketball team, contact Jason Greene or Holli Greene to find out more - conditioning has already started. Tryouts will be in October and games in November!


  • We want to teach our kids proper online etiquette and safety and when it is appropriate to use their devices. We are sure you share our concern about the increase in adolescents' exposure to cell phone, and we hope you will support our efforts to help our children become more aware of responsible device usage. We also want to encourage students to engage with their peers in more face to face collaboration and fewer digital conversations. Like you, we are seeing students who are increasingly distracted by their devices and it is becoming an issue that is getting in the way of learning. Because of this, cell phones should be turned off and kept in pockets, purses, or backpacks while students are at school unless they have the teacher's permission to have them out. When a phone rings in class or a student uses the phone (and/or earbuds, etc.) without permission, the phone is taken by the teacher, labeled with the student’s name and delivered by the teacher to the main office where it is stored in our vault. The device will be kept safely in the vault until a parent or guardian can pick the device up. Please know that our intent is not to inconvenience our families, but to provide our students undistracted opportunities to learn in a safe and orderly environment free from unnecessary distractions.