December 7, 2018

After Months of Anticipation and Planning - DPS Facebook Page is Now Live!!!

Patrick Stowe and I are so excited to announce that the DPS Facebook page is now live. Please like the page and encourage others to do so. WE NEED YOUR HELP - please keep sending us great stories and photos. We love sharing those via the Friday Feature, Chalk Talk, Twitter, and now Facebook! Also, please be aware of those students in your individual schools who have "opted out" of photo releases before sending to us to post. See post analytics below - we are not even a week out and these numbers are impressive.

2018 Riverview Rotary Christmas Parade

The 2018 Riverview Rotary Christmas Parade was held on Sunday, December 2, 2018. Members of the DPS School Board walked in the parade. In the picture below, school board member Brandon Atkins, along with Superintendent Stanley Jones, can be seen carrying the banner. The new tagline of E3+R3 can be seen on the banner. Shout out to Tia Hairston in the Instruction Department for her creativity in developing the new tagline which will be used division-wide and will align with our Strategic Plan . A video of the parade can be seen here, courtesy of River City TV.

Automotive Students Recruited by Local Dealership!

Steve Padgett's Danville Honda is "looking for a few good men and women" with the skill-set right out of G.W.'s Automotive Program. With their latest expansion, the dealership needs to fill positions at their Danville location. Chris Graham (Parts Manager) and Brian Philpott (Master Honda Tech) asked if they could speak to the senior automotive class about career options for our students. The answer was of course "yes" especially since Chris graduated from the automotive program at G.W. 15 years ago. Mr. Padgett is interested in speaking to our school system about the possibility of a co-op. FYI, they left GW with some names and recommendations. It's looking good for automotive student placement in the community, before they even graduate in May.

Thank you to Scott Brann, Automotive Instructor at GWHS, for all your years of service and dedication to our students!

#everychildeverydayeveryclassroom

Bonner Students Visit Washington, D.C.!

Over 100 Academically Gifted/ Accelerated Bonner students recently took a trip/tour to Washington, D.C. Four Bonner students then gave a briefing of the trip to the School Board at the December 6, 2018 meeting. Those student included:

6th grade— Jerusha Theodore and Maggie Weller

7th grade— Emily Bravo-Rodriguez

8th grade— Aniyah Tarpley

The students did an amazing job briefing the Board members about the trip and what they learned, especially in regard to DC traffic which made them late getting back to Danville. After the trip the students wrote thank you letters, learning about formal formatting and writing as well as gratitude. The first picture below is of the 6th grade class.

#everychildeverydayeveryclassroom

Westwood's Child Nutrition Department Wishes You a Merry Christmas!

The friendly Child Nutrition Staff at Westwood Middle School gets into the Holiday Spirit! Pictured below (L to R): Cecile Dickerson, Annie Lanier, Carol Edwards, Sharon Hood, Nat Richardson, and Joyce Walker - Nice hats!!! I love seeing E3+R3 in the background!

CARE Club Luggage Project for Foster Children - Update

Listen here as Westwood's Hope Abernathy gives an update on the CARE Club Luggage Project. After the release of this video on Facebook, Hope informed us that the goal had not only been met, but surpassed! The power of social media is real! The community really stepped up and we are all so thankful for the supplies that were donated to benefit foster children this holiday season!!!

#everychildeverydayeveryclassroom

Save the Date - Danville Women Rock 2019

The Danville Women Rock awards ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research. Individual tickets are $40 and tables are $300. Congrats to Cherie Garland who has been named Educator of the Year, and to Porchia Russell for the Future Leader Award. Cherie and Porchia, we are very proud of you!!!

ACEC Makes College Transition Easy!

Four students from ACEC attended DCC's open house and completed their application process. The students went on a tour and all came back with a better understanding of what program they would like to study.

Pictured are Mr. Howard Graves, Dr. Carl Amos, Mr. Kevin Gatewood (DCC's admissions office), Mrs. Mary Dumont (ACEC instructor) and students Jayson Jones, Richard Nester, Shemorrie Stephens, and Jonathan Hollis.

If you need your GED diploma or help with the VA Placement Test, please call Mary Dumont at 434 799 6471. It's not too late to get a GED Diploma for Christmas.

#everychildeverydayeveryclassroom

Language Instruction Educational Program (LIEP) World Fair

On November 13, 2018, the DPS LIEP Department hosted its annual World Fair for English Learners and their families. During this event students had the opportunity to display their cultural learning projects, perform on stage, and have their families participate in student created digital escape rooms. Families also participated by bringing a dish from their native country to share with others.

Gibson's Community Service Project for the Salvation Army - Goal Surpassed!

The Gibson Student Government Association (SGA) chose the Salvation Army Canned Food Drive as their community service project. The purpose of this canned food drive is to help families in the community have a brighter holiday by providing canned food and dry food items. The SGA, led by their president, Ty'asia Robertson, set a goal of 1,500 canned goods. The flyers used to raise awareness about their project were designed by the SGA art team. Through their efforts, E.A. Gibson Elementary was able to exceed their goal and raised 1,689 items for the canned food drive. In addition, the teachers wanted to help by raising money. Together the faculty and staff raised $166 which was donated along with the cans.

#everychildeverydayeveryclassroom

Park Avenue Exceeds Goal Too!

Park Avenue is participating in the annual Salvation Army Holiday Food Drive as well. Mrs. Holdness challenged her students to collect 50 cans of food for this drive. They did it! Congratulations and Job Well Done!

#everychildeverydayeveryclassroom

Food Drive at Grove Park Preschool to Benefit God's Store House

Grove Park does one service project each year so that the children have the opportunity to help others.

Grove Park will be collecting canned goods or other nonperishable items for God’s Store House during the months of November and December. This will help people in the community. The students are learning about communities in their social studies lessons.

This project will run through Friday, December 14, 2018, so that they can arrange a pick up before we get out for the winter break. Look at those smiling faces! Way to go Grove Park!

#everychildeverydayeveryclassroom

Students Participate in National STEM Day!

For National STEM Day, the students in Mrs. Sara Lewis' classes at Bonner took some time to create a technology invention that would help them in their daily routines at home and/or school. Using recycled items, including the boxes and packaging from the Chromebooks that were distributed to middle school students, our students were able to "up-cycle" them and create some very interesting and helpful products! Here are some pictures of their productions.

#everychildeverydayeveryclassroom

Stay Safe This Weekend!