2025 -2026 (any items underlined on this site are a link to the subject mentioned)
Dana Middle School
We're back on campus preparing for your first day of school.
If you have textbooks and library books to return please gather them to return on the first day of school: Aug 11
Incoming students from grade 4 and other sites : Please remove all stickers that have been permitted at your Elem site. Dana will provide labeling on the back with painters tape - color coded for grade level. Our staff will assist you in tidying up your device - removing downloaded items, emails, clearing browsing data, upgrades, etc while you are attending our site. It is most important you care for your laptop while it is checked out to you.
Please review this presentation for how to take care of a Chromebook
( aka "laptop" or " device"): Chromebook Care _ Dana Middle _ gr 5 and 6Library Hours Monday Wednesday and Friday (A week only)
before school: 7:50 am to return items, pick up a book
If you placed a hold: when a book is ready for pickup you will receive an email via your @stu.sandi.net account + your ELA teacher
within the school day:
ask for a pass, then bring classroom pass and a barcode ID
( this can be your lunch lanyard, bus pass, or ID card from picture day)
library closed first part of per. 5 (12:46-1:31)
after dismissal: up until 3pm on Mon and Wed
(please make prior arrangements with your ride or communicate with a family member if you intend to stop by the library after school)
While attending Dana: If you have lost a library book or textbook please go to the library. You will receive a printout and directions on how to make a donation to replace a lost or damaged item. All funds will be accepted with the assistance of our financial clerk in the front office.
later in the year ( after opening weeks of school )
IF you are new to our site - and our school district - a laptop, charger, Social Studies textbook and Math workbook will be set aside for check out /ready for pickup in the library on your first day. A student ambassador will give you a tour of campus and bring you to the library to pick up materials. Students have access in Clever for any online portions of class materials. Returning library books / WiFi hotspots / textbooks:Check at home (or with family / relatives) for any library books or textbooks that have not been returned. Please find and return items to school when requested.
A message from our district IT department: IF you have a hotspot ( wireless assist) checked out and no longer need it, find the box it came in, pack it up and bring it to school. Ask for a pass to return it to your school library.
Current textbooks and workbooks:
gr 6: Ancient Civ' (return end of year - week of May 19-23) Amplify Desmos Math ( vol 1, 2 ) (keep these workbooks) gr 5: Reflections (return end of year - week of May 19-23) Amplify Desmos Math gr 5 (keep these workbooks) Science Resources (available in class) / return if you have one at homeParents/Guardians:
Please ask your child to login to Destiny and click the My Info tab to see what items have been borrowed from a school.
http://destiny.sandi.net/?site=138
please login to Destiny to see what you have checked out :
📖 Destiny 📖
enter this URL: destiny.sandi.net
or click any Destiny logo or word within this webpage
select: Middle Schools , then Dana Middle School
login with your student ID and password
click on the My Info tab
note: when you are logged in the MyInfo tab will display items you currently have borrowed from a school , either ours or an Elementary site.
What have I borrowed from the library? library books are displayed as 'Library', Chromebooks, items from the bookroom or textbooks are displayed as 'Resource'What should I return ? return all library books when finished reading and/or completing assignments associated with this book ; return all textbooks and Chromebooks when requested (usually at the end of a school year)Please return any items borrowed from any other school you have attended.
If you are new to our site and have a Chromebook it will be 'checked in' and 'checked out' to update your record in Destiny.
How do I know what is happening at school?
Parents/guardians make sure email contact info is correct in PowerSchool
Dana School website (parents /guardians too)
PLEASE READ WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS for updated school informationPlease review this presentation for how to take care of a Chromebook
( aka "laptop" or " device"): Chromebook Care _ Dana Middle _ gr 5 and 6Images below are current textbook(s) and workbook(s):
