All tickets must be purchased in advance to account for food. Tickets can be purchased from a Theatre student, Riverside office or contact Ms. Penny at penny.lindsey@decaturschools.org.
No tickets will be available at the door.
The Decatur County Board of Education will have a special called work session at 6pm on Thursday, March 2nd at the Decatur County Board of Education.
The Decatur County School Board will meet in regular session on Tuesday, March 6, 2023 in the Decatur County Board of Education. Public input will begin at 6:00pm with the meeting beginning promptly at 6:15.
Parents and Students! Download the new school safety app to make it easier to help keep our students, schools, and community safe! Also, check out the flyer here: https://5il.co/1pazd
Students will not be in school on Thursday, February 16 or Friday, February 17 for Parent Teacher Conference and Inservice. There will be no school on Monday, February 20th for Presidents' Day. Please make plans to attend PT Conference!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Lifeline Blood Services will be at Decatur County Middle School this Thursday, February 16th from 1:00pm-6:00pm.
If you have any children, grandkids, nieces and/or nephews that go to Decatur County Middle, they are counting on you to come and donate for them and for their homeroom class. The top home room class will win a pizza party and the top student with the most donors will win a $20 gift card.
Come support the students and you’re community by donating blood at Decatur County Middle School this Thursday. We have our LONG SLEEVE t-shirts back for this month only. Every donor will receive one.
Congratulations to our 4-H County Speech Winners: 7th Grade - Layla Evans, 6th Grade - Kynslee Frost (3rd Place), McKinley Keeton (1st), Ivy James (2nd Place); 5th Grade - Thomas Inman (2nd Place), Annalise Brasher (1st), Max Hernandez (3rd Place)
Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, February 16th from 2:00pm-6:00pm. Please visit your child's teachers Thursday! Students will not be in school on Thursday, Friday, or Monday (President's Day).
Congratulations to the RHS dance team on their 1st place win at the Jamfest National Championship!
PES had a visit from Buster the Bus last week to teach the students about bus and traffic safety.
Congratulations to Jack Cupples on scoring 1000 points in his middle school basketball career! He is now the DCMS Highest Scorer in its history!
FCCLA members led 5th graders in fun activities to help build their self-esteem. They shared positive affirmations with each other and discussed bullying.
Don't forget to go out to DES tonight and support all of our elementary students in the DES vs PES game! Admission is $2 and it begins at 6!
Through the Governor's Early Literacy Program, all rising 1st-3rd grade students in our school district are being given six high-quality books and activity pages, delivered to their homes this summer at no cost to families. To opt out, please call Amy Clenney at 731-847-1750 by 2/20! Link below!
https://5il.co/1oody
Ms. Alicia England’s class using accountable talk and orally retelling stories! We love seeing students holding each other accountable during lessons!
If you accidentally opted out of texts and calls for the district and want to receive school closings, important information, and scheduling updates please text START to 98900. This will opt you back in and you should start receiving them again. Also, be sure to download the Decatur County Schools app for up to date information.
Please see the links below for the updated ESSER 3.0 Safe return to school plans in English and Spanish.
English https://5il.co/1ok9m
Spanish https://5il.co/1ok9l
Please join us for the DES vs. PES game Friday night and watch all of the student basketball teams from PreK-4th grade. The cost is $2 to get in and the schools will split the proceeds!
Mary Milam turned in tickets for a positive office visit!! Mary is always on task, she is responsible, and she is a very hard worker!! Ms. Brooklyn Smith had lots of great things to say about Mary!
The basketball game tonight at Riverside High School will be played at the regular time at 6:00pm. The gate will open at 4:00pm. It will be the regularly scheduled Senior Night!
