Please visit https://www.decaturcountyschools.com/article/950407 to read about the training that DCSS staff participated in today!
We look forward to beginning the Spring semester with students tomorrow, January 4th!
We hope all of our students and staff had a wonderful break! Students will return to school on Wednesday, January 4th! Happy New Year!
Christmas Break will be December 17th- January 3rd. Students will return on January 4th. All offices will be closed until January 3rd. Have a very Merry Christmas!
Today at our central office luncheon and meeting, we said goodbye to Ms. Ginger Teague, our coordinated school health leader. We will miss Ms. Ginger and wish her luck in her retirement and future endeavors!
DES Christmas Program @ 5:30 tonight! Doors open at 5:00. No intermission. All grade-levels will perform back-to-back starting with Pre-K. Merry Christmas!!
DES Christmas Program Tuesday, Dec. 13th @ 5:30. NOTE a change has been made to the time for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. The program will START at 5:30 with Pre-K and run straight through WITHOUT an intermission. Doors open at 5:00.
DES names Ms. Jessica Brockman teacher of the month for December. Read about Ms. Jessica here: https://www.decaturcountyschools.com/article/930983
Congratulations to our Riverside FFA Parliamentary Procedure team for making it to the finals in their regional competition! Good luck in finals Thursday, team!
Please check out our Teachers and Employees of the Month for December under the news tab! We are proud to call these employees Decatur County Panthers!!!
The DCSS is seeking both a certified History Teacher (required 7-12 History endorsement and TN teaching license) and a teaching assistant. All must pass a background check through the TBI. All interested, visit the website www.decaturcountyschools.com and fill out the appropriate application under the employment tab.
Congratulations to Coach Frost and the Riverside Panthers football team for earning 2A Runner-Up for the state of Tennessee! Let’s go Panthers!
Parents and Guardians: Your student will be bringing home a lunch account balance on Monday. Please check with your student and try to get the lunch accounts cleared up before Christmas break! Thank you and have a great Sunday!
At the half, the panthers are up 18-14. Check out the second half at https://www.actionnews5.com/2022/12/01/tenn-high-school-football-championships-are-live-action-news-5-plus/
Good Luck to the Riverside Panthers in the State Championship today! You can cheer the Panthers on from home by tuning in online to News Channel 5+. The game will be on at 2:00pm central!
We want to wish the Riverside Panthers Good Luck on their final match tomorrow in the state championship! They will play for the title on Saturday at 3:00pm. We also want to wish safe travels to all of the players, cheerleaders, dance team, band and parents on their trip up!
Check out https://youtu.be/ARcZqzwlxf4 for a special message to the Riverside Panthers from the DC Board of Education!
Msg Con't: All other students must remain on campus until the end of the school day unless using one of three allowed parent notes for the semester.
Any student who is a sibling or lives in the same household as a FB player or cheerleader may be excused to leave school at 10am if: the parent must send a note that includes the student's name, relationship to player, parent signature, and a number to be called to verify.
Join us as we cheer on our Riverside Panthers tomorrow as we wave them on to the state championship beginning at 10:30 am Friday morning! The parade will begin at Riverside High School and go through main street Parsons. Let's go, Panthers!
