Dixon Public Schools' Summer Shoe Drive Fundraiser starts tomorrow! New or gently used shoes and new socks can be dropped off at the DPS District Office, KSB Foot & Ankle or Shoe Sensation. For more information, please contact Sara Faley at sfaley@dps170.org
Free Summer Meals will be provided for children 18 and under at Reagan Middle School. Meals will be provided to the public from May 31st through June 28th. One major difference this year is the District is no longer allowed to handout meals to go. All meals must be served and eaten onsite. Multiple days cannot be picked up and the children for whom the meals are intended must be present and must consume the meal in the cafeteria. Please see the attached flyer for dates, times, and locations.
Attention DPS Families! Woods 2 Projects from Mr. Zimmerman's class are complete as we wrap up the 23-24 school year. Here are the results! #GoPurple #BePurple
DHS graduation will be held inside Lancaster Gymnasium today, May 26th. Doors will open at 12:00 and the ceremony will begin at 1:00.
IHSA 3A Baseball Regional UPDATE
Today's championship game time has been adjusted to allow for improved field conditions. First pitch is 4pm at Borden Field. #BePurple #GoDukes
As the final activity of the year, Mrs. Beck's English 10 Honors classes listened to artist and poet Dr. Gooden read selections of poetry from her book Night Forms. She also discussed what it was like growing up in Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. Additionally, Honors students did an awesome job reading an original poem with Dr. Gooden that they wrote using one of her poems as a model. After the students left class, Dr. Gooden took time to autograph her second poetry book for them.
May is Better Speech and Hearing Month! Let's shout out to all the speech pathologists, audiologists, and everyone working to improve communication. Whether it's articulation, language, stuttering, or hearing loss, let's raise awareness! Got questions? Get screened! Let's make communication accessible for everyone. 🗣️👂 #BetterSpeechandHearingMonth
Due to the inclement weather, The Reagan Middle School 8th Grade promotion will be held inside of Lancaster Gym at Dixon High School. Thank you for your understanding with this.
We plan to stream the 2024 High School Graduation Ceremony live at 1pm on Sunday, May 26th. It will be accessible via this link: https://youtube.com/live/-FXiIhuJIhc?feature=share
Attention DPS Families! The Dukes beat Freeport last night 9-7 and have advanced to play the Sycamore Spartans tomorrow in the Regional Championship game at Borden Field! The game starts at 2PM. #GoPurple #BePurple
Mrs. Fitzanko’s Honors Spanish Students participated in Wooly Week 2024 at the beginning of April. During this immersive week, students were exposed to many different Spanish activities and a newly released song brought on by Sr. Wooly and his team. This year’s group of dedicated honors students won an autographed copy of the book La Casa de la Dentista signed by the famous Sr. Wooly himself! These honors students earned a total of 145 raffle tickets by participating in different events throughout this week. Wooly Week is conducted yearly with thousands of student and teacher participants across the United States. Congratulations to the Honors Spanish 1, 2, 3, and AP Students!
The Dukes Baseball Regional Semi-Finals are tonight at 4:30pm at home! They are facing the Freeport Pretzels for the chance to move on to the Regional Championship game against Sycamore. Here is a link to the bracket https://www.ihsa.org/data/ba/3bracket.htm #GoPurple #BePurple
At Dixon Public Schools, our motto is A Place to Grow. We are currently taking applications for an Assistant Principal/Dean of Students that will be available for the 24-25 school year at Washington School. Please see the attached flyer and click this link to apply now! Other positions are also available. https://www.applitrack.com/roe47/onlineapp/default.aspx?choosedistrict=true&applitrackclient=38214&category=Administration
Power has been restored at Madison Elementary and RMS. School will proceed as normal today. Thank you for your patience.
Please use our backup phone numbers today to call our schools.
DHS 284-7723
Jefferson 284-7724
Washington 284-7727
District Office 284-7722
For Madison & RMS call 284-7723
Madison Elementary and Reagan Middle School currently do not have power. We are working to get an estimated time to have power restored. There is a plan in place for students who eat breakfast at school. Those students should head directly to the cafeteria. We will keep everyone informed as we know more information.
Congratulations to Olivia Cox! She got 8th in Shot Put and 10th in Discuss at this year's Track and Field State Meet! Read her interview with Shaw local before she went down to Charleston here! https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/2024/05/16/sauk-valley-media-athlete-of-the-week-dixons-olivia-cox/
Sharing information from our friends at the United Way of Lee County. This takes place every Wednesday starting June 5th-August 7th. Dixon High School, Jefferson School and Washington School begin July 3rd. Please see attached flyer for more information.
Attention DPS Families! The Duchesses Varsity Soccer team is playing for the Regional Championship tonight versus Belvidere North at 5PM! No livestream will be available due to the location of the match. #GoPurple #BePurple
The following DPS staff members received recognition at last night's Board Meeting. We are proud to share that Nick Haws and Tracy Kitzman received their Employee of the Year awards!
