Yesterday, approximately 140 Depew Middle School students were honored at the annual Character Education Breakfast. This event, sponsored by the Lancaster-Depew Rotary Club, celebrates the efforts these students made throughout the year in displaying positive character traits.
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This is a reminder to all families that since the District exceeded its allowable emergency closing days, this Friday, May 24, 2019, is now an instructional day. All students K-12 are expected to attend.
Thank you.
Jordan Kanick was nominated for the prep talk player of the week with our opening 7-1 win at Cheektowaga.
Please vote for Jordan Kanick for prep talk player of the week!
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Exciting night tonight at Depew UFSD! Our 2nd Family STEAM Night takes place at Depew HS from 6 to 8 pm. All are welcome!! STEAM is out of this world at Depew!
Last Chance to order your yearbook! Orders are due by March 29. Go to www.ybpay.lifetouch.com and use code 1345119.
DMS grade 8 technology students are testing their tinfoil boat designs as they learn more about the design process and teamwork. #DepewSTEAM
Parents are invited to a Community Conversation to Learn About Adolescent Vaping on March 6 from 6-8PM at the Lancaster Opera House. Learn proactive approaches, meet School Resource Officers and see devices on display.
The Family Snowshoe Event scheduled for February 9 has been CANCELED.
The Tech Savvy Girl’s STEM Conference is coming up March 16 at UB. It’s only $5 and includes a full day of workshops, skills training, lunch and networking. Click here for more information. https://originaltechsavvy.org/
Sixth grade students at DMS participated in the first paper airplane challenge yesterday. Over 20 students built and flew their airplanes in a student organized competition,complete with prizes. #DepewSTEAM
Monday, February 11 will now be converted from a full day to a half-day for all students K-12. The Depew Teacher Organization will hold a required contract ratification meeting. High School and Middle School will dismiss at 11:18 a.m. and Elementary School will dismiss at noon.
Congratulations to the 2019 Depew Middle School Spelling Bee Champion, Dylan Thomas (grade 6), and Runner-Up, Lamyh Pugh (grade 7). Dylan and Lamyh were among the thirty top spellers at DMS who competed in the event on January 10.
Depew Junior, Jersey Phillips has been nominated for the Buffalo News Prep Talk Girls Athlete of the Week for Girls Ice Hockey. She plays for the Lancaster/Iroquois/Depew team in the Section VI Federation and is having a great year! Cast your vote here: https://bit.ly/2HdmBIt
Students in 8th grade ELA use Book Creator to culminate a nonfiction reading unit by demonstrating their knowledge on a topic they researched.
Middle School French students got to experience French culture today by sampling the BUCHE DE NOEL cake in class. This is not only a tradition in France, but also with Mrs. Harshany's French classes for over a decade.
Students in sixth grade participated in a Holiday Book Exchange. They were able to replace their already read books from home with other gently used books.
Vote on your favorite holiday tree that are in each of the middle school wings!
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Students in Ms. Russo's Family and Consumer Science class particpated in the Hour of Code last week. They enjoyed activities such as The Grinch hour of code, Flappy code (writing your own game), Mine Craft, App lab (Design App & coding with blocks).
Mrs. Yelich's 6th grade music class experienced the hour of code by identifying notes played by selecting puzzle pieces for the correct answers on the hour of code site. Students also scanned QR codes to play music examples that show how music is everywhere and diverse.
Eighth grade students in Mr. Nolan's Technology classes are working on their Rube Goldberg machines. The idea is to create a complex machine to complete a simple task. These students are focusing on incorporating simple machines to raise a flag. #DepewSTEAM
Middle Schoolers celbrate National Computer Science week with the Hour of Code! Check out the hour of code at https://hourofcode.com/
Middle School students create and code Lego robots in sixth grade STEAM Exploration. #DepewSTEAM
Middle school students in Mrs. Pilon's English class collaborate in groups, using technology, to peer edit their writing.
DMS students have a scary good time racing the cars they designed and created in Technology class. #DepewSTEAM
Mrs. Marks' class introduced a coffee program to DMS called the Brew Brigade ! The "Brew" stands for Bringing Real Employment experiences to Wildcats. The skills that will be practiced and mastered include filling orders, speaking clearly, handling money, and problem solving.
Sixth grade students attended a field trip to Camp Tahigwa on October 3.
This message is for all Depew Middle School families. Our Fall picture has been rescheduled and will now take place this Monday October 1st.
This message is for the 6th grade families at Depew Middle School. The sixth grade dance on Friday September 28th has unfortunately been cancelled.
However, we are looking forward to a great time at Camp Tahigwa on October 3rd.
As of August 16, 2018 the repair cost for damaged Chromebooks will change. Students who damage the keyboard will pay $30.00 instead of $100.00. The fee schedule is as follows:
Lost device, broken screen, or damaged body is $100.00
Damaged keyboard or lost power cord is $30.00
Registration for fall sports in now open. Please register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgMg9rKh8ArTJy6hLh8WY8PCuRKu8uhRRcWvENjMQewvTi1g/viewform
Fall Sports Physicals will be offered in the Middle School Nurses Office on Monday, Aug. 6 from 8 a.m. to noon for JV and Varsity and Wednesday Aug. 15 from 8 to 11 a.m. for Modified athletes.
The Sixth Grade students of DMS attended a field trip to 5Wits! on Tuesday, June 5th. Students participated in the Space Exploration, Tomb and Drago's Castle solving logic puzzles and tasks in order to complete missions. Each adventure was set in a realistic physical space that required students to use hands-on interaction and decision making to progress through the multiple rooms.
Students from Mrs. Thurnherr's social Studies class researched mythical monsters and created some treats and figures to go along with thier papers.
Fall Sports Registration is available now at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgMg9rKh8ArTJy6hLh8WY8PCuRKu8uhRRcWvENjMQewvTi1g/viewform?usp=sf_link
Students from Depew Middle that participate in SABAH, take part in "dry land" training at Bud Bakewell Rink.
Depew Middle School students are being honored for academic progress in the quarterly Honor Roll Breakfast this week.
The Middle School exam schedule is available here:
https://www.depewschools.org/o/dms/page/exam-schedule--2
Students were emailed this information.
In case you missed Lunch Hero Day on WIVB Friday. Here's the link: http://www.wivb.com/news/school-lunch-hero-day_20180504205527/1160028890
The 4th annual Lunch Hero Day was a success! Students celebrated food service workers with thoughtful gifts and cards. See it on WIVB Channel 4 in the 4 o'clock hour today!
Please note: The date of the National Junior Honor Society Induction has been changed to May 2 at 6 p.m.
Thank you to our Freedom in America judges from the school board, the village of Depew, county officials and our student Judge Samantha Maroshick !
Congrats Freedom in America poster winners Samantha Reinhardt, Kiera Szuba, Destiny Clark, Pam McCarty (poster winner) and Gina Florian!
Congrats Freedom in America essay winners Jessica Palmisano, Kaitlin Whalen, Theresa Kaus (essay winner), Amani Elbanna and Gina Florian!
Just like the Philadelphia Eagles over the New England Patriots, three sixth graders dominated the Depew Middle School student council Superbowl Essay Contest.
Students in Mrs. Fatta and Mrs. Pawlak's classes are learning about the Winter Olympoics, science, math and and social studies. All week they have learned about and experienced different events.
Depew Middle School grade 8 class officers give a little Valentines Day gift to all eighth graders.
Middle school students create robot art during the grade 6 STEAM class to celebrate the upcoming Olympics.
Depew Middle School students experience planning, working in teams and building in the Library Makerspace.
Congratulations to the 2018 Depew Middle School Spelling Bee champion Pamela McCarty and runner-up Hannah Stocklosa. McCarty correctly spelled the word quadrillion to claim the victory.
It was another successful year for the Depew Middle School Student Council Holiday Food Drive. The students and faculty of Depew Middle School collected enough donations to fill 17 boxes with food.
The Depew Middle School National Junior Honor Society organized candy donations for the troops serving overseas. The members donated 153 pounds of candy to Winning Smiles Pediatric Dentistry.
LEAD, art club make Depew Middle School beautiful.
Recently, students collectively raised money to benefit the victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.The students raised close to $300, with all the proceeds being donated to the Red Cross.
Nineteen students took time out of their busy summer to come in and work on projects, which highlighted the 7 Habits. The idea of the event was to foster a feeling of family and belonging at DMS.
Hooray for Depew Middle School lunch ladies! Honored today for School Lunch Hero day, eighth-graders presented them with flowers. Other grades presented special treats, cards and poems.
Physicals for Fall 2017 sports will be held June 5 in the Middle School from 8-11 a.m., students must sign up NOW in their building's health office.
Such well spoken DMS students reading their Freedom in America essays this morning.
DMS Freedom in America poster, essay finalists named! Theresa Kaus, Kaitlin Whalen, Haylie Petyk, Samantha Treadway, Hannah Stocklosa, Brooke Canetti, Moriel Addesa, Logan Schwartz, Tarek Karzoun.
A free Wellcats for Life Summer Day Camp will be offered this summer to Depew UFSD students entering grades 1-8 in September 2017. Info. is online at http://www.depewschools.org/pep-grant
University students from Santiago, Chile visited Depew schools' Spanish classes today to talk about their culture, language and see how a U.S. classroom is set up.
Freshman Orientation, Elective Night for parents and current grade 8 students is Feb. 1, 6:30 p.m. at DHS Aud. Bring your course offering guide provided to your child by his/her school counselor.
Due to today's (Jan. 5) weather forecast, Middle and High School will dismiss 15 minutes early. Cayuga Heights will dismiss at their normal time. All after-school activities are cancelled for 1/5/17.
Robots will be at UB's Computer Science and Engineering Kid's Day for grades K-12 on Dec 5. Hands-on stuff, live demos! Two sessions 6-7:15pm or 7:15-8:30pm. RSVP now: www.cse.buffalo.edu/ubcseweek
Thanks WIVB Ch. 4 for coming to the sixth-grade Big Dig to see what artifacts we found!
The sixth-grade Big Dig project amps up the learning curve as students find hidden artifacts as part of their study of ancient civilizations.
What an awesome day of teambuilding for grade 7
