Additional News 2

In the Spotlight 3

Events Calendar 4

Gr K-12 Cafeteria

Breakfast Menu 5

Gr 7-12 Grab & Go

Breakfast Menu 6

Gr K-8 Lunch Menu 7

Gr 9-12 Lunch Menu 8

Birthdays Calendar 9

Preschool Screenings 10

Parent Forum 11

2016-17 Out of Dis-

trict Application 12

2015-16 School

Calendar 13

It’s a Great Day

to be a Panther!

NEWSMAKERS Upcoming

Events

Spring Band Concert

Sunday, May 1

FRYSC Parent Forum

Thursday, May 12

Board of Educa-tion Meeting

Monday, May 16

Election Day NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, May 17

Last Day of School &

Graduation Friday, May 20

The Character word for May is “COURAGE”

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E

SENIOR CLASS ACTIVITIES May 18th

9:00am Baccalaureate Practice - MPR

1:00pm High School Academic Awards - Gym

7:00pm Baccalaureate - MPR

May 20th

9:00am Senior Breakfast - Hard Work Café

10:00am Graduation Practice - Gym

11:00am Final Walk through the halls

AP EXAMS SCHEDULE May 2nd AP Environmental Science May 4th AP English Literature May 5th AP Calculus AB/BC May 6th AP US History May 10th AP U. S. Gov. & Politics May 13th AP Human Geography

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2016

Last Day for Preschool & Preschool Graduation

Tuesday, May 10

FREE SPORTS PHYSICALS Free sports physicals are on Satur-

day, May 7th. Bus leaves @ 7:00am for Hopkinsville. Forms can be picked up in the school offices.

PRESCHOOL SCREENINGS (by appointment only)

Friday, May 6 Make your appointment by 5/3.

Additional information on page 10.

STATE OF EDUCATION in DAWSON SPRINGS The luncheon event, sponsored by the DS Rotary Club, was held Tues, Apr 19. Supt.

Whalen shared several positive statements concerning our local district. District enroll-

ment is up compared to the previous two school years, our Elementary is classified

Proficient/Progressing and our High School is classified as Distinguished. Our High

School has also been ranked 32nd on U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 Best High

Schools list. Additional speakers at the event included Dr. Deborah Cox, Interim Presi-

dent of MCC; Heather Roy and Dr. Susan Edington, both with Murray State University -

Madisonville Campus. A special award from the DS School District was presented to

Scott Dillingham, publisher of the DS Progress, thanking him for his coverage of our

schools.

MS CHEER TRY-OUTS A practice for students interested in trying out for Middle School Cheerleading is scheduled for Wednes-day, May 4, and Thursday, May 5, from 3:15 to 4:15 in the MPR. Tryouts will be on Wednesday, May 11th @ 3:15 in

the MPR. Students who do not have a sports physical on file with the school will need a parent present at both

practices and tryouts. If you have any questions please contact Coach Tracy Collins.

ELEMENTARY AWARDS Elementary Awards will be held on May 20th at 8am in the HS Gym. Awards will be presented for all A’s,

all A’s/B’s, attendance, academic team, etc. Individual classroom awards will be

awarded in each classroom. A sign-in station will be set up at the front doors of the gym.

All Visitors must sign in.

2016-17 APPLICATION FOR OUT OF DISTRICT STUDENT ADMISSION

An Out of District Application for Admission is required for all students living outside the Dawson Springs District. The district boundaries are the four bridges leading out of town.

A form is included on page 12 and must be submitted to the DS School Board Office by May 20 for the 2016-17

school year.

8th Grade Math Competition Madisonville Community College held the competition on Friday, April 16. Ethan Huddleston won first place from our

school and Zoe Howton was second. Other team members are Brennen Cunningham,

Emma Thorp, and Courtney Bayer. Congratulations to all!

EARTH DAY & SPRUCE UP DAWSON

SPRINGS (SUDS) Earth Day activities were held on our school campus the morning of Fri-

day, April 22. Our High School & Middle School students set up craft

projects and demonstrations for elementary students. Later in the day,

DSCS staff and students joined efforts with several community groups

and participated in the annual SUDS event to clean and beautify the

school campus and city.

5th Grade Math Competition The Fifth Grade Math team competed Friday, April

22, at Madisonville Community College. Members

are Jordan Opalek, Brooklyn Thompson, Tyler Hale,

First place winner Abigail

Ward, and second place winner

Desiree Hunt. The team is

coached by Beth Dillingham.

3rd Grade Math Competition The 3rd grade Math Team competed April 22 at Madi-

sonville Community College. First place from the school

was Ava Ward, second place was Jesse Plunkett. Other

members are Savannah Mathe-

ny, Montgomery Johnston, and

Hailey Goodaker. The team is

coached by Beth Dillingham.

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Fine Art Award

Cheydon Shelton - 3rd Grade

“New York”

Fine Art Award

Maddie Huddleston - 6th Grade

“It All Starts with Art”

Fine Art Award

Amber Payne - High School

“Paradise Found”

Jamie Thorp is our Ele-

mentary Response to

Intervention Instruction-

al Assistant. She has

been with our District

full-time since 2007.

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May 2016 Events

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

May 1

2:00 Spring Band

Concert

2

5:30 V/JV Softball @

home v UHA

5:30 V/JV Baseball

@ home v Crittenden

Co.

3

Last Day to Make

May Preschool

Screening Appt.

5:30 V/JV Softball @

home v Hopkinsville

5:30 V/JV Baseball

@ home v Ft. Camp-

bell

Track @ Marshall Co.

Quad-Meet

4 5

Cinco de Mayo

5:30 V/JV Softball @

home v MNHHS

5:30 V/JV Baseball

@ Whitesville Trinity

6

8:00-3:00 Preschool

Screenings

5:30 V/V Softball @

Trigg County

Track @ Area 1

Championship -

Murray State U

7

Kentucky Derby Day

8:10am FREE Sports

Physicals @ Hop-

kinsville

12:00 V/JV Baseball

@ home v Webster

Co.

3:00 V/V Softball @

Fulton Co.

8

Mother’s Day

9

3:00 DSEA Meeting

5:30 V/JV Softball @

UHA

5:30 V/JV Baseball

@ home v HCCHS

10

3:30 Elementary

SBDM Council

5:30 V/V Softball @

home v Caldwell Co.

5:30 JV/JV Baseball

@ home v Communi-

ty Christian Academy

6:00 Preschool

Graduation

6:30 Band Boosters

11

12:30 MCC Lunch

Visit in HS Lobby

3:30 HS SBDM

Council

12

4:00 FRYSC Parent

Forum

5:30 V/JV Baseball

@ home v Ohio Co.

13

5:30 V/JV Baseball

@ Ft. Campbell

14

Track @ Class 1A

Regionals - Murray

15

Peace Officers

Memorial Day

16

5:30 Board of Educa-

tion Meeting

5:30 V/JV Softball @

Christian Fellowship

5:30 V/JV Baseball

@ home v Lyon Co.

17

Election Day

NO SCHOOL

Staff PD

5:30 Varsity Softball

@ Ft. Campbell

18

4th Gr ade Trip to

Mammoth Cave

1:00 HS Awards in

Gym

7:00 Baccalaureate

19

Accelerated Reading

Award Day

20

Last Day of School

for Students

8:00 Elementary

Awards in Gym

1:30 MS Awards in

Gym

7:00 Graduation

21

Armed Forces Day

9:00-11:00 Take Kids

Fishing @ Riverside

Park

22 23

6:00 PTO Meeting

24

Summer Reading

Program Registration

@ DS Branch Library

25 26 27 28

29 30

Memorial Day

31 June 1 2 3 4

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!

- - - - - - - - - - - Softball Districts @ Caldwell Co. - - - - - - - - - - -

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May Birthdays

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Kaylie McGregor 14 Ashley McKnight

3 Cathy Watson

4 Yosiyah McCune 11

5 Schyuler Storms 17 Ben Grayson 11 Avery Latham 7

6 Kassie Tatum 18 Skyler Lohse 15 Kenleigh Cloern 5

7 John Price 17 Chancie Robinson 13 Barbara P’Poole

8 9 Tobiyah McCune 6

10 11 Madison Laffoon 15 Lucas Osborne 10 Mason King 5 Glenda Franklin

12 Kiana Hooper 16

13 Natalee Oldham 11 Nenia McCune

14 Ashton Mitchell18 Daniel Garrett 15 Jessyca Payne 12 Jordan Opalek 11 Cadence Harris 9 Dianne Labrado

15 Rachel Morse 14 Ashton Farmer 9

16 Hunter McGee 16 Haylee O’Neil 8

17 Craig Davis 15 Lilah Morris 5

18 Chase Miles 6 Heath Burden

19 Dylan Baker 13 Alyssa Goolsby 13 Lucas Duke 6

20 Lucas Dukes 7 Mikel Day 5

21 Kaylee Simpson 15 Natalie McGinnis 10 Katherine Cumbee 7 Madison Williams 6

22 Brandon Mosbey 15 Aubrie Gunn 14 Riley Rawlins 12 Michael Faughn 10 Mason Miller 8 Kenyen Williams 8

23 Emilee Leadingham 16 Keph McCune 16 Troy Payne 16 Issac Carter 12 Alexandria Morgan 9 Jamie Thorp

24 Lydia Carpenter 12 Wyatt Clevenger 6

25 Kailey Adamson 8

26 Easton Bourland 7

27 Malaia Miller 17 Lillian Cowan 8

28 Madison Purdy 12 Cedric Gamblin 6

29 Brandon Carroll 18 Michael Burgess 13 Caden Hickerson 13 Gabriel Thomas 8

30 Macy Merrell 16 Lauren Throgmorton 9

31 Joshua Jones 16

May Birthday Cake Winners

Yosiyah McCune & Aubrie Gunn

Present your certificate at our local Dairy Queen for a FREE Ice Cream Cake.

Anyone whose name appears on this calen-

dar is eligible for a 10% discount on an ice

cream cake when you present this page at our

local Dairy Queen at the time of purchase.

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