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Attendance Matters at APS! 🧡🖤
We are off to a strong start! During the first 20 days of school, the percentage of APS students considered chronically absent decreased from 23.66% last year to 17.93% this year—a decrease of nearly 6 percentage points!
Even more encouraging, when we compare the same groups of students from last year to this year, chronic absenteeism decreased from 24.12% to 17.73%, with 10 of the 12!
We are off to a strong start! During the first 20 days of school, the percentage of APS students considered chronically absent decreased from 23.66% last year to 17.93% this year—a decrease of nearly 6 percentage points!
Even more encouraging, when we compare the same groups of students from last year to this year, chronic absenteeism decreased from 24.12% to 17.73%, with 10 of the 12!
🧡🏈🖤 Homecoming Spirit Week ended with a WHOLE LOT of orange and black! 🖤🏈🧡
We started the day than with our 8th Grade Band playing the Fight Song! 🎶🥁🎺
WE ARE ALMA! 🧡🏈🖤
We started the day than with our 8th Grade Band playing the Fight Song! 🎶🥁🎺
WE ARE ALMA! 🧡🏈🖤
Sickness season is here! 🤧 Remember, the School-Based Health Clinic at DLPMS is available to help support our students and families.
Healthy students = more days at school and more opportunities to learn! 🍎📚
Every day matters!
Healthy students = more days at school and more opportunities to learn! 🍎📚
Every day matters!
SO many awesome pictures from SQUAD DAY!! Tomorrow is HOMECOMING, wear your ORANGE AND BLACK to show your PANTHER PRIDE! 🐾🖤🧡
Color Wars!! 🔵🟢🔴
Tomorrow is Squad Day!
Tomorrow is Squad Day!
Today was all about TEAM SPIRIT! 💙🤍❤🧡🖤 Check out some of our favorite Team Day moments in the photos! DLPMS has A LOT of Lions fans!
🎨 Tomorrow is COLOR WARS!
🔵 6th Grade — Blue
🟢 7th Grade — Green
🔴 8th Grade — Red
Let’s see which grade can bring the most school spirit! 🎉🔥
🎨 Tomorrow is COLOR WARS!
🔵 6th Grade — Blue
🟢 7th Grade — Green
🔴 8th Grade — Red
Let’s see which grade can bring the most school spirit! 🎉🔥
Pajama day = maximum spirit! 🎉💤 So many students showed up in their coziest PJs today. We love the school spirit! ❤️ Tomorrow is Team Day—let’s keep the spirit going! 🏈🎉
Mrs Clark’s 3rd Hour 8th Grade ELA students made it all the way to Level 8 (the top level!) in their “Sub Squad” review of The Giver, by Lois Lowry. Way to go!
Our ALMA 2 DC 8th graders closed out their final two days in Washington D.C with hands-on history and moving moments of honor and reflection.
Friday Highlights
Ford's Theatre & Petersen House: A powerful stop learning about the night of President Lincoln's assassination and his enduring legacy.
U.S. Capitol & White House Visitor Center: Students explored key sites of American democracy and learned about the rich history of the White House.
National Archives & Smithsonian Museum: The group viewed our nation's founding documents and saw Mary Pickersgill's iconic Star-Spangled Banner flag that inspired our national anthem.
Lincoln, Korean War, & Vietnam Veterans Memorials: Students researched specific names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall - finding relatives, namesakes, or individuals who shared birthdays - and created paper etchings to bring home.
Saturday Highlights
Arlington National Cemetery: Our final day was dedicated to a solemn visit to numerous sites inside the hallowed ground of Arlington. Students saw many famous gravesites, spent time at the JFK Eternal Flame, and witnessed the Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Our students represented our community with curiosity and respect throughout the entire trip. Thank you to all the families, chaperones, and supporters who helped make this learning experience possible!
Friday Highlights
Ford's Theatre & Petersen House: A powerful stop learning about the night of President Lincoln's assassination and his enduring legacy.
U.S. Capitol & White House Visitor Center: Students explored key sites of American democracy and learned about the rich history of the White House.
National Archives & Smithsonian Museum: The group viewed our nation's founding documents and saw Mary Pickersgill's iconic Star-Spangled Banner flag that inspired our national anthem.
Lincoln, Korean War, & Vietnam Veterans Memorials: Students researched specific names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall - finding relatives, namesakes, or individuals who shared birthdays - and created paper etchings to bring home.
Saturday Highlights
Arlington National Cemetery: Our final day was dedicated to a solemn visit to numerous sites inside the hallowed ground of Arlington. Students saw many famous gravesites, spent time at the JFK Eternal Flame, and witnessed the Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Our students represented our community with curiosity and respect throughout the entire trip. Thank you to all the families, chaperones, and supporters who helped make this learning experience possible!
Homecoming Spirit Week starts TOMORROW!! PJ Day!!
Today in Mr. Gentner's classes, students wrapped up our Early Humans unit by “escaping” the Ice Age and making their way into the Neolithic Era! It was a fun way to review the major changes that came with farming, permanent settlements, and the Agricultural Revolution. Students will test on Tuesday before we begin our next journey into the first river valley civilization—Mesopotamia!
Our ALMA 2 DC 8th graders' second day in the capital region was packed with powerful history and interactive learning.
Mount Vernon: Students stepped back into the 1700s to explore George Washington's estate and get a firsthand look at early American life.
Holocaust Memorial Museum: A deeply moving visit which also provided a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our students to hear directly from a Holocaust survivor.
National Mall Monuments: The group toured parts of the National Mall including the Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and the World War II Memorial. Students stayed engaged by reflecting on Dr. King's words and hunting down our home state's pillar at the WWII Memorial.
Our students showed incredible respect, curiosity, and stamina throughout the full day of learning. 🇺🇸
Up Next for Today:
Touring Ford's Theatre & the Petersen House.
Exploring the U.S. Capitol building & National Archives.
Visiting the Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, & Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Mount Vernon: Students stepped back into the 1700s to explore George Washington's estate and get a firsthand look at early American life.
Holocaust Memorial Museum: A deeply moving visit which also provided a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our students to hear directly from a Holocaust survivor.
National Mall Monuments: The group toured parts of the National Mall including the Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and the World War II Memorial. Students stayed engaged by reflecting on Dr. King's words and hunting down our home state's pillar at the WWII Memorial.
Our students showed incredible respect, curiosity, and stamina throughout the full day of learning. 🇺🇸
Up Next for Today:
Touring Ford's Theatre & the Petersen House.
Exploring the U.S. Capitol building & National Archives.
Visiting the Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, & Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Attendance Matters at APS! Check out this video for updates and important information on how we are promoting positive attendance!
Attendance Video Link
The ALMA 2 DC 8th graders spent most of Wednesday traveling to the DC area. Upon arrival, they went into the nation's capital to get some initial souvenirs before heading out to the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial.
The Pentagon Memorial commemorates the 184 lives lost at the Pentagon 25 years ago. The space invites students to reflect, and students were tasked with learning something about a specific individual from that day.
Today, students will visit George Washington's Mt. Vernon, the Holocaust Memorial Museum, and various monuments around the city.
At APS.....Attendance Matters! Get off to a great start in the morning by being prepared!!!
Measurement is the universal language of science. Specifically, the metric system is how scientists around the world record data, communicate findings, and collaborate. Last week, our 8th-grade science students put this into practice while competing in the Metric Olympics!
The competition challenged students’ intuitive “feel” for metric units, testing how accurately they could estimate a meter’s length or a gram’s weight before taking precise measurements.
Congratulations to all of our competitors, especially to our Metric Olympics medalists!
The competition challenged students’ intuitive “feel” for metric units, testing how accurately they could estimate a meter’s length or a gram’s weight before taking precise measurements.
Congratulations to all of our competitors, especially to our Metric Olympics medalists!
Heads up!! Homecoming is just around the corner, here are the themes for DLPMS Spirit Week!
Learning Through Maps!
Yesterday, in Mr. Gentner's 7th grade, historians put their mapping skills to work by creating maps of our school from memory! After completing their maps, students participated in a gallery walk to see how their classmates represented the same familiar space in different ways. It was a great introduction to thinking about how maps communicate information and how perspective can influence the way we represent the world around us. A fun way to build some important geography skills as we get our year underway!
Yesterday, in Mr. Gentner's 7th grade, historians put their mapping skills to work by creating maps of our school from memory! After completing their maps, students participated in a gallery walk to see how their classmates represented the same familiar space in different ways. It was a great introduction to thinking about how maps communicate information and how perspective can influence the way we represent the world around us. A fun way to build some important geography skills as we get our year underway!
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