WELCOME TO DCIS Sherri Verble, Principal Jenny Richards, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

WELCOME 
 TO 
 DCIS Sherri Verble, Principal Jenny Richards, Assistant Principal 
 Christina Holland, Assistant Principal


 Transition to DCIS • Administrators and Counselors went to visit 4th graders at each elementary site • 4 th graders came to visit DCIS for tours, entertainment and lunch (week of April 30th) • New Parent Orientation Night- May 1, 2018 • “Meet the Teacher/Schedule Pick-up Day” August 13 th (tentative) 
 6 th grade- 8:30-11:00am 
 5 th grade- 12:30-3:00pm • Back-to-School Night-1 st or 2 nd full week of school (tentative August 23rd) • Counselors: 
 Crystal Wiseman-5th Grade 
 Mandy Hayward-6 th Grade 
 Heather Flinton 
 • Administrators: 
 Sherri Verble 
 Jenny Richards 
 Christina Holland

GENERAL INFORMATION/SAFETY • 2018-2019 will be our 7 th school year for DCIS • Approx. 1000 students • Approx. 75 staff members • 4 core teams per grade level • Buzzer System for doors • School SafeID system • Photo ID required for student check-out or eating lunch • Visitor sticker REQUIRED throughout the building • FEMA building for tornado evacuation • Required Safety Drills • School Resource Officer • School Nurse • Watch-Dog Dad Program

DCIS 5 th and 6 th Grade Teams/Electives • Each grade level has 4 teams of teachers(A, B, C and D Halls) 
 • Each student will rotate through 5 core teachers 
 MATH 
 LITERATURE 
 SOCIAL STUDIES 
 SCIENCE 
 COMPOSITION 
 • Each class period is 55 minutes long 
 • 5 th grade students rotate through specials with their 
 Homeroom class: PE, Health, Music, Art, Technology, Spanish, STEM 
 • 6 th grade students choose 4 electives for the year, one being Presentational Technology. 6 th Grade Band is all year.


 
 
 
 Antler Time 
 (30 minutes daily) • Enrichment 
 Domino Toppling Intervention 
 Re-teaching 
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 DCIS Start/End times 7:30am-2:30pm Late Start Wednesday 8:30am-2:30pm

Lunch • 6 th Grade Boys 10:55-11:15 • 6 th Grade Girls 11:20-11:40 • 5 th Grade Boys 11:45-12:05 • 5 th Grade Girls 12:10-12:30 ********************************************* *NOTE: *Parents/Grandparents are welcome to Late Start eat with their child. Please check in the office before having lunch to make sure Day- you are on the demographics of the student. You may not bring outside food lunch times for any other child except your own. are different.


 Bus Riders 
 Arrival and Dismissal • Students who ride the bus are *When students arrive they go dropped off and picked up on to the cafeteria or gym the north side of the building. depending their team. All students are dismissed to 1 st period at 7:25am. 
 Doors open at 7:00am

Car Riders 
 *Arrival* Car Riders • Car-riders get dropped off in the front of the building. Our car line splits into 2 lines. • Students need to be ready to get out of the car as soon as you pull into the parking lot….backpacks and hugs! • We unload 10-12 cars at a time. Students need to get out of the car when we wave them out. • When leaving the parking lot, you must turn RIGHT • Our motto is “Pull Forward!” 


Car Riders 
 *Dismissal* Car Riders • Car-riders get picked up in the front of the building. Our car line splits into 2 lines. • Students are responsible for looking for their car as we do not call car #s or have car tags. • Duty teachers help students watch for the cars and stop the *If you choose to not go through our car car line to fill 10-12 cars at a line, you can park in the PAAC parking time. lot, but you MUST get out of your car • When leaving the parking lot, you and walk to the bridge to meet your must turn RIGHT child who will be with our teacher on • Our motto is “Pull Forward!” 
 duty.

Lockers-Backpacks-Totes • All students need to either bring a backpack or a tote. Totes are preferred due to easy access to supplies. 
 • 5 th Grade students share a locker as it is used more for a “cubby” to keep their coat and bag. 
 5 th graders do NOT need a lock! 
 • 6 th Grade students are assigned individual lockers and DO need to bring a lock!

Before/After School Clubs 
 Intramurals 
 *after school* Creek Council Leadership Team Fellowship of Christian athletes Honor 
 Chorus

*DCIS Events* • Book Fair (Fall and Spring) • DCIS Party in the Parking Lot w/Food Trucks @ Schedule Pick-up Day • Charity Celebrations (Christmas and Valentine’s) • Book Character Day-5 th Grade • Idiom Day-6 th Grade • Welcome Week—August (first full week of school) • Red Ribbon Week-October • Diversity Week-January • Veteran’s Day Assembly-November • Author visits • Spirit Assembly

-Spirit Assembly- 
 • We have a Spirit Assembly 
 each 9-weeks • Students can be recognized for character, hard work, 
 leadership, improvement and/or academics • Each team picks a top boy and top girl to be recognized • Students who receive an award are given an Elevation Gift Card • Entertainment: high school band, choir, show choir, DCIS band and choir, games, special guests

DCIS Field Trips • 5 th Grade-State Fair and Camp Classen • 6 th Grade-OKC Thunder Education Day • 6 th Grade Art Zoo Trip • FCA Field Trips • Honor Chorus • Washington, DC trip with Mrs. Stephenson • NYC Trip with Mrs. Gull • 6 th Grade Band Field Trip

Ways to be Involved… • PTO Meetings 
 1st Wednesday of the month 
 DCIS Media Center-2:45 • Library and Workroom volunteer • Lunch/Recess Monitor • Testing Monitor • Apparel Sales • Adopt-a-Teacher • Hospitality • Creek Classic

Fundraisers • School-wide Gift Card Fundraiser 
 1 st week of November • SchoolStore.com • Apparel Sales-PTO • School Supplies-PTO • Possible Monthly Restaurant Nights 
 -Tucker’s 
 -BJ’s 
 -Freddy’s Frozen Custard 
 -Chick-fil-a 
 -Yogurtland • 5 th Grade Camp Classen fundraiser

School Supplies www.epipacks.com 
 Enter school ID: DEE078 
 *Paper copy order form and $ due May 22nd *Order online thru June 25 th

* Communication* 
 How to stay “In the Loop” • Facebook-Deer Creek Intermediate • Website-www.deercreekintermediate.org • Remind101 - text @dcisp to 81010 • “Peek of the Week” email every Friday

sherriverble@dcsok.org jennyrichards@dcsok.org

Questions????