Mrs. Gloeckner's 6th grade language arts classes took advantage of the nice weather earlier this week and took their silent reading outside!
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On March 18, some of our DMS seventh grade girls attended the John Deere Engineering field trip. It was held at John Deere in Dubuque. A bunch of other schools around the area joined them there. The groups were different girls from other schools that got paired together. While they were there, they participated in many activities about engineering. (Written by Journalism students Savannah, Laci, Evelyn, and Lucy.)
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Congratulations on our March Students of the Month! Each month a selected group of teachers, paras, and other staff members in the building nominate a student that they feel is showing qualities of that particular month's "theme". March's theme is "Accountability". Congratulations to these students for being excellent leaders and role models to their peers! #drexlerms #wdbqschoools
Today during Journalism class, we went to Farley Elementary where Josie Wulfekuhle was mentoring elementary students. She was with the kindergarteners, and she helped them with spelling and reading. They were working on spelling their name and sounding their name out in whole group. Mentoring is a way for middle school students to help out the elementary teachers in their free time. The elementary students enjoy having the older students helping them. (by Journalism students: Gabrielle Frost and Andie Haun)
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In Physical Education class last week, students got to play wheelchair basketball with Patrick O’Hea helping teach this unit. He wanted to help teach this sport because he is in a wheelchair himself and used to play. He is inspired to teach this because he wants to show kids that they can still play sports and be involved in activities, even with a disability. Students have been having a lot of fun learning how to play wheelchair basketball. We thank Mr. O’Hea for helping teach this to our students and also giving kids that do have a disability a chance to interact with other kids in a safe and fun way.! We hope kids had fun and keep teaching other kids and adults about this sport!
(by Journalism students: Lainey Keppler and Markie Hefel)
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Last week was March Madness week and kids got to dress up throughout the week. On Friday we had a Students vs Staff basketball game. There were about 12-15 students in the game vs about 10-12 teachers. Throughout the game there were prizes given away and games played in between quarters. Staff won again this year. (by Journalism students: Ethan Michels and Noah Bonert)
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Last Friday's March Madness Dress Up Day was Black Out Day!
Last week at Drexler, we had a 3-point challenge between each grade level 6th-8th grade to celebrate March Madness. We did the challenge during Bobcat Time. Each Bobcat Time chose three people to shoot as many baskets as possible in one minute. On Monday, the 6th graders from Mr. Hosch’s Bobcat time won. On Tuesday the 7th graders went, and Mr. Neiman’s Bobcat Time won. On Thursday, the 8th graders had their turn, and Mrs. Kramer's Bobcat Time won. The winners get to have donuts in their Bobcat Time. (by Journalism students: Brooklynn and Kyndall)
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This week at Drexler, we had a 3-point challenge between each grade level 6th-8th grade to celebrate March Madness. We did the challenge during Bobcat Time. Each Bobcat Time chose three people to shoot as many baskets as possible in one minute. On Monday, the 6th graders from Mr. Hosch’s Bobcat time won. On Tuesday the 7th graders went, and Mr. Neiman’s Bobcat Time won. On Thursday, the 8th graders had their turn, and Mrs. Kramer's Bobcat Time won. The winners get to have donuts in their Bobcat Time.
(by Journalism students: Brooklynn and Kyndall)
Today's March Madness Dress Up Day was Jersey Day! Tomorrow's dress up day is "Black Out" Day.
Drexler staff joined in on the fun today too!
Today's March Madness Dress Up Day was Duo/Twin Day! Tomorrow's dress up day is "Jersey Day".
Drexler 's Quiz Bowl team placed first at the Winter Open in Bellevue! Three students were awarded for their individual performance as well: Preston Deutmeyer, Owen Paisley, and Camila Moran-Gonzalez.
Today's March Madness Dress Up Day was Beach Day! Tomorrow's dress up day is "Duo Day/Twin Day".
Today's March Madness Dress Up Day was Pajama Day! Both the teachers and the students had fun and appreciated getting to wear their p.j.'s on a Monday! Tomorrow's dress up day is "Beach Day".
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Next week we have dress up days for MARCH MADNESS!
Save Hamlet
On April 25th and 26th the DMS play will be performed at the Western Dubuque high school called “Save Hamlet”. DMS has 33 students that went out for the play, and the main characters are Hamlet, Buradette, Horachiea, Marcella, Francessca. A little bit about the play is that it follows Shakespeare's Hamlet; Hamlet's father dies, and his mother remarries his stepdad. The girls in the play are trying to get through it with little bloodshed. If you are interested in this, we recommend you go out for it! Ms. Maki is always looking for more people and it's something fun to do after school. Go support our students at the play and we hope to see a full crowd! (written by journalism students Isabelle, Diona, and Kaci)
8th grade registration forms due back tomorrow!
Out of an abundance of caution, Western Dubuque Schools will be closed today, Wednesday, March 5, due to anticipated dangerously high winds and blowing snow, creating hazardous travel conditions. Please stay safe.
6th grade recently finished up their Greek Mythology unit. While learning about the different gods/goddesses, heroes, and monsters, they worked on their reading comprehension skills, using evidence from a text to support their writing, identifying character traits, and vocabulary. While studying how artists and writers emphasize different aspects of stories, they had fun completing their own piece of art for our classroom museum.
