Dixon Public Schools

The February Board of Education meeting will be streamed live on 2-17-21 at 6pm. Use this link to view the stream on Youtube https://youtu.be/iwTK4XXNFRM

Parents we would like to announce that our district has received approval to conduct on-site rapid Covid-19 testing. A letter of instruction has been posted to our website under Covid-19 updates. You will need to complete a consent form through your parent portal account for your student. The form can be found on the upper left-hand corner of your student summary view under registration forms. Only students who are symptomatic will be tested. A valid consent form must be on file and you will be notified when your student is being tested. https://www.dps170.org/article/213395

The 5Essentials Parent Survey is open. Click on this link to take the survey: https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/?target_name=parent We need 20% parent participation minimum to get reports back from ISBE. Here is the up-to-date response rates so far. Parent response rates for schools in Dixon USD 170: Dixon High School: 1% Jefferson Elem School: 1% Madison School: 10% Reagan Middle School: 5% Washington Elem School: 16%

Dixon Public Schools will be remote learning today, 2/16/21, due to the inclement weather and road conditions. Students need to check Seesaw and Canvas for learning.

Here are the links for boys (away) and girls (home) basketball tonight. FS boys begin at 4:00, JV girls begin at 5:00. https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/winnebago-high-school-winnebago-il https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/dixon-high-school-dixon-il

Parents: Click on the links below for this week's COVID data. This data reflects those currently out as COVID positive or under quarantine. Please fill out the Daily Symptom Reporting Form for students attending onsite. https://5il.co/pm5k https://5il.co/pm5l

Parents - Reminder of our schedule for next week. There will be no school on Monday, February 15 in observance of Presidents Day. Tuesday and Thursday will be B schedule and Wednesday A schedule for students at DHS & RMS. Friday, February 19th will be a remote learning day for all students. No in person attendance on Friday.

Today’s graduates of the KSB Babysitting Academy. Congratulations!

Today’s graduates of the KSB Babysitting Academy! Congratulations!

Dixon Football Team Shop is now open. One week only! https://www.bsnteamsports.com/shop/1LTgoeysAQ

Check out these baskets available from the CEO Class of 2021 at basketsadore.com

Basketball vs Rock Falls (2/12/21) Boys can be found at https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/dixon-high-school-dixon-il Girls can be found at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt3xNKpDGwlGXtVpmEgHzgA

Dixon Public Schools is having their Regular Board Meeting on Wed., February 17th at 6:00 p.m. The District is returning to an in-person meeting format and will also live stream the meeting. There will be a limited number of seats (13) available for those in attendance. Once all seats are filled, no one will be allowed inside to attend the meeting. Masks must be worn by all who are attending on-site. Those wishing to submit public comment need to email them to the Board President, Linda Wegner at lwegner@dps170.org and the Superintendent, Margo Empen at mempen@dps170.org by Noon on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Public Comment received after this time, may not be guaranteed to be read aloud at this meeting.

Kindergarten and Preschool for All registration starts soon.

Here's helpful information about meals from our food service partner.

We are up and running on the NFHS network! All home boys/girls games will be streamed here. https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/dixon-high-school-dixon-il We will not be streaming contests on Facebook Live. Sites for away streaming will be shared on game days.

Tonight's basketball games vs Byron (boys and girls) will be livestreamed. Girls @ Byron- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyxOLiW-DcHGBxYiJAOTEuA Boys @ Home- DPS170 Facebook page

Parents - Please click on this link for important information on P-EBT Benefits. https://5il.co/pfdh

Parents: Click on the links below for this week's COVID data. This data reflects those currently out as COVID positive or under quarantine. Please fill out the Daily Symptom Reporting Form for students attending onsite. https://5il.co/pej0 https://5il.co/peiz

Our Facebook Live feed is having technical difficulties. We are trying to get it up and going. As a reminder, fans can view the Dixon-Sterling game on the NFHS network.