Dixon Public Schools

The monthly meeting of the Board of Education will be streamed live on Youtube at 6pm on 3-17-2021. Use this link to view the meeting. https://youtu.be/vwABrT6tPOA

Keep up the great work, parents! Below are the 5Essentials Survey parent participation rates. Each school needs a minimum of 20% in order for reports to be generated. I challenge DHS parents to complete the survey by Friday, April 2, 2021. Click this link to be taken to the parent survey. https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/ Dixon High School: 15% Jefferson School: 24% Madison School: 53% Reagan Middle School: 22% Washington School: 28% We utilize this data for our school and district improvement plans, and principals set improvement goals for their yearly evaluation.

Dixon Public Schools is having their Regular Board Meeting on Wed., March 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, March 17, 2021. Public Comment received after this time, may not be guaranteed to be read aloud at this meeting.

Parents: Mrs. Empen & Mrs. Hafer met with the Lee County Health Department to review our current practices since IDPH and ISBE updated their public health guidance for schools. Attached is the District's updated procedures. Please contact any building nurse or Mrs. Hafer (District Nurse) if you have any questions. This guidance is subject to change if numbers increase or decrease in Lee County. https://5il.co/qmsd

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/qlr4 https://5il.co/qlr5

Sharing information from our friends at the YMCA

Mark your calendars on May 2nd, for our RMS/DHS Band Summer Send Off Concert. #gopurple https://www.dps170.org/article/418531

Here is the link for the opening match for our boys soccer team this spring. Dixon at Sterling- 4:30 pm start. https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/sterling-high-school-sterling-il

Congratulations to Jacob and Abby on passing the 1,000 point mark in basketball this week! Great athletes and great teammates!

The girls basketball game scheduled for tonight (3/9) will now be played at Rockford Lutheran HS. The game can be viewed on the Rockford Lutheran NFHS live stream. Game time is 5:00 pm.

DHS and Mrs. Empen excited to welcome back students to 4 days a week learning! The 💜of DHS is our students!

The 💜of DHS is our students. Welcome back from the Front Office!

The 💜of DHS is our students. Welcome back from the Front Office!

Sharing information from the PTC on their spring fundraiser. https://my.perfectpastries.biz/signup/KESM

Tomorrow, March 8, 2021, is the first day of the schedule change for RMS and DHS. Click on the link below to see information on the schedule change, and reminders of the mitigations we have had in place to keep students and staff safe. https://5il.co/qbtz

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/qbur https://5il.co/qbus

Information on a free parent training on Transition Services To Help With Life After Graduation from NICIL and Equip for Equality.

Here are the links for tonight's boys and girls basketball games- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEwnGn_J2VY3wWEPcVSoMxw https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/dixon-high-school-dixon-il

Reminder that tomorrow, Thursday, March 4th is a half day of school. Students will be dismissed at 10:30 a.m. Thank you.

Parent response rates to the 5Essentials Survey. Keep up the good work, parents! We need a minimum of 20% per building participation. We utilize your responses in our School and District Improvement planning. Mrs. Empen also sets principal goals utilizing the data. Dixon High School: 14% Jefferson School: 23% Madison School: 52% Reagan Middle School: 22% Washington School: 27%