Dear Dragon Families,

What a wild winter ride we've had! After unexpected snow days and missed school, we are excited to welcome everyone back on Monday. We hope your families stayed safe and made the most of the extra time together. To make up for our missed days, please mark your calendars for March 14, April 7, and May 2, which will now be school days. And according to the Groundhog, we only have two more weeks of winter—fingers crossed! There's lots of important information in this newsletter, so be sure to read to the end. We can't wait to see everyone back in class on Monday!

Ask your student if they are attending the dance on Friday. Ask them by Friday to see their interim reports for all classes.

 

Your Proud Principal,

Margaret Feldman

 

STUDENT INTERIM REPORTS - Interim reports will be sent home by Friday. This is our way of ensuring you are aware of your student’s progress.

 

THE WEEK AHEAD

• Monday – B Day
• Tuesday – A Day
• Wednesday – B Day
• Thursday – A Day
• Friday – B Day

 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

• Monday, February 24^th – SPRING TRYOUTS BEGIN – See below for specific information.
• Wednesday, February 26^th – PICTURE DAY FOR SPORTS
• Friday, February 28^th – SCHOOL DANCE – 5PM-7PM

 

PTA NEEDS YOUR HELP - Need Supplies for Teacher Luncheon on FRIDAY (Feb 28)! Sign Up here! Our next staff luncheon is Friday, Feb 28.  The theme is Share the Love!

Our initial plans for this event fell through, so we are sending this last-minute plea for help.

When you go shopping this weekend, can you pick up one or more of these items and drop it off at the school BY 3:00 THURSDAY, Feb 27.

• We need 15 pounds of pasta.  We are looking for:
• boxes of spaghetti (uncooked)
• boxes of elbows (uncooked)
• *IF* you are interested in cooking the pasta and bringing it to school by 8:30 on Friday, that would be great!  Otherwise, we will divide and conquer with the cooking.
• SAUCE.  We are looking for:
• jars of regular plain tomato sauce (we will add the meat)
• small jar of pesto
• 3 jars of alfredo
• "IF" your family makes a killer pasta sauce, feel free to bring your home cooked version in a crock pot on Friday morning.

• Desserts
• Bags of salad / croutons / salad dressing / veggies 

 

WCPSS STUDENT SURVEY - WCPSS would like to hear from students as part of our input process on policies regarding cell phones and other electronic devices in schools. A survey for middle and high school students is available in English and Spanish, and will be open until March 7th.  You can have them complete, and it will also be sent to their school email.

 

SPORTS BANQUET - Winter Sports Awards night will be held Virtually at 7PM on Monday 2/24.  Here is the VIRTUAL WINTER SPORTS CELEBRATION. Link was sent in the principal weekly email and text.

 

SPRING SPORTS TRYOUTS - (7th/8th grade students) All sports:  Dragonfly should be completed before the first day of tryouts. 

 

Girls and Boys Track

Coach Jackson (Girls) - Gljackson@wcpss.net

Coach Chavis (Boys) - BChavis2@wcpss.net 

• Tuesday, Feb 25 - Pick up 5:30 (Updated)
• Wednesday, Feb 26 - Pick up 5:30
• Thursday, Feb 27 - No tryouts
• Friday, Feb 28 - Pick up 5:30

Softball

Coach Cuddy - mcuddy@wcpss.net

Coach Lee - hlee4@wcpss.net

• Monday, Feb 24 - Pick up 5:30
• Tuesday, Feb 25 - Pick up 5:30
• Wednesday, Feb 26 - Pick up 5:30

Boys Soccer

Coach Perez - dperez2@wcpss.net

USE THIS FORM TO SIGN UP

 

OPEN GYM -OPEN GYM March: Hello Dillard Families, the March Open Gym lottery is NOW OPEN!  Students must sign into their student email to sign up.  Please use this link: https://forms.gle/HXn8RAEPAttkTFXW6 If you are not familiar with Open Gym, Open Gym is a time for students to play sports during morning arrival. Each grade has an opportunity to play on their designated day. Wednesday is for 6th graders, Thursday is for 7th graders and Friday is for 8th graders.  Please remember though, this DOES NOT guarantee admission as you need to be selected from the lottery.  Once selected, you will receive a contract from Coach Hoffman or your homeroom teacher.  You must get it signed by your parent/guardian and hand it into Coach Hoffman on your scheduled Open Gym Day in order to attend. If you have any questions, please email Coach Hoffman at awhoffman@wcpss.net

 

SUPPORT OUR GLOBAL THEME – NOW RECRUITING!! Want to share your Career experiences with our students? We have 2 opportunities for you! Both are half day events roughly 8 - 12, but if you cannot do the whole time, you can still participate! Use the QR code to get a brief overview. Contact Ms. Simmons, our Career Development Coordinator at lesimmons@wcpss.net to get more information and volunteer!  (Put Event Volunteer in the subject line.)

 

Global Marketplace - Friday, March 21st

- short presentation style

- featuring careers with GLOBAL connections

 

Career Day - Friday, May 9th

- casual interactions with tri-fold displays

- featuring ALL careers

 

SCHOOL DANCE – The Winter Dance was moved to February 28, 2025. $5.00 – It’s a sock hop theme. 5:00pm – 7:00pm. To attend, students must be passing all their classes. Tickets will go on sales February 24^th.

 

OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES –

• Mark your calendars!  Wednesday, March 5th the Raleigh Firebirds are coming to practice in our gym!  Practice will start about 3:30.
• NCSU Summer 2025 Cybersecurity Camp. The camp will run from July 28 – August 8, offering two sessions designed to introduce students to key cybersecurity concepts through hands-on activities and real-world applications. CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION
• America’s Next Great Intern - Rubin Emerge Contest for the month of February. This includes creating a professional e-mail, doing research on people or companies to develop questions for an interview and answering how the applicant would respond to an ethical dilemma. Contest grand prize: One-on-one, live virtual job shadow with Scott Kaufman-Ross, executive vice president for Media & Gaming at the National Basketball Association (NBA). https://danny50f1e1.clickfunnels.com/squeeze-page1671729734354
• 3RD ANNUAL RALEIGH'S WOMEN'S DAY EXPO - Join the third annual Raleigh's Women's Day Expo SAT. MARCH 8TH 11:00AM-5:00PM. A celebration of local women launching their dream businesses and connecting with the resources to make them thrive! FREE Admission to all and we encourage brothers, husbands, sons, friends and the community to come support these women. CLICK HERE FOR FREE ADMISSION AND INFORMATION We encourage and support all women owned businesses - if you have a business you would like to showcase OR if you would like to SPONSOR our event, register below: VENDOR REGISTRATION LINK

 

FROM THE HALLS

• ^8th Grade – CLICK HERE
• 7^th Grade – CLICK HERE
• 6^th GRADE - CLICK HERE

 

REMEMBER TO STAY IN THE LOOP -   Follow Mrs. Feldman, DDMMS, and WCPSS on Twitter. Even if you don't ever tweet, it's a great source of information. @msfeldman and @DDMMSDragons. We also have a DDMMS Facebook page.