The annual 5 Essentials Survey for parents in now open. This provides critical data for school improvement. We ask every parent to take a few minutes to complete the survey.
https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/?target_name=parent
K-5 families, Mark your calendars for an ice cream social on November 7th! 🍦 #gopurple
Join us for Jefferson Open House at 10 am and DHS Open House at 1 pm tomorrow. DHS starts in the Wiltz Auditorium. #GoPurple
Sharing information from our friends at the Boy Scouts of America
NIU is hosting their STEMFest tomorrow, Saturday, October 19th from 10am to 5pm. Lots of fun activities for boys and girls of all ages. https://www.niu.edu/stemfest/index.shtml
Catch up with the latest student stories, sports
scores, and news updates. It’s everything DPS #170, in your
pocket. Download the app on Android: http://bit.ly/2LY7MtM
or iPhone: https://apple.co/2GjNfw6.
We're so proud of Mrs. Kuehl being the Sauk Valley News Teacher of the Month, we had to share it again.Jefferson School is thrilled to have you! #gopurple
All Dixon Public Schools will be closed on Monday, October 14th to observe Columbus Day. We look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Tuesday.
DPS #170 is excited to announce our Open Houses at Jefferson and Dixon High School to highlight the construction and renovation work completed over the last year. Join us Saturday, October 26 at 10 a.m. at Jefferson School and at 1 p.m. at Dixon High School. There will be District personnel and representatives from Russell Construction and Green Associates there to answer your questions. We are proud of the work done and invite you to share in our excitement. #GoPurple
Reminder: Today, Friday, October 11th, is a half day. All school will dismiss at 11am.
Smoke house visits Jefferson this week
We are loving our new app! Access cafeteria menus, news updates, and even emergency notifications. Download the app on Android:
http://bit.ly/2LY7MtM or iPhone: https://apple.co/2GjNfw6.
Mark your calendar's for the Dixon High School Fall Play, November 1st, 2nd & 3rd! #gopurple
Don’t forget to sign up for conferences, October 16th, 17th, or 18th at Jefferson💜 We’ll see you there😉
We just posted the Dixon Strong Leadership Committee's press release and survey data on our News page. Please go to www.dps170.org to read the press release and supporting data. We partnered with #DixonStrong to make the survey available to our parents & community.
Join us on Oct. 30, 2019 at 6:30 pm in the Wiltz Auditorium at DHS for a parent presentation on Cyber-Bullying & Social Networks. Det. Wistocki will be informing & empowering parents with proactive strategies to combat cyber-bullying & understanding tech your child may be using.
Sharing information about some October events from the Dixon Park District.
This Friday we will be launching our new website and District app after school. This platform is also how we will send out text messages, phone call alerts, and communications about education and District events. You can access the parent portal thru the app. #gopurple
Join Jefferson Elementary at the DHS home football game this Friday, October 4th🏈
Game time change - The Varsity Football game for tonight is now scheduled for 5pm.
