Congrats to our 7th Grade Volleyball Team. They placed third in the Livingston County Tournament last night.
🙌PTO Family Bingo Night was a huge success! Thank you to our PTO for organizing this event each year. Huge thanks to Mr. G for being our bingo caller. We loved spending time with our Redbird Families!
Tera Graves, the director of the Livingston Area Education for Employment Region 380 would like all of our 8th grade students and parents to consider Career Exploration. This information is to encourage students to think about careers and their educational pathway as they begin their journey into high school.
Please click on the link below for more information:
https://5il.co/2df92
PreSchool Screening Information for Spring 2024
Good morning, Dwight Public Schools. Due to road conditions, mostly on our rural routes, school will be CANCELLED TODAY, JANUARY 23. A decision regarding evening activities will be made later this morning. Stay safe.
Good morning, Dwight Public Schools.
Due to freezing rain and more forecasted throughout the day, there will be NO SCHOOL today, Monday, January 22. This again will be treated as a traditional snow day. A decision regarding evening activities will be made later in the day.Stay safe and we will see you tomorrow.
Just a reminder that scholastic bowl practice starts tomorrow morning. They will meet at 7am in the library!
The volleyball game for Tuesday January 16 with Seneca has been cancelled!
Due to the ongoing cold and dangerous temperatures and wind chills, there will be no school tomorrow, Tuesday, January 16. This will be a traditional snow or emergency day and will be made up at the end of the school year. There will not be Elearning.
As of right now all Tuesday afternoon/evening activities are still on including extracurriculars, Freshman Orientation and the high school board meeting.
Stay safe, stay warm and we will see you on Wednesday.
The volleyball match that was scheduled for this evening (1/12) have been cancelled. The volleyball teams will have an optional practice on Monday 1/15 from 5:30pm-7:30pm.
Snow Day- No School Today, Friday, January 12. This is not an E Learning Day, it's a traditional snow day that will be made up at the end of the school year. A decision will be made regarding afternoon activities around lunchtime.
Today is the day many of the kids have been waiting for. I've been asked no less than a couple hundred times this week by my own kids and those from both buildings if we would have a snow day at some point. I hope the rain today holds off and kids can get outside and enjoy a good old fashion snow day. Stay safe and we'll see you next week.
-Mr. DeLong
🎄MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of our Redbirds! 🎅
🏆CONGRATULATIONS to our 5th/6th Boys Basketball team and Coach Gettinger for taking home 3rd Place in the Odell Tourney! We can't wait to watch these boys in the future! 🏀
Come join our Redbird Family! Job Opportunities Available at Dwight Common School! Please click on the link below for more information. Immediate openings for a Speech Paraprofessional and a Speech Pathologist.
https://www.illinoiseducationjobbank.org/jobs/search-results
REDBIRD WRESTLING IS BACK! After several years without a team of our own, wrestling was reinstated this year. The Redbird Wrestling Team was in action this weekend at a tournament in Marseilles and they competed hard.
Wrestling for Dwight were the following: Dalton DeLong, Noah Shores, Asa Lasser, Eastyn Coyle, Carter Christensen, Cooper Irvin and Kimari Nelson-Smith.
Dalton DeLong took first place going 3-0 on the day. Asa Lasser made the consolation semi-finals going 2 and 2 on the day.
REDBIRD READY THEME FOR DECEMBER=REDBIRDS GIVE
Thank you to everyone that was able to GIVE to the food drive. We want to especially thank Ms. Brownfield and her class for organizing the collection and delivering the food items yesterday to pack in Dwight Love Boxes. What an awesome school community activity! 🎄❤️
Scholastic Bowl Sign Ups are now open. Please use 8 to 18 to sign up from our website if your 5th-8th grade student in interested in Scholastic Bowl. Practice will begin in January and the coaches will communicate the exact date at a later time. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Bennett in the office.
There is still time to bring in those non-perishable/canned goods! We have until Friday, so please send those items in soon.
Ms. Brownfield wants to push FULL carts to the church on Friday morning!
Thank you!
This year for the Dwight Grade School Veterans Day flag display we raised money to help support S.O.S.
Yesterday, we presented Carol Dippon with a check for $215.
Thank you to all the Redbird families who donated and submitted names of Veterans to honor. 🇺🇸❤️
November Redbird Ready Theme: Redbirds THANK
We are so thankful for the fantastic turn-out for our Grandparents and Other Special People Days.
Our Redbirds loved being able to spend time with you at school and THANK you for everything you do for them! ❤️
