Davis County High School

Today, we spotlight one of our own, April Kerby!

This Thursday and Friday (Dec. 5th & 6th) our Davis County Dance Team will be traveling to Des Moines for the 2025 Iowa Dance State Championships. We will send them off in Mustang Fashion on Thursday, December 5th at 8:40 am at the High School. Be sure to cheer them on!! Go Mustangs!!

High School Student Council will be holding dress-up days from December 16th-20th. Monday: Pajama Day Tuesday: Christmas Sock Day Wednesday: Christmas Character Day Thursday: Red vs Green - Upperclassmen wear red, underclassmen wear green Friday: Ugly Sweater Day

We hope all of our students find many reasons to be thankful this holiday. Enjoy the break - we will see you Monday! 🦃🥧

Charlie Warren signed with Northwest Missouri State University to run track on scholarship. Charlie is a school record holder in two events. We look forward to watching him break more records in the spring! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/15XV6LWoxt/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Please take a moment this week, American Education Week, to say "thank you" to our Davis County Mustang personnel! American Education Week is hosted be the National Education Association to "honor the team of people who work in our nation’s public schools, everyone from the bus driver and classroom teacher to the cafeteria worker and administrative staff, plus countless others."

Reminder: We have an early out today with Parent/Teacher Conferences starting at 1 PM.

This Alumni Spotlight is on Sarah Cline -she loves leading teams and helping others grow in their careers!

Veterans Day Assembly at the high school is organized by National Honor Society. This year, our own Mr. Shane Blake was the guest speaker. We also had special guests Aaron Cook and Oliver Hernandez share about their experience with a reenactment last summer. We thank our NHS students for putting on such a meaningful event.

The Davis County Dance Team will be showcasing all of their hard work in preparation for State Competitions this Sunday, November 17th at 4 pm in Centerville at Lakeview Elementary. Come out and show your support for these hard working dancers!

Attending conferences is a great way to get to know all the faces your student sees every day of school. We look forward to seeing some of you tonight! . For those of you that may have missed it, there is still time to sign-up for Thursday's conferences at: https://myschoolsystems.com/dcmustangs/davis-county-high-school/conferences.php?where_from=student&language=english

Reminder for Senior Parents: FAFSA and Scholarship Information Meeting is Thursday at 6pm. What is the FAFSA? Colleges and career/trade schools use the FAFSA form to determine how much financial aid you're eligible to receive, which could include grants, scholarships, work-study funds, and loans. (That's right, the FAFSA could lead to grants and scholarships - which are free monies!)

Solutions over problems. Kelly Prickett from IHCC Regional Entrepreneurship Center visited with our Intro to Business students during their unit on entrepreneurship. They wrote down all the "problems" they could think of and worked to reframe those problems into solution-oriented business ideas! The students will continue working through business ideas and eventually develop a true business model.

Did someone say Cattlemen's!? Seniors and their parents are invited to a FAFSA and Scholarship information meeting on Thursday, November 14 at 6PM - Davis County Cattlemen's will be serving the meal! See you Thursday.

What better way to get feedback than to ask the young students, right here at Davis County Schools!? On Monday, our Creative Writing students visited kindergarten and second grade classrooms to read children's books which they have been working on for the past few weeks. The high school students read to several small groups of students and asked for feedback from their listeners. Sharing their stories with the younger students allowed them to put the finishing touches on their project. Through our Creative Writing course, students write poems, short stories, plays, news stories, comic strips, children's books, an autobiography and other types of writing that express creativity. See some photos here: https://fb.watch/vHC5zFlxV9/

Our next Alumni Spotlight is on Joe Melvin, a graduate of MIT and Stanford University. As educators, we appreciate him sharing his "desire to attain the best education possible" with our students! Check out Joe's responses, including advice for students!

Last Thursday some of our History Club Members performed skits for our Elementary Students. Theia Morgan, Bella Shauman, Charlotte Snow, Zaylee Clark, Jaxon Miller and Ryli Baker. Thank you Mrs. Slayton for taking some pictures.

Senior Parents! It’s hard to believe, but senior year will fly by! To help keep you and your student on track, see the general timeline of important events on this College Planning Timeline: https://5il.co/2zsy6

Join DCHS, on November 11th, for a Veterans Day Assembly, hosted by the Davis County chapter of NHS. This event is open to the community, and we encourage you to support our veterans with our staff and students. The High School Gym doors will be open around 8:30 AM for a 9:00 AM presentation. There will be a guest speaker and a short reception afterward for our community members. We hope to see you on Monday, November 11th!

Congratulations to our Color Guard who competed this past Thursday in Pella at the State Qualifying Competition. Taylor Bridgeman earned a Division I rating but just outside of the Top 10. Lexi Morrow, Andres Sanchez and Ophelia Skaggs all earned Division II ratings. The team will compete at the State Competition in December. Way to go Mustangs!!