Back to School Information -- MIDDLE SCHOOL

Starting each school year with a few days of team building has served our students well for many years and this year will be no exception. On Thursday, September 8th the Middle School will be participating in an all-day team building, orienteering program in French Creek State Park. We are looking forward to a fun and challenging day! Please download the informational letter and permission slip below. Signed permission slips are due to Ken Sinapius, ABLE Program Director, on September 1.

DOWNLOAD THE INFORMATION LETTER

DOWNLOAD THE PERMISSION SLIP

For questions, please contact Ken Sinapius.

Each student in middle school will read ONE book selected for their grade this summer - see list linked below - and two books of their own choosing. All books are available on Learning Ally unless otherwise noted. Students are asked to take notes and/or sketches of the selected book as noted in the handout. When we return to school in September, English classes will begin the term with further literary analysis and projects related to the book selected for each grade.

DVFriends needs your student’s completed physical and immunizations form before they return to campus. Magnus Health sent out a welcome email to new families as they enroll and are entered into the system. Returning families can use their existing login to access and upload completed forms. For your convenience, we have included a link to the physical and immunizations form below. Please upload to Magnus when completed or send by email to Chris Bedard, School Nurse. Please do not send paper forms to school. Health forms are due by August 15, 2022. 

Download the Student Physical and Immunizations form

Questions about access to Magnus Health, please contact Tracy Seggern, Academic Systems Coordinator and Registrar. Questions about student health information and Magnus forms, please contact Chris Bedard, School Nurse. 

Please log in to the PowerSchool Student Information System Parent Portal and update the Student Demographics information located at the bottom left of the Navigation menu. Review and make any needed changes to your family's addresses, phone numbers (if you would like to receive text message alerts from DVFriends, you must list a cell phone number), email addresses, and emergency contacts. You must provide an emergency contact who is not a parent/guardian. 

New families, you will receive an email from Tracy Seggern with information about how to log into the PowerSchool Parent Portal once you have been entered by the school into the system.

Guide to updating Demographic Information in PowerSchool

Update Communication Preferences  -- IMPORTANT for email and text alerts from the school

In addition to updating your demographic information in PowerSchool, you can choose your preferred methods and points of communication in Swift K12 -- our school communication system.  Swift is linked through PowerSchool. See the guide to updating Swift K12 preferences below.

Guide to updating Communication Preferences in SwiftK12

Questions? Please contact Tracy Seggern, Academic Systems Coordinator and Registrar.

DVFriends offers a community directory as a PDF file. Your student/family information will be included in this directory unless you opt-out by choosing the “opt-out” button when you update your contact information for communications in PowerSchool. The information published will include:

• Student(s) name(s) by grade
• Address
• Parent/Guardian(s) Name(s)
• Parent/Guardian(s) home email address(es)
• Parent/Guardian(s) cell phone number(s)

The deadline to update your contact information and to opt-out of publishing your family’s information in the Directory is September 9, 2022. The Directory will be published the first week of school as a PDF file. It is not posted publicly.

Guide to Opting-Out of the School Directory

Questions? Contact Tracy Seggern, Academic Systems Coordinator and Registrar.

DVFriends partners with Brock as our food service provider, offering a number of options for daily student lunches. Families can add funds to their account online or they will be able to send in cash with their student to be added to their account. (Note, Brock will not be able to make change, but they can add any change amount to a student’s online account.) Families will be able to preorder lunches or students will be able to purchase food without preordering it beforehand. New families will receive individual emails with instructions for establishing their student's account and the student ID and verification codes that they will need to complete this process. Returning families can access their payment account at   https://dvfriends.revtrak.net and preorder lunch at myschoolaccount.com. To encourage families to make use of the online payment option rather than sending cash or checks with students, there will be no processing fees for payment by credit card or ACH.  

Follow the link below to a letter from Athletic Director Jalal Rhamirich about our Fall Sports and Pre-Season Practices (August 39 - September 2, 2022) for the 2022-23 seasons. DVFriends sports teams are open to anyone interested in participating in grades 6 - 12. We have a no-cut policy, three seasons, and girls, boys, and co-ed options in soccer, cross country, tennis, basketball, lacrosse, golf, and ultimate frisbee.

LETTER FROM JALAL RHAMIRICH ABOUT THE 2022-23 SEASON

Fall Pre-Season Schedule: 8/29 - 9/2:

We're looking forward to another great school year at DVFriends! Please join us for this favorite end-of-summer tradition. For families just joining us, this is an outdoor barbecue that is free to attend for DVFriends students and their families. Meet your student's advisor, collect important back-to-school information, and then dig into a tasty barbecue dinner!

NOTE: Please bring chairs or blankets for seating.

RSVP for the BBQ HERE

Questions? Please contact Kelly Knox, Alumni and Community Relations Coordinator.

We like to include extended family members in certain school communications and invitations to events. Even if you have filled out this form before, please provide updated information about your students’ grandparents and special friends. 

COMPLETE THE FORM

Questions? Please contact Kelly Knox, Alumni and Community Relations Coordinator.