Druid Hills Middle School

Druid Hills Middle School
3100 Mount Olive Drive, Decatur, Ga. 30033 Phone: 678.874.7602 Fax: 678.874.7610

DISTRICT CALENDAR

Superintendent's Newsletter

Please click here to access Superintendent,

Mrs. Cheryl Watson-Harris' Weekly Newsletter.

Welcome to DHMS, Home of the Dragons!

Return to School

Students can choose to return to school beginning on April 29. The deadline to change your status is Friday, April 2. Use this Intent to Return form to let the school know your preference.

DHMS Re-opening Plan

DHMS Re-opening Calendar

Video of Parent Meeting 3-1-21

Return to School (District Website)

DHMS Virtual Learning Support

Click above for all you need to succeed for the 2020-2021 school year including information about student passwords, VERGE, and the Clever Launchpad.

We are now following our school's Regular Bell Schedule.

DHMS Virtual Learning starts in VERGE

Use the Clever Launchpad to get to DCSD online resources

Your school email is called Outlook. It's part of Office365.

Use Infinite Campus to view Student Progress Online. Check grades, assignment details, schedules and attendance.

Archived News

Free Meals

DCSD provides free meals on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. DHMS is a pickup site. Please see the DCSD website for location information. Meals are provided when school is in session.

Dragon Quill

Are you a writer or an artist? Get your work published in the 2020-2021 Dragon Quill Literary Magazine. Deadline for submitting your work is April 30. For more information, see the Dragon Quill Flyer or email shawn_mitchell@dekalbschoolsga.org

Energy Assistance Program

Community Notification from Partnership for Community Action, Inc.

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance program is available to qualifying families. Please see the Partnership for Community Action Flyer for information on eligibility and scheduling an appointment.

Sidewalk Library

Each Wednesday from 12-1 the library is moving out onto the sidewalk in front of DHMS for students to come check out books. Ms. Kochel will be there with carts of books and she is happy to go into the school to get any books you ask for as well. Don't forget to wear a mask and keep your distance. We can't wait to see you at the Sidewalk Library.

The Daily Dragon

Students and parents—take a look at The Daily Dragon each school day to get all the news you need during our digital learning days. The password is our school mascot.

Dragons Picking Up Books

We are checking out books to students and making them available in the book tubs in front of the school. Find out how to place a hold on specific books or request a "personal shopper" experience at our D-Pub Book Tub Hub.

Ebooks and Audiobooks

Quarantine is hard, but a good book can help get you through. Click Here to find FREE audiobooks and ebooks for your reading pleasure.

Contacting Your School Counselors

Do you need to talk to a school counselor? Use these links to get in contact. Click here for more information. Counselors will reply to you using school email at http://outlook.dekalbschoolsga.org
R. Henning - 6th Grade Counselor
K. Johnson - 7th Grade Counselor
S. Woodson - 8th Grade Counselor

Meal Service

Meals are available for pickup at Druid Hills Middle School and other school locations.

Meal Service Days: Monday, Wednesday & Friday

Meals Service Times: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Monday: 2 Breakfast and 2 Lunch Meals

Wednesday: 2 Breakfast and 2 Lunch Meals

Friday: Breakfast and 1 Lunch and weekend snacks

Menus: Posted on the District web page under Meal Distribution

Details:

A bus will be near the cafeteria from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm at DHMS (and other DCSD schools).

Parents and students may pick up meals at any DCSD location.

Student ID numbers are required for meal pick-up.

Only DCSD enrolled students are eligible to receive meals.

Parents are approved to pick up meals.

Need help with the Virtual Learning Tools? Call the Dekalb County School District Help Desk at 678-676-1188.

Sora Audiobooks and eBooks

DCSD students can read ebooks and listen to audiobooks with the Sora by Overdrive app! Download the free app for iPhone or android, or go to Clever and click on the Sora icon. Choose Dekalb County Schools and log on with your s number and password. The setup code is "dekalbga". You can also add Dekalb County Public Library to Sora using your school student number (no public library card number required!) and read thousands more free ebooks and audiobooks.

DHMS Parent Community Page

Learn all about how to get involved with DHMS at our PTSA Parent Community Page

The mission of Druid Hills Middle School is to develop engaged critical thinkers, with an intercultural view of the world, who are responsible, understanding, compassionate and free of stereotypes. By strengthening their foundation of reading, writing and problem solving, students will become self-motivated lifelong learners.

Druid Hills Middle School
3100 Mt. Olive Dr.

Decatur, GA 30033

678-874-7602

Mrs. Jacqueline Taylor, Principal