Dewar Elementary School

Congratulations to our October Teacher & Staff Members of the Month! 🍎 Teacher of the Month: Rachel Scott ⭐ Staff Member of the Month: Erin Wacter Thank you both for all you do to make Dewar a great place for our students and staff! A special thank you to Jennifer McCraine with BankSouth Mortgage and Olicia Laverenz with Mercer Hughes Realty for generously sponsoring our Teacher & Staff Member of the Month prizes each month. And a special thanks Texas Roadhouse, The Mix, and Hootifully Made for also making special donations this month. We appreciate your continued support of our Dewar family!

🍎 WHAT’S COOKIN’, DEWAR? 🍎 📅 November 2–6, 2026 Packing a lunchbox or heading through the cafeteria line? Here’s what’s cookin’ at Dewar this week! Remember, breakfast AND lunch are 100% FREE for all Lowndes County Schools students! 🥞 BREAKFAST MON: Breakfast Bun TUE: Breakfast Pizza WED: Croissant, Egg & Cheese THU: French Toast Sticks + Sausage FRI: Sausage Patty + Southern Style Biscuit Not feeling the main breakfast choices? Cereal and Pop-Tarts are available daily! 🍔 LUNCH MON: Fish Sticks OR Cheeseburger TUE: Italian Spaghetti OR Quesadilla WED: Vegetable Beef Soup + Grilled Cheese OR Hot Dog THU: Hamburger w/ Doritos OR Baked Chicken Breast/Thigh FRI: Pepperoni Pizza OR Popcorn Chicken Not feeling the hot lunch choices? A PB&J Sack Lunch is available daily! 🥛 Milk choices, fresh fruit, and fruit juice are also available daily. Menu subject to change.

📚✨ What a FUN Book Character Day at Dewar Elementary! Our students brought some of their favorite books to life, and we loved seeing all the creativity, imagination, and amazing costumes throughout the school! A HUGE thank you to everyone who participated and helped make the day so much fun! ❤️ 📸 Have fun browsing through our photos featuring each homeroom’s grade-level representative, our overall winners for each grade level, and all the creative submissions and winners for Best DIY and Best Duo/Group! Congratulations to all of our winners, and thank you for making Book Character Day one for the books! 📖🎉

Parents stepped back into the classroom and became scientists for the day during 5th Grade Parent Day!

They got a glimpse of the exciting learning happening in our science classrooms and even took part in an experiment to observe signs of a chemical change. From bubbling reactions to lively discussions, it was a wonderful reminder that the joy of learning is a lifelong journey. No matter your age, there's always something new to discover. 🌟🔍

⭐ LAST CALL! TODAY is the deadline to RSVP! ⭐

Planning to join us for our Veterans Day Breakfast and Parade on Friday, November 6? Please scan the QR code on the flyer or click the link below to RSVP TODAY so we can prepare for everyone attending!

We can't wait to honor our veterans!

https://tinyurl.com/DES26veterans

📚🎭 TOMORROW is Book Character Dress-Up Day at Dewar!

We can't wait to see our favorite stories come to life! ✨

Just a reminder: No scary costumes, masks, or weapon props. Costumes must be dress-code appropriate and comfortable for PE and recess!

📖 Bring your book if you can! See you tomorrow!

📅 NOVEMBER AT DEWAR

After a jam-packed October, November is giving us a little room to breathe! 🍂

Here's what's coming up this month:

🚌 11/9–11/11 — 5th Grade Trip to Jekyll Island
🥩 11/10 — Texas Roadhouse Dine to Donate
📚 11/16–11/20 — Book Fair (More details coming soon!)
🍧 11/19 — Kona Ice
🥞 11/20 — Deployment Club Breakfast
🦃 11/23–11/27 — Thanksgiving Break (NO SCHOOL!)

A few fun events, lots of books, and a much-needed Thanksgiving break! Sounds like a pretty good November to us!

As always, stay tuned for more details, reminders, and any additional events added throughout the month!

🤠🥩 SAVE THE DATE, VIKING FAMILIES! ❤️💙

Mark your calendars for our next Texas Roadhouse Dine to Donate Spirit Night on Tuesday, November 10! 🎉

Enjoy a delicious meal while supporting Dewar Elementary School! Every meal is an opportunity to give back to our school community. 🥰

📣 IMPORTANT REMINDER: In order for DES to receive credit for your visit, you MUST do one of the following:

✅ Tell your server or To-Go specialist that you are there to support Dewar Elementary School.

✅ OR present a copy of our Spirit Night flyer — either a printed copy or a picture on your phone.

⚠️ Please don't forget this important step! Simply dining at Texas Roadhouse isn't enough. You must mention Dewar Elementary or show the flyer so our school receives credit for your support!

Let's show up, enjoy some great food, and make this Spirit Night a success for our Vikings! ⚔️❤️💙

🇺🇸🎨 Calling all creative Vikings! ✏️🇺🇸 Dewar Elementary is inviting ALL students to help us honor our veterans through our Veterans Day Art and Poetry Contests! 🎨 Art Contest: Create an original piece of artwork showing your appreciation for our veterans. Draw, paint, color, or get creative with mixed media! ✏️ Poetry Contest: Write a poem about what Veterans Day means to you, what you’re thankful for, or the difference veterans make in our world. ⭐ Selected artwork and poems will be recognized and featured during our Veterans Day Program! 📅 Deadline: Friday, October 30, 2026 📍 Turn in entries to Ms. Shelley’s box in the front office. Poetry entries should include the student’s name, grade, and teacher. We can’t wait to see how our talented Vikings use their creativity to say THANK YOU to those who have served our country! 🇺🇸

We're throwing it back to September! We're a little late sharing this recognition, but we certainly don't want to miss the opportunity to celebrate two of our amazing Vikings! 🎉

Congratulations to our September Teacher & Staff Members of the Month!

🍎 Teacher of the Month: Emily Renfroe

⭐ Staff Member of the Month: Guisselle Perez

Thank you both for all you do to make Dewar a great place for our students and staff!

A special thank you to Jennifer McCraine with BankSouth Mortgage and Olicia Laverenz with Mercer Hughes Realty for generously sponsoring our Teacher & Staff Member of the Month prizes each month. We appreciate your continued support of our Dewar family!

🍎 WHAT’S COOKIN’, DEWAR? 🍎
📅 October 26–30, 2026

Packing a lunchbox or heading through the cafeteria line? Here’s what’s cookin’ at Dewar this week! Remember, breakfast AND lunch are 100% FREE for all Lowndes County Schools students!

🥞 BREAKFAST
MON: Pancake Pup
TUE: Breakfast Pizza
WED: Grits, Eggs, Sausage Patty + Buttered Toast
THU: Pancakes + Sausage
FRI: Sausage Patty + Southern Style Biscuit OR Pillsbury Cinni Mini

Not feeling the main breakfast choices? Cereal and Pop-Tarts are available daily!

🍔 LUNCH
MON: Garlic Basil Meatball Sandwich OR Chicken Sandwich
TUE: Beef Taco OR Hamburger
WED: Chicken Dill Nuggets OR Teriyaki Chicken + Fried Rice
THU: Chicken Tenders OR Corn Dog
FRI: Fiestada Pizza OR Bat Shaped Nuggets 🎃

Not feeling the hot lunch choices? A PB&J Sack Lunch is available daily!

🥛 Milk choices, fresh fruit, and fruit juice are also available daily.

Menu subject to change.

📣 Viking families, don’t forget about next week’s dress-up days! October 26–30 is Winnersville Week AND Red Ribbon Week! Join us as we show our Viking pride and celebrate making healthy, drug-free choices! 🦸 Monday: Meme Monday (Hero Edition) 🕺 Tuesday: Throwback Tuesday 👩‍🚀 Wednesday: Future Career Day 🤠 Thursday: Country Club vs. Country ❤️ Friday: Viking Spirit Day OR Book Character Day! 📚 Friday is also Book Character Dress-Up Day at Dewar! Students can choose to dress in their Viking spirit gear OR as their favorite book character. Don’t forget, we’ll have prizes for our book character costumes! We can’t wait to see our Vikings dressed up and showing their school spirit all week long! ❤️🖤

This morning, Mrs. Webster's students enjoyed coming to the library for what we hope is the first of many more visits throughout the year! Students explored our makerspace stations and enjoyed playing with the magnetites, spinning the magnetic gears, coloring, and driving LEGO trucks. Thanks for visiting, friends! We hope to see you again soon!

Mrs. Onken and Mrs. Trina’s Kindergarten class is practicing their UFLI words in fun, creative and engaging ways! Using magnifying glasses and keyboard pop-it’s, our young learners are building their word recognition and reading skills while making learning exciting!

⚡️ Gotta catch ‘em all… with math! 🔢✨

🔍 Dewar 5th graders recently turned into Pokémon Trainers! 🧮✏️ They solved math problems to earn Pokéballs and caught Pokémon hidden around the classroom. 🕵️‍♂️🎒📚🔥

Catching Pokémon was fun, but catching math skills is the ultimate win!

#PokémonMath #MathMasters #GottaSolveEmAll

Getting our hands slimy and our brains working! 🎃 Mrs. Howell carved our class pumpkin today, and we learned all the parts from the inside out.

#KindergartenFun #FallVibes🧡

🍂🎃 TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY! 🎃🍂

Dewar's Fall Festival is almost here, and we can't wait to celebrate with our Viking families and community!

📅 Thursday, October 22nd
⏰ 4:30–6:30 PM
🎟️ FREE ADMISSION!

Bounce houses, games, food trucks, a dunk tank, train rides, raffles, and SO MUCH MORE!

🎟️ Activity wristbands: $5
🌭 Meal deals: $5
🎃 Raffle tickets: $1 each or 6 for $5 (CASH ONLY!)

💻 Purchase wristbands and meal tickets in advance:
https://dewar.revtrak.net/events/#/v/fall-festival-october-22-2026

Check out our AMAZING raffle prizes and the wonderful sponsors who are helping make this event possible!

🍁 Bring the whole family! We can't wait to see you TOMORROW!

Our best good boy, Pretzel, Dewar's library therapy dog, is resting up as he waits for all of our friends to join us for Book Taco parties this week! We can't wait to celebrate our readers! Congrats to everyone who met their goals! The next contest starts NOW! This time we are focusing on quizzes and word count! 🐶❤️📚🌮

Kona Ice will be visiting our school next Wednesday, October 28th! (Not on a Thursday this time!) Please use the link below to purchase Kona Ice for your students, and thank you for supporting our PBIS program!

https://customer.kona-ice.com/#/K374X1809480