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Activities
and Opportunities available at DCMS
Accelerated Math helps to ensure success for every student--average,
gifted, and remedial. It strengthens the existing curriculum
and provides the timely information needed to personalize
instruction and meet state standards.
Accelerated Math software generates
personalized math assignments at each student's level, then
scores them automatically, helping each of our students to
practice the precise skills necessary to move ahead at their
own pace. Detailed reports and record-keeping functions give
their educators a daily snapshot of each student's progress
and mastery. Teachers then use these reports to identify
specific problem areas and solve them.
Research demonstrates that Accelerated Math
enables teachers to target instruction and accelerate math
growth for students of all ability levels and meets the
requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.More
information about Accelerated Math is available at
http://www.renlearn.com/default.htm
Accelerated Reader,
reading management software, provides teachers with an
effective way to monitor all forms of guided reading
practice. With Accelerated Reader, teachers get detailed,
objective data to target instruction and ensure success for
every student, regardless of reading level.
Research
shows that Accelerated Reader helps teachers raise scores on
state tests and ensure mastery of standards. Accelerated
Reader helps students to focus attention on careful reading
of books, which improves students’ critical-thinking skills
and builds an intrinsic love of reading.
Student progress is measured with “AR
points”, earned through taking quizzes on the books they
have read. Top readers are announced each six weeks, with
rewards provided by the library for those students who have
accumulated the required levels.
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Beta Club
Students who maintain a “B” average are
eligible to join the National Beta Club. The National Beta
Club, a student-centered organization, continually develops
and nurtures individuals by providing opportunities and
experiences enabling them to demonstrate the ideals of
character, achievement, service and leadership in a global
community. The purpose of the National Beta Club is to
promote the ideals of character, service and leadership
among elementary and secondary school students, to reward
meritorious achievement and to encourage and assist students
in continuing their education after high school.
COMPUTER LAB
The DCMS computer lab uses the A+ testing
program to measure student levels in the various subject
areas and to plan for interventions based on the results.
Computers lab students use the Microsoft Office suite to
learn basic computer skills. Students write and submit
online essays and use the Nettrekker subscription program
for exploring the web.
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Foundations of Technology
is an opportunity offered to eighth grade students at
D.C.M.S. The class consists of modules in which students
explore various types of technology. Students spend
approximately ten days on each module and complete this
course with an expanded view of the technological
opportunities open them as they prepare for high school and
future careers.
Some of the modules offered are: AutoCAD LT,
in which the students learn how to draw outlines including
house plans, Desktop Publishing in which students learn to
design and publish a three-column newspaper, Healthcare, a
study of health and fitness, CAM/CO-2/Car, a favorite with
students as they design their own model car and cut it out,
Digital Photography, where students operate a digital camera
and use software to scan and remake pictures, then edit a
video with Digital Video Editing. Robotics, Meteorology,
Global Positioning, Flight Simulator and Audio Broadcasting
are also among the modules offered.
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LIBRARY
Student library assistants volunteer throughout the school
day in the DCMS school library. The Library uses Automated
Circulation and the Accelerated Reader program, and has over
5,000 books for circulation, with over 1,000 in the
reference section The DCMS library provides videos, DVD's,
CD's, educational computer programs and equipment for
classroom use.
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Sports
DCMS offers a variety sports and extra
curricular activities that encourage students to become
involved in group activities. The Panther teams play
football, basketball and softball, while students are
invited to participate in county baseball, softball and
soccer leagues. The cheerleading squad, dance team and band
provide other opportunities for competition and performance.
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