Dixon Public Schools is having their Regular Board Meeting on Wed., Nov. 15, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Board Room at the District Office, 1335 Franklin Grove Road.
The meeting will be recorded and posted on the District’s YouTube channel and website. Those wishing to submit public comment need to email them to the Board President, Linda Wegner and to the Superintendent, Margo Empen, by Noon on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Public Comment received after this time may not be guaranteed to be read aloud at this meeting.
Ms. Printz is teaching students which body parts are used to do particular activities.
Reminder: Wednesday, November 15th is a Half Day
Attention DPS Families! Jazz Festival and Choir and Band Festival are coming up on back-to-back weekends! Here is the list of our performers:
Vocal Jazz DHS Students: Emmy Phillips, MyKaylah Kirby, Anne McFarlane Owen Winters, Reign Bonnewell and James Cocar
Junior Choir: Julia DeVries, Max Gingras, Grace Long, Natalie Rhodes, Penelope Rodriguez, Finley Morgan, Norah Stach and Kate Wadsworth
Junior Band: John Cocar, Lily Haws and Fiona Kelly
Senior Choir: Reign Bonnewell, Ary Collins, Jazmine Forst, MyKaylah Kirby, Anne McFarlane, Arin Newman, Ollie Payne, Ava Pazera, Emmy Phillips, Grace Shoemaker Fenwick, Zoey Varga and Owen Winters
Senior Band: James Cocar and Blake Ferguson-Allen
Tickets are available at the door. Show up and support our Dixon students! #GoPurple #BePurple
Attention DPS Families! Jazz Festival and Choir and Band Festival are coming up on back to back weekends! Here is the list of our performers:
Vocal Jazz DHS Students: Emmy Phillips, MyKaylah Kirby, Anne McFarlane Owen Winters, Reign Bonnewell and James Cocar
Junior Choir: Julia DeVries, Max Gingras, Grace Long, Natalie Rhodes, Penelope Rodriguez, Finley Morgan, Norah Stach and Kate Wadsworth
Junior Band: John Cocar, Lily Haws and Fiona Kelly Senior Choir: Reign Bonnewell, Ary Collins, Jazmine Forst, MyKaylah Kirby, Anne McFarlane, Arin Newman, Ollie Payne, Ava Pazera, Emmy Phillips, Grace Shoemaker Fenwick, Zoey Varga and Owen Winters
Senior Band: James Cocar and Blake Ferguson-Allen
Tickets are available at the door. Show up and support our Dixon students! #GoPurple #BePurple
Attention DPS Families! Jazz Festival and Choir and Band Festival are coming up on back to back weekends! Here is the list of our performers: Vocal Jazz DHS Students: Emmy Phillips, MyKaylah Kirby, Anne McFarlane Owen Winters, Reign Bonnewell and James Cocar Junior Choir: Julia DeVries, Max Gingras, Grace Long, Natalie Rhodes, Penelope Rodriguez, Finley Morgan, Norah Stach and Kate Wadsworth Junior Band: John Cocar, Lily Haws and Fiona Kelly Senior Choir: Reign Bonnewell, Ary Collins, Jazmine Forst, MyKaylah Kirby, Anne McFarlane, Arin Newman, Ollie Payne, Ava Pazera, Emmy Phillips, Grace Shoemaker Fenwick, Zoey Varga and Owen Winters Senior Band: James Cocar and Blake Ferguson-Allen Tickets are available at the door. Show up and support our Dixon students! #GoPurple #BePurple
Attention DPS Families! Jazz Festival and Choir and Band Festival are coming up on back to back weekends! Here is the list of our performers:
Vocal Jazz DHS Students: Emmy Phillips, MyKaylah Kirby, Anne McFarlane Owen Winters, Reign Bonnewell and James Cocar
Junior Choir: Julia DeVries, Max Gingras, Grace Long, Natalie Rhodes, Penelope Rodriguez, Finley Morgan, Norah Stach and Kate Wadsworth
Junior Band: John Cocar, Lily Haws and Fiona Kelly
Senior Choir: Reign Bonnewell, Ary Collins, Jazmine Forst, MyKaylah Kirby, Anne McFarlane, Arin Newman, Ollie Payne, Ava Pazera, Emmy Phillips, Grace Shoemaker Fenwick, Zoey Varga and Owen Winters
Senior Band: James Cocar and Blake Ferguson-Allen
Tickets are available at the door. Show up and support our Dixon students! #GoPurple #BePurple
Nora F. And Tyler H. at Dixon
Rotary meeting today. #bepurple #superstudents
Remember to set your clocks back on Sunday. have a great weekend and we'll see everyone on Monday morning! #gopurple
Our Playoff opponents plan to stream the Football game live at 1pm on Youtube. Here's a direct link. Be mindful that we do sometimes have false links posted in comments. Be careful and don't share personal info.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYTk3skOt2M
This weekend the Dixon High School Theatre will be performing Puffs: By Matt Cox. You have 3 chances to see the magic. Friday and Saturday night at 7pm and Sunday at 2pm. Click here for more details and to purchase tickets #gopurple #bepurple https://our.show/dhs/puffs
Kiwanis Kids (K-Kids) sold ghost pops last week to benefit the PADS Homeless shelter.
Attention DPS Families! This is a reminder that next weekend the Dixon High School Theatre will be performing Puffs: By Matt Cox. There will be three different opportunities to see the magic. Friday and Saturday night at 7pm and Sunday at 2pm. Click here for more details and to purchase tickets https://our.show/dhs/puffs
Congratulations to Grace Ferguson on being named Sauk Valley Media Athlete of the Week! She won the Rochelle Sectional with a decisive 4-0 record and finished her season off at the Class 1A State Tournament! Click this link to read Grace's interview with Shaw Local! https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/high-school-sports/2023/10/26/sauk-valley-media-athlete-of-the-week-dixons-grace-ferguson/
The First Round of the IHSA Class 4A Playoffs begins tonight! Gates open at 6PM and tickets are 5$! Come cheer on your home team and be loud! #GoPurple #BePurple
The Inaugural Marching Band Showcase Concert is being held at Dixon High School in Lancaster Gymnasium Thursday, October 26th at 6:30pm! Flyer is attached.
Attention DPS Families! Two current news articles are being featured on our website! The first one features the district's new therapy dog Ginger! The second one features our Students of the Month! Make sure to visit https://www.dps170.org/news so you can stay up to date!
More fun continuing after the scarecrow festival on Saturday, there will be showings of the original Wizard of Oz at 3pm and Poltergeist at 7pm! Two bands will be playing following the movies: Etched in Embers and Albourn. More information is attached.
Saturday is quickly being filled with fun activities for our area and DPS students. After the scarecrow festival and the DHS class officer fundraiser at Oliver's from 11-2, the DHS Theatre has you covered for dinner at the Knights of Columbus Hall from 5-7:30. We will have Oliver's pork chop sandwich or hamburger served with coleslaw, chips, dessert, and drink/iced tea or lemonade. The meals are $12 and delivery and carry out are available. We hope to see you there.
We would like to show our appreciation to Illinois Central Bus Company for transporting our students to/from school and also our athletes to/from their sporting events safely and on time.
