Communications Dept

DeSoto County Schools
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Community Outreach Coordinator
662-449-7134

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Horn Lake Elementary School students are ready for the season.! #TeamDCS #RaiseTheBar

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It looks a lot like Christmas at Horn Lake Elementary School. Students had their pictures made with Santa and posed with Principals Carrie Speck and DeeThopson. #RaiseTheBar #TeamDCS

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Words, words, words. 1160 Pleasant Hill Elementary School students had a Vocabulary Parade. Students learned to spell and read many new words in a creative way. The line leader was teacher Rachel Barrett. #TeamDCS #RaiseTheBar

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DeSoto County Schools' District Chess Championship was held at Longview Heights Baptist Church. The tournament gives students a chance to test their wit and strategy against their peers. It is coordinated by Emily Nelson, DCS Executive Director of Leadership Development. #TeamDCS

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Watch ABC 24 Local Memphis this weekend. Pleasant Hill Elementary is being featured as a "Cool School" for their vocabulary parade. Air times on Local 24 News:
11/23/19 - 5 a.m, 6 a.m. Also- 7 a.m. on CW30, 11 a.m. on Ch. 24, 5/6 on Ch. 24, 9 p.m. on CW30. #TeamDCS #RaiseTheBar

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At MS's North Region at the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of MS Foundation PE Conference, are (l to r) Jennifer Washington,Shadow Oaks Elem.; Jamie Cross, Oak Grove Central Elem.; Allison Brewer, Walls Elem.; Charlotte Pickle, Amory Middle; & Terry Leigh Clayton,Lawhon Elem. #TeamDCS

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Students at Hope Sullivan Elementary School had a Celebrity Reader-- DAR Member Kimberly Remak. She read ONE FLAG, ONE AMERICA, and gave every student a flag. Dressed in red, white and blue, students loved her presentation. #TeamDCS #RaiseTheBar

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Pleasant Hill Elementary School won $1,000 and 1st place in Baptist Desoto Hospital's Shoeboxes for Soldiers Contest. The grant will provide new sports equipment for the school. Students donated 1,036 boxes that will go to active military personnel. #RaiseTheBar #TeamDCS

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Center Hill Elementary School won $750 and 2nd place in Baptist DeSoto Hospital's Shoeboxes for Soldiers contest. The money will be used for PE equipment. #RaiseTheBar #TeamDCS

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Luke Hall was one of the honor choir members from Center Hill Elementary School who sang "We Are One Nation" at the Veteran's Day Celebration at Baptist DeSoto Hospital. What an amazing day! #TeamDCS #RaiseTheBar

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Chloe McFall, a 5th grader at Pleasant Hill Elementary, helped her school win 1st in the Shoeboxes for Soldiers project by donating 50 boxes. It was sponsored by Baptist Desoto Hospital. With PE teachers Heather Murphy, left, and Jennifer Byrd. #TeamDCS #RaiseTheBar

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Lewisburg Primary School's 2nd grade students had a fashion show on "what they wanted to be when they grew up." Learning about different professions was part of"Integrity Time." Left, paleontologist, and right, fighter pilot. #RaiseTheBar #TeamDCS

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Olive Branch Middle School's 8th Grade Concert Band played "Land of Liberty" and "Armed Forces on Parade" at their Veterans' Day Program. #RaiseTheBar #TeamDCS

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Olive Branch Middle School's Student Council hosted a Veterans' Day Program to honor servicemen for their courage and service. Administrators, teachers, students, and sponsors hosted a reception following the program. #RaiseTheBar #TeamDCS

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A crowd gathered to honor Rhonda Guice, retired principal at Lake Cormorant High School.Her photo was posted in the rotunda, & a street was named in her honor. She was the school's first principal. She worked to help students be the best they could be. #TeamDCS #RaiseTheBar

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When students enter Lake Cormorant High School, they will ride on a newly named street called "Rhonda Guice Way." It honors the school's first principal. Some people cross your path and change your whole direction. Mrs. Guice is one of those people. #TeamDCS #RaiseTheBar

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Students "caught being good" and doing what is "good, true, and right" are celebrated at Greenbrook Elementary School. #TeamDCS #RaiseTheBar

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Celebrating friendships involved a week of fun activities at Greenbrook Elementary School. Students made friendship bracelets that they gave to a friend. #TeamDCS #RaiseTheBar

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Greenbrook Elementary School Principal Cynthia Dixon stopped to check on Gabrielle Kelsey during "Friendship Week". #TeamDCS #RaiseTheBar