Dowell Middle School

Welcome to the Twitter page for Ruth Dowell Middle School in McKinney, TX. Home of the Lions!

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All medication in the clinic MUST be pick up by an adult with the exception of self-care diabetics and students who self-carry emergency medications by 4:00 PM on the last day of school.

Medication not picked up the last day of school will be immediately disposed of @ 4:00 PM.

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Gay Slade is our last Leading Lion for
the school year! We celebrate her 34 years of service in public education. Wishing her all the best in retirement!

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Congratulations Julia Robbins for being the Wadsworth Yearbooks 2026 Middle School Photo Winner!!! What an accomplishment! We are so proud of you!!

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8th grade STAAR testing is tomorrow and Thursday. Students are unable to pause and resume testing.

Laptops need to be charged tonight and chargers are needed at school both days. A good night’s rest and healthy breakfast are recommended.

DMS will be a closed campus for testing.

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Congratulations to our talented art students who participated last weekend in our Jr Visual Arts Scholastic Event and earned highest ratings.

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Students from Dowell MS participated in an International Collaborative Art Project that paired them with peers from the Children's Art School named after Oleksa Novakivskyi in Lviv, Ukraine. Artist completed half of it before it crossed the globe for their partner to finish.

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Our Apex Launch Rally is TOMORROW!! Check out this quick video highlighting all the fun that is about to begin!
https://t.co/UbfkN3WUDU

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Dowell families - Just a quick reminder that our Apex Color Battle will be held this Friday, Feb. 27th! Please help our school by making a donation or simply sharing our fundraising page!

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The students and Apex Team continue having fun and building leaders at lunchtime every day! There’s still time to get in more shares and pledges to win some fun prizes and help support our school!

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We are HALFWAY THROUGH our Apex Color Battle Fundraiser! The Apex Team has been AMAZING!! Thanks to all of our families and sponsors for supporting our school!

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We’re all in this together! And together with the Apex Team we can have lots of fun AND raise lots funds for Dowell Middle School!

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How many students are going to the event?

84 students have qualified to get out of class early to come have some fun.

Top Classes:
Huber 2 $570
Simril 3A $510
Branch 5 $500

Leading Grade
6th grade with $3,100
7th grade has raised $3,040
8th grade has raised $1,750

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Today was our Apex Launch Rally!! Use the Share Wizard when you login to your page on https://t.co/R7ES4e05Dm to spread the word to friends and family who can help our school!

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Our Apex Launch Rally is TOMORROW!! Check out this quick video highlighting all the fun that is about to begin!
https://t.co/muZVrhWjEb