January 27, 2021
Du Quoin Elementary Parents and Families,
We hope this message finds you having a good week! I just happed to see some of our Kindergarten students taking advantage of the snow...
January 13, 2021
Du Quoin Elementary School parents and guardians, Monday, Jan. 18, we do not have school in observance of Martin Luther King's birthday. Did you know, MLK Day is the only fede...
January 8, 2021
Du Quoin Elementary Families, Welcome to the New Year and second semester of the school year! What a ride we have had during the past year. We are looking forward to, like you, t...
December 30, 2020
Du Quoin Elementary School Families,
On behalf of the entire faculty and staff, I hope that you are enjoying a wonder-filled and relaxing holiday break! Last fall, we had man...
December 16, 2020
Du Quoin Elementary Families, Our holiday themed days have brought some much needed joy to everyone. Thank you to those who were able to participate. We do finish the themes with...
December 9, 2020
DES Families,
We hope this message finds you well. Many students have participated in the holiday spirit themes this week and you can feel the "jingle" in the air. We will con...
December 4, 2020
Hello Du Quoin Elementary families,
It has been a buzz all week, knowing that our building will once again be filled with the energy and excitement of our students returning. ...
December 1, 2020
Lifetouch has provided a special limited-time offer to ensure each family at our school gets the opportunity to preserve this school years’ memories. To order school pictures v...
November 18, 2020
DES Families,
Thank you to all of you who have reached out to let your teachers and all our support staff know how important they are in the educational process for your studen...
November 12, 2020
DES Families,
We invite you to join us in our daily theme days for American Education Week on Nov. 16 - Nov. 20.
Monday, Nov. 16 - We will kickoff the week by composing wr...
November 8, 2020
DES Parents and Families: We are working hard to keep kids reading and raise critical funds for our school with our Scholastic Online Book Fair from November 16 - November 29, 20...
November 4, 2020
DES Families Next week will complete our return to school plan with all 4th graders returning in person 4 days a week. As a reminder we do have in person attendance this Friday, ...
October 28, 2020
DES Families, Next week marks the return of all our 3rd grade students in our "return to learn in person" plans. So far the plan is going well and we are looking forward to the r...
October 21, 2020
DES Families,
We hope this message finds you well. Next week on Wednesday, Oct. 28 for 3rd and 4th grade students on calendar Schedule A will have their fall party. The rest o...
October 14, 2020
DES families,
As we prepare for students to "return to learn in person" 4 days a week, I do offer the following schedule and requests:
Monday, Oct. 19 - Kindergarten an...
October 7, 2020
Good morning DES families,
Hopefully you have read the return to school in person planning at the elementary we are implementing over the next month. We have had a lot of...
September 30, 2020
DES families, We have enjoyed a busy week at Du Quoin Elementary this week, with school pictures and taking the Choose to Be Nice pledge. All the students did a great job followi...
September 16, 2020
DES Families,
School pictures are coming soon! This year to accommodate our blended and remote schedules, we will hold school pictures on Monday, Sept. 28 and Tuesday, Sept. ...
September 9, 2020
Parents and Guardians,
It's hard to believe, but we will reach the midterm period of the 1st quarter this Friday, Sept. 11. We encourage our 1st - 4th grade families to regular...
August 26, 2020
DES Families,
As you have seen, we have made a switch to taking attendance in TeacherEase. You will login each morning your student is learning at home based on their schedule ...