Dell Rapids Middle School Announcements:

Tuesday, February 25th
• Happy Birthday to Dylan B. (Mon), Teighton B. (Tue), MaKayla H. (Tue)!!
• Lunch today will be choices of:   Italian Melt or Breaded Beef Sandwich

• Attention 6^th graders:  If you would like to read morning announcements this quarter, please sign up in the office.
• American Heart Association t-shirt money is due today if you would like to purchase one please see Ms. Barber.  
• Reminder:  Dodge ball tournament is tomorrow, please wear your red dodge ball shirt and socks if you purchased them. 
• The FCCLA Chapter is sponsoring a “Shoes for the Shoeless”  drive until Friday, March 6th.  So, if you have shoes that you no longer wear and are slightly worn and you no longer use, consider donating them for someone who can use them in Sioux Falls and the surrounding area.  You may bring them to the box in either the middle school office or the high school office.  Thank you for your donations!
• The FCCLA chapter is sponsoring a basket raffle with the proceeds being donated to the Dell Rapids Food Pantry.  Each morning before school the baskets will be on display in the middle school commons area and you may purchase tickets to put in the basket of your choice.  Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00.  Your donation will be put to good use and you might even win a basket!  Drawing will be held on Thursday, February 27th and you do not need to be present to win.
• Competitive Cheer Tryout Informational meeting: Wednesday,  March 25th after school in the MS Commons with tryout practice dates on April 22nd, 24th, and 29th
• Dell Rapids Legion Auxiliary is hosting an “Americanism Poem Contest” for all middle school students.  Please see your homeroom for details.  Entries must be submitted to the office by March 1^st.
• Reminder: the informational meeting for the 2021 Washington DC/NYC trip is tonight at 6:30pm in the MS Commons. This is for all CURRENT 7th graders and their families. See you there!
• Congratulations to the wrestling team for making it to the State Dual team tournament.  The tournament will be held this Thursday at the Premier Center in Sioux Falls at 5pm. 
• Attention Students and Staff:  the library will be closed on Thursday and Friday.
• Registration is open for the summer baseball season for Dell Rapids Baseball.  Registrations need to be complete by March 15th.  Go to www.dellrapidsbaseball.com, and click on the Online Registration link to register
• DR Public Library is hosting Teen Time this Thursday @ 4pm.  Join them to watch Angry Birds 2 movie and have a snack.
• Good Luck to the girls and boys basketball teams as they travel to Canton today for a doubleheader.  Games start at 4pm.
• Attention Staff and Parents:  Last fall you received notice from us that to continue receiving Bright Arrow alerts, you needed to “opt in”.  If you haven’t done this, unfortunately, you will not receive our text message alerts.  To opt in simply text the word YES to 87569.  You should receive a reply saying you have signed up to receive messages from DRPS.