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Holiday Fun!!

(12/18) Today we celebrated the holidays in true DTC fashion! 🎄✨ Students enjoyed a magical ride on the Polar Express—complete with Santa, falling snow, and even a visit from the Grinch! Elves spread cheer with hot chocolate, and the day was filled with pizza parties, dance parties, classroom games, and festive crafts. A special thank you to Pontotoc Fire Department, Mr. Don Russell, and Mrs. Christi Littlejohn for helping us make today joyful holiday celebration from start to finish!
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Refreshing Surprise

(12/17) After Mrs. Boone's classes finished their ELA benchmark assessments this week, she treated them to a little mix your own drink activity. They enjoyed the surprise!
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Holiday Fun

(12/17) After a week of hard work on benchmark tests, Ms. Griffith's students earned some festive fun 🎄✨ These handmade ornaments are full of effort, pride, and holiday cheer!
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Warrior of the Month

(12/15) The DT Cox Warrior Club seeks to encourage future leaders in the areas of citizenship, service and responsibility. We are proud to announce our featured warrior of the month-Congratulations to Dakota Dandridge!
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✨ STEM Spotlight! ✨

Our students have been diving deep into their space unit in STEM class, and this week they had an out-of-this-world experience in The Mobile Planetarium! 🚀🌌
Inside the dome, students took a journey through space—spotting constellations, watching the sun rise and set in minutes, and exploring our galaxy like true astronomers.
A huge thank-you to Mrs. McNatt, Toyota, and the University of Mississippi for making this incredible learning experience possible! 🌟
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Don't Disturb the Grinch

(12/12) In order to prepare for the upcoming benchmark test, students in Ms. Spicer's class played a minesweeper-like game to prepare for testing. Students worked so hard at finding answers in text that it ended in a sudden death match with everyone in the room cheering on the winners!
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Weekly Rockstars!

(12/12) Congratulations to the following students for receiving positive office referrals this week! Keep up the good work!
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A Pirate’s Christmas

Our third graders put on an incredible performance of “A Pirate’s Christmas” on Tuesday! 🎄🏴‍☠️
Congratulations to all of our students for a fantastic show—they truly shined on stage.
A special thank you to Mrs. Brown for her hard work and creativity in making this one of our most memorable performances yet! 🌟
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Trip to the Orchestra

(12/11) Our fourth graders had an incredible day on Wednesday! 🎶
They attended a performance by the Tupelo Golden Wave Orchestra, where students not only enjoyed beautiful music, but also got to explore a variety of instruments and hear the unique sounds each one makes.
After the performance, students enjoyed a picnic at Ballard Park, and had a blast playing on the new inclusive playground. 🌳✨ It was truly an amazing experience!
A huge thank you to the Tupelo Golden Wave Orchestra for welcoming our students, and giving them such a memorable opportunity! 🎻👏

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