It was an amazing first day of school at DWE! There was so much excitement on campus first thing this morning with a special appearance by Rattles! All day, all throughout campus Diamondbacks were learning new routines and procedures and reviewing ones that stayed the same.
Diamondbacks, we would love it if you would comment and share your first day of school pictures with us!
Diamondbacks - we are so excited for the first week of school next week. We will see you Monday morning!
Please see the weekly calendar below for a preview of the week ahead.
Thank you to everyone who has completed their Returning Student Registration Form! Congratulations to the Alanis family, they have won the DWE Swag Basket!
If you haven't completed your Returning Student Registration and need help please stop by the Library during Open House!
Today is the last day to enter the drawing for the Desert Willow Swag Basket! To enter complete your 'Returning Student Registration' on Power School before 4 PM today. The winner will be drawn at 4 PM this afternoon and the basket will be available for pickup at Meet the Teacher Night.
For Power School login help please contact the front office at 520-879-2302.
https://ps.vail.k12.az.us/public/
Tomorrow is the night! Our teachers and staff have been working so hard this week preparing for the beginning of the year and we are so excited to see you all tomorrow at Meet the Teacher Night!
Meet the Teacher is scheduled for tomorrow evening from 5:30-7 PM.
Remember we have a raffle for a DWE swag basket for anyone who has completed their returning student registration in PowerSchool and will draw a winner tomorrow at 4 PM.
Good morning Diamondbacks! Phones and internet are down district wide presently. If you are trying to reach our front office please leave a message and we will call you back as soon as we can!
Thank you for your patience through these technical difficulties!
Diamondback parents: if you haven't completed your Returning Student Registration on PowerSchool please do! This updated information helps us make sure that we can contact you if we need to about your student. https://ps.vail.k12.az.us/public/
If you need help accessing your PowerSchool account please call the front office at (520)879-2302 for assistance.
Remember if you complete your returning student registration before Meet the Teacher Night you will be entered to win the DWE Swag Basket!
Desert Willow swag alert! Complete your 'Returning Student Registration' on Power School before Meet the Teacher Night and this basket could be yours! Winner will be chosen at 4:00pm on Thursday July 11th. Basket will be available for pickup at Meet the Teacher Night. For Power School login help please contact the front office at 520-879-2302.
https://ps.vail.k12.az.us/public/
We hope you are having an amazing summer Diamondbacks! We can't wait to see you again at our Meet the Teacher Open House on July 11th! Then again on the 15th for the first day of school!
Please see the image below for the UPDATED Summer Hours for the DWE Front Office.
If you need an appointment outside of these hours, please contact our Office Manager, Amanda Moore at (520)879-2305 or mooreama@vailschooldistrict.org.
We will see you all at Meet the Teacher on July 11th from 5:30-7 PM! And on the first day of school Monday July 15th!
We had an eventful last day of school here at DWE! We celebrated our 5th graders with the 5th grade parade, Rattles came for the parade and wished the students a happy last day of school! We ended our day like we always do by waving at the buses as they pulled away for the last time this year.
We hope you have a safe and amazing summer Diamondbacks and we will see you on July 11th at 5:30 - 7 for Meet the Teacher Night!
We had our last Caught in the ACT Breakfast of the year today. These students earned this special breakfast by consistently following the ACT Statement this quarter and earning a Caught in the ACT card. The names of these 18 students were drawn out of the hundreds of Caught in the ACT cards that got turned in this quarter. Keep up the great work Diamondbacks!
We would like to thank the PTA for their continued support of this program!
Tonight is out last Skate Night of the year! Come on out to Skate Country for a great time celebrating the end of the school year!
Today we celebrated our A+ School of Excellence recognition from the Arizona Education Foundation.
We had so much fun celebrating our schools success by showcasing several of our incredibly talented students and staff! We also had a special appearance from the very TAIL-ented Rattles as we unveiled our new mascot!
Thank you to Mr. Peter Wells, from the Arizona Education Foundation, and Mrs. Tamara McAllister, the head judge from our A+ visit in January, for coming to our celebration and presenting us with this award.
We would also like to thank all the Superintendents, Governing Board Members, VUSD Staff, Desert Willow Parents and Community Members who joined us for our celebration today.
And a special thank you to Kendra Santucci for assisting us with the drone for the incredible arial photograph.
Tonight's the night! Community Fair begins at 5, come on down to DWE for the talent show, games, petting zoo, silent auction, and more!
Check out the online silent auction: https://app.memberhub.gives/874d76/Campaign/Details bidding ends at 7 PM tonight.
It was a big day here at DWE!
This morning was Field Day! A huge shout out to Mrs. McCabe for planning this amazing day, and a big thank you to the whole specialist team and our amazing volunteers for helping this day run so smoothly.
This afternoon was the PTA Read-a-thon Slime Assembly. The students that read the most minutes during the Read-a-thon got to slime Mrs. Forgacs and Mrs. Owens! Thank you PTA for organizing the Read-a-thon and the assembly, and thank you to our principals for being such good sports!
Community Fair is on Friday! There are so many fun things happening at DWE from 5-7:30 PM! You don't want to miss out!
Skip the line for wristbands and pre-order here: https://dwepta.memberhub.com/store/items/1008199
It was so wonderful to have the DreamStream at Desert Willow today! A huge thank you to the Andrada TSW for coming out today and for the tasty treats!
It was amazing to see the eclipse today! Thank you to the DWE PTA and Student Council for purchasing the eclipse glasses so we could all take part in this special event!
Just a friendly reminder this Friday, December 22nd is a half day dismissal. Dismissal will be at 12pm (noon)
