It has been a week of joy at DCES!!! Families of the 122 students who were sponsored for Christmas picked up their gifts! Thanks to our amazing sponsors, this is the MOST students we have ever been able to support! THANK YOU doesn't feel like enough! @Swindy1615

Today we hosted the DCES Game Shop...year 6!! Through the generous donations of staff, families, friends & community, we reached our goal of 400 games! EVERY child chose a game to take home to their family for break! Thank you to everyone who donated, shared, or helped today!

Another great day of hands-on science enrichment with our partners Baltimore Science Guys! Every student gets 3 enrichment sessions each month while their teachers participate in half-day PD, data analysis & planning! @Swindy1615

We hit a new record this year!!! 122 children will receive holiday gifts thanks to our amazing staff, families, partners, and community!!!! What a blessing! @Swindy1615

Congratulations to our DCES Teacher of the Year! We love you Ms. Johnson! Thank you for all you do for our school family! Congratulations on your well-deserved recognition!!! @Swindy1615

Were you #hereforit ???? The 1st DCES Great Turkey Race was a blast! Congrats to Mr. V (aka the banana) for the win! Students & staff had a blast @ the race & the dance party that followed!!! We wish our school family a Happy Thanksgiving! We're thankful for you! @Swindy1615

Only 3 weeks left to reach our goal (400 games) & continue this tradition for year 5! Help us out so that EVERY child gets to choose a game for their family before winter break! Please consider donating a family game. https://t.co/5YrHCh2N5R @Swindy1615 PLEASE SHARE

This season, we are thankful for our amazing school family and our fabulous partners who donated full Thanksgiving meals to support 145 families! Huge thanks to @BaltimoreHungerProject @SunflowersforSallie and @RavensRoost139 @Swindy1615

We had a great time with @YogaMouth Collective @ our assembly on Monday! We learned about mindfulness, took the Yinja Challenge & learned a new strategy to use when we need to reset.

DCES 2nd Annual Math Night Trunk-or-Treat was a blast! Over 300 guests learned about grade level math standards, practiced activities to support standards, and took home resources to keep the learning going! Then they got to visit our indoor "trunk"-or-treat! @Swindy1615

We ❤️ CARDIO DRUMMING in PE with Mr. Driessen? Check out these 3rd grade drummers joined by Ms. Chappell, Mr. Dalgo &Mr. Jones! What a fun workout! Special thanks to Lowe's Home Improvement White Marsh and The White Marsh Home Depot for donating buckets!!! @Swindy1615

Today we celebrated our amazing building operations supervisor, Mr. Javier! He works hard everyday to keep our building looking amazing and running smoothly. We are so lucky to have the best BOS in BCPS. @Swindy1615

On Monday, DCES participated in the Baltimore Ravens #cawtoaction with a CAWmUnity Walk! We celebrated our connections & unity as we cheered for each other! We even got to do our School Promise all together! At DCES, we CONNECT, COMMIT, INSPIRE! We are one COMMUNITY! @Swindy1615

We had a great attendance week @ DCES! OVER 94% ALL WEEK & our highest attendance day in 3 years-98%!! Spirit Week & 94% Challenges for the win! Pies in the face, Tiktok challenges & a special visit from Fritz, our mascot, to celebrate! Let's do it again next week! @Swindy1615

Our 1st Braids & Fades of the year was fabulous! Thanks to our volunteers @BaltimoreBeauty&BarberSchool who brought so many 😀 today! Braids & Fades happens monthly @ DCES & we always welcome volunteers Email tcollins@bcps.org to sign up! More braiders=more 😀 @Swindy1615

Celebrated yesterday's 94% (our 3rd in a row this week) by welcoming our new AP, @Mrs_Carringer, with a very wet welcome to the challenge! Students from Ms. Vervier's 2nd grade class (& @Swindy1615) had some fun while the rest of us watched on the live feed. 🐸#hereforit

Today's 94% Challenge was a lovely hair makeover for Mrs. Collins broadcast live on the announcements. Her styling team did fabulous work!!! Each day we meet the schoolwide goal of 94% attendance, we get to do a challenge! DCES is #hereforit @Swindy1615

This is what #TeamBCPS is about! @nancymattucci came for Vison to Learn, stayed to pull weeds in our garden! Keeping @DCESBCPS beautiful! Thank you!!!!

We are excited to welcome Mr. Bomani to DCES today! Our K-2 students loved The ABCs of Hip Hop! Music, movement, and reading...so much fun! DCES is #hereforit @Swindy1615

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! We celebrated our staff with a Cinco de Mayo Nacho Bar and some school-appropriate beverages. Staff could choose to stay of Sip & Paint or enjoy the gift of time!