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Discovery Middle School is a Middle Years Candidate school in the 3rd year of our process to become authorized. Many exciting things are happening here at Discovery. Please check out our web site for more information.
Discovery welcomes area middle schools to the LCRMEA Band Festival!Discovery Middle School will host the Lower Columbia River Music Educators Association Middle School Band festival on March 24, 2010. We are looking forward to this wonderful opportunity to share our facilities with others and to get to hear some great music. This band festival is a time for middle school musicians to compete not only against other schools but also with themselves to improve on scores that their school received last year. The competition is great and the music is wonderful! Thank you Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation!Discovery music students got a huge surprise from the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation and the Clark County Amphitheater. $25,000 worth of new and refurbished music instruments for both our band and orchestra. Vancouver Mayor Timothy Leavitt, Vancouver Superintendent of Schools Dr. Steven Webb and Clark County Commissioners Tom Mielke, Marc Boldt and Steve Stuart were on-hand at Discovery to present the school with the surprise donation. Working with sponsors such as The Amphitheater at Clark County, The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation donates both new and refurbished instruments to schools and after-school music programs that lack the resources to keep up with equipment loss due to attrition, depreciation and wear over time and to accommodate students on waiting lists or who have to share instruments. This enables more students to participate and to experience a quality music education. More information can be found at: www.mhopus.org
March is Music in our Schools Month
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7th and 8th
Grade Students: COLLEGE BOUND SCHOLARSHIP Are you signed up for the College Bound Scholarship yet? College Bound is a scholarship for middle school students that will pay up to 4 years of college! To learn more or to sign up, contact your student's school counselor or go to www.hecb.wa.gov/college bound. Letter to Discovery ParentsYou have been hearing information in the news about schools in our district. We want you to have all the information that we know at this time. Please read this letter. If you have questions feel free to contact the school. We have the greatest staff and students at Discovery we are looking at this as an opportunity to receive more funding and support to bring more resources to our students and staff. Stay with us for this new ride! New Immunization Requirement 2009-2010) All students in Washington at 11 years of age and entering 6th, 7th, or 8th grade, are required by law to show proof of a Tdap(combination tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccination. If it has been 5 years or longer since receiving a tetanus containing vaccine (DTaP, DT or Td). Generally children receive their last booster at age 4-6 years old, so this new law will affect most of you. If your child will be entering 6th, 7th or 8th grade for the 2009-2010 school year, please contact your health care provider as soon as they turn age 11 to obtain this required vaccination. Students entering 6th or 7th grade (2009-10) are also required by law to have a Varicella (Chicken Pox) vaccine or provide the school with the date of the chicken pox disease. *BRING THE SHOT RECORD TO THE SCHOOL AS SOON AS SHOT IS RECEIVED |
