Dalewood Middle School

DMS 2026-2027 Dresscode 💙💪🏾

📚🏰 DMS SUMMER READING CHALLENGE IS ON! 🏰📚

Blue Knights, are you ready for an adventure this summer?

Join the Dalewood Middle School Summer Reading Challenge and help us reach our goal of reading 500 books before the start of the new school year!

Whether you’re reading graphic novels, chapter books, biographies, mysteries, or nonfiction, every book counts. Reading over the summer helps strengthen your skills, grow your imagination, and prepare you for an amazing school year.

🎯 Goal: 500 Books
📖 Read what you enjoy
☀️ Read throughout the summer
🏰 Watch our Blue Knight Castle fill up as we celebrate our readers!

Parents, encourage your child to set aside a little time each day to read. Just 20 minutes a day can make a big difference!

Let’s show everyone that Dalewood Middle School readers are unstoppable!

Community Camps are happening in our city!!! If your child is not in Summer Reach considerJames Academy Summer Camp hosted by Destiny Church of Chattanooga!!!! Ages 5-10

Save the Date!!!! Free food, school supplies, gift cards, physicals, and lots of fun!!!! See you there!!!

It’s Football conditioning time at Dalewood!!!! See below

Congratulations to our very own Diamond Thompson for making it to State in Track and Fields and placing at #7!!! We are so proud of you!!! Also huge shoutout to Coach Brandon Johnson!!! 💙💪🏾

It’s TNReady TurnUp!!!! Our kids and staff are amazing!!! They worked hard this year so it’s only fair they get a day of play. Let’s go!!! 💙💪🏾

Side Note: Since Principal Shackelford was leaving for a flight, she took time to buy the staff lunch!!! 💙💪🏾