Druid Hills Middle School PTSA

Don’t miss Arts & Science night at DHMS!

Thursday, May 21
5:30-7:30

Thank you to everyone who helped honor our Teachers & Paraprofessionals last week! We ❤️🖤 our DHMS heroes!!

Congratulations to our awesome librarian, Marcia Kochel on this recognition!

Christina Chatel and Marcia Kochel have worked together on Young Teen Lit, which communicates the need for a separate book category for younger teens that gives them stories and protagonists closer to their ages. Read more: https://hubs.la/Q04fRW-g0

DHMS Teachers are NACHO average teachers!

Thanks to generous donations, today they were treated to a taco bar to celebrate how spec-TACO-lar they are!

If you’d still like to “chip in” to help fund goodies for the teachers this week, we’d love your support: https://www.givebacks.com/causes/druidhillsmiddle/campaigns/35c6528c70

DHMS Teachers are all that…AND A BAG OF CHIPS!

Thanks to generous donations, today’s snack attack allowed them to grab a treat to get them through the mid-week dip!

If you’d still like to “chip in” to help fund goodies for the teachers this week, we’d love your support: https://www.givebacks.com/causes/druidhillsmiddle/campaigns/35c6528c70

Congrats on this recognition, Mr. Milford!

It's NEWSLETTER DAY! We love when we get to feature educators, and this month we get to feature Today Milford, Band Director at Druid Hills Middle School in the .

Access the newsletter here: https://conta.cc/4cKIEl9

About Mr. Milford...
Mr. Today Milford has been Director of Bands at Druid Hills Middle School in Decatur, Georgia since 2016. He leads the Druid Hills MS Symphonic Band, Concert Band, 6th Grade Band, Dragon Jazz Ensemble, and Dragon Drummers Percussion Ensemble. Mr. Milford serves on staff as the Assistant Director with the Druid Hills High School Marching Band. He also serves as a Low Brass Instructor and Drum Major Coach in the metro Atlanta area.

Mr. Milford began his study of Trombone and Bassoon in elementary band and matriculated through the Martin Luther King Jr., High School cluster in Lithonia, GA until graduating in 2011. Mr. Milford graduated Magna Cum Laude from Florida A&M University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Music Education degree. He is currently pursuing a Master of Music Education from the University of Florida and a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Florida A&M University.

At FAMU, Mr FAMU Wind Symphony. In addition to the FAMU Wind Symphony, he also participated in the FAMU Jazz Band, FAMU Trombone Choir, Groove 87, and The Incomparable Marching "100" where he was Trombone Section Leader and a Drum Major.

Be sure to check out the interview where he talks all about how to approach jazz education with middle school students! 🎉📬

Rise & Shine: It’s Teacher Appreciation Time!!

Today at DHMS, we treated our school staff to tasty breakfast treats! You BUTTER believe we know they’re the best!

If you’d still like to chip in to help fund goodies for the teachers this week, we’d love your support: https://www.givebacks.com/causes/druidhillsmiddle/campaigns/35c6528c70

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week and DHMS kicked it off “WRITE” with these pen, marker, highlighter keychains! Our teachers are INK-redible!

If you’d still like to chip in to help fund goodies for the teachers this week, we’d love your support:  https://www.givebacks.com/causes/druidhillsmiddle/campaigns/35c6528c70