Dorothy McElhinney Middle School

Last rally of the 2025-26 school year!

Celebrating students for being Tenacious during our last C**T Awards of the year!!

Our very own Mrs. McCarthy is the MVUSD District Teacher of the Year!! 🌟 Well-deserved, Heather!! ❤️🖤

CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 to our 2026 Employees of the Year!! ❤️🖤
Teachers of the Year- Mrs. McCarthy and Mr. Ryan
Certificated Staff- Mrs. People and Mrs. Jones

When Mickey Mouse tells you “You’re the Best🥇!”

Today, Dorothy McElhinney, Murrieta Mesa, and Vista Murrieta were formally recognized as 2026 CA Distinguished Schools. This prestigious award highlights the exemplary achievements, high academic performance, and significant gains in closing the achievement gap. It is one of the state's top honors, and we are so grateful for the recognition. ☺️ Teachers and students, this recognition is because of your hard work and perseverance in personal academic success! 💪🏽

Community Note: The CA Dept. of Ed recognizes secondary schools (grades 6-12) in even years and elementary schools (TK-5) in odd years.

Congratulations to our very own DMMS Drum Line for placing 1st at SCPA!! Once again, one of our performing groups is The Best of the Best!! 🥁 🏆 👏🏼

DMMS hosted the Murrieta Middle School Unified Track & Field Championship

We recognized these LEADERS for our April C**T Awards today!! Thanks for leading the way!

What better way to spend a minimum day while helping raise money for DMMS!!

About last weekend…Did you see “Into the Woods” presented by DMMS C**t Theater students? We did! Bravo!! 🎭 🌲 🐺 🐄🤩

📸 credit: Duggan Shaw