05/13/2026
We’re diving into the final stretch of the school year with our “GO DOLPHINS”countdown!🎉🐬 Join in & make the most of these last moments with your friends as summer gets closer and closer!☀️ Let’s finish strong and make every day count, Dolphins!💫
Tuesday, May 12th - Go Crazy with Disney Day!🐭🏰👑
Wednesday, May 13th - Outrageous or Favorite Hat Day!👒🧢
Thursday, May 14th - Decade’s Day! 70’s, 80’s, 90’s
Friday, May 15th - Oh-So-Bright Neon Colors Day!🩷💛🩵
Monday, May 18th - Look-Alike with a Friend Day!👯♀️👯♂️
Tuesday, May 19th - Paradise Hawaiian Shirt Day!🌺🌴
Wednesday, May 20th - Hooray for Sports Jerseys Day!🏈⚾️
Thursday, May 21st - In the Sun Sunglasses Day!😎🕶️
Friday, May 22nd - NO WAY, it’s Field Day! Wear your grade level colors❤️🩷💛💚💜🧡💙 (Kindergarten-Red, 1st-Pink, 2nd-Yellow, 3rd-Green, 4th-Purple, 5th-Orange, 6th-Blue)
Tuesday, May 26th - Summer Time Red, White, & Blue!❤️🤍💙
04/28/2026
The Masked Singer🎭🎤🎶
To celebrate our students successfully achieving the PBIS school-wide challenge for Whole Body Listening, we held a very special event: The Masked Singer Assembly! The room was filled with excitement as students put their detective skills to the test. There were plenty of laughs and cheers as students guessed which teachers were singing & dancing in disguise. It was a fun & memorable way to recognize the positive behavior we’ve seen across all grade levels!
04/20/2026
District 54 Schools Unite for St. Jude’s❤️💙
During the month of April, District 54 schools are raising funds to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. St. Jude's is dedicated to advancing cures and prevention for childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
To encourage participation, we are raising money through a ‘Tape-a-Teacher’ event. Dirksen students & families can donate by filling the bucket of the teacher they’d most like to see be taped to the wall. The teacher whose bucket has the most money by the end of the 3-week fundraising period will be the one who gets taped to the wall during an all-school event on Friday, 5/8.
In just ONE week, Dirksen has raised over $400 for St. Jude’s! And we aren’t done yet - we are still collecting donations every morning until Friday, May 1st!
Families are also welcome to donate directly to the project using this link: https://donate.stripe.com/eVa6sd4eD7QM77y14F
Please note: Funds contributed using this link will not support a specific teacher in the ‘Tape-a-Teacher’ event.
03/31/2026
SPRING into SPIRIT with our April Spirit Days!🌸
THURSDAY, April 2nd: Light It Up Blue💙🩵🦋🐟🐬🔹🌀🫐
Wear blue to support Autism Awareness Day (all month too)!
April 10th: Rainbow Rally🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜
Represent your grade by wearing your color!
Kindergarten-YELLOW💛
1st & 2nd Grade-RED❤️
3rd & 4th Grade-GREEN💚
5th & 6th Grade-BLUE💙
April 17th: Purple Parade💜🦄👾🍇💟☂️🟣🪻🪁
Wednesday was National Purple Day! Wear purple today to celebrate!
April 25th: Rooting for Earth💚🌎🌲🍃🌳🌷🌻🌴🍁
In honor of National Arbor Day today, wear green!
