Dover Intermediate School PTA

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Summer break is here! Thank you to our students, staff, and families for another successful school year full of learning, growth, and community. We hope everyone enjoys a safe and happy summer, and we look forward to welcoming you back soon.☀️

Congratulations 🎊 to all of our 6th Graders moving up today! 💚🎉💚Dover Intermediate School PTA

It’s hard to believe that I’m already in my final week as DIS PTA President!

I tell people all the time that I consider DIS magical. The students are at such a special age … teetering between the little kids we knew & loved at WES & the teens they’re becoming. It’s an age filled with growth, learning to become more independent, & watching their personalities blossom, and it’s been such a privilege to have a front row seat the past few years.

The environment that Principal Nick Miller, Vice Principal Damien Headings, and the entire DIS staff have created truly allows the students to shine. I’m always impressed by their ability to make DIS such a warm & welcoming environment while also maintaining wonderful standards and high expectations. Thank you for always inviting me & the rest of the PTA volunteers with open arms, & for all that you do everyday to make DIS the exceptional & supportive school that it is for our students!!

One of the greatest gifts of this role has been the opportunity to get to know so many of your children better over the last few years. I was lucky enough to serve my first year while my son Emmett was still at DIS and a second year while my daughter Tallulah attended the school. Some of my favorite memories are seeing Emmett and Tallulah participate in the events we worked so hard to create alongside their classmates. I truly can’t say enough about both of their classes! There are so many amazing, creative, & kind students in Westlake. This is no surprise to me, as I’ve also gotten the opportunity to get to know so many of their parents better as well. Thank you so much to everyone who has participated in helping the DIS PTA thrive over the past few years, especially my board members. 💚 Your time, creativity, and dedication have made such a difference for our students, and I am so grateful for everything we accomplished together.

When I first became PTA President, one of my goals was to create a stronger sense of community & encourage involvement from parents who had never participated before. Looking back, some of my favorite memories aren’t the events themselves, but things like singing my heart out with all of you during karaoke, lingering in parking lots talking about life and parenting, and watching the parents, staff, and volunteers come together with the same goal: supporting kids simply because they cared. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!

On a more personal note, I’m so thankful for the memories that this role has created within my family.

For the past few years, my youngest daughter Cordelia has been my right-hand girl alongside me for so many PTA adventures. She counted the Dover Dough in Dover Depot as a preschool lesson, attended bi-weekly meetings with Dr. Goggin at the BOE before she had even entered kindergarten, confidently let everyone know that she’s the boss of Mr. Miller, “helped” teach a PE lesson on jump ropes, & has considered Christine Del Priore & Michele Cruz two of her very best friends because of the kindness they’ve always shown her with coloring pages, listening to her stories, and letting her sing and dance for them each time she came into the office.

She grew up walking the hallways at DIS knowing she’d be greeted with hugs, smiles, enthusiastic cries of “Hi Coco!!!” from your thoughtful kids, and hoping that she’d run into one of her favorites - Annie - each time we went into the school. Cordelia served lemonade, “chaperoned” a field trip, toured the bus garage, and even had a wall of her artwork displayed in Mr. Miller’s office.

At the time, they seemed like small moments, but they ended up being some of our favorite memories together in the years leading up to her going off to school & starting her own adventure with WCSD. I couldn’t be more grateful to everyone who showed her kindness & supported her “main character energy” the last few years!

Thank you all so much for making my “Mom Era” & "DIS PTA era” so fun, meaningful, and memorable. The memories from this chapter will always hold a special place in my heart.

To next year’s DIS PTA Exec Board: I wish you the very best as you continue creating memories and building community for DIS families & students. I can’t wait to see the amazing things you do to make the DIS PTA even better!

I’ll see you at LBMS!

With Love & Demon Pride,
Samantha Harriger
DIS PTA President
Dover Intermediate School PTA
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Congratulations 🎉 to all of our 6th graders! We are so very proud and excited for you! 💚
Dover Intermediate School PTA

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Congratulations to the Class of 2026! We are proud of all you’ve accomplished and wish you all the best as you make your way into the world! 🎓🎉

Here is the Summer Reading Bingo Board! Dover Intermediate School PTA Diane Metzger 💚📚☀️

𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐓𝐀𝐬 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒!

Since 1968, the Westlake Council of PTAs has had a proud tradition of awarding scholarships to deserving Westlake High School seniors who plan to pursue higher education at a college, university or technical school.

For the Class of 2026, the Westlake Council of PTAs awarded $28,000 in scholarships - 28 $1000 on behalf of each of our units and from your WCPTAs!

This year's recipients are:

Westlake Elementary School PTA
Julia Richards, Jack Davalla, Neelesh Gupta and Dylan Hunter

Dover Intermediate School PTA
Adrienne Taylor

Lee Burneson Middle School PTA
Alaina Pugh

Westlake High School PTSA
Michael Bosch, Claire Pirnat, Grace Augustine, Kylie Colacarro and Brayden Cho

𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐓𝐀𝐬
Natalie Chang, Addison Navartil, Samuel Jang, Maris Hughes, Austin Valore, Jaxon Alvis, Christine Massier, Jacob Lenz, DominicCampo, Kara McCann, Samantha Doty, Nick LaVeck, Zuzana Bodova, Andrew Nash, Layla Macias, Viola Malasi, Ethan Samide

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔!

Current 5th Grade Students: Participate in the DIS PTA Summer Reading Program!

It's time for the DIS PTA Summer Reading Program! Students that will be in 5th or 6th grade during the 2026-2027 school year are eligible to participate.

To participate, complete two rows on the Summer Reading Program bingo board, then take a picture and submit your completed board by Friday 9/11/26 to receive a gift certificate valid at the DIS Book Fair in November.

https://files.constantcontact.com/cd860a6e401/b3719c75-c672-4d08-bfec-c7b876c6d0ba.pdf

Questions? Email Diane Metzger. Happy Reading, Demons!
Dover Intermediate School PTA

Diane Metzger 💚📚💚