Thank you so much to everyone who donated for the Lion King this week! We no longer need packaging boxes or acrylic paints but are still accepting other items on the list.

Dr. Cindy Corcoran, RCS's Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Support-Services, read two books to our 2nd grade classes today including "Buffalo Fluffalo" by Bess Kelb and "Yoshi Sea Turtle Genius: A True Story about an Amazing Swimmer" by Lynne Cox. Also we had Dr. Christy Bailey read poems and haiku's to one of our 5th grade classes.

Dr. Charles Perkins, RCS's Assistant Superintendent of K-12 Curriculum & Instruction read two books to our 1st grader classes today including "The Magical Yet" by Angela DiTerlizzi and "Just Ask" by Sonia Sotomayor. We also had Morehead High School's Assistant Principal, Landon Kimrey, read a story and discuss with one of our 5th grade classes about preparing to start middle school.

Dr. Leslie Cassell, RCS's Director of Elementary Education, read multiple books to our Kindergarteners this morning including "There's a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake" by Loren Long. We also had a member of our school board, Philip Butler, read a few books to one of our 4th grade classes including "After the Fall" by Dan Santat.

Great job to our Good Bus Citizens for the month of February.

Congrats to our Kids of Character for February, they showed great self-discipline throughout the month.

We had some awesome guest readers today - Officer Bibee read "The Invisible Boy" by Trudy Ludwig to our Pre-K students. Also, RCS's Human Resources Director, Lowell Rodgers, read "Hooray for Diffendoofer Day" by Dr. Seuss to one of our 4th grade classes.

Detective Lieutenant Stepps read "We also Served - True Stories of Brave Animals in the Military & Other Heroic Tales" by Erin McGill to our 3rd grade students Monday Morning.

Congratulations to our Battle of the Books team for earning second place at their preliminary competition this morning! Their hard work, teamwork, and love of reading truly paid off, and we couldn't be more proud of their incredible achievement.

The Douglass Eagles had a blast celebrating the 100th day of school yesterday! We marked the milestone with so much excitement and creativity, and to make it even more fun, it was "Anything But a Backpack Day"! Student's brought in the most unique items to carry their school supplies, from suitcases to grocery bags and everything in between. Here's to 100 days of learning, laughter, and memories!

Our first graders celebrated their Read Bowl achievements in class today with team shirts, face strips, and a Read Bowl banner!

The RCS Board of Education recognized our schools meeting academic growth for the 2023-2024 school year: Bethany Elementary, Central Elementary, Douglass Elementary, Huntsville Elementary, Rockingham County Middle & High, McMichael High & Rockingham Early College High!!

Congrats to our Good Bus Citizens for January!

Shout Out to our Kids of Character for January (Courage)!

In library class our 3rd graders had a competition to see who could create the best snowflake using only popsicle sticks. Here is one of our winners!

Congratulations for Ms. Murphy! Douglass Elementary's Teacher of the Year!

Good Evening students and parents, This is Lauryn Duncan, Principal at Douglass Elementary School calling with a few announcements for the week. Parents, please remember that our tardy bell rings at 7:50 am. If your child arrives after 7:50 am, someone must come inside to sign your child in. Also, please remember to display student name cards in windshields during dismissal. If your child’s name card is not displayed, you will be required to park, enter the office and show proof of identification. We appreciate your support in ensuring our students are safe. This is a reminder that Morehead High School Student Council invites future Panthers to be a part of the Homecoming parade on October 11th. Please contact Stephanie Ellis or Koury Gibson at Morehead High School for more information. Douglass PTO is asking for candy donations for the Trunk or Treat Read With Me event scheduled for Friday, October 25th from 5:00-7:00 pm. Please bring any candy donations to the front office. We look forward to seeing all of our families at this exciting event. Parents, Wednesday, October 2nd is National School Custodian Day. We are fortunate at Douglass Elementary to have the best of the best who work hard to maintain a clean environment for our students. Please be sure to encourage your child to show their appreciation to our custodians, not just Wednesday, but every day! Our Title 1 Curriculum Parent Night has been rescheduled to this Thursday, October 3rd. Our K-2 session will begin at 6:00 and our 3-5 session will begin at 6:30. Mrs. Thackston will have volunteer training beginning at 5:30 pm in Mr. Curtis' room. Please make plans to attend as you will receive information regarding the expectations of teaching and learning here at Douglass Elementary school. We look forward to seeing our families on Thursday. Parents, our Book Fair has been rescheduled to the week of November 4th. More information about the Book Fair will be coming home in the coming weeks. I would like to thank everyone who participated in our candy bar fundraiser. Thank you to everyone who has turned in any outstanding candy money. We still have not received payments for 9 boxes of chocolate. Please know that all money helps support our students and their learning. If you have not turned in your candy money, please do so this week. Parents, I am excited to announce that our fundraiser incentives have been scheduled. Students who sold 3 or more boxes of chocolate will be attending the Foam Party this Wednesday, October 3rd. Students who sold 4 or more boxes of chocolate will attend the Foam Party and also participate in the limo ride to lunch on November 1st. More information about the limo ride will be sent home in the coming weeks. Congratulations to Aydan Ayala for being our top seller and congratulations to Hector Morales for being our second place top seller. Also, congratulations to Mrs. Pratt’s 2nd grade class for being our top class seller in grades K-2 and congratulations to Mrs. Slaughter’s 5th grade class for being our top class seller in grades 3-5. We hope you enjoy the rest of your evening and we look forward to seeing you bright and early tomorrow morning. Lauryn Duncan

Good Evening students and parents, This is Lauryn Duncan, Principal at Douglass Elementary School calling with a few announcements for the week. Doors will open for all students at 7:20 am and they may report directly to their classroom. Please remember that our tardy bell rings at 7:50 am each morning. Students arriving late to school must be signed in by a parent at our front desk. Parents, progress reports will be sent home with your child this week. Please be sure to look over your child’s academic success. Douglass Elementary PTO would like to invite all families to the Roll-A-Bout in Eden this Tuesday, September 24 from 5:30-7:30 pm for our first School Skate Night! Don’t forget to dress in your Douglass attire. Please remember that this is not a drop off event and an adult must accompany any student attending Skate Night. Please remember that Friday, September 27 is an early release day. Students will be dismissed two hours early at 12:45pm. If your child is a car rider please be sure that their ride is here at 12:45 pm. Morehead High School Student Council invites future Panthers to be a part of the Homecoming parade on October 11. Please contact Stephanie Ellis or Koury Gibson at Morehead High School for more information. Parents, as a reminder Rockingham County Schools will continue to require approved background checks for any chaperone or volunteer within our school that has unsupervised contact with students. All background checks are handled online, including payment, no money is sent to school. More information about background checks can be found on our district’s website. This information is important as most of our grade levels have field trips scheduled during the fall semester. I would like to thank everyone who participated in our candy bar fundraiser. Thank you to everyone who has turned in any outstanding candy money. We still have not received payments for 13 boxes of chocolate. Please know that all money helps support our students and their learning. If you have not turned in your candy money, please do so this week. Lastly, our first Title 1 Curriculum Parent Night will be this Thursday, September 26th from 5:30-7:30 pm. Please make plans to attend as you will receive information regarding the expectations of teaching and learning here at Douglass Elementary school. We look forward to seeing our families on Thursday. We hope you enjoy the rest of your evening and we look forward to seeing you bright and early tomorrow morning. Lauryn Duncan

Douglass Elementary had an amazing start to our Color Weeks! Students in PreK, Functional Skills, and Kindergarten are practicing color recognition by seeing students and staff dressed in a certain color each day. Mrs. Hope and her students were rocking on "White Day!"

Douglass Elementary has had a wonderful first week back to school! Our teachers and staff excitedly welcomed students for a great new school year. Mrs. Wilhoit's new class pet, a bearded dragon, even got his new name from students this week: Pudding! It's always a great day to be an Eagle!