Upcoming Dates 

Community Information

  (Items in this section are not sponsored by Deal)  

I Trained U Basketball Clinics

Basetball Clinics will be held in November and December on

Wilson High School Performs Guys and Dolls 

Tickets for Wilson High School's performance of the Tony Award winning "Guys and Dolls" are now on sale! Featuring a well known score with songs such the rollicking "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat" and show stopper, "Luck be a Lady," this musical is sure to delight all ages. Because the Wilson fall musicals have become a school and community favorite, we encourage you to reserve early. Performance dates and times are: Friday, November 9 and 10 at 7:30; Special Matinee Performance Saturday, November 17 at 2:00; and Saturday, November 17 at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices are: Adults $15, Students/Children $5. Use email address

[email protected]

and be sure to specify the performance date, type and number of tickets you are ordering. Remember, Wilson's musicals are extremely popular so please reserve your tickets early!

Wilson Crew Holiday Wreath Sale 

Support Wilson Crew and get ready for the holidays buy purchasing wreaths.  Wilson Crew is selling fresh, fragrant 24-inch Frazier fir wreaths decorated with red velvet bows hand-tied in the USA.  You can purchase wreaths for $25 each from your favorite rower or by logging on to www.wilsoncrew.org.  Be sure to enter the name of your favorite rower when you purchase online so that he or she gets credit for the sale. Wreaths will be delivered the first week in December.  Wilson Crew is the only rowing program in DCPS and is open to all DCPS high school students and relies on the generosity of supporters like you to keep this sport alive for public school students in our city.  Pull for Wilson Crew!

Community Service Opportunity at Janney Elementary

Janney Elementary School is looking for 7th and 8th grade students who would be interested in partnering with Janney students as academic buddies, helping with basic math and English language skills as part of a supervised after school activity. This would require a regular commitment between 3:30-4:30 one or two days a week and would count towards community service hours. We are looking for students who are reliable and conscientious, enjoy working with younger kids and who love learning. If you are interested please contact Pippa Trench at [email protected].  202-724-8950.

Information of interest to the Deal community may be emailed for consideration to [email protected]  

Complete Lunch Form online at

 Mealsapp.dcps.dc.gov   

All families regardless of eligibility must complete a lunch form. This is important and helps determine some funding for the school.

Buddy Days at Deal are coming!

Every year the Alice Deal 6th grade students and teachers host a day for each of our feeder school 5th grade students and their teachers to visit for part of our school day. This is our chance to proudly present our school to future middle school students. We want to make every effort to have our visiting Buddies have a super positive experience.

The following schools are scheduled to visit from 8:50 to noon:

Eaton

Wednesday, November 14

Lafayette

Tuesday, November 27

Shepherd

Tuesday, December 11

Non-feeder school students and their families should feel free to attend one of the upcoming Deal Tours or visit the school at any time. 

Student and parent information...   

New: Update on "Bully"  field trips this week 

Each of the grades has a separate field trip to see this movie. The 8th grade trip was set for last Friday but was cancelled by the theater at the last moment; we are awaiting a new date for the 8th grade trip. 7th graders are going this Wednesday, and 6th graders are going this Friday. Because each grade has a different lunch schedule, we have different activities planned for each.  

6th grade: 6th grade permission slips for the Bully movie are due on Tuesday, November 13. On Thursday, 6th graders will participate in pre-viewing activities during the activity period..  On Friday, 6th graders will go to 1st and 2nd periods.  All 6th graders will go to lunch at the beginning of third period and return to homeroom at 11:10 am in order to begin boarding the buses at 11:15.  Students who are not going to the movie will participate in anti-bullying/teasing activities during 4th,5th,  and 6th periods.  All 6th graders will attend their normal 7th period class.  6th graders will participate in post-viewing activities on Monday, November 19 from 9:30 until 9:50.  

7th grade: On Wednesday, November  all 7th graders will participate in bullying awareness activities during 1st period. 2nd period will be a regular class. 7th graders going to the "Bully" movie will leave at the beginning of 3rd period and return to eat lunch during 6th period. For students not going to the movie: Team teachers will lead activities, supported by elective teachers not going to the movie, during 3rd period. During 5th and 6th periods, these students will watch a different movie in the auditorium. All 7th grades will attend their normal 7th period class.

New:  Deal Relief Council

The Deal Relief Council would like to begin our response for helping Hurricane Sandy victims in New York City.  We have identified a school, Coney Island Prep, whose students lost nearly everything.   

Some needs have been identified and we want to collect items through homerooms beginning Tuesday, November 13 as follows:

* English homerooms: books that middle schoolers would like to read for classroom libraries

* Math homerooms: notebook paper, graph paper, pencils

* Humanities homerooms: binders, backpacks, notebooks

* Science homerooms: board games or activities for students 

We understand that at this time of year, people are asked to give often.  Please give what you can by Tuesday, November 20!

New:  Library Thanks You for Your Support 

Many thanks to the PTA for organizing the Politics & Prose Book Fair, and the families who bought books for the Deal Library! Thanks to your generosity, there are 65 new books (worth nearly $1,000) available for students to read.  

New:  Girl Up Fundraising Campaign a Huge Success: Thank You!

 Deal's Girl Up Club is dedicated to raising awareness of and support for the unique challenges faced by girls in developing countries around the globe.  Our club is one of several similar organizations operating under the umbrella of the United Nations.  Our goal is to educate ourselves about girls' lives in other places, and then to find ways to help improve their circumstances and thus their futures.  We read books, we watch informational DVD's and we raise money. Thanks to the generous support of the Deal community, we raised  $2000, enough to sponsor a year of schooling  (including books, uniforms, school supplies and tuition) for 11 girls in East Congo.  Projects like this reflect our MYP school's mission to think globally.  Thank you!

Our next project is to review the book "Queen of Water" and begin watching "Half the Sky", the documentary based on the book of the same title by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.  New members are always invited to join us on Monday afternoons from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in E305. Please come.

New:  French Club

French Club with M. Ngwa and Mme. Brown meets on Monday from 3:30-4:30 pm in CG07.

New:  Fall Production Assistance

Parents/Guardians interested in helping out with the Fall Production of A Midsummer Night's Dream please email Mr. Kirschenbaum at [email protected]  We are looking for help with set building, costume design, and general production assistance.  Please indicate in your email if you have a preference for where you can provide support.

New:  Int'l Cooking Club

All students from Groups B and C who are attending the Whole Foods Field Trip on Monday, November 26 need to return their forms to Ms. Kinzer this week.

This Week at Deal...   

Special Events: Food Drive and Fall Fest

Student Council is doing their annual Thanksgiving Food Drive! The last day for bringing non-perishable items to your homerooms is November 21. Remember that the homeroom that donates the most items wins a cupcake party!

Fall Fest is this Friday, and tickets will be on sale this week during lunch! Awesome activities! New DJ! Lots of food! Fun-filled movie! 

Tuesday: Girls Basketball tryouts - last round!

The final girls basketball tryouts (for girls that made it to the final round) will be Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 in the gym. 

Tuesday: Indoor Track

Indoor track season is just around the corner. If you are interested in joining the Indoor Track team, there will be a meeting after school in the gymnasium on Tuesday, November 13. The meeting will last from 3:30-3:45 pm. Please be prepared to stay for the entire meeting.

Wednesday: 7th Graders to Bully movie 

On Wednesday, all 7th graders will participate in bullying awareness activities during 1st period. 2nd period will be a regular class. 7th graders going to the "Bully" movie will leave at the beginning of 3rd period and return to eat lunch during 6th period. For students not going to the movie: Team teachers will lead activities, supported by elective teachers not going to the movie, during 3rd period. During 5th and 6th periods, these students will watch a different movie in the auditorium. All 7th grades will attend their normal 7th period class.

Wednesday:  Cross-Country

The championship Cross-Country team pizza party will be held after school on Wednesday, November 14. Don't forget to turn in your track uniforms.

Wednesday:  Stage Crew

If you are interested in Stage Crew & Set Design for the Fall Play, please come to a meeting on Wednesday after school in the Auditorium from 3:30-4:00 pm.

Thursday:  Tutoring for Mr. Ngwa's Class

For M. Ngwa's classes, there is French tutoring at 8:10 am on Thursday in CG07.

Thursday: "Bully" Activities

During the Thursday activity period, all students will participate in anti-bullying activities in their homerooms.

Friday:  Team La Paz Tours the National Portrait Gallery on Friday

This year's Humanities 8 teams are working with the Smithsonian American Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art to better understand American History.  Our project with the Portrait Gallery reflects that important question of American identity. 

On Friday, Team La Paz will depart Deal at 9:00 am to study Native American portraiture.  Upon return, students from La Paz will take what they have learned and teach it to their peers on Teams Firenza and Mecca. Students on those teams will investigate evidence of Native American culture in DC and produce projects using that evidence. 

We anticipate returning to Deal in time for 7th period. A list of participating students was forwarded to all staff members through school email.