The 89th Dedication Day festivities of the Kate Duncan Smith DAR School are a little over a week away!  Anticipation is high as we await the arrival of President General Lynn F. Young and the National Executive Committee of the NSDAR, members of the National School Bus Tour, and other devoted KDS supporters.  More than 250 attendees in total are expected to be with us on Monday, October 7th and Tuesday, October 8th.

The Schedule of Events is packed full of activities and happenings, and everyone is invited.  If you plan to be with us for one or more of the events, please complete the attached registration form and submit it as soon as possible.  For questions or additional information, please call the KDS DAR School Administrative Office at 256-728-4236.

  

Most Americans know that July 4th is our nation's birthday.  Far fewer Americans know that September 17th is the birthday of our government, the date in 1787 on which delegates to the Philadelphia Convention completed and signed the U.S. Constitution. The ideas on which America was founded--commitments to the rule of law, limited government and the ideals of liberty, equality and justice--are embodied in the Constitution, the oldest written constitution of any nation on Earth. Constitution Day is intended to celebrate not only the birthday of our government, but the ideas that make us Americans.

On September 17th, KDS welcomed Katie Collins, Anne Bennet Caloricci, and Bonnie Collins of the Chief Tusquahoma Chapter, NSDAR, in West Monroe, Louisiana to campus. These ladies came from Louisiana with their SUV packed to the ceiling with boxes full of school supplies collected by the Chapter. It was a beautiful day, and the group enjoyed a walking tour of the campus with KDS Student Continental Congress Representative Samantha Spark as their tour guide.