The 2014-2015 Dickinson ISD Back to School Packet is now available for those wanting to plan ahead for the start of a new school year in August. In addition to viewing it electronically, a printed copy of the packet will be sent home with students in grades Pre-K to 8 before the end of the school year.

The packet is a parent's one stop resource for everything related to planning for the new school year. Registration information, dress code, school calendar, school supplies, immunizations, football and volleyball schedules, signing up for text message alerts, meal prices and more can all be found in the packet.

Click here to view
the 2014-2015
Back to School packet.

Dickinson Diamonds

Summer Dance Clinic

The Dickinson High School Diamonds Dance Team will host their first annual Summer Dance Clinic from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. August 12-14 in the Dickinson High School Dance Building.

The clinic is open to students in grades kindergarten - eighth grade. Cost is $60 per student and $20 for each additional sibling.

For more information, contact Traci Mills or Kelsey Hardage at 281-352-6098 or email tmills@dickinsonisd.org or khardage@dickinsonisd.org. Pre-registration forms and clinic fees are due no later than Thursday, July 10.

Week of June 16, 2014

Ryan Boone

Boone promoted to
Deputy Superintendent

In preparation for the new school year, Superintendent Vicki Mims has announced several administrative leadership changes to take effect July 1.

Ryan Boone, current Assistant Superintendent for Business and Operations, will assume the position of Deputy Superintendent for Business and Operations. As student enrollment in the district continues to climb, so have the demands of support services especially in the areas of business services, technology and operating a growing number of school facilities.

Boone has 21 years experience in managing school district business and operations areas. Having first served in Santa Fe ISD, he came to Dickinson ISD in 2008 as Assistant Superintendent for Operations and Facilities and in 2011 added additional responsibilities over Business Services due to restructuring and budget cuts. Boone is a Certified Public Accountant with several years of experience before moving into school district administration.

Three Dickinson ISD administrators moving to Executive Director positions

With the promotion of Ryan Boone to Deputy Superintendent, three directors reporting to him will now assume additional responsibilities on July 1 as Executive Directors. They are Kelly Logsdon, Executive Director for Business Operations; Dr. Melissa Williams, Executive Director for Information Systems; and Leslie Hudson, Executive Director for Payroll.

"Business Services and the Technology Department are critical support areas for our school district," said Superintendent Vicki Mims. "Kelly Logsdon and Leslie Hudson have responsibility to help prepare and oversee a budget of $72 million with payroll for more than 1,300 employees. Dr. Melissa Williams helps oversee the daily needs of providing the technological infrastructure, software and needed support for employees as well as almost 10,000 students. This is a critical area for our school district, as more of what we are required to provide students is technology-based," added Mims.

Kelly Logsdon has been with Dickinson ISD for eight years, serving as Junior Accountant and Accountant before moving into the Director of Business Operations position. She is a graduate of Sam Houston State University with a Bachelors in Accounting.

Dr. Melissa Williams has 22 years experience working in education, including the past 13 years in Dickinson ISD. While in DISD, she has served as an Assistant Principal at Dickinson High School and Principal at K.E. Little Elementary before moving into the Director of Information Systems position. She holds three degrees from the University of Houston - Clear Lake, including a Bachelors in Media Studies and Public Relations, a Masters in Administration and her Doctorate in Educational Leadership.

Leslie Hudson has served Dickinson ISD for 16 years in the Business Services Department. She has moved up through the department as Accounting Assistant, Junior Accountant, Senior Accountant and currently Director of Payroll. She earned her Bachelors in Accounting from the University of Houston.

Kelly Logsdon, Dr. Melissa Williams and Leslie Hudson

Dickinson ISD Education Foundation News...

DISD Alumni Association seeking nominations
for 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award

The Dickinson ISD Alumni Association is seeking nominations for the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award to be presented at a Dickinson varsity football game and a gala event this fall.

The purpose of the Distinguished Alumni Award is to honor deserving individuals who graduated from Dickinson High School (or Dunbar High School back in the district's earliest years). This person must be at least 30 years old, have made significant contributions through his or her service or accomplishments to his or her profession or community, at large, and must be a positive role model for youth in the community. You do not have to be a graduate of Dickinson ISD in order to nominate someone for the Distinguished Alumni Award.

Below is link to the nomination form, which is required along with a letter of recommendation and, if available, a photograph of the nominee. Nominations are due by 4 p.m. July 31 to the Dickinson ISD Alumni Association, P.O. Box 572, Dickinson, Texas 77539.

2014 Dickinson ISD Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Award Nomination Form

Deats Family Endowed Scholarship Deats Family

Endowed Scholarship

Ernie Deats recently made a $10,000 donation to the Dickinson ISD Education Foundation to establish a Deats Family Endowed Scholarship. This will allow the Education Foundation to give a $500 scholarship annually from now and into the future on behalf of the Deats family. He is shown in the middle presenting to the check to, left to right, Education Foundation Executive Director Jeannie Thielemann, Superintendent Vicki Mims, Deputy Superintendent for Educational Services Carla Voelkel and Assistant Superintendent for Administration Robert Cobb.

Alumni Association Country Supper and Fundraiser

The Dickinson ISD Alumni Association will be having a Country Supper and Fundraiser hosted by Ernie and Kathy Deats at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28 at the Deats Ranch. A menu of pork chops, purple hull peas, mashed potatoes, sliced tomatoes, onions and cornbread will be served. Cost is donations to the Alumni Association Scholarship fund for Dickinson ISD graduating seniors. For more information or to RSVP (no later than June 21), email Terry Casey at tsc@casey.us.com or Ernie Deats at dranch98@earthlink.net.

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