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EARLY RELEASE TUESDAY,

NO SCHOOL WEDNESDAY

Dickinson ISD schools will have an early release day on Tuesday, October 27 and no school for students on Wednesday, October 28 to allow for parent/teacher conferences.

The Tuesday early release will be three hours earlier than normal. Secondary schools (grades 5-12) will release at 11:30 a.m., followed by elementary students (grades K-4) at 12:30 p.m. Pre-kindergarten early release day hours are from 8:30-10 a.m. for morning students and 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. for afternoon students.

For more information about the parent conferences, contact your child's school.

Week of October 26, 2015

BIG GAME THIS FRIDAY

Undefeated Gators take
on undefeated Clear Creek

The biggest game of the season is set to happen at 7 p.m. this Friday night, October 30 when the undefeated Dickinson High School Gators host the undefeated Clear Creek High School Wildcats in Sam Vitanza Stadium. The winner will be the only undefeated team in UIL District 24-6A.

This Friday night is also Senior Recognition Night before the game. Senior students involved in football games (football players, band, cheerleaders, dance, athletic trainers, video broadcast, etc.) will be escorted onto the field and recognized before the game.

A packed house is expected on both sides for this big game. Advance tickets will be sold from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday and 8 a.m.-12 noon Friday at the Dickinson High School Field House for $8 reserved, $6 general admission and $4 high school students. Tickets sold at the gate Friday night will be $10 reserved and $8 general admission.

There are several things happening this week to get ready for the game, including:

Voting for KPRC Channel 2 Game of the Week

The Dickinson vs. Clear Creek game is one of four games in the running for the Game of the Week with Houston's KPRC Channel 2 News. You can vote multiple times. Go place your vote today for the Dickinson vs. Clear Creek game. Voting ends at 12 noon Wednesday. Click here to vote!

Houston Fox 26 Morning News

The Houston Fox 26 Morning News has chosen the Dickinson vs. Clear Creek game as their Game of the Week for their "Trash Talk" segment. DHS is making plans for a big early morning Pep Rally at 6 a.m. Friday morning to coincide with the morning newscast. Watch the Fox 26 morning news Friday morning at 6:25 a.m. and 6:45 a.m. as they are live from DHS. Later in the newscast, the anchors will declare either DHS or Clear Creek the winners, based on the pep rally and school spirit. GO GATORS!!!!

Fox Sports Southwest

This past summer, Fox Sports Southwest chose the Dickinson vs. Clear Creek game as one of their locations for the weekly Dairy Queen Big Game of the Week. Even then, it was predicted that this would be an important game. Fox Sports Southwest will roll into town later this week with their High School Express Bus. They will attend the early Friday morning pep rally and the game later that evening. A story about the game will run on their High School Scoreboard Live Show later that night after the game.

Dairy Queen Pep Rally

As sponsor of the Fox Sports Southwest DQ Big Game of the Week, some of the Dickinson High School Band, Cheerleaders and Dance Team will be at the Dickinson Dairy Queen, 2119 FM 517 East, from 3-3:30 p.m. Friday, October 30. Come out and support the Gators, get a free small ice cream cone and let all of the Fox Sports Southwest audience know that Dickinson has the most spirit!

Gators give back and Stuff the Bus to benefit
M.I. Lewis during annual Dickinson food drive

Gators Give Back! This is an important lesson taught and displayed in many ways at all Dickinson ISD schools throughout the school year. However, it is very evident at this time of year when students, parents and teachers join together for the district's annual Stuff the Bus Food Drive to benefit the food pantry at the M.I. Lewis Social Service Center.

For the past 15 years, this long-standing tradition in the Dickinson Independent School District has been teaching important lessons to students while providing needed food and other essentials to families within the Dickinson ISD boundaries.

This food drive is the largest donation the M.I. Lewis Social Service Center receives during the year. The 2015 event starts today and runs through Thursday, Nov. 5. Campuses will accept donations of non-perishable food items and personal hygiene products. On Friday, Nov. 6, Dickinson High School students and district administrators will board buses to collect the donations from each campus and deliver them to the food pantry.

"This is an incredible way for Dickinson ISD students to give back to the community. You never know who is going hungry and in need of food," said Betty Lessert, M.I. Lewis Executive Director. "Since our facility only serves people residing in the Dickinson ISD boundaries, the donations received could very well be going to your neighbor or someone else you know in need."

M.I. Lewis has been providing assistance to families within the Dickinson ISD boundaries for more than 50 years. The center now serves more than 7,500 individuals each year, representing 22,000 family members.

The donations received during the Stuff the Bus Food Drive supplement the center's regular food pantry donations for up to four months and provide a greater variety of food for the clients. Four years ago, Dickinson ISD expanded the food drive to begin accepting monetary donations. During this time, students, staff and parents have donated nearly $30,000 in addition to all the non-perishable food items.

Through their partnership with the Galveston County Food Bank, the center can purchase one dollar worth of United States Department of Agriculture subsidized food for only 10 cents. With this buying power, the nearly $30,000 over the past four years has allowed the center to purchase up to $300,000 worth of food.

M.I. Lewis installed a walk-in refrigerator and freezer last year at their new location, 215 FM 517 East in Dickinson, which has allowed them to use the monetary donations to purchase greater quantities of perishable items like fresh fruit and vegetables to provide to those needing assistance.

Dickinson ISD's food drive last year brought in $8,600 and approximately 24,000 food items. Through the generosity of students, staff and parents, the district hopes to surpass that total in 2015.

Donations for the Stuff the Bus Food Drive can be made at any Dickinson ISD campus or the Education Support Center, 2218 FM 517 East in Dickinson through Nov. 5.

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It is the policy of the DISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap for services or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. It is the policy of the DISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, or age in its employment practices as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. For information about your rights or grievance procedures, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Robert Cobb, at 2218 East FM 517, Dickinson, TX 77539, (281) 229-6000, and/or the Section 504 Coordinator, Laurie Rodriguez, at 2218 East FM 517, Dickinson, TX 77539, (281) 229-6000.

Es pol�tica del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Dickinson no discriminar en base de raza, color, nacionalidad de origen, sexo o discapacidad, por servicios o actividades como es requerido en el T�tulo VI del Acto de los Derechos Civiles de 1964, seg�n enmendado; el T�tulo IX de la Enmiendas de Educaci�n de 1972, seg�n enmendado; y la Secci�n 504 del Acto de Rehabilitaci�n de 1973, seg�n enmendada. Es pol�tica del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Dickinson no discriminar en base de raza, color, nacionalidad de origen, sexo, discapacidad, o edad en las pr�cticas de empleo como es requerido por el T�tulo VI del Acto de los Derechos Civiles de 1964, seg�n enmendado; el T�tulo IX de la Enmiendas de Educaci�n de 1972; el Acto de la Discriminaci�n de Edades de 1975, seg�n enmendado; y la Secci�n 504 del Acto de Rehabilitaci�n de 1973, seg�n enmendada. Para informaci�n sobre sus derechos o procedimientos de quejas, contacte el Coordinador del T�tulo IX, Robert Cobb, en 2218 East FM 517 Dickinson, TX 77539, (281) 229-6000, y/o el Coordinador de la Secci�n 504, Laurie Rodr�guez, en 2218 East FM 517 Dickinson, TX 77539, (281) 229-6000.