Mark your calendar!
As the 23-24 school year approaches we are excited to introduce some of our new DCS Teaching Staff!
Meet Mr. Bussiere 🦅✏️📚 (though he's no stranger to the DCS hallways 🦅)
Hi DCS!
My name is Shane Bussiere. As a former student and teaching assistant here, I'm incredibly grateful for all the school and community has done for me over the years. I look forward to continuing my time at Downsville as a 7-12 Special Education teacher. I'm excited to bring the same spirit and commitment that Downsville has shown to me to all our current and future students!
Besides my passion for education, I have a wide variety of interests that keep me busy. I enjoy travel, nature, basketball, beekeeping, music, reading, and any good project I can build with my hands. I've had a blast showing students beekeeping and hope to keep bringing new experiences to our school!
Here's to a great 23-24 school year!
As the 23-24 school year approaches we are excited to introduce some of our new DCS Teaching Staff! Meet Mrs. Geer 🦅✏️📚 Hi DCS Community! My name is Rebecca Geer. I currently live in Starlight, PA with my husband and 4 cats. I will be a first-time grandma in November of this year and am very excited. I have been a Teacher for 28 years. I have worked in schools in Delaware and Sullivan County as well as in Florida and Arizona. I have worked as a Special Education Teacher and Elementary Education Teacher. I have worked in many areas as a Special Education Teacher as well. I worked in Downsville many years ago as a Special Education Inclusion Teacher and am looking forward to working here again as a Special Education Self-Contained Teacher.
Curious about what NY Thursday means when you see it on our school meal menus?
September Meal Menus -- https://www.dcseagles.org/page/dcs-cafeteria
ALSO make sure you have our DCS APP downloaded for easy daily menu checks!
Attention 7th Grade Students/Parents/Guardians:
Mrs. Derick will be available from 4 - 6 pm on Thursday, Aug. 31st. Students can pick-up their schedules, find their lockers, and ask questions or share concerns. Please only the 7th grade student and their parent/guardian come. If you have questions please email jderick@dcseagles.org
As the 23-24 school year approaches we are excited to introduce some of our new DCS Teaching Staff! Meet Ms. Balser 🦅✏️🧮 Hi DCS community! My name is Jade Balser and I’m so excited to be the new 7-12 math teacher this year! I grew up in Liberty, and earned my Bachelor’s Degree through SUNY Potsdam in 2022. I’ve always known I wanted to be a teacher, but it wasn’t until high school that I knew I wanted to be a math teacher. This will be my first year teaching and I can’t wait to get started! Some fun facts about me are that I love photography and have been a photographer for about 8 years now. I started in high school using a film camera and have never stopped taking pictures since. I also love to read. Even though I’m a math person through and though, you will always find me reading in any spare moment I can get.
Adult Basic Education/High School Equivalency Opportunity
As the 23-24 school year approaches we are excited to introduce you to some of our new DCS Staff members!
Meet Mr. Green
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Hello DCS!
My name is Daniel Green, and I am very excited to start teaching several agriculture-based classes this year! I will mostly be teaching 5th-12th grade.
This will be my 3rd year teaching, and I hope to bring novel and interesting experiences to your students.
This includes chartering Downsville’s first FFA chapter, a national organization centered around agriculture education, career exploration, and leadership development.
I have already started working with some students over the summer, and I am greatly looking forward to working with all the DCS students, staff, and parents this fall!
Reminder: Fall Varsity Sports Players! Bring your sports interval forms to the first day of practice!
DCS is working on reducing cafeteria waste. Anyone that would like our food/scrap waste to compost or use for farm animals please reach out to shood@dcseagles.org. 1st come/1st serve. 🙂
The DCS field trip to Binghamton will be returning 20 minutes later than originally planned this afternoon.
Reminder: Attached is the "Team Store" for the Downsville/Walton Boys Varsity Soccer program. The team store will be open until August 21st, if anyone is interested in ordering any of the following items. The link to the store is listed below with prices and shipping is expected to take anywhere from 2-3 weeks. The items will not ship until the store is closed on August 21st!
https://stores.inksoft.com/WS86578
Attention Summer Program Parents/Guardians. In order for your child to participate at the trampoline park, you *must* complete this jump waiver from Defy Gravity's website! Please click the link below to sign for your child(ren). https://waiver.haveablast.roller.app/p3vestal/?_gl=1*1q5it7y*_gcl_au*MTIwNTA2NDQxMi4xNjkwNDczOTQ0*FPAU*MTIwNTA2NDQxMi4xNjkwNDczOTQ0*_ga*MjA5MDYxMzk0NC4xNjkwNDczOTQ0*_ga_Z9M1LHWY55*MTY5MDQ3Mzk0My4xLjAuMTY5MDQ3Mzk0Ni4wLjAuMA..*_fplc*YnhrUGZnV1dsbEdkWVJ4c09mdGpWclFyVzZuWjd5ZE8lMkJMRHVJNGdkUzl2bmg4QnhGeVZYTW1yNGExZFlTdjF6MHZFTTBjQTNoSmswQnhFJTJGRE5iMk42SjJzMzRWdUtDYjNrMWF2Zng4SjZacXQ1bzBPRVJ3dVVHJTJGaTh1SHZnJTNEJTNE&_ga=2.228452500.888967756.1690473944-2090613944.1690473944#/
Attention Summer Program Parents & Guardians!
As the summer program is winding down, we are excited to announce that we will be taking a field trip to Defy Trampoline Park in Vestal, Thursday August 3rd. The district will provide breakfast, lunch, and a snack while on the trip. Buses will leave at 8:30am and return for our usual 2pm dismissal time. All students attending the trip must have a jump waiver filled out please click the link below to sign for your child(ren).
https://waiver.haveablast.roller.app/p3vestal/?_gl=1*1q5it7y*_gcl_au*MTIwNTA2NDQxMi4xNjkwNDczOTQ0*FPAU*MTIwNTA2NDQxMi4xNjkwNDczOTQ0*_ga*MjA5MDYxMzk0NC4xNjkwNDczOTQ0*_ga_Z9M1LHWY55*MTY5MDQ3Mzk0My4xLjAuMTY5MDQ3Mzk0Ni4wLjAuMA..*_fplc*YnhrUGZnV1dsbEdkWVJ4c09mdGpWclFyVzZuWjd5ZE8lMkJMRHVJNGdkUzl2bmg4QnhGeVZYTW1yNGExZFlTdjF6MHZFTTBjQTNoSmswQnhFJTJGRE5iMk42SjJzMzRWdUtDYjNrMWF2Zng4SjZacXQ1bzBPRVJ3dVVHJTJGaTh1SHZnJTNEJTNE&_ga=2.228452500.888967756.1690473944-2090613944.1690473944#/
With this being the last week of swim lessons at the Colchester Town Pool, the Summer Program will continue to offer swim time at Colchester Town Pool as an activity next week. Please continue to send your child's swimming suits and towels etc. if they think they'd like to sign up for swimming as an activity.
I’d like to thank everyone for their participation in the soccer clinic last week. We had 28 students in grades 5-8 and 20 in 9-12 for a total of 48 student athletes. The students were a joy to have, we learned lots of new drills, skills and activities. The students loved meeting and learning from Mr. Eddie Kingston. We’re hoping to continue this clinic in the future and hope that more of you will attend! Thank you all again and don’t forget to practice over the summer!
-Coach Keesler
