BREAKING NEWS: The WHS Symphonic Band received an overall Excellent rating on their stage performance and a Superior rating in sight-reading yesterday in Cairo, GA! The students have worked hard and we am very proud of their efforts and commitment!
NEW CALENDARS: Parents! The Board of Education approved both the 2024-2025 School Year Calendar and the 2025-2026 School Year calendar at last night's meeting. You can view them both here: https://bit.ly/DocoCalendars
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT: The Dougherty County Board of Education will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2024 in the board room of the administration building at 200 Pine Avenue. The agenda is available here: https://bit.ly/BDMtg2122024
GRADUATION INFO: Graduations for the three DCSS high schools will take place on May 17 and 18 at the Albany Civic Center. Times are listed below.
Friday, May 17th - Monroe Comprehensive High School (6:00 PM)
Saturday, May 18th - Dougherty Comprehensive High School (9:00 AM)
Saturday, May 18th - Westover Comprehensive High School (1:00 PM)
PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES - EARLY DISMISSAL: Please be reminded that Parent/Teacher Conferences and Early Dismissal is set for Feb. 1&2 this week. Pre-K and Elementary Schools will dismiss students at 12:30 p.m., Middle Schools at 1:30 p.m. and High Schools at 2:30 p.m. Please contact your school for details.
The district is closely monitoring an approaching storm system that has the potential to cause severe weather across the area tomorrow (Friday - 1/12/24). We will provide updates through our district mobile app and Remind as they become available.
After careful deliberation and consultation with state and local officials, the district has made the decision to cancel school for Tuesday, January 9, 2024 ahead of a potentially dangerous storm system that is set to move through our area. School operations will resume as normal on Wednesday, January 10, 2024. We encourage you to download the DCSS mobile app and Remind to get updates as they are communicated from the district office.
WEATHER UPDATE (8/29/2023, 4:30 p.m.) After conferring with local and state emergency management officials, out of an abundance of caution, Dougherty School System schools will be closed Wednesday, August 30th in anticipation of the arrival of severe weather associated with Hurricane Idalia. We will resume normal operations on Thursday, August 31st.
OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULE: We've posted information on our school Open Houses. Click the link for more information: https://bit.ly/2023OpenHouseInfo
OPEN HOUSE: Check out the flyer for details about Open House!
SCHOOL SUPPLIES: If you haven’t seen them yet, you can find school supplies list for your school here: https://www.docoschools.org/o/dcss/page/school-supply-lists
REGISTRATION: Hey parents, you can access the online registration link by going to the district homepage then clicking on "Menu" then clicking the link for Online Student Registration under "Resources." You can also use the link below: https://www.docoschools.org/olr
Hey Parents!
District-wide open house is set for July 31. Details will be coming soon!
Hey Parents! We wanted to let you know that the district WILL NOT be providing school supplies this school year. Stay on the look out for a link to school supply lists coming out soon!
Parents,
The district has been monitoring the weather and the approaching thunderstorms. With student safety in mind, we are canceling all after-school activities for today including all extended day services. Dismissal will take place as scheduled. Staff members have been instructed, however, to shelter in place with students at the school if there is a severe thunderstorm or tornado warning during dismissal until the all-clear is given.
We appreciate your support and patience as we work together to keep our students safe.
We appreciate our bus drivers!!!
GRADUATION: Go to our Youtube page to watch the livestream of Westover Comprehensive High School's Graduation Ceremonies.
