Dixon Public Schools
Board also approves list of hires, resignations and changes in status at Wednesday night meeting.
Dempsey Therapeutic Day School is on track to open for the first day of school on Aug. 14, Superintendent Margo Empen said.
Over $2 million of the third round of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief grants – which brought just under $5 million into DPS – is dedicated to the CTE renovations, according to the Dixon Public Schools' Board of Education’s grant budget.
Rain moved the ceremony indoors where graduates, their families and school staff members packed the gym.
Dixon High School was awarded distinction as a Program of Excellence by the National High School Strength Coaches Association on April 17, according to a news release from the NHSSCA.
Signing day, more traditionally reserved for student athletes, was reimagined as a way to recognize the graduates who are going straight to work rather than pursuing higher education.
Board OKs slate of hires, resignations and new interns.
The awards presentation began with two employees of the year selected by the school board: Nicholas Haws, system analyst at Dixon Public Schools, and Tracy Kitzman, teacher at Reagan Middle School.
Indy and her handler, School Resource Officer Ryan McWethy, are pioneers of the new therapy dog program at Reagan Middle School.
Board also approves changes in status for five employees.
The Reagan Middle School Student Council has contributed $2,500 to support the team.
Tools for School, a program designed to provide students in need with the necessary supplies to succeed in the classroom, is reaching out to the Sauk Valley community to ask for donations in preparation for the 2024-2025 school year.
Rehearsals are now under way for Woodlawn’s spring musical theater production “Honk Jr." Tickets go on sale March 25, and performances will be April 5-7 at Centennial Auditorium, Sterling High School.
Team also has the chance to compete at nationals at Virginia Tech in late April.
The board accepted eight retirements and a slate of coaches Wednesday night.
Dixon High School has released its list of December and January Hall of Fame honorees.
Margo Empen was presented with the ILMEA Outstanding Administrator Award at the ILMEA’s annual conference on Friday, Jan. 26, in Peoria.
The National Weather Service also says to plan on slippery road conditions impacting early Tuesday morning commutes.
The Dixon School Board on Wednesday night approved several bids for work that will turn the former Lutheran Social Services of Illinois' Nachusa property into the Thomas J. Dempsey Therapeutic Day School.
The Dixon School Board on Wednesday night approved new hires and a change in employment status.
Stupor Bowl 2024, the annual fundraiser for the Dixon Public Schools Foundation, is slated for Saturday, Feb. 10, starting at 8:30 a.m. at Reagan Middle School. The event brings together up to 30 local teams for a fun trivia competition.
The Dixon School Board approved personnel action items at its meeting Wednesday, Dec. 20.
The Reagan Middle School Builders Club raised $500 for The United Way of Lee County.
Journey back to the Elizabethan era to enjoy a dinner and a show.
Coach Bowers became the first coach to utilize the Dixon school board’s new athletic field, a 7-acre plot purchased in 1920 along the Rock River.
Two performances set for Nov. 9 at the Dixon High School auditorium.
September and October honorees have been announced.
The DHS theater department rehearses for their weekend showing of "Puffs or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic." The Harry Potter themed play will be performed this Friday and Saturday at 7pm and Sunday at 2pm.
Dixon's Washington School held a trunk-or-treat event at the school Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023.
Dixon's Washington School held a trunk or treat event at the school Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023.
The Dixon School Board on Wednesday night approved several personnel items, including new hires, resignations and coach, volunteer and stipend positions.
The Dixon School Board on Wednesday night heard an update about projects underway at the Nachusa property, located on Illinois 38 and purchased by the district from Lutheran Social Services of Illinois for $300,000 in August.
The Dixon PTO held a welcome back to school event Thursday, August 31, 2023 at Wooden Wonderland in Dixon.
Construction on and near Division Street in Dixon is in full swing as part of Dixon's Safe Passage project meant to make traveling to and from school for kids safer and easier.
Portion of street in front of Dixon High School will receive an honorary designation.
Board of education votes on several matters coming out of regular May meeting.
Dixon Public Schools and Dixon City Council designate street near high school as Honorary Mark Dallas Way
Plans call for installation of the panels, provided free by Future Green parent Econergy, to begin this summer.
A career member of maintenance and a building principal were chosen from a list of nominees as the school district's top employees.
The deal — which the administration said had been hammered out by attorneys from the two parties — still requires approval by LSSI’s own governing board, which is expected to take place before the end of the month.
The campus will be used by the school district to establish a therapeutic school by the start of the 2024-25 school year.
Kim Munson's love of hip-hop music is one of many things that has helped her build connections with students.
As another school year inches closer to an end, the Telegraph wants to thank all teachers for their tireless effort.
The second is a called special meeting of the board at 6:15. The board will go into executive session then reconvene to approve recommended discipline for student No. 9072.
Appointments and changes of status in personnel at Dixon Public Schools approved in April.
Principal and assistant principal conducted investigation, called in Dixon police who acted very fast without having to interrup the school day.
Superintendent Margo Empen said she’s fielding calls from superintendents at other schools with the same questions: When are you opening? Are you taking students?
A former member of the school board asks if foyer or road could be named for Mark Dallas.
“Due to the caller’s response to the questions, it was very clear that this caller was attempting a ‘swatting’ situation at Dixon High School,” according to the Dixon Police Department.
Question: Are teachers in your district paid adequately now and in retirement? Answer: Pay is a significant issue in education. Educators should always receive a living wage - there is no reason for educators to have to work multiple jobs to make ends meet.