Lee L. Driver Middle School

DMS Families, We want to inform you that the Washington DC trip planned for this fall has been officially postponed. We are currently working with the tour company to find new dates for the spring. We will keep you updated as soon as we have more information. Chaperones will be determined in the spring for those still interested in attending. If you have any questions, please contact the DMS office.

Mr. Curts’ 5th period Project Lead the Way class has been doing a Design Challenge using the Design Process where they created and designed a new soda can label. They are currently in the final stage where they are voting on the individual labels, and they allowed guest judges (consumers) to come in and cast their votes. Great job to all of the students who participated in this challenge! #designchallenge #PLTW

REMINDER: Driver Hawks Football play Thursday, September 9th @ Wes Del 5:30 Kickoff Tickets can be purchased at the link below. https://wdathletics.com/event-tickets GO HAWKS!!

The Driver Cross Country team came away with a win at Union on Tuesday night; Aiden Mendenhall came in first overall for the boys and had a PR of 12:41! Great job to all of our runners! #GoHawks 🏃🏃‍♀️

This week is World Suicide Prevention Week. If you or someone you know is struggling please tell someone; you will not regret getting help! #suicideprevention #youarenotalone #reachout

Driver Hawks Football play Thursday, September 9th @ Wes Del 5:30 Kickoff Tickets can be purchased at the link below. https://wdathletics.com/event-tickets GO HAWKS!!

Information for Driver Volleyball vs Union City, Tuesday Sept.7th @ 5:30pm Ticket Information General Admission tickets are on sale at this link-- https://public.eventlink.com/tickets?t=3559&p=9378 Or you can go to our website ucindians.com and click on the ticket for sale feature story. The match will be played at our JH Gym Haviza Court which is located through door #E-3 marked Administrative Offices Entrance Door E-3 Guidelines for all fans (if not followed, fan will be asked to leave): Tickets will be sold digitally online for $4.00 plus fees. Visiting team fans will sit in the first section of the bleachers behind their team bench. If waiting for restrooms or concessions please practice social distancing Hand sanitizer will be available at the ticket gate entrance and concession stand for fans to use. Concessions: we will have concessions open with all items being prepackaged. Concession stand workers will be in appropriate PPE.

We have lots of new faces at DMS this year (along with lots of returning staff members of course)! Please welcome… Mr. Maloy, Social Studies Ms. Moore, ELA Mr. Green, ELA Mr. Curts, PLTW Mrs. Meadows, Secretary Ms. Martin, Art & Ms. Woolf returning to the Regulation Room Have a great year everyone!

DMS Families, We are currently without internet and phone services at this time. We will keep you updated as we know more.

The Driver 8th Grade Football beat Northeastern in their season opener last night, 44-6! Aidan Weatherhead had 159 rushing yards on 6 carries with 3 touchdowns. Carter Campbell had 95 rushing yards on 2 carries with 1 touchdown. McCormick Anderson had 1 reception for 60 yards and 1 touchdown. Landen Porfidio took the opening kickoff back 40 yards for a touchdown and he also had 1 interception. Aidan Weatherhead, Bryce Tippett, and Austin Fronzack lead the defense with 4 tackles each. Carter Campbell and Gabe Overton both tallied 3 tackles each. Great job everyone! #GoHawks 🏈 Thank you to Lori Weatherhead for taking some great photos!

DMS Cross Country practice for tonight, Thursday August 26, has been cancelled.

The volleyball game against South Adams tonight has been cancelled. Practice will be from 3:30-5:30 at DMS. Here is an update from last night’s game: 7th grade volleyball kicked off their first match against a tough opponent in Union County. Despite a loss, the girls are implementing a new and challenging offense that will only pay off in the future. The team was led by Captains Auden Hummel and Lyndi Whitenack both with 3 aces, Auden with 2 attacks and Lyndi with an attack and a kill. Wendy Harris added 3 aces, Molly Barker 1 ace, 1 attack, and 1 kill and Lydia Huston 1 ace and 1 kill. A special shout-out to Bianca Carmona for her excellent bookkeeping skills, catching the other team out of rotation earning a point for the Hawks. The 8th grade volleyball team was narrowly defeated by Union County in their first game 24-25. They came back and won the second game 25-21, and then fell short in the 3 game of the set. Team leaders were Addy Bogue with 5 aces and 3 kills, Trinity Culbertson with 5 aces, Jasmine Rheinhart with 4 aces, Braelyn Moyer with 2 aces and 1 kill, and Maddie Hines with one kill from the back row. Great effort ladies!

Good luck to the 7th and 8th grade Lady Hawks volleyball teams this week! They have their first game of the season Monday at HOME against Union County, and then they play at HOME again Tuesday night against South Adams. Games will be played at Driver beginning at 6pm; we would love to have your support in cheering these ladies on! #GoHawks 🏐

We are hiring Food Service Workers & Kitchen Leads. Join a team that makes a difference serving Randolph Central School's students. Click the link below for more information. https://5il.co/xk1n

The winning class for the PRIDE door decorating contest is.... Mr. Curts' class! The runner up is Mr. Ehrhart's class, with Ms. Kocher's group coming in third. Thank you to all of the groups who participated and helped display PRIDE at Driver!

Reminder: Pictures for DMS/WCHS students will be tomorrow (8/19). Order forms were sent home last week. Please ask your student if you haven’t seen the form yet. Extra forms are available in the DMS office.

DMS Families, Thursday, August 19th will be picture day for the middle school and high school. Picture forms were sent home yesterday (8/12/21). Please ask your students for the form if you have not seen it yet. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the Driver Office. GO HAWKS!

Tomorrow is the first student day for Randolph Central School Corporation. The doors at DMS open at 8:00 a.m. and class starts at 8:22 a.m. Tomorrow is an early dismissal Wednesday so bus riders will be dismissed at 2:25p.m. and walkers/riders will be dismissed at 2:31 p.m. Those students staying for a practice will report to the DMS gym at 2:31 p.m. to be supervised until their event. Meals will be provided to those students if they wish to take one while they wait. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the DMS office. We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! GO HAWKS!

Driver Middle School schedules are now accurate and should be accessible through the student's Unified Classroom account. A paper copy will be handed out on the first day of school and at the 6th grade open house. If you would like a paper copy before then, please come to the DMS office on Monday or Tuesday of next week between the hours of 10a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Our Summer STEM Academy students ended their second week with frog dissections! 🐸 Shout out to everyone who attended this year, and to our awesome teachers leading instruction, we hope you had a blast!