Welcome to Diamond Valley Middle School!
"Step Up Your Game,
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Step Up to Writing"

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Thank you for checking out our website.   We wanted to make our new site more user friendly for parents and students.  There are lots of pictures of our wonderful students and fantastic teachers so please feel free to navigate throughout the site.  If you would like to see anything added to the site, please contact our webmaster at this email.  Go Diamondbacks!!!

8th Grade NEON BLACKOUT Dance

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The 8th Grade Dance is right around the corner on Friday, May 25th from 5:30 to 8:30.  Tickets go on sale starting May 14th and will be on sale until May 24th (cash only, no checks please).  Prices on May 14 - May 18 are $15 (regular price) and $10 with an ASB sticker.  Prices on May 21 - May 24 are $20 (regular price) and $15 with an ASB sticker. Please click on the link here to view the permission slip with all the rules, dress code and dance information.  Hope to see you there.

DVMS Goodwill Donation Drive

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Sunday, May 20, 2012 from 8:00 am – 2:00 pm at DVMS. Items we can accept are: Clothes, purses, belts, hats, cookware, small appliances, electronics or computers working or not, holiday decorations, giftware, hand tools, lamps, curtains, bicycles, books, antiques, area rugs, bed frames, headboards and couches, kitchen tables, footboards, sporting goods, sleeping bags, frames and glassware.  Please contact Kim Rosendahl at rosendahlkim@yahoo.com or 951-8169-2373 if you have any questions.

Unfortunately the Goodwill CANNOT accept mattresses, major household appliances, exercise equipment, weapons, hazardous waste, broken items nor furniture with holes, rips or stains.  Hope to see you there.

Up and Atom Team Finishes 2nd in City Challenge

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Congratulations to our Diamondback Up and Atom team that finished in 2nd place at the Up and Atom Challenge held at Tahquitz High School on May 2nd.  The team participated in a Jeopardy style question and answer format against seven other schools in the valley.  Team members were Eugene Hawks, Kyle Condis, Peighton Paulino, Lauren Albano, Robert Garland, Kriti Kumar, Sean Rose, Marissa Lopez, Rohit Sougu and Nhadea Lensky and were coached by Mrs. Dieges. Great job Dbacks.  We are proud of you.

Julius Reyes finishes 6th in National Youth Wrestling Tournament in Michigan

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In addition to his 8th place finish in the California Youth State Wrestling Tournament in March, Julius Reyes, a 6th grader at DVMS, finished in 6th place in his weight class at the National Youth Wrestling Tournament in Battle Creek, Michigan this past weekend.  Julius wrestled kids from Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio.  This is an incrediable accomplishment Julius.  We are very pround to have you represent Diamond Valley Middle School!

Diamondbacks DOMINATE at Hemet Middle School Basketball Tournament

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Congratulations to the Dbacks boys and girls basketball teams that went a combined 5-1 at the Hemet Middle School Basketball tournaments this past week.  The girls team, coached by Coach Reese, went 2-1 and were led on the court by Cynthia White, Lusiana Pulu and Cyvina Smith.  The boys team, coached by Coach Adler and Coach Parker, finished the tournament undefeated.  Jesse Cuevas, Zeonte Palmer and Malik Tardy had outstanding performances in all three games for the boys.  Great job Dbacks! 

Kriti Kumar finishes 3rd in County Spelling Bee

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Kriti Kumar (3rd from left).
Congratulations to 8th grader, Kriti Kumar, for finishing in 3rd place at the Riverside County Annual Spelling Bee on March 21st.  Kriti spelled words like intractable, nebbish, salmonella, cravat, azimuth, nachtmusik, zucchini, serendipity, and hobbledehoy correctly before being tripped up on qwerty. Congratulations Kriti.  You are a great Diamondback!!! 

Garland Advances to Inland Championships for Science Fair Project

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Congratulations to 8th Grader, Robert Garland, for advancing to the Inland Area Science Fair Championships in San Bernardino on April 3 and 4.  His project titled, " Air Insulation — How Cool Is That?” was one of a handful chosen for the competition.  Click here to read the article in the Riverside Press Enterprise.  Great job Robert!!!

Incentives

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Doing well in all of your classes?  Are you coming to school everyday and not getting in trouble?  We want to reward you.  Every month, students with perfect attendance, no referrals and zero F's will be invited to an incentives period on a Friday.  Our first one is this Friday, December 16th.  Are you on the list?  Keep coming to school and keep those grades up and you will be.

Compass Learning/ST Math

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 Students...  Click on the link to access Compass Learning at home.
Click here to access ST Math (GiGi)
In order to access ST Math from home, you need to put in the following code to activate from home:  DIA752-HDM-5E-E25.  Attached is the letter to all parents about ST Math.

Diamond Valley Band in Action

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Click on the link to check out our AWESOME band in action at the latest Jazz Festival. 

Model of Academic Excellance Award for AVID

Congratulations to Mrs. Hogan and her AVID students on winning a Model of Academic Excellance award at the Ninth Annual Riverside Country Education Summit.  It's a great honor for the program and the schoool.  Check out the pictures to the right.

Like us on Facebook

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Click on the picture to go our Facebook page and "like" us.

Upcoming Events

- May 7th - 18th - MAPS Testing in Math and L.A. classes
-Wed., May 16th - 5th Grade Orientation - 6PM DVMS MPR
-Mon., May 21st - ELAC Meeting in Library (5:30 to 6:30)
-Fri., May 25th - 8th Grade Neon Blackout Dance (5:30-8:30)
-Tues., May 29th - End of Year Awards in MPR (6th Grade starts at 5:00, 7th/8th Grade starts at 6:15)
-Thur., May 31 - DVMS Talent Show in the MPR
- Thur. May 31th and Fri. June 1st- Minimum Days.  School is dismissed at 1:21 
- Fri., June 1 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

News at DVMS

- Robert Garland, an 8th grader, advanced to the Inland Championships for his science fair project titled, "Air Insulation - How Cool is That?"
- Julius Reyes, a 6th grader, finished 6th at the National Kids Wrestling Tournament in Michigan. 
- Kriti Kumar, an 8th grader, finished 3rd at the Riverside County Spelling Bee.
- The band students that competed at the Hemet solo festival all did an excellent job.  Miguel Diaz, Sheena Harris, Francisco Dominguez and  Wilson Turner were selected to perform for a special recital at Tahquitz on Feb. 27.  If you know these students, please congratulate for them for this big honor.
- Diamond Valley is an AVID National Demonstration School.  Support our AVID program by wearing your favorite college shirt or hat every Wednesday!
- Congratulations to Mrs. Christensen and her AVID students on winning a Model of Academic Excellance award at the Ninth Annual Riverside Country Education Summit.  It's a great honor for the program and the schoool. 

Fun Stuff for Students

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- Compass Learning Link (Odyssey)
- Quote of the Day
- Today in History
- Today is Earthquake History
- Cool Math Links
- Mrs. Taylor's Math blog

Internet Policy

All pictures posted are done in accordance with Hemet Unified School District's Internet Policy and Privacy Rules.  Waivers have been signed and are in the front office for students with names posted with pictures.  Group pictures are allowed under the policy.  Please click on the link here to view HUSD's internet policy.  Thank you.

(cf. 5125.1 - Release of Directory Information) Because of the wide accessibility of the internet and potential risk to students, photograph(s) of a student shall not be published with his/her name or other personally identifiable information without the prior written consent of the student's parent/guardian. Photographs of groups of students, such as at a school event, may be published provided that students' names are not included.