Deer-Mt. Judea School District

🚨🚨 Deer-Mt Judea Schools will be dismissing at 1:00 today to avoid potential severe weather. Today, the forcast calls for severe weather for our area with potential intense storms lined up during normal school dismissal times. To keep our staff and students safe we will dismiss at 1:00. This creates additional hours to make up and we will announce a make-up day at a later time. We will be on normal start times moving forward. We apologize for the inconvenience this creates. We appreciate you understanding the safety of our students, staff, and bus drivers are the priority at this time. Announcements about tonight's Deer Prom will be announced later today.

Attention Parents, Students, and Staff: Due to a late start caused by bad weather last month, we need to make up two hours of missed instructional time to remain in compliance with the standards set by the Department of Education. Beginning Monday, April 7, we will start the school day 10 minutes early. The school day will start at 7:35 AM. We will need to run this extended schedule through Friday, April 25. This temporary change will be in effect for three weeks, after which we will return to our regular start time. Most bus routes will run at the same time as they do now. Your bus driver will let you know if there are any changes to your child's pickup time. We appreciate your understanding and support as we work to meet the instructional time requirements for our students.

Trapshooting practice scheduled for tonight has been canceled. We will make a post as soon as we have a new date scheduled.

🚨DMJ is monitoring the weather today and we have reviewed all emergency response plans in preparation of the incoming weather. The safety of our students and staff is our first priority. Please be aware this afternoon bus schedules could be disrupted as we adjust to severe weather potential. Please check this Facebook page or turn on notifications on the Deer-Mt. Judea School App to stay up to date. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/deer-mt-judea-school-district/id1436527927

✨ Employee of the Month ✨ Mr. Edmonson helps teach our 6th, 7th and 8th graders at our Mt. Judea Campus. Here are a couple of things colleagues have said about him: “He is always willing to help out and go the extra mile. He is great with the students and keeps a positive attitude.” and “Mr. Edmonson is a great teacher and a great person to work with. He has a great attitude, connects with the students. He continues to stay positive day after day with middle school students. He is a team player and we are lucky to have him.”

Attention Parents, Students, and Staff: We have two remaining make-up days and the first one will be this Friday, April 4. The second one will be Friday, April 25. We look forward to welcoming back everyone from Spring Break tomorrow! Again, we will have school this coming Friday! ✅ See you soon! 👍🏼

Congratulations to these outstanding Deer Antlers for their Basketball Season Awards!!!

The Deer-Mt. Judea School Board will meet tonight at Mt. Judea for the regular March meeting. The meeting will be held in the cafeteria and begins at 6:30.

🚨Make-Up Days 🚨 This Friday, March 7 and Next Friday, March 14, Deer-Mt. Judea School District will be in session to make-up previously missed days due to weather. Also, Friday, April 4 and Friday, April 25 will be make-up days. We appreciate your cooperation with these calendar changes!

🌟Employee of the Month🌟 Ricky Ridenoure is in charge of maintenance at our Mt. Judea Campus. Here are a couple of things colleagues have said about him: "Ricky has worked hard to make much needed improvements around our campus" and "What a great addition to our team. Ricky has been so helpful and motivated to get things done and to help wherever he can. I appreciate him."

The Deer-Mt. Judea School Board will meet for the regular meeting Tuesday, February 25 at 6:30 at the Deer ABC Building.

🚨DMJ Parents, Students, and Staff: School will not be in session tomorrow, Thursday, February 20. Please take all precautions to stay warm tomorrow. 🧊🥶 We look forward to melting this weekend and warmer temperatures next week! ✅

🚨DMJ Parents, Students, and Staff: Mother Nature is delivering as promised! No school tomorrow, Wednesday, February 19! We will make an announcement regarding my school on Thursday sometime tomorrow. Stay safe and warm! ❄️❄️

🚨DMJ Parents, Students, and Staff: There will be no school tomorrow, Tuesday, February 18. The Winter Storm appears to be approaching our area tomorrow morning. With cold temperatures in place whatever falls will stick immediately, quickly causing hazardous road conditions. Parents, please be prepared for the possibility of multiple days of school closure. We will provide daily updates as necessary. At this time, we have scheduled Friday, February 28 as a make-up day. We will make announcements regarding future make-up days as they are scheduled.

👀 Check out the newly remodeled Greenhouse for DMJ Students‼️ The greenhouse has been down for some time, but over the last couple months it has been completely restored to new! We are excited for DMJ students to be working in this new greenhouse! ✅

⚠️ DMJ Alert‼️ It appears the weather this week will be challenging. With winter weather expected on Tuesday and frigid temperatures to follow families need to be prepared for the possibility of extended school closure. Whatever falls on Tuesday and Wednesday can be expected to stick around for several days. We will make an announcement concerning Tuesday, sometime Monday afternoon, once forecasters confirm the timing. Please take all precautions to stay safe and warm this week! We plan to see everyone on Monday morning! Hopefully this will be winter's last hoorah and spring will be following close behind so we can resume our regular schedule! ✅

🚨DMJ Family:🚨 2-Hour Delayed Start for Thursday, February 13. With the heavy weight of ice on trees and gusty winds to go along with the potential for black ice in the morning we plan to start school at 9:45. We will have to run highway routes only and encourage you to make arrangements with your student's bus driver if necessary. The location your student is picked up in the morning is where they will be dropped off in the afternoon. It is important to get these school days in as much as possible but the safety of our students, staff, bus drivers, and parents traveling is even more important. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

🚨DMJ Family: Out of an abundance of caution school will not be in session today, Wednesday, February 12. We will announce a make-up day at a later time. Stay safe and warm today.

🚨 Two-Hour Delay Announcement – Wednesday, February 12, 2025 🚨 Due to the Winter Weather Advisory and the potential for additional ice accumulation, Deer-Mt. Judea School District will operate on a two-hour delay on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. We will continue to run highway routes only. ⚠️ Weather Conditions: • Freezing rain is expected between 3 AM and 7 AM, with additional ice accumulation possible. • Ice is already accumulating on trees, power lines, and bridges, increasing the risk of hazardous travel conditions. Please use extreme caution when traveling. We will make additional announcements at 7 AM regarding any further schedule changes. Stay safe and warm! ❄️

🚨DMJ Parents! School will start at 9:45 this morning. That is a two hour delay. Buses will run on highways only. If your road has low hanging limbs and branches the bus will not travel on that road. You may make arrangements with your bus driver. We apologize for any inconvenience but safety for all is the priority.