Danville Community School District

"Teaching is a work of heart." 🍎✏️ To all the teachers here at DCSD, thank you for your dedication, passion, and hard work. You truly make the world a better place, one student at a time. Here's to you! #BearNation #WeAreDanville

Online Ticketing – All tickets to the state qualifying and state meet will be sold through Hometown Ticketing. Qualifying meet tickets will go on sale on Monday, May 6. State meet tickets will go on Monday, May 13. Please share this link with your athletes and their families to help direct them to the correct place on the IHSAA web site: https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets/

Breakfast burritos, pop tarts, and coffee cake...oh my! ☕🍩 Students from Ms Weirup's Restaurant Class partnered up with Mrs Schmeiser's Bear-istas to offer these delicious goodies to DCSD staff this week! #BearNation #WeAreDanville

Calling all #BearNation! 🐻 Whether you’re current or new, resident or open enrolled, we want YOU! Step ONE of the 2024-2025 school year registration has begun! 🖍JMC Current Family login: https://danvillecsd.onlinejmc.com/Parent/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fParent%2f ✏️NEW Family registration: https://danvillecsd.onlinejmc.com/.../New_Family... *Please note: after completing this step of the registration process, your student(s) enrollment will sit at “pending” status until mid-July. Further details will be released at that time for next steps. #WeAreDanville #BearNation

The JH conf Coed Track meet that was scheduled for May 7 at New London has been moved to West Burlington.

This week, our staff and students united in black & gold to stand in solidarity with our friends at New London Community School District. But that’s not all! They also rocked their favorite hats, all for a great cause. Every donation made by wearing hats during the school day will go towards supporting the rebuilding efforts of the New London Community. ⬛️🟨 #WeAreDanville #BearNation

Earth Day 2024! These second graders worked hard to help clean up our school grounds today, what a fabulous way to honor Earth Day! 🌎 Thank you 2nd grade! #wearedanville #bearnation

After this week's devastating storm hit our neighboring district, Superintendent Wallace contacted New London Community School District to find out how we could help. Today, he and 20 high school students went and did some clean-up work at the Burge Cemetery in New London. #BearNation #WeAreDanville

The Danville HS graduating class of 2037 was welcomed to Kindergarten Round Up last Friday, and our 2024 signing day was a huge hit! 🎓🐻 We had so much fun welcoming our newest class of learners to the Bear Den last week. We are thrilled they’re choosing to be Bears! #wearedanville #bearnation

DCSD 5th & 6th Graders took over JA Biztown in Davenport last week. From running for Mayor to creating and serving delicious food at the cafe, the students were able to experience a variety of careers! #BearNation #WeAreDanville

Shout out to our very own Aiden Konig for his accomplishments at the State Science Fair! 🔬 - 1st Place Biochemistry - Iowa Biotechnology Leadership Scholarship - Loras College Scholarship - ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Scholarship - Excellence in Scientific Research Award Congratulations Aiden! #BearNation #WeAreDanville

🎭🔍 Mark your calendars for Danville High School's thrilling Spring Play: "Murder on the 518"! Get ready for two evenings filled with mystery and suspense - May 10th-11th (showtime at 7pm both nights). Don't miss your chance to solve the mystery of "Murder on the 518"! See you there! 🎟Tickets available at the door. #BearNation #WeAreDanville

The youth basketball activities scheduled for tonight (tuesday 4/16) are cancelled do to potential weather forecast.

THE JH SOCCER MATCH TODAY TUESDAY 4/16 VS FM AT DANVILLE IS CANCELLED.

A huge thank you to everyone who made our Jr/Sr High School Student Career Fair an incredible event! It was truly inspiring to see the enthusiasm for exploring future career paths. 👩‍💼 Students had the opportunity to: ▶️Engage with professionals from various industries ▶️Learn about different career paths and opportunities ▶️Gain valuable insights and advice for their future endeavors A special shoutout to all the local businesses, DCSD staff, and volunteers for their contributions in making this event a success. Greater Burlington Partnership, Burlington Iowa Police Department, Burlington Fire Department, United Way of Southeast Iowa, Carl A. Nelson & Company, USG, Afinitas, Silgan Containers, Southeastern Community College, IowaWORKS, IBEW Local 13, JJ Nichting Company, Brockway Mechanical & Roofing, Sigma Alimentos, American Hair Academy, Danville Early Learning Center, Divine Canvas, LLC, Sinclair Tractor, Eastern Iowa Light & Power Cooperative, Burlington Trailways, Klingner & Associates, P.C., Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated, Bob Dodds Insurance Agency, CGB Grain, RCM Capital Management, American Ordnance (Middletown), US Army (Burlington), Danville State Savings Bank, Great Clips (West Burlington), RIA Advisory Group #BearNation #WeAreDanville

Food Truck Friday is BACK! Be sure to mark your calendars for next Friday (4/12)! 😁 We will be hosting Wilson Bros. BBQ & Catering in the DCSD Circle Drive from 11am - 2pm. ***this lunch option is available for DCSD staff and the public only. Students will NOT be able to purchase lunch at this event. #BearNation #WeAreDanville

Kindergarten Round-Up is just around the corner! Spots are still open for the 2024-2025 school year! To reserve your spot you can... ☎️ call 319-392-4221 x1321 📨 OR email alice.mcleland@danvillecsd.org #BearNation #WeAreDanville

Have you heard the new episodes from our Danville Podcast groups!? Take a listen to these groups that publish podcasts every Monday! Find them on Spotify or Apple Podcast (search Danville Podcast). 🚜FFA: Joanna Fortin & Olivia Freitag Through these episodes, we are going to talk about past and upcoming events within our chapter along with the History of FFA. 🎥Genuinely Movies: Chris Boyles, Alan Hicks, Cooper Ourth, Noah Soucie & Joseph Thompson Welcome to the second season of Genuinely Movies! We will be covering TV shows this season! Happy Listening! Danville Podcast has 7 weekly podcasts written, recorded & edited by the students. Each podcast is expected to record & release 1 episode a week. *Each podcast release date is subject to change. #BearNation #WeAreDanville

🎉Another exciting message from Superintendent Wallace - I'm thrilled to announce Mrs. Amber Taeger as our new Spanish Teacher and Activities Director beginning in the '24-'25 school year! Amber's background as both a seasoned Spanish educator and a multi-sport coach, alongside her current leadership role as President of the Danville Rec League, uniquely qualify her for this position. She has a strong passion, work ethic, and eagerness to help Danville's Athletics, Fine Arts and all extracurricular activities become the best programs in the state. Please see a message below from Amber and join me in welcoming her to the Danville Community School District! My name is Amber Taeger, and I am thrilled to be taking on the position of Activities Director and Spanish Teacher at Danville for the upcoming school year. I am very passionate and enthusiastic about second language acquisition and extracurricular activities, and know the potential impact these things can have on the lives of our students. I have been an athlete since I can remember and was always busy and involved in a variety of activities. As I got older I became more curious about the world outside of my small Oquawka, Illinois community. In high school, that curiosity led to me to take four years of Spanish with an incredible teacher, with a trip to Mexico my senior year to work in a school in San Pancho. It was then when I gained a love for travel, languages, and learning about the cultures of the world. I was always competing, and I went on to college in Illinois, where I studied competed in both volleyball and softball while studying Spanish and psychology, and was able to study abroad in both Guadalajara, Mexico and Madrid, Spain. After college I married my husband Luke, who grew up in the Danville Community School District. After obtaining my Masters of Teaching I taught and coached volleyball in Dubuque before spending 12 years in Burlington, teaching Spanish and coaching with the volleyball program. My last five years at Burlington I was the head volleyball coach. In the last two years I have been teaching in Mediapolis where I was able to attend the ACTFL conference on the teaching of foreign languages and was selected to be a member of the Advisory Council for the Central States, representing 14 states that span the Midwest. I was also selected to be a host at the Central States National Conference in Minneapolis. In addition, I’m currently a member of the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association, and can’t wait to get more involved in that organization to represent Danville as well. I’m also part of an amazing group of people who run the Danville Rec League, and I am so thankful for them and for that experience, because it has gotten me more involved with our tight-knit community. My love for travel has pushed me to become a travel advisor for secondary student international trips. I’ve been able to successfully take high school students to Spain and Panama, and have I also future trips planned for Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. I’m thrilled to bring this travel program with me to Danville as well. The chance to combine my love for athletics and activities, and Spanish, and make it my job, really feels like a dream. I am very passionate about building relationships and connections with the students and staff that I work with, and firmly believe that is the key to helping students reach their highest potential. All kids have hobbies and interests, and things that drive them to want to be successful, and our job as educators is to figure out what those things are for each individual student. At Danville, I want to make sure that we are continuing to offer a plethora of clubs, activities, and sports and are reaching every single student in some way or another. There are amazing things happening in the Danville Community School District, and I’m so excited to bring with me the experiences and knowledge that I have to contribute to the ongoing tradition of excellence that is present here. My husband Luke and I, and our three children reside right here in the Danville District. In the fall, my son Jack will be entering 5th grade, my oldest daughter Jadyn will be going into 3rd grade, and my youngest daughter Diem will be starting kindergarten. I have a very vested interest in the success of the students in Danville and in the school district as a whole, and I know together we can achieve amazing things. I’m always open to questions and ideas, and encourage individuals to reach out to me with any feedback they may have. I believe that all of my experiences have led me to this exact spot, and I can’t wait to get started! #BearNation #WeAreDanville

March 21st. World Down Syndrome Day 💙💛 Our staff and students celebrated the beautiful diversity and uniqueness of every individual with that extra chromosome by rockin' some pretty cRaZy socks yesterday! #BearNation #WeAreDanville