Exhibition

Below are some pictures from Thursday's Aerospace events. During the school day, partners helped evaluate students proposals for a loan. In the evening our students were able to demonstrate their work to our parents and partners. Thanks to all who attended and helped.

Dr. Boyd

Food Drive ends 12/15

The food drive organized by Mrs. Tash's Service Club ends December 15. Students have been collecting food goods over the last 2 weeks, and competing with other advisories to collect the most items. The winning advisory will be provided breakfast by Dr. Boyd on the morning of December 17.

9th grade exhibition

Please join us for our 9th grade Exhibition Night for the Aerospace Unit. Student teams have been researching and building model rockets, and 

preparing to submit a loan application to help them start a business that will sell their rockets.  T

he Exhibition event is a great way to experience firsthand the type of projects our students are engaged in at the Dayton Regional STEM School. We hope you can join us.

Date:  Thursday, December 16, 2010

Time:  6:00‐7:30p.m.

Location: Dayton Regional STEM School, 3775 Pentagon Boulevard, Beavercreek, OH

Promoting DRSS to Prospective students and parents

We have many upcoming information sessions and school visits for prospective students and their families. These sessions will include DRSS staff, students, and parents sharing information about the school and answering questions.  

Student ambassadors will be meeting with Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. McFarlin, and Dr. Boyd after school on Tuesday, December 7 at 3:30 to start organizing these sessions. Parents interested in helping with these information sessions and other activities to promote DRSS should attend a meeting on December 7 at 5:30. Parents that can not attend the meeting on the 7th, but still wish to help with promoting DRSS, should contact Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. McFarlin, or Dr. Boyd at 937-431-1837.


Evening Information Sessions

• December 14 at 6:00 pm
•  January 6 at 6:00 pm
•  February 15 at 6:00 pm  
• March 24 at 6:00 pm
• April 19 at 6:00 pm
• May 18 at 6:00 pm

 School Visits

•  January 11 at 9:00 am
•  January 27 at 1:00 pm
•  February 1 at 1:00 pm
• February 10 at 9:00 am
• March 2 at 9:00 am
• March 10 at 1:00 pm
• March 29 at 9:00 am
• April 28 at 9:00 am
• May 11 at 1:00 pm

PLAN "E" Days

DRSS Parents:


Unlike other public schools, DRSS does not get three calamity days from the State of Ohio.  Each day we would cancel school, we would be required to make up.  To avoid canceling school and making up days later in June, students will still attend classes when there is inclement weather, but will do so electronically using their home Internet access, Elluminate sessions, and Moodle. (NOTE: If a student does not have access to the Internet outside of school, parents must contact DRSS as soon as possible).

Elluminate is a program that allows students and teachers to connect and have class in a virtual setting.  In November, ninth and tenth grade students were emailed the links that they need for logging into each of their classes.  Logging in with their netbook may take a few minutes, and students will need to perform an audio set up to make sure the microphone and speaker on their netbook are working.  Students can try the links at any time to check and see that they are able to get into the sessions.  Students were encouraged to try these links before December 1. If a student has trouble accessing a session, please notify the school ASAP.

Eighth grade students will not have to login to an Elluminate session. However, they must check teachers moodle sites throughout the day to see what assignments they need to work on during a Plan E day. Attendance for these classes will be take by students completing the work assigned on Plan E days.

If on-site classes must be cancelled, the school will notify students and parents via announcements on local television and radio stations, as well as the school website, by 6:45AM.  Channels 2, 22, and 45 should carry the announcement on TV, and WHIO (Channel 7) and their radio stations will have it on their websites (channel 7 may NOT include this on the TV listings). This will be identified as PLAN E on the TV and Radio stations.  

If on-site classes are cancelled, ninth and tenth grade students will attend school via Elluminate according to the following schedule.  

Period 1:  8:15

Period 2:  9:15

Period 3:  10:15

Period 4:  12:15

Period 5:  1:15

Period 6:  2:15

Attendance will be taken during each period. Students that do not attend will be considered absent. In addition to the online meetings, students will work on the assignments, activities, projects, etc. that teachers have posted on their Moodle websites.  

We anticipate there will be times when the school district you reside in may be delayed or closed, but DRSS is open.  This could be an issue for those of you that depend on school district busing.  In the event that your district of residence is closed, and DRSS is open, students will not be required to attend DRSS that day – however, students will still be expected to make up any work that they miss on such days.  

If you have questions about inclement weather or Plan E days, please contact the DRSS office.

Dr. Boyd

3C+D Presentations

Please join us as our 10th Grade Students give their Final Presentations for the Integrated Unit looking at the proposed 3C+D Rail System for Ohio. Student teams have been researching the impact the rail system would have on the Dayton region and will share their findings and perspectives (see below for some pictures of our students doing some research at the potential Riverside stop). The Exhibition event is a great way to experience firsthand the type of projects our students are engaged in at the Dayton Regional STEM School. We hope you can join us.

Date:  Thursday, December 2, 2010

Time:  6:00‐8:00p.m.

Location: Dayton Regional STEM School, 3775 Pentagon Boulevard, Beavercreek, OH