DeTour Arts & Technology Academy

Students from Drummond Island Elementary and DATA had the opportunity today to visit the Chippewa County Historical Society in Sault Ste Marie Michigan. Thank you to all of the staff at the Historical Society for hosting our students and putting on a great event.

Attention all parents of kiddos in Grades 4-6...Flag Football is starting!!! The first practice will be on Monday, September 9, at 4:45 in Cedarville. Coach Williams will have a complete schedule to pass out at this first practice. Please contact Sara Miller in Cedarville if you have any questions.

Tomorrow is the beginning of the school year! First and foremost, I would like to welcome everyone back and look forward to a great year!  As a reminder, tomorrow is our first day of school. It is a half day for everyone and ends at 11:30am. Again, school will be dismissed tomorrow at 11:30am. For Drummond Island parents: The parking lot has been expanded.  Please park only on the gravel and leave plenty of room for the bus to make the turn out of school.  For DeTour parents and students: Be advised the road heading into the school is now a one way with all traffic entering off St. Mary’s St and exiting on South Caribou Lake road. In addition, please be patient as we finalize the bond project work from this summer.  Everyone is working very hard to get everything completed. Your patience is greately appreciated Once again, we look forward to getting a great start to the new year.  Have a great rest of your evening. 

Thanks to Mrs.Livingston for organizing another wonderful carnival the school year!

DATA elementary fairy tale characters come to life!

The 20 Time Project. To help inspire innovation and creativity. Google developed the idea and offered employees 20% of their time to work on a project of their choosing that enriched the world around them. Mrs. Livingston took this concept and put to work in her classroom. Today 8th grade students presented their 20 Time Project to the rest of the school. Each project was unique and creative.

The Solar Eclipse is coming next Monday, 4/8/24. Peak viewing for the solar eclipse will be at 3:15pm. We urge parents to educate your children about safe viewing practices, including the use of certified solar viewing glasses or pinhole projectors. Thank you to our local library for providing solar eclipse glasses to all of our students. Extra eclipse glasses may be picked up at the local library. Supervision of younger children during the eclipse is advised. Remember, not looking directly at the solar eclipse is best practice just like we don’t look directly at the sun.

DeTour Area Schools and DATA will not be holding classes tomorrow, Friday 22 March 2024, due to potential accumulating snow throughout the day, into the afternoon. No CTE.

March 20th, 2024. Due to the wind, the ferry boat is only leaving at the top of the hour. Therefore, all students at DeTour and Drummond Island will be released early from school today at 2:45pm in order to make the ferry at 3:00pm. Once again, all staff and students at Detour and Drummond Island schools will be released today at 2:45pm. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Our middle and high school students had a fantastic experience participating in the LSSU Pi day math competition this week! They formed four teams (two HS - two MS) and engaged in a series of high level, fast paced sessions. The competition was strong, but they held their own, both finishing in the top half of the 28 competing teams. Great job everyone, we're proud of you!

DATA Elementary students learned all about the science of bubbles today from Bri the bubble lady. It really can be fun to learn.

It appears that 2 calendars have been put out for general consumption and there may be some confusion. Please know that our official return to school day after Springbreak is Monday 1 April. Please forgive us for any confusion.

DATA elementary students kicked off reading month by completing a Fairy Tale Lego STEM! We had four teams create Cinderella's chariot and castle!

Due to freezing rain, high wind, dropping temperatures and weather not getting better until later this afternoon, DeTour Area Schools, and DATA will be closed today. We will make the determination as to whether or not we will have extra curriculars later today. Please share.

Don't forget about Parent/Teacher Conferences! This is a reminder to our families that we have parent/teacher conferences coming up over the next two days. Drummond Island Elementary will have parent teacher conferences tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb 28th from 3:30pm to 6:00pm. On Thursday, Feb 29th, all students will be released at 12:30pm for a half day of school. All schools will then have parent/teacher conferences from 12:30pm to 3:30pm. Thursday evening only DATA and DeTour High School will have parent/teacher conferences from 3:30pm to 6:00pm. Thank you and we look forward to seeing everyone!

Students in Ms.A's class learning about factors that influence distance traveled in science!

This is just a quick reminder to everyone that there will be no students in attendance at school tomorrow (Monday 19 February 2024)due to an EUP-wide staff Professional Development day. Enjoy the opportunity to sleep in and have a happy President's Day.

Because there is no school today, there will be NO Girls Elementary Basketball practice.

Ms. Anderson's 4th and 5th graders celebrating the 100th day of school!

There are still a few days left to send that special kiddo in your life a Valentine! Orders are due Friday so gifts can be assembled for delivery on Valentine's Day. Thank you!