Events

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25	26 10th and 11th Geometry Testing High School DMS SOFTBALL VS HARDEE @ 5:00 Middle School Fall Book Fair- 9/26 - 9/30 (Library) West Elementary Quarter 1 Assessment Middle School GED Test 7:30 AM – 11:45 AM Family Service Center FFA Chapter Officer Leadership Training 8 AM – 3:30 PM High School Cap and Gown Meeting for Seniors (location tba) 8:45 AM – 9:30 AM High School BOARD MEETING 9 AM – 9:30 AM (DeSoto County School Board Chambers 530 LaSolona Avenue Arcadia, FL 34266) Board Meetings GED Test 1 PM – 3:30 PM Family Service Center STEM Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (STEM Lab with Mrs. Rigsbee) Nocatee Elementary	27 10th and 11th Geometry Testing cancelled High School Boys Golf vs Frostproof @ Arcadia Municipal Golf Course @ 3:30pm cancelled High School DMS Football vs. Avon Park (DHS Field - 5:45 p.m. kickoff) Middle School DMS SOFTBALL @ HARDEE @ 5:00 (THIS IS A RESCHEDULED GAME FROM 9/8/22) Middle School Girls Golf vs Lemon Bay @ Arcadia Municipal Golf Course @ 4:00pm cancelled High School Quarter 1 Assessment Middle School Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) - For Underage Students 8 AM – 12 PM Family Service Center Construction Guest Speaker Room 322 cancelled 8:30 AM High School Art Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Art Room with Mrs. Bishop) Nocatee Elementary Girls on the Run 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Bus Loop of NES with Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Deglopper) Nocatee Elementary	28 ELA/READING STAR TESTING 11th and 12th grade semester 1 cancelled High School ELA/READING STAR TESTING 9th and 10th grade cancelled High School Quarter 1 Assessment Middle School TESTING MAKEUP DAY cancelled High School Academic Team Meeting 3:15 PM – 5:30 PM (DMS Media Center) Middle School	29 Boys Golf vs Parrish Community @ River Wilderness Gold Course @ 3:30pm cancelled High School DMS SOFTBALL @ LAKE PLACID 5:00 Middle School ELA/READING STAR TESTING 9th and 10th grade cancelled High School Girls Golf vs North Port @ Arcadia Municipal Golf Course @ 4:00pm cancelled High School Quarter 1 Assessment Middle School TESTING MAKEUP DAY cancelled High School FFA Colt Conference 6:15 AM – 5:30 PM (Haines City) Middle School SFSC visit to cafeteria 11:42am-1:15pm cancelled 11:42 AM – 1:15 PM High School Band Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Music Room with Mr. Dort) Nocatee Elementary Girls on the Run 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Bus Loop of NES with Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Deglopper) Nocatee Elementary Academic Team Meeting 3:15 PM – 5:30 PM (DMS Media Center) Middle School Art Club Meetings in room 301 cancelled 3:30 PM – 5 PM High School Green Club Meeting in Room 427 cancelled 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM High School Fall Book Fair Festival 4 PM – 6 PM (Library) West Elementary	30 Quarter 1 Assessment Middle School TESTING MAKEUP DAY High School FFA / Almuni FFA BBQ @ Arcadia Moose Lodge 7:30 AM – 3 PM High School GED Test 7:30 AM – 11:45 AM Family Service Center Sub Deb Sweetheart Tapping 7:30 AM – 8 AM High School GED Test 1 PM – 3:30 PM Family Service Center	1 Cross Country HOKA FL Runners Invitational @ 8:45am High School Volleyball @ Tri Meet Port Charlotte TBA High School JROTC Downtown Clean-Up 7:45 AM – 1 PM High School
2	3 Boys Golf vs Fort Meade @ Arcadia Municipal Golf Course @ 4:00pm High School DMS SOFTBALL VS. SEBRING @ 5:00 Middle School Girls Golf Desoto @ Charlotte (Deep Creek Golf Course) 4pm High School National Custodian Day (Observed) Nocatee Elementary GED Test 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM Family Service Center Homecoming Representative Pictures in student commons 10 AM – 10:30 AM High School GED Test 1 PM – 3:30 PM Family Service Center STEM Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (STEM Lab with Mrs. Rigsbee) Nocatee Elementary	4 Boys Golf vs Port Charlotte @ Arcadia Municipal Golf Course @ 3:30pm High School DMS Football @ Sebring (Sebring Middle School - 5:45 pm kickoff) Middle School Girls Golf vs Hardee @ Arcadia Municipal Golf Course @ 4:00pm High School Volleyball vs Hardee @ DeSoto JV 6:00pm Varsity 7:00pm High School Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) - For Underage Students 8 AM – 12 PM Family Service Center Art Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Art Room with Mrs. Bishop) Nocatee Elementary Girls on the Run 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Bus Loop of NES with Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Deglopper) Nocatee Elementary Sac and Boosters Meeting 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM West Elementary	5 Benchmark Exams High School Benchmark Exams Fall Semester High School Mississippi State University Visit to Ag Classrooms High School Cap and gown sale during all lunches only 11:42 AM – 1:15 PM High School Academic Team Meeting 3:15 PM – 5:30 PM (DMS Media Center) Middle School DeSoto County Middle School Club JROTC 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM High School	6 Benchmark Exams High School Boys Golf vs Frostproof @ River Greens Golf Course @ 3:30pm High School DMS SOFTBALL @ HILL-GUSTAT @ 5:00 Middle School End of 1st Quarter Events High School Middle School DeSoto Secondary School Family Service Center Memorial Elementary Nocatee Elementary West Elementary Board Meetings DeSoto Virtual Academy Fall Student Pictures Middle School First Quarter Ends Middle School Qtr. 1 Ends High School Delta Omega Sweetheart Tapping 7:30 AM – 8 AM High School Student of the Month Breakfast @ DeSoto Memorial Hospital 8am 8 AM – 8:30 AM High School Nocatee Food Pantry 11:30 AM – 1 PM (Nocatee Bus Loop) Nocatee Elementary Band Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Music Room with Mr. Dort) Nocatee Elementary Girls on the Run 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Bus Loop of NES with Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Deglopper) Nocatee Elementary Academic Team Meeting 3:15 PM – 5:30 PM (DMS Media Center) Middle School Art Club Meetings in room 301 cancelled 3:30 PM – 5 PM High School Green Club Meeting in Room 427 cancelled 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM High School FAFSA Night at SFSC DeSoto Campus 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM High School Chorus Fall Showcase @ First Baptist Church 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM High School	7 Record's Day - No School for Students Nocatee Elementary Record's Day No School High School Records Day - No School Middle School Records Day - No School Memorial Elementary Records Day No School Events High School Middle School DeSoto Secondary School Family Service Center Memorial Elementary Nocatee Elementary West Elementary Board Meetings DeSoto Virtual Academy Teacher Records Day - No School Family Service Center Cancer Awareness Night @ football game 7 AM – 10 AM High School Football DeSoto @ Lemon Bay District Game 7 PM – 10 PM High School Football DeSoto vs Ridge Community - Home Game 7:30 PM – 10 PM High School	8 Lightning Tournament of Bands Lehigh Senior High School 12-8:30pm High School JROTC at Cypress Lake High School JARDAS Raider Invitational 5 AM – 3 PM High School Delta Omegas & High School High Tech- Reading to students at DeSoto County Public Library 9 AM – 2 PM High School
9 Sub Deb Meeting 5 PM – 7 PM High School	10 Boys Golf vs Charlotte @ Twin Isles Country Club @ 3:30pm High School DMS SOFTBALL @ AVON PARK @ 5:00 Middle School National School Lunch Week is October 10-14, 2022 Events High School Middle School DeSoto Secondary School Family Service Center Memorial Elementary Nocatee Elementary West Elementary Board Meetings DeSoto Virtual Academy Volleyball vs North Port @ DeSoto JV 6:00pm Varsity 7:00pm High School STEM Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (STEM Lab with Mrs. Rigsbee) Nocatee Elementary	11 Boys Golf vs Lemon Bay/Parrish Community @ Arcadia Municipal Golf Course @ 3:30pm High School Cross Country @ Hardee Pioneer Park @ 4:50pm High School DMS Football vs. Lake Placid (DHS Field - 5:45 p.m. kickoff) Middle School Girls Golf vs Parrish Community @ River Wilderness Golf Course @ 3:30pm High School Volleyball vs Imagine High School @ DeSoto JV 6:00pm Varsity 7:00pm High School Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) 8 AM – 12 PM Family Service Center Art Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Art Room with Mrs. Bishop) Nocatee Elementary Girls on the Run 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Bus Loop of NES with Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Deglopper) Nocatee Elementary October SAC Meeting 2:30 PM – 3 PM (Nocatee Conference Room or Online through Microsoft Teams) Nocatee Elementary Desoto County School Board Meeting 5 PM – 6 PM Nocatee Elementary Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) 5 PM – 8 PM Family Service Center BOARD MEETING 5:30 PM – 6 PM (DeSoto County School Board Chambers 530 LaSolona Avenue Arcadia, FL 34266) Board Meetings	12 FFA meeting @ 3:30pm in Room 323 High School PSAT Middle School PSAT / NMSQT 12th grade High School PSAT / NMSQT 9-11 grade High School SAT and PSAT DeSoto Secondary School Academic Team Meeting 3:15 PM – 5:30 PM (DMS Media Center) Middle School	13 Girls Golf vs Parrish Community @ Arcadia Municipal Golf Course @ 4:00pm High School Volleyball vs Sebring Senior Night @ DeSoto JV 6:00pm Varsity 7:00pm High School Band Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Music Room with Mr. Dort) Nocatee Elementary Girls on the Run 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Bus Loop of NES with Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Deglopper) Nocatee Elementary Academic Team Meeting 3:15 PM – 5:30 PM (DMS Media Center) Middle School Art Club Meetings in room 301 cancelled 3:30 PM – 5 PM High School Green Club Meeting in Room 427 cancelled 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM High School	14 GED Test 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM Family Service Center New Student Orientation 11 AM – 12:30 PM Family Service Center GED Test 1 PM – 3:30 PM Family Service Center Football DeSoto vs Sarasota Booker- Home District Game Cash Only 7:30 PM – 10 PM High School	15 SAT @ DHS High School
16	17 5 Schools reopening Events Middle School DeSoto Secondary School Memorial Elementary West Elementary DeSoto Virtual Academy Candy Grams go on sale today Memorial Elementary Cross Country Districts TBA High School National Boss Day (Observed) Nocatee Elementary Underclassmen Picture Day in gym High School Volleyball DeSoto District Tournament DMS gym @5p & 7p High School STEM Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (STEM Lab with Mrs. Rigsbee) Nocatee Elementary	18 Boys Golf vs Hardee @ Bluffs Golf Course @ 4:00pm High School DMS Football @ Lake Placid (5:00 P.M.) Middle School Fall Picture Retakes (NES PE Room) Nocatee Elementary Senior Pictures Makeups for yearbook High School Volleyball DeSoto District Tournament @ DMS gym @ 7pm High School Art Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Art Room with Mrs. Bishop) Nocatee Elementary Girls on the Run 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Bus Loop of NES with Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Deglopper) Nocatee Elementary	19 Intensive Reading STAR Testing 9th and 10th grade High School NGSSS Science Benchmarkr #1 Middle School Senior Pictures Makeups for yearbook High School Academic Team Meeting 3:15 PM – 5:30 PM (DMS Media Center) Middle School	20 Boys Golf vs Riverdale @ River Hall Country Club @ 3:30pm High School Intensive Reading STAR Testing 9th and 10th grade High School NGSSS Science Benchmarkr #1 Middle School Volleyball DeSoto District Finals High School Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) - For Underage Students 8 AM – 12 PM Family Service Center Nocatee Food Pantry 11:30 AM – 1 PM (Nocatee Bus Loop) Nocatee Elementary Band Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Music Room with Mr. Dort) Nocatee Elementary Girls on the Run 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Bus Loop of NES with Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Deglopper) Nocatee Elementary Academic Team Meeting 3:15 PM – 5:30 PM (DMS Media Center) Middle School Art Club Meetings in room 301 cancelled 3:30 PM – 5 PM High School Green Club Meeting in Room 427 cancelled 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM High School Homecoming parade downtown @ 4:30 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM High School	21 Football Homecoming Game vs Osceola Fundamental @ 7:30pm High School Homecoming Ceremony @ half time High School GED Test 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM Family Service Center GED Test 1 PM – 3:30 PM Family Service Center	22 Music in Motion Band Competition Lakewood Ranch High school 11am-9pm High School Homecoming Dance 8-11pm DHS Gym 7 PM – 11 PM High School
23	24 Boys Golf -Class 2A District 8 Tournament @ TBA High School FFA National Convention High School Girls Golf vs Class 2A-District 8 Tournament @ TBA @ 8:30am High School Red Ribbon Spirit Week 10/24-10/28 Memorial Elementary Red Ribbon Week - Drug, Tobacco, Alcohol Prevention (All Week Long at NES) Nocatee Elementary GED Test 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM Family Service Center GED Test 1 PM – 3:30 PM Family Service Center STEM Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (STEM Lab with Mrs. Rigsbee) Nocatee Elementary	25 FFA National Convention High School Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) 8 AM – 12 PM Family Service Center Art Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Art Room with Mrs. Bishop) Nocatee Elementary Girls on the Run 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Bus Loop of NES with Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Deglopper) Nocatee Elementary Sac & Boosters Meeting at 3pm 3 PM – 3:30 PM (Memorial Elementary School Media Center) Memorial Elementary Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) 5 PM – 8 PM Family Service Center	26 Cross Country Regionals TBA High School FFA Meeting (Room #306 3:12p to 3:45p) Middle School FFA National Convention High School Academic Team Meeting 3:15 PM – 5:30 PM (DMS Media Center) Middle School	27 FFA National Convention High School Band Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Music Room with Mr. Dort) Nocatee Elementary Girls on the Run 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Bus Loop of NES with Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Deglopper) Nocatee Elementary Academic Team Meeting 3:15 PM – 5:30 PM (DMS Media Center) Middle School Art Club Meetings in room 301 cancelled 3:30 PM – 5 PM High School	28 Drug Free Youth Recruitment Testing - 10:30am - 1:00pm during lunch periods DHS cafe High School FFA National Convention High School GED Test 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM Family Service Center New Student Orientation 11 AM – 12:30 PM Family Service Center GED Test 1 PM – 3:30 PM Family Service Center Nocatee Trunk or Treat 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM (Nocatee Bus Loop) Nocatee Elementary	29 District 18 Marching Performance Assessment Lehigh Senior High School 1-9pm High School
30	31 Costume Parade Memorial Elementary GED Test 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM Family Service Center GED Test 1 PM – 3:30 PM Family Service Center STEM Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (STEM Lab with Mrs. Rigsbee) Nocatee Elementary	1 Picture Retake Day! Memorial Elementary Delta Omega Meeting in Room 420 7:45-8:25am 7:45 AM – 8:25 AM High School Art Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Art Room with Mrs. Bishop) Nocatee Elementary Girls on the Run 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Bus Loop of NES with Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Deglopper) Nocatee Elementary Volleyball Practice 3:45 PM – 5:45 PM (DMS Gym) Middle School Volleyball Practice 3:45 PM – 5:30 PM (DMS Gym) Middle School Student Union Volleyball Tournament at DHS 5:30 PM – 8 PM High School	2 Benchmark Exams Fall Semester High School Christmas Candy Cane Grams Sale during all lunches High School ELA/READING STAR TESTING 11th and 12th grade semester 1 High School Red Ribbon Sale before and after school High School Academic Team Meeting 3:15 PM – 5:30 PM (DMS Media Center) Middle School	3 Christmas Candy Cane Grams Sale during all lunches High School Red Ribbon Sale before and after school High School Student of the Month Breakfast @ Chamber of Commerce 8am 8 AM – 8:30 AM High School Nocatee Food Pantry 11:30 AM – 1 PM (Nocatee Bus Loop) Nocatee Elementary Band Club Meets 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Music Room with Mr. Dort) Nocatee Elementary Girls on the Run 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Bus Loop of NES with Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Deglopper) Nocatee Elementary Academic Team Meeting 3:15 PM – 5:30 PM (DMS Media Center) Middle School Art Club Meetings in room 301 cancelled 3:30 PM – 5 PM High School Green Club Meeting in Room 427 cancelled 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM High School STEM - Freshman Infor Meeting in room 506 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM High School Powder Puff Game Juniors vs Seniors 6 PM – 8:30 PM High School	4 Christmas Candy Cane Grams Sale during all lunches High School DeSoto vs Hardee Pep Rally time tba High School Red Ribbon Sale before and after school High School Football DeSoto vs Hardee- Home District Game Senior Night 7:30 PM – 10 PM High School	5 Christmas Candy Cane Grams Sale during all lunches High School Cross Country State Finals @ Apalachee Reginal Park, Tallahassee TBA High School Red Ribbon Sale before and after school High School SAT @ DHS High School UCA Stunt Camp 9 AM – 4 PM (DMS Gym) Middle School