Chorus Concert

Congratulations to our 7th and 8th grade chorus students who performed in our final concert of the season. They did an awesome job with the inclusion of instrumental accompaniment. For the final two numbers the DMS Choir joined the Senior High School Choirs making amazing music! Thank you for an outstanding performance!

Junior HIgh All County

Congratulations to all our band members who participated in the challenging Junior High All County auditions this past weekend!  Selected from Driver Middle School to participate in the 2014 All County band are the following students: 

Flute - Maddie Lanning

Bassoon - Justin Costa

Bass Clarinet - Alyssa Cook

Trumpet - Jane Stewart

French Horn - Sam Hayduke

Trombone - Justin Schoeneck

Selected to participate in the 2014 All County orchestra are Riley Burns and San Madden.

Congratulations to all our students who participated!  Way to go!

DMS Drama Club Performs

 

Under the direction of Mrs. Ryann Riefler, 7th and 8th grade students perform Mirror Image A Real Enchanted Musical. Assisted by: Anna Perry, Adina Martin, Kristen Goodwin and Mackenzie Sadler, Mrs. Riefler led the students through learning lines, staging, music, costumes and the art of performing. All of our students "left it all on the stage" for both performances. Watching the progression from the first day of practice to the dress rehearsal was amazing. The students have much for which to be proud! The all worked so well together and continue to talk about the amazing experience they had being a part of the cast or crew. Speaking of crew, they did an awesome job also: Cameron Finnie, Ethan Mosure, Rebecca Nutting, Matt Spicer, Sam Townsend, Cecilia Sheridan, John Riccardi, Megan Rynkiewicz, Sra Gotham, Erin Hass, Brenna Heath, Ryan McCormick, Hannah Ryan and Mikayla Streiff. Also, special thanks to the pit band: Riley Burns, Sean King and Cecil Nelson. You were outstanding!

Choral Concert

Congratulations to our DMS choirs for an awesome performance Wednesday, December 11th! Mrs. Patterson directed the 4th grade choir as they sang four songs including Happy Winter! The 5/6 select and 5/6 choirs performed under the direction of Mrs. Peenstra with musical accompaniment on several songs by Alaura Cushman, Alyssa Goodwin, Jack Santangelo, Laura Canny, Chloe Strand, Bronte Stahl, and Thomas Mills. Their finale,  On With the Snow, was a great way to end the concert! Way to go Choirs! Happy Holidays! 

DSM Annual Spelling Bee

Congratulations to all our students who participated in our annual spelling bee this year.  We participate in the WCNY/Scripps National Spelling Bee every year and send two students to represent DMS in the Regional Rounds.  This year we had over 400 students take the initial written spelling test.  From there 23 students qualified to participate in the Schoolwide Oral Spelldown which was held on December 4th.  Those students were: Margaret Moses, Justin Schoeneck, Sebastian LaVine, Hayden Sadler, Caroline Buff, Haley Duke, Miriam Rigas, Emily Falge, Gina McGivern, Nate VonHausen, Daniel Wrona, Rylan Randall, Jeffrey Shi, Amy Francesconi, Natalie Caldwell, Jackson Masters, Hannah Durand, Phillip Radionov, Noah Brown, Mason Barney, Joseph Perleoni, Colin Arnett, and Anna Perry.

Congratulations to our two finalist who will go on to represent us in the Regional Round in January.  Dan Wrona and Emily Falge became our finalists in round 7!  We have three alternates to fill in for Dan or Emily if they cannot continue:  Dylan Randall, Colin Arnett and Anna Perry.  There was a back and forth battle between Dan and Emily of an additional 5 rounds of words before we got to our DMS School Champion, Dan Wrona!  Dan spelled correctly the final two words: armistice and carcinogen to become our champion. Dan was a semi finalist last year.  Way to go Dan and Emily!  Good luck in the next round.

Bandanas for Guide Dogs

The 7th graders participated in a service learning project that they chose to do. They made dog bandanas for the guiding eye dogs. We made about 70 bandanas and presented them to Guiding Eyes in Syracuse. 

DMS Bands Perform

The Elementary Band under the direction of Mr. Carmen Costa and the 7/8 Band under the direction of Mrs. Audrey Turner performed their winter concert to a full house on Wednesday, December 4th. The Elementary Band was very excited about the Hallelujah Chorus. The 7/8 Band did an awesome performance of Harlequin Dance and African Marching Song.  The concert was outstanding. Congratulations to all our performers and directors! Way to go! A well deserved standing   O!