January 18, 2024
Just a reminder that there is a PTO meeting tonight here at DES at 5:30 in our conference room.
January 16, 2024
The RSU 56 School board meeting will be held in person at Dirigo High School in the SCC, and on Zoom on January 17th. The meeting will be streamed live on our YouTube Channel, but...
January 10, 2024
Below are a few announcements for DES: 1. We have a Cubtastic Assembly on Friday morning (8:20ish). If your child is receiving an award you should have been contacted by their te...
January 9, 2024
The RSU 56 School board meeting will be held in person at Dirigo High School in the SCC, and on Zoom. The meeting will be streamed live on our YouTube Channel, but if you have que...
January 5, 2024
Dear Parents & Guardians,
DES is exploring providing some tutoring/enrichment sessions during remote learning days. These sessions would be approximately 20-30 minutes in...
January 5, 2024
Dear Grade 4 Parents/Guardians, On February 6, 2024, 50 students (randomly selected) are scheduled to participate in a NAEP (National Assessment of Education Progress) assessmen...
January 4, 2024
Attention Grade 5 Parents & Guardians, Grade 5 students are able to participate in the Dirigo Drama Club. They will be having their first meeting on Monday, January 8th at the hi...
December 21, 2023
Congrats to the following winners of our PTO Holiday Tree Raffle: Darlene Whitaker - Traditional Tree Craig Gurney - Snow Day Tree Sheena Holmquist - Plaid Christmas Tree T...
December 20, 2023
RSU 56 is planning to have school tomorrow, Thursday, December 21, 2023. Unless you hear differently tomorrow morning, we are planning to have our regularly scheduled early relea...
December 20, 2023
Now that a few access roads are open, Dirigo High School will be open for community members from 10:00 - 2:00 today, Wednesday, December 20, 2023. Community members are welcome t...
December 11, 2023
1. There is NO Jv Boys Basketball tonight. 2. Girls and Boys basketball will go to the middle school tomorrow at 1:30 for pictures.
December 8, 2023
Next week, December 11-15 the district is doing a Spirit Week. This is really a competition between the staff in each building, but students are invited to participate if they wa...
December 8, 2023
Today your children will come home with an envelope that has tree raffle tickets in them. The tickets have three different colors (for each of the three trees). If you would like ...
December 8, 2023
Monday, December 11 Middle School Ski practice will be at the Middle school NOT at the Thurston Farm. This will be right after school.
December 4, 2023
DES will have the PTO Holiday sale tomorrow (Tuesday, December 5, 2023) for grades 3-5 and Mrs. Taylor's Pre-K class. On Thursday we will have the sale for K-2 and Mrs. Robbins P...
November 30, 2023
Check out the link below for Mr. Swan's December Principal's Message:
November 29, 2023
Attention Parents & Guardians who have grade 5 students who have signed up to participate in Nordic skiing at the middle school. The first practice will be on Monday, December 4 ...
November 28, 2023
The DES Holiday Concerts will be Monday, December 11 for K-2 and Tuesday, December 12 for 3-5. The concerts on both nights will start at 6 PM. Students should arrive around 5:50...