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The 2020-2021 school year Free and Reduced program applications are available at Dowell Middle School.  ​To enable social distancing and an easier experience for the parents, we recommend that parents use the online application option, which is open at http://www.mckinneyisd.schoollunchapp.com/.  The online application is also usually quicker to process.

MISD Grab & Go Meals until Thursday, 3 September 2020

MISD Summer Enrichment

Students in McKinney ISD have extensive opportunities for continuing their studies during the summer.  The McKinney ISD Summer Enrichment@home website provides grade-appropriate opportunities to review, continue, and extend learning while we are away from the classroom. This site will serve students in all grade levels and will be in conjunction with a districtwide online learning management system. If you have any questions, please contact your campus administration.

Technology Support During Online Learning

  • If a student needs help during this time or needs a laptop for distance learning, we ask that they email StudentHelp@mckinneyisd.net. This is for 1:1 High School students and any K-8 students that received a loaner via one of the deployments or need one. Students should email their name, student id, campus, telephone number and a detailed description of the problem/request. 
  • Technology Staff will strive to support the students over the phone or by remote control.
  • If a student needs PASSWORD help, please email you campus Media Resource Specialist (Dowell – Jamie Morris jamorris@mckinneyisd.net)
  • If a student needs to be physically present to take care of their issue, whether that is for repair, replacement or issuing a loaner, AN APPOINTMENT MUST BE MADE WITH TECHNOLOGY. Please email studenthelp@mckinneyisd.net. Appointments will only be made between the hours of 8:30am to 3:30pm Monday through Friday. The student will be assigned a time to come to RON POE STADIUM TICKET BOOTH to meet with a technician. 
  • Please attend your appointment alone if at all possible. Friends and parents will be asked to wait in the car or away from the ticket booth while the student is at his appointment.
  • For Parent HAC accounts, where they don’t know their username and/or password, please send or forward those emails to hacsupport@mckinneyisd.net. Please include the student's home campus.

MISD Enrichment@Home is LIVE!

The MISD Enrichment@Home website now available online. Please go to https://www.mckinneyisd.net/ for more details!!
Dowell Digital Resources
Please check out the Digital Resources available to our students. These are some great online resources that are available to our Lions during the school year, as well. And need a great new book to read? Look for the section "Online Book Resources" in the Dowell Library Catalog to find some great new reads and check them out through Sora, the MISD Digital Library. 

Registration Information: 2020-2021

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Immunizations Information
The Care Van offers FREE vaccines to children who are uninsured, have Medicaid, are American Indian or Alaskan Native or who have private insurance that does not cover vaccines. Infants to 18 years of age. 

Vaccinations Needed for 7th Grade
  • Dtap (Tetanus/Diptheria/Pertussis? Booster
  • Meningococcal vaccination
These vaccinations are usually given at age 11 during your child’s well visit. Contact your healthcare provider to see if your child needs the required immunizations. Please send proof of the vaccinations to the school clinic.  You can send in a hard copy or email/fax the shot record to (469) 302-6701.  

Drop-off and Pick-up Procedures

  • Students not riding buses should be dropped off in the front of the building and doors open for the school at 8:15 a.m. The back parking lot is for MISD buses only from 8:00-8:30 am. 
  • There are 2 entry lanes at the front of the school next to each other. The right lane is for dropping students off.  Please be patient and read/respect the signs posted to help understand the procedures.  The left lane is for vehicles going to the south parking lot or exiting onto Ridge Road. For the safety of our students we ask that you never cut into the right lane from the left lane and that you never unload students from the left lane. 
  • After 8:30 am, parents are welcome to drop students off in the back. 
  • The procedure will be the same after school with 2 lanes and we ask that no cars enter the back parking lot until buses have left. Please see the above directions for maneuvering through the drop off/pick up lanes in the front.
  • Vehicles exiting from the front or back of the building will be directed to turn right only on to Ridge Road. 
  • Please be careful and watch for students walking in front of your car.
  • As it gets closer to 8:45 am the traffic increases, so please try to arrive earlier for more convenience and a shorter wait.
  • Be courteous to one another and help us keep our Dowell community safe!

Box Tops for Education 

​Clipping Box Tops is an easy way for you to help our school earn cash.  Our school receives two checks from the Box Tops for Education™ program each school year based on the box tops we submit.  Hurry, clip your Box Tops and turn them in to the office.  Thanks for your help!  

Tardy Policy

Our goal at Dowell Middle School is to maximize learning time. One of the ways we do this is by establishing a standard of students' arrival in the classroom. When a student arrives late to class, we call this "tardy”.
This year we are using a new communication tool, which will email a parent each time the student is tardy to a class. The tardy count resets each quarter.
Policy :
·         First Unexcused Tardy is a warning
·         Second Unexcused Tardy is a 30 minute after-school detention
·         Third Unexcused Tardy is a hour after-school detention
·         Fourth Unexcused Tardy is a two hour after-school detention
·         Five or more Unexcused Tardies per quarter, are a three hour after-school detention each occurrence
* All detentions are served on Thursday afternoons

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