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Get your tickets for Homecoming Dance HERE

DHS Homecoming is almost here! We are looking for raffle prize donations for our Homecoming weekend, and we’d love for you to be part of it! Items will be raffled off during Saturday’s Dance Party (along with a few gift cards during Friday’s football game). 

By donating an item, you and your family will be recognized as an official Homecoming sponsor – a great way for family, friends or businesses to come together and show your DHS spirit!

Want to get together with other friends and donate an item? You can do that to! Families can team up to donate – just note family names on the Sign-Up Genius. The link for donations is HERE.

Have a cool item or experience you’d like to donate? Reach out to us to get involved here.

Let’s make this year’s Homecoming unforgettable for our students!

Please deliver all donations by Friday, October 11th. 

Thank you for your generosity and support! #dhshoco #rollwave

Click HERE to submit an order.

We welcome all of you to a new year at DHS! 

As summer winds down, the DHSPA is looking forward to a great year supporting our students, faculty and staff. We will have some programs for students and parents alike. We are also excited for a really wonderful Homecoming weekend this year, with a double-header game of soccer and football on Friday, October 18th, as well as a Homecoming dance party for the students on Saturday the 19th. 

Check the Parents Survival Guide tab, which has been updated with all the 2024-2025 relevant information!

Make sure you are subscribed to our weekly newsletter, the DPN. If you are not in the school directory, you can subscribe HERE.

Join our Facebook and Instagram accounts as well. Links on the icons here on the website. We share lots of relevant information there!

The DHS Spirit Wear Pop-Up  is officially live as of August 26th, and it will remain open until September 5th. Dive into the Blue Wave Spirit with our exclusive Fall Collection!.

Dear Parents,

We are thrilled to announce the 2023-2024 DHSPA Direct Appeal Kickoff! This is our one and only direct appeal and we depend on your support heavily. This year, the appeal will run for just 28 days from October 23rd – November 20th. The support you provide allows us to continue with the opportunities that make Darien High School consistently ranked one of the top schools in the state! Your involvement and generosity have played a vital role in creating a fun and inspiring community for our students, teachers and administration!

The 2023 DHSPA Direct Appeal goal is $30,000. We are suggesting a donation of $125 per student, but we are beyond grateful for any donation that aligns with your family’s budget. Your contribution to this direct appeal will significantly impact our ability to support the following initiatives and many more!

• Parenting and community programming with incredible speakers such as Mark Brackett, Lisa Damour and Joyce Sixsmith, as well as grade-level parent coffees and the DHS Alumni Panel
• Mental health initiatives such as Wellness Week and our new Wellness Center, newly furnished!
• Fun student initiatives such as the 100 Day Dinner, Battle of the Bands, Trunk or Treat and contributing to our junior and senior proms as well as other Student Government activities
• Enrichment & Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives
• Teacher initiatives and luncheons, including back-to-school, Teacher Appreciation Day, holidays, end of year and restocking of the faculty lounge
• Graduation events like the college fair, rehearsal picnic, reception and the senior lawn signs

Please click here to donate via PayPal (QR code below!) or checks may be sent to DHS (payable to Darien High School Parent Association).

As always, thank you for your continued support.

Beth Lane & Kelly Scallon, Darien High School Parent Association Co-Chairs

Gina Gromelski & Ali Cherenek, Fundraising Co-Chairs

Spirit Days
Monday  – Pajama Day
Tuesday  –  Twin Day
Wednesday  –  Country vs Country Club
Thursday  – Adam Sandler Groutfit
Friday   –  Blue Wave Pride

Pep Rally: We will end the school week with an all-school pep rally featuring the
band, sports teams, and games

Homecoming Bonfire: 6:00-8:00 in the Courtyard. Admission is free! All
students are encouraged to join us for a fun celebration.

Athletic Events:
Monday, Oct. 16: Girls Soccer – 4:00 pm
Wednesday, Oct. 18: Field Hockey – 4:00 pm; Girls Vball – 4:00 pm; 2:15 pm Cross
Country @ Waveny Park
Thursday, Oct. 19: Boys Soccer – 4:00 pm
Friday, Oct. 20: Girls Swimming and Diving – 4:00 pm @ Ridgefield Barlow Mountain
Pool
Saturday, Oct. 21: Football – 1:00 pm

We are thrilled to be joining the DHSPA as Co-Chairs. We are looking forward to working with all of you in creating amazing memories for our Blue Wave students, parents and staff.

Thank you to everyone who was able to join us at DHS’s Open House last Thursday. The night showcased our talented and dedicated teachers and staff. It was made extra special by our parent volunteers. We’d like to say a huge thank you to: 

-Treats and fabulous hospitality brought to you by Amy Barber, Amy Benedict and Chris Popson. Thanks to all of you who provided water and baked goods. 

-Neenu Sharma and Lauren Moir rocked our Spirit Wear table. A shout out to students Jess Moir and Inara Chickles for helping out too! If you weren’t able to shop there, be on the lookout for an October online spirit wear sale.

DHS DIRECTORIES: Online directories are still available for purchase for $20. https://dhspa.membershiptoolkit.com/newsletter/05607-20230817140242-033899300-1794351676

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: The DHSPA is looking for a second chair for our student government events team as well as event committee members for all of the great events Student Government hosts. We also need a few more people to help with nominating in the spring—this is a job that is 100% online and done at home on your own time. Please email dhspaemail@gmail.com if you’d like to join these committees.

October events are in the works so please look for more information in the coming weeks.

We wish you all the best this school year! GO BLUE WAVE! 

Beth Lane and Kelly Scallon

Welcome to the 2023-24 School Year! We hope you all had a fun and relaxing summer.

Please read Principal Dunn’s sent to your email as it contains loads of helpful information.

We’d like to start by thanking the back-to-school lunch committee, Katherine Crouse, Liz Ezbiansky, Kim Huang-Kim, Alyson Johnson and Melissa Escajadillo, for welcoming the staff back with a wonderful lunch today.

Freshman and New Student Orientation is Tuesday, August 29th at 9:00 AM in the DHS Auditorium. We will be setting up spirit wear sales tomorrow for Freshman Orientation with our remaining inventory, but our online spirit wear pop-up store is officially live!! The link for the online pop-up store is HERE.

Stay informed about everything DHSPA by subscribing to our weekly DPN via directory or directly thru constant contact. Link to register to the directory and DPN HERE. Link to only register for DPN (not in the directory), HERE.

As you can see from the above heading, “INTERIM CO-CHAIRS,” we need a couple of volunteers to lead the DHSPA this year. We have several seasoned PTO members on the exec board so you would have plenty of guidance. Please reach out to us if you’d like to Co-Chair this year.

We look forward to a great year.

Best,

Lori Olson and Stephanie Maher

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