Darien Elementary fifth graders came to life as characters from their favorite books in the annual 2018 Wax Museum of Reading Event! The event is a fundraiser for the class trip to a springtime Milwaukee Brewers game. The event was held over two days and featured students from all fifth grade classes at Darien. Students acted out their books when attendees dropped money in their buckets! Looking good, students! #CometProud
From Wax Museum 2018
Santa's Elves from DDHS FBLA and Spanish classes visited Wileman and Turtle Creek students on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 18-19 to read the letters Santa wrote back to the elementary students.
The students in the first grade dual language program shared with their schoolmates at Turtle Creek Elementary school a Latin American tradition called "Posadas.""Posadas" is celebrated a few days before Christmas and consists of visiting family and friends to be with together, share a snack and prepare for Christmas!The first grade students invited students to visit them in their classroom and created Christmas crafts, decorated Christmas trees with ice cream cones and candies, made snowmen using marshmallows, plus some other fun activities in the spirit of the holiday!The first graders worked with their classmates and also students in second grade and third grade students from both the dual program and also the monolingual classrooms.
DDHS Soccer needed overtime — for the third game in a row — to advance in the WIAA Division 3 state playoffs. The Comets prevailed 2-0 against the Plymouth Panthers in the state semifinal match to give the squad its third chance at a state title in four years.
Darien Elementary School students take ous on the school's 2017 Vocabulary Parade!
Wileman Elementary School kindergarten students took a walk to the Delavan Fire Department to learn about fire safety and fire prevention as part of the national Fire Prevention Week! They got to tour the station, see the fire trucks up close, watch a ladder demonstration, and spray a fire hose, all with the help of our city's local volunteer fire fighters!
Delavan-Darien celebrated the return of students on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Happy First Day of School!
Delavan-Darien summer school students performed in the musical production of "Character Matters," directed by Kirsten Andreoni. Filled with humor and fantastic songs, Character Matters is a wildly fun way to spark classroom discussion about character issues and conflicts (when, for example, should you be honest and when should you avoid hurting someone's feelings?). And, the show helps students improve reading, vocabulary, reading comprehension, performance and music skills, class camaraderie and teamwork, and numerous social skills, all while enabling students to be part of a truly fun and creative experience they will never forget!
From Character Matters
Scenes from the 2017 DDHS Scholarship Awards Ceremony, held Sunday, June 4, at Delavan-Darien High School. Locally, 132 Scholarships worth $153,450 were awarded. they were a part of a cumulative total of $706,460 students earned from local and outside scholarships, such as from specific colleges, universities and corporations.
Scenes from the 2016 DDHS Scholarship Awards Ceremony.
DDHSScholarshipAwards2016092Scenes from the 2016 DDHS Scholarship Awards Ceremony.
Packers legend Donald Driver visited Wileman Elementary School on June 1, 2016, after the school won the Goodwill Industries Pack'er Up Donation Challenge. The school set a record by having more than 176,000 items donated to Goodwill in its name during the contest month of April.
Turtle Creek Elementary School students celebrated Cindo de Mayo at a school-wide assembly. After learning about the meaning of the Mexican holiday — which commemorates the triumph of the Mexican army over the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 — students performed traditional Mexican dances in authentic, hand-crafted costumes. The event was coordinated by Dual Language Teacher Ms. Vicky Barquero, a native Mexican, who herself made most of the costumes.
Dozens with connections to Delavan-Darien Schools — alumni, students, staff, and parents — took part in the Cancer Assault Challenge to raise money for fighting cancer.
Scenes from the 2013 Darien Elementary School Spring Sing.
Participants in the Wileman Elementary School Forensics Event.
Turtle Creek kindergarteners in Ms. Drobot's class performed a series of plays.
NED Show returns once again. Pics are from the show at Wileman Elementary School.
From NED Show 2012
First Day Faces. Students of all ages returned to school for the start of the 2012-13 academic year.
2012 Memorial Day Parade and Services, featuring the DDHS Marching Band and Phoenix Middle School Marching Band, Delavan, Wisconsin and Darien Wisconsin.
Comet wrestlers competed at the WIAA Division 2 State Team Championship for the first time in DDHS history. The Comets lost the semifinal bout with Ellsworth, held March 3, 2012, by a score of 34-18. Photos by Rachel Beers.
