Washington Elementary

Mrs. Empen and Mrs. Hafer met with the Lee County Health Department to review our procedures since the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Educat...

March 6, 2021 We are excited and cannot wait to see additional students at RMS and DHS return Monday, March 8 th for 4 day in-person learning. Here are a few reminders f...

The Northwestern Illinois Center for Independent Living and Equip for Equality are offering a free parent training on Transition Services for IEP students to assist with life afte...

Congratulations to our very own, Officer Mike Wilcox was named Volunteer of the Year! We absolutely agree 100%. He is here bright and early every morning welcoming our students ...

Dixon Public School #170 Nurses' office PROTOCOL FOR COVID RAPID TESTING AT ALL SCHOOLS To: Parents and Guardians: On Monday February 22 nd , Dix...

Dixon Public Schools 2021 – 2022 Registration Preschool for All Program & Kindergarten Washington School 703 E. Morgan Street Open enroll...

February 3, 2021 Dear Parent, Beginning February 3, students, parents, and teachers across Illinois will have an opportunity to participate in the ninth an...

At the January 27th Board of Education study session, Mrs. Empen asked for Friday, February 19, 2021 to be a Remote Learning Planning Day. This would allow DPS #170 staff members...

Dixon Public School District #170 TO PARTICIPATE IN NEW STATEWIDE SCHOOL SAFETY PROGRAM Margo Empen January 12, 2021 Student safety has always been paramount to our miss...

Beginning next week, Grab & Go Meals will be distributed from 9-11 am on Mondays and Wednesdays. Currently, distribution starts at 8 a.m. By moving the distribution time to 9 am...

Date: November 24, 2020 To: Parents, Guardians, Students, and DPS #170 Staff From: Margo Empen - Superintendent RE: Emergency Weather-Snow Days...

Date: November 19, 2020 To: Parents & Guardians From: Margo Empen - Superintendent RE: Adaptive Pause – Technology Support _________________...

Date: November 18, 2020 To: Parents & Guardians From: Margo Empen - Superintendent RE: Adaptive Pause – Nursing/Health Support During the ad...

Date: November 17, 2020 To: Parents & Guardians From: Margo Empen - Superintendent RE: Adaptive Pause - Grab & Go Meals ____________________...

November 16, 2020 Dear DPS #170 Parents, Guardians, Students and Staff, District administrators, health care officials, and the Board of Education have been tracking COV...

Below are the mitigation metrics that the district is using when monitoring the number of COVID positive cases and quarantined cases in students and staff. We thank the Lee Count...

DIXON PUBLIC SCHOOLS #170 Good evening, Dixon Public Schools parents and guardians. Below is our COVID data for Monday, September 28, 2020 through Friday, October 2, 2020. ...

K-5 UPDATED RETURN TO LEARN During the special board meeting on 9/30/20 the Board of Education, after consideration of feedback from all constituents, voted on and approved...

Good evening, Dixon Public Schools parents and guardians. We are at the midpoint of first quarter, and I wanted to provide you answers to some recent questions, guidance from the...

Meeting Times: 5:30pm-5:50pm Parents of students who attend on M-W 6:00pm-6:20pm T-Th Parents of students who attend on T-Th 6:30pm-7:00pm Live Zoo...