Calendar Items (for athletics information, scroll to the bottom of this page.)

• Have a safe and happy summer! We'll see you in August.
• Summer 2008 - LISD Office Hours
• Friday, August 15 - Orientation and 6th Grade Rattler Camp
  • 8th grade - 8:30am
  • 7th grade - 10:30 am
  • 6th grade - "Rattler camp" 1:30-4:30pm
• The new 2008-09 school year begins Monday, August 25.

Important School Information

• Bookmarks for Research - use the research database login and password your teacher told you at school to access the data bases.
• Parent Access to Student Grades with eSembler
• Downing MS Passive Fundraiser Information
• Greater Lewisville Special Education PTSA - A resource for parents and teachers of children with special needs in Lewisville ISD and surrounding areas.
  • Newsletters
  • Fundraiser Opportunities
• Special Education in Texas - Options and requirements for providing assistance to students who have learning difficulties or who need or may need special education services.
• The Legacy Garden of Downing Middle School
  • The Downing Promise path has been re-named the Legacy Garden of Downing Middle School. The Goal is the same, but the message is a much broader one: serves as a place of encouragement for new students; direction for current students; and memoriam for exiting students. The Legacy Garden will be lined with a brick that is 4”x8”. Students are to inscribe the brick with a word or phrase of advice, encouragement, and/or wisdom to fellow and future students and/or a thank you to DMS faculty/administration (Click here for more information).
    

Diamondback Athletics

High School Summer Sports Camp Information

• Marcus High School
• Flower Mound & Lewisville High Schools
• Hebron & The Colony High Schools

If you have any athletics questions, please contact Boys Head Coach Richi Trotter or Girls Head Coach Jenny Faszholz.

Required UIL and LISD Forms - All Boys and Girls Athletics Participants must have the forms listed below on file with their coaches before they will be allowed to participate in tryouts.

• UIL Preparticipation Physical Form
• UIL Acknowledgement of Rules
• UIL Parent and Student Notification/Agreement Form Illegal Steroid Use
• LISD Travel Card - handed out in class.

2008-2009 Athletics Schedules - Will be posted over the summer when they become available. All schedules subject to change. Your child will receive an updated schedule when team tryouts are complete.

Volleyball - Head Coach Jenny Faszholz - Asst. Coach Jeff Skelton

• Tryouts will begin Tuesday, August 26. Students must have all required UIL and LISD forms turned in before they will be allowed to participate in tryouts.
• 7th Grade Volleyball Schedule Revised 6/5/2008
• 8th Grade Volleyball Schedule Revised 6/5/2008

Football - Head Coach Richi Trotter

• Football Information
• Students must have all required UIL and LISD forms turned in before they will be allowed to participate.

Maps to Game Locations