Danville Community School District

It's game day! Today was the first High 🖐️ Friday of the new school year. Our football team and the cheerleaders welcomed our elementary students to school this morning with high fives. Come cheer on our Danville Bears tonight at West Burlington. Game starts at 7:00 pm. Go Bears!

Calling all seniors! The senior banner photos will take place Wednesday August 20th from 1-3pm in the HS gym. ALL SENIORS are invited! Please wear the jersey, uniform, or club shirt of your choice and bring any props you would like included. This is not just for athletes, we want to see all seniors involved, representing the club or group of their choice that they are involved in, including but not limited to: band, art club, show choir, speech, esports, trapshooting, etc.! If you would like your picture taken but cannot make it on the 20th, email Amber.Taeger@danvillecsd.org to schedule a makeup time!

Registration is open for Danville Youth Fall Volleyball league, for girls in grades 3-6. Please visit the link below to register. https://forms.gle/6v5oAp3DKtCLs1WXA

Get registered for youth volleyball camp! July 18th is the last day to sign up and still guarantee a camp t-shirt. Registration is still open until the first day of camp. Cost: $45 Grades 2-5 Camp Times: 11:00 - 12:30 - August 4-6 Grades 6-8 Camp Times 1:00 - 3:30 - August 4th and 5th https://manager.gobound.com/camps/h20250624051242599edb089b8653642/register

Danville Youth Football Camp Today is the last day to sign up and still guarantee a camp t-shirt. We are accepting registrations all the way up to the first day of camp (July 23), but t-shirts cannot be guaranteed after today. Camp Dates: July 23, 24, and 25 Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Grades: 1st through 8th Cost: $50 Register here: https://www.gobound.com/ia/schools/danville/camps Don’t miss out—sign up now and get ready for a great week of football.

Please visit the link to purchase tickets for tonight's first round regional softball game at Van Buren: https://tickets.gobound.com/tickets/events/h20250627051544308eba4e9436d2c4e/checkout

Join our awesome team of educators and staff who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of students. 🐻📚

Check out current openings and apply today:
https://www.danvillecsd.org/o/dcsd/page/careers

Come grow with us and make a difference in #BearNation!

#WeAreDanville

Just a reminder, tonight is youth night at the baseball games which will be played at Community Field. JV baseball will be played at 5:30 with varsity to follow. All youth players wearing their jerseys will get in free in addition to youth coaches as well!

Here are the schedule updates for tonight's baseball and softball games. Varsity softball only starting at 7:00p.m. at Danville. JH Baseball at Danville will be one game only starting at 7:00p.m. JH Softball at New London will be one game onlystarting at 7:00p.m.

Tonight's high school baseball and softball games will take place as originally scheduled, at West Burlington. Baseball will be varsity first starting at 5:30 followed by JV. Softball will be JV first at 5:30 followed by varsity.

Here are the updates for tonight's baseball and softball games as of 3:00 p.m.: Both JH Baseball and Softball games scheduled to be played in Danville are postponed. The HS Baseball and Softball games vs. West Burlington will now both be played at the West Burlington fields starting at 5:30 p.m. At 4:00, if the fields are still too wet, we will make a determination whether or not to play both JV & Varsity at 5:30 p.m., or just Varsity only at 7:00 p.m. We will send another message shortly after 4:00 p.m. with an update on the final decision for tonight's high school games.

Good afternoon, I apologize for the late changes, but due to poor field conditions on our baseball field, the JV/V Baseball games that were to be played in Danville will now be played in Mediapolis, starting with JV at 5:30. The JH baseball games originally scheduled to take place in Mediapolis for tonight have been postponed until Tuesday June 24, and will be played in Danville, starting with 7th grade at 5:30. The JH softball games scheduled for tonight in Mediapolis will take place as planned, with the bus leaving at 4:15 PM. High school softball will still continue to play a varsity doubleheader in Danville tonight starting at 5:30 PM. Thanks, Amber Taeger GO BEARS!

Good afternoon, Tonight's high school baseball and softball games at Central Lee will be played VARSITY FIRST, starting at 5:30 p.m., to attempt to avoid potential bad weather entering the area later this evening. JV will follow the varsity games, weather permitting. Thanks, Amber Taeger Activities Director

All Danville JH, JV, and Varsity Baseball and Softball games for tonight, vs. Mediapolis and at Mediapolis, have been cancelled. Makeup dates are TBD.

Three of our amazing theater students were selected to perform in the Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards Showcase! Congratulations to Riley Shanstrom, Greyson Schuff, and Zoey Rogers. You can catch them tonight at 7:00p.m. here: https://www.iowapbs.org/.../2025-iowa-high-school-musical... #BearNation #WeAreDanville

Today we honored DCSD staff members who have reached milestone years of service — from 5 to 35 years of dedication to our students, school, and community. 🐻🏆 Whether it’s five years or three and a half decades, each year represents time spent making a difference, building relationships, and shaping young lives. We are grateful for the heart, hard work, and commitment each of these team members brings to #BearNation! *not pictured - Vickie Raker (30 years of service to DCSD) #WeAreDanville

Looking for food support over the summer months? There are several programs and resources available to help students and families in our area. 🥪🥫 Nationwide Programs – Call 211 or visit: https://www.fns.usda.gov/summer/sitefinder Fort Madison Area – https://www.fmcsd.org/departments/food-services Burlington Area – https://bcsds.org/news/2025/05/where-when-kids-can-eat-for-free-this-summer/ Danville Area – Food Pantry at First Baptist Church. Call Delbert at 319.795.7884 #BearNation #WeAreDanville

Our 4 year old preschool graduates will take their proud walk across the stage tonight—but first, they strutted their stuff through the halls, showing off those cap and gowns! 🎓🐻 Big smiles, tiny footsteps, and so much pride—congrats to the littlest Bears in Bear Nation!! #WeAreDanville #BearNation

This morning we cheered on our State Track qualifiers as they took their traditional walk-through before heading off to the State Track Meet! 🐻🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Students and staff lined the halls to wish them luck and send them off in true #BearNation style. Best of luck to all our athletes! Let's go Bears! #WeAreDanville

In preparation for our Annual Elementary Field Day tomorrow (5/22), Mr. Roger's Bear Designs team brought their creative energy and expertise to help our Elementary students place and press their very own grade-level Field Day shirts! 👕🐻 Each grade created something special, and the kids had a blast with the hands-on process. Big shoutout to the Bear Designs team for bringing the fun (and the heat press)! #WeAreDanville #BearNation