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Presley Sanders

Presley Sanders, Editor in Chief

    Hi my name is Presley Sanders, and I’m one of the editor in chiefs this year. I serve as parliamentarian for NJHS, and Reporter for Student Council. In my free time, I enjoy doing track, and DMS cheer. I have two miniature schnauzers, Maizy and Pippa. A random fact about me is that I love chicken express. 

 

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Demon Direct earned Highest Honors and All Oklahoman awards

Demon Direct earned Highest Honors and All Oklahoman awards

Presley Sanders, Editor in Chief
May 9, 2022
Keiston Rosado and Jensen Prince jump for a picture

Masks make a comeback at DMS

Presley Sanders, Editor in Chief
January 21, 2022
Presley Sanders

Chicken Express closes down

Presley Sanders
September 18, 2021
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‘Paw Patrol’ movie resembles show

Presley Sanders, Editor in Chief
September 11, 2021
Reyna Murillo

[Photo] Reyna Murillo

August 23, 2021

5th grade pep rally is around the corner

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
May 10, 2021

Students feelings over teacher appreciation

Presley Sanders, Academics reporter
May 6, 2021

Students finish up state testing

Presley Sanders and Hayden Irby
May 3, 2021
Katelyn Young and Sydney Miller wear masks during newspaper class. Duncan Public Schools passed a mask mandate before the start of the school year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[Photo] COVID effects ongoing one year later

Brendan Heilman, Clubs Reporter
April 15, 2021
Summer Heavener knows which electives she would like to take next year.

Students to enroll for next year

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
April 7, 2021
Emily Halford

No school on Fridays for April, May

Hayden Irby and Presley Sanders
April 7, 2021
Sen. Chris Kidd and Sen. Jessica Garvin talk to middle school students this morning, following the Legislative Breakfast.

[Video] State senators, representatives visit Duncan Middle School

Ava Miller and Presley Sanders
March 26, 2021
Duncan Middle School STEM students are working with robotics and coding.

STEM students work on robotics projects

Presley Sanders and Sydney Miller
March 5, 2021

Youth Art Month opening night tonight

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
March 5, 2021
A poster created by journalism WIN students alert students and teachers about Women's History Month.

[Photo] March brings Women’s History Month

Orieana Simmons and Megan Bumpas
March 4, 2021

Academic Team advances to area

Kelan Smith-Johnson, Presley Sanders, and Sydney Miller
February 23, 2021

Duncan Public Schools uses virtual days

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
February 19, 2021

DMS moves to virtual days

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
February 15, 2021

Chicken Express offers great food

Presley Sanders, Academics Reporter
February 4, 2021

Duncan Public Library celebrates 100 year anniversary

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
February 4, 2021
Representatives from Southwest Therapy Solutions donate a large amount of food for the DMS food pantry.

Southwest Therapy Solutions to donate to food pantry

Presley Sanders, Academics Reporter
January 28, 2021
Art students work on painting their pottery in Shelly Farrar's class.

Oklahoma establishes new quarantine guidelines

Presley Sanders, Academics Reporter
January 25, 2021
Stacy Smith leads January's Education Station program in the Duncan Middle School science lab.

Sixth-graders take part in January’s Education Station

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
January 24, 2021
Christina Ward shows off her coil pot creation from art class.

Students make pottery in art class

Sydney Miller, Presley Sanders, and Dylan Harty
January 15, 2021

When will teachers get the vaccine

Sydney Miller, Presley Sanders, and Dylan Harty
January 15, 2021

Huckabaa works on composting experiment

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
January 13, 2021

DMS students to compete in You be the Chemist

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
January 12, 2021
Cathy Barker meets with the DMS Student Council officers Friday during WIN.

Teachers stress importance of Bill of Rights

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
December 15, 2020
Eric Reza shows off his art work, which has been entered into the DMS art contest.

DMS teachers to judge art contest

Sydney Miller, Presley Sanders, and Dylan Harty
December 10, 2020
Stacy Smith talks to sixth-grade students during Education Station on Friday.

Sixth-grade students participate in Education Station

Sydney Miller, Presley Sanders, and Dylan Harty
December 9, 2020
Presley Sanders and Sydney Miller work on their story about in-school quarantine, an idea pushed out by the Oklahoma State Department of Health.

DPS not to follow with OSDH’s in-person quarantine program

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
December 3, 2020
Main Street Duncan is getting ready for the annual Duncan Christmas Parade. The parade will be at 3 p.m. Saturday on Main Street.

[Photo] Main Street Duncan to host annual Christmas parade

Isaac Pain, Joelliza Fincher, and Katelyn Young
December 2, 2020
Shelly Farrar is proud of how her students did in the Beautiful Oklahoma contest.

Students place in recycled art contest

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
December 1, 2020
Ava Miller proof reads a news article for the Demon Direct.

Editors in chief keep Demon Direct running

Sydney Miller, Presley Sanders, Damon Dillon, and Dylan Harty
November 27, 2020
CO2 Car Race volunteers line up the CO2 cars in one of the heats.

[Photo] Miller wins big in CO2 car races

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
November 18, 2020
Breckyn Root and Emma Evans film a skit for Anti-Bullying Week.

[Video] Anti-Bullying comes to an end

Joelliza Fincher, General News Reporter
November 13, 2020
Seventh-grade students work on their comic strips in art class.

Art students create comic strips

Presley Sanders, Dylan Harty, and Sydney Miller
November 13, 2020
DMS Assistant Principal Christy McIntyre explains why Creating Hope isn't coming back this year to Duncan Middle School.

Bass Club, Creating Hope not returning this year

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
November 12, 2020
Breckyn Root and Emma Evans film a skit for Anti-Bullying Week.

[Photo] DMS science classes use lab sparingly

Damon Dillon, Academic Reporter
November 12, 2020
Brenda Hurley is the November teacher of the month for Duncan Public Schools.

Hurley selected as teacher of the month

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
November 6, 2020
Ava Miller believes voting is important and thinks more people should take part in the voting process.

Students get politically minded

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
November 4, 2020
Joni Blackburn voted this morning and encourages other people to vote, too.

Blackburn encourages voting

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
November 3, 2020
Barbra Davis, Barbara Gee and Cathy Barker judge Sonia Norton's classroom door for the Red Ribbon Week door decorating contest.

[Photo] Norton’s class selected as winners of Red Ribbon Week door decorating contest

Orieana Simmons and Megan Bumpas
November 2, 2020
Rosie Castle shows off the CO2 car kits that students were able to purchase to compete in the upcoming CO2 car races. The races are set for Nov. 17.

CO2 cars due Friday

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
October 29, 2020
Amber Molina is one of the NJHS sponsors. NJHS is hosting a food drive for Christians Concerned.

NJHS canned food drive to conclude Friday

Damon Dillon, Presley Sanders, Dylan Harty, and Sydney Miller
October 28, 2020
Eighth-grade students use Legos to design a prototype during Education Station.

Eighth-grade students take part in Education Station

Presley Sanders and Sydney Miller
October 23, 2020
Derrick Miller, one of the NJHS sponsors at Duncan Middle School, shows off a poster of the dress-up days.

Red Ribbon Week starts Friday

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
October 22, 2020
Duncan Middle School art students have been working on different art projects all semester.

Students art work to be entered in recycling art contest

Sydney Miller, Presley Sanders, and Dylan Harty
October 20, 2020
Sixth-grade students Riley Hutton and Jace Jackson work on an assignment as part of Digital Day. Today is the last day of school before Fall Break.

Fall Break starts Thursday

Presley Sanders, Academics Reporter
October 14, 2020
Joni Blackburn is ready for parent/teacher conferences, which continue tonight from 3:30 to 7 p.m.

Conferences continue tonight

Sydney Miller, Presley Sanders, Damon Dillon, and Dylan Harty
October 13, 2020
Laura Jones and Bubba Clark are the DMS counselors, who are in charge of administering the pre-ACT on Wednesday.

Pre-ACT testing set for Wednesday

Sydney Miller, Presley Sanders, Dylan Harty, and Damon Dillon
October 13, 2020
Joslen Wininger is selling items for Girl Scouts.

Girl Scouts sell snacks to raise funds

Presley Sanders and Sydney Miller
October 8, 2020
Barbra Davis is one of several Duncan Middle School teachers who received a DEx Award last year. The grant program is open again for this school year.

DEx grants available for Duncan teachers.

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
October 5, 2020
Officer Chris Perkins serves as a guest speaker for the health classes.

Perkins discusses alcohol with health classes

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
October 1, 2020
Marinda Cook poses for a photo in the sixth-grade hallway.

Teachers express opinions about WIN

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
September 17, 2020
Seventh grade students participate in egg race during investigating science.

Investigating science competes in egg race project

Sydney Miller, Damon Dillon, and Presley Sanders
September 14, 2020
Seventh-grade English teacher Amara Smith poses with cheerleaders and football players.

Smith joins DMS staff after years in elementary education

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
September 10, 2020
Seventh-graders use their Chromebooks in class. DMS added Digital Days this school year.

Duncan does Digital Days

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
September 8, 2020
DMS seventh-graders practice yoga during their WIN class.

Students rewarded with yoga during WIN

Presley Sanders and Delilah Ballard-Dorcely
August 31, 2020
Emily Prichard smiles for a picture under a mask

Prichard finds passion in teaching science

Presley Sanders, Academics Reporter
August 28, 2020

DPS bond passes

Presley Sanders and Delilah Ballard-Dorcely
August 27, 2020
Shelly Farrar getting to know her students

Farrar looks forward to a fun year teaching art

Presley Sanders and Damon Dillon
August 22, 2020
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