October 2, 2015 - Week 5

Hello Dale Street,

Responsibility is our character theme for October.  Thank you to Mrs. Foley, Mrs. Brenton, and Mrs. Foley's students for creating this awesome board!

Congratulations to the students who were selected to serve on this year's Student Advisory Council as well as our Student Advisory Council alternates.  Thank you to all the boys and girls who submitted a letter of interest.  Although some students may not have been selected to serve on this year's council, we hope they will be active leaders bringing about creative ideas in their classrooms.   

On Thursday, students at Dale Street took part in a Confucius Celebration.  Students had the opportunity to interact with Chinese Folk Dance, Folk Instruments, Brush Painting, Tai Chi, and more.  Special thanks to Ms. Zhang for organizing this wonderful presentation!

Vision Screening will take place next week, Monday, 10/5, Wednesday, 10/7, and Thursday, 10/8 during Physical Education classes. Please remind students who have glasses to bring them to the screening. If you do not want to have your child participate in the screening, please notify the nurse by sending in a note or by email. 

Congratulations to our Positive Referral this week.  Thank you for making our school such a great place!   We are very proud of you!

In Art this week, Grade 5 students used rulers to better understand the foundation, or underpinnings, of structure.  Students observed the Police/Fire construction site from our school, and drew the iron beams, construction site objects, and the shell of the Police and Fire department.  Bravo to these talented students!

Please consider visiting Park Street Books on Wednesday, October 7th between 10 AM and 7 PM for this year's Dale Street Book Fair.  20% of all proceeds will go directly back to the Dale Street School.  In addition, staff will be reading stories during the afternoon.  I am scheduled to read at 3:15 PM.  I hope to see you all there.

Be on the lookout.....school pictures were sent home this afternoon.  As a reminder, picture retake day will be on Wednesday, October 14th.  

Thank you to Evan in Mr. Douglas' class for sharing his photo album with me today.  

During some C-Squared Team Time, students in Mrs. Curran's and Ms. Condon's fifth grade classrooms participated in a collaborative listening skills activity.  

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Our intramural programs are now up and running.  Our activities include: 

•  Homework Club, and Flag Football on Mondays
•  Fit Girls, Homework Club and Drama Club on Tuesdays
•  Homework Club, Lego Club, Flag Football, and Newspaper Club on Wednesdays
• Homework Club, Fit Girls, Mat Ball, and Marimba Club on Thursdays.

If you have any questions regarding after school intramurals, please contact Mrs. Kim Frazier.  

·  Dale Street Book Fair: Wednesday, October 7th from 10:00 am - 7:00 pm.  20% of all proceeds from sales will go directly to Dale Street.

·  Yankee Candle Fundraiser: Dale’s biggest fundraiser of the year!  Please get your orders in by October 9th, 2015. 

·  Kids Night Out:  Save the date!  4th grade November 6th  &  5th grade November 20th.  More details to come soon.

·  Volunteers Needed: We are still in need of 5th grade yearbook volunteers.  Please contact Siobhan Dennehy at dennehy4@verizon.net

·  Dale Street PTO meeting: Friday,  Oct 23rd @ 10:30 am in the Teacher’s Lounge.

·  Bay State Textiles:   Donate clean and dry clothing, linens, pocketbooks, stuffed animals, accessories and shoes in the textile box located outside each school.  There is also a bin at the Transfer Station.  The PTO generates a rebate of $100 per ton on textiles collected.

·  PTO Dues: Thanks to all who have sent in their PTO dues! If you haven’t yet sent in your dues, please do so. You can send them to any school and Dale Street will get their share through the Town-wide PTO.

·  Please Read-  Dale St. PTO meeting minutes from 9/17/15 in the Thursday Packet.

Registration is filling for MCPE’s November Community Trivia Night and the Student Trivia Challenge events. These events promise to be fast-paced and humor-filled, testing your knowledge in geography, sports, music, science and history. The Community Adult Trivia Night is set for Friday, November 13th, and the Student Trivia Challenge is set for Tuesday, November 10th. Don’t delay as Trivia Night sold out the last two years! Click here to register: MedfieldCoalition.org. 

Subway and MCPE: MCPE has partnered with Subway of Medfield. The first Tuesday of every month from 2:00-8:00 PM will be "MCPE Subway Day". TWENTY PERCENT of all proceeds will be donated to MCPE. Last year, this fundraiser generated over $1300 for curriculum enrichment in Medfield. Please make a note that the first "MCPE Subway Day" will be held on Tuesday, October 6th. 

The first Dale Street Site Council Meeting will take place on Thursday, October 8th at 3:15 PM in the Dale Street library.  We are still looking for a grade four parent representative and a community member at large.  Please email Ms. Moon if you are interested.    

Thank you for reading and best wishes for a terrific weekend.

Respectfully,

Stephen S. Grenham, Principal

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