June 2, 2017 - Week 37

Greetings Dale Street Community!

We celebrated our last Positive Referral breakfast of the year this morning. Thank you to all of the families who attended and special thanks to our cafeteria staff for providing the delicious refreshments. Congratulations to all of the Positive Referrals who attended the breakfast and congratulations to all who earned a Positive Referral this year! 

On Thursday, we celebrated our phenomenal Paraprofessionals for all that they do to make Dale Street so great! #unsungheroes  

This week students in Mrs. Flynn's, Mr. Douglas' and Ms. MacDonald's classes held their state fairs. The young learners should be commended for the outstanding work they displayed!

Thank you to these outstanding students who participated in Dale Street's 'Create the Monthly Theme Contest.'  The Character Education bulletin board will share designs by Greta Krauss and Kyle Hudson.  The writer of the winning Bridge story is Natasha Huss.  

As a reminder, the Dale Street School Student Advisory Council and student body have decided to support the patients at Boston Children’s Hospital by collecting arts & crafts materials.  The collection will continue through Friday, June 9th.  Due to the medical situation of these children, all donations should be new.

Dale Street has announced its all school summer read.....The Wild Robot by Peter Brown.  Please visit these links  linkshttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1ajGu_i7sFLmgX1h_qI3F9RexSSZHq4XVAqdEnunv9eg/edit  and https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0uTr12v92slMmdzQ0paVlY3VUlwaml1TFp5cDFBM1BwWFpF/view?usp=sharing to view some important information regarding Dale Street's summer read. 

Dale Street hosted a Parent Information Night for incoming 4th Grade parents/guardians on Wednesday evening.  We shared this 'day in the life' video, held breakout sessions, and walked the halls with parents/guardians.  It was a great opportunity to meet our future families!

Please complete the following music signup for your rising 5th grader for the 2017-2018 school year by Wednesday, June 7.

https://docs.google.com/a/email.medfield.net/forms/d/1AOYKd8h8y5pgwwSjiRpUnoLTtAMK50nxAsArxfFJdUk/viewform?edit_requested=true

Any questions, please contact Brenna Evans, Ryan Dexter or Barbara Oxholm from the music department.  

This week, graduating seniors from Medfield High School visited Dale Street to walk the halls and receive cheers and high fives from our students.  This new activity received great reviews!  Good luck Seniors!  

Field Day is scheduled for Friday, June 9th (Rain Day, Monday, June 12th).  Mr. Stevens and Mrs. Carey are planning an exciting day of activities for our 4th and 5th graders.  Grade 4 will participate in Field Day during the morning (9:00 - 11:15) and Grade 5 will participate in the afternoon (12:00 - 2:15). Both field days will begin with the 50 yard dash and an all class relay. Field Day will take place on the field between the Dale Street and Memorial Schools. After the races, classes will begin rotating through six stations. Classes will rotate with their classroom. All activities will take place on the field, in the gym and on the blacktop.  Parents are welcome to join us to watch and cheer on their children. 
  

We have found it to be helpful to: 

**have students wear comfortable clothes and sneakers on this day 

**apply sunscreen before coming to school.  Please provide more sunscreen for re- application. 

**send children with a hat and extra water on this day. 

Classes will be eating bagged lunches. Students may bring their own bagged lunch or purchase a bagged lunch from the cafeteria. Note: There will no other lunch options on this day.

Congratulations to students in Mrs. Foley's fifth grade class for hosting an outstanding science fair today.  We certainly have future scientists leaving Dale Street in a few weeks!

Don't forget to check the lost and found for any missing sweatshirts, hats, water bottles, etc.  All unclaimed items will be donated to charity on the last day of school.

If you know that your child will not be attending Medfield Public Schools for the next school year, please let the office know for the placement process.

Please click here for the PTO update including information about open positions and school supply kits.

Grade 5 will have their celebration on Friday, June 16th at 10:00 AM in the Dale Street Gymnasium.  Parents are invited back to the classrooms following the celebration until students' 11:20 a.m. lunchtime. 

Transition day will be held on Monday June 19th.  Children will spend approximately 30 minutes in their new teacher's classroom, get a chance to meet their new classmates, and hear a little about what's to come next year.

Reminders
June 6th - Grades 4 & 5 Band Concert 
June 9th - Field Day

Thank you for checking in this week.  Enjoy your weekend!

Respectfully,

Steve