Dale Street Blog: November 9, 2018

Greetings Dale Street Community,

Last Friday our 5th graders had a wonderful time at the Kids' Night Out! The night was filled with fun games and great music. Special thanks to our awesome PTO and all the parent volunteers who helped make this night a great success. Take a look....

Mrs. Foley's and Ms. Condon's fifth grade classes developed their own food trucks to create a fun way to learn more about decimals. Very cool!

On Thursday, Ms. Isaacson's fourth grade students participated in math workshop and learned more about finding factors.

Mrs. Strekalovsky and Ms. Warner continued visiting classrooms this week highlighting social thinking. This grade 5 lesson focused on students solving "people problems" collaboratively.

When Should Your Child Stay Home From School?

The elementary family literacy night is scheduled for next Thursday, November 15. This year, the planning committee would like to add a 'Pop-Up Little Free Library' to the event line up. To make this event successful for students in all grades Pre-K-5, we're asking parents for gently-used book donations. Do you have books on your bookshelves that your children have grown out of? If yes, please consider sending in book donations during the week of November 12. There will be a collection box in the main office at all elementary schools (and Blake). You can drop them off in person, or send them to school with your child.

Mrs. Flynn's fourth grade students kicked off their immigration unit with a ScholasticTeach interactive tour of Ellis Island. So cool!

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

This student (who received two!!!) displayed great compassion and is a model student.

This student was both compassionate and collaborative.

This student was respectful and compassionate.

This student demonstrated the core value of respect.

This student was extremely helpful.

This student showed great compassion.

This student displayed wonderful collaboration.

This student demonstrated great collaboration.

This student demonstrated wonderful compassion.

This student continuously demonstrates all of our core values.

This student was recognized for his initiative.

This student showed wonderful compassion.

This student is always willing to help out.

This student definitely understands the core value of continuous growth.

This student has been a role model with excellent values.

This student was extremely helpful to another student.

This student displayed wonderful compassion.

This student embodied our core value of continuous growth.

This student displayed collaboration and respect.

Mrs. Dowd's fourth grade students displayed wonderful collaboration this week as they served as each other's peer editors during writer's workshop.

Congratulations to our fantastic Dale Street students who participated in yesterday's Girls on the Run 5K! You ladies rock!

Ms. DiPesa's grade four students used some everyday items to complete their engineered switches. What talented young learners!

The Dale Street student body continued its Global Giving initiative this week with the Pennies for a Purpose/Silver Sabotage contest. Thanks to all for your continued generosity. All donations will be calculated this weekend and the total will be reported next week. Be on the look out for the student-created episode 2 video which will be included in next week's blog.

Thanks to Hillary in Ms. Condon's class for reading today's book recommendation. Hillary recommended El Deafo by Cece Bell for "someone who likes books with a twist to them." Hillary rated this book '5 stars' Thanks Hillary!

There's so many exciting things going on at Dale! Click here for spirit wear, Yankee Candle and Mixed Bag Fundraisers, 4th grade Kids Night Out and more!

SPIRITWEAR IS HERE!

Arriving in time for the holidays, check out our Spirit Wear Shop and help support the Winter Carnival! Shop now through November 19 and get a jump on your holiday shopping!

Parent/teacher conferences are just around the corner. Letters will be sent out to families next week. Conferences are a wonderful time to check in with your child's teacher about their academic and social/emotional growth. Conference dates are set for Thursday, December 6th and Tuesday, December 11th. Both days are half days for the students with dismissal at 11:40 a.m. Please note that Term I report cards will be sent home on Tuesday, December 4th.

A Message from Medfield Youth Outreach

Having a tough time making ends meet? Are basic resources such as obtaining food and covering the cost of utilities becoming more daunting? Medfield Youth Outreach, a confidential town service, may be able to help. Learn about food and utility resources as well as holiday and birthday programs that help ease the stress during difficult financial times. Reach out at 508-359-7121 to Dawn, Chelsea or the MYO intern Sarah to learn more about what help is available. This office also provides other services which you can learn about here.

Dale Street staff had a blast today participating in Flannel Friday.

On Wednesday, music teacher, Ms. Oxholm took members of the the Dale Street Chorus to the Thomas Upham House to spread musical cheer to the residents. The Chorus sounded amazing as they sang a series of songs celebrating our country and honoring our veterans. Bravo, boys and girls! Special thanks to the parent volunteers who helped chaperone the trip.