Dale Street Blog: May 12, 2023

Hello Dale Street Families!

Wow - I can't believe we are already halfway through May! For those who may not be aware, this week was Teacher Appreciation Week. Please join me in thanking the fabulous staff members we have here at Dale Street. I feel very proud and privileged to work every day with the most caring, intelligent, and dedicated staff. They blow me away with all the things they do for our students every single day. This week was another week with a lot of awesome activities at #beproudbedale. Take a minute to check out some of the scenes and be sure to check out some of the upcoming dates at the bottom of the blog.

Congratulations to this week's Positive Referrals!

It came to my attention this week that there was confusion and a misunderstanding around what a shelter-in-place actually is in our school. A shelter-in-place means that students and staff need to stay inside their classrooms. Classes continue as usual, and our staff does everything they can to keep things as normal as possible for our students. We call a shelter in place for events such as dangerous weather conditions, a utility emergency, or if a student, staff member, or visitor needs medical attention. A shelter-in-place is not a lockdown. A lockdown is very different with completely different protocols for both students and staff.

This week Grade 5 classrooms started their SEED science lessons. Check out students from Mrs. Ross' and Mrs. Seaver's class participated in some detective work by working on fingerprint analysis. So cool! Special thanks to our amazing PTO for funding the Grade 5 SEED science lessons.

A HUGE thank you to our phenomenal PTO for their generosity this week during Staff Appreciation Week. From snacks to treats, to an incredible lunch today - the week was amazing!

Bravo Ellie, Camryn, and Conor for achieving the highest practice scores in the Grade 5 Band! These students have each completed over 150 practice activities this year. We are very proud of your hard work!

Positive Sign Thursday!

'YOU ARE MORE THAN A TEST!'

Our last Kids Night Out events are here! Please see the links below to sign your child up for the 4th Grade Night (May 19th) or the 5th Grade Night (tonight). We also need a lot of volunteers so we'd appreciate any help you could give! (The sign-up genius link for volunteers is located on the permission slip.)

5th Grade Permission Slip - May 12th

4th Grade Permission Slip - May 19th

May Lunch Menu

Math

Grade 5 May 17th and May 18th

STE Testing

Grade 5 May 25th

Dale Street is excited to host Medfield author and illustrator, David Biedrzycki on Thursday, June 1st and Friday, June 2nd! Any families wishing to purchase or personalize books from David Biedrzycki before his visit to Dale Street can send in this book order form by Tuesday, May 23rd. Checks (made out to David Biedrzycki) are the preferred method of payment. Please reach out to Library Media Specialist, Julie Lowerre (jlowerre@email.medfield.net) with any questions! Thank you!

Please save the date of Tuesday, June 13th at 9:30 a.m. for Dale Street's Grade 5 Celebration. This year, the Grade 5 Celebration will take place on the basketball court outdoors and we are hoping for dry and nice weather. Grade 5 families are welcome and we are asking that all guests bring a lawn chair for seating in an area off the pavement. If there is inclement weather on this day, the celebration will be held in the gymnasium. If this is the case, we will only be able to welcome 2 guests per family for the celebration.