Dale Street Blog: November 2023

Friday, November 17, 2023

November 17, 2023 - Week 12

Dear Dale Street Families,

What an amazing week we've had! Please take a minute to read this week's blog so you can stay connected and informed. Next week, I will not be publishing the Dale Street Blog due to the short week. However, all of us at #beproudbedale would like to take this moment to express our deep appreciation for all our families. Thank you for trusting us with your children and for the incredible support you provide us every day. We are truly grateful! We hope you have a fantastic Thanksgiving and enjoy the quality time spent with your loved ones.

Thank you to the students in Mrs. Nee’s class for facilitating an awesome SEL assembly on Thursday. Their focus: our Core Value of inclusivity. Thank you for helping foster a stronger & kinder community!

Congratulations to this week's Positive Referral!

Blake Middle School Presents

ALADDIN JR.

Friday, November 17th @ 7:00 PM

Saturday, November 18th @ 1:00 PM

Saturday, November 18th @ 7:00 PM

Tickets on sale at https://bmstheater.booktix.net/

Positive Sign Thursday!

'WE ARE THANKFUL!'

Attention - All Dale Street Families! The Dale Street Student Council and the Dale Street PTO are having a collection of new PJ's and socks for Cradles to Crayons for the cold winter months. The collection started this week and will run until Friday, December 15th. Please consider donating to this worthwhile cause. Thank you!

Thanks to our Friday DJs who kept the lunchroom rockin' today.

Thank you to all of the students who have been completing the Math Challenges. Great job! The newest math challenge has been released. It is due December 6th. Students should turn all math challenges into the office.

What’s better than one MCPE grant in action? Seeing two MCPE grants come together in this fun, creative project at Dale Street School last year! Students were tasked with using the EverBlocks life-size block system together with robotic Sphero balls to create obstacle courses and mazes for them to navigate. The EverBlocks modular building blocks were funded by MCPE in a 2019-20 grant, and the robotic Sphero balls were upgraded for the K-5 robotics program with new kits and components in a 2020-21 grant.

Follow MCPE on Instagram (@mcpe_medfield) to see more updates on how your donations make a real impact on our Medfield students!

On Wednesday, students in Mrs. Skinner’s fifth-grade class collaborated and acted as Plant Pros and Water Wizards and used this information to determine where they would lead their mission. Great job!

2024 TESTING SCHEDULE

Dale Street's testing schedule is set for the spring. As always it is most important that students attend school on the days of testing, so please plan appointments in a way that does not interfere with your child being in school on the following testing dates:

ELA Testing

Grade 4 April 9th and April 11th

Grade 5 April 5th and April 10th

Math

Grade 4 May 7th and May 9th

Grade 5 May 8th and May 10th

STE Testing

Grade 5 May 14th and May 17th

On Monday, Grade 5 students in Ms. McKenzie's class spent time dividing unit fractions by whole numbers. I was impressed with the students' effort and wonderful math discussions!

Join us on Tuesday evening, Dec. 5, 2023 for "Spaghetti and Snowballs!"

Get your tickets now as we bring back this favorite holiday tradition! Guests will enjoy a spaghetti dinner (with or without sauce and/or meatballs) and an ice cream dessert, music performed by Medfield students, and photos with Olaf from Frozen. 7th & 8th grade music students will be your servers for the evening and all three elementary school principals will be at the 5:15pm dinner. There will also be a bake sale, gift basket raffles, and many more fun surprises.

Choose between two dinner seatings: one at 5:15 p.m., and another at 6:30p.m. Tickets are $10 each (plus a small processing fee) and only 250 tickets are available for each seating. The first seating is already 60+% sold out and the second seating is close behind! Don't miss your chance to join the fun, see your friends, and support the Medfield music program!

Tickets for Spaghetti & Snowballs are available here: https://www.ticketsource.us/medfield-music-association

This event is brought to you by the Medfield Music Association (MMA) and proceeds benefit the music program in all Medfield Public Schools. Please follow us on facebook for updates.

Would you like to volunteer? This event takes so many helpers to pull off. Sign up as an event helper, a baker for the bake sale, or a shopper to fill the raffle baskets using the signup genius here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050D4AADA822AA8-45674067-spaghetti#/

Check out this informational document from Nurse Leader, Mrs. Brittany Hardiman - Caffeine and Children

Please follow your School Nurses on Twitter - @medfieldnurses Facebook - Medfield School Nurses Instagram - @medfieldnurses

Mrs. Gutierrez's students are always ecstatic when they receive return letters from the National Park letters they send out! So cool!

Click here for the link to Community Postings

Thank you for your continued partnership - have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

Steve

Inclusivity * Respect * Responsibility * Continuous Growth

Thursday, November 9, 2023

November 9, 2023 - Week 11

Hello Dale Street!

This week at #beproudbedale was a short, but productive. We want to extend a big thank you to all our families for participating in teacher conferences this week. Your support and partnership are so important and so appreciated. Please take a moment to check out this week's blog for some exciting highlights and to stay connected.

On behalf of the Dale Street staff, thank you to everyone who took the time to participate in teacher conferences this week. We believe the home-school partnership is paramount for student success and these discussions are important opportunities to help improve a child’s achievement and happiness, inside and outside the classroom. Please note that Term 1 closes on November 22nd. Report cards will be issued on December 8th and will include information from both classroom teachers and specialists.

This week, Grade 4 students in Mrs. Scott's class had a great time learning to code with our MCPE-funded Ozobots. Special thanks to our Technology Integrationist, Mr. Ahearn for creating such fun and creative lessons!

This week was School Psychologist Week. Please join me in thanking Dale Street's amazing School Psychologist, Mrs. Strekalovsky for the wonderful work she does each day.

Blake Middle School Presents

ALADDIN JR.

Friday, November 17th @ 7:00 PM

Saturday, November 18th @ 1:00 PM

Saturday, November 18th @ 7:00 PM

Tickets on sale at https://bmstheater.booktix.net/

A huge thanks to the Dale Street PTO hospitality team for sharing delicious treats this week. We are very lucky and very appreciative.

This week with Mrs. Tumbleson, some of our Grade 5 percussionists took time to read up on music theory. These students are super-talented

Friday, November 17th is Spirit Day! Add a little bit of magic to Dale Street by

dressing up as your favorite Disney character!

Thank you to Mrs. Skinner's fifth-grade class for sharing these awesome Tomb of the Unknown Soldier models.

Positive Sign Thursday!

'If at first you don't succeed, YOU'RE NORMAL!'

Friday, November 10th - No School (Veterans Day Observed)

Friday, November 17th - Spirit Day (Disney Day)

Wednesday, November 22nd - Early Release Day - 11:40 a.m. dismissal

Thursday, November 23rd and Friday, November 24th -

No School (Thanksgiving Recess)

We were blown away by the support for the 2023 Medfield K-5 Rainbow Run this year!! A huge THANK YOU for all of the support to make this year's run our most successful yet! CONGRATULATIONS to 1ST GRADE!! They are the winners of the contest for Highest Percentage of Students Registered and will be receiving Rainbow Keychains provided by locally owned PS I LOVE YOU! Great Job 1st graders and a huge Thank you to PS I LOVE YOU 9821, look them up on facebook or instagram!

The tshirt winners will also be receiving their t-shirts at school this week! We thank you for your patience. Also, a big Thank you to THE PUTNEY GROUP for helping get over 550 t-shirts to celebrate the winners. Home - The Putney Group Again, Thank you to the community for your unwavering support. See you in 2024.

Thanks,

The Rainbow Run Committee

K-8 PTO Fundraiser with Ribpublic

Treat yourself to a No-Cook Sunday and order from Ribpublic! Order online using the link below and pick up at 28 Pleasant St in Medfield (Church of the Advent) from 4 - 6PM on Sunday, Nov. 12th.

https://ribpublicbbq.com/product-category/online-food-orders/medfield-k8pt

o-fundraiser-nov12/

As always - a huge shout out to Ribpublic for always supporting the K-8 PTO.

Congratulations to Gabe who was recognized for completing an entire summer's worth of practice challenges. Way to go, Gabe!

The start of November for many means entering the holiday season. For MCPE, it means we’re underway with our first grant cycle of the 2023-24 school year, with our first set of submitted grants to be reviewed and approved this month! This also makes it a great time to look back at the impact of prior grants in Medfield schools - such as this Numicons interactive math tiles set funded by an MCPE grant for Memorial School in the 2021-22 school year. These manipulatives provide a hands-on way for students to learn about early math concepts, and help prepare them for future math skills like multiplication and division.

Follow MCPE on Instagram (@mcpe_medfield) to see more updates on how your donations make a real impact on our Medfield students!

Click here for the link to Community Postings

Thank you for your continued partnership - have a wonderful weekend!

Steve

Inclusivity * Respect * Responsibility * Continuous Growth

Friday, November 3, 2023

November 3, 2023 - Week 10

Happy Friday, Dale Street Families!

It was a fantastic and busy week here at Dale Street! It was great fun having students show up in their Halloween costumes on Tuesday! Here are some exciting things that took place this week along with some important information regarding upcoming events.

Congratulations to this week's Positive Referrals!

Check out some of the Halloween fun from Tuesday morning. Special thanks to all of the volunteers who helped create a fun and exciting environment. Your support is greatly appreciated!

Wednesday, November 8th and Thursday, November 9th are early release days for teacher conferences. Students will be dismissed at 11:40 a.m. Please be sure to check School Dismissal Manager to see what your student’s dismissal plan is for those days. Unless you make a change, your student will be dismissed per their regular end-of-day plan. If you need to make a change, please do so before 10:30 a.m. on the day of early dismissal.

For those of you conferencing in person, please be sure to check out our Lost & Found display in the lobby for any items that may belong to your family. As a reminder, labeling your child’s items is strongly encouraged as it helps us to quickly return coats, hats, mittens, sweatshirts, and water bottles to their rightful owner. Thank you in advance.

On a visit to Mr. Douglas' fourth-grade class this week, students were engaged in math centers. So much great collaboration and math discussions were taking place!

Positive Sign Thursday!

'YOU ARE VALUED!'

Thank you to all of the students who have been completing the Math Challenges. Great job! The newest math challenge has been released. It is due November 15th. Students should turn all math challenges into the office.

Before the weather totally changed, Grade 5 students previewed unit fractions by heading outdoors and using sidewalk chalk. So great to have fun while learning!

Congratulations to William in Ms. Burnham's fifth-grade class for being selected as November's Dale Street Artist of the Month!

Theatre Society to perform Grease, November 17-19

Grease travels all the way back to 1958, capturing a sugary and idealized view of teenhood in its early stages. Back when love, slumber parties, and prom were the main worries of many teenagers, it brings the audience back to simpler times. Guaranteed to spread a wave of nostalgia to an older audience, and a perception of hope and excitement to the younger audience. Fresh off their summer love, Danny and Sandy never thought they would see each other again. But when their paths cross again at Rydell High, cliques and popularity complicate everything.

Will Danny and Sandy be able to rekindle their love? Or should it all be left in the summer? The cast and crew of Medfield Theatre Society cordially invites you to join Danny and Sandy as they navigate their senior year at Rydell High School. Grease: School Version is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Condors Theatricals Company. www.concordtheatricals.com. Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

Show dates: November 17 and 18 @7:00 PM, and November 19 @2:00 PM

Location: MHS Auditorium, 88 South Street, Medfield, MA

To purchase tickets:

https://www.ticketsource.us/medfield-high-school-theatre-society

On Thursday, Dale Street was visited by volunteers of the Angul Run. Please see the information about the run below.

Angel Run Shirt deadline is this Sunday, November 5th

Come to the Medfield Foundation Angel Run 5K, a great community event, fun for family and friends, to be held Sunday, December 3, at 12:30 p.m. Run, walk, or stroll, bring your dog and wear your festive attire! Want the free shirt? Register by Nov. 5th (only 2 days left)! Standard registration ends Nov. 19th. Go to MedfieldFoundation.org/mfi-angel-run for more info. Proceeds benefit Medfield residents in need.

Check this out..this week grade 4 students participated in a really cool coding activity with Dale Street Technology Integrationist, Mr. Ahearn, and our MCPE-funded Ozobots. You can see it on their faces and feel it in the atmosphere - the students love it!

The High School Boys' Basketball team is hosting a 3 x 3 tournament for boys and girls in grades 4-7 at the high school gym on November 10th from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Here is the registration form and a FAQ section on the tournament. Please email your completed registration forms or direct any questions to the event coordinator, Ashley Tracey at ashleyktracey@gmail.com.

This week in Makerspace with Mrs. Lowerre Grade 5 students began creating models of Native American homes. So wonderful to see the collaboration and teamwork!

Wednesday, November 8th & Thursday, November 9th -

Early Release (Conferences) 11:40 a.m. dismissal

Friday, November 10th - No School (Veterans Day Observed)

Friday, November 17th - Spirit Day (Disney Day)

Wednesday, November 22nd - Early Release Day - 11:40 a.m. dismissal

Thursday, November 23rd and Friday, November 24th -

No School (Thanksgiving Recess)

K-8 PTO Fundraiser with Ribpublic

Treat yourself to a No-Cook Sunday and order from Ribpublic! Order online using the link below and pick up at 28 Pleasant St in Medfield (Church of the Advent) from 4 - 6PM on Sunday, Nov. 12th.

https://ribpublicbbq.com/product-category/online-food-orders/medfield-k8pt

o-fundraiser-nov12/

As always - a huge shout out to Ribpublic for always supporting the K

Click here for the link to Community Postings

Thank you for your continued partnership - have a wonderful weekend!

Steve

Inclusivity * Respect * Responsibility * Continuous Growth