February 9, 2024 - Week 24

Dear Dale Street Families,

Your children continue to do great work on a daily basis and lead by example! Here are a few photographs and highlights from the week as well as some important updates for you.  

On a visit to Mr. Douglas' fourth-grade class this week, students were engaged during math centers. 

Congratulations to this week's Positive Referral!

Thank you to Abby and Ellen in Mrs.Chamblin's fifth-grade class for sharing this week's book review! 

Valentine's Day is next Wednesday. To ensure the safety of all of our students and staff, we are requesting that no food/candy be sent in with Valentine's cards. If a student decides to bring in Valentine's, there should be one for every student in their class. On Wednesday, February 14th, students will enjoy a “Party in a Bag!” Have your child decorate a brown paper lunch bag with a Valentine’s theme. Once decorated, fill it with a few of your child’s favorite food items. Some examples are: juice box or mini water bottle, small salty snack, fun sweet snack (cupcake, cookie), additional items could be a piece of fruit, a small yogurt, or any additional healthy snack.  Adding a little note to your child's bag will definitely make them happy!  Head Room Parents will be coordinating a game or craft during snack time for this day. 

¿Qué te gusta beber/comer? This week in World Language with Señora LeVangie, Grade 5 students created restaurant menus and then observed their classmates’ orders.

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

Positive Sign Thursday!

'WE ARE TEAMMATES!' 

PreK-5 Spirit Day - February 14th - Show Your Love ♥️

On February 14th, we will be having our next PreK-5 Spirit Day. Our theme is “Show Your Love” and our goal is to help stock the Medfield Food Pantry with items that are greatly needed at this time of the year. Please consider donating any of the following items. A drop box will be available in the Dale Street lobby. Thank you for your help!

● Tuna (solid white, in water)

● Ensure or Boost (vanilla or chocolate)

● Jelly/jam (12 or 18 oz)

● Creamy peanut butter

● Individually portioned snacks

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

This week in the Makerspace with Mrs. Lowerre, Grade 4 students collaborated on a challenging 'Buzzer Box' problem. Students participated in great conversations while wearing our PTO-funded lab coats.

Click HERE to view the February lunch menu

I recently had a great meeting with Massachusetts' Safe Routes to School. They have a wonderful opportunity for our Rockstar students. The Safe Routes to School group is sponsoring a Yard Sign Design Contest. The theme this year is bus stop safety. Submissions are open until Friday, February 23rd for students in grades 2-8. Students can scan and email submissions to Rachel.ODonnell2@aecom.com or mail submissions to 1 Federal Street, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02110. Here is a template, but submissions can be made on any regular 8.5 x 11 piece of paper. However, the page should be oriented in LANDSCAPE format. Multilingual signs are highly encouraged and they offer guidelines in additional languages on their website.

Save the date for the 2024 MCPE Spelling Bee!

Monday, March 18th | 4:00-7:30pm

Medfield High School Auditorium

This Spelling Bee is always a ton of F-U-N! In this low-stress team approach to a spelling bee, there is no spelling out loud in front of the crowd. When the moderator reads a word, team members practice T-E-A-M-W-O-R-K to confer and write the correct spelling on a piece of paper. There are several rounds for each age group, and winning teams will be crowned for grades 2-3 and grades 4-5. Kids can sign up as a team of 2-4 students or as a solo speller! And of course, costumes are encouraged!

Cost is $20 per person and each participant will receive a small prize! All proceeds will go to benefit Medfield Public Schools.

Missing any Items? Take a look at our Virtual Lost & Found

 

Please click the link below to see a video of our lost and found

If you see any item(s) that belong to your family please have your child stop by the main lobby to pick it/them up. 

Please note all unclaimed items will be donated to charity on Friday, February

16, 2024.

Dale Street Lost & Found

This week in Ms. McKenzie's fifth-grade class students worked hard learning how to multiply decimals.  

Who is ready for some BBQ?!

***Now Taking SUPER BOWL ORDERS*** 

Place your order now for pickup on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb 11th.

It's time for the big game, and Ribpublic BBQ is happy to be accepting orders for pickup on Super Bowl Sunday from 3-5PM (just in time for kickoff!) In addition, Ribpublic BBQ is excited to be donating a portion of all proceeds to Medfield K-8 PTO in a fundraiser to help support all of their amazing efforts!

  https://ribpublicbbq.com/product-category/online-food-orders/super-bowl-sunday-medfield-k8pto-fundraiser-feb11/ 

Pickup is at our Medfield location at 28 Pleasant Street, Sunday, February 11th from 3-5PM. Choose from Ribs, Pulled Pork, Smoked Chicken, Corn Bread, Coleslaw or 3 meal deals! ALL ORDERS MUST BE PRE-ORDERED AND PLACED BY FRIDAY, February 9th AT MIDNIGHT(or before we sell out). Quantities are limited, and WE WILL SELL OUT QUICKLY.  You DO NOT need to be from Medfield to order!

IMPORTANT DATES

Wednesday, February 14th - PreK-5 Spirit Day (Show Your Love) ♥️

Wednesday, February 14th - 'Party in a Bag'

Monday, February 19th - Friday, February 23rd - No School

(Winter Vacation)

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Thank you for your continued support.  Have a great weekend!

Steve

Inclusivity * Respect * Responsibility * Continuous Growth