Dale Street Blog: May 16, 2025

Hello Dale Street Community!

It was a busy, productive, and fantastic week here at #beproudbedale! Please take a minute to scroll through to get a snapshot of the week, and be sure to check in about some of our upcoming events.

Monday was a wonderful day for four amazing Dale Street students. These students displayed true Olympic spirit at the Special Olympics at Medfield High School! Congratulations to these wonderful students. We are so proud of you!

Students should not arrive at school (by walking, biking, or drop-off) before 8:10 a.m., as there is no supervision available before that time. Thank you in advance for your cooperation and support in keeping everyone safe!

I had a great time visiting Mrs. Ross' and Mrs. Seaver’s 5th-grade class on Thursday! Students were engaged, having fun, and learning as they worked through Math Workshop activities. 📚

Congratulations to this week's Positive Referrals!

Invitations were sent home this week to students who have received a positive referral during the second half of the year. If your child did not receive an invitation but you believe they should have, please reach out to Mrs. Malmquist in the main office.

On Tuesday night, Dale Street opened its doors to incoming Grade 4 families. This is always a special and exciting night. What made the night even more special was having current Dale Street Rockstars in attendance to share their experiences with incoming families. Families loved the first-hand accounts of their experiences. Thank you to all the students who came to help out and to the Dale Street staff who stayed late into the night to help out.

I want to take a moment to express my thanks to this year's Dale Street Site Council members (Lynne Nicholas, Kristin Martin, Darcie Robertson, Elizabeth Kelley, Tom Ramlow, Lydia Clevenger, Sara Isaacson, Kelsey McKenzie, and Kristen LeVangie) for their dedication and hard work this year. Their efforts have truly made a difference at Dale Street. Thank you for your time, energy, and commitment to making our school a better place for everyone.

A Moment in Music

The grade 4 general music students are working on a project that was inspired by the movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In one of the scenes, the humans have a conversation with the aliens. The aliens speak in musical tones. Song Maker is one of the applications in Chrome Music Lab. Each block in every row of Song Maker represents a tone in the music scale from low do to high do. In fact, each row is almost two complete octaves. In this project, the students were asked to use Song Maker and create a conversation between themselves and an alien race. The conversations are not yet complete, but watch the video and see examples of their work in progress.

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This is a reminder that the last day for book checkout is Friday, May 23rd. All books should be returned to the library by Friday, May 30th. Thank you for all of your support this school year. We have had a great year and students have loved checking out books and sharing their book recommendations throughout the year. Please be on the lookout for missing/late book notices in your student's backpacks the last week of May. We appreciate your support as we work to get all our books back before the end of the school year.

Thursday's Flower Power Day was a huge success! Thank you to all who contributed! As a result of your kindness, 18 arrangements were sent to Medfield High as a random act of kindness.

Dale Street held an Art Show reception on Wednesday night. There were a lot of fantastic student pieces on display. Special thanks to Dale Street Art Teacher, Mrs. Delaney for organizing a great evening!

Dale Street students will be honoring our veterans and those currently serving our country through music and remarks on Friday, May 23rd. The program will be held outside (weather permitting) on the Dale Street side of the building. The program will begin at 9:30 a.m. and is expected to last approximately 30 minutes. Upon completion of the program, students will return with their teachers to their classrooms.