June 3, 2016 - Week 37

Hello Dale Street!

Today Dale Street had a "Principal for the Day."  Sadie from Ms. Condon's room won this MCPE raffle.  Sadie assisted me in conducting the daily business of the school.  She made an EXCELLENT Principal!

Congratulations to this week's Positive Referrals!  Thank you for making Dale Street such a great place! 

Congratulations to the 4th and 5th grade Chorus students for their terrific performance on Thursday night.  The students' singing and versatility were amazing!  Special thanks to Mrs. Oxholm for directing such a great concert!

 Thank you to Blake Middle School Library Media Specialist, Mr. Jon Haycock for visiting our school this week.  Mr. Haycock provided a lot of information about the summer reads for our rising 6th graders.

Students in 5Curran and 5Condon used part of the week to film commercials as part of their science planet projects.  These students are naturals!  

Field Day is scheduled for Friday, June 10th (Rain Day, Monday, June 13th).  Mrs. Nawrocki and Mr. Stevens are planning an exciting day of activities for our 4th and 5th graders.  Grade 4 will participate in Field Day during the morning (9:00 - 11:15) and Grade 5 will participate in the afternoon (12:00 - 2:15). Both field days will begin with the 50 yard dash and an all class relay. Field Day will take place on the field between the Dale Street and Memorial Schools. After the races, classes will begin rotating through seven stations. Classes will rotate with their classroom. All activities will take place on the field, in the gym and on the blacktop.  Parents are welcome to join us to watch and cheer on their children. 
  

We have found it to be helpful to: 

**have students wear comfortable clothes and sneakers on this day 

**apply sunscreen before coming to school.  Please provide more sunscreen for re- application. 

**send children with a hat and extra water on this day. 


Classes will be eating bagged lunches. Students may bring their own bagged lunch or purchase a bagged lunch from the cafeteria. Note: There will no other lunch options on this day.

Please come and join us for the final Principal's Coffee on Thursday, June 9th in the Dale Street cafeteria. Dale Street staff will be offering suggestions and strategies regrading stress and anxiety in children as they head off to summer. The meeting will begin at 8:45 AM.  Feel free to bring younger children if you are stuck for daycare. Please RSVP here  if you are planning to attend.

YEARBOOK

As a reminder, 5th Grade Yearbook orders are due by June 13th.  Please click here for the order form.

Please click on the MCPE link for information from MCPE.

Congratulations to our "Create a Monthly Theme" contest winners!  Great work!

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Please click the PTO link for updates from our PTO.

Please join us on as we celebrate our final spirit day of the 2015-2016 school year.  From Wednesday, June 8, to Friday, June 17, the Dale Street School will be collecting items to donate to the Medfield Food Cupboard.  Items we will be collecting are:

Sunscreen

Bug spray

Lip sunblock

Freeze pops

Salty individual snacks

Sweet individual snacks

Juice boxes

There will be a collection bin in each classroom.  We hope you can contribute by donating to the Medfield Food Cupboard and join us in helping others.

To celebrate a week and a half of great fundraising, we will be having a Spirit Day on Friday, June 17th.  The Spirit Day we will be hosting is Decades Day.  Feel free to dress up from the past, present or what you think the future may be like.  As always, Spirit Day is optional, but we encourage staff and students to participate.  

We hope you all consider participating in this fun and worthwhile event.

Grade 5 will have their celebration on Tuesday, June 21st at 10:00 AM in the Dale Street Gymnasium. 

Transition day will be held on Wednesday, June 22nd.  Children will spend approximately 30 minutes in their new teacher's classroom, get a chance to meet their new classmates, and hear a little about what's to come in September.

Monday, June 6th - 4th & 5th Grade Band Concert (7 PM-HS)
Wednesday, June 8th - Incoming Grade 4 Parent Night (6:30 PM - Dale Street Cafeteria)
Thursday, June 9th - Marimba Concert (3:30 PM - Memorial School)
Friday, June 10th - Field Day

SUMMER SKILLS

Many students have found it beneficial to work on strengthening math and/or language arts skills over the summer months.  For many years we have used a series of workbooks published by a company called Summer Skills.  These books have been successful in helping students practice and sharpen their skills.  Please be aware that some questions contained in the workbooks may cover topics that have been introduced but not yet mastered.  As a school, we feel that summer work is beneficial, as studies show that much of what is learned during the school year is lost over the summer months; however, this book is entirely OPTIONAL.  For more information, click here or go to www.SummerSkills.com

Thank you for checking in this week.

Enjoy your weekend!

Respectfully,

Steve