Friday, October 21, 2016

October 21, 2016 - Week 8

Happy Friday!

As another week comes to a close, I'm happy to share some of the great things happening at Dale Street. Please take a moment to read about both past and upcoming events and enjoy a few highlights from the week.

Today, students in Mr. Douglas' fourth grade classroom participated in math workshop.  Students rotated through centers working on the distributive property.  It is great to see the students so engaged!  


Special thanks to MCPE who approved our grant, Dash and Dot codeable robots! We are excited to add these awesome learning tools to our growing makerspace. Thank you to all of the parents who donated at the Fall Ball and contributed to our grant.

Thanks to Victoria who read our book recommendation this week.  Victoria recommended Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant.  She rated it 5 stars because it was funny, silly, and fiction.  Well done!


Thank you to Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Shield for visiting our school this week to share information regarding the MFi Angel Run. The 11th running of the family friendly run/fun-run/walk is Sunday, December 4th at 12 p.m. Sign ups by November 1st will include the popular Angel Run shirt. Register online at MedfieldFoundation.org. All proceeds go to help Medfield residents in need.



Halloween at Dale Street


The Dale Street staff enjoys making Halloween a safe, exciting, and consistent experience for all students. On Monday, October 31st, all of our classrooms:


  • encourage all students to dress up in their costumes.  Please note that students’ faces may not be covered with a mask, hood, or other item. Please do not allow your child to bring fake weapons into school to accompany his/her costume, and particularly violent themes should be avoided.  
  • will have Halloween themed activities.  Activities will be teacher-directed and run throughout the day.
  • will have classroom snacks sent into school on October 31st.  The Head Room Parent will be coordinating this effort.  Please keep food and drink to these four categories: something crunchy, something sweet, a healthy fruit, and water.  Additionally, please be sensitive of allergies within classrooms.  The snack time and the Halloween themed activities will take place at different times depending on students’ schedules.  

We understand, and are happy that the children will receive a plethora of treats on Halloween night. Come Tuesday, the staff at Dale Street encourages healthy foods for student snack times to help promote optimal learning.  Thank you in advance for your continued support.  


Take a peek into Mrs. Crable's grade 4 Writer's Workshop this week......







...that 6 of our Dale Street staff were selected to present at MassCUE at Gillette Stadium this week.  Marissa Foley, Kerry Cowell, Maura Condon, Debby Fromen, Julie Lowerre, and Christy Callahan all presented at this well respected technology conference.  They did a wonderful job and truly represented Dale Street and Medfield well!



Please click here for the PTO update.



4th Grade Kids Night Out is 11/4. See Thursday packet for more details and the permission slip.


Reminder: The last day for the Mixed bag fundraiser is Tuesday, Oct 25.  Please turn in all orders by this date.


  

 On Thursday, November 3rd, I will be hosting a Principal's Coffee.  During this time, I will go over the recently released PARCC data, preview the upcoming parent/teacher conferences, and Officer Manganello will be in attendance to share some of her responsibilities as Medfield's School Resource Officer. This Principal's Coffee will begin at 8:45 a.m. in the Dale Street cafeteria.  Please note that if you are stuck for child care, please feel free to bring your little ones. Our food service department will be providing refreshments for this presentation.


We had a terrific first Student Advisory Council meeting this morning! 


Thank you to Mr. Mason for sharing pictures from Cece Bell's visit to Plainville last week.  What a great experience to hear from an award winning author! 





Please be reminded that there are no vehicles permitted in the bus circle during arrival and dismissal times.  These times include 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. and 2:40 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation. 

Thank you so much for reading.  Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,
Steve











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