September 17, 2021 - Week 3

Dear Dale Street Families, 

We had a great week here at #beproudbedale.  The students are totally knocking it out of the park. I am so proud of their efforts all the way around.  Take a look at some of the awesomeness that happened at Dale Street this week...

Check out the great work from Mrs. Ross' and Mrs. Seaver's fifth-grade class - students have been working on sketchnoting as a purposeful and creative way to represent fiction story elements. Well done, young learners!

On Tuesday, Dale Street participated in its first pool testing of the school year.  I have to say that the students were awesome!  Special thanks to our amazing school nurse, Kathy Thompson (who has been at work until 10:00 p.m. some nights!) for facilitating our pool testing.

In Art class with Mrs. Delaney this week, Dale Street students started creating handmade sketchbooks.  Check out these samples from Abby, Lucy,  Owen, and Anika.  Great work!   

After receiving positive feedback from families last year, we will again be hosting a virtual meet the staff presentation.  On September 22nd, I will be sending out a virtual slide deck link of pre-recorded presentations from each staff member at #beproudbedale introducing themselves and sharing a little bit about them. Classroom teachers and Special Subject teachers will also outline the curriculum and expectations for the content students are working with here at Dale Street.  This will be done asynchronously so families can view it at a time that is convenient for them or view it in smaller chunks.  

Caution...Scientists at Work! This week, students in Mrs. Scott's grade 4 class participated in a mechanical weathering experiment.  

Many classes around the school took time in our first 10 days to partake in an activity (Build Your Own Medal) to explore and celebrate their individual strengths.  Students and staff were asked to reflect on at least three of these questions: Who do you want to be?  What are you proud of?  What are your strengths? What is a hobby or interest?  What are you currently learning?  What do you want to bring to the table? Great job, everyone! 

 

This week Ms. Johnson's fifth-grade class had a 'book tasting'.  Students had the opportunity to sample different genres they have within their classroom.  Who better to invite to a book tasting than Dale Street's Library Media Specialist, Ms. Sweeney! 

 

We are very excited to announce that again this year all 4th and 5th-grade students will have the opportunity to complete biweekly math challenges. This program will begin on September 24th.  Math challenges will be available to print at home from the website linked below.

Students will be free to solve as many problems as they can and will have about a week to turn in their work. We hope that all students and families find these problems to be a challenging and fun activity.

More information, including a calendar of important dates and a link to download and print the challenges and solutions, is available here. Any questions regarding the math challenge program can be directed to Dale Street math specialist, Ms. Perachi.

 First Challenge begins 9/27 and is due on 10/6

I have had the best time visiting classrooms and reading the book How to Solve a Problem by Ashima Shiraishi.  It has been great talking with students and highlighting the importance of Continuous Growth, reflecting on your decisions, and continuing to persevere.  

School picture day is Tuesday, September 21st.  

Congratulations to Dale Street 5th Graders Maddie, Elizabeth, Kacey, Lily, and Katie (The DI Donuts) for placing 3rd (out of 935 teams from 14 countries) at the DI (Destination Imagination) Global Finals! In addition, they were recognized for the highest Fast Flex Challenge score in the Elementary Service Learning division. Bravo, ladies!

So great to have small group music lessons back at Dale Street this year.  In the photos below, Mrs. Tumbleson's fourth and fifth-grade trumpet students were excited to make music! 

Be sure to label all items: clothing, water bottles, etc.!  All unclaimed items in the Lost and Found will be donated to charity periodically throughout the year.

Enjoy your weekend with your family and friends!

Steve

Respect * Compassion * Collaboration * Continuous Growth