Dale Street Blog: October 29, 2021

Happy Friday, Dale Street Families!

It was a sensational, definitely interesting, and dare I say, spooktacular week! Wednesday was definitely a curveball for sure, but our #beproudbedale rockstar students and staff made it through fantastically! It was great fun having students show up today in their Halloween gear! Here are some exciting things that took place this week and some information regarding upcoming events.

This week, grade 4 welcomed Technology Integrationist, Mr. Ahern. Students loved learning about coding with our MCPE funded Ozobts, Check out some of the learning that happened in Mrs. Fox's class.

Olivia received a positive referral for being a great example for her classmates and being very inclusive.

Zoe received a positive referral displaying kind and empathetic behavior each day and being inclusive of students in her class.

Ryan received a positive referral for working hard across all academic areas. He is putting in his best effort and staying on task.

The Dale Street Student Council has voted to have Dale Street students and families participate in the Boodle Brigades initiative. The Boodle Brigades' mission is to send care boxes to our troops overseas. The group was started several years ago by Sara West Martin, a West Point graduate's mom. Dale Street will collect items for one male soldier and one female soldier. Items (see below) will be collected outside the main office starting Monday, November 1st through Friday, November 12th. Care boxes will be packed in the afternoon of the 12th so they can go out by November 14th, to ensure timely delivery.

Suggested items: toiletries, a gift card to amazon. spices, hot sauces, barbecue sauces, socks, gloves, candy, boxes of trivia games, playing cards, kraft mac and cheese, cocoa, etc.

On Tuesday, Ms. Isaacson's fourth-grade students used the book Evelyn Del Ray Is Moving Away to help pull out important details which ultimately lead them to the main idea. Students made wonderful observations and inferences!

The first Principal's Coffee of the year will be held on Friday, November 5th, at 8:45 a.m. in the Dale Street School Library. I will be sharing helpful hints for families as student-led Family/Teacher conferences approach, our new elementary report card, and a new elementary building project update. Please RSVP here if you plan to attend.

Positive Sign Thursday!

'YOU ARE SPOOKTACULAR!'

¡Tuvimos éxito! This week in Spanish with Senora LeVangie grade 5 students had fun trying to break out of their Día de los Muertos breakout. Check out these awesome students from Ms. Sager's class and Ms. Condon's class.

Spirit Day - Friday, November 5th

Disney Day - Add a little bit of magic to Dale Street by dressing up as your favorite Disney character.

For the month of November, we are asking the students at Dale to make thank you cards at home for the special members of their community. Some examples would be for the police station, fire station, librarians, department of public works, Park Street Books, the elderly at Tilden Village, or any other organization in town that helps make Medfield special! Please have the students drop off their cards at the main office at Dale by November 19. If you have any questions, please feel free to email Alice Jreige, PTO Community Service Coordinator at alice.jreige@gmail.com

Medfield K-8 PTO is excited to announce a year-round

MEDFIELD SPIRIT WEAR STORE!

Thanks to local business Day St Sports, we have answered the question – where

can I find Medfield Spirit Wear?

Over 100 options are currently listed, All proceeds will be donated to the individual

school K-8 PTOs.

Shipping takes about 3 weeks, so please plan ahead for the holiday season.

Medfield Spirit Wear Link

Please send questions to medfieldk8pto@gmail.com.

Thank you for your support!

Intramurals are up and running at Dale Street. Here is a list of intramurals:

Girls' Lacrosse - Mondays

Magic the Gathering - Mondays

Newspaper Club - Tuesdays

Read...Create...Inspire - Tuesdays

Quidditch - Tuesdays

Girls on the Run - Tuesdays and Thursdays

Advocates for the Environment - Wednesdays

Warrior Fitness - Wednesdays

Does any know a cartographer? I do - check out these awesome students in Ms. Plympton's grade 4 class and the topographic maps they were creating!

Self-Care Bears - Family Notification & Information

Fall Fest is just around the corner - Friday, November 5, 2021! If you ordered Fall Fest merchandise it will be waiting for you at the event. If you ordered but can't make Fall Fest, a pickup location will be sent to you after November 5th. Fall Fest is officially sold out but visit our website to get onto the waitlist - www.medfieldcoalition.org

The weather (with the exception of some rain this week) has been very pleasant. As the weather begins to get cooler, we recommend that students bring sweatshirts to school as temperatures inside the building can range widely due to open windows and our air filters - wearing layers is the best approach!

Halloween Spirit

Today, students and staff had fun kicking off the Halloween weekend by sporting some awesome costumes. Check it out...