February 11, 2022 - Week 23

 Dear Dale Street Families,

Your children continue to do great work on a daily basis and lead by example! Here are a few photographs and highlights from the week as well as some important updates for you.  

Reminder - Monday, February 14th is a half day. Dismissal time is 11:40 a.m. I am asking that all families update their child's School Dismissal Plan and make any changes if your child will be dismissed to a location other than their default location. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. 

Morning snack/breakfast and lunch will not be served on Monday.

Amazing way to end the week...2x Olympic gold medalist & 1x Olympic silver medalist, Kristine Lilly visited #beproudbedale this morning to share her experiences as an Olympic athlete.  It was a great tie-in to the SEL (social-emotional learning) discussions we have been having about perseverance and resilience!  What a treat! 

Valentine's Day is on Monday - very exciting!  In an effort to ensure safety for all of our students and staff, we are requesting that no food/candy be sent in with Valentine's cards. On Monday, February 14th, students will enjoy a “Party in a Bag!” Have your child decorate a brown paper lunch bag in a Valentine’s theme. Once decorated, fill it with a few of your child’s favorite food items. Some examples are: juice box or mini water bottle, small salty snack, fun sweet snack (cupcake, cookie), additional items could be a piece of fruit, a small yogurt, or any additional healthy snack.  Adding a little note to your child's bag will definitely make them happy!  Head Room Parents will be coordinating games/crafts for this day.  The snack time and Valentine's themed activities will take place at different times depending on students’ schedules and will be overseen by classroom teachers.  

Please note that we will not be serving snack on Monday.  

I'm sure that many of you have been watching the Olympics over the past week.  Very exciting for sure!  Just as exciting for me was watching our fourth-grade students and staff participate in an integrated Olympic week here at Dale Street.  Students took time this week to read about the history of the Olympics, learn more about Beijing (the location of this year's Winter Olympics), collaborated in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, & math) bobsled activity, and participated in a curling (measurement) activity.  Fourth-grade students and staff definitely earned a Gold Medal this week!

As you would think, the Olympic theme made its way to the gymnasium too.  This week with Mrs. Nawrocki and Ms. Laughna, our #beproudbedale Rockstars participated in the skeleton, bobsled, and biathlon.  

¿Qué ropa lleva el animal? In World Language this week Señora DellaMoinica, Grade 4 students in Mr. Douglas' class drew animals in winter clothing, then described what they were wearing.  ¡Que divertido!

Positive Sign Thursday!

'WE ARE TEAMMATES!' 

On Wednesday, Grade 5 students in Mrs. Hayes made similes and metaphors come to life during ELA.  It is great to see the illustrations that correlate to their sentences!  

This week, Grade 4 students had the opportunity to share their engineering skills by planning and building a model of a railway footbridge using parts from the new Vex GO kits! Huge thanks to the amazing and very generous MCPE

for providing our students with this wonderful STEM resource. 

This week members of our extraordinary PTO visited Dale Street 

 to drop off new indoor recess games for EVERY classroom. A huge thank you to all of our families who donated. We very much appreciate everyone’s generosity!

Let's kick off 2022 Super Bowl Sunday with some BBQ and a fundraiser that benefits the Medfield Schools!

Medfield K-8 PTO is thrilled to be partnering with Ribpublic BBQ in a delicious fundraiser. A portion of the proceeds will help support the programs and initiatives of the PTO.

Place your orders now for Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 13th!! ALL ORDERS MUST BE PREORDERED!

https://ribpublicbbq.com/.../medfield-pto-fundraiser.../

Pickup is at Ribpublic's new Medfield kitchen location at 26 Park Street, Sunday, February 13th from 2-4PM.  (A shared location with the amazing Sethji's!)

Choose from Ribs, Pulled Pork, Corn Bread, Coleslaw, or 2 meal deals to meet all of your party needs!

ALL ORDERS MUST BE PRE-ORDERED AND PLACED BY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11th AT MIDNIGHT. 

Quantities are limited, and we will sell out quickly.  Please place your orders now to help support this amazing organization!

You DO NOT need to be from Medfield to order for the Super Bowl! 

Thank you for your continued support of the K-8 PTO.

This week, Grade 5 Health Plus students presented their health passion projects they have been working on this semester.  Students learned a lot about how different sports affect your health and some great recipes for healthy smoothies.  Well done!  

Thank you again for your continued support.  

Best, Steve

Respect * Compassion * Collaboration * Continuous Growth