Dale Street Blog: November 17, 2023

Dear Dale Street Families,

What an amazing week we've had! Please take a minute to read this week's blog so you can stay connected and informed. Next week, I will not be publishing the Dale Street Blog due to the short week. However, all of us at #beproudbedale would like to take this moment to express our deep appreciation for all our families. Thank you for trusting us with your children and for the incredible support you provide us every day. We are truly grateful! We hope you have a fantastic Thanksgiving and enjoy the quality time spent with your loved ones.

Thank you to the students in Mrs. Nee’s class for facilitating an awesome SEL assembly on Thursday. Their focus: our Core Value of inclusivity. Thank you for helping foster a stronger & kinder community!

Congratulations to this week's Positive Referral!

Blake Middle School Presents

ALADDIN JR.

Friday, November 17th @ 7:00 PM

Saturday, November 18th @ 1:00 PM

Saturday, November 18th @ 7:00 PM

Tickets on sale at https://bmstheater.booktix.net/

Positive Sign Thursday!

'WE ARE THANKFUL!'

Attention - All Dale Street Families! The Dale Street Student Council and the Dale Street PTO are having a collection of new PJ's and socks for Cradles to Crayons for the cold winter months. The collection started this week and will run until Friday, December 15th. Please consider donating to this worthwhile cause. Thank you!

Thanks to our Friday DJs who kept the lunchroom rockin' today.

Thank you to all of the students who have been completing the Math Challenges. Great job! The newest math challenge has been released. It is due December 6th. Students should turn all math challenges into the office.

What’s better than one MCPE grant in action? Seeing two MCPE grants come together in this fun, creative project at Dale Street School last year! Students were tasked with using the EverBlocks life-size block system together with robotic Sphero balls to create obstacle courses and mazes for them to navigate. The EverBlocks modular building blocks were funded by MCPE in a 2019-20 grant, and the robotic Sphero balls were upgraded for the K-5 robotics program with new kits and components in a 2020-21 grant.

Follow MCPE on Instagram (@mcpe_medfield) to see more updates on how your donations make a real impact on our Medfield students!

On Wednesday, students in Mrs. Skinner’s fifth-grade class collaborated and acted as Plant Pros and Water Wizards and used this information to determine where they would lead their mission. Great job!

2024 TESTING SCHEDULE

Dale Street's testing schedule is set for the spring. As always it is most important that students attend school on the days of testing, so please plan appointments in a way that does not interfere with your child being in school on the following testing dates:

ELA Testing

Grade 4 April 9th and April 11th

Grade 5 April 5th and April 10th

Math

Grade 4 May 7th and May 9th

Grade 5 May 8th and May 10th

STE Testing

Grade 5 May 14th and May 17th

On Monday, Grade 5 students in Ms. McKenzie's class spent time dividing unit fractions by whole numbers. I was impressed with the students' effort and wonderful math discussions!

Join us on Tuesday evening, Dec. 5, 2023 for "Spaghetti and Snowballs!"

Get your tickets now as we bring back this favorite holiday tradition! Guests will enjoy a spaghetti dinner (with or without sauce and/or meatballs) and an ice cream dessert, music performed by Medfield students, and photos with Olaf from Frozen. 7th & 8th grade music students will be your servers for the evening and all three elementary school principals will be at the 5:15pm dinner. There will also be a bake sale, gift basket raffles, and many more fun surprises.

Choose between two dinner seatings: one at 5:15 p.m., and another at 6:30p.m. Tickets are $10 each (plus a small processing fee) and only 250 tickets are available for each seating. The first seating is already 60+% sold out and the second seating is close behind! Don't miss your chance to join the fun, see your friends, and support the Medfield music program!

Tickets for Spaghetti & Snowballs are available here: https://www.ticketsource.us/medfield-music-association

This event is brought to you by the Medfield Music Association (MMA) and proceeds benefit the music program in all Medfield Public Schools. Please follow us on facebook for updates.

Would you like to volunteer? This event takes so many helpers to pull off. Sign up as an event helper, a baker for the bake sale, or a shopper to fill the raffle baskets using the signup genius here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050D4AADA822AA8-45674067-spaghetti#/