Dale Street Blog: March 14, 2025

Hello Dale Street!

What a spectacular week! #beproudbedale students were involved in so many wonderful activities this week. I am a proud and privileged principal to work every day with the incredible students and staff at Dale Street!

Congratulations to this week's Positive Referrals!

A Moment in Music

The general music students in grades 4 and 5 are working on creating commercials. They were asked to create a product, a script, opening music, and a jingle. The final product will be a commercial video encompassing all the elements previously mentioned. What you are viewing are the students performing their jingles in a fifth-grade class and a fourth-grade class.

Please click here to hear some of our awesome Chorus students

There was a lot of excitement at the High School on Wednesday night as over 40 Dale Street student teams participated in the MCPE Spelling Bee. All the teams did a fantastic job and their costumes were awesome! Special thanks to the Dale Street teacher volunteers, Jim James for moderating, and the always supportive MCPE for organizing this fun event.

Congratulations to this year's winning team "Different Here" Austin & Jonah

5th Grade Yearbooks are available to purchase now through April 30, 2025 - Treering Yearbooks. Each yearbook includes 2 free customized pages for your student. Custom pages are due by April 30th!

The Battle of the Books contestants have been posted all around the main hallway. Students have been reading about each book as they transition in the hallways. This has brought a lot of excitement for students getting ready to vote for their favorite book!

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The Spring 2025 MCAS testing dates are as follows: ELA: April 4 and April 9 STE (Grade 5 only): May 6 and May 8 Math: May 16 and May 20

The Round of 16 of our March Madness Tournament begins next week. Round of 32 scores will be posted in the cafeteria on Monday at lunch. Students and staff who made it to the Round of 16 will need to shoot 10 free throws during one of the following days: Tuesday, 3/18 or Friday, 3/21, between 7:50 a.m. - 8:20 a.m. Please note that all team members do not have to come on the same day, but all need to shoot the free throws by Friday, 3/21.

Join us for Hunter’s Run on Sunday, April 6th, 2025 at Kingsbury Club in Medfield. The 1 Mile Fun Run begins at 8:45 am and the 5k starts at 9:00 am. The mission is to bring awareness to the importance of Organ Donation and to help Boston Children’s Hospital and Donate life. Hunter was a 15-year-old Medfield resident who received a double lung transplant and without donors, would not have had the beautiful life he was blessed with. Please support this amazing cause.

https://raceroster.com/events/2025/98534/10th-annual-hunters-run

Elementary Principals Webinar

On March 26th at 4:00 PM, the Elementary Principals will host an informational webinar (link below) for families regarding the student placement process for the 2025-2026 school year. This session will provide an overview of the placement process, including details on the optional placement input Google Form, which will replace the parent narrative this year. The webinar will be recorded and shared for those unable to attend or who wish to review the information later. If you have specific questions or topics you would like addressed during the webinar, please submit them using this form by Sunday, March 23rd.

Webinar Link

Click here for the March Lunch Menu

Thank you to our Medfield community for your support of MCPE and Medfield Public Schools! Thanks to your generosity, including through events like this week’s Spelling Bee, in MCPE’s second grant cycle of ‘24-25, we’ve been able to fund six grants totalling nearly $20,000 across three Medfield schools:

STEM playground equipment to complete the Memorial School Playground Project

MP3 players for the Sensory Lending Library at Memorial School

Sensory friendly chairs and materials for Wheelock School

Traveling Science Workshop with the Discovery Museum at Dale Street School

BRAINball Mini educational learning system for Dale Street School

Hip Hop dance assembly promoting positivity at Dale Street School

Keep an eye out for snapshots of these “Grants in Action” in our schools!

It’s the start of March… 🫵🏀 do you know where your brackets are??? Don’t worry - MCPE’s March Madness bracket challenge is coming soon!

If you want to watch hoops AND support Medfield Public Schools you can sign up now. Brackets will be available to complete on the evening of Sunday, March 16th, and must be completed by Thursday, March 20th at noon ET. We’re offering the ability to sign up for brackets for Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball - or, even better, both!

It costs $20 to sign up for one bracket or $40 for both Men’s and Women’s brackets. There will be cash prizes 🏆, with 1st place winning a $100 gift card, second place winning a $50 gift card, and the rest of proceeds go to MCPE to fund grants for Medfield schools.

*** Sign up here today! *** https://www.medfieldcoalition.org/marchmadness

I had a great time visiting Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Seaver's fifth-grade class today for their Pi Day celebration! 🥧🎉 Students explored Pi through poetry, measurement, art, and even tested their memory of its endless digits. Loved seeing their excitement for math in action!