Friday, November 5, 2021

November 5, 2021 - Week 10

 Hello Dale Street Families, 

We just completed another fantastic week at #beproudbedale and I continue to be very proud of our students and staff.  Here are some snapshots from the week along with some important information regarding upcoming events/dates.  

I'm pleased to announce that our Nurse Leader, Kathy Thompson has collaborated with Medfield parent Andrew Stein, (pharmacist/owner of Bird Hill Pharmacy in Needham and has done Flu Clinics at Park Street Books), to offer a COVID Vaccine Clinic at the Dale Street School on Tuesday, November 9th from 3:30-6:30 pm. All students ages 5 and up are welcome. If you are interested in an appointment please click here.  Be sure to hit the submit and sign up at the bottom of the page and you will receive a confirmation email. We anticipate a second clinic in 3 weeks for the second dose of the vaccine. These appointments are offered on a first-come basis.  Please complete:  COVID-19 Vaccine Consent Form for Individuals 5-17 Years of Age and if you have insurance, please bring a copy of your insurance card.  There is no cost for the vaccine. 

In addition, the Medfield Public Schools has signed up to partner with the Commonwealth’s Mobile Vaccine Program and is waiting on a date to offer Covid vaccines to students after school or on a weekend. We anticipate a follow-up clinic will be scheduled 3 weeks later for second doses of the vaccine.  We will send out more information as soon as we have a date.

If you would like more information about the Covid Vaccine please click here or contact your healthcare provider. 

For information about the clinics, please contact Kathy Thompson at kthompson@email.medfield.net or 508-242-8573

It was a pleasure to meet with parents today at the first Principal's Coffee of the school year.  The topics of discussion were family conferences, the new Elementary School Project, and the new elementary report card.  Thank you to all who were able to attend and to the foodservice staff who provided coffee and snacks.  If you were not able to attend, here are the slides from the presentation.  They will also be uploaded to our website.  

Dale Street had a magical spirit day today!  Thank you to all the students and staff who participated in Disney Day!  


This week, students in Ms. MacDonnell's fourth-grade classroom used their knowledge of multiplication facts to save the turkeys.  What a fun collaborative activity!  



This week grade 4 students focused on unpacking the idea of stereotypes in their weekly SEL (social-emotional learning) lesson.  In Ms. Isaacson's fourth grade class, students had engaging discussions and used Nearpod. 


Positive Sign Thursday! 

'YOU ARE CAPABLE!'


Students will be running the mile in Physical Education classes. Please make sure your child brings a water bottle to school. If your child typically uses an inhaler during exercise, please make sure there is one in the Nurse's Office. Thank you!

Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Seaver's class used a new strategy in math today and students loved it!  The teachers were so proud of their rockstar students for modeling perseverance and continuous growth.  Bravo! 

Please remind your children to bring a mask to school each day and that masks are required any time they are in the school building.  Additionally, please remind them to wear the mask properly at all times with the mask over both the nose and the mouth.  We appreciate your support on this issue. 


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 Wednesday, grade 4 students in Mrs. Scott's class had a blast creating topographic maps.  Students will further their knowledge in the next few weeks in the Makerspace integrating these ideas (with explorers and Google Maps) and creating an artifact.  


The MHS Theatre Society is hard at work preparing to perform A Wrinkle in Time on November 19-20. The play follows the story of a teenage girl named Meg Murry.  In this staged retelling of Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved young adult novel, A Wrinkle in Time, Meg embarks on an extraordinary adventure through time and space. Along with her younger brother Charles Wallace, their friend Calvin, and the guidance of various mysterious celestial beings, Meg attempts to locate her father and, perhaps, to save the world from a force of darkness beyond recognition.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sOFGgsgh2pMuUw2cQ1gjkXXKYYAIPOs2/view?usp=sharing 

Check this out...grade 5 students in Ms. Sager's class created these flat students and they are finally ready for some adventures - both big and small! 


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!

Parent/Teacher conferences are coming and conference dates are set for December 9th and 14th. Both days are early release days and conferences will be held via Zoom unless otherwise requested by a family. Classroom teachers will be reaching out by the end of next week to develop a schedule. Please reach out directly to your classroom teacher if you have any questions or concerns.


Remember, Thursday, November 11th, is Veterans Day.  
There is no school on this day. To the Veterans out there, thank you for your service!

Thank you again for your continued support.

Best, Steve

Respect * Compassion * Collaboration * Continuous Growth

Friday, October 29, 2021

October 29, 2021 - Week 9

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!  







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...






11/1 - 11/12 - Student Council Boodle Brigades collection
11/2 - Student Council Meeting - 3:15 p.m.
11/5 - Principal's Coffee - 8:45 a.m. 
11/11 - No School - Veteran's Day

Thank you for reading this week's blog.  Have an awesome weekend!

Steve

Respect * Compassion * Collaboration * Continuous Growth