Anne T. Dunphy Newsletter

Do you have a Florence Bank account?

If so, vote for the Anne T Dunphy School PTO in the annual Customer's Choice Community grant. We just need a minimum of 50 votes to get us in the running for an award!

Voting only takes a second: You can vote online at florencebank/vote or use a paper ballot (which are available at local bank branches, and will also be sent home with kids later this week). Voting opportunities available at pick up on Mondays. Voting ends 12/31/25

Please write Anne T Dunphy when filling out the ballot.

If your child participates in the Savings Makes Cents program, they can also vote! So please consider filling out a second entry for them.

More ballots can be found at the school and ballots can be photocopied.

SEND BALLOTS BACK TO SCHOOL & SPREAD THE WORD!

Anyone with a Florence Bank account can vote for ATD!!!

Click here to vote for ATD!

First grade spent much of November learning and talking about ways to be kind. We read a lot of books about being thankful. We learned what a mitzvah is - it is a good deed. We talked about different types of traditions people have around this time of year. We looked at how our traditions are similar to and different from each other.

Last week your students may have noticed something strange happening with the staff - they may have all been dressed alike, or doing something the same... It was an Undercover Spirit Week for the staff!

Monday was Under Cover Day (dress all in black)
Wednesday was Dress Like Your Favorite Holiday
Thursday was Anything But a Cup Day
Friday was Flannel Day

Did you kiddo figure it out?! We have one more Undercover Spirit Day left tomorrow... see if your student notices! Stay tuned for information about a Spirit Week for everyone coming up the week of December 15th!

In order to allow families another opportunity to be part of our school community, several years ago we started Family Feast Lunches. We set one date each month on which we invited families who are interested and able to come join their kiddo for lunch. There are no formalities or presentations - it's just a chance to have lunch with your child in our cafeteria!

At this point, we are not able to provide school lunches for family members, but you're welcome to bring your own lunch! Our next Family Feast lunch will be:

Tuesday, December 16th

12:00-12:30 Lunch for grades 4-6

12:30-1:00 Lunch for grades K-3

Please note: This is not a high stakes event, so please don't worry if you aren't able to attend! We will share more dates as they are planned, and we will try to rotate the day of the week to catch as many folks' schedules as possible.

Preschoolers learned to stitch during art with Ms. Dias!