Duval Dispatch

Dear Duval Families!

Warm wishes on this Memorial Day!

Many thanks to the PTO and the many attendees at Family Night last week. What a fun event for all!

A four day week ahead. In the short three weeks we have left, there are over a dozen big events, field trips, and enrichment activities. We have added events all the way through the last day on this newsletter proper.

Please see Fun Day Sign Up below.

Have a wonderful week everyone!

Dr. Marcus and Ms. Craig

This Week's Weather

K-5 students will be using new Chromebooks next year. To that extent, ALL K-4 Chromebooks and chargers will need to be returned during the last week of school. 5th graders will be taking theirs to WMS. Any students leaving the district MUST return the Chromebook right away.

Check out our Memorial Day Assembly HERE. Many thanks to Ms. Lauzier for teaching the chorus and the rest of the students the patriotic songs.

This Thursday is the rain date for the first ever Duval Game Day, a Special Olympics type event. Game Day brings together students with and without disabilities through sports. We are very excited for our first year trying out this event at Duval!

Fun Day is coming up NEXT WEEK. Students will be participating in over 30 different events for which they'll earn tickets to see which Pod will win the Gold Medal! K-2 in the morning and 3-5 in the afternoon.

To make it truly awesome, need lots of volunteers! Even if you can only do an hour or so, we'd love to have you, and your kids would LOVE to see you there! Please SIGN UP HERE! Please scroll down as there are TWO time slots, morning and afternoon.

In accordance with Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) regulations, students are required to be surveyed at a minimum of once every four years. Our upcoming student survey includes questions adapted from DESE’s Model Survey to help us gather valuable feedback that supports school improvement efforts. If you have any questions or would like more information, please feel free to contact the main office. Thank you for your continued support.

REMINDER that WALKER pick up is out door 24 and at the crosswalk area. That is different than Parent PickUp which is on the side.

With warmer weather, a reminder that all students commuting on wheels MUST have a helmet on as per Mass General Laws. Also, no e-scooters please.

If kids want to come back to play, they MUST wait until 3:30pm, AFTER dismissal is fully over.

MAY News from Nurse Andersen. Please check it out HERE regularly.

Thank you.

Family Night and Memorial Day

May 15th episode HERE.

Dolphin TV Channel is HERE to see all broadcasts.

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Thank you so much for joining us at last week's Book Fair and Family Night! Thankfully the weather couldn't keep us down and a great evening was had by all.

With Book Fair being packed away, there's only one big PTO event left in this school year: FUN DAY! Dr. Marcus and the Theme Team have brought some great new ideas to mix in with some of our favorite traditions and we are so excited to send you off to summer with some great Duval memories!

Parents and guardians, we will need a ton of support to help run our 30+ stations on Fun Day, so make sure your CORI is active and please see the volunteer slots available here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090849A8AC2EA5FA7-56908319-funday#/

There are no longer classroom slots, as the kids will be free to choose their own fun day adventures, but we will still need your help to run the different games and activities to ensure everyone has a safe and enjoyable day! Please consider staying the whole day, even if your child is only participating in the morning or afternoon. I promise you will have so much fun with our students!

If you have any questions, please email us at duvalpto@gmail.com or reach us on the PTO Facebook page.

Sincerely,

Marshall Ottina

President, Duval PTO

May 26- Memorial Day, No School

May 28 - Senior Class Parade

May 29 - 5th grade Invention Convention and Duval Game Day Rain Date

May 30 - 5th grade field trip to WMS and Grade 3 field trip to Plymouth

June 2- 4th Gr Walk in the Park

June 3- 2nd Grade Multicultural Fair

June 4- K and 1st Gr Science Assembly

June 4- English Learner Program Book Project

June 5- FUN DAY!

June 6- Fun Day Rain Date

June 9- 5th Grade Celebration

June 10- Early Release Day (grading day)

June 12- 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony, 10am

June 13- Last Day. Half Day. Closing Assembly.

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John H. Duval Elementary provides a safe, supportive environment where children are able to reach for the stars!

Email: john.marcus@whrsd.org
Website: https://whd.whrsd.org
Location: 60 Regal Street, Whitman, MA 02382
Phone: 781-618-7055
Twitter: @DuvalElementary