Anne T. Dunphy Newsletter

This time of year is FULL of events at Anne T. Dunphy!

Below is a listing of things on our calendar at the moment - so pull out your family's calendar and start penciling in important dates! Classroom teachers will be communicating more specific information about any classroom events as well!

May 4-8: Teacher Appreciation Week!

May 5: 5th grade to MacLeash Conservation Area

May 6: 5th grade to Beaver Brook Conservation Area

May 6: 2nd grade Trout Release

May 7: Teacher Appreciation Lunch

May 8: Kindergarten Visitation (incoming kindergarten families)

May 11: School Council, 3:30

May 12 & 13: Math MCAS (grades 3-6)

May 14: Science Night, 5:00-7:00

May 14: Kindergarten to Eric Carle Museum of Picturebook Art

May 19 & 20: Science/Technology MCAS (grade 5)

May 19: 4th grade to Beneski Museum

May 20: School Committee, 5:30

May 21: Music & Art Show, 2:00

May 22: Hilltown 6th grade outing @ ATD

May 25: Memorial Day, No school

May 28: 5th grade to Beaver Brook Conservation Area

May 28: Last PTO Meeting, 4:00 @ Muse Cider Bar

May 29: 4th grade American Changers Museum, 12:45-2:45

June 1: Williamsburg Annual Town Meeting

June 2: 1st grade to Porter Family Farm

June 3: 2nd grade to Connecticut Science Center

June 4: HRHS Senior Walk, 10:00

June 4: 3rd grade Mill River Play, 8:45

June 5: Kindergarten to Look Park

June 10: Field Day

June 11: Field Day rain date

June 11: Last Day for Preschool, Preschool Picnic 12:00

June 12: 3rd grade to Sturbridge Village

June 12: 5th/6th to Brownstone Adventure Park

June 15: 4th grade State Fair

June 16: 6th grade Breakfast hosted by School Committee

June 16: 6th grade Graduation, 5:30

June 17: Last Day for Students K-6, 11:45 dismissal

June 17: School Committee, 5:30

Teacher appreciation week is NEXT WEEK, May 4th-8th. There are many ways your family can help us show some love to the teachers and staff at ATD. We'd like to have flowers and treats in the staff room every day. The big event is the luncheon held at the Grange on Thursday May 7th. ATD staff will receive invitations to gather in a festive, beautifully set room, where they can take a brief break, enjoy a meal on us (the PTO) and feel extra appreciated!

For this we need homemade (or store-bought) quiches, salads, meat dishes and desserts.

We also need volunteers- to set up, clean up, serve and cover recess duty.

Please click the following link below to help!

Click here to sign up!

Earlier this week, preschool had a chance to be out in the garden with Hope. They spent some time watering radishes and beans that had been planted earlier!

The PTO's Annual Family Science Night is coming up soon! This is a fun family event highlighting science of all kinds! Classrooms will set up displays of science learning that has taken place throughout the year and special guests will present hands-on activities.

But the highlight of the event are science experiments, projects, and displays done by families at home!

Some examples of past family contributions are collections of leaves, density of various liquids, displays about types of clouds... the possibilities are endless!

More information is coming about the event, but your family might want to start planning for an experiment or display soon!

Thanks to our Kindergarten Meteorologists for leading this month's All School Meeting! They taught us a bit about weather, and shared their weather reports with us!

On Tuesday, we welcomed a group of students from Hampshire Regional who were participating in a Day of Service! On that day, groups of students from HRHS' 9th grade and Academic Honor Society travelled to various locations throughout the five towns to participate in some community service projects.

We welcomed a group of about 8 students who helped us spread mountains of playground chips, and made some School Bus Driver Appreciation cards for our fabulous bus drivers!

Thanks to HRHS for including us in your Day of Service!

Explore the Wild Places of Hampshire with us this summer! Hampshire Regional science teachers Jon Letendre and Jacob Masenior are piloting a 1st year Summer STEAM experience for elementary students in the Hampshire Regional School District. The program is geared towards rising 5th and 6th graders; however we may expand the age range depending upon interest. The goal of the program is to provide a fun, enriching, and engaging STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) experience that exposes district elementary students to Hampshire Regional. The program will take place at Hampshire Regional High School and will run two sessions this summer.

Session 1: July 6-9 (9:00 am-12:00 pm)
Session 2: July 13-16 (9:00 am-12:00 pm)

The cost of the program is $150 per session. If you are interested please fill out our Hampshire Summer STEAM Experience Interest Form Please fill out the form and/or contact us below.

Jon Letendre: jletendre@hr-k12.org 413-552-9015

Jacob Masenior: jmasenior@hr-k12.org 413-230-0023

Click here to fill out the interest form

We invite the ATD community to an exhibition of our current 4th grade students' art and poetry created last spring! The exhibition HOPE FLOWS will be on display in May and June in the North Gallery of Cooley Dickinson Hospital, 30 Locust Street (Route 9), Northampton, MA. Public hours are 10-5 daily and admission is free.

HOPE FLOWS is a community outreach project showcasing student artwork and poetry inspired by local history. Last spring, students in Ms. Wyman’s class explored artifacts pulled from the Mill River Flood of 1874. Using a magnifying glass, they looked closely at the etched gold medal awarded to Collins Graves, a local milkman and hero who saved lives. The artwork and poetry they created will be on display in the North Gallery as part of the hospital’s Art and Healing program. Each child's artwork has been reproduced, enlarged and professionally mounted onto oversized foam core panels. Each reproduction will be accompanied by a five line “Cinquain Poem” and the student’s first name.

This work would not be possible without the people who brought local history into the classroom: Eric Weber, President, Williamsburg Historical Society; Daria D’Arienzo, Archivist; Carol Berner, Smith College Department of Education and Child Study; and Mel Redwin, Professional Teaching Artist. Special thanks to Gaby Immerman, Mill River Greenway, and the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Grant that helped make this Community Outreach project F-L-O-W.