DCS Ravens' Report

April 2nd-Grades 3-5 Field Trip to the Colonial Theater

April 4th-PTO meeting 8:15pm

April 11th-Talent Show 6pm-Please park at Yankee

April 23rd-Academic Night Grades 3-5

April 25th-Community Lunch

April 28th-May 2nd-April Break

May 6th-NHSAS Testing begins-Grade 5 only this week

May 17th-Children and the Arts-Parade at 12pm-line up at PES at 11:45am

Hello DCS families, I hope you had a great week. We sure did! We continued reading The Waterhorse

and learning about Scotland. It has been such fun to see students trying on the kilts and outfits which belong to Kristen Garland. The last Friday of the month brings a Community Lunch. It is so nice to see families eating with their children and friends. Our months also end with a Whole School Assembly where we recognize birthdays and also present the Miss Emily Award to a student for their caring and kindness. This months assembly included an activity entitled "Find the Teacher" during which time teachers found hiding spots and mixed groups of students had to find them. It was so fun to hear them seeking and finding the staff members. Heather Fletcher won the creativity award for her hiding spot in one of the plastic recycling containers! It is so sweet to end our month connecting as a community! Have a wonderful weekend, how are we on the verge of April?? Take care, Nicole

Grades 4 and 5 have found this stretch of March to be very productive!

In math, 4th graders have been making connections between fractions and decimals, using place values to determine the relative size of numbers with decimals and ordering decimals with and without a numberline. 5th graders have been using exponents with a base of 10 to explore multiplication and division with whole numbers and numbers containing decimals. We have also been finding time to explore geometry. We began with the vocabulary necessary to talk about geometry and learned how to use a protractor. We are now finding unknown angles by using known angles.

3rd grade math has been continuing to learn their multiplication tables, but are also using strategies to multiply large numbers. Other important concepts being practiced are understanding the use of parentheses in equations and showing how counting paper money can be represented by skip counting or multiplication.

WIN - Our WIN groups are mixed 3/4/5 and several students had the opportunity to select their own reach topics. They have created Google Slides points and will use them to present to the younger students.

The terrific third graders have started their ELA block for the past two weeks with a lively Trivia Game based on their readings of The Water Horse. The children worked on team-building skills by practicing being supportive teammates and turn-takers, as well as cooperation skills, to find the answer.

For Language Arts, we created our beautiful bird books with Jeanne Connelly. Thank you to Pam Bator, Betsy Gordon, and Susan Howard for their support during the project. We also practiced informational reading by breaking into groups to read books about birds, analyzing the vocabulary, and using graphic organizers to show what they learned about a topic from the book. The children loved their time with Jamie Hutchinson from the Harris Center, learning about the adaptations of owls and dissecting their owl pellets.

This week for Social Studies, the students are creating their own Dublin games to teach their families about what they learned about the town.

4th/5th English Language Arts-

We have been learning so much about Scotland while reading The Water Horse. Did you know that Loch Ness stays at a constant temperature of 41 degrees year round because it is so deep. In fact, it is so deep that you could fit 2.5 Statues of Liberty stacked on one another (including the pedestral)! Our class is writing informative paragraphs about the things we've learned. They will be displayed in the hallway, come check them out!

The students love working on partner plays to help both their fluency and expression. The latest was about a caterpillar and butterfly. They performed them in front of their peers in our classroom. Mr. Fletcher is coming in to teach us all about sound, specifically how sound is made!

It's been so much fun reading The Water Horse and learning about Scotland! Kindergarteners dressed up in kilts and put together a "Come and See Scotland" book full of new vocabulary. Ask our child about haggis- we had some interesting reactions! As a culminating activity kindergarteners colored in their own tartan pattern on a kilt and I added a picture of their face to hang up in the hallway. If you haven't completed the scavenger hunt, it will remain in place through the weekend. I encourage you to check it out!

Kindergarteners have spring fever! We made paper daffodils and have a renewed interest in critters, specifically butterflies. There's also been lots of breaking open rocks on the playground and rolling down the hill. The eaglets we've been monitoring are doing well and getting big. We're counting down the days until they fledge. Bring on spring!

DCS Art, March 2025

This week our DCS artists started to build their sculptures for the Children and the Arts parade. They designed sculptures that are festive, sturdy, visible from a distance, and transportable. They began by brainstorming ideas, building structures, and constructing forms with cardboard, newspaper, and tape. They are currently using newsprint to add a surface for painting.

Students will complete their work by decorating their sculptures with texture and color when I return for the week of May 12th.

Students and family members are encouraged to carry their artwork in the Children and the Arts parade on May 17th. More information will be coming soon!

Thank you for supporting creativity!

Justin Melle

jmelle@conval.edu

Art Teacher 🖌️

BES, DCS, FES, GES, HES, TES

A message from Pam Murphy, RN DCS School Nurse

Recently, there have been numerous student requests for cough drops. As cough drops are considered medication, I am asking for your help in following the ConVal policy on medication administration at the elementary level. To do this, any medication, including cough drops, must be delivered to the school by a parent/guardian or their designated responsible adult in the original container. A written permission form is also required which is available at DCS.

Please reach out to me at pmurphy@conval.edu if you have any questions.

If you are interested in ordering some DCS swag for your student(s), please use this link. We will be providing new students with a DCS T-in the near future. https://dublinravens.deco-apparel.com/

Email: npease@conval.edu
Website: dcs.conval.edu
Location: 1177 Main Street, Dublin, NH, USA
Phone: 603-563-8332