Anne T. Dunphy Newsletter

We are excited to announce that the Massachusetts Cultural Council has awarded ATD a Creative Experience Grant for artist, Kim Carlino, to design and paint a mural for our playground with our school community.

Mrs. Dias is seeking volunteers to guide our young artists to work alongside Kim. Please use the link below to volunteer to help with the painting during the school day on October 22nd or 24th. The reveal is planned during the evening of our Harvest Feast! 4th and 5th grades still have some volunteer space available!

Click here to volunteer!

It's time for one of ATD's biggest events of the year! The Harvest Feast is a beloved tradition celebrating our school garden and the ATD community! Each class makes a dish based on our garden or local produce, and we ask families to bring food to add to the potluck table (there are always lots of yummy options!). The silent auction and pie sale are also contribute to the largest PTO fundraiser of the year - providing support for our students from field trips to Field Day popsicles!

However, to pull off this event, WE NEED YOU!! This is a great event to try out volunteering as part of the PTO. On the sign up below, there are small, very specific jobs you can sign up for - check it out!

Click here to see how you can help!

Silent Auction

One of the evening's fun events is the Silent Auction. Past items have included jewelry, honey and homemade jams, hand knits, art, costumes, gift certificates to local favorites, etc. to support various school programs and activities that the PTO helps support and fund.
If you have something to offer, please click the link below.
Silent auction questions or donations astrollama@gmail.com

Click here to share what you can donate to the auction

Classroom Cooking!

As part of the Harvest Feast, each classroom prepares a dish make with ingredients from the garden. These dishes are prepared during the school days leading up to Harvest Feast.

Interested in cooking with students, reach out to Sherrie Marti sherriemarti@yahoo.com

It's time to get ready for our Fall Caregiver Conferences! These will take place on the evenings of Wednesday and Thursday, November 5th & 6th ~ and the afternoon of Friday, November 7th.

These will be half days for students with an 11:45 dismissal.

Click here to sign up for your conference!

Painted Rock Monsters

Thursday, 10/23/25

3:30-5pm

Stop by Meekins Library to create your very own painted rock monster! Keep it as a friend, or place outside to share your creation with the world. We’ll provide all the materials to help make your monster vision come to life!

All ages welcome.