DCS Ravens' Report

September 24th-Children's DeMar in Keene at 8:30am

October 4th- Community Meeting 7:00-8:30pm see flyer below

October 13th-Harvest Supper/Open House 5:30-7pm

October 18th-School Picture Day

Dear DCS families, summer finally arrived right on cue! We have made the best of the weather and spent a good amount of time outside. Thanks to Kelly Parker and Classroom Teachers for putting together a fun way to make the most of the weather today with some water activities!

Thanks too, to the PTO for the watermelon and popsicles! It makes the heat more manageable!

One of the best parts of the day is when we line up as a school, recite the pledge, and sing our school song or a patriotic song. This is a long standing tradition that I participated in as a student myself at DCS.

Please reach out if you have any questions, Nicole

K-1 is off to a fantastic start! We've spent lots of time learning classroom procedures and expectations such as where to put your lunchbox, how to take care of our classroom supplies and how to walk respectfully in the hallway. Kindergarteners and first graders are excited to begin show and shares on Monday! Keep an eye out for an email with information regarding the show and share schedule. We've been reading lots of Mo Willems books and discussing different characters in the stories and even made the Pigeon character to display on the bulletin board outside our classroom. Stay cool!

Second graders have been working to learn the routines of a new class as well as getting to know each other better. One of the favorite books that we've read is "Our Class is a Family," By Shannon Olsen. We are very much like a family, so we're learning how to be peacemakers with our "siblings."

We are so fortunate to be able to have Cornucopia again this year. First graders plant the garden beds in the spring and then get to harvest them in the fall. Thanks to the abundance of rain this summer, the gardens are doing wonderfully. This week the students made observations in the garden while they explored each bed. We even got to enjoy a freshly picked lemon cucumber at the end of class.

A holiday that we try to remember each year is Patriot Day (September 11th). We've been reading books that explain a little bit of what happened on September 11th, 2001, but most of our books focus on the helpers. There were so many helpers who stepped up to help during a very difficult time in our country. We are taking time to remember our community helpers in Dublin as well as reflect on how we can be helpers here at DCS.

The Third Grade is building their classroom community, getting to know their new Teacher, and integrating their two new students into their group. This week, for Social/Emotional Learning, the children created Hopes and Dreams, thinking about what they envision the year to look like and what their goals for their learning are this year. They started our unit with an emotions sort for Zones of Regulation to review the different zones.

The children began to read Horrible Harry Returns to Third Grade. As a group, they worked on comprehension questions along with cause and effect in the story. The children wrote letters to Mrs. Garland, telling her a little about themselves.

The class started their new Math curriculum by reading, creating, and analyzing graphs. For science, the students thought about what “Scientists Do” through a fun activity using the skills of observing, collecting data, and reviewing. The Weather and Climate unit started this week thinking about what the children know and what they want to learn.

We have jumped in to our time together with some "Getting to Know You" math, discussions and art. It has been fun to play team building games and have even has some spontaneous sing along sessions.

We have been taking advantage of the outside classroom for learning. It is nice to have this option to add flexibility to our day.

This week in Wellness students learned about expectations and establishing the learning environment. We played a variety of cooperative games and talked about the importance of being a team player. We even played some cooperative water games. Additionally, students learned about the wellness wheel- physical, social, and emotional health. They discussed why it's important to take care of their whole body and that each part of the wheel supports the other parts of the wheel, all parts make the whole. We had fun in Wellness.

We need you help! We are recycling plastic bags as we did last year, with a slight change. We will only take clean shopping bags and in the winter we will take pellet bags. Please help us by making sure the bags are clean. Thank you for your help!

The Dublin Town Library is currently in the process of hiring a new director, they are planning on continuing the after school programs as soon as they are able. Stay tuned and we will let you know when that will begin.

Taylor is 15 years old and has been a patient at Shriners Hospital since birth. She has benefitted greatly by receiving prosthetics and her family gives back by collecting can tabs. The can tabs go to purchasing items for patient care. Taylor is the niece of Sarah Precourt (Mrs. Hopkin's daughter).

DCS has been collecting tabs for years and countless students and their families have contributed to this effort. Please send in any tabs from aliminum cans and we will add them to the collection. Thank you!

The DCS PTO needs new members! If you have interest in either learning more about Board positions or volunteer opportunities, please let me know. The PTO has supported so many different activities and events that have enriched the learning for our students. Thank you!

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