DCS Ravens' Report

June

4th-Family Game/Dance Night and Silent Auction 6-7 pm-Please park at Yankee

10th-Adam's Playground Field Trip and Grades 4 and 5 Celebration Dinner for Parents/Guardians

16th-FIeld Day and Water Fun Day

19th-Last day of school: Moving On Celebration 10:30, dismissal at 12pm

Hello DCS Families, what a whirlwind of a week! I have long held that 4 days weeks are more chock full than 5 day weeks and this was true! We had lots of end of year assessing, plays, a trip to the Library, and much much much more.

Today we had our final Community Lunch of the year and we had many parents in attendance which was lovely! The 3/4/5 graders put on two plays which were amazing! One especially sweet moment was when students were complimenting the actors on a job well done with no prompting from the adults. That was a treasure to witness.

It is hard to believe that next week is the start of June! While we are excited about summer coming, we still have a few weeks to continue to move our students along in their progress this year. In thinking about next year I would love to get some feedback and have put together the linked survey below on which you can share your thoughts. Thank you in advance, Nicole

survey

RETIREMENT CELEBRATION

Please join us to celebrate the retirement of Cari Christian-Coates, the District's Director of Student Services, and thank her for her incredible dedication to our community. She has worked for the ConVal community for 29 years!

DATE: Thursday, June 4, 2026

TIME: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

LOCATION: On the lawn in front of South Meadow School

We are going to fire up the brick oven and make fresh pizzas!

Kindergarteners have been learning about the power of silent magic E at the end of a word. Magic E hops over the consonant next door and sprinkles magic dust on the vowel, making it say its name (long vowel sound). We also practiced building strong sentences with sentence scrambles, and reviewed three different types of writing: opinion, informational, & narrative.

Students were excited to participate in a special manatee project with Officer Daltario who adopted a class manatee for us to follow! Kindergarteners also dissected soil from the garden to investigate its many components. We also practiced and proudly learned “America the Beautiful” for the Memorial Day assembly. Click here to check out our latest pictures and keep reading!

We have had such exciting times in grades one and two lately! Preparing for our Memorial Day assembly was such a great reminder of those who have fought for our country to keep us free. I'm so proud of the job that our class did. They were polished and clear In their performance. It was so moving to go to Dublin's cemetery afterward and have the privilege of placing 300 flags on the graves of our veterans. We have been talking about the Revolutionary War in our class, and the students have become more familiar with timelines of the 1700s, the 1800s and the 1900s. Many students notice these different dates on the grave markers at the cemetery, and many noticed the different wars represented at each grave. It was truly a privilege and one I look forward to next year!

Our class was fortunate enough to have Officer Dalterio come in and teach us about manatees. He adopted one for K-2, and he came in and presented facts about them such as habitat, diet, predators and prey. This was an excellent kickoff for our next unit as a class. We have begun our ocean animal unit where each student will choose a different ocean animal to research. They will each write a paragraph about their animal, and then we will compile them into a book along with illustrations. This is such a fun unit, and the students are already super excited.

Thankfully, we are done testing and I'm so proud of the determination of each student! We are still not finished with our New Nation unit, And we have some exciting activities to go along with this coming up soon. Stay tuned.

Wow! For the past two weeks, your students have been super hard workers. Both classes did their best on the SAS Reading, Writing, and Math testing. We are now finished with testing for this year. You will be receiving the results with your child’s report card at the end of the year. Please reach out directly to us if you have any questions. When not testing, the students enjoyed rehearsing for their plays on stage. The plays were amazing, classroom community building opportunites. Thank you, parents and guardians, for your continued support in helping your child get to sleep early to be rested and ready for testing, and for assisting your child with learning their play lines. Also, thank you to everyone who contributed to their success!

For Math, third graders are working on their geometry unit, focusing on quadrilaterals and solving problems involving the perimeter and area of shapes. Across the hall, the fourth-grade students are working on the second half of their Geometry Unit. The fifth-grade students are focused on Multiplying Fractions.

68 Hours of Hunger:

End 68 Hours of Hunger provides extra food for the weekend to any child attending school in the ConVal district. No financial paperwork is required. A grocery bag will be provided every Friday at school. It’s easy to register here: registration.end68hoursofhunger.org

Dublin Food Pantry: If you are in need or know of anyone in need, please share this information.

Winter Gear-If your student has any need for cold weather gear, please reach out. We have been offered up supplies if needed.

If you are interested in finding out how you can support please reach out to DCS: 603-563-8332.

DCS website-is here

Plastic Recycling-the DCS community has recycled over 2000 pounds of plastic bags and in return were given a bench from the Trex decking company! Please keep your clean plastic shopping bags and pellet bags coming, we are working toward a second bench and beyond!

DCS also collects metal tabs to be donated toward support for people with prosthetics! Please bring your tabs to school!

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