Duval Dispatch

Happy Groundhog Day Duval Families!

Compliment Day was a big success, with a final tally of 783 compliments received over the course of the day on Friday! Students earned a movie day in the cafe at lunch this week!

Family BINGO night/Book Fair was also a huge success! We enjoyed seeing many families having some quality time together and winning fun prizes! Thank you to all who participated and the many staff who volunteered!

Kindergarten Registration opens Monday. If you or someone you know has a little one who will be 5 by September 1st, regardless of current preschool enrollment, please register online at https://www.whrsd.org/for_parents/registration as soon as you can. See flyer below.

Speaking of Registration, don't forget to sign up for the Fun/Glow Run! Be sure to register and start fundraising! The Fun/Glow Run will take place on February 13th in the gym!

This week, we mark the 100th day of school on Thursday! See classroom teachers' newsletters for more information on how your class will be celebrating!

Have a wonderful week everyone!

Dr. Marcus and Ms. Craig

This week's weather.

ALL students MUST come to school prepared to go outside for recess. Students should come with a coat, hat, gloves/mittens, and boots (if there's snow). If you need help getting any of these, please email or call Dr. M, Ms. Craig, or Mrs. Sewall.

And pleeeeaase, PUT NAMES ON EVERYTHING! Thank you very much!!

Click the picture above to register and set up an individual link for your kids!

The next step in this project is to tabulate all the words and discuss them with Staff, Parents (at a PTO meeting), and School Council. The final list will become the core values of Duval, and act as the basis for all we do at school. Thank you all for your help in laying the foundation with us!

Many thanks to our PTO and a handful of Grant Givers, students will be working with professional Boston-area Artist, Josh Winer, in March. Together, they'll create a 15 foot long tile mosaic celebrating Duval and the "Growing a Garden" theme this year. The permanent artwork will be a beautiful lasting statement about the uniqueness of our school.

We invite parents/guardians to come in and work with Josh, Mrs. Brown, and the kids. Trust me, it's a once in a lifetime, really fun experience to help kids in action making magic. If you are able or interested, please sign up HERE. https://forms.gle/cWZnzNVqWcN7d9TK7

- Any changes to phone, email, etc, please call or email Mrs. Brandon as soon as the change is made!

- Parent drop-off and pick-up folks PLEASE stay in your cars if at all possible.

- Younger walkers need to have an adult meet them on the grass on either side of the crosswalk.

- NO PASSING anywhere on campus during drop off and pick up.

This year's Boosterthon is more important than ever!! CLICK the Pic above to sign up and participate as best as you can! An amazing All School Mural Project made by YOUR KIDS will be one of the key benefits of this fundraiser. Thank you!!

February News from Nurse Andersen. Please check it out HERE regularly.

Thank you.

Jan. 31st episode is HERE.

Dolphin TV Channel is HERE to see all broadcasts.

Please click on Subscribe so our livestreams can be seen by more people!

Feb. 4- Boosterthon Kickoff! Let's make this AWESOME!!

Feb. 5- World Read Aloud Day. Eyes, Ears, Fins, Tails Pods will read together.

Feb. 6- 100th Day of School! Lots of integrated curriculum projects throughout the day!

Feb. 10-14 LOVE Week, with a special project for California School Fire Relief.

Feb. 13- Booster Glow Run!

Feb. 14- Valentine's Day which is a HALF DAY!

Feb. 15 - 23: Winter Break.

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Calendar Items for the Year. Click HERE.

A huge thanks to everyone who helped make last week's book fair a huge success! We sold over $9,000 worth of books, which I believe is a new record for Duval! Your purchases also helped us put nearly $3,000 worth of new books into circulation in our library and classrooms!

With February here, it must be Boosterthon time! Registration and pledging are already open even before Tuesday's official kickoff. Remember we are aiming for a goal of $25,000 to fund our upcoming artist-in-residence program, culminating in a beautiful new mural designed and created by our very own students and families! Please register at mybooster.com and let's work together to crush that goal! Volunteers: we will send out the schedule for the day of the Fun Run as soon as it is finalized.

With an eye towards spring, Talent Show Registration is now open! Please see the online registration here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBOkXL4utvMoY5ue-EQwAXoXlN-0kn5iaDCEKLX9T1V66XBw/viewform

Finally, our February meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 11th at 7 PM in the Duval Library. Childcare will be provided by the National Honor Society. It's hard to believe but there are only a handful of meetings left this year and we are starting to look for new parents to fill upcoming vacancies. Please join us and learn a little bit more about what we do if you can.

Thank you and have a great week,

Marshall Ottina

President, Duval PTO

MCAS Dates coming up in the Spring.

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• The WHRSD and Duval School PTO Facebook pages.

John H. Duval Elementary provides a safe, supportive environment where children are able to reach for the stars!

Email: john.marcus@whrsd.org
Website: https://whd.whrsd.org
Location: 60 Regal Street, Whitman, MA 02382
Phone: 781-618-7055
Twitter: @DuvalElementary