DUNNING NOTES FROM the OFFICE

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We hope everyone has stayed safe in the humid and hot weather this weekend! The fall is a busy and exciting time of year as we settle back into our school routine and have new activities starting, enjoy this time with your families.

It was a lovely week at Dunning as we welcomed our youngest learners into the building! Staff and students spent time learning school routines and going over classroom expectations. We are ready and excited to start our first full week of school.

We'd also like to thank our PTO for the refreshments at the first Fresh Start Friday! It was great to see Dunning families and friends gather, please make sure to join for the next one if you missed out!

• Emergency Contact Information Form
  
• Annual Health Information Form
  
• We Are Dunning Festival

Old News: (Scroll down to bottom for all old news and links)

• FPS Health and Safety Information
• Food Services Update
• Join Dunning on Remind!
  
• Arrival and Dismissal Procedures

Please do not hesitate to reach out to us at any time to share any questions, concerns, thoughts, or ideas.

Best Regards,

Kathie and Kate

Kathie Lasky, Principal klasky@framingham.k12.ma.us

Kate O'Leary, Assistant Principal koleary52@framingham.k12.ma.us

Friday, 22nd - 8:45 - 9:30am

Join us for a cup of coffee and chat or grab one and go!

The PTO would like to invite all parents to join us for a free cup of coffee at drop-off! We will have a table set up outside school with coffee and all the fixings.

Grab a cup, say a quick hello and go if you have to run, or stay and chat with us. We'd love to get to know everyone!

Ask us anything!!

• Do you have questions about PTO meetings, events or how you can get involved?
• Are you confused by the calendar or directory and need help accessing?
• Are you just feeling communication overload and just want to make sure you're not missing anything?

We hope everyone can stop by!!

You will be receiving a letter regarding the "Student Emergency Information" form, along with your child's individual form this week.

• Please carefully review the information.

• Make any necessary changes on the spaces provided if any details have changed, and sign the bottom of the form.

• If all of the information is correct, please just sign the form and return it to your child's teacher.

• Please return the form by Friday, September 15th at the latest.

English

Reminder! Please complete our Annual Health Information Form to let us know your medication preferences AND so our Nurse can administer over the counter medication for your child as needed this year!

Spanish

¡Recordatorio! Por favor, complete nuestro formulario de información de salud anual para avisarnos sus preferencias de medicaciones, ¡y si nuestra enfermera puede administrar medicamento fuera de receta para su hijo si lo necesita este año!

Portuguese

Lembrete! Por favor preencha nosso Formulário Anual de Informações de Saúde para nos informar suas preferências de medicação E para que então nossa enfermeira possa administrar medicamentos sem receita para seu filho conforme necessário este ano!

If you have any medical paperwork and/or any medical related questions, please reach out directly to Mrs. Czupryna at kczupryna@framingham.k12.ma.us.

A school council is a representative, school building-based committee composed of the principal, parents, teachers, community members and, at the secondary level, students, required to be established by each school pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 71, Section 59C. The law outlines four major areas of responsibility for councils. School councils are to assist principals in:

1. Adopting educational goals for the school that are consistent with local educational policies and statewide student performance standards

2. Identifying the educational needs of students attending the school

3. Reviewing the annual school building budget

4. Formulating a school improvement plan

While we will review the above, the main purpose of this school council will be to continue to look at family and community engagement at Dunning and to assist in the development of a plan to address this area.

Meetings will take place at 4:00 - 5:00pm the following dates:

• 9/18/23
  
• 10/16/23
  
• 11/6/23
  
• 12/4/23
  
• 1/8/24
  
• 2/5/24
  
• 3/4/24
  
• 4/8/24
  
• 5/6/24
  
• 6/3/24
  

Please join this year’s school council by emailing Kathie Lasky at klasky@framingham.k12.ma.us.

Saturday, October 14, 2023 2pm-5pm

Please join us in celebrating the Dunning Community, at our Second Annual, "We Are Dunning Festival"!

This is an event to share and learn about the different cultures of the families and staff at Dunning Elementary School. Represent the country of your family's origin by sharing food, recipes, crafts, and/or pictures. Student work will be displayed around the event, celebrating the diversity of our beautiful community. Join us for music, dancing, games, and snacks!

Ways to Volunteer:

We Need Your Help! Complete this Google Form

Can you do one or more of the following?

• Help with set-up or clean-up

• Perform a song or dance

• Lead a simple arts and crafts project

• Run a game

• Display your personal photos, pictures, objects, clothing, etc. from your culture(s) on a table for viewing (display from 2-5 pm but if you can’t stay the whole time we will be sure to get your items back to you.)

• Cook or bake ethnic food from your culture(s) or other culture(s) to donate. You can bring the items as early as 1:30 pm the day of the Celebration, October 14th. If you are unable to come on Saturday but would like to help/donate, please contact to arrange for drop off Friday. (Please label your cookware and any serving utensils you bring so that we can be sure to get your things back to you if you need to leave before the event ends).

MORNING ARRIVAL

Students Arriving by Bus:

Buses will pull into the horseshoe driveway and drop off at the front entrance of the school. There will be many adults stationed outside for morning duty to welcome students and help get them safely into the building. Kindergarten staff will help students move into the classrooms safely and classroom aides will help the children access breakfast in the cafeteria.

Students Arriving by Car:

For parent drop off, parents should park and walk their children to the building.

• Main Entrance: (Parents can park either on Frost Street or the front parking lot. Please DO NOT park along the horseshoe driveway)

• Kindergarten Door: Kindergarten students and siblings can enter at this door

• Rear Door (Eastside) near pathway coming from Walsh parking lot

• Rear Door (Westside) near Cornell Street entrance

There are four options for parking:

• Frost Street

• Walsh parking lot

• Cornell parking lot

• Dunning front parking lot. Please note that parking in the Dunning front parking lot will take longer as the first priority will be to allow for busses and vans to drop students off. Staff will be stationed outside of this parking lot to direct traffic during this time.

Students who are walking to school without a parent:

Walkers without parents should enter the building in one of the arrival doors (Cornell, Walsh, Main Entrance).

AFTERNOON DISMISSAL

For students going home by bus or van:

At dismissal time, students riding a bus or van will be called to line up at their designated bus/van location. Once lined up, students will be lined up while they await their bus to be called for loading. Each bus location will have staff members to take attendance of students riding the bus on that day and escort them to the bus.

For students who will be Parent Pick Up or Walking home:

There will be four dismissal locations for walkers or parent pick ups. At 3:30, we will begin calling students by their dismissal location one at a time. Parents should meet their child at that location at 3:30. Once students have been picked up, we ask that you leave school property promptly so that we can ensure proper social distancing, as well as keep the flow of dismissal moving quickly. Please note that all playground areas are closed during dismissal.

• Kindergarten (Door #15) - Kindergarten and siblings Parent Pick Up

• East Rear Door (Eastside Door #14) - Parents can park on Frost or in the front parking lot.

• Walsh Door (Eastside Door #12) - Back east wing door (room 18) parents can park in the Walsh parking lot. There will be a staff member on duty to release students to parents or escort walkers to the walking path to Walsh.

• Cornell Door(Westside Door# 7) - Back west wing door (room 33) parents can park at Cornell cul-de-sac. There will be a staff member on duty to release students to parents or escort walkers across the play area to the stairs leading to Cornell.

Early dismissal:

Signs at Dunning will inform family members picking children up early from school to pull up by the office, remain in their cars, and call the office. Ms. Pierson and Ms. Azevedo will answer your call and notify the homeroom teacher. Children will come out to you.

• Each student can receive a free breakfast AND a free lunch each day at school.
• Beyond the one free breakfast and lunch, additional meals or extra food / beverage items that a student wishes to consume, can ONLY be purchased using funds though MySchoolBucks. Through this platform, caregivers add funds and students can spend those funds only on food items. Learn more about MySchoolBucks and add money today: https://www.framingham.k12.ma.us/Page/2534
• All schools will be cashless. No cash will be accepted at any school, so you must make a MySchoolBucks account and add funds if you want you student(s) to buy anything extra. Again, all first meals at breakfast and lunch are free, this only applies to second meals and a la cart purchases.
  

Please check this calendar each week as new dates may be added.

September

Monday, 18th

• School Council Meeting- 4:00-5:00pm

Tuesday,19th

• Early Release
• Curriculum Night - Grades 3rd-5th, 6:30 - 7:30pm

Friday, 22nd

• Fresh Start Friday
• Picture Day

Monday 25th

• No School: Yom Kippur

Tuesday, 26th

• PTO Meeting, 5:30 - 6:30pm, Dinner Served
• Curriculum Night - Grades K-2nd, 6:30 - 7:30pm

October

Friday, 6th

• Ultimate Panda Challenge, Additional Information to Follow

We are using a platform called Remind to help keep you informed! In addition to getting messages about our school, you may also be invited to join your child’s class for updates. Remind is a free service that allows you to get messages directly on your phone and to communicate easily with your child’s teacher(s) in almost any language.

Joining our school and your class on Remind is easy. You can choose whether you prefer text messages or smartphone notifications.

Signing up for text messages

1. Text our school code @dunningfps to the phone number 81010. (Be sure to include the ‘@’ symbol)

2. Reply to the text messages from Remind.

Signing up for smartphone notifications

1. Download the Remind app on your Android or iOS device. Click here for a link to the apps: rmd.me/a

2. Open the app and create an account (or log in if you already have one).

3. Tap the + by classes joined and enter our school code “@dunningfps”. (Be sure to include the ‘@’ symbol)

That's all you need to do to start receiving messages!

A few other things you might like to know:

• Remind allows for two-way communication in your preferred language! If you create your account with the Remind App and choose your preferred language - you can send and receive messages in your preferred language - even if your teacher is communicating in English!

• Our personal contact information (like cell phone numbers) will not be visible on Remind.

• You will always hear from me or your teacher(s) at the same number so you can save that number in your phone.

• All of our messages will be recorded in communication logs that you can access and download.

Here is a video demo to see how Remind works. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I'm looking forward to connecting with you!

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Estamos empleando una plataforma llamada Remind para mantenerlos informados. Además de recibir mensajes sobre nuestra escuela, seguramente les invitarán a unirse a la clase de sus hijos para recibir noticias. Remind es un servicio gratuito que permite recibir mensajes directamente en el teléfono celular y comunicarse con los maestros de sus hijos en casi cualquier idioma.

Es muy sencillo unirse a nuestra escuela y a su clase a través Remind. Puede escoger si prefiere mensajes de texto o notificaciones en el teléfono inteligente.

Cómo registrarse para recibir mensajes de texto:

1. Envíe un texto con el código de nuestra escuela @dunningfps al número de teléfono 81010. (Asegúrese de incluir el símbolo @)

2. Conteste a los mensajes de texto del equipo de Remind.

Cómo registrarse para recibir notificaciones en un teléfono inteligente (smartphone):

1. Descargue la aplicación (app) de Remind en su dispositivo Android o iOS. Oprima aquí para un enlace a la aplicación: rmd.me/a

2. Abra la aplicación y cree una cuenta (o inicie su sesión si ya tiene una cuenta).

3. Toque el signo + al lado de «classes joined» (clases matriculadas) e introduzca el código de nuestra escuela @@dunningfps. (Asegúrese de incluir el símbolo @)

¡Eso es todo lo que tienen que hacer para comenzar a recibir mensajes!

Algunos datos más que les podrían interesar:

• Remind permite comunicación en su idioma en ambas direcciones. Al crear su cuenta en la aplicación Remind, elija su idioma –así podrá enviar y recibir mensajes en su idioma, ¡incluso si el maestro solo habla inglés!

• Nuestra información personal de contacto (como los números de teléfono celular) no estarán visibles en Remind.

• Todos los mensajes y comunicaciones, mías o de los maestros, siempre llegarán desde el mismo número así que puede memorizarlo en tu teléfono.

• Todos nuestros mensajes serán grabados en registros de comunicación que ustedes podrán acceder y descargar.

Aquí puede ver un video que muestra cómo funciona Remind. Si tienen cualquier pregunta, por favor, pónganse en contacto conmigo. ¡Espero conectarme con todos ustedes!

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Estamos usando uma plataforma chamada “Remind” para nos ajudar a lhe manter informados! Além de receber mensagens sobre a nossa escola, você também pode ser convidado para junta-se à turma de seu filho(a) para receber atualizações. “Remind” é um serviço gratuito que lhe permite receber mensagens diretamente no seu telefone e se comunicar facilmente com o(a) professor(a) do seu filho(a) em quase todas as linguagens.

Juntar-se à nossa escola e à sua turma no Remind é fácil. Vocês podem escolher se preferem mensagens de texto ou notificações nos seus smartphones.

Registro para receber mensagens de texto

1. Mande uma mensagem de texto com o código da nossa escola @dunningfps para o número de telefone 81010. (Não se esqueça de incluir o símbolo ‘@’)

2. Responda às mensagens de texto da equipe do Remind.

Registro para receber notificações no seu smartphone

1. Baixe (Download) o aplicativo Remind no seu telefone Android ou iOS. Clique aqui para acessar o link do aplicativo: rmd.me/a

2. Abra o aplicativo e crie uma conta (ou faça o login se você já tiver uma conta).

3. Clique o símbolo de ‘+’ ao lado de “classes joined” (turmas a qual se juntou) e coloque o código da nossa escola “@@dunningfps”. (Não esqueça de incluir o símbolo ‘@’)

Isto é tudo o que você precisa para começar a receber mensagens!

Outras informações importantes:

• O “Remind” permite a comunicação com outra pessoa na sua linguagem preferida! E se você criar a sua conta no aplicativo “Remind” e escolher a sua linguagem preferida – você pode mandar e receber mensagens na sua linguagem preferida – mesmo que o professor de seu filho(a) esteja se comunicando em inglês!

• A nossa informação pessoal para contato (como números de telefones celulares) não será visível no Remind.

• Você sempre receberá notícias minhas ou do seu(s) professor(es) do mesmo número, então você pode salvar aquele número no seu telefone.

• Todas as nossas mensagens serão gravadas em registros de comunicação que vocês poderão acessar e baixar.

Aqui está um vídeo de demonstração para mostrar como o Remind funciona. Se você tiver alguma dúvida, por favor se sinta à vontade para entrar em contato comigo. Eu estarei aguardando para me conectar com vocês!

Important Links:

• Arrival & Dismissal Procedures
• Change in Dismissal Form
• Formulário de mudança de saída
• Formulario para cambiar el plan de salida de la escuela
• Housing Help
  
• Resources if You Are Struggling to Make Rent or Mortgage Payments

First Day of School 20020 Picture Album

Field Day 2019

Kindergarten Sing Along 2019

Fond Farewell 2019

Kindergarten Winter Sing-A-Long 2019

Winter Warm Up Family Night, 2020

Grade 3 Wampanoag Visit 2020

Winterfest 2019

Readathon 2019

Fifth Grade Mug Exchange 2019

Hour of Code 2019

Spaghetti Dinner 2019

Grade One - Ocean World 2019

Monster Mash 2019

Cardboard Challenge 2019

Fun Run Grade 5 2019

Fun Run Grade 4 2019

Fun Run Grade 3 2019

Fun Run Grade 2 2019

Fun Run Grade 1 2019

Fun Run Kindergarten 2019

First Week of School 2019

Third Grade Recorder Concert 2019

Fourth Grade Steam Morning 2019

Sweetheart Dance 2019

Fourth Grade Immigration Day 2019

Movie Night 2019

Passport to Learning 2019

Winterfest 2018

Spaghetti Dinner 2018

Cardboard Challenge 2018