Greenlodge Weekly Update 2/26/2020
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Important Dates:
Tuesday, March 3 - No School - Professional Development/Presidential Primary Elections
Thursday, March 5 - Greenlodge School Council 4PM
Friday, March 13 - DEF Spelling Bee, 6PM at DMS
Saturday, March 14 - Noble and Greenough - Ice Skating at Bliss Flodd Omni Rink 2PM
Wednesday, March 25 - Lifetouch Spring Portraits
Friday, March 25 - Term 2 Report Cards Issued
Friday, March 25 - All Town Chorus Concert (5th grade performing) 7PM @DHS
Tuesday, March 31 - MCAS Testing begins - see schedule below
Friday, April 3 - Greenlodge Variety Show, 6PM
Mark Your Calendars for this Year's PTO Meetings - Tuesdays 7:00-8:00 PM @Greenlodge
March 24 ~ April 28 ~ May 19
June 16 - End of year elections and thank you!
The March 24th meeting will be held at Dedham Coffee House in Dedham Square at 7PM.
Hope to see you there.
The PTO Needs You!
The PTO is in need of the following board positions for 2020-2021 School Year:
- Co-President/Vice-President (3 people to share the Leadership of PTO)
- Secretary
- Treasurer
Boosterthon Team
Volunteers Needed!
Outdoor Classroom
News and Information...
Treat Yourself to dinner out on 3/3/20!
Before/After School Care
Registration details for the 2020/2021 school year will be coming out in March.
The Greenlodge Variety Show is coming soon!
Arrival and Dismissal Traffic Reminders
In the afternoon, the driveway circle is CLOSED between 2:45 and 3:30 PM. Parking is only available on Greenlodge Street above or below the driveways. The section on Greenlodge Street above the flagpole is for loading and unloading only.
Please use the crosswalks! Cutting across the driveway is a safety hazard at all times of the day. Thank you for your adherence to these safety requests.
MCAS 2020 Dates - Grades 3-5
Helpful Links
SixFlags Reading Log
Internet Safety
Greenlodge Battle of the Books
Gift of Failure: Fostering Resilience in Kids
In an effort to be highly responsive to our children’s well being, we as parents aren’t giving them the chance to experience failure — or the opportunity to learn to solve their own problems. Jessica Lahey lays out a blueprint with targeted advice for handling homework, report cards, social dynamics, and sports. Most importantly, she sets forth a plan to help parents learn to step back so that children can grow up to be successful, resilient, and self-reliant adults.
Come hear from Jessica at this complimentary evening program!
Notes from the Nurse
4th Grade Physicals: I sent a message through the SNAP Health system to all 4th grade families who need to send in a physical exam form this year. Summary below:
If your child is scheduled to have a physical exam between now and June 22nd, 2020, please send in the form as soon as they have the appointment.
If your child has a summer appointment, please send in the 2019 physical form now and then send in the updated 2020 form in the fall.
If you need assistance logging into SNAP, feel free to email me at kduckworth@dedham.k12.ma.us or call 781-310-4248. Thank you!
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Please remember the following while we are still in flu season:
Your child should remain at home for treatment and observation if they have any of these symptoms:
Fever (greater than 100 degrees). Your child should remain at home until they have been fever free for at least 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medicine such as Tylenol or Ibuprofen.
Vomiting - remain at home until 24 hours free of vomiting
Diarrhea - remain at home until 24 hours free of diarrhea
Chills
General malaise or feelings of fatigue, discomfort, weakness or muscle aches
Frequent congested (wet) or croupy cough
Click here for Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) flu information.
Click here for this week’s flu report by DPH.
Feel free to call me if you have any questions.
From: Kate Duckworth, RN, Greenlodge School Nurse, 781-310-4248
Join RISE Thursday, February 27, 2020 for upcoming screening of Eat Up
EAT UP is a story of power, food, and the future of children, and how hard it can be in America to do the right thing in the face of unwieldy regulations and corporate interests. EAT UP ripples from Boston to cafeterias across the nation, offering a model for healthy eating and how to navigate the politics of our most difficult terrain: public schools.
The initiative was driven by women: a headstrong entrepreneur, a well-meaning bureaucrat, an impassioned principal, and an indomitable cafeteria manager who leads her team of lunch ladies as the order unravels around them. We follow their journey as they laugh and cry, as they deconstruct and then reconstruct a system that is so deeply entrenched and has so many depending on its success.
Tickets available through Eventbrite at our website: www.risedocfilms.org. Please feel free
to email me with any questions!
The Buzz from Ms. Blais
Some mindfulness activities you can try with your child:
Colors and Shapes: Ask your child to pick a color or shape. Then have her/him look around the room, noticing every object with this color or shape.
Five Senses: Bring your child’s attention to her/his five senses. Ask what she/he sees, hears, tastes, feels, and smells.
Distress Tolerance Skills
Model calm behavior will help de-escalate your child’s distress. This could mean breathing deeply and slowly, having a neutral or soothing tone of voice, or having a neutral facial expression.
Connect before you redirect:
“I understand why you’re feeling angry.”
“I can see you’re upset right now.”
Use your attention wisely: Notice how your child responds to your talking and attempts to help. If she/he appears more distraught when you talk to her or offer help, decrease your talking until she/he is able to calm.
Praise skillfulness:
“You’re doing a beautiful job slowing down your breathing.”
“Thank you for speaking in a quiet voice.”
Common coping skills include:
Belly Breathing: Take long, slow breaths for at least a few minutes.
Temperature: Have your child splash cold water on her/his face.
Intense Exercise: Run or do jumping jacks.
Five senses: Listen to favorite happy songs, eat a bite of food with a strong flavor, smell strong-smelling lotion, or look at pictures of funny or favorite animals.
Source: McClean Hospital Harvard Medical School Affiliate, Mclean Anxiety Mastery Program (MAM
Celebrating Diversity and Cultural Awareness at Greenlodge
- At our All School Community Meeting follow-up at home activity: choose an important figure from black history and create a commemorative stamp. This activity was sent home in backpacks, but if you need a copy click here.
- This year's theme for Black History month is "African Americans and the Vote." 2020, an important general election year, is also landmark year for voting rights. 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) which gave the right of black men to vote following the Civil War. The fight for African American suffrage raged on for decades.Many brave and impassioned Americans protested, marched, were arrested and even died working toward voting equality. In 1963 and 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. brought hundreds of black people to the courthouse in Selma, Alabama to register. When they were turned away, Dr. King organized and led protests that finally turned the tide of American political opinion. In 1964 the Twenty-fourth Amendment prohibited the use of poll taxes. In 1965, the Voting Rights Act directed the Attorney General to enforce the right to vote for African Americans..
- Your child might enjoy learning more about famous black Americans in the book ABC's of Black Inventors
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About Us
Email: abodkins@dedham.k12.ma.us
Website: https://www.dedham.k12.ma.us/greenlodge
Location: 191 Greenlodge Street, Dedham, MA, USA
Phone: 781-310-4000
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Twitter: @GLDGESchool