DCD Celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a moving morning assembly of student performances along with music and singing led by DCD parent David Coleman followed by a range of community service activities undertaken in all grades. Click here to view more pictures. To read more about the programs served through the day's activities, click here.
Photo by Hilary Rochelle
News & Notices
Join Us!
JANUARY 17 AT 6:30 P.M.
PLAYFUL PARENTING: TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING BEHAVIOR, ANXIETIES, AND BUILDING CONFIDENCE
Dr. Larry Cohen
Psychologist and author of
Playful Parenting and
The Opposite of Worry: The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears
Family Bingo Night will be held in the Rand Gym on
Saturday, January 20, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Don't miss this fun family event featuring bingo, pizza, and prizes. The whole family is invited. The cost is $25/family or $7/person (all children must have an adult chaperone).
Click here for the flyer and sign up form. If you have any questions contact Ellen Volpe (
ellenhvolpe@gmail.com) or Amy Starmer
On
Monday, January 22, at 6:30 p.m. at the Herrick House, the DCD PA invites parents for an evening of knitting and conversation. All levels are welcome. Yarn, needles, and refreshments will be supplied.
A Parent-to-Parent Meeting for Lower School
On
Tuesday, February 20, at 7:00 p.m. at the Herrick House, the DCD PA invites lower school parents to an informal discussion.
Save the Date for the Next Meeting of Book Club
The next meeting of the DCD Book Club will take place on
Monday, March 5, at 6:30 p.m. at Herrick House. We'll be reading and discussing
The Woman in the Window. The Book Club is coed and open to faculty and staff as well as parents. Come join us for a lively conversation. (Reminder: if you buy the book through Amazon Smile and choose Dedham Country Day School as the charity you support, your purchase will also benefit DCD:
www.smile.amazon.com.)
Skates Needed For Buddies Skating Party
Once again the Kindergarten and 8th graders will be heading over to Nobles for a special Buddies skating party on
Friday, January 26. We have quite a few 8th graders who do not have
skates for the event. If you would be willing to loan a pair of skates that would fit one of the following
shoe sizes listed below, please send an email to
Ruth Gow with the size of the
skates and then bring them in to be tried on by the students. Please be sure to put your name on your
skates, so that we can get them back to you promptly after the event.
We need
skates to fit the following shoe sizes (not skate sizes):
BOYS: 9, 10, 10.5, 11.5, 11.5
GIRLS: 6, 8, 10.5
Save the Date for an Evening of CommUNITY
Please join us for a special evening on
Wednesday, February 7, at 6:30 p.m. here on campus. The featured speaker of this year's CommUNITY evening is Rosetta Lee of the Seattle Girls' School. Her topic is,
What I Said and What I Meant: Improving Cross Cultural Communication. All parents are invited to attend. Mark your calendars! More information to come.
Snow Day Notices
Did you receive a message from Head of School Allison Webster cancelling school for the last snowstorm? Please let us know if you didn't receive the message or if you received it at the wrong telephone number. Contact
Ali Fernandes for assistance. School cancellation notices are also provided on Channels 5 and 7 as well as on the DCD website.
Time's Running Out for Grandparent Information!
Last chance to get your grandparents/special friend information to the advancement office for the mailing of invitations. Don't miss this opportunity to have your child invite a grandparent or special friend to spend the morning with them on
Friday, April 6. It's a favorite day of the year for both young and old! Contact
Miriam Stulin to confirm or update your information.
Admissions Corner
Invite Your Friends to Learn about DCD! If you have a friend, colleague or neighbor you think might be interested in DCD, we'd love to invite them to our Classroom Observation on January 19.Please let Emilie Liebhoff know, and she will make sure they receive an invitation to these events.
The Week Ahead
Monday, January 15
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: No School
Tuesday, January 16
Day 3
Wednesday, January 17
Day 4
Alumni Assembly: The Rochelle Boys with Centre St Jazz (Rescheduled)
DCD Connects: Dr. Larry Cohen speaks on "Playful Parenting" 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 18 Day 5
Morning Assembly: Penguin Parade 8:15 a.m. Lowell Center
Sooner or later, all the people of the world will have to discover a way to live together.
Growing up in Atlanta, GA, Martin Luther King, Jr. experienced the unfairness of segregation on a daily basis. When he saw "White Only" signs and he wasn't able to attend a school with white children, his mother reminded him that he was as good as anyone else. He listened to his father's words as the elder King preached in church every Sunday. During those formative years of his life, Martin understood how powerful words could be.
In
Martin's Big Words (Hyperion Books for Children), author Doreen Rappaport shares important quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr. as she narrates key incidents in his life. Bryan Collier's colorful and detailed illustrations earned him a Caldecott Award Honor. The year it was published, this picture book biography was also named one of the best illustrated children's books by the
New York Times.
Dedham Celebrates MLK Jr. Day On Monday, January 15, the Dedham Public Schools Equity and Inclusion Task Force is sponsoring a community celebration in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Dedham Middle School cafeteria. There will be refreshments and student performances as well as remarks by civil rights advocate Charles E. Walker Jr. Click here for the flyer. For more information, email madamsmelrose@gmail.com.
#SocialMedia4Girls
Charles River School is hosting a parent workshop next
Thursday, January 18, 7:00-9:00 p.m. on Social Media for Girls. Michelle Cove, founder and executive director of MEDIAGIRLS, will lead the workshop,
#SocialMedia4Girls: Helping girls use social media in healthy and positive ways. This event is free of charge and open to the general public. Registration is required;
click here to register.
Join Us!
The next meeting of the DCD Book Club will take place on
Monday, March 5, at 6:30 p.m. at Herrick House. We'll be reading and discussing
The Woman in the Window. The Book Club is coed and open to faculty and staff as well as parents. Come join us for a lively conversation. (Reminder: if you buy the book through Amazon Smile and choose Dedham Country Day School as the charity you support, your purchase will also benefit DCD:
