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 DCD Controller Maura McCarthy returned to Kindergarten as part of National Shadow a Student Week. She joined Mary Ellen Maloney, Hasel Patel, Kate Reardon, Sue Shirley, and Allison Webster in shadowing a student for a day.
Photo by Hilary Rochelle
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Pre-order your child's required summer reading through the DCD Book Fair!
Parents can pre-order required summer reading through the DCD Book Fair. Purchasing these books through the Book Fair helps support DCD. Please reserve your child's summer reading books no later than Friday,
April 20,
so we can have them ready for you to pick up at the Book Fair. There is no need to send payment now; books you pre-order will be added to the cost of the books purchased at the Book Fair.
Click here
to place your pre-order.
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Help Us Advertise with a Lawn Sign
Lawn signs advertising the Fair will be available in the front office on Tuesday, April 17. Please take one, especially if you live in a high-traffic area.
Sign Up for a Shift
Parents should have received the link to volunteer for a shift at this year's DCD fair. We ask that all parents, faculty, and staff participate in the Fair! Please review the list of available slots
here.
Hurry and sign up now, so you get the shift you want!
Raffle Seller Prizes:
Fair Champions and Heads of School for a Day
Students who sell at least three raffle books
by
April 27
will be eligible for a drawing to be one of two Fair Champions and one of two Heads of School for a Day.
Fair Champions will enjoy special privileges at the Fair including free rides, games, and food!
Heads of School for a Day will meet with Ms. Webster to determine their responsibilities and make plans for their special day.
Additional books of raffle tickets are available in the front office.
This is a great long weekend to sell tickets to family, friends and neighbors! C
ontact Ellen Volpe,
ellenhvolpe@gmail.com,
with any raffle questions.
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 Arts Gallery Week Showcases Work by Middle School Students
Whether working in watercolor, wood, metal, or any of the many other media available through our more than 40 arts electives, our young middle school artists find myriad ways to express themselves through the visual arts.
Arts Gallery Week, an annual event, began with a reception on Thursday, April 5, that included presentations by selected students, and concluded on Friday, April 13, when many of the works on display where submitted to SISAL (Small Independent School Arts League) for their annual competition.
If you didn't have a chance to visit the gallery, you can
click here to view some of the works from the exhibit:
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 It was Back to School for Record Number of Grandparents and Special Friends!
A week ago Friday, on April 6, DCD welcomed more than 375 grandparents and special friends to campus. From Pre-K to grade 8, classrooms were bursting at the seams as grandparents and special friends had an opportunity to experience what it's like to be a student at Dedham Country Day. ...
Click here
to read more and view more pictures from the day.
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Don't Forget to Reserve Your Spot for DCD Connects:
What helps a child build a meaningful life?
Grounded in the field of positive psychology, she has been on the TED Stage as a speaker, and her articles and essays have appeared in the
Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Criterion,
and other publications.
DCD is fortunate to have Emily on campus to share her research and thoughts on how we as parents can re-think our drive for constant happiness for our children and, instead help them pave the path for a meaningful life.
Click here for a flyer to share with neighbors and friends.
Reserve your spot here.
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Ready, Set, Go!
Sign up now for the James Joyce Ramble!
Calling all runners and poets! Sign up now to represent DCD at the James Joyce Ramble, a 10-K race that will wind through the hills of Dedham on
Sunday, April 29.
DCD is a race sponsor again this year. There are three ways you can get involved: 1.) Join the
running team (
register for the race here) and be a moving ambassador for DCD; 2.) be part of the
hydration team handing out water along the route; 3.) or help the
tent crew at the Endicott Estate.
Go to our event page on
SignUpGenius to let us know how you're planning to participate (runners who register for the race on the James Joyce website should also sign up on DCD's SignUpGenius page).
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Re-Enrollment Contracts Now Online through Smart Tuition
We are looking forward to the 2018-2019 school year! As part of the re-enrollment process, we would like families to re-enroll in Smart Tuition for the 2018-2019 school year for tuition billing information. Please click here for the re-enrollment instructions. If you have any questions related to your Smart Tuition account, please contact Maura McCarthy in the Business Office at 781-915-2555.
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 Amazon Smile: An Easy Way to Support DCD!
AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support DCD every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you'll find the exact same low prices, vast selection, and convenient shopping experience as you do on Amazon.com, with the added bonus that the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to DCD. Just select DCD from among the charitable organizations listed before you begin shopping and look for the "Eligible for AmazonSmile donation" on the product detail page. For more information, click here.
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Monday, April 16
No School: Patriots Day
Day 6
Valerie Snow Student Recital
5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 18
Day 1
Community Coffee
8:00 a.m. Caffe Nero, Legacy Place
Grade 7 Parent Secondary School Meeting
7:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 19
Day 2
Current Grade 2 Parent Meeting
8:00 a.m.
Pre-K Play
8:30 a.m. Lowell Center
Diversity Committee Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Linda Poland Student Recital
7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 20
Day 3
Pre-K Play & Cast Party
8:30 a.m. Lowell Center
Grade 4 Medieval Feast
Middle School Student Council Event
12:30-2:30 p.m.
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Click here
to view next week's lunch menu.
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 The winner and honor books for the 2018 Massachusetts Children's Book Award were announced this month. Our readers at DCD chose the same book as the state winner, and they also voted for two of the state honor books.
This year's most highly rated book is
The War That Saved  My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Dial). The setting is Great Britain during WWII. The protagonist is Ava, a young girl who was born with a club foot. Her mother shows Ava no affection. Ava envies her brother who is able to run free and escape the loveless home. When children are being evacuated from London and welcomed into homes in the safer countryside, ...
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DCD Grad Looking for Babysitting Job This Summer
Maeve Sullivan, a member of the DCD Class of 2012 and a sophomore at Elon University, is looking for a part-time babysitting job for this summer. She lives in Dedham and has a car as well as lots of experience babysitting. Please reach out to her directly,
781-856-9712, if you have any questions or would like references.
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June Summer Sports Camp at DCD
Mark Jackson and Dan Balk will be running a sports program in June, soon after school ends, for students currently in grades Pre-K-Grade 5 (friends from outside of DCD are welcome). The program runs for two weeks, June 13-15 and 18-22. You can sign your child up for the full week or for individual days, for full days (9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.) or half days (9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.). Activities will include sports and games, including soccer, floor hockey, baseball, basketball, handball, kickball, and capture the flag. The cost is $35 for a half day or $70 for a full day. For more details and to sign up, contact
Mark Jackson or
Dan Balk.
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