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Family Class Placement Survey for 2025-2026

5/16/2025 7:13 am

In the coming weeks, the Dallin school staff will begin to develop new classes for the next school year, 2025-2026. As part of that process, our staff believes that families can provide valuable information regarding the best learning environment for their child. To form classes, teachers carefully consider a number of factors including academics and behavior, learning styles, special needs, and compatibility with other students.  


The information families share will be used by classroom teachers, specialist teachers, social workers, and the principal to best create the most appropriate educational setting for your child.

This form is due no later than Tuesday, May 27th.
 
 
 
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You’re Invited: Kindergarten Family Listening Session – Friday 5/23 at 8:15 AM

5/16/2025 7:12 am

Dear Kindergarten Families,

As we near the end of a joyful and memorable year with your children, we’d love to invite you to a special informal gathering next Friday at 8:15 AM in the Dallin cafeteria.

This will be a chance for us to think about:

  • What information do you wish you had known when your family first joined Dallin?
  • Are there particular topics, tools, or resources that would’ve made your first days easier or smoother?
  • How can we reimagine our orientation to reflect the real experiences of families, while still meeting our goals as a school?

The conversation will last about 45 minutes and include members of our school staff, administration, school social worker, School Council parent and teacher representatives.

If you aren’t able to attend, we will share a brief Google form afterward so you can still contribute your thoughts.

We’re grateful for your partnership this year and hope you’ll join us!

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Lost and Found Cleanout

5/16/2025 7:11 am

The Lost and Found will be cleaned out on Friday, May 23rd before the long weekend. There are a lot of winter items in the mix (hats, gloves, coats, snow pants, boots and backup clothes). Please pick up your items within the next two weeks, before the 23rd.

 

Click through for more pictures -- can you identify your stuff?

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APS Textile Recycling Competition Weekly Update

5/16/2025 7:07 am

Here are the weekly results for the 2025 APS Textile Competition. This week Peirce is in the lead, with Brackett in second place. 
 
Three weeks of the competition remain so keep the donations coming!
Remember clothes and shoes and many other textiles (pillows, sheets, towels, backpacks, stuffed animals) are accepted. All donations are sorted by Bay State Textiles for reuse and there are prizes for the top two winning schools. Thank you for participating!
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Workshop for Caregivers ~ Coping Ahead: Screen Time Strategies for Summer

5/16/2025 7:06 am

The district social work team has put together a workshop for caregivers who are thinking ahead to how on earth they will navigate managing their kid's screen time over the summer. Based on the work of Dr. Laura Damour, they will explore: 
  • Developmental strategies for setting screen time limits
  • Latest research on screen time & mental health
  • Resources on promoting healthy media use, problematic interactive media use 
  • How to create a summer screen time Cope-Ahead Plan
Visit tinyurl.com/summerscreens to register.
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ABC's of Racism workshop with Wee The People and Hardy PTO

5/16/2025 7:05 am

The Hardy School PTO and DIG invite caregivers from all Arlington schools to a workshop by Wee The People on ABC's of Racism

 

Monday 5/19 Virtual 6:30pm

Tuesday 5/20 In-Person 6:30pm Hardy Library

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AHS Fundraising Fighters event, June 20

5/16/2025 7:04 am

On June 20th, the Arlington High School Fundraising Fighters Club will be holding a fundraiser to raise money for childhood brain cancer at Robbins Farm Park.  It starts at 4:30, and will feature fun games and refreshments provided by Del’s Lemonade and Otto’s pizza. People of all ages are welcome. Please reach out with any questions to zprasad2027@spyponders.com .

 

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Arlington Community Ed Summerfun is coming!

5/16/2025 7:01 am

From July 7-Aug 15, explore more than 150 different classes for grades 1-12 at Arlington High School through the Arlington Community Education Summerfun program.  See arlingtoncommunityed.com for more details and to register.

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Arlington Chamber of Commerce Health & Wellness Expo, Saturday, May 17

5/16/2025 7:00 am

The Arlington Chamber of Commerce presents a Health and Wellness Expo with a variety of local health and wellness focused businesses on May 17 from 10-2 in the Arlington High School cafeteria.

 

https://business.arlcc.org/events/details/2nd-annual-arlington-health-wellness-expo-2025-4667

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Button battery safety

5/16/2025 6:59 am

Button batteries (small round batteries) are sometimes used in school projects which may be brought home.  Caregivers should be aware of button battery safety for smaller children.  A Dallin parent in the medical field shared this Boston Children's Hospital blog post and attached fact sheet on button battery safety.

 

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Question of the Week

5/16/2025 6:58 am

Question of the week!
 
Thank you for answering last week's question about Culture Night! Here's a quick look at the responses:

 
For this week, we're thinking ahead to welcoming new families in the fall. We want to know what information is the most helpful.
 
 
Check back next week for a new question!
 
 
 
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Dallin Holi Celebration, Saturday May 10

5/9/2025 7:00 am

 
The Dallin Holi celebration will be held May 10th at 2.30pm on Florence Field
 
Holi is the Indian festival of colors, a celebration of friendship, community and inclusivity. All are welcome to attend, from all backgrounds and cultures, whether you have never celebrated Holi before or if this is a long standing tradition for you. It is as much fun to watch as to “throw colors”, so please feel free to join this community event, whether or not you plan to participate.
 
Thanks to the PTO for their sponsorship. Please click the evite link to learn more and RSVP.
 
 
We are in touch w Arlington Rec about weather. As of now event is still on but here are some contingency plans:
* if it is not raining but field is wet, we will move to the blacktop.
* if it is raining we will cancel. Folks can please RSVP using the evite for email updates that morning. 
 
Thank you! Please join us in hoping for good weather for this joyful event!
 
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Help Plan This Year's Spring Picnic!

5/9/2025 6:59 am

 A few more volunteers are needed to help pull off this favorite end-of-year event, so please reach out to dallinptoboard@gmail.com if you'd like to lend a hand. New ideas welcome!
This year's picnic is scheduled for the evening of Friday, June 13th, so save the date!
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Field Day Help Signup

5/9/2025 6:58 am

Dallin's Field Day is coming up on Wednesday, May 21st with a rain date on Wednesday, May 28th!  For the afternoon portion of the day grades K-2, we are looking for one caregiver volunteer for each of the classes to support the classroom teacher and travel with the class to all activities.  For the morning portion of the day grades 3-5, we are looking for caregiver volunteers to run each of the games.  Additionally, we would love caregiver volunteers at each grade level to monitor lunch!  Please use the link below to sign-up and participate in this fun annual event.  Thank you and happy spring!
 
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APS Textile Recycling Competition is open!

5/9/2025 6:55 am

Here are the weekly results for the 2025 APS Textile Competition. Bishop is in the lead, with Peirce in second place. The total collected for the first week of the competition was 6,010 pounds, an increase from last year!

 

Four weeks of the competition remain so keep the donations coming! Remember clothes and shoes and many other textiles (pillows, sheets, towels, backpacks, stuffed animals) are accepted. All donations are sorted by Bay State Textiles for reuse and there are prizes for the top two winning schools. Thank you for participating!

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