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This is Clare Sullivan, Principal of the Avery School. I would like to remind parents that the Summer Academic Awards Assembly will be held tomorrow, September 30th at 1:45 p.m. in the gymnasium. Please join us in recognizing the students who completed reading and math work over the summer.
The P.T.O. has also asked me to remind Avery families that the catalogue fundraiser is coming to a close. All materials need to be returned by Monday, October 4th. All checks and money orders should be made payable to the Avery School P.T.O. The orders will be back in early November.
Thank you. 

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Good evening Oakdale families, This is principal Holli Armstrong calling to coridally invite you to our annual Open House, tomorrow, September 30th from 7-8 pm. Oakdale students are welcome to accompany a parent or guardian to Open House. No student should attend without adult supervision. At Open House there will be a ballot to vote for our School Governance Council Parent Representative. Currently, we have one parent seat available on the council. If you are interested in having your name added to the ballot, please let me know as soon as possible. Finally, I would like to remind you that we are nearing the end of our Name the Street contest. All chances need to be submitted by Friday morning. We will be drawing the winner Friday afternoon. This is a wonderful chance for your child to choose the name of the horseshoe driveway in front of the school. Your child will have the opportunity to take the sign home next year. As always thank you for your continued support and have a wonderful evening.

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Good evening Greenlodge families. This is Principal Kathy Kiewlicz calling to remind you that the PTO Open House will be held at our school tonight beginning at 6:30 pm. Grade 1, 2, and 3 parents will visit classrooms from 6:30-7:00 pm followed by the PTO meeting at 7:00 pm in the gym. Grade 4 and 5 parents will visit classrooms from 7:30-8:00 pm. Come meet your child's teacher, and find out about the many ways that the PTO supports our school and how you can help out as a volunteer. We are looking forward to seeing you all tonight.

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Good Evening. This is Ms. Gately, Principal of Dedham Middle School with three reminders as we begin a new week. First, letters were mailed home last week to specific students about enrolling in our after school tutorial. These letters were due back today, September 27th even if a student is not participating. If you received a letter, please have your student return it to his/her homeroom teacher on Tuesday, September 28th. Secondly, our annual magazine fundraiser is currently underway and we appreciate any support you can give towards it. Finally, please be aware that no student is to be dropped off in front of the school before 8:05 am or picked up after school in that area. We have a designated drop off pattern at the middle school which we would appreciate you following. This system is in place for the safety of your children. Thank you and have a pleasant evening.

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Evening Everyone,This is Doris Claypool, Principal of Riverdale School. This is an update of dismissal procedures at 3:00 p.m. For the children's safety, each child will be dismissed the circle drive door. All parents/guardians must be present for a child to go home. No child should be on the playground without a parent. There will be two staff members each afternoon to release the children to a family member. Second, if you would like your child to walk home, there will be a release form with the notices on Wednesday for a parent/guardian to give permission for a child to walk home. This is important information to have in the office. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call me at Riverdale School. Thank you and have a wonderful evening.

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Hello. This is Mr. Santamaria. Your child has qualified to apply to the National Honor Society. I held a meeting yesterday, Thursday, September 23 to distribute applications and to explain the entire application and selection process. The deadline for applications is Tuesday, October 5, 2010. Applications must be submitted to me in the main office. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 781-326-4773. Thank you.

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Good Evening, This is Doris Claypool, Principal of Riverdale School. This message is a reminder that most of Needham Street will be closed to traffic tomorrow, Sept. 23, 2010 due to paving. If you are driving your children to or from school, I have been advised from the Dept. of Public Works in Dedham for you to drive from Bridge Street to Commonwealth Ave to Lindale and then you will be in front of the parent parking lot at Riverdale School. All bus drivers and vans that come to the school are aware of this situation regarding the Needham St. closure. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Good evening ECEC families. This is principal Jessica Hammond calling to remind you that tomorrow, Wednesday, September 22 is an early release day. All morning and full-day kindergarten students will be dismissed at 11:20 am. There will NOT be afternoon classes. Teachers will be attending professional development. Although all kindergarten students are dismissed at 11:20, we need to wait until the buses drop off the High School and Middle School students. Therefore, bus students will not leave the Curran Center until 11:55. Please plan accordingly to meet your child at their bus stop or your child will be returned to the Curran Center. If you choose to pick up your child at the school at 11:20, please inform your child's teacher. Thank you and good night.

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Good evening. This is Greenlodge principal Kathy Kiewlicz calling to remind you that tomorrow, Wednesday, September 22 is an early release day due to staff professional development. Dismissal will be at noon and no lunch will be served. Thank you and have a good night.

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Good evening Oakdale Families, This is principal Holli Armstrong calling to remind you that due to staff professional developement, tomorrow, Wednesday, September 22 will an early release for students . Dismissal will be at 12:00. Lunch will not be served at school. Also, if your child has not returned his/her summer reading and math, please do so by tomorrow. Thank you very much and have a wonderful evening!

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Good Evening, This is Kathy Gaudreau, Director of Special Education for the Dedham Public Schools. I would like to invite you to the first Parent Advisory Council General Meeting to be held this Thursday, September 23, at Endicott Estate. The general meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. At 7:00 a representative from Family Ties of Massachusetts will present a workshop entitled Let's Get Organized. This session will offer effective ways for parents to organize and manage paperwork in order to keep track of your child's IEPs, evaluations, reports, correspondence, etc. This looks to provide useful and practical ideas to keep it together. I hope you will be able to attend. Thank you, and have a pleasant evening.

 

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Good evening, this is Holli Armstrong calling to remind you that our first PTO meeting of the 2010-2011 school year will be held tonight, September 14th at 7:00pm. The meeting is held at Endicott Estate. All are welcome. Tonight's meeting will include a Principal's update, reports from the PTO presidents, reports from committee members, and a brief welcome from Superintendent Doe. Attending PTO meetings and volunteering are great ways to get involved at Oakdale School. We hope many of you will be able to attend this evening. Thank you very much for your continued support!

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Good Evening,

This is Clare Sullivan, Principal of the Avery School. The errors on the school calendar mailed to each home seem to have caused some confusion. Tomorrow, September 14th, is a school day. In order to keep our students safe from the extra traffic created by voting in the building, all children should enter the building through the front door upon arrival and line up in the hallways inside the building. At dismissal, we will follow the usual dismissal procedure. Staff will be available to ensure the safety of all students.
Thank you for assistance in keeping our students safe.  

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Good evening parents,

This is Superintendent June Doe with a sincere thank you to each of our parents for preparing your students so well for the return to school. We had a wonderful opening last week particularly noting how excited the students were to be back with us and their enthusiasm for learning. Our students from elementary through high school are a credit to you, their parents, and we will provide excellent and productive learning experiences for each of our students.

Please note that there are full days of school tomorrow, Tuesday September 14th and Friday, September 17th. The school calendar is available on the Dedham Public Schools web site, and you will be receiving a corrected printed copy in the mail in later this week.
Best wishes for a great school year. 

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Good evening Greenlodge families. This is principal Kathy Kiewlicz calling to remind you that tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 8 is our first day of school. It is a full day beginning at 8:30 am and ending at 3:00 pm. Children should come to school with a snack, and also with a lunch if they didn't order a lunch in June. Second, third, fourth, and fifth graders will line up in their usual spots at the end of the building, and first graders should follow the instructions that were given in the letter that was mailed home. We are really looking forward to welcoming you back to school, and I hope all of you are as excited about the first day of school as we are. I will see you tomorrow. Thank you and good night.

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Good evening, Welcome back to a new school year. This is Joanne McCormick, Director of Guidance. All of us at Dedham High are looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. I am calling now to remind you to print and bring a copy of your schedule with you since you will need teacher and room assignments. These will not be distributed tomorrow. All freshmen will report to the auditorium and will then go to X block. All Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors will report directly to X block. Thank you. Have a great night and we will see you in the morning! 

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This is Clare Sullivan, Principal of the Avery School. I would like to welcome all students back to school tomorrow, September 8th. I hope you have had a wonderful summer. When you arrive at school, the children should meet their classmates and teachers behind the building. The teachers will meet you there at 8:30 a.m. for a full day of school. If you ordered lunch for September, it will available for the first day. If not, please bring your snack, lunch and drinks. Parents, please remember that cars are not allowed to come up into the driveway at morning drop off or at dismissal. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Thank you. 

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Good Evening Oakdale Families. This is principal Holli Armstrong calling to remind you that 2010-2011 school year begins on Wednesday, September 8th. I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing summer filled with great times with your family and friends. I am looking forward to seeing how much you have grown physically, academically, and emotionally! School begins at 8:35. All first grade students should meet in the gym on the first day of school. Students in second grade will line up on the back blacktop at Door 17. Students in Grades 3, 4 and 5 as well will line up in the courtyard. The staff and I are so excited to begin the school year! Remember to a good night sleep, have a nutricious breakfast before the first day of and we will see you at Oakdale on the 8th! Thank you and have a wonderful evening! 

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Good evening Oakdale Staff, this is Holli Armstrong calling to remind you that tomorrow, September 7th is the first official day for the staff of the Dedham Public Schools. There will a continential breakfast served at Dedham Middle School starting at 7:30 am. At 8:30 the general meeting will begin. Immediately following the general meeting, Mrs. Kathy Gaudreau will meet with all special education teachers and instrucational aides. Mr. Scott Abrahamson will meet with the fine arts department. You are cordially invited to a luncheon at 12:00 at Oakdale in the gym. We will begin our staff meeting at immediately following the luncheon. Please bring your staff handbook binder to the meeting. An updated staff handbook will be provided to you . I am very excited to seeing you all and I know we will have a wonderful 2010-2011 school year! Thanks for all you do! See you tomorrow and have a wonderful evening! 

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Good Evening. This is Ms. Gately, Principal of Dedham Middle School with some back to school reminders for our families. For those of you who are not aware, our new assistant principal Dr. Margo Fraczek has assumed her role at the middle school and we are pleased to have her join us. Students should be finishing up required summer reading and math assignments in order to have a positive start to the school year. A reminder that although student schedule information is currently available on the Blackboard system, class lists and schedules are not finalized until school begins. Student bus routes are currently available online at the Dedham Public Schools website and have been published in the local newspapers. On behalf of the entire Dedham Middle School faculty, best wishes for a safe and happy Labor Day weekend and we look forward to seeing the students on September 8th. 

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