Friday, February 27, 2015

Crazy Sports Night

Crazy Sports Night is an opportunity for students to enjoy friendly competition among the faculty and staff at Dayton, South Street, Eastport, and Tuttle Avenue School.  This year Dayton Avenue School believes Everything is Awesome! as we take on the Lego Movie theme.  Tonight will be fun for all! President Business (aka Dr. Christie) is hoping the Crazy Sports Night Cup returns to Dayton Avenue.

Sarah Cordova Writers Workshop Training

Faculty and staff from across the district joined Sarah Cordova for a full day Writers Workshop training at Dayton Avenue School.  It was a great day to collaborate and learn new strategies to support our children in the classroom.


PBIS Principal's Helper

Students across all grades continue to demonstrate Safe, Honest, Accountable, Respectful, Kind, and Successful behavior as part of our Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) system.  Students who earned Shark Bites have an opportunity to help Dr. Christie.  We all know he needs all the help he can get.

Monday, January 26, 2015

Dayton Avenue School Souper Bowl Scores Big!

In just four days students at Dayton Avenue School have collected over 1500 cans of food for those in need.  The Souper Bowl is sponsored by the Shared Decision Making committee and is a collaboration among teachers, students, and parents.  The Souper Bowl will continue after the big game as we continue to support our community.

Mrs. Rubin's Class is Electric!

3rd graders in Mrs. Rubin's class are  building circuits and testing conductors/insulators.  Types of circuits experimented with include simple circuits, series circuits, parallel circuits and "crazy" circuits.

6th Grade Students in Mrs. Montreuil's Class Engaged in Book Club

Students in Mrs. Montreuil's class participated in book club discussions.  Students were given a choice among several book titles.  The class had an opportunity to present their books to their peers. This was a great student centered activity.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Dayton Avenue Kicks Off the Souper Bowl!

The Shared Decision Making team which includes students, parents, teachers, and administration organized the 2015 Dayton Avenue School Souper Bowl.  Each grade level is participating in friendly competition to determine the winner of this year's Souper Bowl.  Cans collected will be distributed to local food pantries.  The game began yesterday and the response has been overwhelming.  A special thanks to Mrs. Orlando for her coordination of the event.