Team Dublin Weekly Update

On June 12th Team Dublin students will participate in an end-of-year trip to celebrate all their hard work, progress and growth. This year, students will attend an exhibit at Artechouse, an immersive art experience, followed by lunch on the Smithsonian National Mall with their teammates and teachers.*** *** PERMISSION SLIPS ARE DUE ASAP ***

This week, students will take the end-of-year ReadingPlus assessment, and continue reading Beowulf to explore literary analysis and narrative writing. I am asking that students bring to class a self-addressed, stamped envelope with their home address written in the TO section of the envelope (middle front) by this Friday.

We have been working hard on the iReady EoY (end of year) assessment on Thursday and Friday. We will continue on Monday. Tuesday no school! Enjoy the day! :)

This week we began Unit 7: The Americas. We mapped, did vocabulary, and analyzed thematic maps. Students should be reviewing over the weekend for a quiz on Monday. On Wednesday, we will start looking at culture as the theme of the unit.

All but six of the students completed MAP testing this week! Early finishers were allowed to try out some introductory activities to prepare students for next week when our final engineering unit starts. The focus is climate engineering as part of city planning, and rooftop modifications.

On Friday, we ran a demonstration on the practical applications using albedo, or how much light surfaces reflect. Just for fun, we added a subtext lesson on what happens when organic tissue is dehydrated and then rehydrated by using part of our equipment from last year’s earthquake test station.

On Monday, students begin an "internship" with Futura Design. This means they will work to reduce the carbon footprint of the town of Solton, Arizona by developing a plan to alter rooftops in the city. This work will be conducted using the Amplify's RoofMod simulator.The project will culminate with students creating PowerPoints to pitch their design plans to the city planners of Solton. Come be a City Planner and hear the pitch. Please make time for this. One class had no outside judges for the last project. Those students were very disappointed. Do not wait for your student to ask – just volunteer and tell me which class you can do. Please note that I would rather have TOO many of you than NONE of you.

Hope you enjoy your weekend AFTER you check to make sure your student has pencils for class!!!!PLEASE!!!!!Make sure your student is ready to begin the Climate Engineering internship!

Students received their last Summative grade of the advisory, a culmination of the System 44 progress and classwork for the past three weeks. This week, in addition to System 44, students will work on a PowerPoint presentation about something important to them that they would like the class to know about. Help your student brainstorm!

Enrollment for SY24-25

All DCPS families must complete the enrollment process each year. Online enrollment for SY24-25 begins on Friday, March 29 - https://enrolldcps.dc.gov/

DCPS is using a new enrollment system called Aspen Go that will require families to log in using Aspen credentials and will pre-populate student information for families to review/confirm. Timely re-enrollment is crucial for Deal's budget and planning for the upcoming school year. Please help us by completing your online enrollment as soon as possible.

Enrollment impacts our school budget. Please enroll today!

You will need:

• Residency verification documents

• Aspen Family Portal credentials Don't have credentials? Check your email for a message with the subject "Welcome to the Aspen Parent Portal" or reach out to DealMSEnroll@k12.dc.gov

In-person support for enrollment is available at Deal from 9:00 until 3:00 daily and on Thursdays from 3:30-6:30 pm.

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Inscripción para el año escolar 24-25

Todas las familias de DCPS deben completar el proceso de inscripción cada año. La inscripción en línea para SY24-25 comienza el viernes 29 de marzo de https://enrolldcps.dc.gov/

DCPS está utilizando un nuevo sistema de inscripción llamado Aspen Go que requerirá que las familias inicien sesión con las credenciales de Aspen y completará previamente la información de los estudiantes para que las familias la revisen o confirmen. La reinscripción es crucial para el presupuesto y la planificación de Deal para el próximo año escolar. Por favor, ayúdenos completando su inscripción en línea lo antes posible.

La matrícula afecta el presupuesto de nuestra escuela. ¡Inscríbase hoy!

Necesitarás:

• Documentos de verificación de residencia
• Credenciales del Portal familiar de Aspen ¿No tiene credenciales? Revise su correo electrónico para ver si hay un mensaje con el asunto "Bienvenido al Portal para padres de Aspen" o comuníquese con DealMSEnroll@k12.dc.gov

El apoyo en persona para la inscripción está disponible en Deal de 9:00 a 3:00 todos los días y los jueves de 3:30 a 6:30 pm.

Ms. Wesselhoft, team lead - naeemah.wesselhoft@k12.dc.gov

Mr. Kirschenbaum - adam.kirschenbaum@k12.dc.gov

Mr. O'Malley - michael.o'malley@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Osman - catherine.osman2@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Patsalos - constance.patsalos@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Garcia - maria.garcia@k12.dc.gov

Mr. Memminger, 6th grade counselor - jacob.memminger@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Barr, 6th grade social worker - ellen.barr@k12.dc.gov

Attendance: For any attendance related concerns, including absence notes, please be sure to contact Ms. Stephens our attendance counselor at dealattendance@k12.dc.gov.

ASPEN Help: For any ASPEN related issues, including help resetting a password or accessing your account, please email Ms. Lerum at dealaspenhelp@k12.dc.gov