Team Dublin Weekly Update

******* Please have your student return the field trip permission form by Friday, May 31st. *******

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.

This week, students took the End-of-Year Reading Inventory Assessment. The goal for the end of the year for a 6th grader is 925. I posted the student scores in ASPEN. This week, we will begin reading Beowulf A New Telling.

What a great week wrapping up our International Museum projects! The exhibits were great, and all students made a great effort to turn out some amazing projects. Next week, we begin Unit 7: The Americas. Students will map, learn vocabulary, and analyze thematic maps for the Americas. They will have a quiz on Tuesday, June 3rd.

We have completed a VERY busy week. We started the week by finishing our presentations on Space Trash machines. Some classes were lucky enough to have outside judges who had fun seeing the creative and innovative ideas for making space use better. We continued our discussion about the connection and difference between correlation and causation by using graphs that were related this to our unit on Climate and Human Impact. Students worked with graphs showing data about temperature, sunspots, solar irradiance, and CO2 emissions while discussing correlation and causation.

This week is all about our End Of Year (EOY) MAP testing! This will be the third time that the 6th grade scientists have taken this test. They know the drill: Tuesday and Wednesday (and possibly Thursday, as needed) working on it. Please ensure that your student has something to eat, gets enough sleep, and has a book to read when finished. Please emphasize that the goal is do a personal best! At the end of the week, we will be jumping into our lessons on urban design in response to climate change, specifically with white and green roofs. How cool is that? Inquiring minds want to know!

Congratulations on completing the ADMS Roots Curriculum, scientists! Now that most of us have finished our Summative as of Friday, we only have some roots to review and then we are officially COMPLETE (done, finished, over) with Roots! To all of our people at home, thank you for helping your students study their root words and expand their scientific vocabulary.

Finally – please help your student turn in missing work.

OKAY – one more thing – SUPPLIES!!! Students still NEED PENCILS – WE ARE STILL DOING WORK.

AND ANOTHER THING - students who would like a drink of water save time by using the filtered water here in the classroom. I provide the filters. We went through about half the remaining stock of cups today. In other words – please send in some paper cups (8-12 oz size) Thank you.

This week students will take their End-of-Year (EOY) Phonics Inventory assessment. The best way for students to prepare is to work on System 44 both in class AND at home.

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.

Thanks for every 6th grader who participated in our Walk to End Homelessness with Friendship Place on Tuesday during advisory. Seeing almost 500 students walk in solidarity to end Homelessness in DC is BEAUTIFUL! If you would like to learn more about Friendship Place's mission or donate please visit: https://give.friendshipplace.org/give/582005/#!/donation/checkout

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

Did you know there is an entire week dedicated to Black birders, called Black Birders Week? Black Birders Week began in 2020 to highlight the challenges and joys of Black nature enthusiasts, particularly birders. If you are interested in STEAM, including birds, nature, wildlife, and African American history, then this is the program for you! The activities and experiences are designed for 3rd-12th grade students and their families and all are FREE!

On Saturday, June 1 from 11am-3pm, join the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Museum of Natural History, and the National Zoo as we celebrate Black birders, birds, and nature.

Activities include

• A guided bird walk

• Owl pellet dissection

• Bird feather microscopy

• and MORE!

Learn more about the STEAM Day and the guided bird walk on Smithsonian grounds.

• Black Birders Week STEAM Day- Registration is open now!

• Black Birders Week STEAM Day 2024: Birdwalk- Registration opens May 20th

Any questions can be sent to NMAAHC-STEM@si.edu.