Dike-Newell School Newsletter

February 7th, 2025

DATES TO REMEMBER:

February 7th - PTA Valentine's Family Dance! @ BMS

February 17th - NO SCHOOL for President's Day

February 18th - February 21st - NO SCHOOL for Winter Break

March 14th - Professional Development Day - No School for Students

March 27th - Parent Teacher Conferences - 1/2 day for Students

March 28th - 1/2 day for students

April 21st - April 25th - NO SCHOOL for Spring Break

Click HERE for RSU1 Community Programs

Drop Off & Pick Up Reminders

If your child needs to be picked up and dropped off each day, rather than transported on the bus, we use the main entrance, outside the office.

Parent vehicles will line up along High Street to drop children off in the parking lane. Please make your dropoffs quick and efficient AND PLEASE STAY IN YOUR VEHICLES AND ALLOW DNS STAFF TO HELP YOUR CHILDREN OUT OF THE VEHICLE - have children ready to go when you pull forward, and keep goodbyes short and sweet! Wait to release your child until staff on duty have come to your car.

What if my child needs my help getting out of the vehicle?

Please park ahead of the pick-up/drop line CLOSER TO CENTRE STREET if you need to help get them out of the vehicle. Our staff can also help if it’s just unbuckling/opening doors. Having your child sit on the passenger side helps with the unloading of students.

Again, if you are walking your child to the front entrance, please park ahead of the pick-up/drop-off line so that the cars can keep moving forward.

Please utilize the main crosswalk that leads to the front door of the school.

Pick up at the end of the day will be at the same location. We will have staff who ensure the correct child is brought to the correct vehicle. It is very helpful if you can clearly communicate with the staff member which child you are picking up. Putting a sign in your car window with the student’s name(s) is a great help!

Please help us protect the safety of children by dropping off and picking up on the school side of the street, not parking on the opposite side and crossing traffic!

Lines from the Library

Second grade Library Acting Club students from Ms. Michaud's class performed their reader's theater play Rumpelstiltskin for first grade classes. Ms. Hardman hopes the hardworking actors will continue with their theater endeavors.

PTA Information and Updates

TONIGHT! Valentine’s Day Family Dance! Put on your fanciest Valentine’s Day outfit and make some memories! We will be hosting crafts and our Photo Booth in the BMS cafeteria while the DJ plays and we dance in the gym! Dance is from 5:30-7:30. Concession stand will be open with baked goods, pizza, snacks and hot dogs! Cash only for concessions, please!

If you would like to volunteer or donate, there’s still time! See available opportunities here:

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/30E0A48ABAD28A7FE3-54397699-family

Mark your calendars: February 12th, at 6:30pm ONLINE Monthly Meeting! All parents, guardians and teachers are welcome to attend, membership is not required! Video call login here: https://meet.google.com/twa-scsd-fud

February 18th, at Gelato Fiasco: PTA FUNdraiser!

Join our celebrity scoopers from 6-7:30 as they scoop for Bath Elementary PTA! Mention us and our fundraiser and Gelato Fiasco will donate 75% of your purchase to us! And all you have to do is enjoy some gelato! Win win! Any guesses on who our celebrity scoopers will be? More event information here: https://www.facebook.com/share/18UVmqDJee/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Keep an eye on our FACEBOOK PAGE for all PTA related events.

International Club at Morse High School

The Morse High School International Club and local Girl Scouts invite you to the second annual International Night evening of cultural exchange on Friday, February 14th, 2025. Each country represented will have a tabletop display presented by exchange students or girl scouts from local troops. Performances of instrumental music, song and dance, and poetry will take place in the nearby performance auditorium. Nearly 20 countries will be represented! This event is free and open to the public.

Date: Friday, February 14th, 2025

Time: 6:00-8:00PM

Location: Morse High School/Bath Tech, 826 Shipbuilder Drive, Bath, ME 04530

Volunteering in RSU1

Are you interested in being on a list of eligible volunteers? Visit the RSU1 website to learn more and to sign up: https://www.rsu1.org/page/volunteer-information. Be sure to click "Submit" after the form is complete and signed. Please allow one week prior to a field trip or event for processing.