Dike-Newell School Newsletter

September 7th - Bath Book Bash! At the Library Park

September 9th - First day of PreK

September 25th - Dike Newell School Open House! 5:00 - 6:00

October 11th - Professional Development Day - NO SCHOOL

October 14th - Indigenous People's Day - NO SCHOOL

October 15th - School Picture Day!

What a fantastic first week we have had! Please continue to reach out to the main office or your child's teacher for any questions or concerns you have throughout the year.

Greetings, my name is Lisa Hardman and I am the librarian at Dike Newell. I look forward to sharing great stories and other educational activities with your child in hopes of inspiring a lifelong love of reading. Here is some information about the DNS library, feel free to email me at lhardman@rsu1.org if you have any questions.

As we have many gently used books from donations, pre-k students get to select a book to keep each week. Kindergarten students take out one book at a time and keep their books at school as they practice responsible book care. First grade students also take out one book, but are allowed to bring them home. Second grade students may check out two books.

Please encourage your child to keep his or her books in a safe location at home where pets and small children cannot accidentally harm them. Students should make sure there is nothing messy in his or her backpack that might damage their library book and that water bottles have the lid tightly on. Please remind students to turn pages with a gentle hand and to use a bookmark. Dike Newell students are young and accidents do happen, so please let me know if a library book needs some repair and I will do my best to fix it. We greatly appreciate lost or damaged books being replaced so that other students may continue to enjoy them.

Have a great school year! Please be sure to check out the library's web site at:

https://sites.google.com/rsu1.org/dnslibrary/library-home

Welcome Back Everyone!

The PTA has a TON planned for the 24/25 school year. We will be gong over all our events and plans for the year at the first meeting on September 11th from 6-7:30 at the FMS library. We offer free child care during all our meetings.

We are also working with a new spirit wear company this year.

Check out the DNS site! https://1stplace.sale/44710

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. At site preference, scroll down to select DNS and 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.

Email: kwalker@rsu1.org
Website: https://dns.rsu1.org/o/dike-newell-school
Location: 800 High Street, Bath, ME 04530
Phone: (207)443-8285