Weekly Update

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, 8/27 - 🏫 First Day of School
Friday, 8/30 - NO SCHOOL (Labor Day Recess)
Monday, 9/2 - NO SCHOOL (Labor Day)
Tuesday, 9/3 - NO SCHOOL (State Primary Elections)
Wednesday, 9/25 - Open House (5PM - 8PM)
Friday, 10/11 - Picture Day

Spotlight of the Week

Our Daley School students thrived in their summer programs, eagerly participating in clubs like the Green Team Club, where they connected with nature, and the Art Club, where their creativity flourished. The Sports Club kept them active and engaged, while the Math and ELA clubs offered stimulating environments for academic enrichment and exploration. With such a range of opportunities to explore their interests and develop new skills, Daley students enjoyed an enriching and memorable summer.

Our spotlight of the week is the Green Team, a club designed for those eager to embrace the beauty of nature and the joy of cooking with fresh, garden-grown vegetables. Our weekly " Taste the Garden Tuesdays" allowed students to connect with the environment while honing their culinary skills and learning about the natural world. In addition to the culinary adventures, the members of Green Team also enjoyed hydrology and solar experiments, geode excavating, and learning about sustainable gardening practices while discovering the diverse ecosystem around them.

More Pictures

Happening at the Daley

August 25, 2024

Dear Daley Middle School Families,

Welcome to the new school year! We know how important education is to your childrens' future and we are excited to work with them. We believe in your child. With your help, we will make this a great school year!

Here are some quick notes to help us all have a great start:

The first day of school is Tuesday, August 27, 2024. The early bell is 7:20 am and the late bell is 7:35 am.
Mark your calendar for our OPEN HOUSE: Wednesday, September 25th from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
Open House is an important opportunity for you to meet your child's teachers and learn about expectations for the school year.
Now is the time to establish a homework routine. Set aside an hour or two each evening for homework and reading. Your child will receive a school planner. Assignments, due dates, etc. should be recorded in the planner daily. Click here for additional information about helping your child with homework on a regular basis.
To keep informed about all that is happening at the Daley Middle School, watch for our Daley Middle School newsletter in your email on Sunday evenings each week. You can also keep up to date through our Daley Web Page https:/ /www.lowell.k12.ma.us/Daley and our Daley Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lpsddaley.
Are you interested in serving on our School Site Council? If you are, please email me at basquith@lowell.k12.ma.us.
Are you interested in joining our PTO? Please email our parent liaison, Lina Alhasan at lalhasan@lowell.k12.ma.us.

Sincerely,

Brendan Asquith, Principal

This school year, we have several new staff members joining the Daley Middle School! We would like to take this moment to welcome our new Daley Middle School staff:

Danielle Sullivan - Assistant Principal
Michelle Heslin - School Clerk
Colleen Farrell - Grade 5 Math/Science Teacher
Kayleigh O'Mahony - Health Teacher
Fernanda Vicentini-Barbosa - ESL Teacher
Brittany White - Speech and Language Pathologist
Shandra Wall - Paraprofessional
Marinthus Hem - Paraprofessional
Daneisha Martinez - Health Paraprofessional
Michael Lopez - Junior Custodian

We would also like to acknowledge our returning staff members who are changing positions this school year:

Brendan Asquith - Principal
Patricia Sciacca - Math Resource Teacher
Matthew Peltier - Grade 5 ELA/Social Studies Teacher
Christina Prato - CSA Teacher
Lisa Gil - Interventionist
Lauren Holloway - Interventionist
Rose Jerome - Health Paraprofessional
Justin Bastien - Senior Custodian

Also, a big congratulations to our Daley School staff who recently retired:

Robert Doyle - Principal
Adam Clemente - Grade 5 Math/Science Teacher
Claire Golas - Health Teacher
Norm Geoffroy - Senior Custodian

Please welcome Ms. Danielle C. Sullivan, a new assistant principal at the Daley.

Ms. Sullivan is a Daley graduate, joining us from Billerica Public Schools with many years of experience as a classroom teacher. Ms. Sullivan has her Education Specialist Degree in Administration: Planning and Policy from UMass Lowell, and her M.Ed. in Elementary Education and Creative Arts in Learning from Lesley University.

We are excited to have her on board.

Morning entrance by grade for the first day of school (see aerial image of school below):

Grade 5: gather in parking lot (for the first day of school, only)
Grade 6 and Grade 7: "garden" entrance at back of the building
Grade 8: first entrance at top of the exit driveway

If your child is not taking the bus, we ask that all parents/guardians use the drop-off line on Fleming Street, in front of the school. The drop-off zone is marked in the aerial image below. Do not drive to the rear parking lot as it is for school staff only.

A reminder that students in grades 5-8 do not receive a physical bus pass. Their bus information can be found on the district's online Bus Lookup Tool.

To access the district's Bus Lookup Tool, click here.

The username is your child's student id# (also known as their lunch number), and the password is their birthday (MMDDYYYY).

Summer Reading and Math Work

Parents/Guardians,

Please take the time to make sure your child's summer math and summer reading assignments are completed prior to the first day of school. For more information, click on the appropriate links below.

Summer reading & writing is here!

For more information, click on this link.

To access this year's summer math assignments, click on the link below based on your grade level for the 2024-2025 school year.

Reminders from Ms. Heslin

BOX TOPS

We are collecting Box Tops digitally!

If you'd like to help our school, click here to download the app to start scanning your box tops today.

VOLUNTEERS AND CHAPERONES

Thinking of volunteering at the Daley? Whether it is chaperoning a field trip, helping with school events or helping out in the office we would love to have your help! Please fill out a CORI form and reach out to me to learn more. For a copy of the CORI form, click here.

ABSENCES, TARDIES, AND DISMISSALS

When you plan to dismiss your child, please send a note into school with your child the morning of the dismissal. The note should include the date, time and the name of the person who will be dismissing your child.
Please call the office if your child will be absent. When your child returns to school, please send a note regarding the absence. If your child has a medical appointment you can ask for a note from the doctor and send that to us.