Photo of the Week
Middle School girls gaze longingly through the window of the Adams Lab at the laptops they will soon be assigned. Photo by Rob Thacher
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Show Your School Pride! Get Your DCD Gear Online
The DCD School Store is now online with a wide selection of activewear, outerwear, and gift items available for purchase. Click here to view all the DCD branded items for sale in our new online store.
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Handbook Additions and Changes
We had a number of new families join us after the Handbook of Information was published this summer. Click here for the addendum to the Handbook, which lists the new families along with changes since the Handbook was published. From now on, these changes will be posted on the DCD Web site under Resources, which you must log in to view.
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Culture Club to Begin in October
Culture Club, a group for Lower School children of color in Grades 1-5, will meet after school from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. on the following Wednesdays: October 15, November 12, December 10, January 14, February 18, April 8, and May 20. The mission of the group is to create a comfortable place where children can feel free to talk about their experiences, nurture self-esteem, appreciate differences, and celebrate similarities. Age-appropriate games and activities are integral to each meeting. Children from the following racial/ethnic groups are invited to attend: African American, Latino/Hispanic American, Asian American/South Asian, Native American, Middle Eastern American, or Multiracial American. Click here to learn more about the group on the DCD Web site. Please contact Lynne Mayard at lmayard@dcds.net for a registration form or further information.
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Web site Log-in Training for Parents
As more and more information at DCD is made available exclusively online, we want to make sure that parents are comfortable logging in to the Web site. We are offering informal half-hour sessions in the Adams Lab before each back-to-school night this fall.
If you can't make one of those sessions, click here to view step-by-step instructions for logging in. If you have problems logging in, please contact helpdesk@dcds.net.
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Sign Up to be a Parent Volunteer
The Parent Association Executive Committee invites all parents to get involved in school activities. Click here to view and sign up for the various volunteer opportunities that are available this year. We welcome your participation! Please send the completed sign-up form to Julie Hagan.
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Monday, September 15
Day 3
Tuesday, September 16
Day 4
Wednesday, September 17 Day 5
Thursday, September 18
Day 6
Morning Assembly: Kindergarten/Grade 8 Buddies
8:15 a.m. Lowell Center
Lower School Back-to-School Night
6:45-8:15 p.m.
Friday, September 19
Day 1
PA Executive Committee Meeting
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Ladd Conference Room
Middle School Service Afternoon
12:30-3:00 p.m. Various Locations
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DCD Garden Bears Fruit
 Fourth Graders harvested the DCD garden on Thursday. Horizons students tended the garden over the summer, enjoying fresh produce during the six-week enrichment program held each year on campus for local public school students. Now DCD students will get to sample the late-summer harvest. Nice team work!
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College Graduate Looking for Work
Fred McPhee's daughter Carly, whom many of you may have seen on campus from time to time, has recently graduated from Bridgewater State University and is looking for work, either as a paralegal or temporarily in an office setting. She's motivated, bright, great with numbers, and a wonderful writer. If you know of an opportunity that might be of interest to her, please contact Fred at fmcphee@dcds.net.
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 Studio Sale and Open House
DCD art teacher Lisa Houck invites you to a one-day sale of her work on Friday, September 19, from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m., at her studio in the South End, 535 Albany Street, 4th Floor, Boston.
On Friday, November 7, from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m., she will be participating in a fall Open House at the same location, featuring her work along with a number of other fine artists who share space in her studio building.
For examples of Lisa's new work, visit
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The Unwanteds: Book Four
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The fourth book in Lisa McMann"s series, The Unwanteds, was published last week. Island of Legends (Aladdin, 2014) has not disappointed the fans of this popular fantasy series. Our readers are responding to The Unwanteds in a similar manner to children's reactions to J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. We believe in McMann's world of Artim� and Quill, and we are invested in the characters. In the third book of the series, Island of Fire, we were left with a number of cliffhangers that involved many characters. (No spoilers here!)
Read On!...
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Dedham Country Day School:
Provides to each child a unique educational balance of challenging academics, arts, and athletics;
Embraces
an inclusive, interdependent community of students, teachers, and
parents that fosters trust and encourages children to take risks;
Creates
independent, resilient, lifelong learners through engaging,
developmentally-based teaching designed to meet varied learning styles;
Inspires
students to become caring, ethical members of the larger world by
emphasizing thoughtful citizenship and respect for self and others.
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