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Monday, April 29, 2013

Urgent Home and School Meeting: April 30th

Spread the word! There will be an urgent Home and School meeting with Ms. Cruice to outline the District's severe 2013-2014 budget cuts and how they will affect Dobson. The meeting will take place in the auditorium. Doors open at 5 pm and the meeting will begin promptly at 5:30. Please make every effort to attend. Membership in Home and School is not required.
 

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Coming This Week: April 29th

Coming This Week: April 29th

Wednesday, May 1st - Friday, May 3rd- 

 Student Book Fair: BOGO

Wednesday, May 1st- Friday May 3rd

  • Half days for Students!
  • Parent/Teacher Conferences
  • BOGO Book Fair



 Mark Your Calendar:


  • May 28th at 6:30PM- Spring Concert and Art Show/Sale!

    Come to Dobson on May 28th to view the amazing display of student artwork and be entertained by the Dobson Band, Choir and Kindergarten through 2nd Grade play HATS!!  Discover that it's not the hat that makes a person special, but what's underneath.

    Tickets are on sale now!!! Each ticket is $2 each!  Email (ltierney@philasd.org) or come to see Ms. Tierney if you have any questions!



Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Afterschool Arts Program: PAEP



NEW AND EXCITING THINGS ARE SPRINGING UP AT THE PAEP AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.  COME LEARN A NEW DANCE, ACT OUT A ONE MAN/WOMAN SKIT, AND NEW DRAWING TECHNIQUES TO LEARN.  IT’S ALL HERE!

EXCITING NEWS!! 
 
THE PROGRAMS HAS OPENED TO OUR 5TH GRADE STUDENTS.  ANYONE WHO WANTS TO ATTEND CAN OBTAIN AN APPLICATION IN THE MAIN OFFICE!

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Coming This Week: April 15th

PSSA's Continue!

 

Tuesday, April 16th-18th

  • PSSA Testing begins for grades 3 through 8. ROCK THE TEST DOBSON!
    • Some Testing tips to get you through to ADVANCED this week!
    1. Relax and maintain a positive attitude.
    2. Take your time. There is no time limit for these tests. Take the time to check your answers and show your work.
    3. Don't worry about what other students are doing. The tests are not all the same.
    4. Read the questions carefully, underline or highlight parts of the question or story in the booklet if necessary to help you remember, and understand the passages.
    5. Be sure to answer every question. If you don't know an answer, skip it and come back to it later. Make sure you are marking the correct space and don't forget to go back and try to answer the questions you skipped.
    6. Show all your work. And answer the question even if you only know part of the answer. You get points for each part you have correct. Be sure you show your work on the answer sheet--the test book is not scored.
    7. Write legibly. If the person scoring your exam can't read your answer it may be marked wrong!
    8. On multiple choice questions read every option carefully and be sure you are choosing the best answer. If you aren’t sure, cross off any answers you know are not correct in your test booklet and try to find the correct answer from those remaining.
    9. For math problems check your work and be sure you copied all numbers correctly.
    10. Be sure you answer the question. If they want you to show work, show it. If they want you to explain your answer, explain it. A question may ask you to explain why you did what you did, not just what you did.
    11. When you are done check your answers! Proofread for mistakes and be sure you answered each question completely.

Sunday, April 7, 2013

2013 Doors of Dobson!

 2013 Doors of Dobson Decorating Contest

Thank you to our judges!

 
Graphic Arts
7th Grade








Click Below to watch the Lower School MG do the Harlem Shake wearing their paper mache sarcophagus masks!


6th Grade

3rd Grade
5th Grade


 Click below to see the video that was featured on the 4th Grade Door!!Room 208 Knocks out the PSSA

4th Grade


8th Grade
8th Grade

Room 203
Room 202


Room 106
Room 106




Coming This Week: April 8th

PSSA's Begin!

Congratulations to the Doors of Dobson Decorating winners and to the March Students of the Month!

 

Tuesday, April 9th-11th

  • PSSA Testing begins for grades 3 through 8. ROCK THE TEST DOBSON!
    • Make sure that your student gets a good night's sleep, eats a good breakfast and comes to school on time each day. 

Friday, April 12th

  • Fun Friday (35 tickets to attend with 10 additional needed to dress down)
  • Bake Sale will benefit rooms 106 and 203
 

Mark Your Calendars: 

  • Thursday, April 18th there will be a H&S Meeting at 3:10 p.m. in the school library. On the agenda: Principal Cruice will be sharing about School/Parent Partnerships and Ms. Paldino will be getting parent input for our School Improvement Plan and Budget.

  • 3rd Marking period ends on April 22nd.  Parent/Teacher Conferences will take place on May 1st-3rd.

Monday, April 1, 2013

Donor's Choose Matching Code: INSPIRE


This week, Dobson School has been very fortunate to have several projects fulfilled through www.donorschoose.org.

"DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests on our site, and you can give any amount to the project that most inspires you.

When a project reaches its funding goal, we ship the materials to the school. You'll get photos of the project taking place, a letter from the teacher, and insight into how every dollar was spent. Give over $50 and you'll also receive hand-written thank-yous from the students."

Several of our teachers have pages on this site.  Please look through the links below to see if there is a project you would be interested in!  You can also share any teacher's projects on Facebook, Twitter with your family and friends.  These materials are shipped directly to your child's classroom when the projects are funded.

Now for the best part!!   If you enter the code INSPIRE within the first week of the project being created, Donors Choose will match your donation! No Donation is too small!! $10 becomes $20, $15 becomes $30, when you enter INSPIRE.


Visit Ms. Tierney's and Ms. McConnell's Pages 

for projects that are within their first week!!



With your help, we can get the word out to get these projects fulfilled.  No donation is too small.  Every penny counts!