DiPietro Elementary School Principals' Weekly Updates 11.13.26

We have had a busy week with parent/teacher conferences and a couple of half days. Thank you so much to all of our families who came to conferences.  We hope that all went smoothly for our families this week and that you had a positive experience with conferences. 

Please don' t forget school picture retake day is Monday, November 16th:  

Thank you to all of our families who are supporting our PTO Lyman Pie sale.  Please mark your calendars--Pie pickup will be Monday, December 21st. More info will be provided closer to the date.

We are so excited to partner with all of you once again this year. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns.

Our DiPietro Game Closet is officially up and running and we had our first checkout today!  Mrs. Samek checked out the Shut the Box games to have students practice their combinations to ten.  This is supporting her students' ability to add and subtract within 100 using mental strategies.  For example  6+4 turns into 36+4 which then turns into 36+24.  36 + 4 can also then turn into 36 + 7 where 36+4 is 40 and 40 +3 is 43.  This is our make ten or get to a ten strategy that students can use for mental math and not have to count by ones.

Here is a link to the game if you want to check it out!

We want to again than the Bellingham Education Foundation for their support and the grant that is making this possible.  We hope that by students playing more recognizable games at school that we make some connections at home to games students may already have!  Just like reading everyday helps students read, playing games at home of any kind also help students with reasoning, strategy and sometimes math facts!

Our favorite four legged friend Riley came to DiPietro for a visit today.  Students in Mrs. Cartier Niro's class enjoyed showing Riley some love:)

Check out our DiPietro Swag Store for DiPietro T-Shirts, hoodies, joggers, and fleece.  DiPietro swag is great for school spirit days!  The Swag Store is open now through November 17th at 11:59PM to receive orders for the holidays.  All items will be shipped to your home. Please use the QR code below to access the SWAG Store.  Happy Shopping!

Let's have some fun while we are working hard and learning together by celebrating our school spirit! Check out the monthly school spirit days below and visit our DiPietro Swag Store using the QR code above!