Callout Message History Page

Sent 12/1/08

Hello. This is Mrs. Fink at Dumbarton with information about the Book Fair that opens tomorrow, December 2. The fair will be open during school hours through Friday, December 5, 8:00 AM until 3:00 PM. On Wednesday, December 3, we will be open from 5:30 to 7:30 PM, and on Saturday, December 6, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Students can shop for books, posters, pens, and other book stuff for special gifts. Thank you for supporting our library by supporting the Book Fair.

Sent 11/19/08

Hello, this is Mrs. Fink with three news items with a message for the week of November 17. First, many thanks for your visits to grade 6--7 visitation. Grade 8 parents are visiting tomorrow, but parents are welcome anytime during this week or throughout the year. Secondly, the sale of DMS sweatshirts and sweatpants ends on Friday. This sale is to support our technology in the school. We hope to have the order by winter break since many people wish to give these are gifts. Thirdly, to receive the newsletter via your email, many parents filled out a pink card when they visited. If you did not and wish to receive the attachment each month, please email mtestoni@bcps.org with your child's name and grade in the subject line.

Sent 11/14/08

Hello. This is Mrs. Fink, principal of Dumbarton, with a special invitation for parents and grandparents to visit the school during American Education Week November 17--21. Invitations and descriptions went home today with students. Visitation day for grade 6 is Tuesday, grade 7 on Wednesday, and grade 8 on Thursday, but visitors are welcome any day during the whole day.

Also, DMS hooded sweatshirts and sweatpants and caps are being sold until November 21 to benefit the technology fund at DMS. What a great holiday gift for a student.

I hope to see you next week.

Sent out 10/13/08

Hello. This is Mrs. Fink. The NBC news segment featuring Dumbarton has been postponed until Tuesday, 10/14. Please watch on Tuesday at 6:30 PM.

Sent out 10/12/08

Hello. This is Mrs. Fink with a message from Dumbarton. Tomorrow evening at 6:30 PM on NBC Nightly News, Dumbarton's ESOL program will be featured as part of the investigation of Immigration in America. The producer emailed me to verify that on October 13 the segment featuring us will be aired. I hope that you will watch.

lso, the newsletter for October is on Dumbarton's website...dumbartonms.bcps.org. Please check there for the latest info. If you wish a hard copy, please have your child come to the office to pick one up. In the future we will ask language arts and reading teachers to use their distribution lists to send home the newsletter. Hard copies will still be available in the office.

Be sure to watch on Monday.

Sent to Grade 6 students on 10/2/08

Hello. This is Mrs. Fink, principal of Dumbarton, with an invitation for grade 6 students to attend the Grade 6 Rita's social tomorrow night from 6:30--8:30 PM. While parents are invited, they do not have to come. Grade 6 students may eat Rita's Ice, dance to the music of the DJ, play basketball in the gym, or relax and talk in the lobby. Parents from the PTSA will chaperone and Mr. Bolger and I will also be present. This is limited to grade 6 students at Dumbarton. Hope to meet you there.

Message sent 9/22/08

Hello. This is Mrs. Fink, principal of Dumbarton. On Thursday morning, September 25, a producer and camera crew from NBC Nightly News will be at Dumbarton is film and speak with our ESOL students. As you know, Dumbarton is one of the centers for middle school for our ESOL population. Approximately 140 students from 50 different countries attend Dumbarton. The section of the news will be one of a three-part discussion to be aired in October about the immigrant population. We will represent the schooling aspect as students learn English and, some, begin school for the first time. So, if your child comes home to report that cameras and new people were in the school, you will know the particulars. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Message sent September 15, 2008:

Hello. This is Mrs. Fink, principal of Dumbarton, with a reminder to all parents who wish to be volunteers in classrooms, on field trips, for the Jump Rope Team, the school play, the Chess Club, or any activity involving students at Dumbarton. You are invited to attend the Volunteer Training this Wednesday, September 17, at 7:00 PM in room 100. Even if you have attended a training last year or at another school, you should plan to attend. Thank you for your assistance.

9/9/08

Hello. This is Mrs. Fink, principal of Dumbarton, with an invitation for you to attend our continued Back to School Night on September 10, Wednesday, at 7:00 PM. We will follow an A day schedule and begin with period 2 at 7:00 PM. Please report directly to the period 2 classroom. We will continue through the last period, and you will be home before 8:30 PM. Please come to meet your child's teachers. Thank you also for your cooperation following the extraordinary events of Wednesday, September 3. Many thanks for your involvement and support.