Hiram W Dodd Elementary School

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Grade 5 Bulldogs are MOVING UP!!!
Congrats to the Future Class of 2029 ❤️🐾💙

Dieruff Senior Walk at Dodd 🐾

Our Kinder Bulldogs are MOVING UP ❤️🐾💙 more pictures and videos are posted on Dojo 🙌🏼

May Bulldog Award recipients 💙🐾❤️

Lots of Dodd love in this post ♥️

Allen Senior Walk at Dodd
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Woohoo!

Lots of Dodd and ASD students and staff here! Great afternoon for celebrity softball!

Dodd field day was a BLAST! We had such an amazing day!!! Mr. Adair planned an athletic and FUN day for all students. We had some pretty amazing Allen HS student helpers come to Dodd to help out with Mrs. Ciciliot (former Dodd gym teacher!). There are plenty more pictures posted on Dojo ❤️🐾💙 Allentown School District William Allen High School Allen Melissa Reese

Welcome Class of 2035!!! Baby Bulldogs quickly grew into Big Bulldogs! 💙🐾❤️ Not registered yet? It’s not too late! https://www.allentownsd.org/parents___students/Enrollment

Family science night with DaVinci Science 🧪 🧬

Today was Mrs. Donna Marley’s last day in the health room as HRA. While she might not be at Dodd, she will still be supporting the district downtown in the special education department. Thank you for your ten years of service at Dodd and BEST OF LUCK! You will be missed ❤️🐾💙 We proudly welcome Mrs. Tamara Rotach in her place as Health Room Assistant.

Dodd Bulldog 5th graders off to tour SMMS! Mrs. Colon’s class got a head start with their visit last week 💙🐾❤️

Our AMAZING Girls on the Run from Dodd, Coaches, and Running Buddies. What a beautiful event full of heart, hard work, and community support of our GIRLS 💙🐾❤️ Shout out to July for being on of the first overall finishers!! Video of her finish is on insta and Dojo!
Allentown School District
Girls on the Run - Lehigh Valley

Data, Development and Dogs! Teachers and staff were busy today supporting students virtually while also attending professional development on early literacy, ensuring accurate growth data (PVAAS) and hanging with the staff dogs 🐶

Congratulations to Mrs. Amal Eskander, paraprofessional at Dodd, for her nomination and selection as a recipient of the Lehigh Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retiree’s Lauretta Woodsen Award. This award is given to one educator and one paraeducator every year who show exemplary service to his or her school community. Mrs. Eskander greets students every morning at the front door by name, assists in the classrooms, runs intervention groups, and serves our community daily with a smile. She brings warmth and compassion to everything she does. There is no better recipient of this award! Additionally, Mrs. Lisa Moniz, Reading Specialist at Dodd, was the recipient of a $500 grant on behalf of the PASR and will work alongside the early literacy support team to purchase additional literacy materials. She has been a welcome addition to our Dodd community and has committed to supporting our teachers in growing every student so they are reading on grade level by grade 3. Congratulations ladies!! We also ran into Mr. Bennett, Dodd principal in the 90’s! It was a proud Bulldog Day ♥️🐾💙 Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees - PASR
Allentown School District

Students of the Month 🧠
Character Trait Award recipients ❤️
GOALden Students 🏆📈 who won the Horace Mann raffle sponsored by Nick Weschler - Horace Mann Companies!

Lots of love for our Nursing Staff today ❤️‍🩹

Her job throughout the COVID pandemic might have aged her 100 years (love this pic from 100 days!!), but Nurse Tami has still got what it takes to care for us all! She has heart, grace, humor, kindness, and a firm caring hand. Thank you for your service to our Dodd community! We appreciate YOU!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms, stepmothers, aunts and grandmas ❤️ Thank you for being a great mom and thank you to those who stepped into a mom’s shoes.

Last DAY!!! Golden ticket PSSA prize winners! 🎫

Teachers have been the everyday superheroes for many years and the past two years during the Covid pandemic is certainly no exception. We send our kids away for seven hours a day into the hands of another adult and trust them to raise our babies and love them as we would…while at the same time expect them to be highly skilled practitioners in teaching reading, math, and everything in between. At Dodd, we are blessed with the best teachers and staff who do just that! This week, please show your child’s teacher some extra love: handwritten cards or notes, messages on dojo, gift cards for coffee (we need ALL the coffee ☕️) or something else you know your child’s teacher might like. No matter the gesture, it is always about the heartfelt sentiment and acknowledgment of your deepest appreciation for their partnership in helping teach and raise the future leaders of tomorrow❤️🐾💙

Day 4 PSSA GOLDEN TICKET WINNERS 🎫
Next week: math and science PSSAs!!

Day 3 PSSA WINNERS!!! Woot!

Congrats to our Day 2 PSSA Golden Ticket Winners! All students who showed up on time and showed 100% effort today were entered into our daily prize raffle 💙🐾❤️ Can’t wait to celebrate more students this week!

Give our Dodd secretaries a shout out below 👇🏼 for Administrative Professionals Day!! Thank you for all you do to support our school community ❤️🐾 💙

Congrats to our Day 1 PSSA Golden Ticket Winners! All students who showed up on time and showed 100% effort today were entered into our daily prize raffle 💙🐾❤️ Can’t wait to celebrate more students this week!

ELA (English Language Arts) PSSA Testing Starts TOMORROW for Grades 4/5 and continues this week for students in Grades 3/4/5. Please ensure your child gets a good night's sleep and gets to school on time every day. Our students have shown so much growth this year and they're ready to ROCK THIS TEST!
Next week students complete Math (Grades 3/4/5) and Science (grade 4 only).

So many Dodd students got outside to celebrate Earth Day! It is all of our responsibility to keep our Earth green and healthy and this starts in our OWN back yard!Here are some ways to help out:
🌎 See trash? Pick it up! 🗑
🌎 Reuse or Recycle ♻️ what you are able to!
🌎 Turn off the lights 💡 when leaving the room.
🌎 Turn off the water 💦 when you’re brushing your teeth 🦷
🌎 Plant a garden or tree 🌳

Ferrous from the Iron Pigs came to school on Friday morning to brings smiles and wish the students GOOD LUCK on the PSSA state tests next week!
Grade 3: tests Wednesday-Friday
Grades 4-5: tests Tuesday-Thursday
Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Allentown School District

We had over 220 students set and REACH their academic goals this month. All students received the GOALden Bulldog Award and all of their names were placed in a drawing for $5 gift cards courtesy of Nick Weschler from Horace Mann, a community partner committed to our goal of GROWTH FOR ALL at Dodd. Congrats to all of our raffle winners! Can’t wait to see who reaches their goals next month and who wins the next raffle! Nick Weschler - Horace Mann Companies