School News

Dedham Middle School students will have new opportunities beginning next school year, with a 3 year rollout of project based collaborative learning focused on technology and engineering, through a new grant received from the One8 Foundation.  The new applied learning curricular programming from Project Lead The Way (PLTW) will better prepare students for school and career success. 

With the arrival of spring and a little more daylight each day, we’re reminded how much growth can happen over time—both in nature and in our classrooms!

Term II report cards for students in K-5 will be available to families after 3:00 pm tomorrow, Thursday, March 26th. As we did in December, report cards will be available in your PowerSchool Portal (linked here).

One of the requirements for graduation in Massachusetts is a determination of competency in subjects previously covered by the MCAS.  In addition to other requirements for graduation, students must have been determined by the district to have achieved mastery of the common core of skills, competency, and knowledge in said areas, and satisfactorily completed coursework that has been certified by the student's district as showing mastery of the skills, competencies, and knowledge contained in the state academic standards and curriculum frameworks. 

A new policy regarding Competency Determination (File IKFE) was adopted by the Dedham School Committee on December 16, 2025.  

The DPS Leap Before & After School care program will expand to offer care at the ECEC beginning in 2026-27. This expansion is the culmination of a phased effort by the Dedham Public Schools to bring all before & after care programming under DPS management over the last few years.

LEAP will provide before and after care at the ECEC for Kindergarten students (4yr old PreK students with siblings at ECEC will also be eligible).

Registration for 2026-2027 will take place in April.