Principal Update 11-15-2013

Although our week was short, it was busy! We started off the week with our Student Council assembly in order to have our Student Council officer elections. The fifth and sixth grade students who ran for offices did an excellent job with their speeches. I was so impressed with the poise the students demonstrated when up in front such a large audience!  Our third through sixth grade students voted for the officers following the assembly and this year's officers are as follows:

President: Megan Murphy
Vice President: Rebecca Maniskas
Secretary: Madison Bilotta
Treasurer: Marcy Miller



Our students finished our benchmark assessments on Tuesday. On Wednesday, our staff met in order to review the data that we collected as a result of the assessments and make decisions about how we can best meet the needs of individual students.

The students from each class who were the top lap runners during our Fun Run earlier this year earned a pizza lunch that we had on Thursday! The PTO provided the pizza, juice, and cookies for this lunch.



Thank you to all of our families who attended the Supper Club at Colonial Cafe on Thursday. Our PTO will received 15% of the profit from anyone who presented the restaurant flyer when paying their check!

Report cards were sent home with students on Friday! Students received grades in Fact Fluency in Math this quarter, but did not receive the second part of the math grade this time. I have included links to the letters, in both English and Spanish, that were sent home with students a few weeks ago explaining this. Students will receive the second part of the math grade starting in the 2nd Quarter. Since we are not having complete math grades this quarter, we will no longer be determining and distributing Honor Roll certificates.

Every student should have a set conference time for our Parent/Teacher Conferences on November 25th and 26th. Please contact your child's teacher if you have a conflict with your time or questions prior to the conference.

Upcoming Dates to Remember:

November 18th- November 22nd: American Education Week

November 18th: Picture Re-takes
                            Students wear a jersey to support American Education Week
                            Board of Education Meeting, 7:30 p.m., JJH

November 19th: Navigating the American Education System Mtg. for Bilingual Parents @ JJH, 6-7:30 p.m. for Pre-K- Grade 3 Parents
                            American Education Week: Celebrating Students Day- Students will celebrate something they have learned or achieved new this year

November 20th: Band Oktubafest Concert @ JJH, 5:30 Dinner, 7:00 Concert
                            American Education Week: Celebrating Staff Day- Students fill our "High Five" half sheets for a staff member who has been helpful to them

November 22nd: 5th Grade Robert Crown Field Trip
                             First Quarter AR Assembly
                             American Education Week: Celebrating Community Day- Wear school spirit wear 

November 25th: Parent Teacher Conferences, 3-8 p.m., No School for Students

November 26th: Parent Teacher Conferences, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., No School for Students

November 27th - 29th: No School, Thanksgiving Break
December 3rd: Catalog Sale Pick-Up
December 5th: Barnes and Noble Family Reading Night

Check out the picture below of the students whose names were chosen in our "Positive Paws" raffle this week!