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Winter IssueWinter IssueWinter Issue

RPHS STUDENTS AND PARENTS ATTEND COLLEGE FAIR

I n October the RPHS Guidance Department hosted its annual college and career fair. The high

school gymnasium was the setting for this event where representatives from close to ninety colleges

and post high school institutions participated.

J unior and senior students along with their parents gathered brochures and valuable information as

they walked through the displays. This year representatives from George Mason University, George

Washington University, Catholic University, York College, and Stevenson University shared table

displays with Kean University, Montclair State University, Ramapo College, Rutgers University and

The College of New Jersey. RPHS students were completely engaged and asked relevant questions as

they explored the many options available to them. See the three photos above.

February 2013February 2013February 2013

Pictured above: EJF-Aldene Kindergarten students proudly display their 100th day of school projects. In the back row, standing from l to r are Logan Lualhati, Antonio Spano, Gabriel Freire, Brooke Gallo and Morgan Drahos. Kneeling in the front, from l to r are Angela Leonardis and Hanna Foy.

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The artwork above was created by

Francesca Crincoli and was

selected to be the official 2013

New Jersey Youth Art Month

button.

A THREE YEAR WINNER!

F rancesca Crincoli, a fifth grader at Sherman

School, has done it again! Francesca’s artwork was selected as one of the Art Educators of NJ’s Youth Art Month designs for the third year in a row. This year her artwork was selected as the official 2013 NJ Youth Art Month button, which will be given out at the State House in New Jersey and Texas during the month of March for the National Art Educators Convention. In the past her artwork was selected for a billboard design and a poster design. Congrats to Francesca! See picture at left.

MIDDLE SCHOOL MOMENTSMIDDLE SCHOOL MOMENTSMIDDLE SCHOOL MOMENTS

IMPROVING WRITING SCORES AT CONVOCATION

S eventh grade students from Mrs. Joanne Car-

botti’s T&G class attended a convocation at

Kean College, “See It, Be It, Write It: Using

Performing Arts to Improve Writing Skills and

Test Scores.” Seventh grade T & G students

from Cranford, Roselle, and Elizabeth joined

Roselle Park in this annual Union County

Convocation. The students were taught a fun

way to combine writing with performing skits

that will help to improve their writing scores for

the NJASK. The students broke into groups and

worked with students from other districts using

teamwork with creativity. They utilized props

such as life-like puppets and music to write and

perform their skits. After all ten groups

performed their skit and displayed their writing

ability to the larger group, student ambassadors

from Kean University gave the visiting students

a very informative tour of the university. They

explained the programs and activities that are

offered there. This wonderful experience also

afforded the students the opportunity to

envision life at a local university.

EJF-ALDENE T&G PHOTO DIARY

SSS econd grade students experimented with triangles

and squares to test for stability as they construct-

ed marshmallow domes. After building squares rather

than triangles on top of their bases, they soon

discovered why engineers use triangles when they

design buildings. Pictured below, at left, standing

from l to r are: Justin Mishoe, Max McConnell, Zoe

Ponzio, Anthony Alzate, and Matthew Stark.

T hird grade students gained a better understanding of our base-ten number system after comparing

and contrasting the Chinese system to our system.

They practiced the art of Chinese calligraphy using the new symbols to decorate paper lanterns to prepare for the Chinese Lunar New Year. Pictured below, at right, sitting at the table, from l to r are: Priyanka

Dhingra, Kalliope Mikros, Jared Foy, and Jonathan Stephens.

T hrough the eyes of a tiny mouse, fourth grade students were led to evaluate and discover their

own personal strengths and weaknesses. They created and tested watercrafts that would support the weight of a mouse as they planned a way to escape a natural disaster. Pictured below, at left, sitting at the table, from l to r are: Allan Salazar, Ishta Patel, Angelyse Estevez, Sarah Sobh, and Samuel Mendoza.

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TOYS FOR TOTS COLLECTION

M rs. Karen Carey-Lynch’s and Ms. Stacy Feszchak’s advisory groups collected toys for tots again this

year with great success. A total of 145 toys were collected! The toys were delivered to the Toys for

Tots headquarters in Edison, and the volunteer workers were very pleased by the generosity of the RP

Middle School. The students who were involved with this collection were : Kathleen Springer,

Amina Meky, Brandon Mishoe, Caroline Munoz, Richard LaSalle, Michael Donoughue, Devyani Gupta,

Pramit Khatri, Vicente Diaz, Sanih Giljic, Alyannah Mas, Joseph Tasso, Jonathan Perez, Mekhi Smith,

Alexia Figueroa, Michael Lopez, Minas Mikros, Demetra Papadopolous, and Aylen Mendoza.

T hanks to everyone who helped to make this holiday season brighter for the children in need. We are

very grateful and appreciate your contributions and the time you gave toward this worthwhile cause.

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TALENTED & GIFTED EXPERIENCETALENTED & GIFTED EXPERIENCETALENTED & GIFTED EXPERIENCE

PREPREPRE---SCHOOL PROJECTSSCHOOL PROJECTSSCHOOL PROJECTS

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ALDENE’S AWESOME ACTIVITIES!ALDENE’S AWESOME ACTIVITIES!ALDENE’S AWESOME ACTIVITIES!

Above: Students in Miss Dina’s class love to build in the Blocks Center.

Above: Maxwell loves making

color patterns in the Math Center. Above: Logan counted

snowflakes in the Math Center.

Above: Miss Erin’s friends create snow in Science!

Above: Santa visited Miss Erin’s and

Miss Dina's friends at the ECC. Above: Miss Dina’s class went fishing for magnetic letters and mittens.

Above: Miss Erin’s friends building a

gingerbread house! Above: Students proudly show the paper plate groundhog crafts that they made in Miss Dina’s class in celebration of Groundhog Day.

Pictured above: Remington Newhart, Patryk Kaszubowsky, Eric Lieberman, and Janya Negron participated in the Officer Phil Program. They are pictured with Officer Smith, Mr. David Carr and Cosmo the Alien.

SUCCESSFUL COIN DRIVE FOR FOOD BANK

EEE JF-Aldene students conducted a coin drive during the month of

December and raised $325 which was donated to the Casano Center

Food Bank. Fifth grade Student Council representatives visited the

Casano Center, located on Chestnut St., in January, to present the food

bank with $325 in gift cards from Shop Rite. They also brought bags of

food which are collected each month and donated them to the center.

Kudos to everyone who participated in this worthwhile cause! Pictured

above, from left, are Ramona Arora, Marissa Paterno, Karen Galvan, Maira

Ejaz, Andy Morales, Daron Pierre, Julian Saucedo and Shaun Roach.

THE GORDON GAZETTETHE GORDON GAZETTETHE GORDON GAZETTE

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Above: Carly Stopielo

performed a traditional

Irish Dance.

Above: Ethan Marion after his performance of “I Only Have Eyes for You” on the saxophone.

Above: Pictured from l to r Isabella Valdes, Logan Oberlies, Sofia Sanchez and Keira Oberlies after their performance of the “Cotton-Eyed Joe Dance.

Above from l to r (back) Kevin Feliciano, Julia Henn, Brianna Feliciano; from l to r (front) Ariel Wiebesiek, Abigail Henn. The group performed a dance to the song, “22”.

Above: Christopher Nelson after his performance of a piano medley.

Mrs. Dawn Marie Warren took her kindergarten students outside, to search for their shadows on the front lawn of Robert Gordon

School. Shown in the four photos above, holding their groundhog masks, are Daniel Tlatenco; Samuel Rodriguez; Abigail Marcazo

and Brianna Morris.

Above from l to r Mia Sanchez,

Alyssa Wong and Adora McDaniel. Mia and Alyssa performed individual dance routines. Adora

wowed the audience with her

rendition of “Beautiful”.

Above from l to r: Sahaj Kharidia, Dexter Chin and Rony Uribe. The three boys performed a wonderful rendition of “Saw Mill Creek”.

Above: Anthony Guevara (l) and Adrian Oakley (r) display their finished folk tales.

Above: Krishna Amin (r) shares her folk tale with Eralba Meshi (l).

THE RETELLING OF TALES

S tudents in Miss Kristen

Kulbaba’s third grade class

recently finished a folk tale

unit in writing. After reading

different examples of folk

tales, each student retold a

classic folk tale in their own

words. Ultimately, they

turned them into books

with illustrations, and shared

them with other students in

the school.

Above: Conrad Glebocki playing “Ode to Joy”.

TALENT OVERFLOWING!

T w e n t y - e i g h t s t u d e n t s

participated in the R o b e r t G o r d o n School Talent Show. The acts included singing, dancing and the playing of various musical instruments. As a special surprise, the teachers performed a dance routine for the students.

SHERMAN’S SNIPPETS AND SNAPSHOTSSHERMAN’S SNIPPETS AND SNAPSHOTSSHERMAN’S SNIPPETS AND SNAPSHOTS

Above: As a culminating activity for a

novel study, students in Mrs. Carlie

Mullen-Parker’s third grade class display

their Charlotte’s Web projects.

Above: Mrs. Michelle Cholankeril’s second grade students, Angeline Ochoa and Isabella Calamusa, proudly hold up their project on The Community of Roselle Park.

Above: Madyson Nogueira, Alissa Torres,

and Ralph Schoner use IPADS to reinforce

and enhance math and language arts skills

being taught in their fifth grade classroom

at Sherman School.

Above: It was Lights! Camera! Action! for

Ms. Kristen Martinez’s first grade students as

they performed “The Little Red Hen”. Above

from l to r are James Daoulabani, Ivan

Espinoza, Sanjana Renjith, and Emily Gero.

Above: After reading about Dr. Martin

Luther King, Mrs. AnnMarie Gaccione’s

second grade students (Isabella Montana,

Jasmine Chawla, Sarah Wenskoski) created

projects based on his life’s achievements.

Above: Brrrrr, it’s cold outside! Samira

Daoulabani, from Ms. Bernardine Scholz’s

first grade class, checks the temperature

while studying about the weather.

Above: Mrs. Dena Wild’s first graders, Naima

Toro, Milan Maricic, Charlie Cuadrado,

Julyana Pazmino, Anabella Gonzalez, and

Andrew Batista created a mobile after learning

about Martin Luther King.

Above: Kindergartener, Isaac Reyes,

develops his fine motor skills, while

following directions, in creating a

snowflake in Mrs. Wendy Ozeri’s

ESL class.

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Above: A “warm” thank you to the Sherman School PTA for treating our students to hot chocolate and cookies for “Warm Up Day”.

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VAN GOGH’S CORNERVAN GOGH’S CORNERVAN GOGH’S CORNER

NINE STUDENTS REPRESENT

RP SCHOOL DISTRICT

N ine RP students in Carrie Russoniello’s art classes had their artwork on exhibit at the

NJ Performing Arts Center in Newark in an event sponsored by the Art Educators of NJ. The exhibit was on view from December 10 through February 9. The students were also honored recently at an opening reception. Their art-work and twenty-six others from around the state were on view in NJPAC’s Victoria Theatre. Representing EJF-Aldene School were:

Kindergartener Julissa Colon, second grader

Kylee Rodriquez; fifth graders Maira Ejaz and

Julia Berlinski. Representing Sherman School were: Second

graders Matthew Griffin and Grace Vita; fifth

graders Emely Avila, Nicole Flor and Mariana

Rivera.

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Kylee Mariana

Grace Julissa

Pictured above: Art teacher

Carrie Russoniello with Emely.

Pictured above from l to r, (back row) are Julia, Maira and Mariana; Pictured from l to r, (front row)

are Nicole, Matthew, Grace, Julissa and Kylee.

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“WHERE CHILDREN COME FIRST”“WHERE CHILDREN COME FIRST”“WHERE CHILDREN COME FIRST”

A Publication of the

ROSELLE PARK BOARD OF EDUCATIONROSELLE PARK BOARD OF EDUCATION

510 Chestnut Street

Roselle Park, NJ 07204

www.rpsd.org

Board of EducationBoard of Education

Christopher Miller - President

Barbara Sokol - Vice President

Scott Bruckenstein

Donald Chin

James Damm

Troy Gerten

Loren Harms

Scott Nelson

Jeofrey Vita

Patrick M. Spagnoletti

Superintendent of SchoolsSuperintendent of Schools

Susan Guercio

Business Adm./Board SecretaryBusiness Adm./Board Secretary

NONDISCRIMINATIONNONDISCRIMINATIONNONDISCRIMINATION: : : The Roselle

Park School District does not

discriminate against handicapped

persons with regard to admission,

access to, or treatment of employment

in its programs, activities, and

vocational opportunities.

For more information, contact

District Public 504 Compliance

Coordinator, Mrs. Susan Carlstrom

at (908) 241-4550.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONAFFIRMATIVE ACTIONAFFIRMATIVE ACTION: : The Roselle

Park School District guarantees

each student equal educational

opportunities regardless of race,

color, creed, religion, sex,

ancestry, national origin, or

racial or economic status.

For more information contact

District Affirmative Action

Officer, Mrs. Mary Christensen at

(908) 245-1886.