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Roselle Park Public Schools
Winter Issue
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District Newsletter
February 2013
RPHS STUDENTS AND PARENTS ATTEND COLLEGE FAIR
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.
and senior students along with their parents gathered brochures and valuable information as
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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.
A THREE YEAR WINNER!
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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.
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.
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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MIDDLE SCHOOL MOMENTS
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ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TOYS FOR TOTS COLLECTION
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.
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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.
TALENTED & GIFTED EXPERIENCE
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EJF-ALDENE T&G PHOTO DIARY
econd grade students experimented with triangles
and squares to test for stability as they constructed 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.
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IMPROVING WRITING SCORES AT CONVOCATION
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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.
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.
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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.
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PRE
PRE-SCHOOL PROJECTS
Above: Logan counted
snowflakes in the Math Center.
Above: Students in Miss
Above: Maxwell loves making
Dina’s class love to build in
color patterns in the Math Center. the Blocks Center.
Above: Santa visited Miss Erin’s and
Miss Dina's friends at the ECC.
Above: Miss Erin’s friends building a
gingerbread house!
Above: Miss Erin’s friends create snow in
Science!
Above: Miss Dina’s class went fishing for magnetic letters
and mittens.
Above: Students proudly show the paper plate groundhog crafts that they made in
Miss Dina’s class in celebration of Groundhog Day.
ALDENE’S AWESOME ACTIVITIES!
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SUCCESSFUL COIN DRIVE FOR FOOD BANK
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.
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.
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THE GORDON GAZETTE
THE RETELLING OF TALES
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.
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Above: Krishna Amin (r) shares her folk tale
with Eralba Meshi (l).
Above: Anthony Guevara (l) and Adrian
Oakley (r) display their finished folk tales.
TALENT
OVERFLOWING!
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Above: Ethan Marion after
his performance of “I Only
Have Eyes for You” on the
saxophone.
wenty-eight
s t u d e n t s
participated in the
Robert
Gordon
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.
Above from l to r: Sahaj Kharidia,
Dexter Chin and Rony Uribe. The
three boys performed a wonderful
rendition of “Saw Mill Creek”.
Above: Carly Stopielo
performed a traditional
Irish Dance.
Above: Pictured from l to r Isabella
Valdes, Logan Oberlies, Sofia
Sanchez and Keira Oberlies after
their performance of the “CottonEyed Joe Dance.
Above: Christopher
Nelson after his
performance of a
piano medley.
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: Conrad Glebocki
playing “Ode to Joy”.
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”.
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.
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SHERMAN’S SNIPPETS AND SNAPSHOTS
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: A “warm” thank you to the Sherman School PTA for treating our students to hot chocolate and cookies for “Warm Up Day”.
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: 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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HOLIDAY FLASHBACK: SENIOR
SENIOR-SENIOR PARTY
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HOLIDAY FLASHBACK: SENIOR
SENIOR-SENIOR PARTY
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VAN GOGH’S CORNER
NINE STUDENTS REPRESENT
RP SCHOOL DISTRICT
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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 artwork and twenty-six others from around the
state were on view in NJPAC’s Victoria
Theatre.
Julissa
Grace
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.
Kylee
Mariana
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”
A Publication of the
ROSELLE PARK BOARD OF EDUCATION
510 Chestnut Street
Roselle Park, NJ 07204
www.rpsd.org
Board of Education
Christopher Miller - President
Barbara Sokol - Vice President
NONDISCRIMINATION
NONDISCRIMINATION:: 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.
Scott Bruckenstein
Donald Chin
James Damm
Troy Gerten
Loren Harms
Scott Nelson
Jeofrey Vita
Patrick M. Spagnoletti
Superintendent of Schools
Susan Guercio
Business Adm./Board Secretary
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
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.
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