June 2016 - A. Russell Knight Elementary

Dear ARK Family, June 2016 From the Principal’s Desk It is amazing to think that we only have eleven more days remaining in the school year. This is an incredibly busy and exciAng Ame of year. It is a Ame to celebrate all of our accomplishments and to reflect on our experiences. I look back on the year with fond memories and look forward to the future. Wishing you all a relaxing and enjoyable summer! To our 5th graders, you will be missed and know that you will always be a part of the Knight family. We wish you the best in middle school and all your future endeavors. I hope you will come back to visit next year. Know that our doors will always be open to you. DATES TO REMEMBER SkaAng Party June 1 / 6 – 8 pm 1st Grade Field Trip: Philadelphia Zoo
June 2 Spirit Week
June 6 – June 10 4th Grade Living Wax Museum June 7 / 2:15 – 3:15 pm Donuts with Dads
June 8 / 8 – 8:45 am Field Day
June 10 Kindergarten ParAes
June 13 AM Class – 9:15 am
PM Classes – 1:15 pm 5th Grade Moving-­‐Up Ceremony June 14 / 10:00 am 5th Grade End of Year Pool Party June 14 / 1:30 pm 5th Grade Year Book Signing Party
June 15 / 11:00 – 12:30 pm Grades 1 – 4 Class Picnics
June 15 / 11:00 – 12:30 pm Last Day of School
June 16 END OF YEAR SCHOOL HOURS FOR STUDENTS June 14 June 15 June 16 Grades 1-­‐5 9:00 AM -­‐ 1:00 PM
9:00 AM -­‐ 1:00 PM
9:00 AM -­‐ 1:00 PM AM Kindergarten 9:00 AM -­‐ 11:30AM 9:00 AM -­‐ 11:30AM 9:00 AM -­‐ 11:30 AM PM Kindergarten 10:30 AM -­‐ 1:00 PM 10:30 AM -­‐ 1:00 PM 10:30 AM -­‐ 1:00 PM Sincerely, Eugene S. Park, Principal A. Russell Knight Elementary PTA President’s Message Dear ARK Community, As our school year winds to a close, I want to offer congratulaAons to the class of 2016 for all of their achievements during the past six years. We are so proud of their growth and progress, and we wish them conAnued success in the future. I want to thank the parents of our 5th graders for volunteering and making this year so much fun for them. Special recogniAon goes to Jane Yosko, Laurie Deitch, Maryrose Ruggieri, Missy Lang, Betsy Bristow and Mary Lacroix for organizing the 5th grade acAviAes throughout the year. I want to congratulate the newly elected members of the 2016-­‐17 PTA ExecuAve Board, Corinne Driscoll and Clare Bauer. The Board for next year is as follows: President: Deborah Solomons Secretary: KaSe Gibson Treasurer: Corinne Driscoll CommunicaSons: Angela Smith Community Outreach: Amy Frankovich Membership: Clare Bauer Ways and Means: Linda Peterson If you are looking to make a difference at ARK, please consider volunteering for the last posiAon that is sAll available which is Teacher’s Luncheons. Contact me for more informaAon. Thank you to this year’s Luncheon Commidee who was chaired by Amy Frankovich, Beth Sobus, Paula Barone, Micheline Eakins and Stacy Spivack. The luncheon was beauAful and truly showed our appreciaAon for our wonderful teachers and staff. Alissa Rodriguez and Sharon Sedanni planned a fantasAc Mother’s Day plant sale! The children loved shopping on this special day. Sue Jones organized BeauAficaAon Day and once again, brightened up our school. Finally, the PTA’s annual gif to ARK will be focused on technology. We will be providing chrome books and a charging cart to the school. The number of chrome books is not yet determined but will be a great addiAon to our classrooms. We have a very busy month ahead of us, so please mark your calendars. Spirit week, Field Day, ISC SkaAng Party, 5th grade Moving Up ceremony, and class picnics are all on the schedule. Enjoy these last few weeks of school, and have a wonderful summer! Best wishes, Deborah Solomons PTA President 5th Grade Update The ISC skaAng party will be held on Wednesday, June 1st from 6-­‐8 PM. FREE for students! The 5th grade moving up ceremony is on Tuesday June 14th at 9:30 in the APR, parents are invited to adend. 5th Grade pool party, Tuesday June 14th 1:30-­‐4:30 (afer school) at Covered Bridge Swim Club. This is NOT a school sponsored event. TransportaAon must be provided by the parents. More details will be provided later. If you have any quesAons, please contact Betsy Bristow at [email protected] A Note from Sue Jones Thank you to all the volunteers who came to help beauAfy the school grounds this spring! Afer a few changes in date due to rain we finally got a sunny weekend. We were able to weed, edge and spread mulch in all the beds around the school. Some colorful annuals were added, and overgrown shrubbery was trimmed. We had a lot of help from Cherry Hill East and Rosa Middle School students and couldn’t possibly have accomplished what we did without them! Mr. Park, Mrs. Guy, Mrs. Paderson and family, and Mr. Buff demonstrated some amazing landscaping talent. Thank you to the Spivaks, Donahe, Jones, and West families who are our anchor gardening volunteers. If you missed out on the fun this Ame and want to help with upkeep please email me (Sue Jones) at [email protected] All you need possess is the desire to pull weeds and spray water. There is a bucket of tools and a watering key in the front office just waiAng for you. Reminder: Wear Clothes For That Days Theme and Earn Points For Your Team! Monday, June 6: Tie Dye Day Tuesday, June 7: PatrioAc Day Wednesday, June 8: Team Jersey Day Thursday, June 9: Beach Day Friday, June 10: Field Day Shout Out and Many Thanks to Art Show Volunteers A note from Mrs. Novelli On behalf of our school community, many thanks are due to parent volunteers who assisted in the display of student artwork for our Art Show on May 4th. Mrs. Jane Yosko was instrumental in preparing the layout of artwork for display throughout our first floor school gallery space. With Mrs. Yosko's vision and the assistance of Mrs. Stacy Spivack, Mrs. Helene Santola, Mrs. Sue Jones, and Mrs. Amy Frankovich, our students, teachers, and visitors have been oohing and aahing as they view the image making of our 1st through 5th graders. These parent volunteers, along with Mrs. Amy Rivas and Mrs. Beth Sobus also prepared enAcing snacks for the Art Show recepAon. We are grateful and appreciaAve of their support in celebraAng our student efforts. A Note From Mrs. Sindoni Dear Knight Family, With long-­‐standing support for the library, our collecAon conAnues to grow adding new Atles through direct purchase, donaAons, and the Friends of the Library Program. Each year we add about 200 books to the collecAon as well as ebooks and databases. With parAal proceeds from the ScholasAc Book Fair organized and staffed by the PTA both last year and this year, the PTA purchased 2 databases: TrueFlix and FreedomFlix which feature online non-­‐ficAon books and acAviAes. Through your taxes, our library budget supports digital resources including: DesAny Library Resources, Grolier Online Encyclopedia, Worldbook Encyclopedia, TeachingBooks, Tumblebooks, Discovery Streaming, PebbleGo and Rosen Digital /Power Knowledge Science Suite – all with links on the library eboard. To make the library program the most for your children, many volunteers assist by offering their Ame and experAse. I would like to thank everyone who supports the library and the educaAon of our students. By arranging a visiAng author, organizing volunteers and sharing their experAse with our students, the community supports our students. The list below includes the parents and community members who offer their Ame: Mrs. Casuscelli – Library Volunteer Coordinator Mr. Corson – TAG water resources presentaAon Mrs. Corson – TAG archeology presentaAon Mr. Itzi – TAG sustainability presentaAon, Cherry Hill Township Recycling Coordinator Mrs. LaRusso – Friends of the Library Mrs. Longo – ScholasAc Book Fair Mrs. Solomons – Author Visit Mr. Williams – TAG Forensics presentaAon Mrs. Williams – African American Read-­‐in Chain The following list of VIPs are the parents who come weekly to check-­‐out and shelve books which allows our students to find the best the collecAon has to offer: Jordan Bilodeau
Marcia Birbilis Betsy Bristow Michela Carr Stephanie Casuscelli
ChrisSna Chadwick Jen Chorzelewski Sheila Dever Linda Delany-­‐Glassman Corinne Driscoll
Micheline Eakins
Gia Ergood Amy Frankovich
Meredith Houston
Sue Jones Kathryn Lafferty
Erica LaRusso Tara Longo Jennifer Mason Paul Merlino Monique McHugh Stephanie O’Brien
Jill O’Dell
Nicole Parone Linda Peterson Amy Rivas
Erica Serine Sharon Se^ani Kristen Siegel Bill Sindoni Angela Smith Beth Sobus
Rachel Soder John Stearne Susan Weldon Jennie Winslow Gina Winters Jaime Winters Rachel Yampell Elizabeth Young
Kelly Young My hearqelt thank you to all of you who have volunteered over the past 25 years to support the library through your donaAon of Ame and books. Best wishes to the enAre Knight community for enriching my life. -­‐ Mary Sindoni Box Tops For EducaSon April 15th Thru May 15th ARK School/PTA Calendar June 2016 All dates and <mes are subject to change June 2016 6/1
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4th Grade NJASK Make up date ISC SkaAng Party 6:00-­‐8:00pm 1st Grade Field Trip (Philadelphia Zoo) Tie Dye Day PatrioAc Day 4th Grade Living Wax Museum (2:15-­‐3:15) Team Jersey Day Donuts with Dads Beach Day Field Day Kindergarten ParAes (AM Class: 9:15/PM Classes 1:15) ExecuAve Board MeeAng 6pm Half Day of School 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony 5th Grade End of the Year Pool Party (CBSC) Zone PTA MeeAng-­‐ Malberg Building 9:15am BOE Work Session – 7pm Malberg Building Half Day of School 5th Grade Yearbook Signing Party Grades 1-­‐5 Class Picnics Last day of School (Half Day) DAY 4 Kindergarten ParAes DAY 4 Tie Dye Day DAY 5 5th Gr. End of Year Pool Party 5th Gr. Moving Up Ceremony DAY 5 PatrioAc Day June 14, 15 & 16 ½ Day of School Grades 1-­‐5 9:00 AM -­‐ 1:00 PM AM Kindergarten 9:00 AM -­‐ 11:30AM PM Kindergarten 10:30 AM -­‐ 1:00 PM DAY 1 5th Gr. Yearbook Signing Party Gr. 1-­‐5 Class Picnics DAY 1 4th Gr. Living Wax Museums (2:15-­‐3:15) Donuts with Dads Team Jersey Day DAY 1 4th Grade NJASK Make-­‐up ISC Party 6-­‐8 DAY 2 DAY 2 Beach Day DAY 2 1st Grade Field Trip DAY 3 Field Day DAY 3 A. Russell Knight Elementary School – June 2016 Calendar