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Celebrating 100 Days and New Jersey


Last week, our younger students celebrated their 100th day of school.  To mark the occasion, the students participated in various reading, math, and art activities.  To begin the celebration, our students read the story 100th Day Worries by Margery Cuyler.  The first graders brought in 100 items and their teacher, Mrs. Diane Schewizer, had the children line them up to measure which grouping of 100 was the longest.  The children brought in items such as Lego mini-figs, solo cups, and Christmas lights.  The students also completed a writing project where they answered what they would do if they had 100 dollars, 100 pencils, 100 legs etc.  Mrs. Dorothy Rotondo’s Kindergarten students created art projects with 100 meatballs on top of spaghetti. 

 

The students in fourth grade are participating in the Celebrate NJ! project.   Celebrate NJ! was started in 2005 as a way to encourage state pride and education in schools.  The program engages students in the activities of research, reading, and writing as they learn many aspects of New Jersey history, people, places and events. By participating in the project, the students have improved their computer skills by performing online research, word processing, and keyboarding. To complete the project, each of our fourth graders was given the role of a newspaper reporter and was asked to choose a person, place, or important event from New Jersey's history. They researched their topic and wrote a 150 to 250 word essay on their chosen topic. The seven most creative articles from the class were submitted to the Celebrate NJ! contest.   The topics submitted this year are:  Gertude Tomkins-Silver a missing WASP (Woman's Airforce Service Pilot ), the Newark Museum, the Cannonball House, New Jersey's only wildcat, organic farms in New Jersey, the unknown illness of Hyper IGE, and The Hadrosaurus, our state dinosaur.  If their entries are chosen, the student(s) will be honored at a special ceremony in April and their essays will be published on "NJ Scoop," an online newspaper written exclusively by 4th graders.   We wish our writers the best of luck in the competition!  

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