John G. Prendergast School

Important

Dates:

4/29-5/3:

Book Fair

Thurs. 5/9:

Early Release

Thurs. 5/9:

PTO meeting

6:30pm

Fri. 5/10

Mother’s Day

Plant Sale

Thurs. 5/23:

Early Release

Mon. 5/27:

NO

SCHOOL—

Memorial Day

Fri. 5/31: In-

ternational

Day

FROM THE PRINCIPALS

Prendergast Playground!! We are very pleased to announce that John G. Prendergast School has been selected by the New Jersey Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association for their Sandy Ground Project to hon-or the victims of Sandy Hook . Bill Lavin, president

of the NJ Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association surprised me early Wednesday morning not only to inform us that we would have the playground built, but they would actually begin construction that day. The construction took 2 days and the rubber base will be installed in a week . A ribbon cutting is scheduled for the middle of May. The playground will honor the memory of Catherine Hubbard. Catherine was a beauti-ful 6 year old girl who cared deeply about animals and loved going to the park. Her mother and brother, Freddy, were on hand for the ground breaking. Freddy also served as honorary foreman for the day. We cannot find the words to fully express our grati-tude to all of those who helped make this event possible. Our sincere appreciation to the New Jersey Fire Fighters Mu-tual Benevolent Association, Port Authority Police Benevo-lent Association, the Mayor’s Office, Ansonia Fire Depart-ment, Ansonia Police Department, City of Ansonia Public Works Department, Bobby Evans and the BOE Maintenance Department., Catherine Hubbard’s Family, the staff, students, and the parents. In the spirit of the Sandy Ground Project: Where Angels Play, we encourage all of our families to “pay it forward” and donate to the remaining playgrounds. Information on how to donate can be found at www.thesandygroundproject.org.

"The road for us is hard because we don't have our 6-year-old, but to know there is a playground being built and kids are going to be running, playing and laughing, it's the world. It's how we wanted Catherine to be remembered." - Jenny Hubbard

May 2013 News-

letter

Javon Dojnia twirls hulu hoops around his neck as part of Hoops for Heart. The students raised over $1,000 for the American Heart Association

Julianna Viselli and Ailyn Lara from Mrs. Gaudino’s class show off their “Litterbugs” during the first grade Earth Day event. The students made “bugs” out of recycled materials.

River Medina, Jaime Brickett, Alex DaGraca and Jennifer Najeeb pose with their “Litterbugs” during the 1st grade assembly.

Employees from Target in Ansonia read to Ms. Kish’s 1st grade class. This program is part of Target's commitment to support education.

Kanye Tinney, Jammar Booker, Casper Gola, and Jayden Pires from Miss Matott’s 1st grade show off their “Litterbug

Projects.” Ansonia Mayor DellaVolpe reads to Mrs. Wiacek’s 3rd grade class as part of Prendergast Loves to Read Day.

Janet Fitol of Ansonia Public Library reads during our 3rd Early Literacy Night. This event was held at Ansonia Library and allowed each student to learn about the library and get a library card.

Mrs. Dlugas and Mrs. Wiacek work with Daniel Figueroa and Jalen Lambert to assemble Reader’s Workshop binders

Trevor Booker, of Miss Teodosio’s class works on a jelly bean graphing activity to celebrate Spring.

Ansonia Fire Department Ladder truck provided light so that construction could continue on Wednesday night to build the playground. THANK YOU AFD!

26 white and green balloons were release Wednesday morning to remember the victims of Sandy Hook.

PRENDERGAST SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OF THE DAY With summer fast approaching, below are some ideas for ways to help your son or daughter continue to learn over the sum-mer.

Take a visit to the library - The Anso-nia Library has a variety of activities planned for the summer, arts and crafts, story hour, and a magic show are just some of the events that are be-ing planned. Contact the library at 203-734-6275 for more info.

Play games - Board and dice games are an excellent way to practice math skills over the summer months. Games like Monopoly, Yahtzee, and Dominoes are a great way to practice math during a summer rain storm.

Have students keep a journal - By hav-ing students write about what they did every few days reinforces good writing habits. If your son or daughter doesn’t like writing, have them draw pictures and write a word to describe it.

Take a family field trip to the Ansonia Nature Center- The Nature Center of-fers many free or low cost activities such as Guided Hikes, Creature Fea-tures, Fishing activities and much more. Contact the Nature Center at 203-736-1053 for more info.

Let your child be the chef - Pick up a cook book and have your son or daughter choose the recipe for the evening. Have them go through the ad-vertisements to find items on sale and take a trip to the grocery store. Have students use the recipe to determine quantities. This reinforces literacy and math skills.

Lastly, have your child read daily. Daily reading is an integral key to prevent a backslide over the summer.

FROM THE NURSE ATTENTION 6TH GRADE PARENTS: Please be reminded that 6th grade physicals (blue forms) are due before this school year ends. In addition, a meningococcal vaccine and tetanus booster are required for entrance to the 7th grade. If you have any questions please contact Nurse Liz at 203-736-5080

Makalyla Quinn from Miss Halpin’s class does the morning announcements when she was Principal of the Day with her assistant, Eshona Vickers.

Maqila Mosley-Williams, from Miss Teodosio’s class works on a report when she was Principal of the Day.

Sterling Griffin, from Mrs. Dlugas’s class checks email when he was Principal of the Day.

Joshua Vega, from Mrs. Blanchard’s class sits in the Principal’s seat during his day as Principal.

Emily Gonzalez, from Mrs. Telo’s class works hard at the computer during her day as Principal. Emily Borona, from Mrs. Dlugas’s class became the first

student to be Principal of the Dayf or the second time. Above she poses with her assistant Alyssa Swanson.

Jaidyn Matos, from Miss Matott’s class works with Mr. McNeill to do the morning announcements.

Alexander Lopez from Miss Matott’s first grade class stands with his assistant Karon Borges during his day as Principal

Ansonia High School Students came to Prendergast for Financial Literacy Day. The students explain the importance of knowing about finances.

New Uniform Policy for Next Year

The BOE voted last month to change the dress code policy to a more strict uniform policy. The uniform will consist of a polo shirt in

navy, white, or carolina blue with the An-sonia Charger logo embroidered on the left chest.

Pants will be “Dockers” style in either navy or khaki.

Shorts, skorts and capris will also be al-lowed in navy or khaki.

The shirts will be available from On Time Printing located on Rt. 34 and online. The chil-dren’s embroidered polo shirts will cost only $7.00. More information will follow, but we wanted to alert parents so that they did not purchase clothes for next year yet.

Freddy Hubbard, brother of Catherine Hubbard was honorary foreman for the playground construction.