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INSIDE THIS ISSUEOpen space grant

Township receives grantfor $325,000. PAGE 2

Volunteers for Teacher for a Day welcomedBY HEATHER FIORE

The Montgomery Sun

On Wednesday, Nov. 14, I got thedistinct pleasure of joining Mrs.Barbara Kenneys and Mrs.Diana Loiaconos third-gradeclass for the day at Village Ele-mentary in Skillman, where I gotthe chance to relive a day in thelife of an elementary school stu-dent again while also contribut-ing some of my own expertise.

Every year, the MontgomeryTownship Education Foundation(MTEA) invites individuals frombusiness professionals to town-ship committee members to be-come Teacher for a Day at one ofthe Montgomery's five schools.

The MTEA gives you a choiceof what grade level and subjectyou'd liked to teach, and because Igenuinely enjoy being aroundchildren, I decided to choose ayounger age level and suggestedthe two subjects that seemed to beappropriate grammar and lan-guage arts.

I was then placed in Kenneys

and Loiaconos third grade class-room of 21 children at Village Ele-mentary, which couldnt havebeen more of a perfect fit, espe-cially because of what they werelearning at the time.

When the students arrived onWednesday at 9:20 a.m., I was im-pressed at how much energy andexcitement channeled through Courtesy of Barbara Kenney

Montgomery Sun associate editor Heather Fiore was Teacher for a Day at Village Elementary in Skillman, where she was able to teach partsof the day in Mrs. Kenneys and Mrs. Loiaconos third-grade class.

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By HEATHER FIOREThe Montgomery Sun

Montgomery Township recent-ly received a $325,000 grant fromGov. Christie and the state De-partment of Environmental Pro-tection (NJDEP) for preservingadditional open space, accordingto Mayor Ed Trzaska.

I would like to thank Gov.Christie and the leadership at

NJDEP for selecting Montgomeryfor this year's matching grantprogram, he said. This repre-sents a tremendous opportunityto continue our mission of pre-serving open space and protect-ing our rural character. We nor-mally have to apply for GreenAcres funding every time we at-tempt to purchase land. Some-times we get it, sometimes wedon't. This $325,000 grant meansthat we now have pre-approvedfunds to complete future dealswithout facing the uncertainty ofthe typical process.

The money is part of the GreenAcres Planning Incentive Grantprogram, which provides grant

and loan funding to municipali-ties that have enacted an openspace tax and have adopted anopen space and recreation plan,according to Open Space Coordi-nator Lauren Wasilauski.

This means the grant moneycan be used toward any propertyon our conservation plan, shesaid. We don't have to apply toGreen Acres for funding on aproject-by-project basis, which

makes the process easier for us.We don't have to worry about los-ing the funding if the project fallsthrough.

Wasilauski explained howMontgomery has no particularprojects that these funds are ear-marked for, but has four projectsin the early negotiating stages.

Three of the projects wouldprotect woodland, streams andfloodplain areas, she said.These projects are important forwater quality protection, main-taining contiguous forest canopy,habitat protection, and so on. Thefourth project is a farmlandpreservation project.

Trzaska and Township Admin-

istrator Donato Nieman ex-plained how obtaining funds thisyear was very competitive.

Its a combination of availablefunding and the number of mu-nicipalities that applied, so thatswhat makes it competitive, Nie-man said. Montgomery has al-ways been aggressive in pursuingGreen Acres funding, and some-times, that works for you andsometimes that works against

you. If youve received money inthe past, the DEP sometimeslooks to spread it around. But, be-cause we have a track record ofbeing aggressive and using themoney wisely, I believe thats whywe were awarded.

Montgomery has a trackrecord for preserving vast areasof open space throughout thetownship, and is planning on pre-serving as much land as possiblefor its residents to enjoy, officialssaid.

"Even though 35 percent oftown is private or public openspace, there is still plenty of landthat we have targeted for preser-vation, Trzaska said. Mont-gomery is truly a special commu-nity. We have a unique balance ofrural and suburban life, especial-ly for Central New Jersey. Onceland is developed, it is rarely everundeveloped. In order to ensurethat future generations enjoy thesame Montgomery as we do, the

time is now for increasing ouropen space portfolio."

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Since 1966, the MBL has beendeveloping children from kinder-garten through middle schoolinto respectful community partic-ipants, positive team leaders, andquality players; the league is amember of the nationally recog-nized Babe Ruth and Cal Ripkenyouth baseball organizations,where the focus is on having a funexperience, while producing good

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Its no secret New Jersey leaders

want sports betting legalized in the

state. In fact, plans are that it will

start on Jan. 9 depending on the sta-

tus of a lawsuit brought by Major

League Baseball, the National Football

League, the National Basketball Asso-

ciation, the National Hockey League(like that really matters right now) and

the NCAA.

The leagues and associations some-

how are able to say with a straight face

that legalized sports betting in the

state would hurt the integrity of their

games. These are the same leagues, of

course, that have no problem playing

games in other countries where bet-ting is legal. Some of you might re-

member the Rams and Patriots game

last month in England, for example.

The facts are well known:

* A 20-year-old federal law limits

sports betting legal to Nevada,

Delaware, Oregon and Montana.

* Hundreds of billions of dollars are

being bet on sports illegally these days.

* The leagues and associations arent

exactly hurting for money.

* New Jerseys casino and horse rac-

ing industries are struggling. Theywere struggling before Hurricane

Sandy. After the Hurricane? Well, has

anyone representing the leagues and

associations seen the photos coming

from Atlantic City?

* Legalized sports betting would be a

boon to the casinos and tracks. It

would mean monster weekends in AC

when major sporting events are taking

place. Some of the money now beingspent with offshore gambling outfits or

through illegal means right here in the

states would flow, legally, into the

states economy.

Frankly, the sports leagues and asso-

ciations should be embarrassed. Their

preference to keep sports betting dol-

lars flowing to illegal enterprises than

local economies is shameful. Theyshould do the right thing and welcome

sports betting to New Jersey next

month.

in our opinion

Betting deadline loomsSports leagues should welcome New Jersey to betting ranks on Jan. 9

Let the betting begin

New Jersey plans to allow sports bet-ting Jan. 9. Sports leagues oppose themove. Their opposition, especially inthe aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, issimply shameful.

Last month, we suffered from what waslikely the worst natural disaster in Mont-gomerys history. Hurricane Sandys winds

were measured in town at over 80 miles perhour and brought down countless treesand utility poles causing more than 95 per-cent of our residents to lose power for anextended period of time.

Preparations for Sandy began more thana week prior to the storm-making landfall.Our Emergency Management team con-sists of elected officials, township profes-sionals, and leaders from our police, fire,and EMS departments/squads. This teamincorporated the lessons learned fromHurricane Irene and considered all possi-ble scenarios.

The needed relief effort was beyond any-thing we have experienced before, but weplanned for the worse and were ready to go.Our township professionals and emer-gency service volunteers worked aroundthe clock to keep Montgomery safe and

minimize the dam-age. They clearedblocked streets, de-

veloped a detailedassessment of ourneeds, and respond-ed to calls for helpby our residents(including the de-livery of a healthybaby boy).

A comprehen-sive communica-tion plan was exe-cuted that consist-ed of ebulletins, tweets, and detailed talk-ing points for all township employees that

were assigned to answering resident phonecalls. Also, a group of dedicated profession-als staffed the Otto Kaufman CommunityCenter 24 hours a day so it could serve as awarming center, charging station, andovernight shelter.

After the storm, we were in constantcontact with PSE&G and helped them inevery possible way to restore power to our

residents. We sent them information onour neighborhoods and prioritized tasksfor their work crews. Even though the re-lief effort was slower than we hoped for,this type of collaboration paid off. Mont-gomery recovered a lot quicker than otherneighboring towns, especially Princetonand Hillsborough.

Most importantly, we saw our communi-ty (residents and organizations) come to-gether like never before. The Elks servedas one of our warming centers, Mont-gomery Baseball allowed the town to useits complex for a debris drop-off, the Rotary

Club helped our food pantry stay supplied,and the Tigers Tale organized a supply do-nation drive. These are only a few exam-ples of the countless acts of goodwill that

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Even though the immediate re-

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Over the next few months,please look for opportunitiesto participate in these discus-sions.

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EMS thankful forvolunteers during Sandy

Montgomery EMS would like toexpress our appreciation to the vol-

unteer members who stood by dur-ing Hurricane Sandy. Members ofMontgomery EMS as well as Mont-gomery Township Volunteer Fire

Companies 1 and 2 and Rocky HillFire were willing to leave the safe-ty of their own homes to help theirneighbors in need.

During the storm, we had 18members standing by at the EMS

building, enough to staff all ourambulances and run our opera-tions center. In addition, manyother members stood by at their

homes, responding to nearbycalls until the ambulance arrived.

I would also like to express ourthanks to Tigers Tale and severalMontgomery residents who do-nated food to feed the members

who stayed at the squad buildingduring the storm.

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the room. A couple of studentscame right up to me, asking me avariety of questions.

After inquiring about being inthe newspaper, I informed themthat they would be on the frontpage, and it was as if the worldstopped for a moment.

This is the best day of mylife, one of the students Cather-ine exclaimed.

Every day, Kenney and Loia-cono have a schedule, which theyhang next to the door for childrento keep in mind. Although eachday varies slightly in regard tothe electives that the studentshave throughout the week suchas art, music and gym the twoteachers have constructed an

STUDENTSContinued from page 1

please see MORNING, page 10

Courtesy of Barbara Kenney

Montgomery Sun associate editor Heather Fiore was Teacher for aDay at Village Elementary in Skillman, where she assisted many ofMrs. Kenneys and Mrs. Loiaconos third-grade students throughoutthe day.

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agenda, which they executedflawlessly, from what I saw.

After children arrive at schooland situate themselves, the schoolholds televised morning an-nouncements, which are conduct-ed by students. This was an inter-esting change, since I was used toonly hearing morning announce-ments over the loudspeaker, but Ienjoyed the more technologicallyadvanced approach.

After the morning announce-ments, Kenney and Loiaconohave a 15-minute session knownas Morning Meeting, whichconsists of a greeting, a share, anactivity and some additionalnews for that specific day. Thegreeting for the day was a catego-ry greeting, where Kenney calledtwo different months of the yearand had students whose birth-days were in those months greet

each other by shaking hands.On a typical day, Kenney choos-

es three students to share some-thing with the class, but since Iwas there, they had me share a lit-

tle bit more about what I do forThe Montgomery Sun. Kenneyand Loiacono were especially ex-cited for me to share since the stu-dents were currently learning thewriting process and were at theediting phase.

To show the students what I do,I brought a proof of the newspa-per to show them how my storiesget edited before they see the finalversion once it arrives in theirmailboxes.

All of the students were inter-ested to see how a real writerdoes it, and it was fun to answerall of the questions that they hadabout my editing and writingprocess.

The important news for the dayinvolved lunchtime. Kenney andLoiacono explained how all of thestudents in their class usually sitat one table, similar to all of theother classes at Village Elemen-tary, but since it was Mix It Upday at lunch, the rules changed.

For Mix It Up day, students arerandomly given colored stickers;colored balloons are placed on thetables in the cafeteria, and whenthey arrive for lunch, they are al-lowed to sit at the tables withtheir designated balloons. Thepoint is for children to meet newchildren they may have nevertalked to before and engage withother individuals outside of their

classroom.Being that children usually feel

shy around other individualsthey dont know, Kenneys morn-ing activity was entitled, Con-

versation Starters, where shegave students tips on how to starta conversation with another stu-dent, and then demonstrated witha couple of students. Afterward,she paired students and had thempractice. I practiced with one ofthe students who didnt seem tohave any trouble conducting aconversation with someone shedidnt know, which was a lot offun for me.

I thought the Morning Meeting

period was one of the most inter-esting additions to the class, sinceI never had the chance to experi-ence something like that while inthird grade. It was a fun way tostart off the day.

After the mornings activities,Kenney and Loiacono allowed meto take over the reading and wordstudy. I read Julius the Baby ofthe World by Kevin Henkes, andhad students find words to de-scribe the main characters ac-tions throughout the book, along

with evidence from the text tosupport their ideas since theywere learning how to make infer-ences by using facts to supportthem.

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and Loiacono provide a relaxedlearning environment for stu-dents, and that students werentforced to sit at their desks all day.It was an aspect of elementaryschool I wished I couldve experi-enced.

During my read aloud, the chil-dren were anxious to answer myquestions and were very knowl-edgeable when describing theiropinions and answers.

Following the read aloud, stu-dents had 20 minutes of whatKenney calls I.D.R. Individual-ized Daily Reading where theyhad to quietly read a book of theirchoice.

I was pleasantly surprised tosee the expansive book collectionthat Kenney and Loiacono hadavailable for the students. Therewere 30 containers filled with

books, each labeled with a differ-ent genre or author; there waseverything from mystery to his-torical fiction, and books from au-thors such as Beverly Cleary and

Judy Moody.After I.D.R., Kenney conducted

the spelling lesson.After spelling, we transitioned

right into math, where I helped aswell. The students were learninghow to conquer two-step mathword problems involving additionand subtraction, which was a funflashback. I was able to reallyhelp children who were strug-gling to figure out some problems.It was personally satisfying to

know I was teaching children theright way to do things thatseemed so simple to me, yet werethings that were just starting tomake sense to them.

After math, Mix It Up atlunch took place, where I got thechance to tag along with Loia-cono for recess duty, which was a

BOOKContinued from page 10

please see HELPING, page 12

Special to The Sun

Montgomery resident Christine Schleppy, middle, personally thanked the Montgomery EMS squadand everyone involved for helping her get to the field hospital during Hurricane Sandy to deliver hernewborn son at the Montgomery EMS meeting on Nov. 19. Mayor Ed Trzaska was also in attendanceto personally thank the Montgomery EMS.

Woman thanks EMS squad for delivering baby


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lot of fun. I observed how ener-getic and exuberant each childwas, whether playing basketballor running around the play-ground creating games.

After recess concluded, thechildren gathered on the rug inthe classroom before heading togym class to explain to Kenneyand Loiacono how the conversa-tion starter tips worked at lunch.Several students explained how

the tips helped them make somenew friends. It was enlighteningto see how kind and engaging thechildren were, and how they tookKenneys tips and applied them.

When the children returnedfrom gym, my hands-on dutieskicked into gear as Teacher For aDay. For the students writing les-son, Kenney and Loiacono gladly

allowed me to take over to sharemy expertise in editing and writ-ing. The children have beenlearning the entire writing

process gathering ideas, con-structing a draft, revising, edit-ing, and publishing and werecurrently on editing, whichseemed too coincidental.

Both the students and teacherswere excited to see how I couldapply my writing and editingprocesses to theirs. I pointed outmany similarities and some ofthe differences, which seemed tobe informative for them.

I was able to project a proof

onto the whiteboard and show thestudents, up close and personal,how my editing process is doneand what my paper looks like be-fore its published, which they re-ally enjoyed seeing.

After I explained my process, Iwent over a paragraph filled withcapitalization mistakes that I hadthe students fix. One by one, they

told me which aspects of sen-tences and thoughts needed to becapitalized, and applied it to thedocument. It was fun to get a taste

of what its like to teach childrenand help them figure out things,which is one of the aspects ofteaching that I thoroughly en-

joyed.After my writing lesson, the

children took out drafts of theirown narratives, which was thetype of writing they were work-ing on, and continued to work onthe final editing.

I was able to assist one student,Jack, in editing his story, which

was one of the most rewardingparts of the day. Anytime I wasable to help children in the classwith what they were learning, itwas incredibly meaningful to me.

To end the day, Loiacono taughther science lesson, which in-volved harvesting seeds. On Oct.1, each student planted a seedpodin his or her own container, and

watched it go through its naturalcycle. The day I was there hap-pened to be harvesting day, wherethe children had to retrieve the

seeds that were trapped inside ofthe new seedpods.

So much excitement andamazement filled the room dur-ing this part of the day, especiallywith regard to how many seedswere obtained from the tiny seed-pods. After tallying all of the stu-dents seeds, Loiacono explainedthe importance of the lesson how the plant cycle keeps perpet-uating itself.

Overall, my day at Village Ele-

mentary was filled with excite-ment, fun and new knowledge,even though its been over adecade since Ive been in thirdgrade.

Throughout the day, I learnedthat many things have changedsince I went to elementary school,most of which involved techno-logical advancements.

I liked how Kenney and Loia-cono instituted a system to pre-vent children from interruptingthem while they were talking;

whenever either teacher wantedthe students attention, theywould say, My turn, which in-stantly quieted the whole room.Then, when they were done, theywould say, Your turn. I thoughtthis was a really interesting andhelpful system to use, rather thansimply yelling over the studentsto quiet them down, like I experi-enced when I was in school.

I also appreciated how Kenneyand Loiacono constantly kept the

children involved with some-thing, whether it was reading, in-teracting with each other, or prac-ticing what theyve learned so farthis year. There was never a dullmoment in the classroom.

It was an invaluable experi-ence, and if offered the chance todo it again, I would accept with-out hesitation.

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