Cougar Courier

School Year 2014-2015

EAST AMWELL

TOWNSHIP SCHOOL

Greetings!

In the next few weeks the foundation for the security entrance will be com-

plete and framing will begin. Hopefully the structure will be enclosed by mid-

December.

Staff and students have been hard at work and our teachers are looking for-

ward to sharing their student’s growth at our upcoming Parent-Teacher

Conferences in November. Please be sure to make time for the conferences

November 19th and 20th.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. We all have a great deal to be thankful for.

Sincerely,

Edward Stoloski Superintendent

Cougar Courier

The Superintendent's Corner 4 End 1st Marking

Period

6-7

School Closed NJEA Convention

11 Picture Make-Up Day

12 PTO Meeting 2:15 PM

14 Report Cards

18 BOE Meeting 7:30 PM

19-20

School Closed Conferences

21 Spirit Day

26 Early Dismissal

1:20 PM

27-

28

School Closed

Thanksgiving

Recess

November 2014

School Vision Statement:

East Amwell Township

School District... is a safe,

supportive community that

recognizes all students as

unique individuals and pro-

vides opportunities for aca-

demic, artistic, cultural, emo-

tional, physical, social and

character development in a

diverse and ever-changing

society.

Dear Parents,

Our physical education classes ran both the full and half mile races in our annual Discover

Running Event. Over 300 kids participated in the 35th running of this race. Ribbons and

medals were awarded to all runners and a banner number of parents attended this wonderful

program.

In case you didn’t know it, we have an outstanding PTO that is looking for volunteers to help

with future events. So far this year, they have provided the following to our school: the

BMX Assembly, bottled water for Discover Running, grants for teachers, a New Student So-

cial, and the Book Fair. There is more to come, so please contact a PTO board member to see

how you can help.

Inside our classrooms, lessons were developed to honor Violence and Vandalism Prevention

Month. Also, we have held a Red Ribbon Week for drug prevention awareness and a Wear

Pink Day for breast cancer. These are just a few of the events we hosted this fall. Please be

on the lookout for more so that your children may participate.

Lastly, our next large project will be the annual Cougar Share Service Project. This project

will begin on November 19th through December 5th. Once again, we will be asking our

school community to donate to less fortunate children. An information letter will be coming

home soon. This character building and empathetic project is a labor of love and we hope

you will continue to support. This activity will certainly make the holidays a bit brighter for

several children and their families.

Sincerely,

John Capuano Principal

From The Principal

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PTO NEWS: Our first Family Fun event was the annual Halloween Trunk or Treat, which was attended by

a record number of families. We had over 80 decorated cars, kids and parents in costume, a

Haunted House, DJ, costume parade, and prizes for judges' favorite costumes and cars.

Thanks to all who helped out and attended.

Shop online at Amazon? Please use our link - http://amzn.to/1ulj99k - each time you shop

to help PTO earn 4-7% commission on your purchases, at no cost to you. All your infor-

mation (name, items purchased) is private. This is good all year long and can really help us

earn, so please share with your friends and family!

Cash raffle is coming soon, tickets will be available at the end of the month, with the draw-

ing held in late November.

Keep up with the latest PTO news on our Facebook page! Like and follow us at:

https://www.facebook.com/eastamwell.pto (or search for East Amwell PTO) or at our new

blog, http://eastamwellpto.blogspot.com/ There's a "follow by email" feature on the blog

(under the Cougar paw) so you won't miss any posts.

We continue to collect Box Tops for Education, which can be dropped off at the front desk.

Our clothing shed also accepts donations year round, and clothing is not shredded. With

the cold weather and closet cleaning upon us, it's a great time to drop of your unwanted

items.

Our next meeting will be Wed, Nov 12 at 2:15pm in the cafeteria, which we believe will be

convenient for parents who pick up their kids. We hope to see you there, and thanks for

your support.

Schools Store Now Open! Room 22 from 8:45-9am.

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Intramural Basketball

On the following dates:

Start Time 3:15 End Time 4:30

October 23,27,30

November 3, 4, 10, 13, 17, 24, 25

At our annual school board retreat, we were bought up to speed on all of the vari-ous projects the staff has been working on as well as the goals set for our district for this year. We received an update by our Architect re-lating to our construction project (now un-derway), the new windows to replace the old drafty ones and the roof project that will be funded by a State Grant. Our Food Service Company Maschio’s, came to ex-plain how they are implementing the new Food/Health regulations in relation to school lunches. They presented the board with meals to sample and offered to pre-sent to the children as well as parents, which they did on both back to school nights. A major goal for the Board was set to de-velop a parent portal. Using our student information system, will allow parents the ability to access student grades and at-tendance records.

Message From Board of Education

This system will also enable staff to better understand and evaluate stu-dent progress using pre and post as-sessments for various grade levels.

Presentations were also made by the staff representing special areas of the school. These special areas included the Preschool, our new Life Skills Pro-gram, STEM and Special Language Arts, Computer Technology, Art and Music.

The Board was updated by the tech-nology staff on the Wi-Fi and broad-band capabilities of the school and our readiness for the new PARCC assess-ment replacing the NJASK this year. The technology staff also introduced the new Goggle Chrome Books being used by the students working in Google Classroom.

The Board will continue to be updated by the Administration throughout the year on the progress of these goals.

Computer Club

The start time is 8 AM

Monday thru Friday.

Please use

L i b r a r y

Door.

Mr. Colt

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Peer Leaders November Meeting

Dates: Nov. 5th an 12th

8:10 AM Miss Kulis Room

Room 14

Virtual Backpack—

Digital Information For Our School

Please go to school website, slide on Quick Links and slide to Virtual Backpack for all information about our school activities as well as Hunterdon

County news.

SPARK County Creativity Co-Op

On Thursday, October 30, 10 fifth Grade SPARK and Junior Great Book students attended the Second Annual Creativity Co-Op at Reading Flem-ing Intermediate School in Flemington. The students took part in chal-lenging, fun problem-solving activities with students from all the sending districts. Students were asked to create a new Olympic sport, interpret a famous work of art, survive on a deserted island, or present a newscast of a famous historical event. Creativity Co-Op was established by the G/T teachers from East Amwell, Delaware Township, Readington, and Flemington-Raritan. This is the second event that encourages, learning, cooperation, and team work among gifted students who will be reuniting at Hunterdon Central. Congratulations to all the participants! Mrs. Janet Higgins

Page 5 Terracycle Update

Page 6 Winter Sports Schedule

EVENT DATE

READINGTON GIRLSA ONLY AT READINGTON 12/9

SOUTH GIRLS A ONLY AT SOUTH 12/16

MILFORD GIRLS/ A ONLY AT MILFORD 12/18

BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT / AT DELWARE

TO BE ANNOUNCED

12/29-30

KINGWOOD GIRLSA ONLY AT KINGWOOD 1/6

ALEXANDRIA GIRLS A ONLY AT EAST 1/8

LEBANON GIRLS A ONLY AT EAST 1/12

JP CASE GIRLS A ONLY AT EAST 1/14

SOUTH GIRLS A ONLY AT EAST 1/16

READINGTON GIRLS A ONLY AT EAST 1/20

UNION GIRLS A ONLY AT UNION 1/22

DELAWARE GIRLS A ONLY AT EAST 1/26

JP CASE GIRLS A ONLY AT JP CASE 1/28

TIMBERLANEGIRLS A ONLY AT TIMBERLANE 2/9

HIGH BRIDGE GIRLSA ONLY AT HIGH BRIDGE 2/6

HOLLAND GIRLS A ONLY AT EAST 2/12

DELAWARE GIRLS A ONLY AT DTS 2/18

Lady Cougars Basketball Schedule 2014-2015

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EVENT DATE

READINGTON BOYS A ONLY AT READINGTON 12/9

PDS AT EAST A Team Only 12/15

SOUTH BOYS A ONLY AT EAST 12/16

MILFORD BOYS A ONLY AT MILFORD 12/18

BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT / AT DELWARE TO BE ANNOUNCED 12/29-30

KINGWOOD BOYS/ A AND B AT EAST 1/6

ALEXANDRIA BOYS A ONLY AT EAST 1/8

LEBANON BOYS A ONLY AT EAST 1/12

JP CASE BOYS A ONLY AT EAST 1/14

SOUTH BOYS A ONLY AT SOUTH 1/16

READINGTON BOYS A ONLY AT EAST 1/20

UNION BOYS A ONLY AT UNION 1/22

DELAWARE BOYS A AND B AT DTS 1/26

JP CASE BOYS A ONLY AT JP CASE 1/28

TIMBERLANE BOYS A ONLY AT TIMBERLANE 2/9

HIGH BRIDGE BOYS A ONLY AT HIGH BRIDGE 2/6

HOLLAND BOYS A ONLY AT EAST 2/12

DELAWARE BOYS A AND B AT EAST 2/18

Boys Basketball Schedule 2014-2015

Winter Sports Schedule

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Music News

MUSIC CLUB GRADES 4 & 5

NOVEMBER 13 3:15-4:15 PM

MUSIC CLUB GRADES 6-8

NOVEMBER 11,18, 25 3:15-4:15 PM

Instrumental Music Notes

Seventh and Eighth Grade music students from East Amwell Township School will attend a Music Showcase on

November 25th at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. The Music Showcase features performances by the

high school instrumental and vocal ensembles. Music students from the other sending school districts also at-

tend.

Students in Grades 4 through 8 can begin Instrumental Music Lessons at any time during the school year. Parents

and students should check the Instrumental Music webpage for details.

Students can join Music Club at any time during the school year. Please check the Instrumental Music webpage

for details.

Skip Woolston Instrumental Music Director

Technology In The Classroom

We are pleased to inform you that the revised New Jersey Core Curriculum Con-tent Standard (NJCCCS) 8, Technology, was adopted by the State Board of Edu-cation on October 1, 2014. September 2015.

Standard 8 is composed of two sections, Educational Technology (8.1) and Tech-nology Education (8.2).

Following is a brief summary of the 2014 Standard 8 revisions:

8.1: All students will use digital tools to access, manage, evaluate and synthe-size information in order to solve problems individually and working with others and to create and communicate knowledge.

8.2: All students will develop an understanding of the nature and impact of technology, engineering, tech-nological design, computational thinking and he de-signed world as they relate to the individual, global society, and the environment.

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Cougars SHARE

Holiday GIFTS

NOVEMBER 18–DECEMBER 5

Donations will be collected from Wednesday, No-vember 18 until Friday, DECEMBER 5.

Please write checks to East Amwell School.

All donations will be used to purchase gifts for children in need in the central Jersey area. Two students per class will be chosen to shop on December 10 when we travel to Toys

R Us. The entire class will help wrap the gifts and make tags and cards.

Each year our toy drive exceeds our expectations! We look forward to making the holidays special for deserving chil-

dren once again.

THANK YOU for your generosity!

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East Amwell School November 2014

Calendar Reminders

November 6-7: School Closed

NJEA Convention

November 19-20: School Closed

Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 26: Early Dismissal 1:20 PM

November 27-28: School Closed

Thanksgiving Recess