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Special Spring Issue
Volume 11, Issue 7
March, 2013
Special points of interest:
• Geography Bee Superstar!
• Family Movie Night Info
• Honor Roll & Perfect
Attendance Superstar Students
• Library Facelift
• Tons of other great stuff!
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Brake’s Take 2
March Calendar 3
Students of the Month 4-5
Honor Roll 7
Perfect Attendance 8-9
News from the Grades 10-23
CPS Dates 24
“Bruno” 87 Years
A CPS “Rising Star” school and “School of Distinction”, a CPS “Exemplary Achievement Award” Winner, an “Autonomous Manage-
ment Performance School” (AMPS), an Illinois Honor Roll of Schools “Academic Improvement Award” & “Spotlight School Award”
winner, a national SPEAK UP 200! School award winner. Named by Chicago magazine as a top 10 “Most Promising Places” school!
Partner School
Check out the Bridge School website at:
http://www.bridge.cps.k12.il.us/ “Funds for this Newsletter activity provided by NCLB Title I funds”
Bridge Bugle
2012-2013 BRIDGE JR. HIGH
GEOGRAPHY BEE WINNER
Congratulations to Olivia Harcarik for winning the 2012-2013 Bridge Jr. High Geography Bee. Thank you to all the participants, teachers, and staff who helped make this
year’s Bridge Jr. High Geography Bee a great event.
Page 2 Volume 11, Issue 7
Do you have any
ideas, suggestions,
or comments on
ways to improve our
school and the ser-
vices that our chil-
dren receive? If so,
please call, write a
letter, or see me to
share your ideas.
Your input is greatly
appreciated.
Thank You!
Dr. Brake
Students/Teachers
Staff/Parents
Would you like to
have a poem, article,
short story, event, or
other item of interest
published in the
Bridge Bugle?
Submit your item to
Dr. Brake
on a Flash Drive
(Microsoft Word format preferred)
no later than the third
week of the month for
publication in the next
month’s school news-
paper.
BRAKE ’S TAKE ISAT Testing: March 4th-8th
Testing season is upon us this school year. The Illi-
nois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) will be given
the week of March 4th-8th. Make-up testing is March
11th-15th.
Spring vacation is March 25th-29th. School resumes
April 1st.
Remember:
Great People Make Great Schools.
Thanks for helping make our school great!
Dr. Christopher Brake, Principal
Happy
St. Patrick’s
Day
Spring Vacation is March 25th-29th
No School
School Resumes 4/1/13
-March Non-Attendance Days for Students-
Dear Parents and Families: Please do not drive onto the Bridge
Elementary School (3800 N. New England)
playground/parking lot to drop-off or pick-up
students. Smaller children are hard to see and
the car traffic has created a dangerous situation
for our children.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Parents: Student Drop-Off/Pick-Up Times Elementary School: not before 7:30 AM
school day begins at 8:00 AM
student dismissal: 3:00 PM
Jr. High School: not before 7:15 AM
school day begins at 7:45 AM
student dismissal: 2:45 PM
Indicates day of non-attendance for students
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Mid-Quarter
Progress
Reports
Distributed
To
Students
March 6th
1 2
3 4 5 6 Mid-Quarter
Progress
Reports
Distributed
7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15
Family
Movie
Night
16
17
St. Patrick’s
Day
18 19 20 LSC/
NCLB PAC
Meetings 5:30 PM
Room 106
21 Bridge
After-School
Program
Ends
22 23
24
Palm
Sunday
25 26 27 28 29 30
31
Easter
School
Resumes
April 1st
March 2013 In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb...
ISAT Testing Week
ISAT Make-Up Testing Week
Spring Vacation Week
Indicates After-School Program day
M. Suleiman
A. Kazanecka
O. Mohammed
A. Barrios
A. Schein
R. Gajardo S. Kwasnik
K. Bradlinska M. Barahona
K. McGowan M. Krajewski
P. Kozuck
March - Students of the Month
J. Waltz E. Rivera L. Sanchez L. Zbranek
J. Alonso
J. Drewniak
S. Armijo
S. Munjakovic
N. Wolski N. Bustamante
J. Harenberg B. Alvarado
N. Hanek L. Schroeder
Z. Dziedzic
J. Conway D. Chelak M. Espinosa
Bridge Elementary School Students of the Month are selected for their outstanding attendance, academic performance, and conduct.
March - Students of the Month
D. Alonzo
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Room 201
Mateusz Babula
Matthew Bozek
Alex Hernandez
Stephen Kaim
Room 202
Martyna Akerman
Austin Beecham
Jakub Jedrzejewski
Justyna Kapustka
Room 203
Jeremy Albios
Kevin Barna
Jacob Bozek
Claudia Goral
Edin Haskovic
Damian Kijak
Suzanne Miekisz
Jakub Rojek
Room 204
Rochelle Borda
Anthony Guy
Emilia Jakubaszek
Michael Kurowski
Zuzanna Strapoc
Ryan Szajna
Alexandra Zugaj
Room 205
Lizbeth Cabrera
Julia Domian
Anna Klejn
Room 206
Muimen Fareh
Naiya Graciani
Olivia Harcarik
Pasquale Sanfelice
Damian Staszel
Room 301
Neidelyn Reyes
Ashley Bock
Konrad Knap
Paulina Ryndak
Kamila Wrobel
Room 302
Ashley Badillo
Rikeya Hargrove
Yuliya Khudzyk
Victoria Kospin
Alex Paszkowski
Amber Privett
Natalia Sak
Brooke Silvestri
Julia Smialkowska
Monika Staszel
Kelsey Vasquez
Room 303
Sydney Bock
Nicole Brzys
Stephanie Diamond
Wiktoria Kurc
Katherine Misterka
Miguel Rascon
Room 304
Andrew Azzam
Rebecca Guerin
Tiara Lopez
Nicole Pelaez
Kinga Tarasiewicz
Mateusz Zieba
Room 305
Kelly Tarasiewicz
John Sak
Holly Lewandowski
Nicole Lesniak
Patrick Knap
Marek Klejn
Agapefaith Alfaro
Room 306
Sebastian Hernandez
Alexander Hernandez
Tomasz Kuczewski
Dana Schnoebelen
Lizette Schroeder
Shylah Solis
Bernardo Trevino
Jessica Zajac
Room 201
Bartosz Baron
Dayna Dayson
Natalia Guerra
Katarzyna Puc
Omar Santiago
Yuriy Savchuk
Room 202
Maliha Ahmed
Kayla Bassig
Radek Bobowski
Oscar Cabrera
Juliette Drewniak
Allen Namrood
Gabriel Lau
Room 203
Paola Gomez
Jesse Nunez
Kaitlyn Tarasiewicz
Nicole Wolski
Room 204
Dylan Ciotuszynski
Andy Corona
Jason Harenberg
Adam Wroblewski
Nathaniel Zukowski
Room 205
Declan Cogley
Sebastian Kuczek
Peter Majtyka
Aleksander Naruszewicz
Room 206
Yolanda Diaz
Maya Konieczna
Carmela Pesole
Yoselin Roman
Liam White
Room 301
Patty Amador
Jakub Bigos
Alyssa Galiardo
Christopher Molina
Rafael Reza
Maria Trevino
Congratulations
To Our Scholars!
F I R ST QUARTER S I LV ER HON O R RO LL
F I R ST QUARTER GO L D ENHO N ORROL L
Room 302
Alexis Albios
Kevin Mienta
Kamil Obrochta
Room 303
Owais Abuhashish
Samantha Armijo
John Byer
Kelly Le
Magdalena Naruszewicz
Szymon Ramos
Room 304
Samantha Alanis
Maksym Ilkiv
Shannon McGuire
Sylwia Mieczkowski
Delanie Preston
Room 305
Monika Zawislak
Nicole Soltyszewski
Kacper Rebeszko
Yahya Elmakoudi
Jennifer Castaneda
Room 306
Eric Platt
Francheska Salacup
Room 001
Raquel Marrero
Natalia Obrochta
Kamil Pisanko
Olivia Czarnik
Julia Iwanski
Gabriela
Jakimowicz
Nina Dziamba
Michael Kasparian
Cassidy Medina
Maria Tantcheva
Lucas Kovarik
Room 002
Alexis Vivar
Loren Henich
Selena Gonzalez
Hadeel Abuawad
Milosz Rebeszko
Hazal Ceylan
Tomasz Mieczkow-
ski
Anthony Maldona-
do
Omar Habayed
Denys Chelak
Veronica Kozak
Ariani Gomez
Room 003
Elias Munoz
Jahaira Rodriguez
Jeilyn Sosa
Hubert Bartoszczyk
Carolina
Augustynska
Victoria Olejarz
Raymond Alonso
Anisa Kornafel
Room 101
Omar Eghnaim
Joseph Waltz
Isaias Hernandez
Bianca Barrios
Room 102
David Augustynski
Elizabeth Rivera
Gianni Perez
Alexander Ciesla
Nela Nietupska
Philip Zugaj
Erika Leitner
Room 103
Carolina Gonzalez
Daniel Flores
Kayleene Sotelo
Room 108
Sebastian Roszko
Kacper Jakimowicz
Karol Bubniak
Bartosz Wojda
Julia Szwajnos
Vanessa Legacki
Krzysztof Bucko
Room 202
Kira Jablonski
Juliana Crespo
Natalie Hernandez
Liv Steier
Jane Uremovich
Raygun Uremovich
Ricki Jarvis
Isiah Rodriguez
Aidan Bank
James Cammarata
Room 203
Katherine Araujo
Angel Diaz
Carolina Alcantar
Grace Uremovich
Rikiya Hargrove
Christian Mercado
John Cecchini
Room 204
Patryk Rojek
Ryszard Kasprzyk
Maya Kasprzyk
Philip Konieczny
Kacper Barton
Michael Bachorz
Magdalena To-
maszewski
Victoria Szaraniec
Kamil Mienta
Frank Paszkowski
Room 205
Adam Deeb
Ashley Vazquez
Bethany Lopez
Katherine Quizhpi
Mary Namrood
Gadeer Abuawad
Jehad Eghnaim
Darey Baca
Raphael Manalo
Monika Popovska
Room 206
Karolina Bradlinski
Pawel Grabowski
Nicole Kucharska
Alex Kwiatkowski
Julia Czechura
Romy Khatab
Erik Tomanek
Room 207
Emanuel Crespo
Angelica Krasnicki
Jakub Iwanski
Michael Dylag
Room 208
Miranda Gomez
Makayla Mascorro
Nicholas King
Amy Corona
Karl Abrigunda
Room 209
Jacob Ortegon
Joceline Peralta
Lucas Bigos
Angelica Krystopa
Christian Wolski
Natalia Babula
Andrea Hoffman
Room 210
Meryam Elmakoudi
Adan Paz
Michael Nickson
Leiana Martinez
Allysa Cayas
Patrick Bryk
Kaitlyn Thompson
Alessandra Barrios
Room 211
Juan Baca
Ayah Ghunaim
Adam Pruszynski
Victoria Bobro
Second Quarter
Perfect Attendance
Room 212
Angelo Galarza
Ivan Maldonado
Nataliah Jamroz
Kristy Azzam
Emily Riffert
Hailey Seggeling
Zak Friedl
Room 214
Andy Guzman
Angel Navarrete
Kevin Martinez
Kaitlyn Corona
Jamal Abughoush
William Marin
Carlos Leon
Olivia Kocot
Kamila Drewniak
Aishah Hasan
Room 201 Jr.High
Britney Marin
Nicole Vergel
Michelle Skura
Omar Santiago
Adrian Grabowski
Jonathan Aispuro
Joseph Alonso
Yuriy Savchuk
Room 202 Jr.High
Dylan Puente
Oscar Cabrera
Fabian Martinez
Radek Bobowski
Daniel Alcantar
Roberto Hernandez
Allen Namrood
Kelly Conneely
Daniel Kania
Martyna Akerman
Gabriel Lau
Maliha Ahmed
Anthony Perez
Karolina Kacala
Justyna Kapustka
Room 203 Jr.High
Kevin Barna
Damian Kijak
Andres Hernandez
Anthony
Oleksiewicz
Jacquelyn Rodri-
guez
Jakub Rojek
Emily Alanis
Jesse Nunez
Jesse Nunez
Omar Corona
Suzanne Miekisz
Jacob Bozek
Nicole Wolski
Room 204 Jr.High
Andrei Rodriguez
Nicole Hanek
Ryan Szajna
Anthony Guy
Jason Harenberg
David Krasnicki
Alexander Jamroz
Alexandra Zugaj
Rochelle Borda
Nathaniel Zukowski
Michael Kurowski
Room 205 Jr.High
Jocelyn Roman
Lizbeth Cabrera
Patrycja Bucko
Andre Namrood
Julia Domian
Lukasz Peza
Second Quarter
Perfect Attendance
Room 206 Jr.High
Maya Konieczna
Angel Cadena
Olivia Harcarik
Bruno Myszkowski
Damian Staszel
Pasquale Sanfelice
Kevin Piwowarski
Isaiah Salgado
Room 301 Jr.High Paulina Ryndak
Katherine Gacek
Jakub Bigos
Khalia Phoxay
Theodore Nickson
Nicole Dziedzic
Cristhian Recinos
Julian Martinez
Room 302 Jr.High
Rikeya Hargrove
Steven Gilbert
Kamil Obrochta
Kevin Mienta
Filip Bachta
Thomas Wojtyga
Vitaliy Vitanskyy
Room 303 Jr.High
Aaliyah Rivera
Samantha Armijo
Morad Deeb
Alma Carmona
Kelly Le
Owais Abuhashish
Magdalena Narusze-
wicz
Room 304 Jr.High
Rebecca Guerin
Maksym Ilkiv
Ecxon Herrera
Diana Alonso
Mateusz Zieba
Marcin Kijak
Karolina Peza
Sylwia Mieczkowski
Julia Konieczna
Nicole Pelaez
Samantha Alanis
Michael Rosa
Piotr Szczech
Aaron Borda
Andrew Azzam
Jared Tello
Room 305 Jr.High
Janell Nolivos
Yahya Elmakoudi
Adrian Paz
Monika Zawislak
Priscila Gonzalez
Nicole Soltyszewski
Marek Klejn
Room 306 Jr.High
Eveny Gomez
Jessica Zajac
Eric Platt
Elvia Ramirez
Brian Kwiatkowski
Zayna Sultan
Venita Rodriguez
Books about
friendship:
“Llama, Lla-
ma time to
share” By: Anna Dewdney
“The Rain-
bow Fish “ By: Marcus Phisher
“Can I play
too?” By: Mo Williams
Math and Science This month children
learned:
-how to identify and
construct hearts.
-Children practiced
making patterns with
cut out hand prints.
- Children learned
how to sort objects by
different characteris-
tics.
Vocabulary/ phonics
This month the stu-
dents learned the
words: cooperation,
friendship, and
sharing.
Students learned the
phonemic sounds
for:
“F” as in friendship
“L” as in love
“S” as in sharing.
What we are learning...
Important Reminders
Spring Break– March 25-29
Pre-school
Newsletter
Themes/Projects:
Love and friendship
In honor of Val-entine’s Day the chil-dren learned all about love and friend-ship. The students dis-cussed how to be a good friend to each other; such as sharing and letting everyone play with them. Stu-dent’s learned about making cards and gifts for their friend’s and how to be kind to one another. The children have learned how to work together in groups with their peers.
During the month of February the students celebrated the 100th day of school. The students were very excit-ed as we have been counting the days of school since the very first day. As we have been counting the students have learned about groups of ones, tens and hundreds. On the 100th day of school the students did a great job of coming to school dressed up as 100 year old people! Some students
wore suits with ties, dresses, skirts, glasses and scarves. The students had the opportunity to reflect on this school year so far. They thought about what things they couldn’t do at the beginning of kindergarten and were very proud of everything they have
learned so far!
As we celebrated Valen-tine’s Day this month the students also ex-plored different emo-tions and feelings. We explored the feelings of characters in stories and
how feelings can change. The students also thought about their own lives and what emotions they feel at different times in their lives. The students loved identify-
ing happy, sad, angry, surprised, scared and shy faces. They also shared stories about times in which they have felt these emo-
tions.
Emotions and Feelings
100th Day of School!
Kindergarten News
Time to Shop
In recent weeks, our first graders have been learning how to
add two-digit numbers . To strengthen this skill, we trans-
formed a part of our classroom into a grocery store. The
young shoppers go “shopping” to select grocery store items
and add their cost. The children write up their receipts and
add the items together using dimes and pennies. They are
having a wonderful time shopping and are learning a great
deal in the process.
First graders celebrated Valentine’s
Day by participating in fun activities.
Students created various art project to
celebrate friendship and love, read
stories centered around the holiday,
and delivered valentines to their
classmates. What a great way to cele-
brate our friendships!
Valentine’s Day
Happy 100th Day of School to all of our stu-
dents! On February 20th, the first graders
reached the 100th day of school. The day’s ac-
tivities centered around the number 100. We
practiced counting to 100 in many different
ways (1s, 5s, 10s). Some students made collec-
tions of 100 items. The children enjoyed all of
the 100th day festivities.
Hip, Hip, Hooray!
It’s the 100th Day!
First Grade News
Second Grade News Hands - On Fun In Second Grade.
February was a busy month for all second graders at Bridge School. The students wrote re-
markable reports on George Washington and transformed themselves to look like our great first
president. Students created Habitat Mobiles and gave oral reports on a habitat of animals that
they researched. They created beautiful landforms of seven continents with flour and water. They
painted their projects in Art Class.
Their culminating activity was an in-school field trip presented by Science Made Fun. All the
students had an amazing time making projects involving chromatography and chemical reactions.
Every student exclaimed, "School was fun this month".
Third Grade News Did You Know? The 3rd grade is going to be turned into a Geology lab! We will be getting a visit from hightouch hightech for a hands-on program with real live panning for gems! We can’t wait!
I am lucky because I have two very good friends. They are funny , friendly and
they stick up for me too. They never told one secret that I told them. That is what
I am lucky for. My two best friends, Ania and Mia.
By Melissa K
I am lucky because I have a great Mom. She loves me, helps me and
keeps me out of danger. Now you know why I am lucky.
By Kamil M.
I am lucky because my Great Grandmother is still alive and she is 75!
She is not mean and she is very funny. She will only be mean if you are mean to
her. If you are nice to her, she will be nice to you.
By Jackie M.
I am lucky because I have the greatest Dad in the whole world!
He takes me to cool movies and lunch. He takes me to cool places like Wisconsin
Dells and Florida. He is the best Dad I ever had!
By Nathan M.
I am lucky because I have a great soccer team. I have been getting better and bet-
ter on my soccer team. I have been able to do really cool tricks with my friends. I
have been also making some really awesome goals. My soccer games are every
Saturday.
By Kristian M.
How Lucky are We!!! By Room 207
ISAT Test Taking Tips
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Sleep well the night
before and eat a good
breakfast the day of the
test. If you don’t feel
well on the day of the
ISATs and choose to
leave, you can’t come
back to finish your test.
Study what your teach-
ers teach you especial-
ly for the ISAT, but
don’t overload your-
self.
Don’t rush on the test,
but if you don’t know
the answer to a ques-
tion, take an educated
guess. You will have
more of a chance of
getting it right. If you
still want to skip it,
leave a mark next to
the question to come
back to it later.
Write legibly when
doing extended re-
sponses. Also, if
there’s a large word
you don’t know how to
spell, just try your best
rather than using baby
words.
Don’t feel like you’re
going to fail. Be con-
fident. It helps, really.
R. Borda, 204
biggest Saint Patrick’s parade
is in New York with an audi-
ence of about 3 million. Saint
Patrick’s Day in American
was first celebrated in Boston
in the year of 1737. M. Zawislak, M. Naruszewicz,
D. Medellin
Saint Patrick’s Day is cele-
brated on March 17th each
year. On that day people
mostly wear green things to
avoid being pinched. This
holiday is an Irish tradition.
This holiday is also known as
Saint Patty’s day. Saint Pat-
rick’s Day has been celebrat-
ed for over a thousand years.
In Chicago the rivers are dyed
green. The actual color of
Saint Patrick is blue. There is
a contest in Chicago that an-
nounces the new Saint Pat-
rick’s Queen at a Parade. The
Inside this issue:
Bacon Cheeseburger Tacos 2
March Holidays 2
Irish Foods 3
Daylight Savings Time Songs 3
March Madness 3
Special points of interest:
ISAT Test Taking Tips
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Bacon Cheeseburger Taco Recipe
March Daily Holidays
Irish Foods
Daylight Savings Time Songs
March Madness
Br idge Jun io r H igh Jou r na l i sm C lub 5 th /6 th G r ade News
March 1, 2013
Volume 1, Issue 3
Editors
Mr. Ambrosio
Mrs. Schultz
March Edition
Holidays of the Month! (March)
25. Waffle Day
26. Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
27. National "Joe" Day (everyone
calls you Joe)
28. Something on a Stick Day
29. National Mom
30. National Doctor's Day
30. I am in Control Day
31. Easter Date varies
1. National Pig Day
1. Peanut Butter Lovers' Day
2. Old Stuff Day
3. I Want You to be Happy Day
3. National Anthem Day
4. Holy Experiment Day
5. Multiple Personality Day
6. Dentist's Day
6. National Frozen Food Day
7. National Crown Roast of Pork Day
8. International (Working) Women's
Day
9. Panic Day
10. Middle Name Pride Day
11. Johnny Appleseed Day
11. Worship of Tools Day -
12. Girl Scouts Day
12. Plant a Flower Day
13. Ear Muff Day
14. National Potato Chip Day
14. National Pi Day- Why today? Be-
cause today is 3.14, the value of Pi.
(Ms.Koeppel)
14. Popcorn Lover's Day second
Thursday
15. Everything You Think is Wrong
Day
15. Incredible Kid Day
15. Dumbstruck Day
16. Everything you do is Right Day
17. Submarine Day
17. Saint Patrick's Day
18. Supreme Sacrifice Day
19. Francheska Salacup’s birthday
20. International Earth Day
20. Proposal Day
21. Fragrance Day
22. National Goof Off Day
23. National Chip and Dip Day
24. National Chocolate Covered Rai-
sin Day
25. Pecan Day
Bacon Cheeseburger Tacos
Volume 1, Issue 3
1 pound lean (at least 80%) ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
1 package taco seasoning mix
2/3 cup water
1/2 cup Old El Paso® Cheese 'n Salsa dip
(from 15-oz jar)
1 box of hard and soft taco shells (
6 hard corn shells and 6 soft flour tortillas)
1 1/2 cups shredded lettuce
1 large tomato, seeded and chopped (1 cup)
6 slices bacon, crisply cooked, crumbled
1 In 10-inch nonstick skillet, cook beef and on-
ion over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stir-
ring frequently, until thoroughly cooked; drain.
Stir in taco seasoning mix and water. Reduce
heat to medium; cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring
frequently, until thickened. Stir in dip until well
mixed.
2 Heat taco shells and tortillas as directed on
box.
3 Fill heated taco shells and tortillas with warm
beef mixture, lettuce, tomato and bacon.
Jennifer Castaneda, 305
Hey! Do you want to try something exotic for once? How about tacos? Here
let me give you the recipe for delicious tacos
March Madness 75th Anniversary
Daylight Savings “Time” Songs
suet, bread, and oatmeal formed into a large sausage
shape.
Kayla Bassig, 202
Champ- Mashed potatoes and
chopped scallions (spring on-
ions) with butter and milk.
Coddle- Layers of roughly
sliced pork sausages bacon, usu-
ally thinly sliced, somewhat fat-
ty back bacon, with sliced pota-
toes, and onions.
Cottage Pie- Also known as
shepherd's pie, it is a meat pie
with a crust of mashed potato.
Farl- A tradi-
tional quick
bread or cake,
roughly trian-
gular in shape. White Pud-ding- Very simi-lar to black pud-ding, but con-taining no blood. Contains pork meat and fat,
On March 10, Daylight Saving
Time Begins. This is where we set
our clocks one hour ahead. So to
step away from all things Saint
Patrick’s Day, here are the top 5
time songs.
1. Pink Floyd -Time
2. The Rolling Stones -Time
Is On My Side
3. Chicago -Does Anybody
Really Know What Time It
Is?
4. The Chambers Brothers –
Time Has Come Today
5. Chicago -25 or 6 to 4
Eric Platt 306
Irish Foods
Cottage Pie—An Irish Favorite.
Volume 1, Issue 3
Check out March Madness, which was born
in Illinois. It begins Tuesday, March 19,
2013, and will end on Monday, April 8,
2013. Now is the time to cheer and support
your team, wherever they are from.
For more information, check out the official
NCAA March Madness website at http://
www.ncaa.com/march-madness.
Seventh/Eighth Grade News GENETIC CRITTERS!
7th Grade Science has been invaded by a new species of animal! These critters have been helping students
investigate how traits are inherited. Students flipped coins to determine the allele combinations their critter
had and determined the phenotype from each critter’s genotype.
Students had a great time constructing their critters. Students learned about patterns of inheritance like co-
dominance, incomplete dominance in addition to simple dominance. All of the “baby pictures” are displayed
in the hallway in the Jr. High.
Energy Transformations
8th Grade science has students investigating energy transformations. Students are ex-ploring how energy is transferred in our world. Students are challenged to construct their own investigations to explore how energy is generated and used. Students enjoyed making circuits, using computer simulations and constructing and exploring the proper-ties of a wet cell battery.
On Thursday, February 28th, the 7th and 8th graders travelled to Navy Pier and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater to see a professional production of Romeo and Juliet. Before seeing the play, the students studied a version and acted it out in class. In this picture, Romeo is sword fighting with Paris in the tomb of Juliet.
7/8 Grade Field Trip
BRIDGE ELEMENTARY LIBRARY GETS A FACELIFT
The Bridge Elementary Library received a facelift. Our new tables and chairs allow students more space to work and move more freely around the library. Pictured above is Ms. Baron’s room as they enjoyed being the first to use our new tables and chairs. When asked about the “new library”, some
students said: “It’s totally awesome!”
BRIDGE MUSIC NOTES
Another fun and exciting month of music making has come and gone here at Bridge, most of which was spent in our new music room. 114 has been turned into the new music classroom for the remainder of the school year and the students have had a great time breaking it in. The music room is complete with a brand new keyboard, STAR board, “Music Words” wall, new percussion instruments, visual aids for Solfege and instrument families, a wall of composers (often mistaken for presidents), and plenty of room for games and activities. This month, we have spent a great deal of time exploring various aspects of musical form. Students have been asked to identify patterns and label sections of music using letters (ABA etc). We have also learned a new note on the Solfege tree called “La”. Students can now begin to identify “Mi”, “So” and “La” in songs and have become very good at echoing phrases sung by the teacher that revolve around those three notes. We have also began to identify the difference between space notes and line notes in prepara-tion for having them read music on a musical staff . Students have applied their knowledge of those line notes and space notes, along with their ability to identify high notes vs. low notes, by notating “So-Mi” patterns on the board. In addition to all the new knowledge the students have gained this week, we have also had a ton of fun discussing rhymes while singing “Down by the bay” and exploring loud vs. quite through a class favorite game akin to “warmer/colder” called “Lucy Locket”. We have discussed rhythm with a story about Drummer Hoff and to top it all off, the students have also become expert In-strument Detectives! Until next time! All The Best, Mr. Glocke
Bridge Junior High School Music News
Bridge Junior High students attended the first –ever Chicago Public Schools Regional Dance
and Theatre Day at Schurz High School. Workshops included Urban Social Dance which in-
cluded musical influences from all over the globe, Introduction to Latin Dance, Acting for
Life: A Lesson in Improvisation, Introduction to Choreography, Introduction to Hip-Hop
Dance, and Stories Alive. Ryan Allibone stated, “All the workshops that I participated in
were wonderful! Everything that we did had everyone engaged and it was all a lot of fun. It
was nice to meet some new people and find out a little bit about them”. Ryan also found the
opportunity to spend the day at a high school interesting. Julian Martinez stated, “It was fun,
I got to learn new things at Schurz. I learned some dance moves that I might like to share
with other people”. Nicole Pelaez said, “I had so much fun at Schurz! It was like a fun
workout day! I met other eighth graders from Bridge and I also met some new friends. I
hope there will be more activities like these soon!”. Rafael Reza was impressed by the ad-
vanced level of choreography stating, “It was a really cool experience that was totally unex-
pected and way more fun than I had anticipated, the whole day was just too much fun”. Ra-
fael was glad to have the opportunity to spend a day in a high school prior to commencing to
his Freshman year, stating that Schurz was “so alive!”. All of the students expressed that
they hope for another opportunity like this one again soon. We sure are proud of our Bridge
students and all of their talents!
-Mr. Friend
Volleyball!
P.E. at the Junior High
Physical Education at Bridge!
Hello Bridge Community, Wel-come back to the Physical Edu-cation page here at Bridge Ele-mentary. A lot of new and excit-ing activities have been happen-ing in our P.E. classroom. We just got done with our Floor Hockey unit and now we are going to be moving on to the sport of Volleyball. Volleyball can be enjoyed by players of all ages and requires hand-eye coordination, endurance, and various locomotor skills. Rules, drills, formations, lead-up games, and game play will all be covered during our Volleyball unit this month. We are also saying good bye to our student teacher Ms. Senyk as she moves on to her secondary placement in New Zealand. She brought so many new and great ideas to our P.E. program that we can only wish her the best with her
future in education!
a big congratulations to the Boys 5 & 6th and 7 & 8th Basketball teams for finishing 7-1 respectively and qualifying for the O’Hare Network
Playoffs. Good luck Bulldogs!
Hello Bridge Community and welcome to Physical Education at the Junior High. This month we have explored a variety of sports and activities focusing a lot on floor hockey and volley-ball. The students were very excited to participate in both sports as they haven't had much experience but showed a lot of interest. At the beginning of March we will be losing Mr.
Magnini as he will be moving on to Marshall High School to complete his student teaching experience. During the month of March, P.E. at Bridge will consist of a variety of fitness games and activities focusing on cardiovascular endurance as well as some muscular strength
and endurance activities.
We would also like to send out
Students from Room 209 getting ready for Volleyball!
To the right we have our Athletes of the Month. In order
from 3rd-8th grade we have Mateusz Jaje, Maria Tantche-
va, Omar Santiago, Kelley Coneely, Joshua Kornatowski,
and Nicole Pelaez.
Athletes of the
Month!
Art-i-facts (elementary)
Finishing up our unit on India and the Middle East, Kindergarten students
learned how to draw Elephants, and then painted them with watercolors. We
practiced our color mixing skills to create the color gray (black + white).
1st and 2nd grade students also made artwork about Elephants! After learning
how Elephants are used in art as a symbol of strength, power, and good luck, stu-
dents drew detailed line drawings of Elephants and transferred the drawing onto a
piece of Styrofoam. Students traced into the Styrofoam with a dull pencil to make
a relief design. We rolled metallic ink over the Styrofoam, pressed a paper onto
the ink, and made prints! Students had to remember to think in reverse, as the ar-
eas we pushed down with the pencil were the parts that didn’t have ink on them.
Students used metallic markers to create cool line designs around the borders.
3rd/4th grade students are finishing Earth Day awareness posters and artwork in
response to Earth Day themes we discussed in class. Students have pledged 250+
pieces of artwork which will be donated to the World’s Largest Earth Day event
on April 21st. In coordination with other schools across Chicago, we will be
working together to collect 10,000 works of art for a Guinness World Record at-
tempt! You can track the progress of our goal and get up to date information by
going to: http://environmentalhalloffame.net/earth-day-2013-announcement/ and
looking up the school list. How exciting!
Art-i-facts (elementary)
Ruben and Bryan roll
ink onto the Styrofoam
plate with brayers.
Make sure you apply
the ink evenly! In a
pinch, you could use
tempera paint instead of
ink for printing.
The magic art of Printmaking! Students from room 208 help demonstrate:
Next, students carefully line up a piece of
paper over their plate. Using our hands or
a wooden spoon, students gently rubbed
over the paper. After a minute, we lifted
the paper off of the plate.
Like magic, we now
have a beautiful copy
of our plate! The best
part about printing, is
that you can make lots
of copies! Nice work
guys!
Special Spring Issue
LSC = Local School Council NCLB PAC = No Child Left Behind Parent Advisory Committee
PTA = Parent Teacher Association BAC = Bilingual Advisory Committee
LSC President:
Mrs. Lynda Jurewicz
Parent Representatives: Mr. Daniel Aviles
Mr. Jim Ignatowski
Mrs. Terri Ignatowski
Mrs. Rebecca Jamroz
Mrs. Susan Szajna
Community Representatives:
Mrs. Yvonne Majewski
Mrs. Pat Walenga
Teacher Representatives:
Mrs. Wioletta Chwal
Mrs. Kelly Naughton
Non-Teacher Representative:
Mrs. Maria Crespo
Administration:
Dr. Christopher Brake
PTA President:
Mrs. Susan Szajna
Vice-President:
Mrs. Terri Ignatowski
Secretary:
Mrs. Samantha Hinkle
Treasurer:
Mrs. Lynda Jurewicz
NCLB PAC
President:
Terri Ignatowski
Vice-President:
Dan Aviles
Secretary:
Yvonne Majewski
BAC President:
Mrs. Sylwia Krupinska
Vice-President: Mr. Jose Solis
Secretary:
Mrs. Sylwia Drewniak
Representative:
Mr. Garcia Marco
Alternate Representative: Mrs. Joanna Krupa
“Bridges to Success” Bridge Elementary School
3800 N. New England Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60634
773-534-3718
Bridge Jr. High School Branch
7001 W. Addison Street
Chicago, Illinois 60634
773-534-0940
Principal:
Dr. Christopher Brake
Assistant Principal:
Mrs. Joyce Giannini
I M P O R T A N T C P S D A T E S 2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 3 S C H O O L Y E A R
Holidays
Monday, May 27, 2013 - Memorial Day*
Vacations
Spring Vacation: March 25-29, 2013*
Summer Vacation: June 25 - September 3, 2013*
Report Card Pick-Up Parent-Teacher Conference Days
Third Quarter - Wednesday, April 17, 2013*
Report Card Distribution Days Fourth Quarter - Monday, June 24, 2013
Mid-Quarter Progress Report Distribution Days Third Quarter - Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Fourth Quarter - Wednesday, May 15, 2013
School Improvement Half-Days
Friday, April 12, 2013
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Important Note: Students will attend school for three and one-half hours on
School Improvement Half-Days and will receive breakfast and lunch.
5th-8th grade Jr. High students dismissed at 11:15
K-4th grade Elementary students dismissed at 11:30
Last day of school for students is Monday, June 24, 2013
This is a full school day for students
*Indicates days of non-attendance for students