September 27, 2024
District Newsletter
📷: Kim Wildt
Message from the Superintendent
I hope you are doing well! We are off to an excellent start for this school year. One of our all of the time goals is to build a strong and supportive environment at each of our schools. One way to help achieve this critical goal is to celebrate our school system and recognize our students and staff. That means we need to share good news about our schools, and we will continue to do that this year through our always-popular weekly newsletter. I encourage everyone to read our newsletter because each edition contains exciting news from our schools. It's a wonderful way to stay informed and engaged with the Wayne Township Public Schools. Thanks to the many contributors who make our weekly newsletter possible.
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Thank you for your continued support. Together, let's make this a fantastic school year!
Warm regards,
Mark Toback, Ed.D.
IMPORTANT DISTRICT DATES:
Thursday, October 3 & Friday, October 4: Schools Closed in Observance of Rosh Hashannah
Thursday, October 10: BOE Meeting @ 50 Nellis Drive
Tuesday, November 5: Students Off (Election Day) - Full Staff Inservice Day
Review the District Calendar and add no-school and other important dates to your personal calendar!
SCHOOL EVENTS - Please join us and support our schools!
October: One Town - One Heart -🏈 Wayne Hills vs Wayne Valley @ Wayne Hills HS 10/5/24 6:00pm - Orange Out Night in memory of Rocco Sivolella *tickets will only be available online, see links below
December: TREP$ Marketplace @ George Washington MS 6:30pm - 8:00pm
😜 Newsletter Riddle: How does a camera smile? *answer at bottom
Wayne Hills Photo students won the Wayne Lifestyle Picture contest 📸
Wayne Hills Photo students won the Wayne Lifestyle Picture contest. One student had her image appear on the cover of the August issue and several other students had their work published in the magazine.
Additional Winning Shots: Alejandro Gomez and Victoria Kraigel
City Scene Contributions: Collin Russ, Eva Robles
Cover Image 📷: Madison Schoeneich
📷: Alejandro Gomez
📷: Alejandro Gomez
📷: Victoria Kraigel
📷: Collin Russ, Eva Robles
Pines Lake Rainbow Lab 🌈
The Pines Lake 5th graders had an amazing experience mixing colors to create the colors of the rainbow. They began working with the primary colors red, yellow and blue. They learned how to carefully measure the mixtures into graduated cylinders using the metric system. As they added precise measurements they blended the colors. At the end of the investigation they had 6 graduated cylinders that lined up all of the colors of the rainbow! With excitement students were exclaiming ROYGBIV!!!They also learned the importance of lab safety and loved the new privilege of wearing lab coats, goggles and gloves! All in all the 5th grade students learned the importance of listening carefully to directions, teamwork, and being precise with measuring in millimeters!!! Who knew science could be so much fun!!!!
Schuyler Colfax 7th Grade Book Cafe☕
Last week, students in Mrs. Bruce and Mrs. Burton’s 7th grade ELA classes participated in a book tasting. Students explored different genres helping them discover their reading preferences and books of interest.
Wayne Hills High School First Pep Rally 📣
Wayne Hills High School had their first ever pep rally on September 5th! A great time was had by all!
Theunis Dey SummerReads Students 📚
Third, fourth and fifth grade Theunis Dey students had the opportunity to strengthen their literacy skills over the summer by reading SummerReads nonfiction texts published by the Text Project. Seven, summer-specific nonfiction books for each grade level were available in Google Classrooms to provide easy access to engaging texts. Theunis Dey Reading Specialist, Liz Sponenburg, created this program in response to families’ requests for additional summer work to boost children’s literacy skills. 24 Theunis Dey students met the challenge of reading, answering comprehension questions, and submitting their work in September!
#Luckyprincipal#onejfk#beststudentsever 🌟
"Sticky stuff all over the bars at recess. Luckily, we have the best kids at JFK who offered to help me clean it up!! Teamwork at its finest! 😍"
The Gathering Spot
This past year, we learned through experience that parental involvement programs that create opportunities for parents to understand how they can best support their child’s academic and social growth are especially beneficial. The Gathering Spot is a successful new parent program that started at the Preakness Early Childhood Center during the 2023-2024 school year. Now that we can see how beneficial the program can be, we are expanding the program into other schools and grade levels for the 2024-2025 school year.
The goal is to build an inclusive parent outreach program to provide a safe and comfortable space for parents to come together with community peers and families in a fun, informative, and engaging manner. Click here or scan the QR code to take the survey.
Capturing memories, one square at a time.
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Around the District
Some first day of school memories!
😜 Newsletter Riddle Answer: It says cheese and clicks! 😆
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