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Board
of Education Workshop Meeting
February 13, 2006 - 7:30 PM Regular Meeting February 27, 2006 - 7:30 PM The reason for the building change is that the BOE members will
be providing a tour of the school buildings for all those in attendance. GMRSD Parent Workshop Dates February 7, 2006 -
6:30 PM GEPA/NJASK Parent
Workshop Middle School
Dining Hall February 16, 2006 -
6:30 PM Homework Skills and
the Independent Child Parent Workshop Middle School Dining Hall Don’t forget to
order your
2006 Please come to the office
for an order form. CALLING
ALL NEW KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS!”
Kindergarten Registration Registration for the 2006-2007 school year
will be held February 22nd and 23rd.
If your child will be 5 years of age on or before October 1, 2006
please phone the school for an information/registration packet. By phoning early, you will help us
determine possible class size. We will send a kindergarten registration
packet to you as soon as we hear from you. Phone 637-4351 and ask for Mrs.
Walker. |
Ext. 201 Here are a few reminders from our BOOST teacher
Mrs. Miller, on how to make your read aloud time with your child most
effective. First, the book should be
above your child’s reading level. It should be something he/she cannot read
by himself / herself. Second, while
reading to your child, stop periodically and discuss what you have read. Pose questions. Use a mix of questions. Some types of questions are: literal – questioning what the author has
stated, cause and effect – questioning what caused something to happen or
visa versa, sequencing - questioning what happened in a specific order,
inference- questioning what is the author hinting at from the clues given,
and main idea. Also, always foster
higher level thinking with your questioning – evaluate, imagine, judge, and
stop often and have your child predict what he or she thinks will happen
next. Every time you read aloud
to your child you are modeling fluency, developing comprehension skills that
can be applied to your child’s independent reading, and developing a love of
reading and learning. You are an
important person in your child’s education.
State Testing Date Reminders GEPA TESTING March 13th thru March 16th 8th GRADE STUDENTS NJASK TESTING March 20th thru March 24th 3rd and 4th GRADE STUDENTS NJPASS TESTING April 4th thru April 6th 5th, 6th and 7th GRADE
STUDENTS TRICKY TRAY The 8th grade will be having its Tricky Tray fundraiser on Saturday, March 25, 2006 (snow date April1) at GMMS. Doors open at 6:00 PM and drawings begin at 7:30 PM. Refreshments will be available for purchase. Tickets will be sold at the door on a first come, first served basis and are $10.00 (this includes one sheet of tickets). If you would like to donate a basket for this
event, kindly call June Hill 637-4665, Ellen Parisi 637-6192, or Michele Bohm
637-6964. If anyone has empty baskets that are no longer needed, we can
use those as well. As always, thanks for your support. |
SCHOOL
ELECTION
The annual school election will be held on Tuesday,
April 18, 2006. Any registered
voter interested in being a candidate for the school board can obtain
nominating petitions from the board office located in the basement of Candidates filing a nominating petition for
board membership must meet the following qualifications: ·
He/She is a citizen of the ·
He/She must be at least 18 years of age to qualify for office ·
He/She must be able to read and write ·
He/She has been a resident of the municipality from which he/she is
to be elected for at least one year preceding the date of the election ·
He/She is not disqualified as a voter pursuant to N.J.S.A.
19:4-1 ·
He/She is a registered voter in the district No board of education member shall be
directly or indirectly involved in any contract with, or claim against the
board. For To vote in the upcoming school election, a
resident must be registered to vote by March 20, 2006. Voter Registration forms can be
obtained from the
Calendar
Change Due to our December 9, 2005 Snow Day school
closing; Central School will now be open on Friday, February
17, 2006. PTO
Assembly February
13, 2006 In
recognition of President Lincoln’s Birthday, a © © Valentine Candy Grams © © Orders for Valentine Candy Grams are due February 3rd. They are 50 cents each. Every child in the school will receive a bag with their name on it, with their candy grams inside. Please contact Sue McGrath at 908-637-0020 with any questions. Spelling Bee Great Meadows spellers again proved that they can perform
orthographic feats with the best of them.
On January 20, the annual district bee was a suspenseful event worthy
of the movie “Spellbound.” In the final round,
contestants carefully considered their responses by asking for definitions,
sentences and even languages of origin before attempting to spell their
words. The regional spelling bee will
be at All the students that represented
their homerooms and language arts classes in the district can all consider
yourselves w-i-n-n-e-r-s: |
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