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Liberty School Newsletter January 14, 2005 |
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School will be closed on Monday,
1/17 for Teachers’ In-Service! Board of Education Workshop Meeting January 24, 2005 7:30PM Middle School Regular Meeting February 14, 2005 7:30PM Middle School Kindergarten Registration Registration
for the 2004-2005 school year will be held on January 19, 2004. If your child will be 5 years of age on or
before October 1, 2005, please phone Mrs. Lanzarone at the school at
637-4115. Parents: Please Note! When reporting a child’s absence from school, please
remember to call 637-4790, extension 204. Help
Wanted The Great Meadows Regional
School District has substitute school nurse positions available. Please stop in to the Board Office and
see Ellen Weiss or you can call 908-637-6576. Mug & Muffin
Thank You! We wish to thank the school community for your generosity
to NORWESCAP this holiday season during our food drive! Our school received and donated 298
pounds of assorted food! Liberty Township News Christmas Tree Drop-Off Liberty Township residents can bring their Christmas trees
to the Road Department yard (located next to the Municipal Building). Trees will be accepted during the month of
January. For more information, call
637-4579. 2005 Dog License Renewals Spayed or
Neutered - $5.20 Non-Spayed/Non-Neutered-$8.20 Dog license renewals for 2005 are due by January 31st. As of February 1st you will be
considered delinquent and subject to a late fee. Licenses can be obtained at the Liberty Township Municipal
Office, 349 Mountain Lake Road, Great Meadows, Monday through Friday, 8:00AM
to 4:00PM. The office will be open on
Tuesday, January 25th until 6:00PM for your convenience. You must bring proof of rabies inoculation
valid through November 2005 to obtain a license. Questions, call 637-4579. Liberty
Sports Information T-ball, baseball and softball
registrations are being held on January 18, 19 and 26 at Liberty Elementary
School, 6:00PM to 7:30PM. Registration fee is $35.00, plus any
additional uniform charges. Help Needed - The LTRC needs a
Soccer Commissioner. This can be done by one person, or a group of
individuals. This is an important volunteer position, and if no
one steps up for this, Liberty is at risk of discontinuing our soccer
program. If you have any questions on any
of the above, contact Bob Pezzato at 637-4750. Education Foundation Awards First-Ever Round of Grants – Thanks
to the support and generosity of parents, community members and local
businesses, The Board of Trustees of the Great Meadows Regional Education
Foundation have awarded their first round of grants to teachers in the
district, totaling $2,400. Since August of 2003, the trustees of the
education foundation have met monthly to set the groundwork for the
organization and plan programs to provide opportunities for contributions to
be made to the foundation for the benefit of the students. Setting the groundwork required the
assistance of an accountant. Mr. Joe
Calderone, of Calderone and Associates, volunteered his services to take on
this time-consuming and very important first step. What followed was months of planning different events and
programs designed to raise the funds that would be distributed to the
teachers. One fundraising program
that has been put into effect twice and is currently running, is the Teacher
Tribute Program. Parents were invited
to show their appreciation to any teacher, administrator or staff member who
they feel has had a positive affect on the educational life of their child by
making a contribution to the foundation.
Parents responded and contributed generously. Bank
of America, newly established in Hackettstown, sent their branch manager,
Christina Elrod, to present the foundation with a $1,000 contribution. Chill Out, the new ice skating rink
on Stiger Street in Hackettstown, has generously shared profits from “skate
nights” that invited all students in the district to attend. |
School
Election The Annual School Election will
be held on Tuesday, April 19, 2005. 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 Central School, 281 Route 46, Great Meadows,
NJ 07838, phone- 908-637-8672. Petitions must be filed by 4 PM on Monday,
February 28, 2005. Candidates filing a nominating
petition for board membership must meet the following qualifications: •
He/She is a citizen of the United States of America •
He/She must be at least 18 (eighteen) years of age •
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 R.S.
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 Independence Township, there
are two (2) seats open for a full three (3) year term. For Liberty Township, there is one (1)
seat open for a full three (3) year term. To vote in the upcoming school
election, a resident must be registered to vote by March 21, 2005. Voter
registration forms can be obtained on the Great Meadows Regional School
District district website, from the Independence or Liberty Township
Municipal Clerk, the Election Board in Belvidere, or from the NJ State Income
Tax Booklet mailed to your home. PTO News Due to inclement weather, the January PTO meeting has been
rescheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 18th from 7:00-8:30PM. Please be sure to
return your blue cut-off voter form with your preference for meeting times as
soon as possible. Market Day online orders should be placed by noon on Jan.
18th, and pick-up is Jan. 24th, from 5-6 pm at the Middle School. Thank you to all the volunteers who made December's Teacher
Appreciation Day so special! The teachers/staff at Liberty enjoyed
"Soup To Warm Your Hearts" for lunch. Congratulations to Mrs.
Ciniewicz, who was the lucky winner of the drawing for two beautiful
"Southern Living At Home" holiday books donated by Jill
Skerlak. Thank you Jill! Exciting news! Liberty Elementary School
will soon have it's own yearbook! We will be discussing details at
the upcoming PTO meeting, and are currently looking for volunteers to chair
and participate on the committee. If you are interested, please
e-mail Connie Collier at concoll@comcast.net, or call 475-1997. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Anita Horn will no longer
be able to perform in the capacity of PTO Secretary, and we are
currently looking for a volunteer to replace her. If you are
interested, please contact either Lisa Siebens at 637-8417 or Connie Collier
at 475-1997. Nominations are being accepted until Monday, January
17th, with voting taking place at the Tuesday, January 18th PTO
meeting.
Education
Foundation Awards (Cont’d.) When
sufficient funds were collected, the education foundation invited the
teachers to submit grant applications.
Of the thirteen programs submitted, four were chosen for funding. The qualities that the four chosen grants
shared were that they were linked to the curriculum, they were new and
creative, and they had an ability to benefit a large number of students over
a long period of time. The new
programs will add a Book Reading Club as an optional lunch-time activity for
seventh graders, add pedometers to the equipment offered by the Physical
Education department to enhance the Walk Across America Program, add a
teleprompter to the Performing Arts and Audio Visual Departments to enhance
students’ presentation skills, and supply the After School Program with some
basic equipment to initiate their activities. If you would like to contribute to the education foundation during
this holiday season, you can pick up a teacher tribute flyer at the main
office of any school. Your
contribution will also allow you to honor your child’s teacher, thereby
offering the contributor a two-fold opportunity of giving. You can contact the Great Meadows Regional
Education Foundation by calling Ellen Weisentein at 637-4820. Governor
McGreevey’s Book Club The Governor’s selections are: Kindergarten: Five Little Penguins Slipping on the
Ice by Steve Metzger 1st Grade: What Do You Know? Snow! by Cheryl Willis Hudson 2nd Grade: Horrible Harry and the Holidaze by
Suzy Kline 3rd Grade: Robert and the Instant Millionaire Show
by Barbara Seuling |
Budget 101
Wednesday,
January 26, 2004 7:00 - 9:00 PM Great
Meadows Middle School Media Center You are invited to attend an
informal workshop given by Christina Sharkey, Great Meadows Regional Business
Administrator. The workshop is for anyone interested in gaining a greater
understanding of the mechanics of school budgets. The goal of the
presentation is to give parents and residents a better understanding of the
how, what and why of school budgets. All are welcome to attend. School Closings/ Delayed Openings/ Early Release
Liberty Cub Pack 138 Pinewood Derby Race Sat.,
Jan. 29th 8:00AM--Guests welcome to come and cheer the racers on. Telephone Book Recycling March
1st-April 15th. Look for more information in Feb. All 1st-5th grade boys
interested in joining Scouts, please contact Lynne Rutkoski 637-8758 for
information. Fun…Fun…Fun Basketball
Foul Shooting Competition The Knights of Columbus is
sponsoring a Basketball Free Throw Competition on January 15, 2005 at 2:30PM
in the Central School Gym, Route 46, Great Meadows. Boys & girls ages 10-14 will compete in their own age groups. The winner (boy and girl) in each age
group will move on to the district level competition. There is no cost for the competition, but
a parent or guardian needs to sign the entry form, which will be completed
the day of the competition. Each
competitor will shoot 15 foul shots for score. Snow date will be January 22, 2005. For additional information or questions, call Jim Knittle at
850-4875. Friends
of Fencing Garage & Bake Sale Garage
& Bake Sale January
29, 2005 10:00AM
– 1:00PM Hackettstown
High School Cafeteria Warren
Street, Hackettstown Proceeds
to Benefit the Fencing Teams Donations are welcome. To donate, please contact Cindy at
637-6171. 8th
Grade Tricky Tray Mark your calendars for February
12, 2005 (snow date 2/26) for the 8th Grade Tricky Tray
to be held at the Great Meadows Middle School. Doors open at 6:00PM.
Light refreshments will be available.
All proceeds go directly to the Washington, DC trip. We are looking for donations from local
families and businesses. If you are
able to donate, please call Nancy Wylie at 637-8040 or Desiree Cougle at
852-2082. Donations must be received
by February 1, 2005. Tickets will be
available at GMMS starting January 3, 2005 or you can call Nancy or
Desiree. $10 admission includes one
sheet of tickets. Get your tickets
early – past events have sold out quickly!
See you there! Important
Dates 1/17 – School Closed – Teachers’
In-Service 1/19 – Kindergarten Registration 1/24 – Board of Education
Workshop Meeting – GMMS – 7:30PM 1/24 – End of 2nd
Marking Period 1/24 – Market Day Pick-Up – GMMS
– 5-6PM 1/25 – NJASK & GEPA
Information Workshop – GMMS – 7:00PM for Parents of 3rd, 4th
& 8th Grade Students 1/27 & 1/28 – Middle School
Musical Production – GMMS – 7:00PM 2/1 – Report Cards 2/2 – Mug & Muffin – 6:30PM 2/14 – Board of Education
Meeting – GMMS – 7:30PM |
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