4-20-2018

Matthew Turek received his IEA New Teacher of the Year Award yesterday at a nice ceremony at the O'Hare Hyatt Regency.  We are very proud of his accomplishments.

Red, White and Beautiful was a great success.  Thanks to everyone for the hard work you put into highlighting student work.  Special thanks to Mrs. LaMantia, Mr. Turek, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Burkholder, Mrs. Tepe, Mrs. Fiorini, Mrs. Vidic, and Mrs. Wright.

Memo or power point for meetings?
https://work.qz.com/1256645/for-meetings-amazon-makes-its-employees-write-anonymous-six-page-stories-instead-of-powerpoints-or-slides/

Thanks to Jessica for giving her newspaper club students the opportunity to Skype with a real newspaper reporter.  What a great experience for these students.  

Thanks to Lauren and Jessica as they put on the NJHS movie night tonight with The Greatest Showman.

Mrs. Peterson always upping the bulletin board game!


Good Luck to Colleen and Alex as they take students to student council convention this weekend.

Are Iphones bad for kids?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/books/review/are-iphones-bad-for-kids.html

Congrats to Courtney, Bill and Abby for successfully hosting the track meet last night.  A break in the weather is just what we needed.  Thanks to Dan Baker and any other staff that ended up helping to work the meet.

Good luck to Matt and Corey in the home soccer game tonight.



Thanks to Michelle for completing all of the PARCC make-ups tests.


Thanks to Namita for the wonderful job she is doing so far with our success track program.

Some days it just flows and I feel like I’m born to do this, other days it feels like I’m trudging through hell. Every day I make the choice to show up and see what I’ve got, and to try and be better. My advice: keep showing up.
Des Linden Womens Boston Marathon Winner 2018