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‘Soup’s On’ at Beach Haven School Outreach Program

February 19, 2025

The Beach Haven School’s sixth-grade Community Outreach team has implemented members’s leadership skills by promoting awareness and engaging the community about food insecurity. Principal/superintendent Ted Loeffler said they created a successful outreach project by collecting soup for the Saint Francis Food Pantry.

“The six-graders fostered community spirit and encouraged volunteerism by having each class set their own goals,” said Loeffler. “As a school, Beach Haven collected 208 cans of soup. Our sixth-graders brought the soup cans to St. Francis on Feb. 3.”

He said the collection is in its fifth year, while the community outreach committee was formed in 2018. Loeffler said past community outreach projects such as the Kiwanis Happy Feet sock collection drive and Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter collections have also succeeded.

“We ended this can collection with a friendly Crockpot Soup Competition amongst the staff members,” said Loeffler. “Staff members look forward to seeing who wins the 2nd annual ‘Golden Ladle’ Award.”

Winners in last year’s inaugural competition were teachers Melanie Buda and Makaela Gevaras along with instructional aide Sharon Dugan from the Pre-K program.

“Administration, teachers and other staff form teams to make healthy soups,” said Loeffler. “The winning team has the golden ladle displayed in their classroom or office space. We have volunteer judges from our staff and school community who come in on the day of the competition and rate the soups.”

—E.E.

This initiative was a collaborative effort by our Community Outreach Committee:

Mrs. Bresley

Ms. Holleran

Mrs. Wiehr

Mrs. Deakyne

Mr. Loeffler

As a small school, every child absent significantly impacts our school's chronic absenteeism rate because each child represents a more significant percentage of our population than other schools. The advantage our children get from having smaller class sizes can be negatively impacted by each absence they have. We aim to have students here in school as often as possible so they can benefit most from their education. Students who reach 18 or more absences in a single school year are considered chronically absent.

(Student Teambuilding Youth Leadership Experience) is a student youth leadership program where members are trained in leadership skills and are then asked to use them. Southern Regional High School students came to work with our Beach Haven students. The program is led by advisors, Marci Bleam and Eli Defranca.

Here are some resources to help support your child during homework. These are not designed to provide answers, but to help students who may struggle gain a better understanding through finding the explanation behind the answers when they get stuck or confused. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns. I can be reached at shenry@beachhavenschool.com.

If you are looking for free skill practice in any subject:

IXL- There are a ton of free mini lessons your kids can work on to improve their skills in any subject and in any grade. https://www.ixl.com/

Brainly is a homework helper site students can use to ask question(s) to a community of teachers and students. https://brainly.com/

Socratic provides homework help with most subjects. It gives visual explanations, video tutorials and detailed step by step guides to help students understand complex concepts. https://socratic.org/

Quizlet provides students with the tools they need to learn any skill. It has step by step solutions and flashcards to help students prepare for quizzes or assignments. https://quizlet.com/latest

WolframAlpha Provides students with step by step solutions and skill development for understanding simple and complex learning for all subjects. https://www.wolframalpha.com/

If you wish to have a student seen by our school counselor, please fill out this form. The responses to this form will be checked once a week. If you have something more urgent to inform the school about, please get in touch with the school's main office during business hours at 609-492-7411. (If your child is in crisis, please dial 988 for support and 911 for emergencies).

BH School Counselor Request Form

Here are some resources to help you understand and to support your child's speech/language development at home. (See the links below)

Speech and Language Milestones

Speech Therapy Practice at Home

Speech Sound Acquisition

If you have any questions, contact Beach Haven Schools Homeless Liason, Theodore Loeffler.

tloeffler@beachhavenschool.com

609-492-7411

• Make A Plan: Families may not be together if a disaster strikes, so it is important to create plans that outline how they will contact each other during an emergency.
• Build a Kit: Assemble emergency kits containing essential supplies like water, non-perishable food, first aid supplies, flashlights, batteries, and important documents. Ensure these kits are easily accessible and periodically updated.
• Ready Kids: Engage students in age-appropriate preparedness activities. Utilize FEMA’s “Ready Kids” resources to teach children about emergency planning.
• Pet Preparedness: Pets are important members of families too, so they need to be included when making a plan.

Heating/Energy Assistance- If you know someone who is having difficulty paying their energy bills this winter to stay warm, see the resource below to refer that person to for assistance.

Life on the Island is glorious. We also know that weather can pose risks here unlike other areas. In order to help keep your family prepared, here are some resources to consider.

Planning

Emergency Kits

Conversations with Family Members

Caring for Pets

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