Nathan Hale Weekly Newsletter

Monday, May 20 - Friday, May 24, 2024

Hello everyone!

While we are not totally done (we still have makeups), THANK YOU for helping us complete the large bulk of NJSLA testing last week!! You were all so flexible with preps and schedules, assisting everywhere needed!

As we move into our last week before Memorial Day next weekend, please be sure to included lessons for your students about this important day and the meaning behind it. In line with that, we are hosting a district wide Denim Day on Thursday for staff and students. Kyle Hansen, of Project MOVES, will be on Thursday for an assembly for our older grades (time is TBD - he should be confirming with us tomorrow). He will be speaking about where our donations will be going and a bit about Memorial Day. We are exciting to participate in this fundraiser. We were also contact by Gloria Lisicki and have been asked if we would like to participate in the Carteret Memorial Day parade again. If you would like to walk in the parade on behalf of our school, please reach out ASAP! We will also be inviting students and their families to march again.

While we typically reserve the thank yous for the section below, we have a very special someone on the third floor who was a magical 'behind the scenes' worker last week. This person voluntarily assisted with putting together our brand new easels on her own time. Helene Andrejcisk is a quiet force behind so much meaningful movement in our building. She put together SO many boards up on the third floor to make sure that staff had them ready to use almost immediately. Not only did that help out our teachers, but it also helped Steve and Jim, who put the rest together very quickly so they could complete their other tasks. Thank you all for pitching in to help out. Thank you for being so proactive and helpful. You truly make a difference! Tenured staff, in the next few weeks, we will be asking you to schedule a time to meet with us to review your summative evaluations, please pick a time when you are available and that works for you. Wishing you all a wonderful week! See you in the morning. Please check back for updates and reach out with any information that should be added!

Erika & Rosaura

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Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin will be in the building for filming of the Summer Meal Program on Tuesday. Please click his picture for more information about him.

NJSLA Makeups

Makeups will take place until all students have completed testing, please continue to be quiet in the hallways while our students work diligently to complete assessments.

This Week

5/20 - CCC NHS Mini Walk (Weather Permitting)

5/21 - Sunshine Breakfast!

5/21 - Summer Meal Video filming with Assembly Speaker Coughlin

5/22 - PLCs meet (plan to review iReady)

5/22 - AFLAC will be in the faculty room 11-1:30

5/23 - Patriotic Dress Down Day

5/24 - Early Dismissal Day

As we enter the home stretch, remember … your work really matters.

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Asian & Pacific American Heritage Month

Paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's history and are instrumental in its future success.

asianpacificheritage.gov

Important Announcement!

Adding Personal Goals into Frontline

As we end our 2nd year using MLP, it was brought to our attention that your personal goal from last year is still showing on any submitted PD forms. You will need to enter your personal goal for 23-24.

This is something that will be need to be done annually.

Here is a step-by-step process on how to add your personal goal:

Log into MLP (If you are currently logged in, you would need to log out and log back in)
Click on “My Info” on the left navigation menu
Click on “My Information”
Click on “My Personal Goals”
Click on your goal from last year (it will be blue)
Click on “No” for Active
Click on “Save”
Repeat steps 2, 3, & 4
Click on the blue box “Add New Goal”
Fill in the 3 boxes

“Personal Goal Title”
“Personal Goal Details”

You can enter “See Professional Development Plan”

“Rationale/Sources of Evidence

You can enter “See Professional Development Plan”

Please be sure you click “Yes” for Active
Click “Save”

Reach out to Dr. M. Jones with any questions!

Birthdays

5/3 - Andrea Pinckney

5/6- Sophia Coombs

5/11- Rosaura Valarezo

5/18- Yarismary Gonzalez

5/25- Selma Massella

5/25- Arlene Hansen

5/25- Marilyn Oakes

Thank you!

Thank you to our PTO for an unforgettable Mother's Day Par-tea! The event was absolutely gorgeous and everyone had a wonderful time. We've never seen the multipurpose room look that good! We will share photos soon!
Thanks Alyssa Dalina for being our school test coordinator - she continues her work this week with makeups, but we are so proud and very grateful for the excellent job she's been doing!
Thanks to Raiza, who seemed to always be volunteering to assist and help out during testing, as she was learning the ropes for the first time. Your assistance was extremely helpful!
Thank you Steve and Jim for their help with moving, and helping set up easels so teachers had them for immediate use! Also again, thank you Helene!!
Thank you to our aftercare staff for fixinging markings on the whiteboard - those beautiful designs brighten everyone's days! We also appreciate your flexibility so that we could host out Mother's Day Tea! Thank you!!

Coming up..

5/27- Memorial Day - No School - Memorial Day Parade!

5/29 - Math Retention w/ Dr. Paul - Coaching on the 2nd strategy

5/30 - Math Retention w/ Dr. Paul - PD on the 3rd strategy. The cohort will be broken into two groups AM & PM

6/11 - Coaching on the 3rd strategy

6/19 - Staff End of Year Party at Big Shots!