Swift - Slaybaugh Complex

Dear Parents/Guardians,

It is hard to believe that I am writing this to you with only one full week of school remaining for the 22-23 school year. It was a very exciting week at school, as we had the Boosterthon going in full force all five days, with the culminating "Fun Run" on Friday. This year we did things a little bit differently due to the impending threat of poor air quality. Each class had the opportunity to participate in a "Glow Run" that took place in the gym. The event was still a blast and the air conditioning didn't hurt for our runners either ; ) Our students and their loved ones raised a staggering $38,000!!! This is unbelievable and our Renaissance Program and Parents' Club are so excited to be able to put these funds back into experiences for our students. Thank you so much to everyone who participated and donated. It was truly a success. I hope everyone has a great weekend and enjoys the now cleared skies!

Sincerely,

Rachel Casumpang

Principal

Mrs. Biel and Mrs. Frost's second grade class had "Camp End of the Year" in their classroom this week. They did all things camp related. Students even made their own camp fires (STEM Lesson). They did camp themed centers and read camp themed stories, and even did camp themed math!

Mrs. Stuhltrager's first grade class did a "kindness day" and students were able to pick any adult in the building they would like to share a kind note with. They delivered them on Friday!

Mr. Rodney Velardi, Supervisor of Science for the district, joined Mrs. Del Prete, Ms. Kim, and Ms. B's class to see what being a second grader is like at Slaybaugh Elementary! Below is a picture of William and "Mr. Rodney" building a bug out of Legos during a STEM center.

On June 7th Mrs. Biel and Mrs. Frost's students celebrated Mrs. Biel's birthday along with the summer birthdays of the students in their class. They took a "how well do you know your teacher?" quiz and got to snack on all of Mrs. Biel's allergy-safe snacks.

Miss Bates' Third Grade Class had an "unbirthday celebration" to celebrate everyone's birthdays, even the summer ones!

Mr. Nale and Ms. Sheridan's class are getting ready for Father's Day for their loved ones!

Mr. Nale and Ms. Sheridan's class made jellyfish windsocks that remind us to go with the flow!

Students are preparing for summer reading with the Swift-Slaybaugh School Libraries' Summer Book Swap. It was a great success!

Mr. Dunkelberger, Mrs. Ebert, Ms. Collins, and Mrs. McCreesh's students were excited to read books to the visiting Pre-K classes! We enjoyed a morning of reading, drawing pictures about our visit, and making new friends!

Mrs. Speigel's class had so much fun at the Fun Run on Friday!

Mrs. Huba's class got to participate in "pie face" and a dance party as part of the Boosterthon activities this week!

Here is some of the fun we had in Mr. Dunkelberger's class during our Boosterthon. We got to pie "Mac Attack." We had a Booster Dance Party during recess and nd we made our team flag with thumbprints and markers!

"Mac Attack" helped Mrs. Lee’s kindergarten class decorate their flag for the Boosterthon Fun Run!

Mrs. Ebert's Kindergarten class won the Wednesday Night Boosterthon challenge and earned some extra fun duct taping Mac to a chair with Kat helping out. Thank you to our families who helped the class meet their donation challenge!

Swift School students learned all about the fun activities, books, and programs the Atlantic County Library has to offer when Miss Ashley Rahn visited Swift School Library. Mrs. DeNaples and Miss Rahn talked about the recommended reading, getting a library card, and participating in a variety of programs for free in order to avoid the summer slide.

As a final project of our Education Foundation Grant, Mrs. Efstatos' Class and Mrs. Russnak's & Mrs. Sullivan's class hosted outdoor environmental lessons for all of our Slaybaugh's third graders. The focus was on "Slaybaugh's Teaching Gardens," highlighting our three garden areas around the Elementary building. The gardens, (AtlantiCare Healthy Garden, Monarch Waystation, and Pollinator Rain Garden) were created and maintained to support our educational efforts in teaching sustainability. It is our hope to teach other students and staff the purpose of each garden, and how they will benefit our environment.

Each third-grade class attended six 15-minute stations, including vendors from the Atlantic County Utilities Authority, Cape Atlantic Soil Conservation, DEP's Watershed Ambassador, and AtlantiCare. Stations focused on Recycling, Composting, Soil Types in our Area, Pollution in our Waterways, Plastic Pollution, Water Conservation, Planting Seeds for Healthy Gardens, Rain Gardens, Native Pollinators and Plants, and Bees. It was a fun way to learn about our environment.

Mrs. Russnak has started implementing the school's AtlantiCare Healthy Schools grant! Painting of the blacktop is underway and the children are already enjoying the games and activities! We can't wait until it is completed!

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This week Miss Kelly, our AtlantiCare School Health Specialist, partnered with Mrs. Efstatos' class to hold a station at the AtlantiCare sponsored edible garden during the 3rd Grade Green Festival. All of the 3rd graders stopped by to plant their own vegetable seeds for a healthy backyard garden and take a tour of the school garden.

Over the past 2 weeks students participated in "Inside Out" lessons on emotions with our School Health Specialist, Miss Kelly. Our 1st-3rd grade students were challenged to write a message of courage or hope on a hand cut out and post it around the bulletin board to bring joy to their friends!

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