Washington Weekly

January Events

Week of Jan. 23

ASE classes begin

Calligraphy lessons

Monday, Jan. 23

Den Rally

Monday, Jan. 30

Delayed Opening for students, Professional Development Growth Day for Staff

February Events

Black History Month

Tuesday, Feb. 14

General Music Concert (see details below)

Feb. 13 - Feb. 17

Random Acts of Kindness Week

Friday, Feb. 17

Random Acts of Kindness Day

Monday, Feb. 20 - Friday, Feb. 24

Schools closed, Winter Recess

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Happy New Year!

Our annual Washington School General Music Concert will be here before we know it and we want to make sure you have the date on your calendars and the information you need.

This year’s concert will be held on Tuesday, February 14th, with an inclement weather date of Thursday, February 16th. Here is some important information regarding this special event:

• We will be having two complete performances of the concert in our Washington School gym.

• All students will perform at both concerts.

• To ensure there is enough room for all attending, we ask that you please attend the assigned time below that corresponds with your child’s pack.

• Please plan on staying for the entire performance during your designated time.

The following assignments are:

• Parents of students in Packs W O V 9:00AM

• Parents of students in Packs L E S 10:30AM

Students are asked to “dress for success” for this concert. Examples include, but are not limited to: dresses, skirts, button down shirts, blouses, suits, ties, etc. (please, no t-shirts, jeans or worn out sneakers). If needed, your child may bring an extra set of clothes to change into once the concerts are complete.

We look forward to this musical event.

Please feel free to reach out to Ms. Koch with any questions at aileen.koch@millburn.org.

Sincerely,

Peter Mercurio, Principal

Kerry Emmanouilidis, Instructional Supervisor

Aileen Koch, General Music Teacher

Students:

• Please remind your children to check our Job Board as new jobs are listed. Currently, we are seeking Science Bin Coordinators. Promoters of Positivity and Morning Announcers.

• We ask that all visitors/volunteers bring their Driver's License as we have a check-in system in the vestibule that requires it for identification purposes.
• During morning and afternoon drop off, do not enter the staff parking lot. Students should be dropped off and picked up on Spring Street unless they are taking the bus or walking.
• Students arriving late to school need to be signed in by their parent/guardian so please accompany them into the school.
• For safety reasons, we are trying to minimize the number of people entering and exiting our school. Please remind your children to bring all their materials for school including snack, lunch, instruments and laptops.

We have recently begun a new initiative at Washington School, creating a Student Lighthouse Team. Mrs. Loew has visited each classroom to show them this video which explains the role of a Student Lighthouse Team in a school. Our Student Lighthouse Team will have 3 committees, which are described below. These committees will be responsible for brainstorming projects they can take on to help make Washington School the best it can be. Each student may apply for only 1 committee. Job applications will be accepted through Friday, December 15th, with students being selected during the of December 18th, and the committees launching in January. Committees will meet one day per week during the lunch and recess portion of their day.

ACADEMIC COMMITTEE

Topics to be considered: Schoolwide goal, motivated students during personal goals, how we teach/learn Leader in Me

Candidate qualities: goal setter, loves learning about leader in me

CULTURE COMMITTEE

Topics to be considered: How do we create a positive physical environment, how do we create a positive emotional environment

Candidate qualities: creative, problem solver

LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE

Topics to be considered: Look for new leadership opportunities and jobs for students, Leadership Day

Candidate qualities: planner, detail-oriented

Kerry Emmanouilidis, Instructional Supervisor

Website: https://was.millburn.org/
Location: 70 Spring Street, Millburn, NJ, USA
Phone: (973) 218-7500
Twitter: @Washington_NJ