ESL Summer Camp: Week 1 Highlights

Our first through eighth graders had a wonderful first week of ESL Summer Camp! We had GREAT attendance this week- thank you so much for your support at home! Also, thank you to our wonderful staff members facilitating this program: Mrs. Kuster, Mrs. Shoemaker, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Kunz, Ms. Whalen, Mrs. Carlucci, Mrs. Martinelli, Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Thompson, Ms. Gorka, Mrs. Strunk, Mrs. Azofeifa-Urena, Mrs. Deneka, & Mrs. Moncada.

On Tuesday, we had a visit from the Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad. These amazing community helpers described their jobs, situations when it is important to call 9-1-1, and even showed us the inside of an ambulance! Students asked great questions and learned so much.

We can't wait to welcome your student back to camp on Monday morning! Have a wonderful weekend!

~ Ms. Rowe

- There is NO camp on Fridays. Our program runs Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays only. We will see your student again on Monday!

- We have two walking field trips scheduled for the upcoming week! On Tuesday, we plan to visit the Flemington Post Office, and on Wednesday, we plan to visit the Historic Hunterdon County Courthouse. Please be sure to either fill out the permission slip on the brightly colored paper sent home OR this Google Form to let us know if you grant permission for your student to take part in these off-campus events. Thank you!

- If your student is going to be absent from camp, please complete this Google Form so we know not to expect them.

- If there is any changes to your student's dismissal procedure or you have any general questions, concerns, or information that you'd like to share, please contact Ms. Kari Rowe (kari.rowe@frsd.us).

- All students gathered in the cafeteria for our first All School Meeting! Ms. Rowe explained that at ESL Summer Camp, we are a camp family or a "campily!" She introduced our three camp rules to students: be safe, be responsible, be respectful. Mrs. Moncada, our fabulous school counselor, explained her role at our camp and how she can help support students.

- Therapy dogs visited our second grade, third grade, and fifth/six students. They will visit our remaining grade levels next week on Thursday.

Here is what our students worked on in their grade level classrooms this week:

1st Grade: Students worked on counting, practicing Fundations skills and rhyming words using chalk outside, and learned about community helpers!

2nd Grade: Second graders enjoyed decorating their notebooks and writing about the visit from the rescue squad!

3rd Grade: Students learned about different helpers and jobs that exist within our community and wrote clever riddles for others to guess the community job they were describing!

4th Grader: Fourth graders loved learning about words this week! They did some word puzzles called "word ladders" and learned that nouns are people, places, and things.

5th/6th Grade: While with Ms. Gorka and Ms. Pereira, students worked on reading and writing scripts for a cooking show! While with Mrs. Strunk, students loved using pentominoes for some math fun!

7th/8th Grade: Our oldest students have quick emerged as leaders at our ESL Summer Camp! Students are leading the morning announcements and helping younger students during dismissal. Students also wrote letters about their first week of camp and voted on two highly engaging read alouds!

Check out some pictures of all of the great things that happened at camp below!