Frog Pond School Newsletter 11/2021

Seasons Greetings Frog Pond Families,

The Holiday season is upon us, and our Frog Pond student council is holding 2 separate collections for December. A donation drive to send supplies to our troops overseas, as well as a collection for our local animal shelter. We will also be collecting warm winter gloves, scarves and hats to donate to local families.

We look forward to seeing our Living Museum performed by students during parent/teacher conferences, the chorus concert and the very popular PTO events: Cookies & Milk with Santa and the PTO Holiday Shop.

Fall parent/teacher conferences will be held on December 8th (Evening), 9th (Evening), and the 10th (Afternoon). This is a wonderful opportunity to meet with your child’s teacher to discuss their academic progress, ask questions or address concerns. I encourage every parent to attend if possible.

During this holiday season, my wish for each of you is that you enjoy the people in your lives, enjoy the holidays, and have a Happy New Year!

Sincerely,

Thomas P. Denning

Principal

Frog Pond Elementary School

Through open and collaborative communication among students, staff, parents, and the community, the Little Egg Harbor School District will provide modern facilities that support a culture of high expectations for individual achievement for all students. Students and staff will practice the value of good stewardship of resources by maintaining a sustainable environment for learning. A robust system of support, intervention, and enrichment will include a diverse range of experiences through access to supportive technology, after school programs, township agencies, and health and wellness initiatives that encourages, institutes, and rewards lifelong learning in our students.I

Little Egg Harbor Board of Education

Office of the Superintendent

307 Frog Pond Road

Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087

Phone: 609-296-1719 ext. 1010

Fax: 609-296-3225

District Office Administrators

Dr. Melissa McCooley, Superintendent of Schools

Nicholas Brown, School Business Administrator

Jonathan R. Yates, Assistant School Business Administrator

Erin Lichtenwalner, Director of Special Services

John Acampora, Assistant Superintendent

Jacqueline Truzzolino, Director of Elementary Education

Board of Education Members

Mrs. Debbie Giannuzzi, President

Mr. Jonathon Zimmerman, Vice President

Mrs. Christine Snyder, Board Member

Mrs. Dara Roth, Board Member

Mr. Theodore Kielb, Board Member

Mrs. Martha "June" Palan, Board Member

Mrs. Lisa Semler, Board Member

3rd Grade-Mrs. Accardi-Brook'Lynn Aird

3rd Grade-Mrs. Saunders-Colin Sweet

4th Grade-Mrs. Baker-Isabella Correa

4th Grade-Mrs. Hansson-Jacob Cosulich

5th Grade-Ms. Gunn-Brisa Flores

6th Grade-Mr. Manzer-Leah Schmidt

6th Grade-Mrs. Heck-Juliana Soliman

Haidy Girgis-Congratulations!

Frog Pond students are loving their new Gaga Pit! Thank you Girl Scout Troop 516 for building it!

On Veterans Day and every day, we are thankful for our veterans! Today, students in 4MD and 4CM presented their interviews of family members. Alayna presented a virtual interview with her grandfather, David Sharman, who is a Marine Corp Veteran. Lola presented an interview she conducted with her Uncle, Ronald Guertin, who is a Marine Corp Veteran. Joey presented his interview with his Grandfather, James Steinmentz, who is an Army Veteran. Liam presented an interview he conducted with his family about his Great Grandpa, Frank Campobasso, who was an Army Veteran. Mrs. Truzzolino visited with her father, John Budenas, who is an Army Veteran, and Madison Bland’s dad, Matthew Bland, who is a Marine Corp Veteran came for a visit, too! Thank you to all who have served and sacrificed. A special thank you goes out to all who shared their stories with our classes!

We celebrated World Kindness Day with Mister Rogers and Kid President. We wrote kind notes to our classmates.

During the month of October, both Ms. Vezos’s homeroom as well as Mrs. Bruno’s homeroom worked on a long distance learning project with two classes from Kansas. The final part of the project was to meet each class on a Google meet. It was so much fun! Thanks to Mrs. Randall for all of your technology help.

Each year Miss Gunn's classes take part in this Veterans Day project titled, "Star Heroes." They are given a sheet of stars to take home and then they discuss with their families about if they have any relatives that are veterans. If they do, for each relative that is a veteran they put their name and military branch on it. They can also put their job, medals they won, etc. on the star. The final step is to color it either red, white, and blue or in the colors that represent the military branch. Once all stars are returned we create a poster. This year Miss Gunn and Mrs. Nagy's classes had a total of 103 veterans in their families! Here is the breakdown between branches: Army- 44; Navy- 28; Marines- 16; Air Force- 11; Coast Guard- 2; Various- 2 (Civil War and 1 in Basic Training but was not sure which branch). The best part of this project is hearing all of the stories the students share when they come in, especially when they tell how they did not realize that they had any veterans in their family. We thank you all for your service!

In STEAM the 3rd and 4th graders are reading the book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet. in this story they learn about the story of Tony Sarg, a puppeteer, and how he uses engineering skills to create balloons for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The students are making their own balloons and using the green screen to put them in Time Square. Here are some pictures of Mrs. Barat's and Mrs. Truex's class creations.

Because of your generous donations to the pencil pull during our Scholastic book fair we were able to purchase 30 new books for our school library. Highlighted below are a few.

Grade 3

Picture Book

Fountas and Pinnell level K

The Cool Bean

Author Jory John

The Cool Bean is the third book in the The Bad Seed series. Cool Bean teaches us that it is cool to be kind.

Grade 4

Who is/ Who was? Where is? Series

Chapter Books

Various authors

We purchased 7 books in this very popular non- fiction series.

Who is Temple Grandin?

Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

Who is Kamala Harris?

Where is Area 51?

Where is Stonehenge?

Where is the Bermuda Triangle?

Where is Alcatraz?

This engaging series teaches about politics, sports, music, literature, geography and history. These books have lots of illustrations, maps and diagrams.

Grade 5

Chapter Book

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Big Shot

Author Jeff Kinney

We purchased 4 copies of this book

This is the 16th book book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series. Greg has a terrible experience at field day. Will he give sports another chance?

Grade 6

Chapter Book

Fountas and Pinnell level W

War Stories

Author Gorgen Korman

Jacob's two favorite things are his Grandfather and war based video games. He goes on an adventure to learn more about his Grandfather's experiences in the war.

Plastic Bag/WrapCollection@FROG POND SCHOOL

(Yes, you did read that correctly)

Plastic Collection will begin the Week of 11/8/21.

We will collect your plastic bags/wrap every

TUESDAY AND THURSDAY

Till the end of the 2021/2022 School Year.

COMING SOON…

Poster Contest: Who, What, When,Where,

Why & How... RECYCLE?

January : Old Broken Crayons(any make)

January/February:Old Dried Up Markers

(Crayola, Sharpies, Dry Erase Any brand)

Conservation 15: More info coming very soon.

April 2022: Earth Day Essay/Poster Contest

What Does EARTH DAY Mean to Me?

More information to follow on all of these programs.

Where: Little Egg Harbor School District

When: December 1,2021 till December 17,2021

Theme: Recycling, What does it mean to me.

Who: All Students. Can be done by both each student

And by an entire class.

What will you win: Individual students winners $25.GC

Class winners: Full pizza party.

Why: To make us all more aware of just how important

Recycling is today.

Make sure you put your Name, Teacher’s Name,

School Name, on the back of the poster.

Winning Posters will be copied and used throughout the district.

Any questions please email me at treigelman@lehsd.org

GOOD LUCK TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATE!!!

December 17-Milk and Cookies with Santa/Holiday Shops

January 21-Father/Daughter Dance

February 10-Meeting 7:00-FPE Multipurpose Room

February 18-Candy Bar Bingo

March 3-Meeting 7:00-FPE Multipurpose Room

April 8-Spring Vendor Fair

April 14-Meeting 7:00-FPE Multipurpose Room

May 12-Meeting 7:00-FPE Multipurpose Room

May 13-Mother/Son Event

June 3-6th Grade Dance

June 9-Meeting-7:00-FPE Multipurpose Room

June 11-Carnival

** Please Note That dates are Tentative

We are collecting hats/mittens until December 17th. You can put them on the Mitten Tree in the front lobby.

Wednesday, December 8-4:30-7:15

Thursday, December 9-4:30-7:15

Friday, December 10-1:45-3:00

All three days are early dismissal days.