NEWS TIGER TOWN Vol 87 April 22, 2015 Special thanks to Jacqueline Kulick for organizing the "Me and My Guy Dance". Also, Madison Photo graciously donated group pictures along w/couple photos that have been distributed through the classes to each child that participated. Rumor has it, everyone had a great time! Calling all CAS Families and Faculty The Last Box Top competition is approaching and we need your help to let it go out with a bang. Please continue to clip those box tops and of course the Label for education points, every one matters! The competition will be held the week of May 11th and the deadline being May 15th. Happy Clipping! Teacher Appreciation Week As we are gearing up for Teacher Appreciation Week we are reaching out to ALL of our families for help. Teacher Appreciation Week is May 4-8th. We are going to kick off the week with the teachers and other staff members walking into school on Monday morning to decorated doors. All doors will be done Friday after school from 3:15-5PM. We just want to express our appreciation for the teachers through the people that know them best. The class coordinators will be doing classroom doors, but we need people to help with the other staff members- including the specials, nurse, etc. They can be as simple or as detailed as you want to make them. The theme this year is Hollywood- “Walk of Fame”. If you would like to help us out please let us know ASAP. Below are some examples of doors that have been done. Any questions please contact Haley Blanchard [email protected] or Jen Bauman [email protected].
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NEWSTIGER TOWN
Vol 87 April 22, 2015
Special thanks to Jacqueline Kulick for organizing the "Me and My Guy Dance". Also, Madison Photo graciously donated group pictures along w/couple photos that have been distributed through the classes to each child that participated. Rumor has it, everyone had a great time!
Calling all CAS Families and FacultyThe Last Box Top competition is approaching and we need your help to let it go out with a bang. Please continue to clip those box tops and of course the Label for education points, every one matters! The competition will be held the week of May 11th and the deadline being May 15th. Happy Clipping!
Teacher Appreciation WeekAs we are gearing up for Teacher Appreciation Week we are reaching out to ALL of our families for help. Teacher Appreciation Week is May 4-8th. We are going to kick o� the week with the teachers and other sta� members walking into school on Monday morning to decorated doors. All doors will be done Friday after school from 3:15-5PM. We just want to express our appreciation for the teachers through the people that know them best. The class coordinators will be doing classroom doors, but we need people to help with the other sta� members- including the specials, nurse, etc. They can be as simple or as detailed as you want to make them. The theme this year is Hollywood- “Walk of Fame”. If you would like to help us out please let us know ASAP. Below are some examples of doors that have been done.
Any questions please contact Haley Blanchard [email protected] or Jen Bauman [email protected].
Rummage SaleComing May 16th
The CAS PTO sponsors a spring rummage sale each year. This year the sale is
May 16thThe Elks Lodge on Main Streetfrom 9:00AM to 1:00PM.
Donations will be acceptedfrom 7:00AM till 9:00AM.
If you find yourself cleaning out closets and getting rid of trash, please put your items aside for the sale. It could easily turn into someone else’s treasure and raise money for Madison Cares, which helps family members in our CAS community that are in need. Children’s books, toys and clothes, holiday decorations, electronics, linens and kitchen items are some of the things we’ve sold in the past.
Unsold books will be donated to the Madison Library. All other unsold donations go to Big Brother Big Sister and Peaceworks.
Any questions, please contact Mary Wilson at [email protected] or Donna Kerouac at [email protected].
Don’t Forget,
We are low on supplies and need your help! Saturday, May 9th!2 Executive Drive • Morris Plains, NJ 07950973-538-8049 (f) 973-998-5086www.mcifp.org
REMINDER: Your letter carriers will be picking up non-perishable groceries for our neighbors in need when they deliver your mail on Saturday, May 9th. You can help stamp out hunger and make a di�erence by placing unopened canned and boxed items such as Parmalat and dried milk, soup, stews and chili, canned fruits and veggies, peanut butter, beans, fish, pasta/-sauce, rice and cereal - in a bag next to your mailbox. (Low salt and low sugar items are always welcome!) Donations will be given to the Interfaith Food Pantry (IFP). IFP is celebrating over 20 years of “neighbors helping neighbors” and has been supplying emergency and supplemental food since 1994 to Morris County residents in need. Our clients are low income working families, the unemployed, the disabled and seniors living on fixed incomes. In 2014, the Interfaith Food Pantry helped 11,500 Morris County residents (35% were children) and distributed an incredible 1,010,117 lbs. of food.
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Central Avenue School PTO Presents:TEACHERAPPRECIATION WEEKMAY 4-8TH
The PTO sponsors a fabulous week celebrating our sta�. The more we can get the students and families involved the more special our teachers and sta� will feel. Our theme this year is “The Walk of Fame”. We will be celebrating in Red Carpet Style. Everyday will have something unique to o�er the teachers and sta�. Please consider helping us make this a STAR_TASTIC week! We would love your help on the following days.
Monday- Doors of Fame: Class Coordinators will be decorating classroom doors after school on Friday (May1st)). Please be on the lookout for details more specific to your class. If interested in helping to decorate any extra doors (PE teachers, library, etc.) please let us know.
Thursday- Fan Mail: Send a note or card to your teacher and tell them why he/she is a SUPER STAR! Letters will be turned into to the o�ice by Thursday am. Remember to include support sta�!
FRIDAY- The VIP Luncheon: Sta� will be enjoying a fabulous lunch on us. Consider signing up to make an AWARD WINNING dish for our sta� to enjoy. Click on the following link to sign uphttp://www.signupge-nius.com/go/20F0A44AEAD28A02-teacher/
Any questions please contact Haley Blanchard at [email protected] or Jen Bauman at [email protected]
This is the time of year where we hear more and more issues with social media. I understand that social media is part of our global thread, but I recommend it be monitored closely and securely. I would encourage you not to allow your child to have any personal accounts (especially at this age). I would encourage you to take their cell phone before they go to bed or secure the internet so that certain websites are restricted. I just do not believe elementary students are developmentally ready for social media and/or the responsibility of a cell phone. Many of these students, if not all, just do not understand innuendoes, comments, jokes, and references on the internet. In addition, they just do not realize that once they post a comment it is out there for all to see. There are no ways of taking it back, there are no ways to explain “I was just joking”, and there is no ways for them to explain how they “did it by accident”. With the way the harassment, intimidation, and bullying law is outlined it eventually becomes the school’s prerogative to remedy an issue. This happens once a student states “I do not want to come to school, because…” and they refer to a social media issue that happened outside of school. Below are some sites/apps to discuss with your child (if they are developmentally ready) and resources/strategies that can assist you. Moving forward, parents are the biggest di�erence maker in battling cyber-bullying.
Some of the problem sites/apps: Strategies and resources for parents:
-Facebook-inappropriate posts/importance of security settings to keep private webwisekids.org
-Instagram-Bullying issues/inappropriate comments and/or pictures wiredsafety.org
-Kik-Messaging app. kids messaging strangers trendmicro.com YikYak-is a free social-networking app that lets users post brief, Twitter-like comments to the 500 geographically nearest Yik Yak users https://www.commonsensemedia.org
-Ask.fm-social networking site where people post anonymously-bullying/inappropriate posts including sexually explicit questions and comments. I love you guys foundation
-Hacking apps/games allsafesites.com-a search engine
-Omegle-talk (message or video chat) to strangers website. Have an Internet Safety ContractNo profile, sign in, or screen name. with your child
–Tinder- is a photo and messaging dating app for browsing pictures of Not usually an elementary issue, butpotential matches within a certain-mile radius of the user's location. expands as they hit the teenager years.
-Snap chat-message or picture disappears after a few seconds. Learn how to navigate these sites/ apps yourself
-spillit.me-anonymous posting Establish curfew times for being on-line so that students are not up at all hours
Snapchat-a messaging app that lets users put a time limit on the pictures Student think data disappears, but not and videos they send before they disappear. true, never goes away.
-Twitter-inappropriate/bullying tweets Remind your children how easily their behavior may be recorded or photographed and distributed without their knowledge – be aware
Tumblr is like a cross between a blog and Twitter: It's a streaming scrapbook of text, photos, and/or videos and audio clips. https://www.commonsensemedia.org
***There are many more****
The CAS
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Important Dates:
April 22 Wednesday 3rd Grade Field Trip
April 23 Thursday Literacy Night 6:30-8:00pm
April 24 Friday 2nd Grade Principal Chat 2:15pm
April 24 Friday School Store Open (Lunch)
April 24 Friday Immigrant Parent Outreach @ MJS
April 27-28 Mon-Tue Single Session (Conferences) 12:45pm
April 27-28 Mon-Tue Book Fair
April 28 Tuesday Empty Bowls in Gym
April 29 Wednesday Grade 5 ELA 75 minutes
May 1 Friday Grade 5 Math Unit 1 75 Minutes
May 2 Saturday May Day 9:00am
May 3 Sunday MEF 5K
May 4 Monday Grade 5 Math Unit 2 75 Minutes
The CAS
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Come see our local college baseball
teams square off in the first annual
Madison Avenue Challenge!
Dodge Field
April 23rd at 7 PM
There will be concessions available
at the Dodge Field Hut.
Admission is free.
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