By Gavin Seaver Winter break just ended and it was so much fun. Everyone is always excited for winter break because we celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah. These are times when you celebrate with family and friends. You eat good dinners and get lots of presents. I hope everyone had a good break. By Jessica Han Christmas was wonderful! To me, Christmas means presents, family and fun. I hope everyone sang Christmas songs, hung out with family and friends and had a blast. I went to my cousin's house for a sleepover and did some fun things. I also was on stage at church with my friends, Mei, Yeha, Ryan and Jun. We played the viola, violin and piano. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!

A M O N T H L Y N E W S L E T T E R F R O M T H E P T A

By Steven Pepe Last month, we had the

holiday shop on December 10th and 11th to get presents for people for the holidays.

There was a lot of cool stuff there! There were penguin water bottles, things that you spin around and they glow in the dark called Fyrflz (pronounced firefly’s), and also a gift set to get for your dad with a card holder, key chain, and a pen. There were also mugs for aunts, uncles, moms, and dads. And that’s not the only fun things that were there. There were free pencils that you got every time you shopped. Hope everyone had a happy holiday! By Riley Seaver Everyone loved the holiday shop! There were so many different gifts, like jewelry, keychains and even dreidel plushies. The PTA helped us pick out presents, worked the cash register and gave some people tips. Hopefully everyone learns the true meaning of holiday spirit.

Back Jack Pasta Dinner and Basket Raffle

By: Ethan Storm

Hey! Do you know what’s happening on

January 11th

? The Back Jack Pasta Dinner

and Basket Raffle at the East Brunswick

Memorial VFW post 133. The address is

485 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, NJ. It

opens at 2:00 pm and closes at 7:00 pm.

I’m sure looking forward to this event for 2

reasons. #1 I love pasta. #2 Jack is my

friend. All the money raised will help Jack

and his family in a lot of ways like paying

for some of Jack’s hospital bills. I hope this

will be a big success.

By Steven Pepe Get ready for sports squad, 4th graders! Sports Squad for 5th graders ended on December 18th, so then it’s your turn, 4th grade! Sports Squad is like extra gym every Thursday morning for 10 weeks. For most of us in our school from 3rd-5th who love gym, this is the right club for you. Each day you get to play a fun game, like Prison Ball, or Battleship. Sports squad starts at 8:00 am every Thursday. That means you get a full hour of extra gym! For me, that is perfect. You can still sign up so join Sports Squad today!

Weather Assembly

By Nicholas Tsoukalas

A few weeks ago the weather was cloudy with a chance

of an assembly! We had a weather assembly. It was all

about how weather worked. We got to learn how

tornadoes and hurricanes were formed. We even got to

see how they appeared with a "fake screen" on T.V. They

stand in front of a green piece of paper and use a camera

to see where to point out the weather. Some kids even

got to try it and take a picture with the weather screen! I

was one of those kids. If you were there, I hope you

enjoyed the weather assembly!

Thank you to John Marshall, a New York City

weatherman who appeared on television for over 14

years.

By Miriam Badawi

Movie night is coming! After wearing your pajamas to school,

you can keep them on and wear your pjs to Movie Night. You

get to pick what movie you want to watch and also bring a

blanket and pillow. Also, you can see your friends and you can

buy pizza. One movie will be shown in the library and one in

the gym.

Next week, we get to vote to narrow it down to two movies. Here are the ones we will

get to pick from...

Friday, January 16

By Michael Caroselli

The Student Council has planned a fun day

where we get to wear our pajamas all day in

school. We should all be nice, warm and cozy all

day!

By Kelly Grove As some of you may know, Theater Week is coming soon to Bowne-Munro! Theater Week is an after school program where kids get to put on a play! This year Theater Week is from January 26th to January 30th. Children in grades 1-5 can participate. This year's production is Oliver Twist, which will be performed on Friday January 30th at the East Brunswick High School. Look for a permission slip with more information to come home soon.

The PTA funds this wonderful event with Michael from Taubenslag Productions so there is no fee to participate. Tickets to the Show will be available for purchase:

$5/adult, $3/child (up to grade 7), children under 2 years free

Winter Concert January 21 7:00 pm

On Wednesday, January 21st, our 5th

grade Orchestra along with the 4th and

5th grade Band and Chorus will be

performing in the winter concert. Join

us as we listen to some beautiful

music and enjoy some wonderful

winter songs by the Chorus.

We hope you enjoy the show.

Last month, Mrs. Boley discussed the different drills

that our children participate on a monthly basis.

Most of us didn't know the difference between a fire

drill, lock down, evacuation, bomb threat, shelter-in-

place, or medical emergency... but our children do!

We are so glad Mrs. Boley gave us some insight

into how well prepared Bowne-Munro is. This

month, the meeting will focus on getting back in

shape in 2015. A Yoga session immediately

following the meeting for a nominal fee of

$10/person.

Monday (1/26) ........3:30 - 5:30 pm

Tuesday (1/27 ) .......3:30 - 5:30 pm

Wednesday (1/28) ...3:30 - 5:15 pm Dress Rehearsal/Cast Photo

Thursday (1/29) ......3:30 - 5:15 pm

Friday (1/30) ...........3:30 - 5:00 pm

Friday (1/30) ........... 6:30 pm Cast Arrival at the EB High School 7:00 pm Show Time

Monday, January 12

7:00 pm

By Mrs. Schwam

For the first time ever, Bowne-

Munro school will be

participating in The Great

Kindness Challenge along with

over 1,000 other schools in the

United States!

During the week of January 26-30, students will challenge themselves to

perform as many acts of kindness that they possibly can!

The acts are to be accomplished in school but students are encouraged to

continue sharing their kindness at home and in the community. We will kick

off the week with a Kindness Pep Rally to get the students excited for the

challenge. We will have a PTA-sponsored assembly, indoor recess kindness

stations, kindness quotes, books, and songs, as well as many other activities

devoted to kindness! For more information, please visit...

GreatKindnessChallenge.Org

By Jessica Han

If you're an action nerd like me, you should enjoy Once Upon A Time because it

has 3 elements: action, romance and comedy. The TV show is about a woman

named Emma and she was an orphan but on her 28th birthday, her son, Henry

comes to her front door even though she didn't really know him. She didn't

think she was ready to be a mom so she let Henry be adopted by a woman named Regina. Henry thinks that she is the evil

Queen because he has a book of fairytales and she resembles the evil Queen. He also thinks Emma's parents are Snow White

and Prince Charming. The evil Queen cast a curse to separate the family and Emma has to break it. There are fairytale

characters like Red Riding Hood, Granny, the Seven Dwarfs, Rumplestiltskin, Belle, Robin Hood and the Huntsman. I think it's

a great show!

5th grade science! By Steven Pepe Now that we have finished our microscope unit, we are on to the most favorite unit other than rockets…Levers and Pulley’s! We have started with Levers and Pulley's this month. First, we started with the levers part of the unit. We have so far only done a few experiments, but they have been really fun! We get to use spring scales to see how many Newton’s it takes to lift loads. We also have a lot more to come with this unit as well. Mrs. Ferrara said that at the end of the unit, we will also have a big project that will be so much fun! 4th graders better be ready for all this fun that’s coming next year

Building Vehicles By Emma Szaro

In Science, Mrs. Leone let us build our own vehicles. Everyone had a

great time. We had to get very creative. The only sad part is that

the next Science class, Mrs. Leone said that we had to take our

vehicles apart. I can't wait until we build something else.

Mr. Dave Day is February 10

How cool would it be to work with Mr. Dave for the entire day? Well, on February 10

th, you may just get that wish! For

$1 per chance, you can enter the Mr. Dave Contest...which is a 5

th grade fundraiser. The lucky winner will be announced

on February 9th. It is so much fun...just ask our past

winners...Richard Bagala, Riley Seaver and Jimmy Milligan.

In honor of Super Bowl

Sunday, the Student

Council will be

collecting cans of soup

to donate to a local

food pantry. Please

bring in an unexpired

can by Friday, Jan. 30.

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Next Meeting: MONDAY

January 26 at 8:00 am

4th Graders Thursdays

January 8, 15, 22, 29

PTA Meeting / Yoga January 12, 7:00 pm PJ Day and Movie Night January 16, 7:00 pm Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 19 - No School Winter Concert January 21, 7:00 pm Theater Week January 26 - 30 4th & 5th Grade Dance February 6, 7:00 pm PTA Meeting February 9, 7:00 pm Mr. Dave Day February 10 Report Card Day February 11 Valentine Dance-A-Thon February 13, 1:00 - 3:00 pm Presidents Day - NO SCHOOL February 16 Family Bingo Night February 20, 7:00 pm Book Fair February 24-26

U P C O M I N G D A T E S T O R E M E M B E R

Yearbook News: -Send in a baby picture (under 1 year old); -For the flashback section, send any great group shots of the 5th graders. We are looking for any group shots from Kindergarten to present. -Submit any awesome group shots from Fright Night, holiday party, field trip or any school event. -Start thinking about placing an ad in the yearbook. Now is a great time to design the ad and get it finalized. Photos can be sent to school with your name on the back, emailed to caroselli@comcast.net, sent in on a cd, etc. Upcoming Events: -Mr. Dave Day is a 5th grade fundraiser so make

sure you talk it up to your friends and family.

-February 6 is the 4th & 5th grade dance.

-Consider signing up for the 2nd annual

teachers/staff vs. 5th graders basketball game on

Thursday, March 12th.

Miscellaneous: -Pay your $45 Activity Fee ASAP...which will help

cover costs associated with the 5th grade shirt,

Eagle's Landing trip, and Moving Up Ceremony.

This activity fee also includes a free yearbook.

We did a great job collecting Box Tops in 2014 but we know we can do even

better in 2015. Did you make collecting Box Tops for Bowne one of your New

Year's Resolutions? Use this collection sheet to get you started!