OBOE-Mail Blast February 16, 2018 Volume 7, Number 22

In This Issue:

STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges to Open on February 26, 2018

World Read Aloud Day at Cleveland Street School

Game 24 Competition Winners

Six Schools Take Dance Students on a Tour of Harlem

Sonic Exploration Concert

The Essex County Education Association (ECEA) Pride Contest

Global Virtual Valentine Project 2018

FYI

CTE Month Orange Adult

School The Orange Page

Turners Heywood Avenue

School “My School Color Run”

Contact Information: Orange Board of Education 451 Lincoln Avenue Orange, NJ 07050 Send Us An Email

Monday, February 19 – Friday, February 23, Winter Break,

District Closed Friday, February 23, Rosa Parks Community School

Fundraiser at Chuck E. Cheese’s (see flyer below) Tuesday, February 27, Career and Technical Education and

Engineering Fair, Grades 8 and 9, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Orange High School

Wednesday, February 28, Career and Technical Education and Engineering Fair, Grades 10 and 11, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Orange High School

Saturday, March 10, District Spelling Bee, 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Orange Preparatory Academy (see flyer below)

STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges to Open on February

26, 2018

The Interim Superintendent of the Orange

Public Schools is proud to announce the

opening of the STEM Innovation Academy of

the Oranges. Staff and students will occupy

the newly renovated facility, located at 445

Scotland Road in South Orange, on February

26, upon the district’s return from Winter

Recess.

The district will schedule a grand

opening/ribbon cutting ceremony at a later date.

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World Read Aloud Day at Cleveland Street School Submitted by Miriam Martin, Technology Coordinator, Cleveland Street School

Mrs. Nancy Lasher and her science students

at Cleveland Street School participated in

the 2018 World Read Aloud Day on

February 1, 2018. Each year, World Read

Aloud Day motivates learners to celebrate

the power of words and stories and going

global connects students nationally and

worldwide.

Mrs. Lasher coordinated a Skype

connection with a 5th grade class in Derry

Cooperative School District in Derry, New

Hampshire. The students in both classes

took turns reading and sharing pictures

with each other. Mrs. Lasher’s students

read “AAAArrggh! Spiders” and “Anansi

Does the Impossible!” – two captivating

stories about spiders

Pictured: World Read Aloud Day at Cleveland

Street School.

After each class presented two of their favorite stories, they shared interesting facts about

their school, city and state. The interaction between the students was very genuine and

authentic. Mrs. Lasher has future science Skypes scheduled for them and to further broaden

their experiences.

Pictured: World Read Aloud Day at Cleveland Street School.

Game 24 Competition Winners A Message from Dr. Tina Powell, Director of Mathematics and Science

Dr. Tina Powell sent a message with the congratulating the winners of the district’s annual

Game 24 competition held on February 8 and 9 at the Board of Education office. “On behalf

of the Mathematics and Science Team, it is with great pride that I announce the winners of

this year’s GAME 24 Competition! Principals and Administrative Teams, thank you ALL for

coming out and showing your full support.” Interim Superintendent Lee was also on hand to

congratulate the students over the two days as the various school teams competed in this

crafty math game, demonstrating computation skill.

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Game 24 Competition Winners – Grades 6 & 7

School Winners

Place School Coach Principal

1st Rosa Parks Community School Lily Marino Debra Joseph-Charles

2nd Cleveland Street School Esak Crawley Dr. Cayce Cummins

3rd Park Avenue School Shannon Keogh Dr. Myron Hackett

Pictured: Rosa Parks Community School winners, Grade 6&7 finalists, Grade 6&7 semi-finalists.

Game 24 Competition Winners – Grades 4 & 5

School Winners

Place School Coach Principal

1st Rosa Parks Community School Lily Marino Debra Joseph-Charles

2nd Park Avenue School Shannon Keogh Dr. Myron Hackett

3rd Lincoln Avenue School Veronica Torrenegra Aretha Malloy

Pictured: Rosa Parks Community School winners, Grade 4&5 finalists, Grade 4&5 semi-finalists.

Individual Student Winners

Place Students (Grades 6 & 7) Students (Grades 4 & 5)

1st Tamyra Rumble

Park Avenue School

Coach: S. Keogh

Principal: Dr. M. Hackett

Diana Tenezaca

Rosa Parks Community School

Coach: L. Marino

Principal: D. Joseph-Charles

2nd Moise Voltaire

Cleveland Street School

Coach: E. Crawley

Principal: Dr. C. Cummins

Isaias Ramos

Cleveland Street School

Coach: E. Crawley

Principal: Dr. C. Cummins

3rd Mathew Chavery

Heywood Avenue School

Coach: A. Canas

Principal: F. Alcantara

Kalvin Thomas

Park Avenue School

Coach: S. Keogh

Principal: Dr. M. Hackett

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Pictured: Scenes from Game 24 day 1 and 2, including Forest Street Grade 4&5 Team.

Pictured: Scenes from Game 24 day 1 and 2, including Cleveland Street Grade 4&5 Team and

Oakwood Avenue Community School Grade 4&5 Team.

Pictured: Scenes from Game 24 day 1 and 2, including Park Avenue Grade 4&5 Team.

Pictured: Scenes from Game 24 day 1 and 2, including Heywood and Lincoln Avenue Grade 4&5

Teams.

Six Schools Take Dance Students on a Tour of Harlem Submitted by Donna Sinisgalli, Supervisor of Visual and Performing Arts

On February 6, OHS, OPA, Lincoln, Forest,

Rosa Parks, and Heywood, chose a select

group of dancers from each school to on a

historic tour of Harlem, culminating in a

rigorous Hip Hop dance instruction. The

field trip was called the Harlem Hip Hop

Tours. On the tour students visited the

oldest house in New York, the Morris Jumel

Mansion (pictured right with students and

staff)

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With views of the Harlem River, the Bronx,

Long Island Sound, New York City, South

Harbor, Hudson River and the Jersey

Palisades, the Morris-Jumel Mansion has

stood through various generations

accommodating prominent figures and

serving many key purposes, including a

headquarters for George Washington

during the American Revolution. This was

one of the many historic locations pointed

out on the bus tour of Harlem, including the

Apollo Theater, the famous Cotton Club,

and the homes of many African American

writers, musicians and artists of the Harlem

Renaissance.

Pictured: Approximately 40 students learning

new Hip Hop moves at the end of the Harlem Hip

Hop Tour

Pictured: Students on the Hip Hop Tour with

dance teachers, Alonzo Hall, Tosha Brown,

Michelle Paradise, Nadiyah Smith-McCoy and

Theresa Jones.

Sonic Exploration Concert Submitted by Donna Sinisgalli, Supervisor of Visual and Performing Arts

On February 14, Sonic Explorations held its Winter

concert. Sonic Explorations is an after school musical

program held at Oakwood Avenue School for students in

Grade 1 - 4. Over the past several years, the program only

included Grade 1 - 3. This year, the district was able to

provide last year's third grade students a continuation of the

program. As the fourth grade students grew with the

program, there was a marked improvement with their

proficiency, as their familiarity with the instrument increased along with their level of

dexterity. In addition, the program experienced an increase in the number of students

taking cello and a small viola section was added to the mix. With increase participation and

the added grade level, Oakwood will soon be able to put together a small orchestra. “Yay”

for the Sonic Exploration program!

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Pictured: Scenes from the Sonic Explorations February Concert.

The Essex County Education Association (ECEA) Pride Contest A Message from Ms. Karen Harris, Director of English Language Arts

Thanks to your efforts during the Holiday Break, Orange Public Schools was able to submit

13 strong essays to the Essex County Education Association (ECEA) for this year's Essex

County Pride Contest. Congratulations to the students who were selected to represent their

school and the district. (see chart below)

An extra celebratory "Way to Go" is extended to the Essex County Pride Contest County-Wide

Winners. (YEAH, Orange placed 10 winners!)

"The ECEA Pride Committee goes through each district's submissions and selects a county-

wide first, second and third place winner. The county-wide winners will be sent a letter

telling them they have won; there will be a ceremony on Thursday, March 1, 2018, 6:30 PM,

at center court at Livingston Mall. Each winner receives a monetary amount on a gift card

and a certificate. The prizes are $100 for 1st place, $75 for 2nd place and $50 for 3rd place."

Contest

Winners

Grade Student Teacher School

1st Kindergarten Sierra Moore Kiage, Bitengo Forest

Street

2nd 1st Grade Noah Bonneau Campbell, Jenefer Rosa Parks

2nd Grade Oscar Vasquez Sbarro, Angela Forest

Street

3rd 3rd Grade Ruth Callender Morrisroe, Rose Oakwood

Ave

4th Grade Saige Braun Guerra, Sandra Heywood

Ave

2nd 5th Grade Gabrielle Fisher Sutton, Ekua Heywood

Ave

2nd 6th Grade Brayden

Williams Wolfe, Chanelle Heywood

Ave

3rd 7th Grade Tyler Bonneau Wolfe, Chanelle Heywood

Ave

2nd 8th Grade Cheyenne

Williams Astore, Vanessa Orange

Prep

9th Grade Cassandra

Dawson

Buske, Alison Stem

1st 10th Grade Isaiah Brown Tereshko,Christopher OHS

3rd 11th Grade Tony Fernandez Thomas, Marcey OHS

1st 12th Grade Tatyanna

Beckford Jackson, Phyllis OHS

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Global Virtual Valentines Project 2018 Submitted by Bernice Budhu, Technology Coordinator, Orange High School

On February 14 the students in Ms. Higgin's class at

Orange High School (OHS) celebrated Valentine's Day

virtually by participating in the Virtual Valentines Project

with a class in Michigan. The project was designed to

teach students geographical awareness and cultural

understanding, while connecting classrooms all around

the world for Valentine's Day. The goal of the project

was to travel around the globe with virtual Valentine’s

Day greetings and cultural exchanges, in order to

spread a little happiness to children everywhere, from

kindergarten to high school. The Virtual Valentines

Project helped children around the world learn

something new.

The student's in Ms. Higgins' class used Buncee, a Web

2.0 tool to create Valentine’s greeting about the things,

people and foods that they love! Once the students

created the Buncee, the links were posted on a Padlet

for the class in Michigan to view and comment. The

students in Michigan also posted their Valentine's

messages for Ms. Higgins' students to view and

comment.

Ms. Budhu, the

Technology

Coordinator, helped to

make the connection,

plan the lesson, and

taught the tool to the

students over a few

class meetings. A Skype

session on Valentine's

Day, for students to

meet and greet each

other, was held. Students prepared questions to ask,

regarding geographical area/location, the weather and

much more!

Pictured (left and above): OHS

students and staff during the various phases of the Virtual

Valentines Project.

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FYI

CTE Department Activities in Recognition of Career and Technical Education

Month

The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Department has several activities planned for

February and March, in recognition of the February designation of CTE Month.

CTE Month recognizes the benefits of career and technical education in preparing students

for careers as well as college.

To further support CTE, Board of education members unanimously approved a resolution to

acknowledge February 2018 as Career and Technical Education Month.

The CTE department's events are:

1. The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Entrepreneurship After School

Program: Began on February 14 at OHS. Led by Tereasa Venable, Orange High School

business teacher, and supported by the “pathways” defined by NFTE afterschool

program will consist of 25 students.

NFTE activates the entrepreneurial mindset and builds startup skills in youth from

under-resourced communities to ensure their success and to create a more vibrant

society.

https://nfte.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/NFTE-Annual-Report-FY17.pdf

2. First Annual Women's Conference, Roadwork to Success held on February 16 in Orange

High School's Library. (50 students attended).

3. CTE and Engineering Fair: Tuesday, February 27, 9:00 – 12:00 p.m. for Grades 8 and 9,

Wednesday, February 28, 9:00 – 12:00 p.m. Grades 10 and 11, at Orange High School's

Gymnasium. (See flyer below)

4. Health Science students will provide Health Screenings (e.g. blood pressure readings,

etc.) on Friday, March 2, from 11:15 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. at Orange High School.

5. Tornado Cook-off will be held on March 2, from 3:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Orange High

School.

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Orange Adult School Spring 2018 Semester

The Spring 2018 semester of the Orange Adult School will begin on Thursday, March 1, 2018. Classes will be held on Thursdays at Rosa

Parks Community School (RPCS) starting at 6:15 p.m. English as a

Second Language (ESL) classes will be held on Tuesdays and

Thursdays at the Orange Public Library (9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.) and at

6:15 p.m. at RPCS.

The course catalog displays each offering in English Spanish and

Creole and is shown below.

For more information/registration contact (973) 763-9961 ext. 207

or orangeadultschool@gmail.com. Also, visit the Adult School’s website

at http://orangeadultschoolnj.org/.

Orange Page Turners Update

Readers have eclipsed the half million mark and logged 606,924 pages as of January

31st. But we have a long way to go to get to 2 MILLION.

Let's Keep It Up! Don't STOP the READING!

Click here to register for the Orange Page Turners 2017-2018 Reading Challenge.

Visit www.orange.k12.nj.us for more information.

Heywood Avenue School “My School Color Run”

Save the date for Heywood Avenue School’s “Steppin’ for S.T.E.A.M” My

School Color Run fundraising event on Saturday, April 28, from 10:00 a.m. –

1:00 p.m. Register online at https://events.myschoolcolorrun.com, by

Wednesday, April 11.

See flyer below for additional information.

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