st. nicholas school april 2014 volume 6, issue 3 the...

St. Nicholas School

The Chatterbox

APRIL 2014

Volume 6, Issue 3

Special points of

interest:

Principal’s Piece 1

Academic Fair 2

Booster Club 3

Jog-A-Thon 4

Author of the Month 5

Author of the Month 6

8th Grade Science 7

Creative Writing 8

Creative Writing 9

May Calendar 10

Principal Awards 11

Gold Club Winners 12

Gold Club Winners 11

I am so proud of the progress made by our diligent students!

Teachers have invited me into their classrooms to see hands-on science

experiments, special interactive lessons on the Smart Boards! Parents and

visitors were impressed by all of the incredible student work at our

Academic Fair. Tell a friend or neighbor what a wonderful education your

child is getting at St. Nicholas School.

The School Board has made some decisions in response to some of

the feedback you have given to me in conference and through the Summer

Enrichment Program Survey. Here are the highlights!

There will be a few more options available for next year at Dennis

Uniform; particularly for the Preschool students and the girls. The

particulars will be detailed in an addendum to the Parent Student

Handbook to be sent home before summer. Students may wear phased-

out items for one additional year!

We raised enough money to build a restroom in Room 5, and acquire

classroom furnishings and playground equipment with the help of the

Kallinikeion Foundation, the St. Nicholas Foundation, and private

donors who responded to Fr. Anthony’s passion for the new Preschool

Toddler Program!

Parents’ pleas for a total renovation of the gym bathrooms and

locker rooms have been heard! The Board has begun to gather support

for the project. The Boosters have pledged funding raised by the Jog-

A-Thon to get the ball rolling! We welcome the participation of

parents who are contractors, painters, masons, and those who have

resources that can help us update the facilities.

I am dedicated to maintaining our beautiful traditions and our

commitment to “Ongoing Excellence!”

The Chatterbox Volume 6, Issue 3

It’s time to celebrate! The students have worked diligently all year to present the results of their achievements. We are proud of their efforts and we would like to share their accomplishments with you.

This is the time to invite friends to

admire student projects and discover St. Nicholas School!

ST. NICHOLAS SCHOOL Thursday, May 1st

6:30 – 8:30 pm

School Gymnasium

UPDATE: The Academic Fair, once again, was an amazing sight to see. The

Gym was a glorious showcase for the students’ work; hung wall-to-wall with projects and reports. Table after table showed evidence of creativity and knowledge of subject matter. The evening was alight

with the enthusiasm of students and teachers alike. Thank you to all who attended and therefore gave support to our hard-working

students and staff.

St. Nicholas School www.stnicholaseducation.com

Many thanks to the following donors who

contributed to our Teacher Appreciation Luncheon as well as the meals during this

week: The Pizza Cookery –

Granada Hills The Azzuz Family The Daily Family

The Darghali Family The Hall Family

The Huebsch Family The Jenkins Family The Milicevic Family The Milkie Family The Onks Family

The Pappas Family The Riasati Family The Safady Family

The Wasylyn Family


Teacher Appreciation Week a Wonderful Success!!

Many thanks to each of our St. Nicholas parents for your

contributions to Teacher Appreciation Week! All of our teachers

and staff enjoyed themselves and truly know how much parents and

students value what they bring to our children every day.

The outpouring of donations was incredible and due to your

contributions each teacher received a gift card. Thank you to those

parents who made a delicious breakfast or snack which was lovingly

prepared for our teachers during the four days. The Pizza Cookery

along with the Teacher Appreciation Committee provided lunch on

Thursday for our teachers and staff. All who attended were able to

enjoy the afternoon, because of all the parents who volunteered to

watch the students. Thank you to each and every parent who made

the week a great success! The spirit of gratefulness and working

together for a common cause is alive and well at St. Nicholas

School!

I wanted to share with you a few notes the Teacher Appreciation Committee received:

“I would like to say thank you to another beautiful luncheon and week! Everything was

wonderful!”

“A HUGE thank you to all of you for everything you’ve

done for Teacher Appreciation Week! I feel so spoiled

and blessed to be part of such a wonderful school as St.

Nicholas. Every snack, lunch, cards from students, gift

card was so greatly appreciated. All my teacher friends

at public and other private schools were very envious.”

“Thank you so much for everything you did last

week. You went over and beyond every day and I

wanted to take a moment to thank you for spoiling us. I

seriously need to go on a diet!!”

Our school is comprised of generous and

thoughtful families and each of you is an

example of those characteristics. Thank you

again for celebrating our teachers and all they

do for our students.

Tanya Milkie & Georgia Huebsch

BOOSTER CLUB


Join us for our Annual Jog-A-Thon on Friday, May 16.

Volunteer with other Boosters and marvel at the kids running like crazy while

having a blast!

Purchase a poster to support your child.

Make online contributions at http://www.stnickjogathon.com

It’s a fun time for all and a major fundraising event all wrapped up together!

See you there!

http://www.stnickjogathon.com/


2nd grade YOUNG AUTHOR OF THE MONTH OF APRIL – ZOE MATTAN


2nd grade YOUNG AUTHOR OF THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY

Bianca Basinger


8th GRADE SCIENCE

POPSICLE-STICK BRIDGE

Dmitri Schuyler-Linch with his Popsicle-Stick Bridge

The 8th Grade has transitioned

from chemistry to physics, and

we have begun creating

projects that test our subject

matter understanding as well

as our engineering skills.

The given assignment was to

construct a bridge that spans 8

inches, using only 50 Popsicle

sticks and white glue. Dmitri

Schuyler-Linch and Theo

Fox both constructed bridges

that met these requirements,

and held 60 pounds!

Mr. Mormanis,

M.S. Science Teacher


CREATIVE WRITING SAMPLES FROM THE 4th GRADE

Left: Mrs. Deobler, Mr. Truby, Mr. Mormanis, Mrs. Damato, Mrs. Duschinsky, Mrs. Barefoot, Mrs. Vogeley, Mrs. Theodoratos, Ms. Chobanian, Ms. Kamenos, Mrs. Mormanis, Mrs. Samuels, and Mrs. Kontos

Left: Mrs. Deobler, Mr. Truby, Mr. Mormanis, Mrs. Damato, Mrs. Duschinsky, Mrs. Barefoot, Mrs. Vogeley, Mrs. Theodoratos, Ms. Chobanian, Ms. Kamenos, Mrs. Mormanis, Mrs. Samuels, and Mrs. Kontos

May 2014 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1

ACADEMIC

FAIR

6:30 - 8:30 pm

Gym

2

3

4

5

5th

Grade

Boston Trip

Begins

6

7

8

Progress Reports

Distributed

Preschool

Mother’s Day Brunch

Savalas Room 10:00am - Noon

9

5th

Grade

Boston Trip

Ends

10

11 12

M.S. Catalina Marine

Institute Trip

13 14 15

Field Trip

Grades 2,3,4,5

16

Jog-A-Thon

1:15 -3:00 pm

17

18 19

20 21 22

23

School Picnic

Northridge Park

2:00pm Dismissal

24

GREEK

FESTIVAL!!

25

GREEK

FESTIVAL!!

26

GREEK

FESTIVAL!!

Memorial Day

NO SCHOOL

27

Festival

Clean-up

NO SCHOOL

28

29

30

Re-Enrollment

Due

31


Principal Award Winners

February March

Class Student

K-1

K-2

1-1 Nancy Azzam Eleni Langermann Toula Mitsopoulos Angelo Saroukos Dimitri Savas Akoni Tokuda

2-1 Vincent Gargaro Dylan Huber Kailey Jimenez Elisa Milkie Sofia Nikolopoulos Hannah Sinnema

3-1 Jazelle Decastro Mia Kost Paris Pappas Victoria Popescu Mia Saad Alexander Saroukos Ryan Younan

4-1 Alexi De-Folsom Nikola Milicevic Giselle Nunez Madison Teopaco

5-1 Karen Abagi Marina Hamati Daniella Hanna Hailey Huffman Molly Jenkins Markella Savas Faith Stevens Nina Wasylyn

6-1

7-1 Nicholas Andrews Nicole Collins Marina Milicevic Athena Rethis

8-1 Christina Azzuz Sophia Placencio Nicholas Stasinis Jordan Palmer

Class Student

K-1

K-2

1-1 Nancy Azzam Eleni Langermann Toula Mitsopoulos Angelo Saroukos Akoni Tokuda

2-1 Zoe Mattan Elisa Milkie Sofia Nikolopoulos Katherine Pappas

3-1 Maya Darghali Jazelle Decastro David Hanna Alexsi Harris Paris Pappas Victoria Popescu Mia Saad Alexander Saroukos Ryan Younan

4-1 Athena Bacoulis Alexi DeFolsom Sandra Messiha Nikola Milicevic Giselle Nunez Jana Palmer Luka Stanciu Madison Teopaco

5-1 Karen Abagi Marina Hamati Daniella Hanna Hailey Huffman Molly Jenkins James Kontos Julian Nunez Costa Pappas Rami Saad Matthew Saad Markella Savas Faith Stevens Nina Wasylyn

6-1

7-1 Nicole Collins Garrett Jenkins Marina Milicevic Athena Rethis Gerardo Serrano Maksym Wasylyn

8-1 Christina Azzuz Nicole Diamond Justina Fam Carmen Matar Sophia Placencio Maged Saad Seema Saad Nicholas Stasinis Dmitri Schuyler-Linch


Gold Club Winners

February March

If you have any questions or comments regarding anything written in The

Chatterbox, please use the following email address: [email protected].

It would be greatly appreciated if you could send us any pictures you take at the

various school events. You can put them on a disc and drop them off at the office or

email them. We use photos for our yearbook, our Chatterbox, our church bulletin (The

Wonder Worker), as well as for our archives.

Class Student

K-1 Daniel Fam Samuel Griffin

K-2 Sydney Hall Hailey Sinnema

1-1 Angelo Saroukos

2-1 Dorian Darghali Jonathan Torres Ava Wheeler Briana Zdenek

3-1 Brandee Bermudez Gurmannat Chadha Maya Darghali David Hanna Paris Pappas Victoria Popescu Mia Saad

4-1 Michael Hutchison Jana Palmer

5-1 Stavros Psihalopoulos Markella Savas

6-1 Kassandra Chacon

7-1 Keaton Daily Gabriella Guidi Aiman Hamati Garrett Jenkins Gerardo Serrano

8-1 Nicholas Stasinis

Class Student

K-1 Samuel Griffin Lauren Sinnema Aliya Zelaya

K-2 Sydney Hall Daniella Jimenez Mauro Morgan Thiseas Sarris Dakota Workman

1-1 Nancy Azzam Akoni Tokuda Sophia Turley

2-1 Markela Psihalopoulos

3-1 Brandee Bermudez David Hanna Alexsi Harris Victoria Popescu Michael Taylor Rosemary Wielage Ryan Younan

4-1 Giovanni Zanjanipour

5-1 Daniella Hanna

6-1 Kassandra Chacon

7-1 Nicholas Andrews Keaton Daily Anthony Ethnasios

8-1 Christina Azzuz Justina Fam Carmen Matar Sophia Placencio Seema Saad

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