Special Spring Issue

Volume 11, Issue 7

March, 2013

Special points of interest:

• Geography Bee Superstar!

• Family Movie Night Info

• Honor Roll & Perfect

Attendance Superstar Students

• Library Facelift

• Tons of other great stuff!

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Brake’s Take 2

March Calendar 3

Students of the Month 4-5

Honor Roll 7

Perfect Attendance 8-9

News from the Grades 10-23

CPS Dates 24

“Bruno” 87 Years

A CPS “Rising Star” school and “School of Distinction”, a CPS “Exemplary Achievement Award” Winner, an “Autonomous Manage-

ment Performance School” (AMPS), an Illinois Honor Roll of Schools “Academic Improvement Award” & “Spotlight School Award”

winner, a national SPEAK UP 200! School award winner. Named by Chicago magazine as a top 10 “Most Promising Places” school!

Partner School

Check out the Bridge School website at:

http://www.bridge.cps.k12.il.us/ “Funds for this Newsletter activity provided by NCLB Title I funds”

Bridge Bugle

2012-2013 BRIDGE JR. HIGH

GEOGRAPHY BEE WINNER

Congratulations to Olivia Harcarik for winning the 2012-2013 Bridge Jr. High Geography Bee. Thank you to all the participants, teachers, and staff who helped make this

year’s Bridge Jr. High Geography Bee a great event.

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Do you have any

ideas, suggestions,

or comments on

ways to improve our

school and the ser-

vices that our chil-

dren receive? If so,

please call, write a

letter, or see me to

share your ideas.

Your input is greatly

appreciated.

Thank You!

Dr. Brake

Students/Teachers

Staff/Parents

Would you like to

have a poem, article,

short story, event, or

other item of interest

published in the

Bridge Bugle?

Submit your item to

Dr. Brake

on a Flash Drive

(Microsoft Word format preferred)

no later than the third

week of the month for

publication in the next

month’s school news-

paper.

BRAKE ’S TAKE ISAT Testing: March 4th-8th

Testing season is upon us this school year. The Illi-

nois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) will be given

the week of March 4th-8th. Make-up testing is March

11th-15th.

Spring vacation is March 25th-29th. School resumes

April 1st.

Remember:

Great People Make Great Schools.

Thanks for helping make our school great!

Dr. Christopher Brake, Principal

Happy

St. Patrick’s

Day

Spring Vacation is March 25th-29th

No School

School Resumes 4/1/13

-March Non-Attendance Days for Students-

Dear Parents and Families: Please do not drive onto the Bridge

Elementary School (3800 N. New England)

playground/parking lot to drop-off or pick-up

students. Smaller children are hard to see and

the car traffic has created a dangerous situation

for our children.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Parents: Student Drop-Off/Pick-Up Times Elementary School: not before 7:30 AM

school day begins at 8:00 AM

student dismissal: 3:00 PM

Jr. High School: not before 7:15 AM

school day begins at 7:45 AM

student dismissal: 2:45 PM

Indicates day of non-attendance for students

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Mid-Quarter

Progress

Reports

Distributed

To

Students

March 6th

1 2

3 4 5 6 Mid-Quarter

Progress

Reports

Distributed

7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15

Family

Movie

Night

16

17

St. Patrick’s

Day

18 19 20 LSC/

NCLB PAC

Meetings 5:30 PM

Room 106

21 Bridge

After-School

Program

Ends

22 23

24

Palm

Sunday

25 26 27 28 29 30

31

Easter

School

Resumes

April 1st

March 2013 In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb...

ISAT Testing Week

ISAT Make-Up Testing Week

Spring Vacation Week

Indicates After-School Program day

M. Suleiman

A. Kazanecka

O. Mohammed

A. Barrios

A. Schein

R. Gajardo S. Kwasnik

K. Bradlinska M. Barahona

K. McGowan M. Krajewski

P. Kozuck

March - Students of the Month

J. Waltz E. Rivera L. Sanchez L. Zbranek

J. Alonso

J. Drewniak

S. Armijo

S. Munjakovic

N. Wolski N. Bustamante

J. Harenberg B. Alvarado

N. Hanek L. Schroeder

Z. Dziedzic

J. Conway D. Chelak M. Espinosa

Bridge Elementary School Students of the Month are selected for their outstanding attendance, academic performance, and conduct.

March - Students of the Month

D. Alonzo

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Room 201

Mateusz Babula

Matthew Bozek

Alex Hernandez

Stephen Kaim

Room 202

Martyna Akerman

Austin Beecham

Jakub Jedrzejewski

Justyna Kapustka

Room 203

Jeremy Albios

Kevin Barna

Jacob Bozek

Claudia Goral

Edin Haskovic

Damian Kijak

Suzanne Miekisz

Jakub Rojek

Room 204

Rochelle Borda

Anthony Guy

Emilia Jakubaszek

Michael Kurowski

Zuzanna Strapoc

Ryan Szajna

Alexandra Zugaj

Room 205

Lizbeth Cabrera

Julia Domian

Anna Klejn

Room 206

Muimen Fareh

Naiya Graciani

Olivia Harcarik

Pasquale Sanfelice

Damian Staszel

Room 301

Neidelyn Reyes

Ashley Bock

Konrad Knap

Paulina Ryndak

Kamila Wrobel

Room 302

Ashley Badillo

Rikeya Hargrove

Yuliya Khudzyk

Victoria Kospin

Alex Paszkowski

Amber Privett

Natalia Sak

Brooke Silvestri

Julia Smialkowska

Monika Staszel

Kelsey Vasquez

Room 303

Sydney Bock

Nicole Brzys

Stephanie Diamond

Wiktoria Kurc

Katherine Misterka

Miguel Rascon

Room 304

Andrew Azzam

Rebecca Guerin

Tiara Lopez

Nicole Pelaez

Kinga Tarasiewicz

Mateusz Zieba

Room 305

Kelly Tarasiewicz

John Sak

Holly Lewandowski

Nicole Lesniak

Patrick Knap

Marek Klejn

Agapefaith Alfaro

Room 306

Sebastian Hernandez

Alexander Hernandez

Tomasz Kuczewski

Dana Schnoebelen

Lizette Schroeder

Shylah Solis

Bernardo Trevino

Jessica Zajac

Room 201

Bartosz Baron

Dayna Dayson

Natalia Guerra

Katarzyna Puc

Omar Santiago

Yuriy Savchuk

Room 202

Maliha Ahmed

Kayla Bassig

Radek Bobowski

Oscar Cabrera

Juliette Drewniak

Allen Namrood

Gabriel Lau

Room 203

Paola Gomez

Jesse Nunez

Kaitlyn Tarasiewicz

Nicole Wolski

Room 204

Dylan Ciotuszynski

Andy Corona

Jason Harenberg

Adam Wroblewski

Nathaniel Zukowski

Room 205

Declan Cogley

Sebastian Kuczek

Peter Majtyka

Aleksander Naruszewicz

Room 206

Yolanda Diaz

Maya Konieczna

Carmela Pesole

Yoselin Roman

Liam White

Room 301

Patty Amador

Jakub Bigos

Alyssa Galiardo

Christopher Molina

Rafael Reza

Maria Trevino

Congratulations

To Our Scholars!

F I R ST QUARTER S I LV ER HON O R RO LL

F I R ST QUARTER GO L D ENHO N ORROL L

Room 302

Alexis Albios

Kevin Mienta

Kamil Obrochta

Room 303

Owais Abuhashish

Samantha Armijo

John Byer

Kelly Le

Magdalena Naruszewicz

Szymon Ramos

Room 304

Samantha Alanis

Maksym Ilkiv

Shannon McGuire

Sylwia Mieczkowski

Delanie Preston

Room 305

Monika Zawislak

Nicole Soltyszewski

Kacper Rebeszko

Yahya Elmakoudi

Jennifer Castaneda

Room 306

Eric Platt

Francheska Salacup

Room 001

Raquel Marrero

Natalia Obrochta

Kamil Pisanko

Olivia Czarnik

Julia Iwanski

Gabriela

Jakimowicz

Nina Dziamba

Michael Kasparian

Cassidy Medina

Maria Tantcheva

Lucas Kovarik

Room 002

Alexis Vivar

Loren Henich

Selena Gonzalez

Hadeel Abuawad

Milosz Rebeszko

Hazal Ceylan

Tomasz Mieczkow-

ski

Anthony Maldona-

do

Omar Habayed

Denys Chelak

Veronica Kozak

Ariani Gomez

Room 003

Elias Munoz

Jahaira Rodriguez

Jeilyn Sosa

Hubert Bartoszczyk

Carolina

Augustynska

Victoria Olejarz

Raymond Alonso

Anisa Kornafel

Room 101

Omar Eghnaim

Joseph Waltz

Isaias Hernandez

Bianca Barrios

Room 102

David Augustynski

Elizabeth Rivera

Gianni Perez

Alexander Ciesla

Nela Nietupska

Philip Zugaj

Erika Leitner

Room 103

Carolina Gonzalez

Daniel Flores

Kayleene Sotelo

Room 108

Sebastian Roszko

Kacper Jakimowicz

Karol Bubniak

Bartosz Wojda

Julia Szwajnos

Vanessa Legacki

Krzysztof Bucko

Room 202

Kira Jablonski

Juliana Crespo

Natalie Hernandez

Liv Steier

Jane Uremovich

Raygun Uremovich

Ricki Jarvis

Isiah Rodriguez

Aidan Bank

James Cammarata

Room 203

Katherine Araujo

Angel Diaz

Carolina Alcantar

Grace Uremovich

Rikiya Hargrove

Christian Mercado

John Cecchini

Room 204

Patryk Rojek

Ryszard Kasprzyk

Maya Kasprzyk

Philip Konieczny

Kacper Barton

Michael Bachorz

Magdalena To-

maszewski

Victoria Szaraniec

Kamil Mienta

Frank Paszkowski

Room 205

Adam Deeb

Ashley Vazquez

Bethany Lopez

Katherine Quizhpi

Mary Namrood

Gadeer Abuawad

Jehad Eghnaim

Darey Baca

Raphael Manalo

Monika Popovska

Room 206

Karolina Bradlinski

Pawel Grabowski

Nicole Kucharska

Alex Kwiatkowski

Julia Czechura

Romy Khatab

Erik Tomanek

Room 207

Emanuel Crespo

Angelica Krasnicki

Jakub Iwanski

Michael Dylag

Room 208

Miranda Gomez

Makayla Mascorro

Nicholas King

Amy Corona

Karl Abrigunda

Room 209

Jacob Ortegon

Joceline Peralta

Lucas Bigos

Angelica Krystopa

Christian Wolski

Natalia Babula

Andrea Hoffman

Room 210

Meryam Elmakoudi

Adan Paz

Michael Nickson

Leiana Martinez

Allysa Cayas

Patrick Bryk

Kaitlyn Thompson

Alessandra Barrios

Room 211

Juan Baca

Ayah Ghunaim

Adam Pruszynski

Victoria Bobro

Second Quarter

Perfect Attendance

Room 212

Angelo Galarza

Ivan Maldonado

Nataliah Jamroz

Kristy Azzam

Emily Riffert

Hailey Seggeling

Zak Friedl

Room 214

Andy Guzman

Angel Navarrete

Kevin Martinez

Kaitlyn Corona

Jamal Abughoush

William Marin

Carlos Leon

Olivia Kocot

Kamila Drewniak

Aishah Hasan

Room 201 Jr.High

Britney Marin

Nicole Vergel

Michelle Skura

Omar Santiago

Adrian Grabowski

Jonathan Aispuro

Joseph Alonso

Yuriy Savchuk

Room 202 Jr.High

Dylan Puente

Oscar Cabrera

Fabian Martinez

Radek Bobowski

Daniel Alcantar

Roberto Hernandez

Allen Namrood

Kelly Conneely

Daniel Kania

Martyna Akerman

Gabriel Lau

Maliha Ahmed

Anthony Perez

Karolina Kacala

Justyna Kapustka

Room 203 Jr.High

Kevin Barna

Damian Kijak

Andres Hernandez

Anthony

Oleksiewicz

Jacquelyn Rodri-

guez

Jakub Rojek

Emily Alanis

Jesse Nunez

Jesse Nunez

Omar Corona

Suzanne Miekisz

Jacob Bozek

Nicole Wolski

Room 204 Jr.High

Andrei Rodriguez

Nicole Hanek

Ryan Szajna

Anthony Guy

Jason Harenberg

David Krasnicki

Alexander Jamroz

Alexandra Zugaj

Rochelle Borda

Nathaniel Zukowski

Michael Kurowski

Room 205 Jr.High

Jocelyn Roman

Lizbeth Cabrera

Patrycja Bucko

Andre Namrood

Julia Domian

Lukasz Peza

Second Quarter

Perfect Attendance

Room 206 Jr.High

Maya Konieczna

Angel Cadena

Olivia Harcarik

Bruno Myszkowski

Damian Staszel

Pasquale Sanfelice

Kevin Piwowarski

Isaiah Salgado

Room 301 Jr.High Paulina Ryndak

Katherine Gacek

Jakub Bigos

Khalia Phoxay

Theodore Nickson

Nicole Dziedzic

Cristhian Recinos

Julian Martinez

Room 302 Jr.High

Rikeya Hargrove

Steven Gilbert

Kamil Obrochta

Kevin Mienta

Filip Bachta

Thomas Wojtyga

Vitaliy Vitanskyy

Room 303 Jr.High

Aaliyah Rivera

Samantha Armijo

Morad Deeb

Alma Carmona

Kelly Le

Owais Abuhashish

Magdalena Narusze-

wicz

Room 304 Jr.High

Rebecca Guerin

Maksym Ilkiv

Ecxon Herrera

Diana Alonso

Mateusz Zieba

Marcin Kijak

Karolina Peza

Sylwia Mieczkowski

Julia Konieczna

Nicole Pelaez

Samantha Alanis

Michael Rosa

Piotr Szczech

Aaron Borda

Andrew Azzam

Jared Tello

Room 305 Jr.High

Janell Nolivos

Yahya Elmakoudi

Adrian Paz

Monika Zawislak

Priscila Gonzalez

Nicole Soltyszewski

Marek Klejn

Room 306 Jr.High

Eveny Gomez

Jessica Zajac

Eric Platt

Elvia Ramirez

Brian Kwiatkowski

Zayna Sultan

Venita Rodriguez

Books about

friendship:

“Llama, Lla-

ma time to

share” By: Anna Dewdney

“The Rain-

bow Fish “ By: Marcus Phisher

“Can I play

too?” By: Mo Williams

Math and Science This month children

learned:

-how to identify and

construct hearts.

-Children practiced

making patterns with

cut out hand prints.

- Children learned

how to sort objects by

different characteris-

tics.

Vocabulary/ phonics

This month the stu-

dents learned the

words: cooperation,

friendship, and

sharing.

Students learned the

phonemic sounds

for:

“F” as in friendship

“L” as in love

“S” as in sharing.

What we are learning...

Important Reminders

Spring Break– March 25-29

Pre-school

Newsletter

Themes/Projects:

Love and friendship

In honor of Val-entine’s Day the chil-dren learned all about love and friend-ship. The students dis-cussed how to be a good friend to each other; such as sharing and letting everyone play with them. Stu-dent’s learned about making cards and gifts for their friend’s and how to be kind to one another. The children have learned how to work together in groups with their peers.

During the month of February the students celebrated the 100th day of school. The students were very excit-ed as we have been counting the days of school since the very first day. As we have been counting the students have learned about groups of ones, tens and hundreds. On the 100th day of school the students did a great job of coming to school dressed up as 100 year old people! Some students

wore suits with ties, dresses, skirts, glasses and scarves. The students had the opportunity to reflect on this school year so far. They thought about what things they couldn’t do at the beginning of kindergarten and were very proud of everything they have

learned so far!

As we celebrated Valen-tine’s Day this month the students also ex-plored different emo-tions and feelings. We explored the feelings of characters in stories and

how feelings can change. The students also thought about their own lives and what emotions they feel at different times in their lives. The students loved identify-

ing happy, sad, angry, surprised, scared and shy faces. They also shared stories about times in which they have felt these emo-

tions.

Emotions and Feelings

100th Day of School!

Kindergarten News

Time to Shop

In recent weeks, our first graders have been learning how to

add two-digit numbers . To strengthen this skill, we trans-

formed a part of our classroom into a grocery store. The

young shoppers go “shopping” to select grocery store items

and add their cost. The children write up their receipts and

add the items together using dimes and pennies. They are

having a wonderful time shopping and are learning a great

deal in the process.

First graders celebrated Valentine’s

Day by participating in fun activities.

Students created various art project to

celebrate friendship and love, read

stories centered around the holiday,

and delivered valentines to their

classmates. What a great way to cele-

brate our friendships!

Valentine’s Day

Happy 100th Day of School to all of our stu-

dents! On February 20th, the first graders

reached the 100th day of school. The day’s ac-

tivities centered around the number 100. We

practiced counting to 100 in many different

ways (1s, 5s, 10s). Some students made collec-

tions of 100 items. The children enjoyed all of

the 100th day festivities.

Hip, Hip, Hooray!

It’s the 100th Day!

First Grade News

Second Grade News Hands - On Fun In Second Grade.

February was a busy month for all second graders at Bridge School. The students wrote re-

markable reports on George Washington and transformed themselves to look like our great first

president. Students created Habitat Mobiles and gave oral reports on a habitat of animals that

they researched. They created beautiful landforms of seven continents with flour and water. They

painted their projects in Art Class.

Their culminating activity was an in-school field trip presented by Science Made Fun. All the

students had an amazing time making projects involving chromatography and chemical reactions.

Every student exclaimed, "School was fun this month".

Third Grade News Did You Know? The 3rd grade is going to be turned into a Geology lab! We will be getting a visit from hightouch hightech for a hands-on program with real live panning for gems! We can’t wait!

I am lucky because I have two very good friends. They are funny , friendly and

they stick up for me too. They never told one secret that I told them. That is what

I am lucky for. My two best friends, Ania and Mia.

By Melissa K

I am lucky because I have a great Mom. She loves me, helps me and

keeps me out of danger. Now you know why I am lucky.

By Kamil M.

I am lucky because my Great Grandmother is still alive and she is 75!

She is not mean and she is very funny. She will only be mean if you are mean to

her. If you are nice to her, she will be nice to you.

By Jackie M.

I am lucky because I have the greatest Dad in the whole world!

He takes me to cool movies and lunch. He takes me to cool places like Wisconsin

Dells and Florida. He is the best Dad I ever had!

By Nathan M.

I am lucky because I have a great soccer team. I have been getting better and bet-

ter on my soccer team. I have been able to do really cool tricks with my friends. I

have been also making some really awesome goals. My soccer games are every

Saturday.

By Kristian M.

How Lucky are We!!! By Room 207

ISAT Test Taking Tips

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Sleep well the night

before and eat a good

breakfast the day of the

test. If you don’t feel

well on the day of the

ISATs and choose to

leave, you can’t come

back to finish your test.

Study what your teach-

ers teach you especial-

ly for the ISAT, but

don’t overload your-

self.

Don’t rush on the test,

but if you don’t know

the answer to a ques-

tion, take an educated

guess. You will have

more of a chance of

getting it right. If you

still want to skip it,

leave a mark next to

the question to come

back to it later.

Write legibly when

doing extended re-

sponses. Also, if

there’s a large word

you don’t know how to

spell, just try your best

rather than using baby

words.

Don’t feel like you’re

going to fail. Be con-

fident. It helps, really.

R. Borda, 204

biggest Saint Patrick’s parade

is in New York with an audi-

ence of about 3 million. Saint

Patrick’s Day in American

was first celebrated in Boston

in the year of 1737. M. Zawislak, M. Naruszewicz,

D. Medellin

Saint Patrick’s Day is cele-

brated on March 17th each

year. On that day people

mostly wear green things to

avoid being pinched. This

holiday is an Irish tradition.

This holiday is also known as

Saint Patty’s day. Saint Pat-

rick’s Day has been celebrat-

ed for over a thousand years.

In Chicago the rivers are dyed

green. The actual color of

Saint Patrick is blue. There is

a contest in Chicago that an-

nounces the new Saint Pat-

rick’s Queen at a Parade. The

Inside this issue:

Bacon Cheeseburger Tacos 2

March Holidays 2

Irish Foods 3

Daylight Savings Time Songs 3

March Madness 3

Special points of interest:

ISAT Test Taking Tips

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Bacon Cheeseburger Taco Recipe

March Daily Holidays

Irish Foods

Daylight Savings Time Songs

March Madness

Br idge Jun io r H igh Jou r na l i sm C lub 5 th /6 th G r ade News

March 1, 2013

Volume 1, Issue 3

Editors

Mr. Ambrosio

Mrs. Schultz

March Edition

Holidays of the Month! (March)

25. Waffle Day

26. Make Up Your Own Holiday Day

27. National "Joe" Day (everyone

calls you Joe)

28. Something on a Stick Day

29. National Mom

30. National Doctor's Day

30. I am in Control Day

31. Easter Date varies

1. National Pig Day

1. Peanut Butter Lovers' Day

2. Old Stuff Day

3. I Want You to be Happy Day

3. National Anthem Day

4. Holy Experiment Day

5. Multiple Personality Day

6. Dentist's Day

6. National Frozen Food Day

7. National Crown Roast of Pork Day

8. International (Working) Women's

Day

9. Panic Day

10. Middle Name Pride Day

11. Johnny Appleseed Day

11. Worship of Tools Day -

12. Girl Scouts Day

12. Plant a Flower Day

13. Ear Muff Day

14. National Potato Chip Day

14. National Pi Day- Why today? Be-

cause today is 3.14, the value of Pi.

(Ms.Koeppel)

14. Popcorn Lover's Day second

Thursday

15. Everything You Think is Wrong

Day

15. Incredible Kid Day

15. Dumbstruck Day

16. Everything you do is Right Day

17. Submarine Day

17. Saint Patrick's Day

18. Supreme Sacrifice Day

19. Francheska Salacup’s birthday

20. International Earth Day

20. Proposal Day

21. Fragrance Day

22. National Goof Off Day

23. National Chip and Dip Day

24. National Chocolate Covered Rai-

sin Day

25. Pecan Day

Bacon Cheeseburger Tacos

Volume 1, Issue 3

1 pound lean (at least 80%) ground beef

1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)

1 package taco seasoning mix

2/3 cup water

1/2 cup Old El Paso® Cheese 'n Salsa dip

(from 15-oz jar)

1 box of hard and soft taco shells (

6 hard corn shells and 6 soft flour tortillas)

1 1/2 cups shredded lettuce

1 large tomato, seeded and chopped (1 cup)

6 slices bacon, crisply cooked, crumbled

1 In 10-inch nonstick skillet, cook beef and on-

ion over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stir-

ring frequently, until thoroughly cooked; drain.

Stir in taco seasoning mix and water. Reduce

heat to medium; cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring

frequently, until thickened. Stir in dip until well

mixed.

2 Heat taco shells and tortillas as directed on

box.

3 Fill heated taco shells and tortillas with warm

beef mixture, lettuce, tomato and bacon.

Jennifer Castaneda, 305

Hey! Do you want to try something exotic for once? How about tacos? Here

let me give you the recipe for delicious tacos

March Madness 75th Anniversary

Daylight Savings “Time” Songs

suet, bread, and oatmeal formed into a large sausage

shape.

Kayla Bassig, 202

Champ- Mashed potatoes and

chopped scallions (spring on-

ions) with butter and milk.

Coddle- Layers of roughly

sliced pork sausages bacon, usu-

ally thinly sliced, somewhat fat-

ty back bacon, with sliced pota-

toes, and onions.

Cottage Pie- Also known as

shepherd's pie, it is a meat pie

with a crust of mashed potato.

Farl- A tradi-

tional quick

bread or cake,

roughly trian-

gular in shape. White Pud-ding- Very simi-lar to black pud-ding, but con-taining no blood. Contains pork meat and fat,

On March 10, Daylight Saving

Time Begins. This is where we set

our clocks one hour ahead. So to

step away from all things Saint

Patrick’s Day, here are the top 5

time songs.

1. Pink Floyd -Time

2. The Rolling Stones -Time

Is On My Side

3. Chicago -Does Anybody

Really Know What Time It

Is?

4. The Chambers Brothers –

Time Has Come Today

5. Chicago -25 or 6 to 4

Eric Platt 306

Irish Foods

Cottage Pie—An Irish Favorite.

Volume 1, Issue 3

Check out March Madness, which was born

in Illinois. It begins Tuesday, March 19,

2013, and will end on Monday, April 8,

2013. Now is the time to cheer and support

your team, wherever they are from.

For more information, check out the official

NCAA March Madness website at http://

www.ncaa.com/march-madness.

Seventh/Eighth Grade News GENETIC CRITTERS!

7th Grade Science has been invaded by a new species of animal! These critters have been helping students

investigate how traits are inherited. Students flipped coins to determine the allele combinations their critter

had and determined the phenotype from each critter’s genotype.

Students had a great time constructing their critters. Students learned about patterns of inheritance like co-

dominance, incomplete dominance in addition to simple dominance. All of the “baby pictures” are displayed

in the hallway in the Jr. High.

Energy Transformations

8th Grade science has students investigating energy transformations. Students are ex-ploring how energy is transferred in our world. Students are challenged to construct their own investigations to explore how energy is generated and used. Students enjoyed making circuits, using computer simulations and constructing and exploring the proper-ties of a wet cell battery.

On Thursday, February 28th, the 7th and 8th graders travelled to Navy Pier and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater to see a professional production of Romeo and Juliet. Before seeing the play, the students studied a version and acted it out in class. In this picture, Romeo is sword fighting with Paris in the tomb of Juliet.

7/8 Grade Field Trip

BRIDGE ELEMENTARY LIBRARY GETS A FACELIFT

The Bridge Elementary Library received a facelift. Our new tables and chairs allow students more space to work and move more freely around the library. Pictured above is Ms. Baron’s room as they enjoyed being the first to use our new tables and chairs. When asked about the “new library”, some

students said: “It’s totally awesome!”

BRIDGE MUSIC NOTES

Another fun and exciting month of music making has come and gone here at Bridge, most of which was spent in our new music room. 114 has been turned into the new music classroom for the remainder of the school year and the students have had a great time breaking it in. The music room is complete with a brand new keyboard, STAR board, “Music Words” wall, new percussion instruments, visual aids for Solfege and instrument families, a wall of composers (often mistaken for presidents), and plenty of room for games and activities. This month, we have spent a great deal of time exploring various aspects of musical form. Students have been asked to identify patterns and label sections of music using letters (ABA etc). We have also learned a new note on the Solfege tree called “La”. Students can now begin to identify “Mi”, “So” and “La” in songs and have become very good at echoing phrases sung by the teacher that revolve around those three notes. We have also began to identify the difference between space notes and line notes in prepara-tion for having them read music on a musical staff . Students have applied their knowledge of those line notes and space notes, along with their ability to identify high notes vs. low notes, by notating “So-Mi” patterns on the board. In addition to all the new knowledge the students have gained this week, we have also had a ton of fun discussing rhymes while singing “Down by the bay” and exploring loud vs. quite through a class favorite game akin to “warmer/colder” called “Lucy Locket”. We have discussed rhythm with a story about Drummer Hoff and to top it all off, the students have also become expert In-strument Detectives! Until next time! All The Best, Mr. Glocke

Bridge Junior High School Music News

Bridge Junior High students attended the first –ever Chicago Public Schools Regional Dance

and Theatre Day at Schurz High School. Workshops included Urban Social Dance which in-

cluded musical influences from all over the globe, Introduction to Latin Dance, Acting for

Life: A Lesson in Improvisation, Introduction to Choreography, Introduction to Hip-Hop

Dance, and Stories Alive. Ryan Allibone stated, “All the workshops that I participated in

were wonderful! Everything that we did had everyone engaged and it was all a lot of fun. It

was nice to meet some new people and find out a little bit about them”. Ryan also found the

opportunity to spend the day at a high school interesting. Julian Martinez stated, “It was fun,

I got to learn new things at Schurz. I learned some dance moves that I might like to share

with other people”. Nicole Pelaez said, “I had so much fun at Schurz! It was like a fun

workout day! I met other eighth graders from Bridge and I also met some new friends. I

hope there will be more activities like these soon!”. Rafael Reza was impressed by the ad-

vanced level of choreography stating, “It was a really cool experience that was totally unex-

pected and way more fun than I had anticipated, the whole day was just too much fun”. Ra-

fael was glad to have the opportunity to spend a day in a high school prior to commencing to

his Freshman year, stating that Schurz was “so alive!”. All of the students expressed that

they hope for another opportunity like this one again soon. We sure are proud of our Bridge

students and all of their talents!

-Mr. Friend

Volleyball!

P.E. at the Junior High

Physical Education at Bridge!

Hello Bridge Community, Wel-come back to the Physical Edu-cation page here at Bridge Ele-mentary. A lot of new and excit-ing activities have been happen-ing in our P.E. classroom. We just got done with our Floor Hockey unit and now we are going to be moving on to the sport of Volleyball. Volleyball can be enjoyed by players of all ages and requires hand-eye coordination, endurance, and various locomotor skills. Rules, drills, formations, lead-up games, and game play will all be covered during our Volleyball unit this month. We are also saying good bye to our student teacher Ms. Senyk as she moves on to her secondary placement in New Zealand. She brought so many new and great ideas to our P.E. program that we can only wish her the best with her

future in education!

a big congratulations to the Boys 5 & 6th and 7 & 8th Basketball teams for finishing 7-1 respectively and qualifying for the O’Hare Network

Playoffs. Good luck Bulldogs!

Hello Bridge Community and welcome to Physical Education at the Junior High. This month we have explored a variety of sports and activities focusing a lot on floor hockey and volley-ball. The students were very excited to participate in both sports as they haven't had much experience but showed a lot of interest. At the beginning of March we will be losing Mr.

Magnini as he will be moving on to Marshall High School to complete his student teaching experience. During the month of March, P.E. at Bridge will consist of a variety of fitness games and activities focusing on cardiovascular endurance as well as some muscular strength

and endurance activities.

We would also like to send out

Students from Room 209 getting ready for Volleyball!

To the right we have our Athletes of the Month. In order

from 3rd-8th grade we have Mateusz Jaje, Maria Tantche-

va, Omar Santiago, Kelley Coneely, Joshua Kornatowski,

and Nicole Pelaez.

Athletes of the

Month!

Art-i-facts (elementary)

Finishing up our unit on India and the Middle East, Kindergarten students

learned how to draw Elephants, and then painted them with watercolors. We

practiced our color mixing skills to create the color gray (black + white).

1st and 2nd grade students also made artwork about Elephants! After learning

how Elephants are used in art as a symbol of strength, power, and good luck, stu-

dents drew detailed line drawings of Elephants and transferred the drawing onto a

piece of Styrofoam. Students traced into the Styrofoam with a dull pencil to make

a relief design. We rolled metallic ink over the Styrofoam, pressed a paper onto

the ink, and made prints! Students had to remember to think in reverse, as the ar-

eas we pushed down with the pencil were the parts that didn’t have ink on them.

Students used metallic markers to create cool line designs around the borders.

3rd/4th grade students are finishing Earth Day awareness posters and artwork in

response to Earth Day themes we discussed in class. Students have pledged 250+

pieces of artwork which will be donated to the World’s Largest Earth Day event

on April 21st. In coordination with other schools across Chicago, we will be

working together to collect 10,000 works of art for a Guinness World Record at-

tempt! You can track the progress of our goal and get up to date information by

going to: http://environmentalhalloffame.net/earth-day-2013-announcement/ and

looking up the school list. How exciting!

Art-i-facts (elementary)

Ruben and Bryan roll

ink onto the Styrofoam

plate with brayers.

Make sure you apply

the ink evenly! In a

pinch, you could use

tempera paint instead of

ink for printing.

The magic art of Printmaking! Students from room 208 help demonstrate:

Next, students carefully line up a piece of

paper over their plate. Using our hands or

a wooden spoon, students gently rubbed

over the paper. After a minute, we lifted

the paper off of the plate.

Like magic, we now

have a beautiful copy

of our plate! The best

part about printing, is

that you can make lots

of copies! Nice work

guys!

Special Spring Issue

LSC = Local School Council NCLB PAC = No Child Left Behind Parent Advisory Committee

PTA = Parent Teacher Association BAC = Bilingual Advisory Committee

LSC President:

Mrs. Lynda Jurewicz

Parent Representatives: Mr. Daniel Aviles

Mr. Jim Ignatowski

Mrs. Terri Ignatowski

Mrs. Rebecca Jamroz

Mrs. Susan Szajna

Community Representatives:

Mrs. Yvonne Majewski

Mrs. Pat Walenga

Teacher Representatives:

Mrs. Wioletta Chwal

Mrs. Kelly Naughton

Non-Teacher Representative:

Mrs. Maria Crespo

Administration:

Dr. Christopher Brake

PTA President:

Mrs. Susan Szajna

Vice-President:

Mrs. Terri Ignatowski

Secretary:

Mrs. Samantha Hinkle

Treasurer:

Mrs. Lynda Jurewicz

NCLB PAC

President:

Terri Ignatowski

Vice-President:

Dan Aviles

Secretary:

Yvonne Majewski

BAC President:

Mrs. Sylwia Krupinska

Vice-President: Mr. Jose Solis

Secretary:

Mrs. Sylwia Drewniak

Representative:

Mr. Garcia Marco

Alternate Representative: Mrs. Joanna Krupa

“Bridges to Success” Bridge Elementary School

3800 N. New England Avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60634

773-534-3718

Bridge Jr. High School Branch

7001 W. Addison Street

Chicago, Illinois 60634

773-534-0940

Principal:

Dr. Christopher Brake

Assistant Principal:

Mrs. Joyce Giannini

I M P O R T A N T C P S D A T E S 2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 3 S C H O O L Y E A R

Holidays

Monday, May 27, 2013 - Memorial Day*

Vacations

Spring Vacation: March 25-29, 2013*

Summer Vacation: June 25 - September 3, 2013*

Report Card Pick-Up Parent-Teacher Conference Days

Third Quarter - Wednesday, April 17, 2013*

Report Card Distribution Days Fourth Quarter - Monday, June 24, 2013

Mid-Quarter Progress Report Distribution Days Third Quarter - Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Fourth Quarter - Wednesday, May 15, 2013

School Improvement Half-Days

Friday, April 12, 2013

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Important Note: Students will attend school for three and one-half hours on

School Improvement Half-Days and will receive breakfast and lunch.

5th-8th grade Jr. High students dismissed at 11:15

K-4th grade Elementary students dismissed at 11:30

Last day of school for students is Monday, June 24, 2013

This is a full school day for students

*Indicates days of non-attendance for students