Special May F lowers Issue

Volume 11, Issue 9

May, 2013

Special points of interest:

• Superstar Teacher Grant

Winners

• Superstar Alumni

• Superstar Honor Roll Stu-

dents

• Superstar Perfect Attend-

ance Students

• Superstar Spirit Week Info

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

Brake’s Take 2

Calendar 3

Students of the Month 4-5

Honor Roll 7

Perfect Attendance 8-9

News from the Grades 11-23

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

Bridge Teachers Win Multiple CFE Grants!

First Grade Teacher Mrs. Chwal Kindergarten Teacher Mrs. Augustyn

Bilingual Lead Teacher Mrs. Dudek

Bridge School is home

to multiple 2012-2013

Chicago Foundation

for Education (CFE)

grant winners! The

CFE is proud to sup-

port CPS educators

with leadership, learn-

ing, and grant pro-

grams.

Congratulations

Bridge Teachers!

Bridge Alumni Youngest Student Accepted to International Science Fair!

Marcelina Puc with Dr. Brake

Bridge School ―Class of 2011‖ Valedictorian

and current Lane Tech High School sopho-

more Marcelina Puc is the youngest student

ever accepted to compete in the International

Science Fair.

Way to go Marcelina!

Page 2 Volume 11, Issue 9

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

May Non-Attendance Days for Students

Monday, May 27th, 2013

Is Memorial Day Holiday

No School

Remember those who gave their all...

Kindergarten Open House

Wednesday, May 15th from 5-7 PM

In the Elementary School Building

Parents of 8th Grade Students: Steinmetz H.S. Counselors will be at the Bridge Jr. High library to

begin early registration for incoming 2013-2014 freshmen students

on Thursday, May 16th from 8:30-11:30 AM. A parent must be

present to register their 8th grader for the coming school year. If you

have any questions please contact the Bridge school counselor,

Ms. Caitlin Fahey at (773) 534-3718

Thank you!

CPS School Improvement Half-Day

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 5th-8th Jr. High Students are dismissed at 11:15

K-4th Elementary Students are dismissed at 11:30 Last 1/2 Day of the School Year

Teacher Appreciation Week

Is May 6th-10th

If you can read this thank a teacher! Let‘s appreciate our teachers, staff and LSC/

PTA parents throughout the year!

Great People Make Great Schools! Thank you all for all you do! Dr. Christopher Brake

Indicates day of non-attendance for students

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Mid-Quarter

Progress

Reports

Distributed

To Students on

May 15th

1 Family Literacy

NCLB

Parent Night

5-7 pm

2 3 4

5 May 6th-10th

Is

Teacher

Appreciation

Week

6 7 8 Staff

Development

Half-Day

Dismissal: 5-8 @ 11:15

K-4 @ 11:30

9 10 Mid-Quarter

11

12 13 14 15 NCLB PAC/LSC

Meetings

@5:30 PM

@Bridge

Elementary

Kdg.

Open House

16 Steinmetz

H.S.

Registration

@ Bridge

Jr. High

8:30-11:30

17

Family

Movie

Night

18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28

29 30 31 Junior

Achievement

Day

School

Ends

June

24th

May 2013 Staff Appreciation Month

Elementary School Spring Book Fair

Memorial

Day

Holiday

No School

Spirit Week (see page 6 for details)

K. Zawislak

A. Bank

D. Chang

A. Cayas

A. Aviles

V. Thomas V. Szaraniec

S. Kwasnik P. Nolivos

J. Brown J. Miller

E. Kurkowski

May - Students of the Month

R. Ryerson M. Kruszewski L. Guerra B. Pacer

B. Marin

M. Ahmed

K. Le

M. Trevino

P. Gomez J. Gonzalez

L. Herrera Y. Roman

P. Abrigunda J. Zajac

R. Hargrove

L. Kovarik K. Freymiller G. Mateo

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

May - Students of the Month

T. Lopez

School Spirit Week May 28th—31st Tuesday: Pajama Day

Wednesday: Rainbow/Colorful Day

Thursday: Jersey/Sports Wear Day

-Sports Day-

Friday: Crazy Hair & Hat Day

Please Note: Students who dress up and participate in Spirit Week

do not have to wear uniforms during Spirit Week!

Students who do not participate must wear school uniform.

Bridge Elementary School PTA

Bridge Elementary School – Bridge Jr. High School Branch 3800 North New England 7001 W. Addison

Chicago, Illinois 60634

Buy One – Get One Free!

Spring Book Fair

April 29th-May 2nd

NCLB Family Read Night Wednesday, May 1st

from 5:00-7:00 PM

Puppet

Theater

Story Tellers

Free Book

Raffle

Book Fair OPEN

5-7 PM on 5/1/13

Volunteers Needed!

Room 201

Matthew Bozek

Alex Hernandez

Stephen Kaim

Katarzyna Puc

Yuriy Savchuk

Room 202

Martyna Akerman

Radek Bobowski

Jakub Jedrzejewski

Room 203

Jeremy Albios

Kevin Barna

Jacob Bozek

Claudia Goral

Edin Haskovic

Damian Kijak

Suzanne Miekisz

Jakub Rojek

Kaitlyn Tarasiewicz

Room 204

Michael Kurowski

Ryan Szajna

Alexandra Zugaj

Room 205

Anna Klejn

Room 206

Naiya Graciani

Olivia Harcarik

Pasquale Sanfelice

Yoselin Roman

Damian Staszel

Room 301

Neidelyn Reyes

Ashley Bock

Konrad Knap

Paulina Ryndak

Kamila Wrobel

Room 302

Alexis Albios

Victoria Kospin

Kevin Mienta

Brooke Silvestri

Julia Smialkowska

Monika Staszel

Kelsey Vasquez

Room 303

Samantha Armijo

John Byer

Kelly Le

Szymon Ramos

Room 304

Samantha Alanis

Tiara Lopez

Shannon McGuire

Sylwia Mieczkowski

Delanie Preston

Kinga Tarasiewicz

Room 201

Mateusz Babula

Dayna Dayson

Room 202

Maliha Ahmed

Daniel Alcantar

Alexis Allen

Kayla Bassig

Juliette Drewniak

Gabriel Lau

Justyna Kapustka

Fabian Martinez

Allen Namrood

Anthony Perez

Sabrina Villegas

Room 203

Paola Gomez

Emily Hoffman

Room 204

Rochelle Borda

Dylan Ciotuszynski

Anthony Guy

Nicole Hanek

Emilia Jakubaszek

Zuzanna Strapoc

Adam Wroblewski

Sofiya Zhukotanska

Room 205

Lizbeth Cabrera

Declan Cogley

Julia Domian

Peter Majtyka

Room 206

Muimen Fareh

Maya Konieczna

Peter Kospin

Carmela Pesole

Liwia Kiryk

Room 301

Patty Amador

Jakub Bigos

Katherine Gacek

Christopher Molina

Eric Pagan

Maria Trevino

Room 302

Ashley Badillo

Jacub Habayeb

Rikeya Hargrove

Yuliya Khudzyk

Johannsy Marte

Destiny Morales

Kamil Obrochta

Alex Paszkowski

Natalia Sak

Room 303

Morad Deeb

Stephanie Diamond

Katherine Misterka

Magdalena Naruszewicz

Miguel Rascon

Room 304

Andrew Azzam

Maksym Ilkiv

Julia Konieczna

Karolina Peza

Rachel Schnoebelen

Melanie Sobenes

Jared Tello

Mateusz Zieba

Room 305

Kelly Tarasiewicz

John Sak

Holly Lewandowski

Nicole Lesniak

Agapefaith Alfaro

Monika Zawislak

Victoria Majerczyk

James Ignatowski

Natalie Hanek

Zak Elmakoudi

Room 306

Sebastian Hernandez

Brian Kwiatkowski

Dailah Medellin

Eric Platt

Dana Schnoebelen

Lizette Schroeder

Shylah Solis

Bernardo Trevino

Jessica Zajac

Room 305

Nicole Soltyszewski

Kacper Rebeszko

Marek Klejn

Jennifer Castaneda

Room 306

Tomasz Kuczewski

Francheska Salacup

Room 302

Alexis Albios

Victoria Kospin

Kevin Mienta

Brooke Silvestri

Julia Smialkowska

Monika Staszel

Kelsey Vasquez

Room 303

Samantha Armijo

John Byer

Kelly Le

Szymon Ramos

Room 304

Samantha Alanis

Tiara Lopez

Shannon McGuire

Sylwia Mieczkowski

Delanie Preston

Kinga Tarasiewicz

Room 305

Nicole Soltyszewski

Kacper Rebeszko

Marek Klejn

Jennifer Castaneda

Room 306

Tomasz Kuczewski

Francheska Salacup

Congratulations

To Our

Scholars!

TH I R D QUA RTER S I LV ER HON O R RO LL

GO L D E N HO N O R

R O L L

Room 001

Raquel Marrero

Melissa Thomas

Natalia Obrochta

Kamil Pisanko

Olivia Czarnik

Julia Iwanski

Nina Dziamba

Michael Kasparian

Room 002

Alexis Vivar

Loren Henich

Selena Gonzalez

Hadeel Abuawad

Milosz Rebeszko

Konrad Freymiller

Hazal Ceylan

Tomasz Mieczkowski

Anthony Maldonado

Omar Habayed

Denys Chelak

Xiomara Cardona

Room 003

Melissa Espinosa

Krystyna Kazmierczak

Michael Mlynarczyk

Karolina Jakubaszek

Angelica Parda

Raymond Alonso

Anisa Kornafel

Gia Mateo

Samer Sultan

Jannessa Roa

Room 101

Gabriel Herrera

Isaias Hernandez

Bianca Barrios

Room 102

Konrad Olech

Karol Jakimowicz

Patrick Mlynarczyk

Elizabeth Rivera

Nela Nietupska

Philip Zugaj

Erika Leitner

Room 103

Jennifer Altamirano

Lizbeth Sanchez

Luis Sanchez

Nathan Munoz

Jonathan Jaramillo

Room 108

Kacper Jakimowicz

Maya Mielnicka

Julia Szwajnos

Arkadiusz Bobowski

Martyna Naruszewicz

Room 202

Juliana Crespo

Natalie Hernandez

Liv Steier

Ricki Jarvis

Aliyana Figueroa

Paola Vazquez

Room 203

Erik Harcarik

Gabriella Aviles

Kamil Kocon

Christian Mercado

Room 204

Daniel Piwowarski

Kacper Barton

Kamil Gembis

Julia Smialowska

Magdalena To-

maszewski

Kamil Mienta

Room 205

Obayda Mohammed

Natalia Rodriguez

Ashley Vazquez

Zaidaivelys Valdez

Bethany Lopez

Katherine Quizhpi

Mary Namrood

David Chang

Gadeer Abuawad

Monika Popovska

Rapheal Manalo

Room 206

Matthew Krupa

Romy Khatab

Denys Kryzhanovych

Room 207

Nicholas Nickson

Victoria Cichowski

Julian Fajardo

Room 208

Miranda Gomez

Ailin Corona

Giovanni Jaramillo

Karl Abrigunda

Room 209

Kevin Thomas

Joceline Peralta

Aaliyah Schein

Virginia Olech

Lucas Bigos

Julia Cichowski

Tori Napolitano

Mason Wilder

Matthew Kurowski

Natalia Babula

Room 210

Meryam Elmakoudi

Adan Paz

Bernaliz Lopez

Michael Nickson

Ariel Roman

Maya Farfan

Kaitlyn Thompson

Jeremiah Torres

Alessandra Barrios

Room 211

Ruby Sanchez

Zamary Huerta

Juan Baca

Claudia Szczesna

Kenneth Vasquez

Adam Pruszynski

Jasumi Carbajal

Room 212

Adrian Garcia

Kayla Robertson

Gabriela Mlynarczyk

KylieBlu Santiago

Carmen Martinez

Jacob Roman

Azra Haskovic

Hailey Seggeling

Kzias McGowan

Room 214

Andy Guzman

Angel Navarrete

Kevin Martinez

William Marin

Third Quarter

Perfect Attendance

Carlos Leon

Olivia Kocot

Kamila Drewniak

Paulette Gajardo

Aishah Hasan

Room 201 Jr.High

Britney Marin

Alex Hernandez

Michelle Skura

Mateusz Babula

Tomasz Pikul

Omar Santiago

Adrian Grabowski

Katarzyna Puc

Room 202 Jr.High

Dylan Puente

Oscar Cabrera

Samantha Pelaez

Radek Bobowski

Juliette Drewniak

Roberto Hernandez

Jacob Pacer

Allen Namrood

Daniel Kania

Alexis Allen

Martyna Akerman

Maliha Ahmed

Anthony Perez

Karolina Kacala

Kyle Abrigunda

Room 203 Jr.High

Ayman Abuawad

Heidy Araujo

Damian Kijak

Edin Haskovic

Paola Gomez

Vanesa Sanchez

Andres Hernandez

Jakub Rojek

Emily Alanis

Elais Allen

Claudia Goral

Suzanne Miekisz

Nicole Wolski

Room 204 Jr.High

Andrei Rodriguez

Lesly Herrera

Anthony Guy

Jason Harenberg

Alexander Jamroz

Emilia Jakubaszek

Michael Kurowski

Room 205 Jr.High

Peter Majtyka

Lizbeth Cabrera

Patrycja Bucko

Jesus Gonzalez

Andre Namrood

Aleksander Naruszewicz

Jesus Manzanares

Room 206 Jr.High

Maya Konieczna

Naiya Graciani

Luz Vazquez

Angel Cadena

Juan Cardona

Olivia Harcarik

Bruno Myszkowski

Damian Staszel

Pasquale Sanfelice

Kevin Piwowarski

Peter Kospin

Third Quarter

Perfect Attendance

Room 301 Jr.High Nicole Zacny

Katherine Gacek

Jakub Bigos

Khalia Phoxay

Rafael Reza

Giovanni Ramirez

Cristhian Recinos

Francisco Gajardo

Room 302 Jr.High

Adren Torres

Julia Smialkowska

Kamil Obrochta

Monika Staszel

Natalia Sak

Sasha Aponte

Jordan Daugherty

Kevin Mienta

Thomas Wojtyga

Room 303 Jr.High

Samantha Armijo

Kelly Le

Owais Abuhashish

Stephanie Diamond

Leonardo Alcala

Garcia

Room 304 Jr.High

Maksym Ilkiv

Diana Alonso

Mateusz Zieba

Marcin Kijak

Shannon McGuire

Karolina Peza

Sylwia Mieczkow-

ski

Julia Konieczna

Nicole Pelaez

Samantha Alanis

Eduardo Martinez

Piotr Szczech

Melanie Sobenes

Aaron Borda

Jared Tello

Room 305 Jr.High

Victoria Majerczyk

John Sak

Kayla Juewicz

Janell Nolivos

Adrian Paz

Monika Zawislak

Agapefaith Alfaro

Holly Lewandowski

Natalie Hanek

Nicole Soltyszewski

Jose Reyes

Jakub Kacala

Room 306 Jr.High

Eveny Gomez

Zuzanna Pasierbek

Jessica Zajac

Eric Platt

Elvia Ramirez

Dailah Medellin

Brian Kwiatkowski

James Chalabi

Zayna Sultan

.

Family Movie Night

Friday, May 17th @ 6:00 PM

Page 11 Volume 11, Issue

Spring is a very exciting time for young children.

There are many activities to do with your children during

spring time:

Go on a nature walk with your child.

plant flowers or vegetables with your child.

make a bird feeder out of a milk carton , and fill it with

bird seed.

Who let the letters out by Dr. Jean

Numbers help me count by D.J. Pen-

cil.

Hot potato by the Wiggles.

Here are some of the letters we have been learning:

Ff - as in fashion

Ss -as in spring or sewing

Cc- as in clothes

Bb- as in birds.

Throughout our Pre-school program we have

been working on themes such as: clothes, spring, and

birds.

Students who have been working on clothes,

learned how clothes are made, and how to take care of

your clothes. Children had a chance to design, decorate

and sew their own clothing patterns.

Students who have been working on the birds

theme have learned how birds live and how they survive.

They have also learned about various types of birds.

Students have been exploring Spring, by going

on nature walks, and observing the changes in the envi-

ronment that occur during Spring.

Thank you so much to all

our wonderful supportive

parents! You have been a

great help throughout the

year. If you would still like

a chance to volunteer just

ask your child's‘ teacher

and they will help you find

a day for you to come in.

Kindergarten News

This month our Kinder-

garten students learned

about the parts of the

plant, the life cycle of a

plant, and how to grow a

plant. As they pro-

gressed through the unit,

students developed and

applied key comprehen-

sion skills that good

readers use as they read

identifying sequence of

events, retelling, and

drawing conclusions.

Our students LOVED ex-ploring the museum, especially the Butterfly Haven, River Works and Extreme Green House. At the museum students

participated in a hands-on workshop about plants. Each student got to bring back their own seed to plant! It was a fun learning experience.

Our Kindergarten students went on a field trip to the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum .

May Themes:

Earth/Recycling

Space

Farm—Three Little

Pigs

Another busy month has come and gone!

Martyna Naruszewicz Room 108

Every students planted

their very own seeds.

They observed and

recorded growth of

their plant.

In Math, we were working

on comparing sets of ob-

jects, solving a problems by

drawing a picture, making

ABBC pattern using pattern

blocks, sounds, body, ex-

ploring tangrams, measuring

length using nonstandard

units, graphing picture on a

pictograph, identifying a

sphere, ordering objects by

size, identifying shapes as

two or three dimensional.

Recycled Robots

After reading a story about robots and learning

about reducing, reusing, and recycling, in celebra-

tion of Earth Day, we used our knowledge and

creativity to reduce waste. Our first grade stu-

dents, with the help of their families, created their

own robots using recycled materials. The awe-

some creations consisted of recycled cardboard,

metal scraps, paper towel rolls, bottle tops, nuts,

bolts, CDs, plastic bottles, and many more materi-

als. To piece it all together, most of the students

used aluminum foil and tape. Each student pre-

sented his or her robot to the class by listing the

materials used to assemble the project and ex-

plaining how it was made. We hope that you were

able to catch a glimpse of these recycled robots

during report card pick-up day.

Buzzzz! Our classrooms were buzzing with excite-

ment as we learned about the world of bees. Are

you familiar with the life cycle of a bee? Well, ask

any of our first-grade experts and they'll tell you all

about the bee life cycle. The students learned about

how bees grow, what bees eat, how bees communi-

cate, and the different jobs of bees. By reading lots

of fiction and nonfiction stories about bees, we also

learned that while they may often be pesky, bees

have a significant role in our environment. Not only

do they pollinate flowers so they bloom, but they

also make sweet honey. Now that's a terrific insect!

Bee Extraordinaire

First Grade News

Second Grade News

Weather Or Not!

During the last two weeks, second grade was

busy learning about different types of weather.

Among many things, we studied precipitation, wa-

ter cycle, cloud types, and wind. One activity we

did was made a cloud in a jar. We took a glass jar

and filled it with water and then put shaving

cream at the top to represent a cloud. We slowly

began adding food coloring to the cloud. We

demonstrated how when a cloud gets full of water

it starts to rain. Students were really interested

in learning about weather and enjoyed the differ-

ent activities we did in class.

Students were also excited about displaying their 3D

Shape Cities and their Ouch stories during report card pickup

for all to see!!

Mining For Resources

The students in room 209 are learning about resources. To investigate

this, they did an experiment where they ―mined‖ for raisins. Each child

received an oatmeal raisin cookie. The first thing they did was look at the

cookie to see if they could guess how many raisins were in the cookie.

Next, they used pipettes to put a few drops of water around each raisin.

Then they used toothpicks to ―mine‖ out the raisins. When they were

done ―mining‖ out their raisins, we compared the number of raisins they

thought were in the cookie to the number of raisins that actually were in

the cookie. Everyone enjoyed the experiment.

Third Grade News!

Storytelling in 214

Students of 214 became master story-tellers in class, and at our after school event. Students followed in the foot-

steps of History’s best storytellers with their impressive stories of family histo-

ry and Nature’s biggest mysteries.

Thanks to Mr. Glocke and our parents for their help and support!

Pretty as can be

A bee flies around a tree

Pretty pretty bee

-Alyssa Bertram

The fourth graders worked on state projects this month. Each child had their own

state. They made a state book and created a state diorama to go along with the pro-

ject. Each student did an excellent job using their research and creative skills to

make these beautiful projects! These projects are being displayed outside of the gym.

If you want to learn about the various states our students chose, come check them

out!

The sun is shining

Rain drops coming from the sky

Flowers are blooming

-Yazmine Santiago

4th Grade states

4th Grade Haiku Poems Nature blooming green

Deer coming out of hiding

What a sight to see

-Veronica Kozak

Flowers smelling sweet

Trees turning green in the spring

Kids playing outside

-Hazal Su Ceylan

Flowers are blooming

All colors are shining bright

Spring is coming now

-Ayah Fareh

Earth Day Projects The fourth grade students have an earth project

coming up this April. Each student has drawn

pictures that represent earth day with three facts

about Earth Day. They will soon be thinking up

three things that they can do to help the Earth.

They are super excited to get involved and make

the Earth a better place. Happy Earth Day!

How you can help:

Saving Water

Picking up trash

Plant a tree

Saving energy

The fourth graders are using their in-

ventive skills to create a useful invention

that will benefit others. They were chal-

lenged to come up with something that is

makeable, and will be needed in the fu-

ture. Some of the inventions were the

underground water sprinkler, and the

snack stack cup. The sprinkler is a sprin-

kler that is underground and knows the

right amount of water to be used, and

when to use it. The snack stack cup is a

cup that is useful because you can hold

your snack in the bottom, and your drink

in the top portion!

4th Grade Inventors

Top 10 Mother Songs

Top 10 Weird

Things to Do With Your Mom

In honor of Mother’s

Day, I chose to make the

top 10 mother songs.

1. Pink Floyd - Mother

2. John Lennon - Mother

3. Ozzy Osbourne – Ma-

ma, I‘m Coming Home

4. The Beatles - Julia

5. The Rolling Stones –

Mother‘s Little Helper

6. 2Pac – Dear Mama

7. The Beatles – Your

Mother Should Know

8. Paul Simon – Mother

and Child Reunion

9. Queen – Tie Your

Mother Down

10. Genesis – Mama

Eric Platt

9. Have a pie eating contest…

And the loser gets grounded

for a week.

10. Have your mom get you a

present for Mother‘s Day

too! After all we are the pain

in their necks that made

them moms.

Cinthya (my mom)

and Kayla Bassig 202

1. Dressing alike and going to

the mall saying your ‗twins.‘

2. Who can bust the ‗best

move‘ in playing Just

Dance.

3. Her taking you to work and

saying you‘re going to take

her job next week.

4. Going through each other‘s

closets and swapping outfits.

5. Driving in the car and hav-

ing the music on blast while

your mom proves that she‘s

‗cool.‘

6. Exchange cell phones so

you can pretend to be each

other.

7. Switch bedrooms so you can

sleep on her perfect bed

while she sleeps on that

mess you call a bed.

8. Head to the park and as a

team challenge other kids to

a dodge ball match.

Bridge Junior High Journalism Club Editors -Mr. Ambrosio and Mrs.

Schultz Volume 1, Issue 5

May 2013

Special points of interest:

This issue focuses on

“top ten” lists. Check them out.

Top Korean Pop Love Songs

1. SISTAR (씨스타)-

Loving U

2. Love Love Love- FTIS-

LAND

3. Wedding Dress-

TaeYang

4. The Day I Confess My

Love-Jo Kwon (2AM)

5. I Will Forget You-Park

Shin Hye (CNBLUE)

6. Because I Miss You-

Jung Yong Hwa

(CNBLUE)

7. Without Words-Park

Shin Hye and Jang Geun

Suk

8. Girls Don‘t Know-

FTISLAND

9. Hello-SHINEE

10. I Hope FTISLAND

Dayna D

May Edition — ‖Top Ten Lists‖

Top 10 Places Everyone Must Visit

Top 5 Science

Fiction Songs

A Fancy Dinner- Taking your moth-

er to a restaurant will be great for her.

This way she won‘t have to cook din-

ner. She can just sit down and relax

while someone else cooks for her.

Breakfast in Bed- When your mother

wakes up and she sees you standing in

the doorway with a wonderful break-

fast for her she will be overjoyed. A

good idea for what to give her would

be: French Toast, Orange Juice, Pan-

cakes, Waffles, Blueberry Muffins,

etc. So long as it‘s not burnt or inedi-

ble, she will love it.

Helping Coupons- Making coupons

on the computer or drawing them

yourself for helping out around your

house is a great idea! You can make

ones for cleaning your room, making

your bed, washing the car, shoveling

snow (for the winter months), raking

leaves, sweeping, etc. Just make sure

that whatever you give to your mom

for Mother‘s Day comes from the

heart. Even if it‘s a simple card that

you made she will love it no doubt

about it.

In 7th grade reading class, we are learn-

ing about the genre science fiction. So I

created a list of the top 5 science fiction

songs.

1 . R u s h - 2 1 1 2

2 . D a v i d B o w i e – S p a c e O d d i -

t y

3 . E l t o n J o h n – R o c k e t M a n

4 . T h e W h o – 9 0 5

5 . Q u e e n – ‗ 3 9 E r i c P l a t t

1. New York

2. Los Angeles/ Hollywood

3. Las Vegas

4. Grand Canyon

5. San Francisco/ Golden Gate

Bridge

6. Niagara Falls

7. Mount Rushmore

8. Washington, D.C.

9. Miami

10. Yellowstone National Park

Monika Zawislak

Top 3 Mother‘s Day Gifts

Volume 1, Issue 5

Don’t forget Mom on

Sunday, May 12th!

Why People

Like Turtles

1. They‘re awesome

2. They‘re cute

3. They‘re green (color of

money)

4. You can always beat them in

a race

5. If they bite you, it won‘t

hurt (Maybe a little)

Dayna D.

Jr. High Library News By Ms. Laurine

5th grade students are finishing up their author research projects and are getting ready to pre-

sent their research to the class in a creative PowerPoint display. They did a fantastic job re-

searching and learning new techniques on the computer. We are all looking forward to view-

ing each one‘s presentation and expanding our knowledge of various authors and their

books.

6th through 8th graders finished up their African American research projects and learned how

to cite their sources in MLA format. They are now working on creating poetry using 8 differ-

ent types of verse. Their finished product will be an illustrated booklet of their personal po-

ems based on one chosen theme. We have some very talented and creative writers in our Jr.

High! Here is an example of a Tanka poem and a Haiku poem:

Finally move on, Life is very short.

Onto a new adventure. Cherishing every moment

We are all ready, Living it strongly.

Leaving old friendships behind, - By Victoria Kospin

Walking with our caps and gowns.

- By Brook Silvestri

7th/8th Grade News

WWII B-17 Presentation

On April 18th, Mr. Chip Burger came to our school to talk to us about the WWII battle

plane called the B-17. He spoke to us about the B-17; they were planes created for WWII. They would carry bombs that the American pilots would drop on German bases. These planes would carry ten people who all had specific jobs. The pilots wore several layers of heavy clothes be-cause the planes were up so high, that the air was so much thinner. Since the air was thinner, it was much colder. It was really dangerous to be a pilot of these planes because of the percentage of flights that were shot down by German anti-aircraft units. These planes had very thin lining and a bullet could easily rip through it like butter, so, again, it was very dangerous. If the planes were shot down over water, everyone on the crew would carry a whistle. This whistle was the loudest whistle ever created so a passing ship could hear and rescue the crew. This was an attempt to prevent them from dying of hypothermia. The English Channel was so cold it would have only taken a few short minutes for them to freeze to death. He brought in replicas of everything that the crew members wore during a flight and had a few people put them on. They saw just how heavy and how much of a burden it really was to wear all the gear. We would like to thank Mr. Burger for coming in and sharing his knowledge with us.

BRIDGE MUSIC NOTES

AFTER SCHOOL CHORUS

Who: All interested 3rd and 4th grade Bridge Students

When: Tuesday, May 7, 14 and 21 from 3:00-4:00pm

Where: Bridge Elementary School Auditorium

Come one! Come all! If you are a 3rd or 4th grade student at Bridge Elementary and love making music, the After School

Chorus is the place for you! We will learn new songs and practice old ones while we polish our singing voices and experi-

ence what it is like to make music in a large group of motivated and excited students.

To participate, fill out the bottom of this sheet and bring it back to Mr. Glocke by May 7th. Let your parents keep the top

half for their records (dates, times etc.).

There will be no concert given at the end of our time together. We are just here to enjoy making music. Because of this,

students are not required to attend all three meetings. If a student can only come for one or two, we would still love to have

them!

If you have any questions, please email me at ncglocke@cps.edu

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Student Name: ________________________________ Grade:________ Date: ____________________

Teacher’s Name: ______________________________

Parent’s Name: ________________________________ Parent’s Signature: ________________________

By signing and returning this form, I grant my student permission to participate in the Bridge After School Chorus on

Tuesday May 7, 14 and 21 in the elementary school auditorium and will be sure they are picked up at 4:00pm each day.

Bridge Junior High School Music by Mr. Friend

Fifth grade students continue to work hard learning to play the recorder, which is similar to the

flute and in the woodwind family of instruments. They have been learning how to read music

since September and are excited to be able to apply what they have learned to an instrument.

Soon, students will be taking their recorders home to practice and learn new songs. Sixth

grade students love playing with ―Boomwhackers‖, which combine the fun of percussion with

learning music notes and Solfege, ―do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti‖. Seventh grade students continue to

work diligently applying music vocabulary in preparation for the Reach Performance Task,

and they love to sing especially when their favorite songs that they request are played, you

should hear their voices! Eighth grade and seventh grade both have learned about the music of

the 1960‘s including songs and performances from American Bandstand and The Ed Sullivan

Show, and with summer just around the corner they particularly like the Surfin‘ Bird!

Jump Rope & Handball!

P.E. at the Junior High

Physical Education at Bridge!

Hello Bridge Community,

Welcome back to the Physical

Education page here at Bridge

Elem. For the month of May

we are starting to get back

into outdoor physical educa-

tion. Handball is the sport of

choice this month. Handball is

very similar to soccer but

instead students will be using

their hands to try to score

goals. We will be outside for

this unit as long as the weath-

er is dry and sunny! Along

with handball, we will be hav-

ing our annual Jumpathon.

Bridge teams up with the

American Heart Association

to help raise awareness of

heart disease here in America.

The whole fourth week of

May will be dedicated to jump

roping and fundraising for

people who suffer from heart

disease in America. This week

will not only be a good time,

but it will familiarize students

with the benefits of daily phys-

ical activity!

Banaszek‘s homerooms for

their effort during P.E. last

month. After the Tragedy at

the Boston Marathon earlier in

the month, these three class-

rooms completed a 1-Mile run

outside of Shabonna Park for

the people in the city of Bos-

ton. Due to weather con-

straints, other classrooms were

not given this opportunity as

we had to stay inside the

Gym. Go Bulldogs!

Happy Spring Bridge Family!

Physical Education at the Jun-

ior High during the month of

May will consist of many new

and exciting activities. The

big activity that will be taken

place this month is the ―Jump

Rope for Heart Week,‖ which

will be taken place May 27th-

31st. Bridge is working with

the American Heart Associa-

tion as students are trying to

raise awareness, and be more

educated on the importance of

exercising and having a

healthy heart. A long with

Heart Awareness Week, stu-

dents will be participating in

other activities such as Hand-

ball and Softball. With the

weather getting warmer, we

will try to utilize the great

outdoor space we have at the

Junior High. I would also like

to send a big applause to Mrs.

Magturo, Ms. Balice, and Mrs.

Room 001 warming up before jump rope activities!

To the right we have our

Athletes of the Month.

In order from top to bottom, 3rd-8th grade we have

Kevin Hawkins, Kathrine Zurawski, Victoria Baran,

Anthony Bialczak, Patrick Knap and Delanie Preston.

Athletes of the

Month!

Art-i-facts (elementary)

Wow have we been busy in room 106! During the month of April, students

learned about things that move in our Gears, Machines and Robots unit. Kinder-

garten students created stamped Robot Portraits, by stamping shapes into paint

and using oil pastels and watercolors to create a layering effect. 1st and 2nd grade

students also created robot paintings, although they experimented with mixing

colors to create the perfect shade of ―metal‖. 3rd and 4th grade students are in the

midst of working together to create a Kinetic art installation. Students learned

and studied different types of gears, and then designed their own gear. Next we

will cut them out and turn them into a spinning 3D sculpture! During the month

of May, we will start learning about Texture. Kindergarten students will make

texture dragons, 1st and 2nd will make mixed media birds nests, and 3rd and 4th

grade students will be printing Greek vases and columns.

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!

Congratulations! 11 Bridge students had pieces showcased in two art shows:

O'Hare/Ravenswood Ridge Network Art Show O'Hare/Ravenswood Ridge Network Art Show O'Hare/Ravenswood Ridge Network Art Show

April 16April 16April 16---18th18th18th

All City Elementary Visual Art ExhibitAll City Elementary Visual Art ExhibitAll City Elementary Visual Art Exhibit

April 26April 26April 26---28th28th28th

Aleksandra Glodz Maciej Polinski Alex Garcia Aleksandra Glodz Maciej Polinski Alex Garcia Aleksandra Glodz Maciej Polinski Alex Garcia

Kacper Mutl Gabriella Jakimowicz Suzanne Miekisz Kacper Mutl Gabriella Jakimowicz Suzanne Miekisz Kacper Mutl Gabriella Jakimowicz Suzanne Miekisz

Alexandra Zugaj Jakub Kacala Francheska Salacup Alexandra Zugaj Jakub Kacala Francheska Salacup Alexandra Zugaj Jakub Kacala Francheska Salacup

Holly Lewandowski Victoria KospinHolly Lewandowski Victoria KospinHolly Lewandowski Victoria Kospin

Guinness World Record Attempt! Kindergarten, 3rd and 4th grade students participated in an

event collecting the World’s Largest Number of Environmen-tal Artworks. Ms. Chrisman and Ms. Balice took the artworks to the event on Sunday April 21st,

where more than 14,000 art-works were collected. The

Guinness World team is count-ing the artworks and will notify Chicago area schools if we all qualify! Several students art-

works may be showcased on an earth day calendar or website,

so check back soon to see if any Bridge students were selected!

Great Job!

Ms. Balice & Ms. Chrisman

Parents:

If you have any

magazines at

home you no

longer need,

please send

them to school

with your stu-

dent. More

magazines are

needed at the

junior high so

that the rest of

the students

can create

magazine

bowls. Stu-

dents can drop

magazines off

in the middle

school art

room before or

after school.

Thanks!

painting on top of the

plastic transparency. –

Ms Gray

The middle school art

room has been a very

busy place. Current

and recent projects

inc lude magaz ine

bowls, multi-media

quilt blocks, three di-

mensional name design

and various painting

projects. The magazine

bowls are turning out

to be spectacular! The

two biggest and best

bowls from each hom-

eroom will be put on

display. Room #203 is

finishing up the project

first; Suzanne

Miekisz’s bowl was

sent to compete in a

local art contest, and

Elais Allen and Edin

Haskovic created the

bowls currently on

display. Seventh and

eighth grade students

learned about the his-

tory of the Cherry

Blossom Festival in

Washington D.C. and

completed a spring

painting of the cherry

blossoms with famous

D.C. monuments.

LeRoy Neiman was

well known for using

bright bold colors to

show motion and was

famous for his paintings

of popular events,

most notably sporting

events. Students each

selected a photocopy

of an athlete and are

April 2013

Multi-Media Quilts

NEWSLETTER DATE

MAGAZINE BOWLS

Inside this issue:

Inside Story 2

Inside Story 2

Inside Story 2

Inside Story 3

Inside Story 4

Inside Story 5

Inside Story 6

LeRoy Neiman Sports and Washington

D.C. Cherry Blossom Painting Projects

Bridge

Middle School

Art

Special May Flowers

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

Summer Vacation: June 25 - August 26, 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 Days Friday, February 1, 2013*

School Improvement Half-Days

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

2013-2014 School Year Begins Monday, August 26th

For all CPS Students!

Quick Start Student Registration

Days are: August 19-23 from

8:00 AM to 2:00 PM @ Bridge