Special May F lowers Issue Volume 89, Issue 1

May, 2010

Special points of interest:

• Superstar Students!

• Honor Roll

• Perfect Attendance

• Student stories, photos

• Lots of other cool stuff!

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

Brake’s Take 2

May Calendar 3

Students of the Month 4-5

Bridge Event Info 6-7

Honor Roll 9-11

Perfect Attendance 12-13

Letter from CPS CEO 26

B R I D G E B U G L E

―Bruno‖

An Illinois Honor Roll of Schools ―Academic Improvement Award” & ―Spotlight School Award” Winner!

Achievement Award” Winner, an “Autonomous Management Performance School” (AMPS), a SPEAK UP 200! School and

A CPS ―Rising Star” school, a “School of Distinction”, a CPS “Exemplary 84

Years

Bridge Students and Families Raise

$1,465.00 at the 2010 Jump-A-Thon

for the American Heart Association!

Top Jump-A-Thon Student Superstar Fundraisers!

Christopher Molina

5th Grade

Jr, High Room 205

$224.00

Declan Cogley

2nd Grade

Elem. Room 212

$160.00

Alec Panagpoulas

6th grade

Jr. High Room 204

$125.00

Page 2 Volume 89, Issue 1

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 computer disk

(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 31st, 2010

Is Memorial Day Holiday

No School

Remember those who gave their all...

National Teacher

Appreciation Week

May 3rd-7th If you can read this, thank a teacher!

Congratulations to our newly elected* 2010-2012

LSC members!

Parent Representatives:

Pedro Hernandez (4 votes)

Terri Ignatowski* (16 votes)

Lynda Jurewicz* (15 votes)

Roman Kospin (3 votes)

Lisa Lozeau* (8 votes)

Lora Niewinski* (13 votes)

Susan Szajna* (11 votes)

Robert Walsh* (8 votes)

Community Representatives:

Yvonne Majewski* (7 votes)

Patricia Walenga* (10 votes)

Teacher Representatives:

Catherine McGuire (25 votes)

Warren Metzdorff* (29 votes)

Joan Miarecki (3 votes)

Arlene Natale (14 votes)

Kelly Naughton* (35 votes)

Elected members in bold*

I look forward to

working with our

newly elected LSC

representatives.

Congratulations!

Dr. Christopher Brake

Indicates day of non-attendance for students

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 3 4

5 NCLB PAC/LSC

Meeting

@5:00 PM

@Bridge

Elementary

6 Family Literacy

NCLB

Parent Night

5-7 pm

7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14

School

Play

15

16 17 18 19 Kindergarten

Pre-School

Open House

20 21

Junior

Achievement

Day

22

23 24 25 26 27 28

29

30

We Remember...

31 School

Ends

June

18th

May 2010 Staff Appreciation Month

Elementary School Spring Book Fair - Elementary School Spring Book Fair

Spring Fling Carnival (see page 6 for details)

Spring

Fling Spirit Week (see page 6 for details)

Sports

Day

Memorial

Day

Holiday

No School

Eric Platt

Abdel Jibawa

Aleksander Naruszewicz

Milosz Dykiel

Allen Namrood

Victoria Olejacz Viktoriya Khrabatyn

Heidy Araujo Patryk Rafacz

Austin Beecham Luz Vasquez

Yasmeen Wright

May - Students of the Month

Jamal Abughoush Ally Aviles Gabriela Wiejata

Ryan Allibone

Manal Abughoush

Alejandro Gonzalez

Khrystyna Kozak

Karol Pisanko David Lozeau

Josue Rodriguez-Gonzalez Matt Wiechetek

Dan McGinley Daphne Valle

Nick Armijo

Alek Gronkowski Juliana Garcia Patty Amador

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

Please

Support

The

8TH ANNUAL BRIDGE SPRING FLING CARNIVAL

May 20th-23rd Thur. & Fri. 5:00—10:00 PM

Sat. & Sun. Noon-10:00 PM

Ride Wristband Specials-Unlimited Rides on:

Thur., 5/20 from 5:00 PM until closing &

Sat. & Sun., 5/22&23 from Noon until 5:00 PM

$16.00 per wristband for unlimited rides

On these days and times!

Carnival Rides — Games — Food

Family Fun For Our Community !

@Bridge Elementary School

3800 N. New England Avenue

School Spirit Week May 24th-28th

Monday: Pajamas Day

Tuesday: Crazy Hair & Hat Day

Wednesday: Formal Dress Day

Thursday: Grade Color Day

Friday: Jersey/Sports 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

Mrs. Lora Niewinski, President - Mrs. Susan Szajna, Vice-President

Mrs. Teri Ignatowski, Secretary - Mrs. Lynda Jurewicz, Treasrer

Buy One – Get One Free!

Spring Book Fair

May 3rd-7th

Family Read Night Thursday, May 6

th from

5:00-7:00 PM

Puppet

Theater

Story Tellers

Free Book

Raffle

Book Fair OPEN

5-7 PM on 5/6/10

Hate Delays?

Students Transferring? Parents: If you are transferring your child/children out

of Bridge School at the end of the school year, please notify the

Bridge Office now! We will have your transfer and paperwork

ready and you will avoid delays in processing during a very busy

time of the school year. Thank you.

Volunteers Needed!

There will be an Open House for parents and families of children start-

ing Pre-School/Kindergarten in September, 2010. Children must be five

years old by September 1st to attend Kindergarten, 3– or 4-years old to

attend Pre-School. The Open House will be held on Wednesday, May

19th from 5:00 - 6:00 PM. A meeting will be held in Room 107 fol-

lowed by a tour of the elementary school building.

PRE-SCHOOL/K INDERGARTEN OPEN HOUSE

DRAFT

Tentative Calendar for the 2010-2011 School Year

Room 201

Patty Amador

Jakub Bigos

Kamil Obrochta

Room 202

Julia Troszczynska

Brian Kuczynski

Natalie Zajac

Katarzyna Pukala

Room 203

Shannon McGuire

Kamil Piotrowski

Eduardo Martinez

Mateusz Zieba

Maksym Ilkiv

Room 204

Nicolas Pesole

Room 205

Dawid Sobus

Neidelyn Reyes

Aaron Borda

Kamila Wrobel

Room 206

Christina Pecoraro

Isabelle Santiago

Jessica Tredota

Room 302

Jenna Jurewicz

Room 304

Kristyn Krajewski

Room 305

Megan Szajna

Nicholas Guy

Patricia Kania

Piotr Lesniak

Room 306

Marcelina Puc

Alexander Paszkowski

Michael Rosa

Sasha Aponte

Daniel Delgado

Daniel Kulach

Christopher Molina

Theodore Nickson

Room 206

Rozan Deeb

Juan Sanchez

Gabriela Castillo

David Hruswicki

Damian Pikul

Safaa Suleiman

Room 301

Sophia Mortha

Ewa Pisanko

Nelson Santana

Adrian Skobelski

Jessica Smith

Room 302

Francisco Alcantar

Courtney Grasz

Khrystyna Kozak

Carolyn Rodriguez

Jailene Rodriguez

Martha Gebala

Savannah Gonzalez

Kaitlyn Scanlan

Room 303

Lukasz Kornas

Mateusz Wiechetek

Daniel Tchinibekov

Alexandra Kania

Katarzyna Koperny

Alondra Mendoza

Room 304

Leslie Aispuro

Nicholas Armijo

Rebecca Feliciano

Jovanee Mejia

Ricardo Reyes

Anthony Allegretti

Azhar Deeb

Angelica Gacek

Amy Harenberg

Hassan Shehadeh

Edyta Zadzilko

Bohdan Zhukotanskyy

Room 305

Dawid Babula

Corbin Bowen

Christian Dejesus

Alyssa Polanco

Diana Trejo

Samantha Ayala

Alejandro Gonzalez

Adrianna Goral

Lauren McGuire

Room 306

Remah Abuhashish

Anthony Barsano

Meghan Carey

Patric Hruswicki

Daniel McGinley

Room 201

Catera Shanks

Gabriel Smyk

Yuliya Khudzyk

Andrew Azzam

Cristhian Recinos

Kelsey Vasquez

Room 202

Amber Avila

Kienna Bariso

Gabriella Borghese

Victoria Galvan

Natalia Gorlicka

Vitaliy Oprysko

Jacob Rivera

David Lozeau

Room 203

Ryan Allibone

Samantha Alanis

Ashley Bock

Alyssa Galiardo

Thomas Green

Peter Jackowski

Daniel Michniowski

Sylwia Mieczkowski

Destiny Morales

Monika Staszel

Alexis Lopez

Kevin Mienta

Nicholas Paprzycki

Paulina Ryndak

Room 204

Aman Haidari

Sebastian Ksiazek

Danielle Walsh

Room 205

Tiara Lopez

Rafael Reza

Brynisha Campbell

Katherine Gacek

Julia Konieczna

Victoria Kospin

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

Third Quarter Honor Roll

Fifth Grade Sixth Grade

Third Quarter Honor Roll

Seventh Grade Eighth Grade

Room 001

Owais Abuhashish

Agapefaith Alfaro

Julian Almanza

Samantha Armijo

Alma Carmona

Jennifer Castaneda

James Ignatowski

Sandra Pajda

Liam Simmons

Justin Johnson

Kayla Jurewicz

Sydney Bock

Magdalena Naruszewicz

Patrick Gillespie

Priscila Gonzalez

Natalie Hanek

Nicole Soltyszewski

Room 002

Witoria Kurc

Johnathan Nickson

Jessica Zajac

Monika Zawislak

Jonathan Mejia

Joanna Bidnik

Eric Platt

Brian Kwiatkowski

Marek Klejn

Room 003

Jasmine Cato

Karolina Ciepiela

Morad Deeb

Yareli Flores

Bartlomiej Mendrala

William Viramontes

Shylah Solis

Ramon Estrada

Nicole Brzys

Alondra Ortiz

Room 101

Lucas Bigos

Jamal Abughoush

Paulina Espinoza

Ayah Ghunaim

Julia Cichowski

Matthew Kurowski

Natalia Babula

Camilla Mroz

Christopher Flores

Joshua Hernandez

Room 102

Shawn Guerin

Angelica Krasnicki

Mason Wilder

Julian Fajardo

Christian Wolski

Francisco Saez

Room 103

Carlos Leon

Faustyna Waz

Amanda Santiago

Derik Galeno

Mateusz Brzys

Adam Pruszynski

Klaudia Gawruk

Adriana Palka

Room 202

Angelica Hryb

Nicholas Nickson

Natalia Obrochta

Abdel Jibawi

Michael Zuzia

Omar Habayed

Room 203

Selena Gonzalez

Tomasz Mieczkowski

Aleksandra Mroczka

Kamil Pisanko

Christian Reyes

Sara Virella

Jack Nelligan

Gabriella Jakimowicz

Mariajose Estrada

Maxx Hunter

Michael Kasparian

Alexander Cross

Lucas Kovarik

Room 204

Hadeel Abuawad

Hubert Bartoszczyk

Maria Gomez

Yasmeen Peralta

Karolina Jakubaszek

Wojtek Strapoc

Denys Chelak

Veronica Kozak

Piotr Gwizd

Agnes Zajac

Room 205

Maliha Ahmed

Kelly Conneely

Anthony Guy

Daniel Kania

Pasquale Sanfelice

Sabrina Villegas

Adam Wroblewski

Nathaniel Zukowski

Amy Bustos

Olivia Harcarik

Kayla Bassig

Liamra Voglic

David Krasnicki

Kevin Piwowarski

Aleksandra Czternastek

Michael Kurowski

Room 206

Adrian Grabowski

Anthony Gryka

Dawid Zieba

Maksymilian Stanek

Room 207

Daniel Alcantar

Rochelle Borda

Nicole Hanek

Gabriel Nunez

Anthony Panagopoulos

Luz Vazquez

Francisco Rivera

Oscar Cabrera

Juan Cardona

Konrad Strzalka

Bruno Myszkowski

Andrea Avila

Room 208

Cody Gomez

Jesus Gonzalez

Andre Namrood

Rafael Resendiz

Erick Ruiz

Lizbeth Cabrera

Paola Gomez

Roberto Salgado

Ronaldo Taullaraj

Jesus Manzanares

Sebastian Kuczek

Room 210

Emily Alanis

Julia Domian

Alex Hernandez

Karol Piotrowski

Robert Ruiz

Sean Simmons

Patricia Banasik

Shannon Gillespie

Katarzyna Puc

Brandon Christopher

Nicole Wolski

Room 211

Amir Abuawad

Radek Bobowski

Muimen Fareh

Natalia Kowalska

Maya Konieczna

Gabriela Nolivos

Roberto Hernandez

Fernando Caballero

Kimberly Garcia

Adrian Sherifi

Emilia Jakubaszek

Allen Namrood

Room 212

Jacob Bozek

Dayna Dayson

Milosz Dykiel

Keila Torres

Anna Bidnik

Nicole Stanford

Claudia Goral

Xiomara Cardona

Third Quarter

Perfect Attendance

Room 201 Jr.High

Andrew Azzam

Jakub Bigos

Angelica Kozuszko

Kamil Obrochta

Cristhian Recinos

Catera Shanks

Nicole Zacny

Jakub Koperny

Natalia Wzorek

Pawel Gwizd

Julian Martinez

Room 202 Jr.High

Natalia Gorlicka

Aleksandra Niemas

Katarzyna Pukala

Bartek Zadzilko

Cyndy Zukowski

Victoria Galvan

Kienna Bariso

Natalie Zajac

Amber Avila

Room 203 Jr.High

Samantha Alanis

Rikeya Hargrove

Maksym Ilkiv

Shannon McGuire

Sylwia Mieczkowski

Kevin Mienta

Omar Moham

Kamil Piotrowski

Delanie Preston

Piotr Szczech

Thomas Wojtyga

Mateusz Zieba

Alyssa Galiardo

Jacub Habayed

Eduardo Martinez

Alexis Lopez

Nicholas Paprzycki

Ruben Garcia

Room 204 Jr.High

Manal Abughoush

Jasmine Ayala

Sadaf Ahmed

Danielle Walsh

Aman Haidari

Room 205 Jr.High Rebecca Guerin

Alexander Hernandez

Victoria Kospin

Josiah Carrillo

Jose Alvarado

Christopher Molina

Andrea Reyes

Julia Konieczna

Michael Rosa

Tiara Lopez

Amber Privett

Room 206 Jr.High

Rozan Deeb

Tiffany Myszkowski

Damian Pikul

Gregory Pikul

Isabelle Santiago

Daniel Lozeau

David Hruswicki

Yasmyn Cardona

Room 301 Jr.High Brandon Gonzalez

Peter Mandybur

Salvador Moreno

Ewa Pisanko

Keisamar Santiago

Adrian Skobelski

Luigui Sobenes

Damian Wysocki

Nathan Bocanegra

Alison Cappy

Kayla Tomich

William Moctezuma

Kamil Krystopa

Ashley Egan

Jessica Smith

Third Quarter

Perfect Attendance

Room 302 Jr.High

Tamer Fareh

Khrystyna Kozak

Dessire Mar

Esteban Proano

Aaron Shanks

Mario Carrillo

Ian Santillan

Jenna Jurewicz

Carolyn Rodriguez

Room 303 Jr.High

Lukasz Boufal

Iliana Cato

Damian Jaje

Katarzyna Koperny

Joshua Lebron

Maciej Mosiejewski

Jose A.Rivera III

William Young

Justyna Szczech

Mateusz Wiechetek

Mario Martinez

Lukasz Kornas

Nicole Brzezinska

Alexandra Kania

Daniel Tchinibekov

Robert Lech

Room 304 Jr.High

Leslie Aispuro

Martin Banasik

Mark Canham

Kristyn Krajewski

Kenneth Santiago

Freddy Villegas

Azhar Deeb

Room 305 Jr.High

Christian Dejesus

Adrianna Goral

Nicholas Guy

Jessica Zacny

Patricia Kania

Robert Jurewicz

Samantha Ayala

Lauren McGuire

Corey Egan

Karolina Lukasiak

Room 306 Jr.High

Anthony Barsano

Grzgorz Chlebek

Molly Filipowicz

Angela Mercado

Marcelina Puc

Noreyma Salgado

Patric Hruswicki

Remah Abuhashish

Stephanie Ayala

Darelis Salazar

There will be no cuts in funding for

the 2010-2011 Pre-School program

at Bridge! Yeah!!

There will be Pre-School for 3- & 4-

year olds at Bridge School next year!

The end of the year is approaching, and we will be

celebrating our hard work on Thursday, May 6 from 5:00-

7:00 pm. During the Bridge Family Reading Night and Book

Fair, Pre-K will be hosting an Art Gallery Night in Room 107.

All artists in the three Pre-K classrooms will be featured!

We have been working on various forms of artwork,

planning the event and the creation of invitations for our

families. We cannot wait to see all of you here in

celebration of our students!

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Kindergarten News

What’s Happening In Kindergarten? April was a busy and exciting month for rooms 101, 102, and 103! After Spring Break we

continued our Whatever the Weather theme and learned about all types of weather, the letters

Bb, Kk, Oo, and Ll and sight words do, here, look, one, where, and you. In science, we learned

about life cycles, rainforests, outer space, and ways to protect our planet. We created a class-

room rainforest, learned about the life cycles of frogs and butterflies, became astronauts for a

day, and wrote about ways we can help protect our planet. As much fun as we had in April, we

are sure looking forward to next month! We are going on a field trip to Brookfield Zoo and be-

ginning our preparations for graduation.

At home: We are so proud of the progress our classes are making. They are learning and im-

proving their reading, writing, and math skills every day! Thank you for reinforcing the con-

cepts taught at home with your child. It really makes a huge difference in your child’s academ-

ic success. Reading: Please continue to read to your child every day. Reading aloud to children is crucial

to the development of their reading and writing skills. In addition, review our sight words: a,

can, come, do, for, go, he, here, I, like, look, my, me, one, the, this, to, where, and you.

Writing: Encourage your child to write as much as possible. Don’t worry about proper

spelling; just have them write the sounds they hear in each word.

Math: Practice counting to 100 by 1s, 5s, and 10s, and practice using pennies, nickels, and

dimes correctly.

There will be an Open House for parents and families

of children starting Pre-School/Kindergarten in Sep-

tember, 2010. Children must be five years old by Sep-

tember 1st to attend Kindergarten, 3– or 4-years old to

attend Pre-School. The Open House will be held on

Wednesday, May 19th from 5:00 - 6:00 PM. A meeting will be held in Room 107 followed by a tour of the elemen-

tary school building.

PRE-SCHOOL/K INDERGARTEN OPEN HOUSE

First and Second Grade News WEATHER OR NOT During the last two weeks students from room 206 learned about different types of weather. Among many things, we studied precipi-

tation, water cycle, cloud types, and wind. Some of the exciting things we did included creating windsocks, measuring the direction

of the wind, and recreating the water cycle. Students were amazed by the things they discovered while learning about weather and

really enjoyed the different activities.

Additionally, on April 29 our room had a very special visitor in our class. The scientist from High Touch High Tech presented a pro-

gram called Weather or Not. Students had a blast while making a tornado in a bottle, observing how clouds are made and making

snow. Being engaged in so many different activities was a real treat for students. They surely enjoyed them.

Sceond Graders Turned Into Future Meteorogists

In ten years you might find one of our Bridge Second Graders delivering the weather forecast. They learned so

much about weather forecasting from a two day in-school field trip provided by the High Touch, High Tech Company. Each class performed countless hands on experiments facilitated by a scientist. Besides the creation of 2 liter bottle tor-

nadoes, they did experiments with wind tunnels, anemometers, cloud machines, ice bergs, created an atmosphere in a

cup, and our finale making real snow. Each student’s was able to take home a baggie of snow in the month of April. The student’s reaction was, “An Awesome Experience.”

The First Space Travelers Neil Armstrong may be the first astronaut to travel to the moon, but astronauts of Room 210 are the first ones to

conquer the whole solar system. Students of Room 210 just returned from their journey to the solar system. They not only

visited eight planets but also dared to go to the sun. Don’t be surprised to learn that now we have 22 new planets and constel-

lations added to our universe, because the children created their own planets and constellations. During their journey to space

they learned about how seasons and days and nights are formed, what planets look like, what they are made of, planet orbits,

rotation, revolution, constellations and moon phases. They also made aliens and Oreo moon phases. After their long stay in the

solar system the students of Room 210 just want to relax with their jeopardy game on the solar system and signing auto-

graphs!

Third and Fourth Grade News Mining Resources

As part of our unit on Conserving Resources, we participated in an investigation about mining re-

sources. During this investigation we observed an oatmeal raisin cookie. We recorded the number of raisins

we saw. Then, we used pipettes to put a few drops of water around each raisin so that we could ―mine‖ them

from the cookie. We were only allowed to use two toothpicks to do this. Many of us found it harder than we

thought. When we were done ―mining‖ our raisins we compared the number to the number we thought we had

observed. We had fun doing this activity.

Room 205

Fifth and Sixth Grade News Oceans

Critic's Review What is an ocean or sea? The breath-taking movie Oceans talks all about it, the creatures that live in it, their habitats and how we're polluting their homes. It shows dolphins, whales, sea lions, sharks, all different kinds of crustaceans, and lots more. The movie explains how they survive in their dangerous world. The sixth and fifth graders both enjoyed this movie and we suggest that you go see it too! So go see the movie Oceans if you really want to know, "What is a sea or an ocean?" And let's do what we can to help save the environment. By Marta Cichowicz - Room 202

Seventh and Eighth Grade News Gagnon City

Gagnon City? Where to start?! In Gagnon City, all of the

students are residents. Ms. Gagnon is the Mayor and Mr. Schelle-

kens and Ms. Schryer are the Alderman.

Just like regular grown-ups, we have jobs in Gagnon City.

For example, someone is the Medic (walks students to the office

when needed), the Fed Ex Manager (paper passer), Bell Hop

(line leader), Environmentalist (―pollution patrol‖), Electrician

(lights), etc. But, we didn’t just get to pick our jobs, we had to apply and interview just like in

the real world.

Our desks have become condos (groups of four) and townhomes (groups of two). We’re

responsible to work together with our neighbors each day. It’s important that we follow city

rules, or we might just get fired from our jobs!

We love Gagnon City because it shows us responsibility and creates a community in our

classroom. We’re glad Gagnon City is here – right here, right now! --The 7th & 8th Grade Students of Room 307

Events At Bridge JR. High This year students are busy. There's the school play called "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory". Actors in the play, scenery crew, and stage crew are working really hard to get this play ready. The play is May 14th so come out and see a great show! Also there was the Poetry Slam on April 30th. We heard some great original pieces by some talent-ed student authors. Good job! Sports: *Girls Soccer is going to face some challenges against some strong teams and they are going to try to win!!! *Girls Softball is also preparing for their upcoming games and trying to succeed. *Boys Softball is swinging their way into an exciting season too. Good luck to all of our athletes. Field Day: During Field Day, the last day of spirit week (May 23rd), the 5-8th grades will be playing a

variety of sports such as soccer, flag football, basketball and more. One of the events this year will be races. We are looking for the fastest runner in the Bridge Jr. High. So if you're good at sprint-ing, BRING IT! Any Challengers?????????????? :) By: Nicole Brzezinska Room:303

Aren’t you happy school’s coming to an end? It’ not summer yet, so why don’t you start the end of the school year with some cool performing artists coming here to Chicago!!! Concerts Coming up in May and the beginning of June in Chicago: Jordin Sparks is coming to Chicago on Thursday, May 13th At House of Blues Chicago Bamboozle Tour is coming Saturday, May 15th At Charter One Pavilion

Glee Is Going To Be Live In Concert !!! Tuesday, May 25th and Wednesday May 26th At Rosemont Theatre B96 Summer Bash in 2010 (It’s almost here “Yay”! Saturday, June 12th At Toyota Park

By: Patricia Kania and Adrianna Goral Rm. 305

Journalism Club

Movie Review: How To Train Your Dragon If you’re looking for an exciting, action movie this might be the one for you. The story

centers around the main character (Hiccup) who goes to training school and meets a

dragon who he names Toothless. The story follows his adventures as he learns to work

with dragons. It’s a fun movie with lots of ups and downs; it will keep you entertained

the whole way through. If you have the time, check it out!

By Natalia Gorlicka, Angela Mercado and Kala Geralds

5-6 Grade News The 5th and 6th grade classes went to see Disney’s Oceans on April 26th. It was an amazing movie. The close-ups of wildlife and

their habitats were incredible. It was a

great fieldtrip; in fact, proceeds from the film were donated to various organizations

on behalf of Earth Day projects around the world.

The 6th grade Science class in Room 206 has been studying conservation and natural

resources. Recently, we did research projects on different topics such as Illinois Rivers

and Hybrid cars. This month, we’re building solar cookers to cook vegetables on the

playground. Hope they turn out good!

By Nicole Brzezinska

Poetry’

To My Mother 10 Things to do for your mom on Mother’s Day

Mother, my dear 1. Make her breakfast

You’re always near 2. Give her flowers

Love for you 3. Make her a card

And the things you do 4. Make her lunch

The way you love 5. Clean the house

Is as gentle as a dove 6. Give her chocolate

To my mother 7. Mow the lawn

There is no other 8. Make her dinner

Like you. 9. Make her a special desert

10. Love her & give her a big hug!

By Angela Mercado

Book Review: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry In Room 202, we are reading a novel called ―Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry‖ by Mildred D. Taylor. It’s a great book about a black

family that lives during racist times. They face a lot of hardships and struggles. Our class is almost done with it and we can’t wait to

find out how it ends.

By Natalia Gorlicka Room 202

Mother’s Day A lot of us have wondered how Mother’s Day started. Well if you really want to know then here are some ideas of how

it might have started.”The first Mother's Day observance was a church service in 1908 requested by Anna Jarvis of

Philadelphia to honor her deceased mother. Jarvis, at an early age, heard her mother express hope that a day to com-

memorate all mothers would be established. Her mother also expressed the sentiment that there were many days

dedicated to men but none to mothers. Two years after her mother's death, Jarvis and friends began a letter-writing

campaign to declare a national Mother's Day observance to honor mothers. President Woodrow Wilson issued a proc-

lamation on May 9, 1914, asking Americans to give a public expression of reverence to mothers through the celebra-

tion of Mother's Day. Congress passed the legislation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's

Day. Carnations have come to represent the day, following President William McKinley's habit of always wearing a

white carnation, his mother's favorite flower”.

Now we don’t know what you think, but we all have a different opinion. In our opinion, we think it’s great that mothers

get their day because without them, we wouldn’t be where we are now because they push us to do things that we think

are dumb but are good for us. WE LOVE MOM’S!

By: Jasmine Ayala 204 and Tiffany Myszkowski 206

Journalism Club

Find each of the following words.

Types of Trees

POINTY LEAVES

BROAD LEAVES

SCALES

EVERGREEN

AUTUMN

DECIDUOUS

LOSE LEAVES

E S M N A T G G N M U T U A V E C E O B I

E N L D D V S U U O D I C I D R O V A T A

A P O I N T Y I L E A V E S E T E E S U I

S S D E E E S E V A E L J E S O L R R A S

E E E C A I E D E P U A U T U N E G S A L

Y S D L E U G E E U E T E D D N O R S I E

L V I V A D S V U L O E R L E A V E S O E

E A I L S C E A C C M A E C A I I E M L O

A I C A A R S L L R E G O C E O V N A L D

A L I E G C B R O A D B L E A V E S U A O

N E O R Y N S A R E D D E C I D U O U S E

O E E E A E V P O I N T Y F L E A V I S V

U N E S E V A E D D O A R B E E E V E N U

L D R A S V V R E S G D O E A B S O S O E

E B U O Y E W A G H G F F D Q W E W F K L

Since it is spring, I thought it would be fun knowing some types of trees that sur-

round you in everyday life. The most important thing in May, though, is remem-

bering that in this month we have Mother’s Day. It’s important to make your mom

feel special and here are some ways you can do that. Serve her breakfast in bed,

clean the house, make dinner, pick her flowers, make her a card, and so many more

things you can do to make your mom feel special, but the smallest thing can make

her the happiest. I hope that you have a happy Mother’s Day. =)

By Kathy Pukala Rm 202

(word search taken from edhelper.com)

Journalism Club

May 3rd

, 1791- Constitution of Poland

Year after year, the Polish community, whether at home or abroad, gathers to commemorate the 3

rd May Constitution and

to honor all the great minds who took part in the creation of this revolutionary document. They celebrate because the Con-stitution symbolizes the spiritual and moral renovation of the Polish nation after a long period of chaos and disorder. This Constitution is not only a milestone in the Polish political and social history, but it is also a landmark in the European tradi-tion, being the second constitution ever written in the world, and the first one on the European soil.

Cinco de Mayo is a date of great importance for the Mexican and Chica-

no communities. It marks the victory of the Mexican Army over the

French at the Battle of Puebla. This Battle came to represent a symbol of

Mexican Unity and patriotism. With this victory, Mexico demonstrated to

the world that Mexico and all of Latin America were willing to defend

themselves of any foreign intervention.

In the United States, this date is usually mistaken with the Mexican Inde-

pendence which is on September 16th.

People of Mexican descent in the United States celebrate this significant

day by having parades, mariachi music, folklorico dancing and other

types of festive activities.

Bilingual News

Come to the

Where you can experience a fun time

while meeting your favorite characters

and reading your favorite stories

It will take place along with the Spring

Book Fair, so come on down and buy some

of your

When:

Where: Bridge Elementary School

Buy One Book—Get One Free!

Library News Spring has finally come; during the week of May 3rd we are having our annual Elementary School

Spring Book Fair. I was told by the PTA moms who organize this event for us that there will be many exciting

new books as well as sequels to the series that we all enjoy. During that week we will also have our Bridge

Family Reading Night (May 6th 5:00—7:00 PM). Many teachers are planning exciting activities for our stu-

dents: arts and crafts, book reads, and even a puppet show! Our book fair will be open that evening so bring

your parents to enjoy a fun night together. You’ll be able to enjoy all the activities and even have a chance to

win great prizes in a raffle. Plan on coming with your family to this exciting event.

Bridge School Unity Mural Students worked alongside Ms. Chrisman to create our first wall mural. A wall mural is a

gigantic painting on the wall, that does not wash off and is permanent. Usually students

are told not to paint on the wall, but this time it was ok! Students drew pictures of ―unity‖

and then Ms. Chrisman drew it out in the stairwell. Then students each took a turn paint-

ing a part of the mural during art. We completed the mural in a week and a half! It looks

great and we are so lucky to have such talented students at Bridge!

Elementary Bridge art-i-facts

Jr. High Bridge art-i-facts

Do you recognize either one of

these paintings? The 7th and

8th grades have been working

in small groups to paint large

murals in the 3rd floor hallway.

The murals are based off of

famous works of art from

artists such as Monet, Seurat

and Picasso.

Students helped re-draw the

works of art onto the bulletin

boards, and then painted in each

section with acrylic paints.

Because the murals are so

detailed, this project may not be

finished until the end of the

school year. We will keep you

updated on our progress!

Students have been working with Ms. D (our stu-

dent teacher from Northeastern) on tint, shade and

value. Students have been experimenting with

mixing different paint colors, and learning how to

make them darker or lighter. Students painted a

piece of paper showing color fade, cut it into

strips, and then wove the strips together.

The end result looks like a checkerboard and it

looks really cool! Sadly, Ms. D will be leaving

Bridge School in May to graduate college and

become an art teacher. She will be missed!

Make sure to check out the decorations around

the Jr. High made by the afterschool art club!

-Ms. Chrisman

Special May Flowers

Issue

“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. Margaret Moore-Taylor

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

PTA = Parent Teacher Association BAC = Bilingual Advisory Committee

LSC President:

Mr. Robert Walsh

Parent Representatives: Mr. Pedro Hernandez

Mrs. Teri Ignatowski

Mrs. Lynda Jurewicz

Mrs. Lisa Lozeau

Mrs. Lora Niewinski

Community Representatives:

Mrs. Yvonne Majewski

Mrs. Pat Walenga

Teacher Representatives:

Mrs. Catherine McGuire

Mrs. Joan Miarecki

Administration:

Dr. Christopher Brake

PTA President:

Mrs. Lora Niewinski

Vice-President:

Mrs. Susan Szajna

Secretary:

Mrs. Teri Ignatowski

Treasurer:

Mrs. Lynda Jurewicz

NCLB PAC

President:

Mr. Pedro Hernandez

Vice-President:

Mrs. Teri Ignatowski

Secretary:

Mrs. Yvonne Majewski

BAC President:

Mrs. Liliana Kacala

Vice-President: Mrs. Veronica Estrada

Secretary:

Mrs. Malgorzata Ludzik

Representative:

Mrs. Alejandra Romero

Alternate Representative: Mrs. Jolanta Lukasiak

Important 2009-2010 CPS Dates:

Holidays

May 31, 2010 - Memorial Day*

Teacher Institute Day

Thursday, June 17, 2010*

Last day of school is June 18th.

*Indicates days of non-attendance for students

-A Letter from CPS Chief Executive Officer Ron Huberman- April 22, 2010 Dear Parent or Guardian: We are writing to provide you with information regarding the massive budget deficit that CPS faces next year. We are asking you to take action at this critical time to help protect your child’s education. The current CPS budget deficit is approximately $600 million. This is down from the $1 billion original deficit as the result of an important new law that limits CPS short term pension payments while not affecting any current employees or retirees. At this point, more than half of the $600 million CPS budget deficit is due to the state’s proposal to cut education funding across Illinois by $1.3 billion, and funding to CPS by $368 million. Closng the $600 million deficit without relief from the state will significantly impact the Chicago Public Schools system. Next week, your child’s school will be receiving its draft budget. As a direct result of proposed state funding cuts, this budget includes the following: Classes with up to 35 students. Significant cuts to non‐varsity sports. Reductions in funding for magnet, Montessori, gifted, IB programs. Significant cuts to full‐day kindergarten. Reduction of after‐school and summer school programs. Up to 11% funding cuts for charter schools. Elected officials in Springfield face tough choices during these difficult economic times. However, it is critical that we send a message to them that they should not balance the state’s budget on the backs of those most at need—our children—by cutting education funding this year. Please, join with us to make your voice heard by doing the following: Fill out and send the attached letter to the Governor and state legislators. If you would like to find out additional ways to get involved and make a difference, please go to www.cps.edu. Sincerely, Ron Huberman Chief Executive Officer

Parents Please Note: The attached letter to the Governor and state legislators is being sent home with this newsletter.