NewgrangeWeekly Newsletter

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Robert Hegedus, Principal

Howard Kaplaii, Supervisor of Education

UPCOMING EVENTS

NOVEMBER DECEMBER

8'h school closed. NJEA 12"h - Early Dismissal

9'h school closed. NJEA 21" - Early Dismissal - Holiday Show/Luncheon

14th Early Dismissal - Professional Development 21'k-31" - School Closed: HOLIDAY BREAK

15th Early Dismissal - Parent Conferences

15th Early Dismissal - Parent Conferences

21!' - Early Dismissal

22'd & 23'd - School Closed: THANKSGMNG

From the Desk of Mr, Hegedus

Parent/Teacher Conferences!!

Another reminder that our Fall Parent/Teacher meetings will take place next Thursday, November 15th and Friday,

November 16'h. We thank those of you who have already registered for your conferences and we look forward to seeing

you next week. To those of you who have not as yet scheduled a date and time to meet with your child's teachers, we

encourage you to register online. Attached to this newsletter is a flyer which provides detailed information about the

conferences including instructions for scheduling your parent/teacher meetings. If you have any questions or if you need

assistance, please call the main office.

It's hard to imagine, but our first marking period will be coming to a close next Wednesday, November 14'h. Report cards

will be completed for each of our students and they will be sent to you in the mail, prior to the Thanksgiving break. As

we noted in the past, your child's report card is an extremely important document which is used to keep families

informed about how your child has progressed in school. They also help you to understand and gain greater insight into

areas of strength and need for your child. After you receive the report card, please feel free to contact your child's

teachers with any questions or concerns. As always, we welcome your feedback and are looking forward to working with

you throughout the months ahead to ensure that your child has the best year ever.

Please see the attached flyer titled "Fundraising". Each year we try to find ways that will help us to partially defray the

rising costs of field trips, extracurricular activities, and incidental costs associated with events that go beyond the regular

school day. Many families shop online and a major website for making purchases is AMAZON.COM. The attached flyer

provides information about raising money for our school when shopping on AMAZON. By selecting AMAZON.SMILE and

choosing Newgrange School as your charitable organization, we will receive a O.5% of your total purchase. It's a great

way to help raise money for our school while doing your online shopping. Thank you for your help and your continued

support of our children and our school.

Our Thanksgiving Sharing Food Drive has always been one of our most worthwhile community service projects. We are

continuing to collect food item donations, which will be used to help us assemble dinner baskets for families in need in

our area. If you are able to help us with this project please send your food donations to school with your child. Many

thanks for your kindness and your generosity.

In closing, please remember that school will be closed for both students and teachers on Thursday, November 8'h and

Friday, November 9Ih. Also, please be reminded of our schedule for next week. Monday and Tuesday we will follow a full

day schedule. The remainder of the week, including Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, children will follow our early

dismissal schedule. If you have any questions, please call the main office.

Have a great four-day weekend. Enjoy!

Ms. Jeanne Cruz

Happy November! We've had a busy start to the autumn season.

Spanish

Students in Spanish have been plugging away at the online curriculum in New Jersey Virtual School, learning basic

vocabulary, noun gender, definite/indefinite articles, and the many similarities and differences between cultures in

various Spanish-speaking countries. I"m looking forward to seeing the final results of the Spanish I cultural project, travel

brochures for the Spanish-speaking country of each student's choice.

Consumer Math

Our Consumer Math class began this year with a business proposal to create Newgrange spirit items. We created the

items with our Cameo Silhouette machine and had our first sale at Fall Family Fun Night (thanks to all for supporting our

business!). During this time, we've been calculating costs, deciding on sale prices, and predicting revenue. We're

currently in the midst of creating an order form to be sent home in future newsletters. We have been bookkeeping

manually, and students will soon be introduced to the process of using formulas in our spreadsheet.

Transition Intensive Program

In Life Skills, students are in the midst of our cooking unit, having made the following recipes so far: Oven Roasted

Potato Wedges, Breakfast Frittata, Lemon Spaghetti, Ice Cream Cone Treats, Spooky Spider Deviled Eggs, and Parmesan

Chicken Bites.

During in-school SLE, students have been making copies, laminating, sorting, filing, collecting, counting and organizing

box tops, taking down and putting up bulletin boards, and keeping laptop inventory for the entire school.

At ShopRite, students have been bagging for customers, as well as shopping foringredients for our cooking unit after

their shift is over. Students have developed relationships with cashiers and are sharpening their customer service skillswhile interacting with customers.

On Friday, we said goodbye to the greenhouse for the season (we'll be back in the Spring!). The last few weeks have

been dedicated to cleaning up the gardens and preparing the grounds for the winter frost.

Please get in touch if you have any questions. Thank you for entrusting your children to us!

Warmly,

Jeanne Cruz

609-584-1800, ext. 252

jcruz@thenewzran@e.orz

Mindfulness

Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Genna

November Theme: "Giving Thanks"

Here is a bit about the Science behind Gratitude! Expressing appreciation is a wonderful way to introduce students to

the practice of gratitude. In addition to making us feel better, the practice of gratitude helps us use our prefrontal cortex

(PFC) more effectively. Feeling grateful can trigger the release of dopamine to the PFC. This dose of dopamine increases

alertness, determination, attentiveness, and energy. Research has shown that students who formally practice gratitude

get better grades, are more socially integrated, are more kind and helpful to others, and show fewer signs of depression.

It is a simple, but incredibly powerful practice.

Did you know? Studies have shown that people who regularly practice gratitude

-feel 25% happier

-are more likely to be kind and helpful to others

-are healthier, more enthusiastig interested, and determined

-sleep better

Who knew saying "Thank you" has such a positive impact on our health and well-being?!

Home Activity:

At the end of each day stop and think about a time that you said "Thank you". Think about how it made you feel, and

then how do you think it made the other person feel? Are there things you might be thankful for that you don't usually

say you're thankful for?

Mrs. Cooper-Braun

To coincide with the theme of Heroes and Heroism, some of my English classes have been learning about King Arthur

and the Knights of the Round Table. After reading excerpts from John Steinbeck's Arthur and His Noble Knights and Sir

Thomas Malory"s Le Morte d'Arthur, the students are now embarking on a webquest that requires research and creating

collaborative Google Slide presentations. This project encompasses Core Content Standards for Language Arts that

include research, digital presentations, and public speaking.

In my Reality 101 classes the students all made Halloween treats in the ILS using the Get Ready, Do, Done, Get Done

model to target executive functioning skills. They are also using a program called Identifor that Ilearned about at the

Autism NJ Conference. This program assesses skills through online game playing and creates profiles for each student

that points them in career directions they may be well-suited for based on their abilities. It was created by Cuong Do, an

executive with Samsung who is also on the Board of Directors for Autism Speaks. He created this program to help with

transition planning for his own son who has autism.

The Social Strides mall trip and gift exchange party is fast approaching. This year it will be only for the Social Strides high

school students and their teachers. The trip will take place on Tuesday, December ll'h, and the party will be on

Thursday, December 13'h. More details will be coming home soon ! Enjoy the long weekendi

Mrs. Bruder

I would like to begin by expressing my thanks for everyone who helped make this year's Fall Family Fun Night a success!

Everyone from the students who made the scenery, parents and staff who came out to help set up, staff members who

ran the crafts, games, and food, and all those who helped clean up all afterwards took part in what I believe was the

"best one yet"! I have received much positive feedback, but my very favorite type is just how excited the students were

to take part in such a big project. Yes, we already have a theme for next year and are already discussing ideas!

Our classes have been keeping us busy. We have been working on topics from the "Unstuck and on Target" curriculum

during social strides classes. In science, my classes have completed their rockets and rovers and are awaiting a dry day to

go outside to launch them. We will now begin our unit on the interconnectedness of Earth's major systems. In physics,

students created amazing roller coasters out of pipe insulation. They worked beautifully and we were able to identify

points of potential and kinetic energy in action. In OG, we have been moving forward with new affixes and roots-

everyone has been doing very well. Pre algebra has also been full of learning opportunities. We have been solving

equations, graphing inequalities, and combining like terms. In language arts, students have been writing wonderful

stories and summaries. We have also been completing Framing your Thoughts lessons, adding to our knowledge base as

we move forward. The novel that we are reading, Hello Universe is really getting exciting- it is great to see how the

characters are all beginning to "fit" together!

We are looking forward to the upcoming events such as the bowling trip and the holiday season. It is great to see just

how much everyone has accomplished up to this point in the school year!

Mr. George Chis-Luca

Health and Physical Education classes are going very well. We are continuing are emphasis on fitness and cooperative

activities during PE. Students seem to be enjoying working together and improving their overall fitness. We are

currently working on football skills and games. Our next unit will be basketball. In Health, students are working on

nutrition basics focusing on making healthy food choices. Wishing everyone healthy and happy holidaysi

'AH of the non-Newgrange School attachments to this newsletter are for informmronal purposes only. The seminars and workshops may be of interest to you,however the Newgrange School is not affiliated with the rndMduals or organrzations thatsponsor these events.

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Here is a way to donate to Newgrange while shopping for yourself.

The Newgrange School of Princeton, Inc. will receive O.5% of

purchases made through Amazon Smile. It is easy to do. Next time you are

shopping on Amazon, choose AMAZON.SMILE. It will ask you to pick

your own charitable organization - please type in: 'Newgrange. Both our

schools come up: Newgrange and Laurel Schools. Pick this one and start

contributing.

With the holidays approaching, this is a great time to shop

AMAZON.SMILE and help our students all year round.

We know this will make you smile. Tell your family and friends too.

Thank you.

ISJewgrangeParent/Teacher Conferences

Parent/Teacher Conferences are an extremely important part of your child"s overall program. The conference is an

opportunity to meet with your child"s teachers to see and hear about all of the wonderful accomplishments that your child

has experienced so far this year.

HOW /T WORKS

To better accommodate our families, and to ensure every staff member is adequately prepared to discuss your child's

progress with you, we are asking each family to register for one of our Conference Blocks as listed below:

Thursday, November IS, 2018 Friday, November 16, 2018

Block #1: 2:00pm to 4:30pm Block #3: 2:00pm to 5:00pm

Block #2: 5:00pm to 8:00pm

You may arrive at any time during the Block for which you register and visit with any teacher in any order you prefer.

Conferences for each subject will be kept to a 15-minute time frame. You may, however meet with a teacher for

consecutive 15-minute intervals if that staff member teaches your child more than one subject. Please understand that you

may have to wait to see a particular staff member, so please allow yourself ample time. If time does not permit you to see

a staff member, a Phone Conference sign-up sheet will be posted outside each staff member's door.

HOW TO REGISTER

Please go to www.thenewgranze.orz, select Calendars and select one of the Conference dates/times to register.

Please understand that if you do not register, our staff may not be prepared to meet with you about your child. If you are

unable to attend a conference, you may call the office and request a phone conference with your child's teacher(s).

To register for Parent/Teacher Conferences*:

1. Enter the STUDENT name in the Name section.

2. Enter ONE seat, even if both parents are attending.

3. You may list the teachers you would like to see in the comments section, but it is not required.

4. After you click 'send your booking', a notification will appear on the screen to confirm your registration. There are

no follow-up emails.

If you are having difficulty registering, please call the main office at 609-584-1800 for assistance.

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*NOTE: You are registering for a Block of time and may arrive at any point therein. Please plan accordingly so that you

have time to see every teacher.

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IMPORTANT REMINDERS

* Upon arrival at the school, please be sure to check in at the main office.

* While your child may have class in a different room as listed below, please see the desired staff member on the

map provided.

* Please remember that staff will not be available to supervise students during conference times. Students are

therefore not permitted to stay in the school to wait for parents to complete their conferences, nor are they

allowed to attend the conferences. Please make alternate arrangements for their care.

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As the holidays approach, we think about those around us who

may be less fortunate. Newgrange would like to continue ourlong-standing involvement with Catholic Charities to providelocal families in need with Thanksgiving baskets. As part of acommunity service project coordinated by our younger SocialSkills classes, our students are sponsoring a school-wide fooddrive. Our goal is to provide at least seven families with acomplete Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings. Below is

a listing of what we will be collecting. Students may bring intheir donations to school any time up until Monday, November19th.

Thank you to everyone in advance for your support!

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