Hello Frog Pond Family!
We are off to a great start this school year!
September has come and gone quickly, and our first month of school has been filled with events and positive vibes all around! We started the year with grade level assemblies to review our expectations. We also welcomed all parents to a successful Back to School Night!
Coming up this month, October is always busy here at Frog Pond. School will be closed for students only on October 9th. There are several initiatives we will be celebrating this month! They are the National Week of Respect, Fire Prevention Week, and Red Ribbon Week. In addition, school picture day will be October 16th, and fall parties will be held on October 30th (5th & 6th grade) and the 31st (3rd & 4th grade). Students are allowed to bring their costumes to school for their class parties, but there is no parade at Frog Pond Elementary School. The Scholastic Book Fair will be held from 9/29 to 10/6, with a Family Night on Thursday, October 5th from 6:00pm - 7:30pm.
Thank you to all of the parents, students and staff for making this a great start to the 2023-24 school year!
Mr. Denning
Ms. English and Mr. Vliet were presented with a certificate today from the American Heart Association and the Kids Heart Challenge for raising $27,337 dollars last year which placed the Frog Pond School at #5 top fundraising school in Ocean County and #14 in the state out of over 700 schools. WAY TO GO FROG POND. Our students are awesome and we can’t wait to see what you can do this year.
The STEAM Lab in both Mrs. Costello and Mrs. Randall's room have come alive again with the start of the school year. We celebrated International Dot Day after reading the book, The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. This story encourages creativity, courage, and collaboration. In third grade the students used the Quiver App to bring their dots to life using augmentative reality. The fourth grade used watercolors to create their own Dot Art. The fifth graders made dots on filter paper and separated the colors in a chromatography lab. Lastly, the sixth graders made a pom pom popper competing for the farthest pom pom launch.
Students listened to the story,”The Dot” and proceeded to create their own dot design. We made a collaborative mural outside the multipurpose room!
On October 2nd, several FPE and GJM teachers met with Ben Wurst to gather the hatchling Diamondback Terrapins. We brought 35 to the Pond, to be fostered until strong enough to be released back into their natural environment. Keep an eye out for updates every month on how our turtles are growing, and how they are helping our students grow!
Little Egg Harbor Mission Statement
Through open and collaborative communication among students, staff, parents, and the community, the Little Egg Harbor School District will provide modern facilities that support a culture of high expectations for individual achievement for all students. Students and staff will practice the value of good stewardship of resources by maintaining a sustainable environment for learning. A robust system of support, intervention, and enrichment will include a diverse range of experiences through access to supportive technology, after school programs, township agencies, and health and wellness initiatives that encourages, institutes, and rewards lifelong learning in our students.