Overbrook High School

The Pine Hill School District is dedicated to valuing diversity and inclusivity while fostering relationships that promote the development of our students academically, socially, and emotionally. We are intentionally equipping students with the skills needed to become contributing members of society.

We at Overbrook are excited to welcome you back for the 2024 - 2025 School Year. We can hardly believe we are just 4 short weeks away from opening the doors to our students again. There are many exciting updates and events we are planning for, so I wanted to take the time to write this newsletter to help in your planning for the start of the school year. We are committed to providing an environment in which your students can grow in all facets of their lives and we are eager to collaborate again this school year to ensure a successful year for your children. For the families of our incoming 9th graders, I hope to see you all at Freshman Orientation on August 27. For all other families, I am excited to welcome you to our back to school night on September 12. All details on those events and more are included within this newsletter. I look forward to a positive year with each of you.

John Carullo

Principal

Overbrook High School and the Pine Hill School District will welcome students back to school on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Just a reminder that all students should be in Homeroom by 7:24AM.

For your reference, here is the Pine Hill School District Calendar:

Pine Hill School District 24-25 School Calendar

Please take note of the Early Dismissal Days for the High School on the School Calendar. There are some days in which the Elementary schools have early dismissal and the High School does not. Also, take note of our Staff Inservice Days.

Here is a list of all of our early dismissal days for the High School. High School dismissal time on early dismissal days is 11:30AM.

Wednesday,. November 27

Friday, December 20

Friday, January 17

Friday, February 21

Friday, May 23

Friday, June 6

Friday, June 13

Monday, June 16

Monday, June 17

Here is a list of all of our Staff Inservice Days. Please note that school is closed to students on these days.

Thursday, August 29

Tuesday, September 3

Friday, October 11

Friday, February 14

Friday, March 21

Finally, please take note of the days that school will be closed in the school calendar for holiday observances, holiday breaks, and NJEA convention.

Calling all members of the Class of 2028! Sign up for Freshman Orientation by following THIS LINK, or scanning the QR code in the below flyer. Transportation is available, but you must sign up by this Thursday, August 8, 2024.

Overbrook High School will be hosting our annual Back to School Night on Thursday, September 12, 2024. The program will begin promptly at 6:00PM in our Auditorium with a small administrative presentation.

For planning purposes, here are a list of important events for parents and guardians! Please save the dates!

Thursday, September 12 - Back to School Night

Wednesday, November 20 - HS Conference Night (Virtual)

Thursday, January 30 - 8th Grade Parent Night

Thursday, February 20 - HS Conference Night (Virtual)

Tuesday, June 17 - HS Graduation (Tentative) *

*For HS Graduation, students participating in the ceremony must be present in school the three school days prior to graduation. Tentatively that will be June 13, June 16 and June 17. Should the date of graduation change due to inclement weather days, the practice days will change as well.

Each new student to OHS will be assigned a chromebook from the district and all returning students should plan to bring their chromebooks and chargers to school starting Day 1. Outside of that, there are no supply lists at the high school level as there is in the elementary schools, as the complexity of our schedule is far greater than that of the elementary school. Students are encouraged to bring their chromebooks each day. I always recommend a binder for paperwork, some paper/notebook and a writing utensil. Typically in the High School, teachers will inform students of specific supplies they may need on the first day of school.

Student Schedules and access to Genesis will be released during the last week of August, after Freshman Orientation on August 27. Before that time, our counselors will be calling students who may wind up with conflicts in their schedules. Please do not contact the counseling office with any schedule requests at this time.

All bus passes will be sent out by the Pine Hill transportation office sometime during the last week of August to students in Pine Hill and Clementon. Please note that your address is our system is the address the pass will be created for and will be mailed to. If you had a change of address, or are anticipating a change in address, please make those changes with the district ASAP. Any changes after bus passes go out will take time to process and change the route.

Please note that Berlin Township handles their own transportation.

Later in the month of August, the Free and Reduced Lunch Application will be available on the district website and in the parent portal of Genesis along with the other forms required to be filled out at the beginning of the year. I have also included the link to the Cafeteria Resources page below.

Pine Hill School District Cafeteria Resources

We will be holding registration for student parking on Tuesday, August 27th and Wednesday, August 28th from 10am-12pm in the main office. Please complete the google form attached prior to coming into the main office on either of these dates. You will get to select your parking spot, however it is first come first served. All hang tags must be placed on your rear view mirror and will be collected at the end of the school year. If you do not return your tag, there will be a $5 fee.

24/25 Parking Google Form

The PBIS Senior Paint a Parking Spot event does not have a set date yet. We are awaiting for the parking lot to be painted and the old spots to be painted over. We will send a Remind message out when we have a date for that event.

Class of 2025 senior portraits are being scheduled with our partners at Second Flash Photography. Senior portraits will begin the week of August 12, 2024. To schedule and review pricing please click the link below:

Overbrook Senior Portraits Class of 2025

Additionally, Mr. Davis with Second Flash has created his own remind account. You can join that by texting @4da2e4 to 81010 to receive periodic updates.

Overbrook held its first ever summer graduation ceremony! We honored 5 members of the Class of 2024 who completed their coursework over the summer. Congratulations to all of our Graduates!

We are working hard on reconstruction of some of our classrooms! Our Digital Arts Room and two science labs are getting a complete makeover. Our TV Studio is getting a window into the classroom. Also, we have 7 more classrooms that will be outfitted with state of the art Promethean Boards to enhance our students classroom experience. We are excited to see all of these projects to completion this summer. The new science labs will be ready later in the fall.

We would like to welcome Mr. Michael Jones to the OHS Administrative Team. Mr. Jones has been working with us since July 1 and is a welcome addition to our administrative team. He will be the Assistant Principal for students with the last names A-L and our BD students.

Mr. Jones comes to us with 21 years of teaching experience, all at Millville High School in Millville, NJ. While at Millville, he taught Social Studies and spent many years as the Boys Varsity Basketball coach. Mr. Jones currently resides in Pitman with his wife and two daughters. Welcome to the Ram Family!

Mrs. Andrea Duncan will continue to be the Assistant Principal for students with last names M-Z and our MD students.

Mrs. Duncan has been with Overbrook for an entire year now and is looking forward to another wonderful year with our students. Before coming to Overbrook Mrs. Duncan served as an elementary Assistant Principal and a Math Teacher. Mrs. Duncan currently resides in Burlington with her husband, daughter and granddaughter. She is very excited to announce that her son is expecting his first child and even more excited to have another grandbaby on the way!

Look for the AP's to have a section in each subsequent newsletter moving forward address student procedures and code of conduct.

Ms. Nazia Alam, Science (Overbrook Alumni!)

Ms. Carrie Biegler, Art

Mr. Ed Bober, Physical Education

Mr. Alex Friend, Social Studies

Ms. Jessica Martinsen, English Special Education

Mr. Joseph Noce, Mathematics

Welcome to the RAMS family!

Consider supporting our Overbrook Rams Athletics Teams! All athletic schedules can be found on the Tri-County Conference website, linked below.

24/25 Fall Season Overbrook High School Athletics Schedule

Workouts and practices have started for the Fall Season. If you child is interested in a Fall Sport, please call Kim Riley at 856-767-8000 ext. 3023 or visit the Athletics Home Page below for more information.

Overbrook Athletics Home Page