
Central Elementary Newsletter
February 28, 2025
Central Mission Statement
Our House
Important Dates to Remember
3/3-3/7: Read Across America Dress Up Week
3/4: PTA meeting at 6 PM on Zoom (link to be sent)
3/4-3/7: PTA Book Fair (details to follow)
3/6: Read Across America Guest Readers (by invite)
3/10-3/14: Talent Show
Read Across America Week is Coming! March 3-7
Central is excited to celebrate Read Across America from March 3rd-7th with a week of fun, book-themed dress-up days! Get ready to show your love for reading and join in the literary festivities.
Diaper Drive
Central School is seeking your help to benefit the Central Jersey Diaper Bank located in New Brunswick, NJ. The Kindergarten and First Grade teams are sponsoring a diaper drive starting on Monday, March 3 and running through Friday, March 14. The organization needs our help to collect any size diapers, from size 1 all the way up to pull-ups in 5T. Diapers can be in packs or loose. They also could use unopened packs of wipes.
In past years, this diaper drive has collected over 1,000 diapers and wipes. We need your help to top that this year!
New Board Approved East Brunswick Calendar 25-26:
Kindergarten Registration 2025-26:
Parent Portal:
Talent Show Sign up!
See instructions below. The links are here (they do not open in the image below):
Form to Register to Participate
Spring Bookfair:
The Central Elementary Book Fair is March 4 to 7, and we can’t wait to share all the exciting books with our students!
To find out your child’s shopping date, please check in with their teacher.
We’ll also be reaching out to our PTA members via email with volunteer opportunities—stay tuned for details on how you can help make this event a success!
Check out the Fair's website to create an E-Wallet in lieu of sending cash!
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/centralelementaryschoolspring25
We look forward to seeing everyone there! 📖🎉
Thank you,
Central School PTA
Contact Information at Central Elementary School:
Central Elementary School
371 Cranbury Road
East Brunswick, NJ 08816
(732) 613-6820 | Fax: (732) 734-0870
Dr. Michael Gaskell, Principal
Joanne Tempera, Administrative Assistant 732-613-6670
Main Office
Kim Goodger, Secretary 732-613-6821
Attendance/Dismissal Line 732-613-6608
Nurse
Lisa Carney, (732) 613-6822
Student Assistant Counselor
Sara Enis 732-613-6618
Dismissal Procedures
ASK students and Bus students will be released first (just prior to 3:35)
Walkers/Car Riders:
All K-4 students will exit from Door 2
K Parents/Guardians will wait outside Door 2. Pre-K student pick up is at door #3 where the orange cones are). All other grades please wait on the sidewalk until a staff member releases the student to you.
Parking and Traffic Safety are a priority
Please be patient as we get to know our new families ☺
Change in Dismissal Notification:
Contact the school if your child’s dismissal procedure is changing for
the day (i.e., not taking the bus home) NO LATER THAN 2:30 pm, by
emailing the form linked here
Kindergarten and Grade 1 students MUST have an adult at the bus stop to
receive them
When will my child eat lunch every day?
Kindergarten: Recess 11:15-11:45/ Lunch 11:45-12:15
Grade 1: Lunch 11:15-11:45/ Recess 11:45-12:15
Grades 2 Lunch 11:35-12:05/ Recess 12:05-12:35
Grade 3 Lunch 12:05-12:35/ Recess 12:35-1:05
Grade 4 Lunch 12:15-:12:45/ Recess 12:45-1:15
Students will gather/be given their lunch scan tickets prior to going to lunch. Students will need these tickets to buy lunch and/or snack.
Students will be escorted to the lunchroom and sit in their assigned seat locations, the teacher on duty will call students by class or table to go to the lunch line.
Those families who are eligible for free and reduced lunch (you have to apply on the parent portal) use this barcode to get their lunch. Those parents who add money to their child's account also use the ticket to keep track of the child's balance. More information about school lunches can be found at: https://www.ebnet.org/Domain/128
After scanning their ticket, students will drop their ticket into the basket. Lunch aides will return tickets to teacher’s mailboxes after lunch.
Students are encouraged to buy snack at the same time that they purchase their lunch.
Students are to keep all recyclables and garbage at their table, only getting up once to clean up their area.
Teacher on duty and/or lunch aide dismisses students for recess (indoor or outdoor) by table or section.
For outdoor recess, lunch aides are specifically assigned to monitor the front and back of each grade level line.