This month we are spotlighting Kindergarten! Our Kindergarteners have grown so much since the beginning of the year and continue to learn every day! In reading, they are learning to blend read three sound words and are working on story elements. In writing, the students are writing opinion sentences on a given topic. Math includes decomposing numbers 6-10 into their fact families and in science the focus will be on the Life Cycle of Animals and Plants.

📙Book; 🎬Movie; 🎨Color; 🍉Food; 🎸Hobby; 🧡Favorite Thing About Kindergarten

• Ms. Cammarata: I'm Not Scared, You're Scared, You've Got Mail, blue, chicken curry, drawing/reading, I get to work with the nicest people (kindergarteners)!
• Ms. DeFeo: A Tree Named Steve, Home Alone, green, pizza and ice-cream(yum)!, hiking and drawing, Watching their love of learning. Kindergarteners have a sense of wonder which makes every day fun and unpredictable.
• Ms. Dulio: There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Worm, Titanic, teal, chicken parm, The growth the students show, having fun, and my team!
• Ms. Ginder: Make Way for the Ducklings, Up, teal, pizza, volleyball and pickleball, Seeing the growth at the end of the year and all the funny stories.
• Ms. Mee: The Giving Tree, Matilda, purple, tacos, kayaking and hiking, class parties
• Mr. Pena: Meditations, True Grit, green, Italian, reading, the smiles
• Ms. Pryor: Too Late, Gone in 60 Seconds, red, pizza, bowling and baking, I love witnessing the growth of each student and their eagerness to learn.
• Ms. Wheeler: Smart Cookie, Inside Out, purple, pizza, karate, Watching the students grow their independence and confidence!

Read Across America was celebrated during the week of March 3rd-7th. Students and staff participated in a theme week around books and staff members swapped to read a book aloud in another classroom. We finished the week by participating in a whole school DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) Time. Every class sat in the hallway to read at the same time. It was great to see our whole school community reading together!

Many leprechaun traps were set around the school on March 17, however we did not catch the clever leprechaun. He sure did leave some mischief in the classrooms though. It was amazing to see all the hard work and creativity put into these traps!

This month during our Preschool Parent group, the students and parents participated in a Make and Take event and created birdhouses. This event was sponsored by the Hackettstown Education Association. Our last Preschool Parent group for the year will be on Thursday, May 29th.

• April: Autism Awareness Month
• 4/2: Spring Picture Day
• 4/14: Early Dismissal; Conferences(as needed) 4pm-6pm
• 4/15: Early Dismissal; Conferences(as needed) 6pm-8pm
• 4/16: Early Dismissal; Conferences(as needed) 1pm-3pm
• 4/17: Early Dismissal
• 4/18-4/25: School Closed; Spring Break
• 5/1: Multicultural Night at Hackettstown High School
• 5/9: Spring Concert
• 5/9: Early Dismissal; Staff PD
• 5/23: School Closed
• 5/26: School Closed; Memorial Day
• 5/29: PreK Parent Group