All Around Pennsauken

Delair’s Winter Concert gave the school community the opportunity to enjoy the hard work of the students and music teachers who have taught and encouraged them. Mr. Henderson, instrumental music instructor, along with Mr. Kauffman, chorus instructor, helped the students in putting on a terrific performance for the standing room only crowds.

The kindergarten classes at Longfellow School have been working diligently in their informational unit of study, focusing on how-to books! They have been writing numerous books over the past few weeks on many different topics.

To stay with the theme of winter, Miss Grant and her student teacher, Miss Wegfahrt, created a hands-on learning experience that allowed the students to build snowmen! The students created a book showing and listing the steps, preparing them to build their snowmen for the next day.

Each student was given a bag containing marshmallows, pretzel sticks, chocolate chips, and an orange twizzler. They were very excited to start building! Singing along to the famous song from Disney’s “Frozen,” “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?,” each student was able to build their own “Olaf” while following the steps in their how-to books!

Scheduled for Wednesday, April 15
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Pennsauken Public Schools has scheduled their annual evening registration session for pre-k and kindergarten students for the 2015/2016 school year.

Registration will take place on Wednesday evening, April 15 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Carson Elementary School on Garfield Ave. This will be the only registration session scheduled for enrollment in our pre-k or kindergarten programs for September.

All Pennsauken residents with children who will be eligible for pre-k or kindergarten in September 2015 may register during this evening registration.

Children who are four years old on or before October 1, 2015 are eligible for the half-day pre-kindergarten program. Children who are five years old on or before October 1, 2015 are eligible for the full-day kindergarten program.

As part of the evening, the school district has invited local organizations to provide information to parents of young children, including organizations that provide before- and after-school day care services for the full-day students in our district. The local PTA organizations will also be on hand with information.

To register your child you will need to bring the following information:

• Proof of Pennsauken Residency

**IF YOU OWN YOUR HOME

One of the following documents is the only acceptable Proof of Residency for Home Owners:

• Current Mortgage Statement
• Current Property Tax Bill
• Deed
• Settlement Papers

**IF YOU RENT

Please bring the following paperwork with you:

• Rental Lease
• Driver’s License with Pennsauken Address
• Two pieces of mail with the Pennsauken address listed on it.

(Examples – Telephone Bill, PSE&G, Bank Statement, Credit Card Statement, or Water Bill)

• Child’s immunization records
• Child’s original birth certificate

Volunteers will be available to watch the children while parents/guardians complete the registration.

For further information, residents may call (856) 662-8505 ext. 6507 or any elementary school in Pennsauken.

IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION

Pre-Kindergarten Entrance Requirements

1. DPT or DTaP vaccine 3 doses and 1 booster
2. Polio vaccine 2 doses and 1 booster
3. Measles vaccine* 1 dose (must be given on/after 1^st birthday)
4. Mumps vaccine* 1 dose (must be given on/after 1^st birthday)
5. Rubella vaccine* 1 dose (must be given on/after 1^st birthday)
6. HIB vaccine 1 dose (must be given on/after 1^st birthday)
7. Varicella vaccine (chicken pox) 1 dose (must be given on/after 1^st birthday)
8. PCV vaccine (pneumococcal vaccine) 1 dose (must be given on/after 1^st birthday)
9. Influenza Vaccine 1 dose – must be given between 9/1 and 12/31 of pre-school year(s)

Kindergarten Entrance Requirements

1. DPT or DtaP vaccine 3 doses and 1 booster (must be given on/after 4^th birthday) or any 5 or more doses
2. Polio vaccine 2 doses and 1 booster (must be given on/after 4^th birthday) or any appropriately spaced 4 doses
3. Measles vaccine* 2 doses of live Measles containing vaccine given on/after 1^st birthday with at least one month between doses
4. Mumps vaccine* 1 dose given on/after 1^st birthday
5. Rubella vaccine* 1 dose given on/after 1^st birthday
6. Hepatitis B vaccine 3 doses
7. Varicella vaccine (chicken pox) 1 dose given on/after 1^st birthday

* Children usually receive these vaccines in combination (MMR)

Carson fourth grade students Nicholas Bonilla, Brandon Hoang, Jenny Kim, Brianna Nguyen, Kevin Pham, Remy Trinh, and Diego Vega participated in a spelling bee sponsored by The Woman’s Club of the Merchantville on Jan. 31 at Phifer Middle School.

The Phifer auditorium was buzzing with excitement as the spellers from Pennsauken and Merchantville schools competed. The Carson students fought hard and spelled well. Special congratulations to Brianna Nguyen for placing second in the competition. She advanced to the NJSFWC Southern Regional Spelling Bee, which was held on Feb. 22.

We are proud of all our Carson spelling bee competitors!

The time is flying by for Mrs. Rosenman’s pre-kindergarten class at Baldwin school. The students are learning many skills that are helping them learn and grow to prepare for kindergarten.

For many students, this is the time of year that they begin to show great progress in areas such as writing their names, playing cooperatively in small groups, and learning the letters of the alphabet.

Throughout February, all the classes learned about balls and exercise. In particular, Mrs. Rosenman’s students enjoyed learning how to play different sports, work as a team, and how to describe different types of balls. The students also learned how to recognize as well as describe two and three dimensional shapes.

Many of the fourth grade students at Carson participated in the Winter Concert on Jan. 13. They played their instruments beautifully under the direction of their teacher, Mrs. Bradbury. The chorus students performed well and sang “happy” songs that made the audience smile under the direction of Mrs. Test.

Kudos to them on a wonderful concert!

The administration and staff of Howard M. Phifer Middle School are proud to announce the following students that have been selected as the Students of the Month for December.

Seventh Grade

Frank Leiva, Yazmin Santana, Yasmien Farhat, and Eric Genao-Torres.

Eighth Grade

Lenny Nguyen, Kieu Vo, Camryn Harrell, Eric Rodriguez, Josh Notz, Saniyah Gonzalez-Andrews, Ericka Torres, and Jovani Quiros.

Congratulations!

Students from Pennsauken High School participated in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. The day’s theme was “making a difference.”