Category Archives: Schools
Field Day At Fine School
Field Day is the fun culminating activity to end the school year and get students in the mood for summer! Students and teachers at Fine School enjoyed their Field Day activities with fun, games, and laughter.
Annual Space Day Held At Carson Elementary
Carson staff, students, and volunteers participated in a special daylong event in which students learned about space exploration and technology. Seen here are Dr. Lorraine Fesq, a former Carson student and current engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Carson Principal Diane Joyce, and Pennsauken Mayor John Kneib.
On May 26, Principal Joyce, staff, students, special guests and parent volunteers participated in a day full of awesome space activities at G.H. Carson Elementary School. Students learned about life in space, how rockets are launched into space, planets in our solar system, as well as gravity and its effect on our planet. Activities included a space presentation by the Franklin Institute, rocket launches, space songs, space crafts, a display of an actual tire used in a past spaceship launch provided by NASA, and a display of rocket ships built by kindergarten students. This year’s event was made extra special with a guest appearance from Dr. Lorraine Fesq, a former G. H. Carson student who now is the principal engineer in the Engineering Development Office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labortatory.
Pennsauken School District Launches New Web Site
By the Pennsauken Board of Education: Nick Perry, President; Allyson Meloni-Scavuzzo, Vice President; Cheryl Duffy; Michael Hurley; Diane Johnson; Leona Moss; Meg Snyder; Orlando Viera; and JoAnn Young
One of the top priorities for the Pennsauken Board of Education is to establish open communication with all individuals who are stakeholders in the Pennsauken School District, including employees, parents, students and community members. An important initiative to increase our communication with the community has been the creation a new District website.
Pennsauken Board Of Education Celebrates Our Graduates
By the Pennsauken Board of Education: Nick Perry, President; Allyson Meloni-Scavuzzo, Vice President; Cheryl Duffy; Michael Hurley; Diane Johnson; Leona Moss; Meg Snyder; Orlando Viera; and JoAnn Young
As the 2015-2016 school year has officially ended, the Board of Education recognizes those students who are transitioning from middle school to high school and the PHS Class of 2016. As our outstanding students move onto new endeavors, we would like to take this opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of these wonderful students that truly make us Pennsauken Proud!
Phifer Girls Lacrosse Celebrate 2016 Season
The Phifer Girls Lacrosse Team made great strides for the 2016 season. First year coach, Jennifer Worrell had a great turnout for tryouts back in March. Over 60 girls in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades tried out for the team. The girls worked very hard to improve with each game. Coach Worrell is very excited to see what the future brings for Pennsauken Lacrosse.
Phifer Girls Lacrosse Team
Ruby Anyanwu, Ciara Carver, Leishmillie Cedeno, Ramsha Chowdhary, Alema Gadson, Emine Gunaydin, Kiara Haywood, Arianna Hernandez, Rebecca Hudson, Elizabeth Knaus, Leslie Knaus, Satta Massaquoi, Jhocelin Morquecho, Nyla Nasir, Colleen Nguyen, Nancy Nguyen, Geoliana Nieves, Angelia Pho, Laila Porterfield, Melinda Queensbury, Eurdine Robinson, Aliyana Santiago, Aigner Settles, and Vanessa Terreros.
Team managers: Arinnett Minaya, Leslie Palmero, and Tiffany Toch.
Kindergartners At Roosevelt Celebrate Earth Day
On April 22, Roosevelt Elementary celebrated Earth Day, a globally celebrated holiday focused on green awareness. Mrs. Upshaw’s and Miss Vesper’s kindergarten classes participated in a lesson on saving our planet. After the lesson, all students put on their gloves and participated in a trash pickup, from the playground to the front of the school. All were happy to help and do their part in saving our earth!
Phifer Students Destined For Greatness
Congratulations to the following Phifer Middle School students destined for greatness:
February 2016
Jada Reese, Mekhi Brown, Bryan Jimenez, Angie Mendoza, Cameran Clark, Jhocelin Morquecho, Ian Pierre-Louis, Jillian Rivera, Issac Monroe, Jenette Crawford, Adrianna Padillo, David Nguyen, Nasir Cross Griffin, and Taliyah Ross.
March 2016
Jocelyn Molina, Adrian Kim, Princess Ellis, Eurdine Robinson, Duy Nguyen, Kevin Nguyen, Daphne Kallelis, Dakota Brown, Gia Victoria-merino, Ta’shon Parker, Nyla Nasir, Christine Phuong, and Nicholas Singh.
April 2016
Ashley Rivera Acosta, Zachary Martin, Zaisha Torres Rodriguez, Mehki Rippy, Amanda Chin, Vicky Huynh, Genan Farhat, Soleil Collier, Jeriel Delgado, Thien Doan, Catherine Seltzer, Benjamin Morales, Tyanla David, and Joshmarie Hernandez.
Intermediate School Visits Franklin Institute
By Linda Tran, Pennsauken Intermediate Sixth Grade Student
Earlier in the year, Pennsauken Intermediate school sixth graders went to Philadelphia to visit the famous Franklin Institute. There were many highlights. The Neural Climb is a two-story high climbing structure with dynamic lighting and sound effects that were triggered by your footsteps! Next in Sir Isaac’s Loft, there were different types of devices, as well as little booths, such as the “Lift Yourself with Ease” machine, where you sit in a chair and figure out how to lift yourself using a series of pulleys and a rope. The biggest highlight was the Giant Heart, a gigantic replica of the heart that is two stories high.
Furthermore, if you love to shop, the Franklin Institute has a gift shop. The gift shop had a variety of things to purchase, such as candy, toys, and pencils. As you can see, this was an amazing trip. Sixth grade students had fun and learned the different aspects of science and especially the human body. This experience will truly last a lifetime!
Pennsauken Board Of Education Welcomes New Administration
By the Pennsauken Board of Education: Nick Perry, President; Allyson Meloni-Scavuzzo, Vice President; Cheryl Duffy; Michael Hurley; Diane Johnson; Leona Moss; Meg Snyder; Orlando Viera; and JoAnn Young
After nearly two years of building a strong foundation with which to move forward educationally and financially, the Pennsauken Board of Education is proud to inform the community that we have hired two new, key central administrators in the Pennsauken School District – a new superintendent of schools and a new business administrator.
Carson School Family Book BINGO Night
Carson School’s PTA sponsored a Family Book BINGO Night. Families and staff joined together for a fun evening of BINGO and books! All students were winners and went home with at least one new book of their choice.
