Category Archives: Schools
Board Of Education Honors High School Students
The Pennsauken Board of Education recognized two seniors from Pennsauken High School, Felisha Nation and Raymond Wan, as students of the month for February.
Nation is a 12th grade student at Pennsauken High School with a GPA of 4.24. She participates in the French Honor Society, French Club, student athletic training, Yearbook Club, Leo Club, B.A.D. Club, and the Peer Leadership Program. She plans to attend college and major in health sciences.
Wan is a 12th grade student at Pennsauken High School with a GPA of 4.07. Raymond participates in the Leo Club, National Honor Society, French Honor Society, and the French Club. Raymond plans to attend college and major in chemical engineering.
Congratulations to these great students!
Carson School Celebrates Read Across America
By Tara F. Mozee
During “Read Across America,” students, teachers and parents at Carson Elementary School participated in many events to celebrate both reading and the famous children’s author, Dr. Seuss! Activities included a school wide book drive, with students donating slightly used books to needy families; and a “drop everything and read activity, where the entire school participated in a solid 15-minute reading session.
Lockheed Martin Engineers Speak With Phifer Students
For the second straight year, Howard M. Phifer Middle School is offering robotics for a full marking period as a related arts class. The robotics program, taught by Mrs. Tracey McSweeney, is designed for students to explore, build, and program small LEGO NXT robots.
Board Of Education Takes Initiative
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 an entity that often “works behind the scenes,” it is difficult to understand what the Pennsauken Board of Education actually accomplishes throughout the year. In this month’s article, we would like to share some important board initiatives that have taken place during the last 12 months, along with some proposed programs, all of which highlight areas important to providing our students with a quality education in a safe environment, while maintaining fiscal responsibility to Pennsauken citizens.
Baldwin Celebrates Read Across America
Baldwin School celebrated “Read Across America” during the first week in March. Teachers incorporated rhyming and fun Dr. Seuss activities in each of their classrooms. The students enjoyed dressing up for Wacky Wednesday and caught a case of stripes with “The Cat in the Hat.”
Longfellow Student Council Makes A Difference
The student council representatives at Longfellow Elementary School have been working hard to help others in need. In February, students collected numerous items to donate to the Almost Home Animal Shelter. Ms. Grant and Mrs. Steck, as well as student council classroom representatives and their families, visited the animals at the shelter and delivered the donations.
PHS Latin Club Visits Carson’s “Chapter Chatters”
By Julie Amer, Tara Barnstead, and Melissa Savino
Members of Pennsauken High School’s Latin Club performed a version of the myth of King Midas to students at Carson Elementary.
The “Chapter Chatters,” the book club at Carson Elementary School, read the book, “The Chocolate Touch,” by Patrick Skene Catling. In February, Mrs. Kubichek’s Latin Club from Pennsauken High School joined a book club meeting, where they performed a version of the myth of King Midas. Students from the Chapter Chatters were encouraged to draw similarities between “The Chocolate Touch” and the story of King Midas. The Latin Club will continue to work with the students in the Carson School Book Club meetings by performing plays of mythology and helping to facilitate student discussion.
Phifer Middle School Holds Annual Career Day
By Frank Sinatra, AAP Editor
Last month, Howard M. Phifer Middle School held its annual career day, an almost day-long event where students can interact with professionals from a variety of fields.
“It’s a special day where kids get to see glimpses of their potential selves for a couple hours,” explains Thomas Honeyman, principal at Phifer. “Our career day committee organized a great event. It takes a ton of effort to put together over 40 professional guests and 800 students and coordinate the schedule. Logistically, it’s a challenge, but it’s so worth it.”
Jumping For Hearts, Bear Buck Bonanza At Roosevelt School
Click on the photos to find out more on these great events at Roosevelt Elementary!
A Commitment To School Safety
The Pennsauken Board of Education, working in partnership with both the school administration and Pennsauken’s municipal government, has helped to coordinate a series of drills that allow local first responders to train at school facilities.
The issue of school safety is of paramount importance in the Pennsauken School District. To that end, the Board of Education, working in partnership with both the school administration and Pennsauken’s municipal government, has helped to coordinate a series of drills that allow local first responders – EMS, firefighters, and police – to train at school facilities.
“There have been so many attacks in schools, the procedures have changed dramatically,” says Board President Nick Perry. “The only way to leverage what we’ve learned from these incidents is for our first responders to get hands-on training in the buildings themselves.”
The drills, many of which were held over winter break to take full advantage of school buildings, allowed Pennsauken’s police, fire department, and EMS squad an opportunity to practice a series of rapid response scenarios. In addition to these training exercises, all Pennsauken schools conduct both fire and “shelter in place” drills on a continual basis, to help better prepare teachers, staff, and students in the case of an emergency.
“We have a responsibility to make school facilities as secure as possible, allowing our community’s children to be safe from the time they get on the bus in the morning, to the time they get home from school in the afternoon.”
As part of this commitment, the Board of Education and school administration have received invaluable feedback from Pennsauken’s first responders, who had an opportunity to evaluate school security features to not only see if any weaknesses are present, but also find ways to further enhance school safety.
“There are a lot of things that now have been developed in the realm of school safety that we are working to address,” explains Perry. “We, as well as the school administration and Pennsauken’s municipal government, are continually looking to further enhance the safety of school staff and students. It’s an important, ongoing process.”
