Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Preschool students learn about disability awareness and giving back to their community.
In an effort to reflect the values of community service set by Rabbi Fineblum and Temple Sinai, Cinnaminson’s Temple Sinai Nursery School (TSNS) hosted its first hop-a-thon. In partnership with the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), the children took part in a new program focused on disability awareness. An innovative and exciting curriculum designed for little learners was taught to all the students including the youngest ones. At TSNS, the teachers try to teach the children how they can help affect positive changes within their community. The hop-a-thon provides the perfect platform in their effort to have kids helping kids. The children and their families were diligent in fundraising, hoping to raise enough funds to reach their …
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The free seminar for parents and members of the public will focus on the ramifications of bullying.
The New Jersey Judiciary submitted the following news release: The Superior Court of New Jersey, Burlington Vicinage Advisory Committee on Minority Concerns will hold a seminar on anti-bullying awareness on Wednesday, May 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Eastampton Community School, 1 Student Lane, Eastampton. Parents and members of the public are invited to attend this free program. Light refreshments will be served. The program will provide up-to-date information on bullying and its ramifications in the legal, psychological, educational and law enforcement fields. Speakers will include Ambrose Duckett III, assistant principal of the Eastampton Community School; Dr. Joy Duckett, a psychologist; Ptl. Daniel Snyder, Eastampton Police …
Friday, May 11, 2012
The group will also be selling concessions as a fundraiser for music programs.
Cinnaminson singers and musicians will perform at the Camden Riversharks game this Saturday. The Cinnaminson High School string musicians will be performing on the field at 5 p.m. The Cinnaminson Middle School Select Singers will sing the national anthem and the Middle School Jazz Band will perform during the seventh-inning stretch. Profits earned from ticket sales support all three music programs. String players' parents, along with strings director Mr. Hercock and some students, will run a concession game during the game. Ten percent of the profits earned from the concession stand (excluding liquor sales) will support programs for all district string students in Cinnaminson. One-hundred level tickets are still available for the game …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
About half of poll respondents approve of President Obama's job performance.
Our Republican governor gets good marks from the Garden State, but so does our Democratic president, according to the latest poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind . Barack Obama also has a solid lead over Mitt Romney in New Jersey, according to the poll—especially among women. Read the full statement from FDU below, then take our own poll to let us know what you think? According the latest poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind, 50 percent of New Jersey voters say they approve of the way the president is handling his job, while 42 percent disapprove. These numbers mirror the support expressed by New Jerseyans for their Republican governor, Chris Christie, as reported yesterday: 56 percent approve of the job …
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Four students won special honors.
The following was sent to Cinnaminson Patch by Christina Belfatto, business teacher and DECA adviser at Cinnaminson High School. From April 27 to May 2, 10 Cinnaminson DECA students attended the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Salt Lake City. Most students qualified to attend leadership academies. However, four out of the 10 students qualified for and competed at the conference. Michael Shay, a senior who just committed to the University of Michigan, qualified at the regional and state levels competitions to attend this year’s ICDC. He excelled in the human resources event at the state conference, placing second overall and winning him a spot to compete in Salt Lake City. At the ICDC, Mike was recognized on stage for …
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Wrestler and scholar Sam Udotong is one of only 700 nationwide to get the award.
A Cinnaminson High School senior has been awarded a scholarship that only 700 students nationwide received. Sam Udotong has been selected as a winner of the National Achievement $2,500 scholarship. The scholarship is for black American high school students who have excelled in academics and in the PSAT. “I was surprised,” said Udotong, who is also an athlete. “I was really happy. They give you a nice amount of money for any college you’re going to.” Udotong has committed to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and plans to study aerospace engineering. “I think it would be cool to be behind the scenes of the first manned-mission to Mars,” Udotong said. Engineering, psychics and science aren’t the only areas Udotong excels in; he’s a …
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Cinnaminson Township High School
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A plan supported by Gov. Chris Christie will implement tests at the end of every high school grade level instead of just junior year.
New Jersey plans to scrap the do-or-die test that 11th-graders must pass to graduate in favor of exams given each year that will allow academic adjustment for struggling students. The Christie administration on Monday threw its support behind a series of recommendations from the College and Career Readiness Task Force to do away with the High School Proficiency Exam and Alternative High School Assessment. Under the plan, ninth-, 10th- and 11th- graders would instead take an exam on literacy and math at the end of each year, covering that academic year’s curriculum. So, for example, the math section will cover just algebra or geometry, rather than folding several years of math into one exam, as is the case for the current test for high …
Monday, April 30, 2012
The Clean Communities grant is at work.
In coordination with Earth Week, each student at Eleanor Rush Intermediate School received a copy of the book “The Everything Kids’ Environment Book” by Sheri Amsel. This book was purchased for each student through the generosity of the Cinnaminson Township Public Works Department and a Clean Communities Grant. Clean Community coordinator and recycling coordinator, Karen Zlotnik, chose Rush School this year to help educate the students on this important topic. —Submitted by Joyce Korn, Rush librarian
The NJ ASK test will hit New Jersey Public Schools in the next couple of weeks and will leave stressed out students, teachers, and administrators in its wake.
It’s testing season in New Jersey's public schools. Pencils are sharpened, test booklets securely wait to be opened and guidelines are being reviewed as schools gear up for the NJ ASK test. The standardized test will be given to students in grades three through eight over the next couple of weeks if some didn’t already start last week. I’m sure if you have children in the above mentioned grades, you are aware that the ASK is upon us. If you would like additional information regarding testing, check out the State of New Jersey Department of Education website. You will find loads of information and tips for both parents and students. ASK is an acronym for Assessment of Skills and Knowledge. This standardized test was designed to test student…
Saturday, April 28, 2012
An attorney for the embattled special education teacher says she wasn't present for the remarks captured on Stuart Chaifetz's secret audio recording.
According to her attorney, Matthew Wieliczko, Kelly Altenburg was not present in her classroom when the worst of the remarks were allegedly made to 10-year-old Akian Chaifetz in her special education classroom at the Horace Mann School in Cherry Hill. At a press conference Friday, Wieliczko told the media that Altenburg was in a meeting at the time, and that she "does not condone the words and the conduct" of the people whose voices were captured on the recording. "This language was not used by her or in her presence, or at her direction," he said. Wieliczko went on to say that Altenburg "[n]either said [those words n]or was in the presence of others" heard on the audio footage captured by Stuart Chaifetz, Akian's father, who slipped a …
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