Brake’s Take Bridge School Bugle Archives/2004...Riddle of the Month I know a word of letters...

Special Apri l Showers Issue Volume 8, Issue 1

Apr i l , 2005

Special points of interest:

• Family Reading Night

• Read to Succeed Day

• Spring Book Fair

• Report Card Pick-Up Info

• New Column:

“Did You Know?”

• Monthly columns

• Other Great Stuff...

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Brake’s Take 2

April Calendar 3

CPS CEO Letter 4

Students of the Month 5

ISBE Letters 10/12

ISBE Awards 11/13

25,000 Challenge 14

B R I D G E B U G L E

FREE A D U L T E N G L I S H A S A S E C O N D

L A N G UA G E C L A S S E S !

―Bruno‖

In all human affairs

there are efforts, and

there are results, and

the strength of the effort

is the measure of the

result.

James Allen

A CPS ―Rising Star” “School of Distinction”

Illinois State Board of Education Names

Bridge School an

Illinois Honor Roll School for winning the

Spotlight School Award &

Academic Improvement

Award!

-See page 4 for a letter of congratulations from CPS CEO Mr. Arne Duncan-

&

-Pages 10-13 for ISBE letters and awards-

Spanish speaking adults

contact:

Centro San Bonifacio

2510 W. Cortez

Chicago, Illinois 60622

(773) 252-9098

Polish speaking adults

contact:

Polish American Association

3834 N. Cicero Ave.


(773) 282-1122

The awards keep

coming for the Bridge

School family. The Illi-

nois State Board of

Education (ISBE)

recently named Bridge

School as an Illinois

Honor Roll School!

This recognition was

given by the ISBE due

to Bridge School meet-

ing the award criteria

for their “Spotlight

School” award and for

their “Academic Im-

provement” award

(see pages 10-13

for further details).

Our school is one

of only three

schools in the entire

CPS system to win two

out of the three

awards given by the

ISBE (see page 4)!

Our next big chal-

lenge comes the week

of May 2nd-6th when

our children take the

Iowa Test of Basic

Skills (ITBS). I know

that our hard work will

result in our school

continuing it’s current

success. Let’s keep up

the great work!

Congratulations to all,

M A RC H A T T E N DA N C E CH A M P S !

BRAKE ’S TAKE

Do you have any

ideas, suggestions,

or comments on

ways to improve our

school and the ser-

vices that our chil-

dren receive? If so,

please call, write a

letter, or see me to

share your ideas.

Your input is greatly

appreciated.

Thank You!

Dr. Brake

Students/Teachers

Staff/Parents

Would you like to

have a poem, article,

short story, event, or

other item of interest

published in the

Bridge Bugle?

Submit your item to

Dr. Brake

on computer disk

(Microsoft Word format preferred)

no later than the third

week of the month for

publication in the next

month’s school news-

paper. Attendance data not available at time of publication

Current student attendance is ~95%

Volume 8, Issue 1

Kindergarten

Enrollment For 2005-2006

Is

April 18th-22nd

From 8:00 AM-2:00 PM

Indicates day of non-attendance for students

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

ITBS

Testing

May

2nd-6th

1

Book

Fair

2

3 4 5 6 7 8

Spring

Pictures

9

10 111/2 Day Professional

Development

11:08

Dismissal PTA/LSC

Meetings

12 13 14 15 Professional

Development

Day

No School For students

End 3rd Quarter

16

17 18 19 20 Report

Card

Pick-Up

Day

No School

For Students

21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

April 2005 April Showers Bring May Flowers...

Kindergarten Enrollment

April 18th-22nd

Kindergarten Enrollment

April 18th-22nd

April Students of the Month

Daniel Delgado

Nathan Ortiz

Dominika Duda

Brandon Feliciano

Maggie Szczypka

Thomas Green Jenean Jibawi Ivan Ruiz Ricardo Herrera

Bart Gorczynski Alexandria Banez Leslie Aispuro Kamil Wicha

Dominik Pikul Damian Stachowski Gustavo Amador Sylvia Gebala

Natalie Kleszcz Paul Fricano Steven Fiumefreddo Raul Gonzalez

Fatin Fareh Agnes Stanula Julia Rakoczy

Bridge Elementary School Students of the Month are selected for their outstanding citizenship, academic performance, and conduct.

Joanna Jasinska

GREAT AMERICA TICKETS ARE HERE FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K-6

COU NS E L OR ’S CORN ER B Y M R . M E T Z D O R F F

CONTEST WINNER IN ROOM 001

Volume 8, Issue 1

Dear Parents,

The City-Wide Iowa Achievement Testing Program will begin May 2-6, 2005 at Bridge School.

The outcomes of these tests are very important to students, parents, teachers and the entire school

community. Our school has done very well in the past and we would like for our school to remain

on top! Please consider volunteering some of your time during the testing program.

The teachers need assistance in the classroom managing all aspects of testing. If you would be

interested, please contact me at 534-3533. I will provide you with a brief description of proctor

duties.

Schedule: 8:00-10:30 a.m. Daily or any part of the week

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Warren Metzdorff

Counselor

Six Hour Reading Club was a great success. 186 students from grades K-6 and 18 teachers have participated. All of them will receive free tickets to Six Flags

Great America on April 20 (Report Card Pick-Up day). Have fun!

Thank you for your participation. Ms. Baron Ms. Lewis

Some of the students in room 001 entered the Troll/Carnival ―Scooby

Doo! Super-Sleuth Writing Contest!‖ Nicholas Wdowiak was chosen

as one of the talented Runner Up Winners.

According to Betsy Howie the wit and creative ability he dis-

played through the words he put in Scooby’s mouth really made his

entry stand out. The judges selected his caption from more than

10,000 really fabulous entries. As a winner, he will receive a great

collection of Scooby Doo! Books to keep him laughing.

Congratulations on winning!

Bridge Bugle

S P R I N G E G G H U N T

TECH TALK B Y M R S . J O A N M I R E C K I

C O M P U T E R L A B I N S T R U C T O R / T E C H N O L O G Y C O O R D I N A T O R

News – first bad, then good. Student e-mail accounts are on hold for the time being. Federal laws have caused most e-mail

providers to ―Dump‖ e-mail accounts for all students under the age of 13. The only way they will provide accounts for the

younger student is if parents sign up for them and provide requested pieces of information.

Because providers are attempting to avoid lawsuits, they have terminated existing student accounts and are no longer offering

these accounts. The provider that we were planning to use for our student accounts is included, in addition to most others that

were offering this service.

The ―Good News‖ is that Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is aware of this and is working to provide student e-mail accounts for

their students. They will provide the protection and screening that would be necessary to protect our children from unscrupu-

lous vendors or individuals. I will keep you posted on this.

Students are now working on keyboarding skills, sometimes called ―Touch Typing‖. They will be able to learn the proper

techniques and develop skill and speed that will serve them well in the future. As adults and older students can tell you, most

people that didn’t learn to type wish they had. It is a skill that you will find useful in all walks of life and will aid you in this

technological age.

DID YOU KNOW?

Teaching Tips for Parents

Did you know that there are two basic ways to decode words? We can decode phoneti-

cally (by sounding out the words) or by sight (instantly recognizing the words).

If you would like a list of the basic primary words that should be instantly recognized in

order to read and write successfully, let us know and we will get a copy to you.

Contributed by Mrs. Loise

The Kindergarten students had

a great time during their spring

egg hunt. Mrs. McGuire’s stu-

dents (Room 003) hid candy

and plastic eggs outside the

Kindergarten door, then each

student chose a partner to help

search for treats.

FAMILY READING NIGHT

SPECIAL GUESTS AT BRIDGE

For Read To Succeed Day!

Volume 8, Issue 1

Report Card Pick-Up Day Is

Wednesday, April 20th

From

12:00-3:00 & 4:00-6:00 PM

No school for students on this day

On Wednesday, March 30th Bridge School in cooperation

with Mrs. Banaszak and the PTA, sponsored Family Read-

ing Night. Various eighth graders performed a puppet show

for students, teachers and their families. After the show the

PTA had their book fair open with door prizes and a visit

from Mother Goose! A big thank you to Mrs. Banaszek, the

eighth graders who presented the puppet show, and the

Bridge School PTA for a wonderful night. We are thankful

to have such wonderful people as part of our Bridge School

family. Thank

You!

On Wednesday March 30th the Bridge School

Student Council invited members of the community

to visit for Bridge School’s first ever Read to Suc-

ceed Day. People from all walks of life participated

in this event. Each class was visited by a guest and

was read a story and learned about what that guest

does for a living. Classes enjoyed asking questions

and hearing the stories. The Bridge School family

would like to thank all the participants who so gra-

ciously volunteered their time!

Guest readers from Saint Mather High

School read and talk to older students during

―Read to Succeed‖ Day.

Bridge Bugle

A M A T E U R P A L E O N T O L O G I S T S

PTA parent volunteer Mr. Bob Walsh (Clifford the big red dog) visited primary classrooms and contributed to the excitement during Spring Book Fair week.

Mrs. Jackson’s second grade

class, with assistance from stu-

dent teacher Ms. Arroyo, did a

unit on dinosaurs. Students be-

came paleontologists and stud-

ied the fossils dinosaurs left

behind! These are pictures of

their final project.

ANNUAL SPRING BOOK FAIR

Students enjoyed the “Buy one –get one free” Spring Book Fair.

Bridge School’s PTA volunteers coordinated and operated the annual Spring Book Fair during the week of March

29th-April 1st. The annual event was held in the school gym and was extremely well organized and attractively laid

out. The Spring Book Fair was a ―Buy one—get one free‖ event. The Bridge School family would like to thank all

the PTA parent volunteers who so graciously donated their time and effort toward making this event a success.

Thank You!

Monday, April 11th, 2005 Is a half-day CPS Professional Development Day

Students are dismissed at 11:08

Friday, April 15th, 2005

Is a CPS Professional Development Day

No school for students

Please

Note:

Bridge Elementary School 3800 N. New England


773-534-3718

Principal:

Dr. Christopher Brake

Assistant Principal:

Mrs. Margaret Taylor

Special April Showers

LSC Parent Representatives:

Mr. William Doyle

Mr. Michael Herrity

Mrs. Yvonne Majewski

Mrs. Wioletta Rakoczy

Mrs. Pamela Sparks

Mrs. Renata Zabiega

Community Representatives:

Mrs. Cheryl Filippini

Mrs. Pat Walenga

Teacher Representatives:

Mrs. Linda Barshop

Mrs. Ideria Page

Administration:

Dr. Christopher Brake

PTA President:

Mrs. Karen Dubicki

Vice-President:

Mrs. Lora Niewinski

Secretary:

Mrs. Jeannie Doyle

Treasurer:

Mrs. Kathy Herrity

25,000 Book Challenge The word ―few‖. Add ―er‖

and it becomes fewer.

Riddle of the Month

I know a word of letters

three, add two and fewer

there will be?

Answer:

Room 107

Kindergarten

176

Year-to-Date

892

Room 114

Pri. Sp. Ed.

14

Year-to-Date

134

Room 101

1st Grade

120

Year-to-Date

487

Room 105

1st Grade

302

Year-to-Date

1,892

Room 204

1st/2nd Grade

183

Year-to-Date

1,243

Room 102

2nd Grade

500

Year-to-Date

3,026

Room 103

2nd Grade

352

Year-to-Date

2,113

Room 108

3rd Grade

143

Year-to-Date

842

Room 109

3rd Grade

192

Year-to-Date

1,006

Room 203

3rd/4th Grade

267

Year-to-Date

2,033

Room 001

4th Grade

23

Year-to-Date

383

Room 002

4th Grade

108

Year-to-Date

611

Room 003

5th Grade

88

Year-to-Date

684

Room 004

5th Grade

190

Year-to-Date

918

Room 211

5th Grade

150

Year-to-Date

922

Room 207

6th Grade

78

Year-to-Date

459

Room 209

6th Grade

155

Year-to-Date

1,129

Room 214

6th Grade

5

Year-to-Date

136

Room 205

7th Grade

70

Year-to-Date

294

Room 208

7th Grade

83

Year-to-Date

663

Room 106

7th Grade

105

Year-to-Date

392

Room 206

8th Grade

25

Year-to-Date

206

Room 210

8th Grade

18

Year-to-Date

172

Room 212

8th Grade

20

Year-to-Date

149

School

Total

20,786 Where’s Bruno?

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