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The Bradford PTA Newsletter
The University Magnet: Everyone teaches, everyone learns. May, 2011
When Life Gives YouLemons, Start a Business B
radford parents have volunteered to host several Montclair Fund For Ed-ucational Excellence (MFEE) Toast to the Teachers events. All toast par-ties below run from May 14 through June 18 and bring in money forthe Montclair schools.
Here’s the list of Bradford toasts and hosts (as of press time; more may stillbe announced). Visit www. Mfee.org for more details/suggested donations.
Kirkman Sums Up: Honoring Naomi Kirkman, Jackie Dorman, andJoan Ruggiero. Math games, finger foods and let’s say thanks. Hosts: De LaRosa, Becker, and Hsieh families. Sunday, June 12, 5 to 7 p.m.
4th Grade Fiesta: Honoring Cary Bangs, Vanessa Ehrmann, WendyGismondi, Jackie Preiskine and Lauren Wenning. Margaritas, beer, wine andhors d’oeuvres to celebrate a wonderful year. Hosts: Povich, Margolis/Yustein,Flanagan, Blanz, and Cahill families. Saturday, June 11, 7:30 p.m.
Fantastic Five: Honoring Louis DeBello, Kristen Freeh, Kara Mancini,Yvette Spicer, and Sandrene Twyman. Fabulous fete, fine finger foods anddrinks. Hosts: Becker, Bermack, Benner, Brown, Chang-Potenza, Frank, McCarty,Murnick, Piehl, Vasquez and Ward families. Saturday, June 4, 4 to 7 p.m.
First Class Third Grade: Honoring Jan Spoerl and Radhika BuchPatel. Wine and cheese cocktail party. Hosts: Millie and Greg Gilbert. Friday,June 17, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Darlin’ Dowling: Honoring Patricia Dowling. Backyard games for alland BBQ beef, pork and treats. Hosts: Eileen and Michael Walsh. Friday, June3, 6 to 8 p.m.
Kocktails for Klimik: Honoring Ron Klimik. Hors d’oeuvres, musicand good cheer. Alumni parents join the fun. Host: Brubaker, Clement andHayes families. Friday, June 3, 7 to 9 p.m.
Metzinger Mingle: Honoring Kristin Metzinger. Come play and havesome ice cream. Hosts: Lee Ann and Michael Easterlin and Sarah Barrack, Friday,June 3, 4 to 6 p.m.
Magical Macaluso: Honoring Denise Macaluso. Backyard BBQ andgames. Hosts: Jan Hoffman and Dan Nachman. Sunday, June 12, 4 to 6 p.m.
Fabulous Firsts: Honoring Karah Barroqueiro, Sirena Richardson andNan Evangelista. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres tocelebrate a great first grade year. Hosts: Flana-gan, Margolis/Yustein, Earle, Reddington, andBollinger families. Friday, June 17, 7 to 9 p.m.
Dear Durber: Honoring Laurie Durber.
Sandwiches, ice cream and play in the park.Hosts: Blanz and Phariss families. Tuesday, June7, 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Celebrating Our Aides: Honoring
Special Ed aides districtwide. Hosts: SEPAC. Satur-day, May 14, 3-5 p.m.
Did you know that May 1 was National Lemonade Day? It was obvious ifyou drove around Montclair that day! Lemonade stands were spottedaround town in Watchung Plaza and several in the Upper Montclair Busi-ness District. Lemonade Day is a nationwide educational opportunity for
children to experience what it takes to run a business. Fourth grade students at Bradford were given the chance to partner with students
from the Montclair State University School of Business to learn a bit about becom-ing entrepreneurs. The Bradford students met with the MSU business students forseveral weeks to get organized and plan for the big event. The students had to de-cide on the 4 Ps: price, product, place, and promotion—and most importantly had tofind investors (a.k.a.—parents) to help them get started.
There was a lot of excitement in Upper Montclair that first Sunday in May. Therewere three lemonade stands in close proximity—what competition! The kids had tobe creative to lure in the business. A few of the stands not only sold lemonade andcookies in an effort to make a profit, but they also collected money for CharityWater, an organization that they learned about in class. They were able to clearly ar-ticulate what the organization was about when asked.
It was a great learning experience for the kids! —Carolyn Forman
Come Toast Our Teachers
Above, Katelyn Forman, Katie Kavanaugh, GraceReddington, Ashby Sundown and Himani Someshwarat their lemonade stand outside of Learning Express.Photo by Carolyn Forman. Right, Sammy Flanagan,Connor LeFevre and Lucas Piloco outside Capital OneBank. Photo by Cathi Flanagan.
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MUSIC: Mrs. Chisholm received a grant
from MFEE to attend Music in the Moun-
tains at Stroudsburg University in August.
Mark your calendars! The Spring Con-
cert, “Bradford’s Favorites,” will be held
on Thursday, May 26. Bradford
Singers/K/1/2 will perform at 9:15, and
Bradford Singers/3/4/5 will perform at
10:30. All of the students are working hard
to prepare for their Spring Concert.
LIBRARY: Some Bradford students have
participated in summer bookmark contests:
The Montclair Public Library Summer
Reading Club 2011 Bookmark Contest:
Winners will be announced May 20.
The Watchung Booksellers Kids’ Book-
mark Contest: Winners announced May 14.
ART: What we’re working on in Art—
Van Gogh Landscapes: Students are creat-
ing landscapes with oil pastels inspired by
Van Gogh’s painting and techniques. To learn
more about Van Gogh, visit www.vangogh-
gallery.com. We’ll also be extending our
Van Gogh lesson into the Presby Iris Contest
since Van Gogh loved to paint flowers.
Coming up: In conjunction with the cele-
bration of Earth Day, we will be creating
Picasso Guitars out of paper towel rolls,
cardboard, string, newspaper and construc-
tion paper in art. There is a wonderful ex-
hibit of Picasso Guitars at the MOMA from
February 13 through June 6. Details can
be found at www.moma.org/visit/calen-
dar/exhibitions/1101. Sometime in late
1912, Pablo Picasso made a guitar. Cob-
bled together from cardboard, paper,
string, and wire that he cut, folded,
threaded, and glued, Picasso’s silent in-
strument resembled no sculpture ever seen
before. In 1914 he reiterated his fragile
construction in a more fixed and durable
sheet metal form. These two Guitars, both
gifts from the artist to MOMA, bracket an
incandescent period of material and struc-
tural experimentation in Picasso’s work.
This exhibit explores this breakthrough
moment in 20th Century art.
Art Contests:
AENJ 2012 Calendar Contest— All artwork
must: be the following sizes—horizontal art:
12 x 18 and vertical art: 18 x 24; be flat—no
3D work or work on canvas; not be mounted
on foamcore or in mat frames; be attached
to colorful construction paper. Please no ac-
etate or staples on artwork!; have an at-
tached AENJ Label on back of artwork—see
Mrs.Gutierrez-Hawbaker for a label. There is
no theme for this year’s entries, due June 1.
The 12 selected pieces and 18 finalists will be
on display at the New Jersey Performing Arts
Center in Newark this fall.
What’s Going On Around Town
Family Programs at MAM: See
www.montclairartmuseum.org/calendar_a
ll/. There will be a FREE Family Day May
22, 1-5 p.m. Participate in a day of explo-
ration with many dynamic museum-wide
art activities. Discover Andy Warhol’s art,
life, and artistic practice through MAM’s
current exhibition: Warhol and Cars: Ameri-
can Icons, and enjoy art projects inspired
by pop icon Andy Warhol. June 8: Cars.
July 13: Sculpture. August 10: Animals.
Imagination Station at MAM: Saturdays,
1-2 p.m. This popular program, held in the
galleries, returns every Saturday. Families
will be engaged in active looking, lively dis-
cussion, interactive activities, and scavenger
hunts, and have a chance to sketch in the gal-
leries. Visit the website for weekly themes.
Presby Gardens: The official bloom sea-
son is May 14-June 5 but check the web-
site, www.presbyirisgardens.org, for
updates and to see the garden live via web
cam. During the season, visit any day be-
tween 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.
PTA Executive OfficersPresident Kyra KulinVice President Amy CarrMember at Large Cathi FlanaganTreasurer Carrie KlisCorresponding Secretary
Monica MinoreRecording Secretary/
Daytime Lynn EganEvening Lisa Fazendin
PTA Executive BoardCommunications Chair Liz UvaEducation Chair Lauren
KaranikolasFamily Events Chair Sheila PharissFundraising Chair Stephanie
SullivanMembership Chair Geraldine
CahillHealth & Wellness Chair
Beth GuthrieSpecial Ed. Liaison Jennifer
Kohn-Lagasse
PTA CommitteesCOMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEEDirectory TBDPublicity Liz UvaSchool Tours Sabina Ernst/
Monica MinoreNewsletter Liz UvaWebsite Lynn CarhartLiterary Magazine Lori Sorkin
EDUCATION COMMITTEEAssemblies Suzanne
WeinbergEnrichment Sue Hayes/
Michelle ClementRelated Arts TBDFifth Grade Liason Izzy Povich/
Cathi Flanagan/Julie Margolis/Sharla Blanz/Hollie Reddington
Library Volunteers Theresa ChangRecycling/Green Efforts Luisa Esposito
School Beautification Sabina Ernst/Kristen Krongard
Teacher Appreciation Jennifer BrownMSU Partnership Michelle Rugiero/
Lisa PrinceSAT Liaison Cathi Flanagan
FAMILY EVENTS COMMITTEEKindergarten Ice Cream Social
Sue Murnick/Mary Sue Youn
Bingo Night Liz Miller/Christine Lewis
Pancake Breakfast Connie Looby/Melissa Citrone
MLK Day of Service Theresa CollazoFamily Skate Night Mary Sue YounMoving Up Ceremony Michelle RuggieroHoliday Giving Jennifer Kohn-
Legasse
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEEInnisbrook Giftwrap TBDFall Book Fair Millie Gilbert/
Julie JaskewiczTeachers' Tea Suzanne Weinberg/
Jeni GoldmanSpring Book Fair TBDSpiritwear LeeAnn EasterlinSpring Fundraising Event
Sharla Blanz/Lisa Prince
Election Day Bake Sale Alison Bermack/Liz Miller
Box Tops Jennifer FletcherGrants & Donations Lukas Haynes
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEEClass Parent Coordinator
Cathy McCartyTransfer Students Samantha Skule
HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMMITTEEWalk to School Day Beth GuthrieHealthy Foods Alison Bermack Running Club Maggie Magaldi/
Peggy Manning
Proposed PTASlate for 2011-12Thank you to everyone who has volunteered for the PTA next year! There are still a fewpositions that have not been filled yet. If you are interested in any of these, please con-tact Hollie Reddington at [email protected]. As per the PTA By-Laws, the nomi-nations for the PTA Officers (Presidents, Vice President, Treasurer, Recording Secretaryand Corresponding Secretary) will be voted on at the May 18th PTA meeting.
Related Arts Roundup
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A REALLY GREAT SHOW!On Friday, April 8, Bradford’s multi-talented studentsshowed off their stuff at Night of Stars. Here’s a look atsome of the acts, onstage and off: 1. Mimes Olivia Collazoand Amelia Cataldi; 2. Second graders Imogen Burton,Nicolette Genovese and Nina Creimer-Almeida just want tohave fun; 3. These second grader girls stole the show withtheir version of “Hard Knock Life” from “Annie,” with a spe-cial appearance from Mrs. Kirkman: 4. Himani Someshwar
did a lovely traditional Indian dance; 5. Third grader Emmett Conklindelivered a new take on a classic; 6. First-Grade Friends sang abouttheir first love—candy!; 7. Shooting Stars Conor McCarty, Quinn Karlok,David Veldran, Blake Broder and Kelly Karlok; 8. NOS co-chair MichelleRuggiero with “BAM” performers, daughter Kaitlin Skorzewski andSophia Nastri; 9. “8 Extremely Weird People” mug it up beforetheir performance; 10. Fifth grader Madeline Pitera sang GreenDay; 11. Maggie Brown wowed the crowd with “Amazing Grace”;12. Ryan Phariss and Peter Barklay with proud moms, Sheila andMaria after their Tae Kwon Do act; 13. First grader David Marc
Bourbon showed off his great drumming on “CrazyFrog”; 14. Roisin Cahill and Jacqueline Verkuilen per-form, “Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now”; 15. Chloe Bollingerand Kayla Phillips performed a Katy Perry song,brother Charlie Bollinger sang, “I Want to Hold YourHand,” and Act Supervisor Chair and mom, CassieBollinger, beamed. Photos 1, 5, 10, 11, 14 by Eric Nastri; others by Liz Uva.
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The Bradford PTA NewsletterStaff: Liz Uva, Lori Sorkin, Sarah Cohen Polak.
The Bradford PTA Newsletter is published every month by the Bradford PTA,www.bradfordpta.org. Copyright © 2011. If you would like to work on the newsletter,or have any story ideas or suggestions, please e-mail Liz Uva at [email protected].
Part of the money the Bradford PTA raised at last year’s big Raise the Roof fundraiser,
—approximately $21,000— has been used to fulfill technology wishlists from class-
room teachers. Specifically, the money went to purchase:
8 Flip video cameras and accessories (chargers, adapter wires) for digital story-telling.
8 iPods, charging adapters and headsets with splitters wires, for accessing and using
iTunesU and iTunesU K-12 resources such as historical videos, science demonstrations, in-
structional videos and art history information available on the iTunes site.
Consumables—3 new projector bulbs for the classrooms with SMART Boards.
11 HP copy-scan-printers for classrooms that did not have a printer locally.
8 digital picture cameras and accessories (still to be purchased).
The money was also used to expand the SMART Board initiative, adding projectors and
arms to current SMART Boards, mounting boards on classroom walls, and adding the first
board in the lower grades (first grade classroom). As of mid-May, Bradford will have 10
SMART Boards mounted in classrooms and one mobile SMART Board.
The SMART Boards are being used in the 3rd, 4th and 5th grades; all students in grades K
through 2 have also been exposed to them. The Flips can be signed out of tech lab by teach-
ers for use in class. For example, the third grade’s Ms. Macaluso is teaching a University Ex-
perience class on digital movie making using the cameras. The first grade is working on a
collaborative project, learning about habitats, classifying animals and then looking at the
metamorphosis of tadpoles into frogs. Students will take video of their tadpoles as they
change and put together a class informational movie.
“The first-graders are excited about the project we are working on, they have put a lot of en-
ergy into learning the information, asking good questions and can’t wait for next week when we
start using the cameras in tech class—they are going to become the experts,” Mrs. Tamasco said.
“There’s a lot of excitement from all the students about using the technology and having the ac-
cess to the tools,” she continued. “It gives them an opportunity to experience learning in new ways.”
Important DatesMay 16-20: NJ ASK Testing makeups, grades 3-5.
May 16: Board of Education meeting, 7:30 p.m.
May 18: Walk to School/Healthy Breakfast (2nd Grade).
May 18: PTA/SAT Meeting (voting), 6:30 p.m.
May 26: Spring Concert. Bradford Singers, K/1/2 at 9:15 a.m.
Bradford Singers 3/4/5 at 10:30 a.m.
May 27, 30: District closed, Memorial Day.June 1: Bradford Run-A-Thon.June 8: Walk to School Day/Healthy Breakfast. Grades K-1.
June 13: Fifth grade trip to Sandy Hook.June 16: Fifth grade Moving Up Ceremony.June 20: Board of Education meeting, 7:30 p.m.
June 22: Abbreviated Day—early dismissal.
June 23: Last day of school—early dismissal.
Time to Make the Compost!You can help to improve the type of packaging used
in school lunches.
I think the families at Bradford understand the im-
portance of using reusable containers, but this past dis-
trict-wide Waste-Free Lunch event has brought the green coordinators at each school
together to work on a greater issue: the packaging used in school lunches. We’re piggy-
backing on Montclair Food Revolution’s push for school lunch food reform and making
sure when choosing a new food vendor, the packaging used is also taken into considera-
tion. If you would like to voice your opinion regarding this issue, please email our current
Board of Education food service provider, Cynthia Capaccio, and copy it to Dana Sullivan
and Dr Alvarez. At the very least we should ask for compostable or recyclable trays. You
can also voice your opinion at the next meeting Board of Education meeting May 16th at
7:30 p.m. in the George Innes Annex Cafeteria.
Interested in helping our green efforts? Please contact Luisa Esposito at
[email protected] or 973-744-3867.
Did You Know?
COMPOST DOESN’T JUST HAPPEN: Fourth graders Rachel Incao and Laura
Shao add scraps to the compost pile. Sabina Ernst, Bradford’s gardening parent vol-unteer, reports that everything the first and second grade classes have planted sofar—lettuce, radishes, spinach, peas, and mesculun mix—is coming up quite nicely.Photo by Sabina Ernst.
RTR Funds Used for Tech Tools A student uses a
Flip camera tofilm fifth grader
Fiona Tubiana aspart of a digital
storytelling proj-ect for languagearts class. Photo
by Kristen Freeh.