Clinton Township Newsletter

1 4 a p r i l 2 0 1 9 w w w . C L I N T O N T W P N E W S L E T T E R . c o m Clinton Township School District Mission Statement: The Clinton Township School District, in partnership with the community, achieves excellence for each child by ensuring a meaningful and challenging educational experience in a supportive environment; developing life-long learners who are responsible and productive citizens. C L I N T O N T O W N S H I P S C H O O L N E W S www.ctsdnj.org A L e t t e r f r o m Michele Cone, Superintendent of Schools March was an exciting month in the Clinton Township School District! Beginning with Read Across America and Dr. Seuss, students celebrated with their classmates. Relay for Life raised over $30,000 with a nine year grand total of $320,000! And the Mary Poppins, Jr. drama production at CTMS was Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! April will bring warmer temperatures, spring sports and many activities for our students. All of us at CTSD are glad the groundhog did not see his shadow! – Superintendent of Schools Michele Cone, MA Dear Clinton Township Community Members: If you would like to receive communicaons from the Clinton Township School District, sign up at: https://goo.gl/H6wcZj Patrick McGaheran School Celebrate! April is National Autism Awareness Month! The United States recognizes April as a special opportunity to educate the public about autism. During the month of April at PMG we will be celebrating National Autism Awareness Month, and we invite students and staff to wear BLUE each Wednesday in April. This celebration shines a bright light on autism and helps to increase and develop knowledge of autism and share information regarding the importance of early diagnosis and early intervention. Additionally, we celebrate the unique talents and skills of persons with autism! At Patrick McGaheran School, we also celebrate our teachers who are dedicated to supporting our programs for individuals with autism. A special thank you to our special educators, Mrs. Kelli Portland and Ms. Elise Pozensky-Cohen and the many teacher assistants who support in the classroom every day. Please join Patrick McGaheran School in our effort to inspire compassion, empowerment and hope by recognizing National Autism Awareness Month. Science! Thank you, PTA! In March, PMG students had the opportunity to learn more about science in a fun and exciting way through assemblies funded by the Clinton Township PTA. Special visitors from The Franklin Institute presented the Traveling Science Show on the topic of "Motions and Machines." Starlab! We are excited to have had Starlab at Patrick McGaheran School last month! The Starlab is a portable planetarium that is brought to PMG to provide our students with the opportunity to view the constellations. The Starlab dome is inflated and constellations are projected onto the ceiling of the dome using a special projector. A special thank you to PMG teachers, Mrs. Jaw and Mrs. Sidbury, who coordinated and presented this opportunity to our students. It was so exciting to learn more about the stars from the comfort of the classroom! I N O U R S C H O O L S : T H E c l I N T O N T O W N S H I P F O u N d A T I O N F O R E d u c A T I O N A l E x c E l l E N c E The Clinton Township Education Foundation has funded over 200 innovative educational programs since 1998. 2018 marked our 20th anniversary and we set a fundraising goal of $20,000 for last year in order to help us fund educational grants for the next 20 years. There are many ways to help us to reach our goal! Please feel free to contact us for more ways you can help! Visit the Foundation's website: www.ClintonTownshipFoundation.org and select DONATE. Thank you in advance! Strategic Planning; Based on the availability of New Jersey School Boards, our third and final Strategic Planning session will be held on April 25 at 7:00 pm.

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