Clinton Township Newsletter

1 5 m a y 2 0 2 0 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. Round Valley School In addition to the academics that are at the core of remote learning, students and staff are staying connected through opportunities for engagement. Many staff members are sharing videos or doing video chats with their students. Additionally, students have had the opportunity to continue our weekly spirit days by voting for their favorite choices using a Google Form. Once the days are decided, students and staff post photos and descriptions using the Padlet platform. So far, RVS has voted for Stuffed Animal or Pet Day, Favorite Chair Day and Proud of Day. Each morning staff members share their responses to a question. We now know about each others favorite teachers, concerts, movies, recipes and hobbies. It has been fun to get a glimpse of the members of our RVS community in this fun way. Clinton Township Middle School Clinton Township Middle School Law Winners: Clinton Township Middle School enrichment students participate in the annual mock trial competition, which is sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation. Students all over the state are challenged to write an original case brief for the annual contest. The State Bar Foundation is committed to "promoting the understanding of the law and our justice system, and to educate students about their rights and responsibilities under the law." The Law Fair program is for grades 4-6 and Law Adventure is for grades 7 and 8. CTMS groups have been awarded first place in both categories in the 2020 competition! The 6th grade students wrote a case involving a news anchor who is allegedly fired because of her physical appearance after an auto accident. Students who were a part of this group are: Amy Kilian, Erin McCool, Faye Fletcher, Gabriella Rousos, Kathryn Wolf, Kelly Shanklin,Kevin Zhang and Veer Kathuria. The 7th grade students wrote a case involving a man with an emotional support pig on a coast to coast flight. The pig disturbs and traumatizes another passenger, who is suing the airline for allowing a p i g i n t h e c a b i n . C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o t h e s t u d e n t s : E m i l y C h a p m a n , Miles Burns, Sara Frederick, Emma W u e r t h n e r , B e n L i n z e r , A n n i k a H o y e r a n d S h a n n o n Simpson. The students will turn their cases into a scripted mock trial, and will perform in front of a judge and jury at the Law Center i n N e w B r u n s w i c k sometime in the future. C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s to all of our students and their teacher Ms. Diane Cormican! The Clinton Township Education Foundation has funded hundreds of innovative educational programs since 1998. 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!

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