Clinton Township Newsletter

1 7 m a y 2 0 2 4 Board of Education Statement of Beliefs • We believe that children come first and that the entire community shares in the responsibility for educating the whole child. • We believe that a rigorous and challenging education will help every child become a productive member of society. • We believe that effective education prepares children to participate as socially responsible members of the world community. • We believe that each child can learn. • We believe in life-long learning for all community members. • We believe that technology will enhance educational opportunities and productivity. SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS NEEDED! To apply, please visit: https://www.applitrack. com/clintontwp/onlineapp. For more information, contact Carmella Shaw: cshaw@ctsdnj.org, 908.236.7235, ext. 521. Round Valley School RVS Science: Many classes within RVS are piloting OpenSciEd units. In fifth grade science, students are designing filters to remove unhealthy contaminants from water samples. Through research, they identified properties that impact water health for different uses and users. The class established success criteria and constraints to guide their engineering design process. Students are working in g r o u p s t o b r a i n s t o r m a n d d e s i g n u n i q u e f i l t e r prototypes. They will create investigative plans tailored to testing how well their filters improve the health of specific water samples. B e f o r e c o n s t r u c t i n g t h e designs, students will share proposed filter plans with peers working on the same samples. This will allow them to gather feedback and refine their approaches. B y t a c k l i n g t h i s h a n d s - on engineering challenge, s t u d e n t s a p p l y s c i e n t i f i c c o n c e p t s a b o u t w a t e r properties while developing design thinking and collaborative problem-solving skills in an authentic learning experience. Clinton Township Middle School Congratulations to our two winning Law Adventure teams for the 2024 competition!! Law Adventure is a mock trial competition that is sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation, and is part of the CTMS Enrichment program. Students learn about courtroom law and write an original case brief for the contest. Our 8th graders won first place for all the 8th grades in the State of New Jersey for their environmental case. One of our 7th grade groups also won first place for all the 7th grades in the State of New Jersey, with a film script plagiarism case. Now the students will begin meeting again, and turn their case into a scripted mock trial. We will go on a trip to the New Jersey Bar Foundation and perform our cases in front of a judge and jury. The Clinton Township Education Foundation The Clinton Township Education Foundation has funded hundreds of innovative educational programs since 1998. The Foundation, operated by a Board of Trustees, and working in conjunction with the Board of Education and school district representatives, is committed to funding innovative educational programs, services and material/equipment purchases initiated through grant requests submitted by teachers and administrators in the Clinton Township School District. It's important to note that these programs and services would not otherwise be funded through the regular school budget. In this way, the Foundation truly enhances the education of every student in the Clinton Township School District – providing enrichment beyond everyday education! 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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