Clinton Township Newsletter

1 2 f e b r u a r y 2 0 2 6 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 CTMS Support Professional of the Year, Ms. Priscila Karalevich Spruce Run Preschool Support Professional of the Year Ms. Alina Chauvette www.ctsdnj.org www.ctsdnj.org 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 If you have a student who is preschool or kindergarten-aged and not a current Clinton Township School District student, we invite you to sign up for the Kindergarten Information Night and initial information about the Pre-School Lottery. In order to be eligible for Kindergarten, your child needs to be 5 on or before October 1, 2026. In order to sign up for the preschool, your child needs to be 3 on or before October 1, 2026. We are partnering with the YMCA and, pending funding, are hoping to open two additional classrooms next year at the YMCA facility. This will give us more than 140 spots for 3 and 4-year-old Clinton Township Residents. The pending 30 YMCA spots will be awarded based on your number in the lottery. The preschool program is free of cost to attend for the students who are eligible and selected by the lottery. Students who are enrolled in the program as 3-year-olds automatically have a spot as a four-year- old. In order to attend, students should be potty trained and able to be transported by a caregiver, or able to obtain a spot in before or after-care. The YMCA is able to provide limited before and after-care spots at a cost. If your child does not get a spot in the lottery, they will be placed on a wait list. The lottery is February 24 and the link to be included in the lottery will be shared with those who finished the initial interest form. Please see the SpruceRun Preschool Website for more information. We also ask Kindergarten parents and preschool parents who are selected in the Lottery to save April 15(K) and April 16 (PreK) to register your child for the 2026-2027 school year. Time slots for registration for those eligible will be shared sometime in March. We're thankful to the State of New Jersey for making preschool available to our residents. It is a great program and we look forward to serving more families in the years to come dependent on continued state funding. – Sincerely, Dr. Melissa Stager, Ed.D Superintendent, CTSD A MESSAGE FROM DR. STAGER, CTSD SUPERINTENDENT Hunterdon County's Educator of the Year Buffy Gagliano PMG Support Professional of the Year, Mr. Joseph Flores We recognized both our Teachers of the Year, whose names were shared in last month's edition, and our Support Professionals of the Year at our Board Meeting on Monday, January 12. We also celebrated our exemplary Educator of the Year Buffy Gagliano, and recognized our Board Members for their service. Our support professionals, like our teachers and all school employees, work tirelessly every day to support our schools and students. We ask you to go to the CTSD website to stay up to date on school events, and board meetings. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date on all the great learning happening in your local district. RVS Support Professional of the Year, Ms. Lisa Miller I N O U R S C H O O L S : Spruce Run Preschool Spruce Run Preschool Lottery 2026-2027: The Preschool Lottery Interest Form opened on the Spruce Run website on January 5, 2026. A child must be 3 years of age on or before October 1, 2026 to be eligible for Preschool during the 2026-2027 school year. Please see the attached flier for more information. To enter your child into the lottery, you must fill out the interest form located in the flier before February 21, 2026. If you have any questions regarding the Preschool registration process, please contact Sandy Engelhardt at: sengelhardt@ctsdnj. org or: 908.735.7916, ext. 4205. Thank you! Spruce Run Preschool is partnering with the American Heart Association throughout the month of February! Our students will participate in the Kids Heart Challenge and learn how to keep their hearts and brains healthy. Patrick McGaheran School K i n d e r g a r t e n R o u n d - U p ! K i n d e r g a r t e n Round-Up is now occurring for Patrick McGaheran School. A child must be 5 years of age on or before October 1, 2026 to be eligible for kindergarten during the 2026-2027 school year. If you have a child who will be eligible for kindergarten next year, please notify our district as soon as possible by completing the Kindergarten Round-Up Survey online at https://bit.ly/PMG-K-26-27. If you have any questions regarding the kindergarten registration process, please contact our District Registrar, Ms. Grace Garabo at ggarabo@ctsdnj.org or 908- 236-7235 ext 2512. Thank you!

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