Clinton Township Newsletter

1 7 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 8 1 Clinton Township School District Kindergarten Registration 2018/19 Please visit our Kindergarten Registration website for all the information regarding the Registration process at: https://goo.gl/jkl.3SQ You will find links to the Kindergarten Round-Up Form and the Kindergarten Registration Packet! Please call Spruce Run School at: 908.735.7916, ext. 9208 or email: npaul@ctsdnj.org if you have any questions. JOIN US AT: Incoming Kindergarten Information Night! January 25, 7:30 - 8:30 pm at Spruce Run School (Snow date 2/1/18). Please RSVP in advance at: https://goo.gl/ExGmhG We look forward to meeting our incoming kindergarten students! Clinton Township School District Pre-School Program for the 2018/19 School Year The Clinton Township School District is accepting applications for our integrated preschool program for the 2018/19 school year. Clinton Township resident students, ages 3 and 4, as well as 5 year olds who miss the October 1 cutoff date for kindergarten entry, are eligible. It is anticipated that an afternoon session will be offered; tuition is $300 per month. All classes are staffed by fully certified teachers and provide a comprehensive curriculum that is developmentally appropriate. Children must be toilet-trained upon entrance into the program. A PreSchool Information Night is scheduled for January 25, 2018 at Spruce Run School from 6:00 - 7:00 pm (Snow date 2/1/18 – 6:00 - 7:00 pm). Please RSVP for our Information Night using this link: https://goo.gl/ExGmhG. We hope to see you there! Names for Waitlist are due to the Special Services office by February 16, 2018. For more information, please call Michelle at: 908.238.9141, x9244. A Lottery will be held February 22, 2018 at 11:30 am at Spruce Run School. (Snow date 3/1/18 -11:30 am). 3 4 ... CTMS continued from previous page 3. We are looking for speakers who are caregivers or survivors. If you would like to tell your story, please contact Ms. Cormican at: dcormican@ctsdnj.org CTMS is proud to announce a new student program called TREP$. This is a student entrepreneur program where students write a business plan, produce products, and sell them at a real Marketplace. Mark your calendars for our first TREP$ Marketplace, to be held at CTMS on Wednesday, April 11 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. It is sure to be a great event, so plan to come out for a night of shopping! Mark Buschi, who retired from CTSD in 2010 after teaching for 31 years in the school district, donated his beloved collection of books to the CTMS library this year. He returned to CTMS on December 7 (Pearl Harbor Day) to talk to eighth grade ELA students about his wide range of books. His books have been cataloged in The Mark Buschi Special Collection at the CTMS Library. Thanks, Mr. Buschi for sharing your passion for books with our students! Mark Buschi donates his library to CTMS! 2 1 . 4 t h G r a d e students explore Google E x p e d i t i o n s 2 . F i f t h g r a d e students read closely in partnerships to determine the themes of different stories, then use Google Drive to share and analyze their development, and summarize the key supporting details and ideas. 3. No Lions and Tigers, but... Bear expert and Chief Naturalist, Tom Sheppard, visits the 6th Graders... with a furry friend! 4. Sixth grade physical education students are running a floor hockey tournament within their classes.

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