Cucinella Weekly Wrap-Up #14

Week Fourteen:

As we inch along through the holiday season, Cucinella continues to be full of fun and enriching learning opportunities. Mrs. Sue Murphy wrapped up the third session of her Whole Body Learning lessons with all of our homerooms early in the week. In each session, Mrs. Murphy leads the students through age appropriate strategies on managing stress, body awareness, concentration, and relaxation. We want to give Mrs. Murphy a big THANK YOU for providing this great experience for our students!

Last week our students participated in the worldwide Hour of Code initiative. The Hour of Code is a free introduction to computer science through fun activities and videos for learners of all skill levels. In Library Technology classes with Mrs. McCarty, the students practiced their coding skills creating their own games and programs. Our third grade students had a blast coding and using their Sphero Bolts with T&G teacher Mr. Matt Dauchert over the course of the week. Mr. Dauchert joined all of the third-grade classes for this fun, hands-on activity where students continued exploring coding with the use of robotics!

Later in the week, SRO Adam Feitcher of the Washington Township Police Department spoke with our 1st grade students about his job as a police officer. Each homeroom had an opportunity to ask questions and learn about the different activities he does in his day to day job helping our community. Officer Feitcher then brought the students outside to see a police car and learn about some of the equipment police officers use such as their life saving equipment, communications computer, and radar equipment.

Friday also marked the end of the first trimester of the school year. Report cards are now available to view in the parent portal of OnCourse.

Thank you for your ongoing support, and stay tuned for more exciting events and updates from Cucinella! If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact me at cperruso@wtschools.org.

From all of us at Cucinella, we would like to extend the warmest wishes as well as our gratitude for all of the support you continue to provide to us throughout the year. We are thankful for you!

Christopher Perruso

Principal

RELATED ARTS SCHEDULE: Monday starts our Related Arts schedule on a DAY 1.

• 12/11 PTO School Spirit Day- Wear your Cucinella spirit wear or red, white, and blue
  

• 12/12 Board of Education Meeting 7:30PM @ LVPAC
  

• 12/12- 12/15 Holiday Gift Shoppe

• 12/14 5th Grade Vocal Music Performance 7:00PM

• 12/22 Early Dismissal Day

• 12/23-1/1 School Closed- Winter Break

• 1/8 PTO General Meeting 7PM @ Cucinella Library

• 1/15 School Closed- Martin Luther King Jr. Day

• 1/19 PTO Sponsored Snowball Dance Fun Night

Join us in the spirit of the season as we celebrate the holidays with "December Spirit Days"!

Monday, December 11th- PTO School Spirit Day- Wear your Cucinella gear and show your school spirit.

Friday, December 15th- Holiday Wear- Wear your favorite holiday socks, shirt, or hat (or all three!)

Monday, December 18th- Ugly Holiday Sweater Day- Wear your best ugly sweater or shirt!

Friday, December 22nd- Holiday Pajama Day- Wear your coziest pair of holiday pajamas!

Mrs. VanHouten's and Mrs. Leonard's 4th grade students put together a slideshow documenting their learning about the engineering design process through the Balloons Over Cucinella STEM challenge. Click here to see their journey: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tqMwAKi-KxAAbQiR6DsLsi3h3wgLBlz3_BJfgaolXXc/edit#slide=id.p

The Holiday Shoppe is being held on December 12-15, 2023 at Cucinella during the school day. Students will have a designated time to go visit the Holiday Shoppe with their class to shop for their family and friends. Class schedule can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/145__gQi3RqjapOZwPC3hOhLYDzNLa0XgPGN4LoeLFqA/edit?usp=sharing

For more information, click here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAF1g101pts/Eh8OxLKd_4-8GpNE9ZxS6g/view

For any question, please reach out to the PTO Gift Shoppe coordinator Kristi Daggett, kristidaggett@gmail.com

This year, the Washington Township Police PBA 301 will be accepting any new unwrapped toys to help support the "Toys for Tots" toy drive.

Collection Date: Donations will be accepted until December 14th

Collection Site: Washington Township Police Department 1 East Springtown Road Long Valley, NJ 07853

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!

Contact: Cpl. Derek Heymer - dheymer@wtpdmorris.org

If your child is missing something - coats, sweatshirts, hats, water bottles, etc. - please remind them to check our ever-growing lost and found. It is currently overflowing with items. The lost and found is located inside the cafetorium, near the water filling stations. We are happy to help students if they are looking for something in particular. Please notify either your child's teacher or the main office secretaries if you need assistance.

PickUp Patrol has been in effect for the past year and we are very happy with the positive feedback we have been receiving from the community. PickUp Patrol is used not only for drop off and pick up procedures, but also for recording your child's absences.

Please click here to review how to use the program to record absences.

Click here for more information about Pickup Patrol

If you have not received a "Welcome" email with details on how to download the app and set up your account, please contact our school secretaries and ask for a new one to be resent. If you have not downloaded the app or set up your account yet, please do so as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the secretaries, Mrs. Deanna Dargel or Mrs. Boomi Varathrajan.

Nellie's News Flash: Click here for this week's version of Nellie's News Flash.

Next General Membership Meeting:

Monday, January 8th @ 7pm

BAC Library

Memberships 2023-2024 School Year

PTO Memberships for the 2023-2024 School Year are still available! Follow the MemberHub link below to pay for a Family or Staff Membership. We are looking forward to another fantastic year!

https://www.cucinellapto.com/membership

Email: cperruso@wtschools.org
Website: https://www.wtschools.org/o/bac
Location: 470 Naughright Road, Long Valley, NJ, USA
Phone: (908)-850-3161