STEM Coach Dave Jones is facilitating an exciting new initiative at Cucinella called Mathmates, pairing older student mentors with younger student mentees. The pairs meet up once a week to play math games and work together as teams. Great collaboration and student leadership!
Mrs. Bartnicki led fifth graders in creating wonderful 3-D designs in art class. The students took obvious pride in their work and were delighted to share their creativity.
Cucinella Families,
Reflecting on the tragic loss our school experienced on Friday, we have decided to postpone our usual PTO General Membership Meeting, however still host a gathering tomorrow at 7pm in the BAC Library to offer parents support.
We know working through an experience like this one can be challenging and no doubt Monday will be difficult returning to school. Please consider joining your PTO tomorrow for an evening of reflection and friendship. All are welcome.
As a reminder, please use Mr. Perruso’s email with linked informational guides as a resource to speaking with your child about these sorts of situations and how you can support them. If you have any questions about tomorrow’s Reflection Session please message us directly.
Sincerely,
The Cucinella PTO
Due to the power outage at Flocktown-Kossmann School, that campus will be closed today. All other District schools will open following this morning's delayed opening, today Thursday, February 29, 2024.
DELAYED OPENING - WEATHER RELATED
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Due to road closures caused by heavy winds, district schools will operate on a 2 hour delayed opening schedule today, Thursday, February 29, 2024.
Cucinella's third grade class presented World Cultures Day on Monday, February 26. Every student selected a country and completed a research project. The final projects were proudly displayed for families and guests in the school cafetorium. Great work, third graders!
In preparation for the STEM Expo on March 16, WTSchools is proud to share a STEM Spotlight: Kindergarten Engineers Take on STEM Challenge with Sphero Indi "Coding through Play"! Visit our website for more info: https://www.wtschools.org/page/stem-expo #WTSSTEM
Second-grade students played math games during center time on Friday. The students cooperatively worked on mastering their addition and subtraction math facts (with numbers 0 to 20) and understanding place value (ones, tens, and hundreds). Great job, second-graders!
Fourth-grade students enjoyed learning about series and parallel circuits with Mr. Donovan this week! Mr. Donovan engaged the students with numerous real-world examples and questions. There was great discussion. Way to go, fourth-grade scientists!
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 @ 7:00 pm Long Valley Middle School - Performing Arts Center.
Save the Date for the STEM Expo '24 & TREP$ Marketplace coming to LVMS March 16, 2024! #NJSTEMMONTH
REMINDER: District Schools will be closed on Monday, February 19, 2024 in observance of Presidents' Day.
Good Evening, Parents, Staff and Students of the Washington Township School District;
Due to the impending weather conditions, District Schools will be CLOSED tomorrow, Tuesday, February 13, 2024. In addition, tomorrow evening's Board of Education Meeting is also canceled. The meeting is rescheduled for Tuesday, February 20th.
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 @ 7:00 pm Long Valley Middle School - Performing Arts Center.
Thursday, February 8 was the 100th Day of School! Second-grade students celebrated with 100 minutes of centers, rotating through fun activities in the four second-grade homerooms. Mrs. Mackenzie and Mrs. Bissell presented the "100 Cup Stacking Challenge." Mrs. Molkenthin presented "What Can You Do in 100 Seconds?" Mrs. Plumno presented "100th Day Crowns." Mrs. Ruppert presented "100 Transformation."
Third-grade students have been hard at work this week in their many hands-on math stations. Highlights have included learning about fractions, practicing multiplication facts, and determining area. Way to go Third Grade!!
The students in Mr. Perkalis' kindergarten class had a fun time playing "Spill the Beans," a game focusing on learning ways to make 10. The children dumped 10 pretend beans out of their cups and then recorded how many turned up red and how many turned up white. Great work!
1st Grade Explores Sphero Indi Robotic Cars- In their first lesson, students needed to plan and draw a path to drive Indi in a straight line. In their second lesson, students add additional tiles to drive Indi in a square around their classmate.
5th Grade Ambassadors do so many wonderful things to support the Cucinella community! From holding doors at morning arrival to leading whole school meetings, they exemplify Cucinella's core values of respect, optimism, curiosity, and kindness. They are leaders that the younger students look up to. The ambassadors featured here record weekly morning announcements shown to the whole school on Fridays. Keep up your great work, ambassadors!
Cucinella students enjoyed The Illusion Maker assembly on Wednesday! The students watched and tried their best to figure things out in this magical environmental quiz show.