We are very excited to announce the opening of the VPS Dress to Impress Closet! This closet is located at the Landis Administrative Office and will be open by appointment for any student who needs formal attire or accessories in grades 6-12. The items can be taken, free of charge, and kept or donated back.
To make an appointment or for any additional information, please contact Mariita Diaz at 856-794-6700 ext. 2006 or mdiaz@vineland.org
Students in Ms. Bernard’s & Ms. Carbo’s classes at Dr. William Mennies School held a wedding for the letters Q & U on Friday. Students learned all about the letters Q & U throughout the week and recognized that they are always together! They celebrated the letters being best friends with a wedding! The students dressed up, performed a ceremony, and ate treats to celebrate the marriage of Q & U! A great time was had by all!
All Vineland Public Schools, including preschools and private provider preschools, will open two hours late on Tuesday, January 16, because of incoming inclement weather.
Staff will report on a 90-minute delay. Parents are reminded that because of the delayed opening, they may NOT drop off their children at school early. Staff may not be available to admit them to the building. No breakfast will be served tomorrow.
Tomorrow's schedule for students:
Vineland High School - 9:33 a.m.- 2:10 p.m.
Cunningham Academy - 10:15 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Middle Schools - 10:25 a.m.-2:55 p.m.
Elementary Schools - 11:10 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Preschools - 11:30 a.m.- 3:20 p.m.
Times and more information can be found on our website here: https://bit.ly/3lwrm1c
On January 4th, Vineland's new elementary Instructional Coaches came to Dallago West Preschool and paired up with the preschool's Instructional Coach & Intervention/Referral Specialist teams to visit preschool classrooms to see student learning in action. During the visit, they were able to observe the HighScope curriculum and have a hands-on experience with how preschool students learn math, science, and literacy through play. This collaboration is a positive step toward the effort to bridge the transitional gap from preschool to Kindergarten.
Students in Miss Gonzalez’s kindergarten classroom at Winslow Elementary School celebrated learning all of the letters of the alphabet with an ABC party on Thursday! Students dressed up as something that started with the first letter of their name. They enjoyed showing off their outfits and engaged in alphabet activities, including decorating letters and a “write the room” activity where they found one object for each letter of the alphabet. We are Winslow proud of how hard they have been working!
Reminder for Monday!
On January 9th, Dallago Preschool welcomed officers from the Vineland Police Department into their classrooms to show them their rooms and hand them personalized pictures they made for Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. The students were full of smiles while seeing the officers and could not wait to show them all their materials in the room, as well as the letters they made for them. This visit allowed students to see officers in a positive way and to know that our community helpers are here to keep us safe.
Thank you, VPD, for all you do for our community.
Congratulations to Mr. Vineland 2024 Anthony Gonzalez! 👑
A full photo gallery from tonight's show will be available tomorrow.
Thank you to the members of the Barse Elementary School Safety Patrol for leading the flag salute at the January 10 meeting!
Petway's Safety Patrol spread the holiday spirit by reading to the Kindergarteners! They read a variety of holiday books and enjoyed some candy canes. Kindergarteners were excited to show the older and responsible 5th graders their letter sounds. The patrol then continued spreading the spirit by working with the 2nd-grade classes to decorate cookies!
The 2nd-grade team at Petway celebrated the holidays with their 2nd annual cookie decorating event! Parents and guardians could come in and decorate cookies with their Patriots. They continued the fun by participating in a gift exchange with their classmates!
We will be streaming the January 10 Vineland Board of Education Combined Meeting live on our YouTube channel at 5pm: https://youtube.com/live/wq3uyEAjFrY?feature=share
Meeting agenda: https://bit.ly/4b2mQjo
All Vineland Public Schools will be closed tomorrow, January 10, due to inclement weather. Maintenance staff will report as scheduled. The Board of Education meeting scheduled for 5pm will still be held.
All afterschool activities have been canceled today, January 9, due to the weather forecast and NJ State of Emergency. Champions After School Care will be held until 4:30 p.m. Parents and guardians, please be sure your child will be picked up by 4:30 p.m.
Students in Señorita Pulman's Spanish class at Pauline Petway Elementary School took a virtual field trip to Spain to learn about the New Year tradition of eating 12 grapes for good luck. Students located themselves on the map and traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to find themselves in Madrid, Spain, where they virtually explored the city and compared what they saw with the things they usually see in Vineland. Students watched a video of the clock striking 12 while the bells rang as the citizens ate the grapes at the ringing of each bell. Students then considered their own wishes and goals for the New Year and presented them during the January Patriot Pride Pep Rally. Each wish and goal aligned with the character traits for the year and the Portrait of a Graduate competencies. We have big goals here at Petway, and we plan to achieve them by "never giving up," as mentioned by a fifth-grade student during the Pep Rally.
We are Winslow proud of 3rd grader Ava who was honored as the “Caring Kid of the Game” at the Friday, January 5th, 76ers versus the Knicks basketball game! Ava was selected through a partnership with Chick-fil-A and the 76ers as a local youth between the ages of 4-16 who have endured challenging circumstances and persevered, showing what it truly means to care. Ava has experienced multiple traumatic events, including losing her mother at a young age. Despite all she has been through, she has shown perseverance, adaptability, and resilience! On Thursday, Ava received a special visit at school from Chick-fil-A owner Phil Kelley and Community Relations/Marketing Director Lara Hardman, who treated Ava and her grandparents to lunch and some Chick-fil-A and 76ers swag to get them ready for the game! A special thank you to Chick-fil-A for their investment in our school-aged youth!
Fifth-graders at Mennies Elementary School enjoyed a special lunch with their teachers! Mrs. Thomas treated her first marking period raffle winners to a Chick-fil-A lunch, while Mrs. Ludlam and Mrs. Uebelacker treated their top two students who made the most growth in reading to a Chick-fil-A lunch.
The students in Tara Gardner's Deaf Education class at Veterans Memorial School teamed up with media specialist Sally Goode to create projects on the Glowforge. After brainstorming ideas for a narrative story, the students each chose one picture from the Glowforge catalog to represent a different part of the story. Then, they went to the library and watched as the Glowforge made their design ideas come to life. Each student colored their designs and then used them to turn their brainstorming ideas into their individual writing samples.
Pictured from left to right:
Amyrah Rivera, Chris Serrano, Tara Gardner, Lucci Rivera, Nyesha Williams
During Library at Barse Elementary School, students in Mrs. Provenzano's class and Mr. Clark's class solved the mystery of "The Great Paper Caper." Then, they were able to design and test out their own paper airplanes. It was a flying success!
Last week, Mrs. Meneghetti’s kindergarten class at Petway Elementary School reviewed their sight words. As a Fun Friday activity, they reviewed their words by playing a game called Sight Word Kaboom! Students passed around a cup of popsicle sticks that had sight words written on the bottom end. Each student had to pull out a stick and read the sight word. If they got it correct, they got to keep the stick. If not, they had to put it back in the cup. If they pulled out a stick with the word “kaboom!” on it, they had to put all of their popsicle sticks back in the cup. The student with the most sight word popsicle sticks at the end of the game won! It was a great way to get extra practice as well as end our first week of the new year!
