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.
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!
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
On Friday, December 22nd, the staff of “Champions @ Rossi” hosted a “Grinchmas party” for both of our Morning and P.M. programs. In the morning, we had a Who-ville breakfast feast with Santa Claus and The Grinch for the kids, serving them Grinchy pancakes, Green Eggs, Bacon, and Fruits, amongst many other things! Mrs. Elizaray Guzman came and played the piano for the kids, and together, we all sang Christmas carols.
We also taught the kids about the origin of Christmas and the gift of giving.
In the afternoon, Santa returned and read to us “The Polar Express Story.” Santa also brought gifts from his workshop for every single child in our program for both morning and p.m. Our little elves helped Santa so much! We had an entire feast with Santa! We played games, and Artist “George Perez” hung out with us and drew pictures of the kids as caricatures. We also played Christmas games in the gymnasium. Every child felt cherished and loved! It filled our hearts to be able to give every single child a loving and fun memory of Christmas!
We would like to thank our “Champions Staff: Miss. Zuly, Mr. Josh, Miss. Seyma, Miss. Wanda, Miss. Bianca for sponsoring some of the children and making their Christmas wonderful! Also Miss. Denise for working hard along with the rest of the staff to make it the most amazing event for the kids! To Mr. LaBarbera for calling the North Pole and bringing Santa Claus to Rossi. To: Mr. Guadalupe for convincing the grumpy Grinch not to steal our kiddo's gifts and leave! Thanks to Mr. George Perez for lovingly coming and drawing our kids and staff! Also, our boss, Danielle, for supporting our vision and contributing to our event! But above all, to the parents who participated in our Secret Santa, who donated monetarily and even with food! Most importantly, we are grateful for the trust deposited in us and for allowing us to love your children and create memories for them!
From our “Champions @ Rossi” family to you all, HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
ROSSI IS WISE! Rossi Elementary School students were rewarded for Encouragement on Thursday and introduced to Optimism! We had amazing superheroes: Gary and Wendy Fisher. They are such optimistic people who bring positivity to others. Mrs. Megan Pangburn is our WISE guy - the most encouraging staff member!
On behalf of the Vineland Public Library, we would like to share with you the January edition of the VPL Gazette. Please click on the link VPL GAZETTE for the December 2023 edition of the VPL Gazette: https://www.canva.com/design/DAF42Vq_sfo/view
Please take a few minutes to review it and share the link with your friends and neighbors. As always, the library has something for everyone. Please encourage them to share the link as well. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions, please contact us at: vplgazette@vinelandpubliclibrary.org.
We want to take this opportunity to invite everyone to visit us as soon as you are able. We look forward to welcoming the entire community to the Vineland Public Library.
Cole the Deaf Dog & Friends Foundation will host a Designer Bag Bingo on Friday, March 1, at the Millville Elks Lodge. Proceeds support the non-profit's special education scholarships, community disability awareness programs, and enrichment for the residents of the NJ Veterans Memorial Home.
Tickets can be purchased here: http://www.colethedeafdog.com/merchandise.html#/
Four newly-elected Board of Education members, including two incumbents, were sworn in at last evening’s Reorganization Meeting.
Incumbents Cedric Holmes, Dennis Rivera, and newcomer Robert Buono are filling the three-year seats. Former board member Eugene Medio was elected to serve the remaining year in the seat vacated by Renee Fabbri last year. Vineland Mayor Anthony Fanucci swore in all four members.
Following the swearing-in, the newly seated board voted for president and vice president. Previous vice president Kim Codispoti was unanimously voted president, while Holmes was voted vice president. Both seats were uncontested.
Board of Education meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month at 5 pm at the Landis Administrative Offices. Meetings are also streamed live to our YouTube channel, VLDSchoolsTV.
As part of their Community Outreach Initiative this year, Veterans Memorial Middle School’s mascot, Sgt. Roary has been visiting community businesses in Vineland to deliver Roar Outs. These Sgt. Roary Community Roar Outs show an appreciation for being named a community partner with Veterans Memorial School and providing support for our students’ and staff’s growth and well-being. Sgt. Roary will be making a surprise visit to selected Vineland businesses once a month throughout the year and hand-delivering framed Community Roar Outs for the businesses to display in their stores and/or offices. The two most recent businesses to receive a Sgt Roary Community Roar Out were Al's Shoes and Kura Thai & Sushi, both located on Landis Avenue.
VMS is very grateful to Brian Lankin of Al's Shoes for helping many of our VMS students in their time of need. We are also very proud of Ru Chen, of Kura Thai & Sushi, who is the parent of VMS Eighth Grader Charlie Chen. The Chen family has shown a deep dedication to the Vineland community and to VMS. Sgt. Roary salutes both Mr. Lankin and Ms. Chen on forming a community connection with our Veterans Memorial School family!
The Girl Scouts of Central & Southern New Jersey are hosting Mad Science Saturday on Saturday, February 24 from 11am-12:30pm at the Vineland Public Library. See the attached flyer for more details and how to register.
