Congratulations to the Wallace Wildcats of the Month for September!
Top row: Madeline Galan, Assistant Principal, Tauranae Stewart (8th), Amenna Bunch (7th), Feliz Alberto Ramirez (8th)
Bottom Row: Armando Capulin Hernandez (7th), John Vargas (6th), Julissa Tadeo Romero (6th)
Vineland High School South Media Center hosted a Hispanic Heritage Celebration on October 5th and October 6th. Students from various classes came to participate in activities such as Papel Picado, Dominos, Ojo De Dios, and more. The Select Choir performed a beautiful rendition of Pablo Neruda's poem "Aqui Te Amo" led by choir teacher Mrs. Lori Cummines-Huck.
There were also lively musical performances by former Spanish Teacher Jeff Munsick and student-led Mariachi Band which included Ayden Rivera, Aldo Matias, Eloy Cruz-Geronimo, Jose Miguel, and Eduardo Martinez.
In addition, Mr. Breese's Hispanic History classes created posters that reflect "What it means to be Hispanic?" and Mrs. Parent's and Mrs. Friedley's Art classes created beautiful Papel Picados.
Library and Art classes collaborated at Barse Elementary School this week! Fourth and fifth-grade students at Barse learned about the famous Mexican artist Pedro Linares and the story behind his famous mythical creatures, Alebrijes, in the Library with Mrs. Loveland. Students then created and designed their own paper sculpture Alebrijes in Art class with Ms. Schmittinger.
The Cumberland County Job and Resource Fair will be held on Friday, November 17 from 11:30am-1:30pm - please see the attached flyer for more information.
The Inclusive Childcare Project at SPAN Parent Advocacy Network is excited to announce they are offering Positive Solutions for Families (virtually) this fall. Positive Solutions for Families is a multi-session, evidence-based program designed to help families support the social-emotional needs of their children while also gaining resources to navigate challenging behavior.
More information is included on the flyer. To register, visit this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/positive-solutions-for-families-2711139
Families are encouraged to register for all seven sessions as content builds on previous weeks.
Check out the first edition of the school year of "The Bullpen," Cunningham Academy's newsletter: https://shorturl.at/AGRWZ
One of five Vineland High School seniors will be named "Miss Monogram" and reign over the annual Homecoming Day football game when VHS hosts Egg Harbor Township High School on Saturday, October 14 at Gittone Stadium.
The new queen, selected by voting in senior homerooms, will be announced at halftime.
The finalists are: Kelianne Burgess, Kylie Gonzalez, Nicoletta Giuliani, Morgan Harrell Alvarez, and Caryeen Hughes-Alves.
A parade will kick off the festivities at 11:30 a.m. in front of Christ the Good Shepherd (Sacred Heart) Church and end at Gittone Stadium. The procession will be traveling west along Landis Avenue, making a left onto West Avenue, then right onto Montrose Street before entering Gittone.
The football game vs. EHT will follow at 1 p.m., with Miss Monogram crowned at halftime.
Attention middle school students! The Vineland High School tennis team and coaches will be hosting a FREE tennis clinic for all students interested in playing tennis at VHS. Don't miss out on this great opportunity! See the flyer for more information.
Need some new VHS apparel? There's a special "blackout" sale going on from today until October 15! It's the perfect time to get some new gear for the upcoming blackout football game in November. Click the link to view the store: https://stores.inksoft.com/vineland_high/shop/home
After completing the read-aloud “Because of Winn Dixie” by Kate DiCamillo, students in Mrs. Garton and Mrs. Peretti’s 4th-grade class at Rossi Elementary School worked together to create posters showing the main character’s internal and external character traits. To celebrate, students enjoyed a party just like the one from the book! Looking forward to starting our next read-aloud by our new favorite author!
Last Friday, students in Mrs.Trionfo/Mr. Cervi & Ms. Murawski/Mrs.Negron’s classes at Rossi Elementary School met for their second buddy session. Students learned about ways to show respect by partnering up and playing Respect Bingo, colored a coloring page, and we ended our session by having students recap what they learned by sharing ways to show respect/be respectful. Students had a great time and are already looking forward to our next get-together!
One week from today!
VHS will take on Holy Spirit tonight at 6 p.m. from Holy Spirit High School. Watch the game live on our YouTube channel here: http://bit.ly/3LPXWIA
Go Fighting Clan! 🐔
Durand students and staff love their FriYAYs, especially when it's a Fins Up FriYAY! One time per month, special guests join Durand administration, staff, and of course, the school mascot, Skipper the Dolphin, in welcoming students to school and celebrating the end of a wonderful week. This week Officer Cassidy from the Vineland Police Department and Mr. Mike Hall and Ms. Dana Blakely from the Transportation Department joined in the celebration. Music can be heard in the car rider and bus lanes along with big smiles of excitement as students arrive to school. Students are greeted with fist bumps, high-fives, hugs, and cheers as they walk into the building. It is a great way to celebrate students and show them how happy Durand staff is to see them at school. Future Fins Up Fridays will include visits from the Vineland Fire and EMS departments, along with many other special guests.
In Mrs. Tarzopoulos' kindergarten class at Durand Elementary School. students have been learning all about apples and how they grow. Students learned that there are so many different kinds of apples. They had the opportunity to taste 3 different kinds, Red Delicious (red), Granny Smith (green), and Golden Delicious (yellow). After students tasted the apples, they picked the color they liked best. After all the votes were counted, this sweet group of students liked Golden Delicious (yellow) the best! Students in Room 5 enjoyed their appley delicious day!
This week in Ms. Espinosa’s bilingual science classes at Wallace Middle School, 6th graders learned about how water moves. They created landforms using aluminum trays, beakers, and newspapers, then sprayed water onto their landforms to see how the water would move. Students got creative and created landforms such as mountains, plateaus, valleys, and more.
Seventh graders learned about convection. We placed a cup of hot (red) water over a cup of cold (blue) water with a plastic sheet separating them. When the plastic sheet was removed, we saw that the two did not mix. Since heat rises, the hot water stayed on top and did not mix with the cold water.
8th graders learned that convection currents cause tectonic plate movement. This was modeled with cold (blue) and hot (red) water in beakers placed in an aquarium. Students saw how the hot water rose to the top and the cold water stayed at the bottom of the tank.
Dallago Preschool celebrated the Week of Respect with spirit days that included: dressing as their favorite superhero for “I Can Be a Super Friend” day, wearing tie dye clothing to represent “Peace, Love, & Kindness”, wearing team shirts to “Team Up Against Bullying”, and pajama day because “Respecting Friends is a Dream Come True”. Students also participated in lessons throughout each day where they learned how to respect their classroom materials and environment, identify emotions, and come together as a team.
Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation works to ensure that every child in the U.S., especially those most at risk, grows up with dependable access to enough nutritious food to enable them to lead a healthy, productive life. As part of its commitment, Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation wants to engage and reward students who have made a significant impact against hunger and are driving awareness and mobilizing youth to be catalysts for innovative models and solutions to eliminate childhood hunger. The scholarship is named for the Foundation's founder and former president, Steve Brady, who was an unstoppable champion in the fight to end hunger.
The Foundation is looking for students, ages 5 to 25, who are using their creativity, academic studies (like STEM), and organizational skills to help fight hunger in their communities. The Foundation would like to learn about the communities scholars serve and how they engage others in these efforts. National Scholarship winners receive a $10,000 scholarship and a $5,000 grant for their hunger-related charity.
In addition, National winners will attend an all-expenses-paid trip to the Foundation’s annual fundraising event, the Sodexo Charity Classic Presented by PepsiCo, which will take place on June 10-12, 2024, in Marco Island, FL. They will meet top global and national food, beverage, supplies, equipment and facilities management companies who support the Stop Hunger mission.
The annual application period is October 5 December 5.
Visit https://aim.applyISTS.net/StopHungerScholars to apply before the deadline on December 5, 2023.
We want to warmly welcome two familiar faces who have now officially taken on the role of principals of Vineland High School! Justin Adams and Jaqueline Roman-Alvarez were named to the positions at Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting, taking over for Suzette DeMarchi, who took on the role of Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction for the district this summer.
Alvarez was born and raised in Vineland and is an alumnus of Vineland High School. After graduation, she attended Rowan University, where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree specializing in Health Promotions. She later attended Seton Hall University and received a Master of Arts in Human Resources Training and Development. Alvarez began her teaching career as an adjunct professor in 1998 at Cumberland County College, where she remained until 2001. She worked as a Vineland Housing Authority teacher from 2001-2006 and started her teaching role at Vineland High School, where she worked as a Spanish teacher from 2001-2015. During her teaching tenure, Alvarez became World Language Department Chairperson, a role she held from 2011-2015. In 2015, she was promoted to VHS Assistant Principal, where she has remained until this year. Alvarez has been honored twice for her accomplishments. In 2017, she received the Perfil Latino TV, Inc. Adelante V Educational Leader Award and was named the 2022-23 Vineland Public Schools Administrator of the Year.
Adams was born and raised in Millville and is an alumnus of Millville Senior High School. Following graduation, he attended Rowan University, where he had a dual major and received a Bachelor of Arts in History and Elementary Education. He later attended Wilmington University and received his Master’s in Educational Leadership. Adams has been fully committed to our Vineland students for 12 years, starting his teaching career in 2011 at D’Ippolito Elementary School, where he student taught under Dave Thies and then taught kindergarten and first grade. He remained at D’Ippolito until the 2019-20 school year when he was named Assistant Principal at VHS. Adams also served on many committees during his time at D’Ippolito, including serving as VEA representative from 2013-19; as a member of the Vertical Transition Team for Pre-K to elementary school; the Rowan University Liason for Professional Development Schools, during which Rowan and D’Ippolito were nationally recognized during the 2018-19 school year; and was the teacher-leader of the D’Ippolito Dragons Sports Club.
Both will assume their roles starting Thursday. Adams will helm the Tanner (9-10) Building and Alvarez the South (11-12) Building. We wish them the best of luck as they start their new journey at VHS and eagerly look forward to the positive changes they’ll bring to our school community!
The Board of Education honored four Vineland High School African American Experience students who developed an initiative for city council to dedicate a city street to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The City of Vineland ceremony is set for 10 a.m., October 11, at 187 N. 3rd Street in Vineland. We applaud the outstanding efforts of these students!
