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Cedar Hill Preparatory School celebrated its designation as a National Blue Ribbon School! Cedar Hill Preparatory School is one of 17 New Jersey schools to win the designation as a 2017 Blue Ribbon School from the U.S. Department of Education. Nationally, 342 schools were announced to be Blue Ribbon winners in September 2017. Read Article Read More Preschool - Kindergarten News Preschool January Activities Kindergarten January Activities Children in PreK3 discussed the importance In January, the Kindergarten students of celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. They learned all about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. learned that everyone should be a friend no The Kindergarten children listened, matter what we look like on the outside. discussed, and read books about this Children learn at an early age to embrace famous hero. and accept diversity. Visiting the Planetarium was an exciting We also discussed winter animals. The highlight this month, as well! The children children learned that some animals gather learned all about the solar system and their food in fall to prepare for winter when constellations. it's more difficult to find food. During winter, these animals hibernate into burrows or Read More caves. Read More Pre- Kindergarten Planetarium Super Bowl What an awesome experience the Pre- The Pre- Kindergarten children are so Kindergarten classes had learning about the excited for the upcoming Super Bowl. We night sky. We learned the term decorated helmets and footballs, and every "constellation" and talked about some of the child had the opportunity to place their constellations that are in the night sky. The football under the helmet of the team he or children had a great time creating their own she wants to win. As the saying goes, "May constellations as well as a planetarium. Our the best team win." rooms looked amazing as we recreated the night sky on the ceilings. Read More Read More Dinosaurs Dinosaurs was the topic in Preschool this week. Children learned that there were many different kinds of dinosaurs that lived long ago but are now extinct. They also learned that archaeologists and paleontologists study dinosaur fossils. Each student was then given the opportunity to make their own dinosaur fossil. Read More Elementary News Reflections on 2018 Mystery Reader Visits Grade 3 Third grade welcomed the year 2018 by Third grade welcomed their first Mystery working on a reflection activity. They Reader to their classroom. Mrs. Abena reflected on all the activities that took place in Odukoya, Motunrayo's mom, arrived in the the previous year. Some of the top activities third grade classroom with a big smile on of the year 2017 were the pajama party, her face. Mrs. Odukoya was given a warm recess, and working on science lab with 'drum roll' welcome as she arrived to read a their classmates! very interesting book, Library Mouse - A World to Explore. The reader is left with an Read More important message,..With teamwork, anything is possible. Read More Scripps Spelling Bee Competition Puzzlemania 1st and 2nd grade completed their 2017-18 During indoor recess, 2nd graders have Scripps Spelling Bee competition. After been enjoying piecing together puzzles. In holding individual class bees, the winners of addition to having fun, they have been each grade faced off against each other. Our building teamwork and problem solving first place winner, representing first grade skills as they swap strategies to achieve a was Vihaan Bal, and our second place common goal. winner, representing second grade, was Sophia Lai. Read More Read More Apple Math Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Second grade students were busy with apples, First and Second Graders joined together to applying concepts of both science and math! honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by giving First, the children examined their apples and their recess time in service to others. listed their properties. Then, they estimated and Working in their Houses, students made measured their apples, and watched apples cuddly, fleece blankets to be distributed being sliced into equal parts - fractions! through Project Linus. This national charity provides blankets to those in need within Read More our community. Thanks to all students for your hard work! Read More Grade 3 Mystery Reader Third Grade welcomed a very special mystery reader, Aanya Shah, whose sister Sanah is in third grade. Aanya was a student in Mrs. Kotasthane's third grade class three years ago! It was so nice to have a student who had been part of this class as a mystery reader. She read the book Jumanji. Read More Grade 4 National Geographic Bee Nine Grade 4 students entered the National Geographic Class Tiebreaker Competition, which lasted through 4 rounds: Nina Barnes, Soham Belur, Caleb Gocher, Joshua Jewett, Joanna Jian, Karthikeya Kodali, Avi Nath, Sidharth Shah, and Avnish Velusamy. Congratulations to Joshua Jewett, our 1st place winner, and Avi Nath, our 2nd place winner! Both students represented Grade 4 in CHP's National Geographic Bee on Jan. 26th. Read More Middle School News A Winter Tea Party Dr. Randal Pinkett Inspires CHP 5th Graders to Become Writers Mrs. Whalen’s sixth grade language arts class recently completed the novel The View On Wednesday, December 13, Dr. Randal From Saturday, by E.L. Konigsburg. The Pinkett, was a guest speaker in Mrs. novel centers around four sixth grade Whalen’s 5th grade Language Arts class. Dr. students who come together to form an Pinkett, an entrepreneur, speaker, author, academic bowl team. Through their separate and community servant shared his journeys, they become friends and also a experiences as an author and entrepreneur winning team. The group meets every with the students. He began with asking the Saturday at 4pm for tea. During this tea students three questions, and from that service, they bond and realize the moment the students were hooked. importance of courtesy and kindness. Read More Read More The AMC 8 Middle School Math exam Visit to Assisted Living results are in! On January 25th, students from Mrs. We are so proud of our thirteen 7th and 8th Galiano's and Mr. Mirot's 6A Science grade students who competed in the exam, Homeroom brought some time travel to the taken by thousands of students nationwide. residents of the Stein Assisted Living Congratulations to Heer Patel from 8th Residence.. in true science style. These grade, CHP's school winner, who scored in wonderful students teamed up with the the top 1% nationwide! We also congratulate senior residents to guess at the use of Arjun Agrawal, 8th Grade, as our 2nd place collected gadgets from the past. They were winner, scoring in the top 5% nationwide. fascinated by what items helped ease the They are followed by Vishnu Gade, 8th tasks of farming and household chores! Grade, who came in 3rd place. Read More Read More Demi Osinubi Keynote Speaker Demi Osinubi, a Grade 7 student at Cedar Hill Prep School represented the NJ Orators at the Manhattan Institute Conference in New York City on Tuesday, December 12th, 2017. Demi rendered a dramatic interpretation of the poem, "Lord, Lord, why did you make me black?" He had the honor to present to the U.S. Secretary of HUD, Dr. Benjamin Carson, M.D, privately and then to the conference attendees; NAACP Metuchen-Edison branch's Annual Gala, and the NJ Orators Annual Gala. Demi was then invited to make the rendition again at the 21st Annual Franklin Township Community Breakfast on January 15th, 2018 at the Double Tree Hotel in Somerset, NJ. Read More Click to Hear His Speech CHP Spelling Bee On January 12th, fourteen contestants competed in our annual Spelling Bee. Congratulations the Anush Polamraju (1st place winner) and Vikram Renganathan (2nd place winner) for their amazing performance! Both will advance to the County Wide Spelling Bee on March 10th with our best wishes! Read More CHP National Geography Bee Bee Congratulations to Aarav Gupta for placing second in this competition and to Vikram Renganathan for winning the CHP National Geography Bee on Friday, Jan. 26. Vikram will now compete in the online NJ State National Geography Bee Qualifying Competition. We wish him well! Read More Jersey Shore Debate League Cedar Hill Prep School students monopolized the Jersey Shore Debate League once again. They scored the most wins for percentage points, 2nd place for scores; Fisayo Odukoya won the Golden Gavel. The team also won for being one of the top two teams in the league, Team 1- Arjun Agrawal, Fisayo Odukoya, Abhinav Kumar, Team 2- Krishna Lekhi, Aarav Gupta. Future City Competition Six eighth grade students put their best foot forward at the Regional Future City Competition at Rutgers University. The entire eighth grade was challenged both creatively and intellectually with the task to design, create, and plan an “age friendly” city having two innovative engineering solutions to assist senior citizens. One of our teams won the THE AWARD FOR MOST Read More SUSTAINABLE CITY! Click for More School News Family Fun Night Cedar Hill Prep School kicked off its 2017-2018 Family Fun Nights events by hosting “Game Night”. There were games and sports for all ages including basketball, badminton, bowling, bean bag toss, jump ropes, ping pong, board games, and an awesome “glow in the dark dance room.” A great time was had by all! Thank you all for coming out! Join us for our next Family Fun Night Friday, April 27th. CHP PTO and CHP Education and Research Foundation News Wednesday, December 12, CHP students participated in Dress Down for a Cause to support Somerset Community Action Program and raised $244.00. February 15, 2018 CHP Father Daughter Dance. For Volunteer and Sponsorship information, please contact Donna at [email protected].