A Parent's Guide to Hillsdale Schools
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A Parent’s Guide To Hillsdale Schools 2015-2016 Calendar of Events OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION Members of the Board of Education are: Terms Expire: PRESIDENT Mrs. Kathleen O’Flynn 2015 VICE PRESIDENT Dr. Tim Santo 2 0 1 7 Mrs. Krista Flinn 2017 Mrs. Shane Svorec 2015 Mr. Salvatore Sileo 2015 All Board meetings are open to the public except those portions permitted by law to be discussed in Executive Session. Board meetings are generally held on the second and fourth Monday of each month, beginning at 7:00 PM for worksessions and regular meetings. Meetings are rotated among the three schools. A schedule of all meetings and locations is listed on our district website. Meeting agendas are also posted on our website, at the three schools, in local newspapers, and at Borough Hall at least 48 hours prior to a meeting. For additional information, contact the Business Administrator or Dear Parents: Superintendent of Schools. Please check the district website www.hillsdaleschools.com for any Board of Education meeting changes. I think that we would all agree that it is not easy being a child today, which makes it even more difficult to be a parent. As a parent myself, I can understand the emotions and concerns you often feel regarding your child. Therefore, I can assure you that our entire staff will be committed to providing all the children of Hillsdale an outstanding educational experience. However, educating our children will be a responsibility that we all need to share in. Please be active and engage your child in conversation about school and maintain ongoing positive communication with your child’s teachers. I also encourage you to be active in the PTA/FFA or other school organizations. Each year brings on an array of challenges and changes academically, socially, physically, and emotionally for children. We are sensitive to these changes and look forward to working with you in order to meet the needs of your child. I am confident that together, through the nurturing and support received at home and school, we can make our children successful. We welcome you as partners in the educational process. Together, let’s continue to make Hillsdale “A Great Place to Grow Up!” Kevin Brentnall Superintendent of Schools SeptemberSeptember 20152015 SundaySundaySunday MondayMondayMonday TuesdayTuesdayTuesday Wednesday ThursdayThursdayThursday FridayFridayFriday SaturdaySaturdaySaturday 1 2Smith Welcome Back 3 4 5 Parent Tea HISPANIC 9:15 AM - APR Meadowbrook HERITAGE Smith Kdg.-Gr. 4 Parent Breakfast MONTH Ice Pop Social 9:00 AM Orientation SCHOOLS OPEN All Staff FOR STUDENTS White Mum Sale 6 7 8 9 10 11Orders Due 12 Back to School Night Smith School 7:00-7:30 PM Gr. 3 & 4 7:30-8:00 PM Gr. K-2 Hillsdale Education Foundation mtg. LABOR DAY MFFA Parent Social White 7:30 PM SCHOOLS CLOSED 7:00 PM WFFA - 7:30 PM White Mum Sale 13 14 15 16 17 18 Order Pickup 19 Back to School Night Back to School Night Meadowbrook School Gr. 5-8 7:00 PM White School 7:00 PM Rosh Hashanah begins at RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY - Smith Fall Catalog Sale sundown SCHOOLS CLOSED Begins WFFA Kidstuff Book Sale 20 21 22 Adm. Mtg. 9:30 AM 23 24 25 26 Board of Education Worksession/Regular Welcome New Staff RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY - School Spirit Day -- 7:00 PM White School Yom Kippur begins at sundown SCHOOLS CLOSED Smith & Meadowbrook 27 28 29 30 Smith Box Tops Due Gr. Level/Spec. Sub. Mtg. 3:30 PM SPTA - 7:30 PM Days Possible...17 SCHOOL OFFICES AND HOURS The central office of the Hillsdale Public Schools is located at 32 Ruckman Road. SCHOOL HOURS Superintendent of Schools Morning Session Afternoon Session Kevin Brentnall 664-0282 GEORGE G. WHITE SCHOOL Grades 5–6 8:05 AM – 10:54 AM 11:35 – 2:41 PM Supervisor of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Grades 7 8:05 AM – 11:37 PM 12:04 - 2:41 PM Michael Andriulli 664-0282 Grades 8 8:05 AM – 12:20 PM 12:47 - 2:41 PM Supervisor of Special Services MEADOWBROOK SCHOOL Annemarie Oliveri 664-0504 Pre-School AM Class 9:00 - 11:30 AM Pre-School PM Class 12:40 – 3:10 PM Business Administrator Kindergarten 9:00 – 11:55 AM 12:40 – 3:10 PM Lirca R. Garcia 664-4512 Grades 1-4 9:00 – 12:20 PM 1:05 – 3:10 PM Building Administrators/Guidance ANN BLANCHE SMITH SCHOOL Meadowbrook School - Piermont Avenue Kindergarten 9:00 – 11:55 AM 12:40 – 3:10 PM Christopher Bell, Principal 664-8088 Grades 1-4 9:00 – 12:20 PM 1:05 – 3:10 PM Deanna Nelsen-DeFalco, Guidance Counselor 664-8088 Smith School - Hillsdale Avenue Angela Iskenderian, Principal 664-1188 EARLY DISMISSALS Allen Saslowsky, Guidance Counselor 664-1188 White School - Magnolia Avenue Early dismissal days are scheduled on the following dates: November 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Donald Bergamini, Principal 664-0286 and 25th, Dec. 23rd and on individual school open house dates in April and June. Jennifer Reese, Guidance Counselor 358-4786 School dismissal times are as follows: Jenna Pizzo, Guidance Counselor 358-4786 A.B. Smith Meadowbrook G. White Grades K-4 1:00 PM Grades K-4 1:00 PM Grades 5-8 12:41 PM Preschool Programs Others you may wish to call at times: AM 9:00 – 10:30 PM 11:00 – 12:30 Melanie Fraiman-Siegel, Meadowbrook School Nurse 358-4781 Rose Bauerle, Smith School Nurse 358-4796 ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIMES OF STUDENTS Christine Fanelli, White School Nurse 664-0567 The following recommendations are made as safety measures for your children: Special Education, Region II 358-7003 Parents are requested not to send their children to school early. Children should not arrive more than (10) minutes before bell time in both the mornings and the afternoons. Pascack Valley Regional High School Superintendent 358-7006 Children should return to their homes promptly after dismissal time. Pascack Valley High School Principal 358-7056 Pascack Hills High School Principal 358-7020 David Franz, Director, Public Library 358-5072 OctoberOctober 20152015 SundaySundaySunday MondayMondayMonday TuesdayTuesdayTuesday Wednesday ThursdayThursdayThursday FridayFridayFriday SaturdaySaturdaySaturday Teen Center Gr. 5 1 2 White 7:30 PM 3 FIRE PREVENTION MONTH Meadowbrook Harvest Festival (rain date) Meadowbrook Smith Fall Catalog Harvest Festival Sale Ends 4 5 6 Meadowbrook 7 Smith School Photos 8 9 White School Photos 10 School Photos Smith Book Fair - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NJ Week of Respect - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WFFA Blue Moon Dine-out WFFA - 7:30 PM Columbus Day Adm. Mtg. 9:30 AM Teen Center Gr. 6 11 12 Traditional 13 14 15 16 White 7:30 PM 17 Schools Closed for Students Meadowbrook Book Fair Prof. Dev. Day Audiometric Screening Audiometric Screening Audiometric Screening for Staff White School Meadowbrook Smith School Board of Education Smith “Boogie for Bucks” Worksession/Regular. 7:00 PM “Meet the Principal” Meadowbrook MFFA - 7:30 PM 7:00 PM - White Pizza Day - White White Cookie Dough 18 19 Sale Begins 20 21 22 23 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - School Violence Awareness Week - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Meadowbrook & Smith Pizza Day - Meadowbrook Parent/Principal Smith “Trunk-or-Treat” Gr. Level & Spec. Subj. Discussion Smith “Boogie for Bucks” School Spirit Day -- Mtg. 10:00 AM (rain date) Smith & Meadowbrook Smith 4th Grade Play White Yankee Candle Smith Box Tops Due Halloween 25 26 Auditions 27 28 29 Sale Begins 30 31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Red Ribbon Week - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Halloween Activities All Schools - - - - - - - - White School Book Fair - - - - - - - - Smith “Trunk-or-Treat” HEA Exec. Cmte. Mtg. SPTA - 7:30 PM (rain date) Days Possible...21 ATTENDANCE The school laws of New Jersey require every parent, guardian, or other person having EMERGENCY SCHOOL DISMISSAL PROCEDURE control or charge of a child or children, between the ages of six and sixteen, to send such a child or children to school. Once a parent elects to send his/her child to school, All parents are asked to complete the Emergency Information form and to update their the child must attend continuously until he/she becomes sixteen years of age. information utilizing the online Realtime Emergency Contact System. Please return the completed form, with your signed receipt from the cover letter, to your child’s school office. If the information on the form becomes outdated during the school year, we ask ABSENCE AND TARDINESS that you immediately call the school nurse and request a new form. Complete the form and return it to the school immediately. Please call the school nurse and notify the nurse if your child is going to be absent or tardy on a given day. In addition, all students who are tardy or who have been From time to time it may become necessary to disperse the school population for absent are required to bring a note from a parent, stating the reason for the tardiness reasons such as natural disasters and Civil Defense emergencies or the more common or absence. According to the school laws of New Jersey, all absences are unexcused emergencies, such as power or heat failure. Parents will be notified through the except those caused by illness of the pupil, quarantine, death in the immediate family Realtime emergency calling system. or religious observances. Discuss this matter with your child and instruct him/her where to go in case you are Every effort should be made to have your child attend school regularly. Frequent not home when he/she arrives during an emergency dismissal. absences can be detrimental to your child’s progress. We ask that you try not to schedule vacations or trips that may necessitate taking your child out of school during If you have a child in Kindergarten or grades one or two, you may wish to arrange for the regular school year.