May, 2019

Barley Sheaf School 80 Barley Sheaf Rd. From the Principal- Flemington, NJ 08822 Dear Parents,

Karen Gabruk—Principal May has arrived and the school year is passing by so quickly. We have many things to accomplish prior to the end of the year. We congratulate Mrs. Amy Switkes - Vice Principal Stalgaitis, our speech teacher, who has decided to retire at the end of the Memorial Day is May 27th school year. We wish her good health and happiness after decades of dedi- cation to Barley Sheaf. Main Office 284-7586 #4 I am excited to share with you that FRSD will be participating in the Zhejiang-New Jersey Sister Schools Absentee Line 284-7586 #1 Program. The purpose of the sister school partnership is to strengthen friendly exchanges and coopera- Health Office 284-7588 tion between elementary, middle and high schools in Zhejiang China and New Jersey. Through inter- school relations, the program aims to broaden students' perspectives, develop students' intercultural understanding, enhance student learning in STEM, contribute to school program of internationalization and build teacher capacity and skills. Sister schools will build relationships to promote communication UPCOMING EVENTS and educational exchanges. A STEM Forum to launch the program will be held at Wenzhou Kean University (WKU) in Wenzhou, MAY China. I will be joining the US delegation consisting of STEM leaders in NJ, representatives from US sister schools, Chinese sister school representatives as well as industry, academic and government lead- 3 Spirit Day ers. I will be headed to China Memorial Day weekend and plan to return to school on June 3rd.

3&4 Clothing Drive Enjoy the warmer weather. We hope to see many of you at one of our upcoming events listed on the calendar. 6-10 Teacher Appreciation Sincerely, 7-8 NJSLA Testing Gr. 3&4 Karen L. Gabruk

9 Plant Sale Pick Up Barley Students Invited to Perform at Somerset Patriots Game 14-16 NJSLA Testing Gr. 3&4 Our students in Grades 1-4 have been invited to sing God Bless America at the start of the 17-23 Kindergarten Conferences Somerset Patriots game on Saturday, June 8th. Student singers should arrive at 6pm for the 16 Dine Out Day 7pm performance and wear their Barley Sheaf spiritwear. 17 Camp Mason Chaperone Ticket order forms are available on Virtual Backpack and are due by May 15th. Bring the Meeting 8:30am whole family!

22 Spring Concert BARLEY SHEAF SPRING CONCERT 24 Three Piggy Opera Gr. 1 The Barley Sheaf Spring Concert will be held in the gym on Wednesday, May 22nd at 7:00 p.m. This year 24-30 AIMSweb Testing the concert will feature presentations by the chorus, choir chimes, advanced recorder and Beats Club. Par- 27 SCHOOL CLOSED ticipants should report to Ms. Burns in the Music Room at 6:45 p.m. for the evening performance. If you are unable to attend the evening performance, there will be a daytime performance at the school at 10:00 31 Field Day a.m. and all are welcome.

Page 2 THE BARLEY SHEAF BULLETIN MARK YOUR CALENDARS! THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL IS FRIDAY, JUNE 21st

FIELD DAY 2019 MOVING THIS SUMMER?

Please call Barley Sheaf’s Annual Field Day is scheduled for Friday, May 31st with the Barley Sheaf Main Office at (908)284-7586 a rain date of Friday, June 7th. This year the theme will be "Backyard We’ll provide you with the appropriate paper- Games.” Field Day session times are as follows: work.

9:05-11:15am Grades 3, 4 and Kindergarten (Breuer, Mikalsen, Davis) 12:50-3:00pm Flip Flops, Sandals and Recess- A Safety Concern Grades 1, 2 and K (McDougald, Shein) Flip flops and sandals are popular, especially now that warm weather is here. However, flip flops and most sandals are a safe- Each grade level has a color scheme. Students are welcome to order t ty concern at recess. This type of footwear is not made for run- -shirts through the PTO or wear any shirt with their grade level col- ning or climbing, and can easily cause sprains, falls and scrapes. or: Kindergarten -Yellow They also break easily. Parents will need to bring another pair of Grade 1 Orange footwear to school in the event flip flops or sandals break.

Grade 2 Green It is recommended that you send your child to school in sneakers. Grade 3 Blue Sneakers are a safer and healthier choice, as they allow students Grade 4 Red

NOTICE: BUS STOP INFORMATION

SUMMER REC PROGRAM FOR 2017-2018 The Transportation Department assigns your child‘s bus The Summer Rec Program will return to Barley Sheaf this year for stop based on where you live. If you plan to use a the month of July. Registration forms and Jr. Counselor applications babysitter or enroll your child in daycare, you must sub- are available on the Parks & Rec website mit a new www.flemingtonraritanparks.org CHILD CARE REQUEST/BUS STOP CHANGE FORM

This form must be filled out EACH YEAR that your child will not be picked up from your home address or re- turned to your home address.

From the Vice Principal-

Dear Parents and Families, We are so excited to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week on May 6th- 10th! Our teachers and staff work incredibly hard to make Barley Sheaf a wonderful place for our students to learn. Please join me in thanking our teachers and showing gratitude for the remarkable job that they do each and every day! Amy Switkes