2018-2019 School Calendar Welcome to the 2018-2019 School Year On behalf of the Elizabeth Board of through a lend-lease program into munity and dedication to our students. Education, welcome to the 2018-2019 which the Elizabeth Board of Education To our families, we truly appreciate school year. We are excited for another entered during the 2017-2018 school your trust and support and encourage year that will undoubtedly provide us year, the 2018-2019 budget includes you to actively join us in preparing our many opportunities to celebrate the funding for necessary capital project students for future success. I welcome successes of our students and district upgrades that Elizabeth Public Schools Elizabeth families who would like to team members. will be able to fast-track for the 2018- discuss any issues or concerns pertain- 2019 School year, including roof repair ing to the Elizabeth Public Schools to I am confident that this school year will or replacement, installation of air con- make an appointment to meet with me once again prove to be beneficial to ditioning, and replacement of chillers during the designated office hours of the values and needs of our students, at several district schools. 5:30-7:00 pm every Tuesday. families, and the greater community as we provide our students with the tools In addition to the capital projects we Let’s open our hearts and continue to necessary to achieve at high levels. have been able to complete and those work together this year to ensure that for which we have planned, we were every child achieves excellence. We As both a Board and a school system, able to allocate nearly 80% of revenue need to continue to celebrate and value we have come a long way over the past of the 2018-2019 budget for instruction their hard work, dedication, and team “To fulfill our potential and become few years. Since being blessed with the to provide our students with the great- work. Our children of today are our the best that we can be, we must great opportunity to serve as a mem- est support possible to spur academic leaders of tomorrow and they deserve work tirelessly to continue raising ber of the Board, it has been my goal to achievement and enrich teaching and the best education possible. the bar and lifting those who work closely with my colleagues on the learning. Additionally, we were able to surround us. It is imperative that Board and the Superintendent to find develop this budget with a 0% local tax Thank you for your support of the Eliz- we give the same measure in which ways to improve our district’s infra- increase. Our ability to create a bud- abeth Public Schools and the Elizabeth we have received and teach to structure. This Board has set goals to get that further enhances instructional Board of Education and best wishes for others what we have been fortunate repair floors, walls, roofs, heating sys- needs and maintains fiscal integrity is a a successful school year. tems, and more while having installed enough to learn.” victory for our schools as well as for the new bleachers and auditoriums. members of the community they serve. – Maria Z. Carvalho In addition to the typical capital and To all of our team members, we thank President, Elizabeth maintenance projects that occur, you for your service to our school com- Board of Education Maria Z. José M. Diane Charlene Stephanie Jerry Rosa E. Stanley Daniel Carvalho Rodriguez Barbosa Bathelus Goncalves Jacobs Moreno Ortega Neron Nina President Vice President Welcome to the 2018-2019 school the opportunity to beautify the assess that students are college, year of the Elizabeth Public community by painting traffic light career, and life ready. We are also Schools! boxes as well as create wooden expanding Children’s Literacy Ini- soldiers for the City of Elizabeth’s tiative, Advancement Via Individ- Our continued successes during tree lighting ceremony to kick off ual Determination (AVID), Posi- the 2017-2018 school year have the holiday season. tive Behavior Support in Schools kept Elizabeth Public Schools on (PBSIS), and the School Climate a direct path toward becoming Operationally, we opened the new Transformation Project (SCTP), one of the nation’s highest per- William Halloran School No. 22 in our ongoing efforts to meet forming urban school districts. We and renamed two schools, J. Chris- our district goals of college pre- experienced high levels of aca- tian Bollwage Finance Academy paredness, career readiness, and demic achievement throughout and Thomas A. Edison Career & “on-time” graduation as well as the district, highlighted by four of Technical 9th Grade at Charles W. to create safe and caring learning our schools—Juan Pablo Duarte – Harris Academy, in honor of Mayor environments. José Julián Martí School No. 28, J. Christian Bollwage and former “Through equity, expectations, John E. Dwyer Technology Acad- Assistant House Director Charles Thanks to our educational part- and excellence, the Elizabeth emy, Thomas A. Edison Career and W. Harris for their lifetime of dedi- ners, our wonderful team mem- Public Schools is committed Technical Academy, and Thomas cated service to the Elizabeth com- bers, and our actively participat- to creating future ready Jefferson Arts Academy—having munity. We also have addressed ing families, we will continue to schools that produce met the necessary requirements increasing student enrollment and provide an innovative and person- future ready leaders.” to exit Focus School status effec- will maintain our class sizes from alized learning environment that tive June 30, 2018, joining Abra- last year by entering a lease agree- ensures every child achieves excel- – Olga Hugelmeyer ham Lincoln School No. 14, which ment to secure the former Bender lence again in 2018-2019. Together, Superintendent exited its Focus School status in Memorial Academy, located at we will help our children to reach Elizabeth Public Schools June 2017. 416 Linden Avenue, for use as the their full potential and realize their Abraham Lincoln School No. 14 dreams. In the arts, our district was hon- annex. ored with the Best Communities Thank you for your continued sup- for Music Education designation As we turn to the 2018-2019 school port of Elizabeth Public Schools. from the NAMM Foundation for the year, we have many more reasons third consecutive year, the work of to be excited. Elizabeth Public our students was featured at the Schools is joining the 2018-2019 Union County Teen Arts Show- School Superintendents Associa- case, and students from several tion’s Redefining Ready Cohort, an district schools, courtesy of the initiative that introduces research- Elizabeth Avenue Partnership, had based metrics to appropriately Every Child Achieving Excellence Our Vision Our Promise Elizabeth Public Schools will be one of the highest performing To provide an innovative and personalized learning environment urban school districts in the nation that ensures that every child achieves excellence Our Goals College Preparedness Career Readiness “On-Time” Graduation Our Core Beliefs & Commitments Student We believe ALL students can learn and achieve at high levels regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, neighborhood, household income or home language. ALL Means ALL. We will narrow the achievement gaps of students by providing a high quality education to ensure that ALL of our students are college and career ready. Teacher We believe teachers make a positive difference in student achievement. Teachers will prepare ALL students for success in college, career, and our technological global society. We believe that teachers are central in a child’s life. Having an effective teacher is the single most important factor in student success. Leader We believe that effective leaders demonstrate unwavering commitment to high levels of achievement for ALL students. Leaders will exemplify and support practices that promote high levels of achievement for ALL students. Family We believe that parents and caregivers are both valued partners and active participants in their children’s learning. A shared sense of mutual responsibility for learning is the foundation for family involvement to ensure student success. We are committed to engaging parents and caregivers in their children’s education. We will develop a coordinated strategy that enables parents and caregivers to play an active role in building and sustaining family support for their children’s learning and academic success. Team We believe that every member of the Elizabeth Public Schools team has a responsibility in producing and supporting high levels of achievement for ALL students. Every member of the Elizabeth Public Schools team will make a measureable contribution to the success and achievement for ALL students by ensuring equitable distribution of resources throughout the organization. Equity • Expectations • Excellence Equity As a nation, America’s Promise is that every child, regardless of race, ethnicity or social class, should receive a high quality, academically rich and rigorous public education. Expectations The concept of high expectations is premised on the philosophical and pedagogical belief that a failure to hold all students to high expectations effectively denies them access to a high quality education, since the educational achievement of students tends to rise or fall in direct relation to the expectations placed upon them. Excellence Educational Excellence is defined as students performing at high levels or where students are making significant gains in academic achievement helping to prepare every child for global competitiveness. Elizabeth Public Schools Directory SCHOOL LOCATION PRINCIPAL PHONE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS 50 Frances C. Smith 1000 South Elmora Ave., 07202 Kathy Di Profio 436-6380 51 Donald Stewart 544 Pennsylvania Ave., 07207 Jocelyn Rodriguez 436-6410 52 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 130 Trumbull St., 07206 Gladys Castellanos 436-6450 NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS 1 George Washington Academy 250 Broadway, 07206 Shawn Black 436-5555 2 Winfield Scott 125 Madison Ave., 07201 Samuel Etienne 436-6150 3 Nicholas S.