School Highlights November 2019 In This Issue SONJ Fall Youth Summits Antheil Elementary School .................................3 Inclusivity: Dream It, Build It, Arthur L. Johnson High School ...........................8 Achieve It! was the theme for the Burnet Middle School .........................................2 2019 Fall Youth Summits. Students Clayton High School .........................................16 participated in activities with a Cool School Challenge Videos ...........................19 focus on inclusive youth leadership Crossroads South Middle School .......................13 and co-leadership. They discussed Delaware Valley Regional High School .............19 what makes them leaders, how Delsea Regional Middle School ........................12 inclusive leadership works, and how to promote social inclusion, equity, East Hanover Middle School ...............................3 acceptance, and diversity. In addi- Elizabeth Avenue School ..................................14 tion, the students learned about using social media to assist Fountain Woods Elementary School .................14 with their UCS goals. Galloway Township Middle School ....................17 Gloucester City High School ................................9 # of # of Date Location Schools Students Grant Elementary School ....................................8 11/13 SONJ Sports Complex 11 144 High Bridge Middle School ...............................18 Lawrenceville Jefferson Township High School .........................4 11/15 RiverWinds Community 9 139 Kingsway Regional High School ........................15 Center West Deptford Kingsway Regional Middle School ......................8 11/20 College of Saint Elizabeth 6 83 Lyndhurst Public School District .........................5 Morristown Metuchen High School .....................................10 11/21 Voorhees High School 8 111 Monroe Township High School .........................11 Glen Gardner Newton High School .........................................15 12/18 SONJ Sports Complex 3 48 North Hunterdon High School ............................7 Lawrenceville Overbrook High School .......................................2 Parsippany Hills High School ............................12 Pond Road Middle School ...................................2 Randolph High School ......................................19 Ridge High School ............................................15 Robbinsville High School ....................................9 Rutherford High School ....................................16 Samsel Upper Elementary School .....................18 Sayreville War Memorial High School .................6 Sharon Elementary School ................................18 Somerville High School ......................................9 SONJ Fall Youth Summits ...................................1 Union City High School .....................................12 Union High School ..............................................4 More pictures are on Page 20 and Flickr: https://www.flickr. Youth Summit (More Photos) ...........................20 com/photos/sonewjersey/collections/72157711950629681/. Office of Special Education Programs Page 1 U.S. Department of Education School Highlights November 2019 Overbrook High School Pond Road Middle School At the Overbrook High School Unified meeting, the stu- On November 12, 2019 Play Uni- dents worked together to create a special treat for the fied was busy at Pond Road Middle teachers. They created thankful turkeys and delivered them School. They had 55 students, the to every teacher, aide, and secretary in the school. They also most they have ever had, and they unveiled the new 2019-2020 Unified t-shirts. They loved were so happy. First, the students their new purple shirts and were very excited to wear them to the Fall Youth Summit. The Overbrook HS new president decided to create a t-shirt that and vice president handed out the shirts. they can sell to raise funds for their club. They worked on tons of ideas and then put the creation to paper. They have some great ideas. Then they worked on a dis- trict wide “This is me” video. The students came up with and per- formed wonderful dance moves and skits for it. They plan to finish both items at their next meeting. Burnet Middle School Burnet Middle School is off to a great start. They are working to include more 6th graders, however their 7th and 8th graders are great. They practice every Monday after school. They have buddy lunch on Wednesdays during lunches. They go to gym, play games and work on social activities. On November 22nd, they had a Thanksgiving Feast with their Unified Partners and gave thanks for all of their friends. Burnet MS planned a Uni- fied Dodgeball tournament and Christmas Party for December. Stu- dents are learning the importance of team building and have partici- pated in “trust building activities.” It is great to see the leadership of the Club members. Office of Special Education Programs Page 2 U.S. Department of Education School Highlights November 2019 Antheil Elementary School During November, Antheil Goose! The third activity the groups and participated in Elementary School students students participated in was a two activities. The first activ- participated in a circuit of Fall relay race called Balancing the ity was called Apple Pie in a themed exercises/games. The Pumpkin. Students formed Cup. Students used a visual first activity was Fall Yoga two teams and took turns recipe to prepare the no bake where students followed balancing a small pumpkin on apple pie. The second activ- yoga poses based on Fall their head while walking down ity was called Turkey Mag- activities/words. The second to a cone and back. net. Students used their fine activity was called Leaf, Leaf, motor skills to peel stickers Other activities at Antheil ES Pinecone! This game is based to create a cute little turkey included crafts and cooking. on the game, Duck, Duck, magnet for Thanksgiving. Students broke up into two East Hanover Middle School At the East Hanover Middle ball, Jenga, scooter racing, the for Thanksgiving. They re- School Play Unified Club swing, and Toss Across bean viewed ingredients and how meeting, the students took bag tic-tac-toe. Each station to bake the cakes. They split attendance and divided the had an athlete and players to up into groups of three or students into groups for support them. four, and each group included movement stations. Every ten an athlete. They had so much minutes they rotated from For another activity, they fun choosing colors, crushing station to station. Stations used icing, sprinkles, Oreos, Oreos, and designing their included chair yoga, Zoom candy, and gel writing to own cookies and cakes. decorate cakes and cookies Office of Special Education Programs Page 3 U.S. Department of Education School Highlights November 2019 Union High School Jefferson Township High School During Novem- The Jefferson Twp. ber, Union High High School Uni- School students fied Club November had a wonder- agenda included: tak- ful opportunity ing attendance, mak- to attend the ing announcements, Youth Summit. following on Twitter: It was such a @JTHSunified, plan- great, positive ning Dunk for Dis- experience that all the students loved. They abilities (1/10/19), also had their monthly Lunch Bunch meeting taking a t-shirt count, where the students ate lunch, relaxed and filming a commercial socialized with other Play Unified members. segment for Morning Lastly, they enjoyed a wonderful Friendsgiv- Announcements with ing and gathered around and enjoyed a deli- the Falcon! and heading to the Middle School cious Thanksgiving dinner, talked about what gym for kickball. they were thankful for, did a bit of dancing, and just had fun. Office of Special Education Programs Page 4 U.S. Department of Education School Highlights November 2019 Lyndhurst Public School District The Lyndhurst Unified Clubs are up and running with high involvement in all schools. Students created posters advertising respect, kindness and unity as well as participated in physical activities during club meetings. Lyndhurst also created an instagram called lyndhurst_play_unified. Follow them to check out all the exciting events Lyndhurst is doing. Washington School K-2. Unified Club students were very excited to welcome Albuquerque Turkey who taught students a Thanksgiving dance. Following this, students went outside for relay races. Their Unified Club members enjoyed jumping and hopping to complete the relay race. Roosevelt 4-5. Unified Club members played sideline soccer, four square, and knock out. Students had a great time playing games and having a good time with their peers. Club members look forward to their Tuesday meet- ings each month. Lincoln 4-5. Unified Club students got outside and enjoyed the nice weather. Students partici- pated in team building and Thanksgiving themed activities. Jefferson 4-5. Unified Club students used the school gym to participate in a series of physical activities and team building activities. Roosevelt, Lincoln and Jefferson 6/7/8. Unified Club members competed in sideline soccer and relay races. Students participated in a series of team building activities. Students also had the option to participate in board games and giant jenga outside of the gym. Their meetings give students an opportu- nity to participate in a mix of all different activities. The goal is for all mem- bers to find something they enjoy participating in with their peers. Lyndhurst High School. The High School