Special Spring Issue Volume 87, Issue 1 March, 2010 B RIDGE B UGLE 84 ―Bruno‖ A CPS ―Rising Star” school, a “School of Distinction”, a CPS “Exemplary Years Achievement Award” Winner, an “Autonomous Management Performance School” (AMPS) and An Illinois Honor Roll of Schools ―Academic Improvement Award” & ―Spotlight School Award” Winner! INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Bridge Pre-School Teacher Brake’s Take 2 Ms. Heather Madden Wins March Calendar 3 Students of the Month 4-5 Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Honor Roll 7-9 Teacher Award! Perfect Attendance 10-11 LSC Election Info 12 News from the Grades 13-25 CPS Dates 26 Special points of interest: • Kohl McCormick Award Winning Teacher! • LSC Election Info • SIPAAA Community Meetings Info • Honor Roll Students • Perfect Attendance Stu- dents Pictured L-to-R: Mr. Lou Banks, The Kohl Foundation; Ms. Heather Madden; Ms. Lindsay Cochrane, The McCormick Foundation. On Tuesday, March 2nd Bridge Pre-school teacher Ms. Heather Madden was awarded one of the highest honors an early childhood edu- cator can receive - the Kohl McCormick Early Leaders make decisions Childhood Teacher Award! A WGN camera that create the future crew recorded the event with the awarding of they desire. a $5,000.00 check to Ms. Madden and a $1,000.00 check for Bridge Elementary -Mike Murdock School. Way to go Ms. Madden! Page 2 Volume 87, Issue 1 BRAKE’S TAKE ISAT Testing: March 2nd-8th Testing season is upon us this school year. The Illi- nois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) will be given the week of March 2nd-8th. Make-up testing 9th-12th. The development of the 2010-2012 School Improve- Students/Teachers ment Plan for Advancing Academic Achievement Staff/Parents (SIPAAA) is also under way. The next community Dr. Christopher Brake Would you like to SIPAAA development meeting is March 24th, at 6:00 have a poem, article, PM and March 26th, at 12:00 PM. Happy All parents and community members are invited to short story, event, or participate in these meetings. It’s really true– St. Patrick’s other item of interest Great People Make Great Schools. Day published in the Thanks for helping make our school great. Bridge Bugle? Submit your item to Ms. Heather Madden winner of the Dr. Brake on computer disk 2010 Kohl McCormick (Microsoft Word format preferred) no later than the third Early Childhood Educator Award! week of the month for publication in the next month’s school news- Bridge Students and Families collected over $1,300 for the paper. American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund Thank you for your generosity and kindness! See Bugle page 20 for more info on the CPS Haiti Relief effort. Do you have any ideas, suggestions, -March Non-Attendance Days for Students- or comments on ways to improve our Casmir Pulaski Holiday school and the ser- vices that our chil- Monday, March 1, 2010 dren receive? If so, No School please call, write a letter, or see me to share your ideas. Your input is greatly Spring Vacation appreciated. is March 29th-April 2nd Thank You! Dr. Brake No School School Resumes 4/5/10 March 2010 In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb... Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 March After-School Mid-Quarter Is Pulaski’s Program Women’s Holiday Ends History No Month School ISAT Testing Week 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Mid-Quarter Progress Reports Distributed ISAT Make-Up Testing Week 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 NCLB Spring Book Parent/Family Fair Night & 6:00 PM Family Tag Week @ Bridge Elementary St. Patrick’s Movie Topic: Day Night Finally! Child Safety 21 22 23 24 LSC 25 26 27 NCLB PAC Meetings 5:00 PM LSC Candidate Forum Jump-A-Thon 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 School Resumes Spring Vacation—Spring Vacation 4/5/10 Indicates day of non-attendance for students Indicates After-School Program day March - Students of the Month Mikolaj Dykiel Virginia Olech Kevin Martinez Natalia Obrochta Lucas Kovarik Wojtek Strapoc Mateusz Babula Kevin Czyzewski Karol Piotrowski Ayman Abuawad Ryan Szajna Carmela Pesole Muiman Fareh Kayla Jurewicz Dailah Medellin Morad Deeb Aseel Abuawad Yuliya Khudzyk Mateusz Zieba Daniel Delgado Brian Kuczynski Sebastian Ksiazek Juan Sanchez Robert Lech Christopher Delgado Remah Abuhashish Ewa Pisanko Tamer Fareh Kristyn Krajewski Bridge Elementary School Students of the Month are selected for their outstanding attendance, academic performance, and conduct. Page 6 Bridge Volume 87, Issue 1 Family Movie Night* What: ―The Princess and the Frog‖ When: Friday, March 19th From 6:00 PM— Who: Bridge School Stu- dents and Families only! Students must be accompa- nied by an adult parent or guardian. Where: Bridge Auditorium Theater How Much: Free! -Copyright Royalty Licensing fees paid to Movie Licensing USA- *Family Movie Night is held on the third Friday of every month. G OLDEN S ECOND QUARTER H ONOR S ILVER HONOR ROLL R OLL Room 201 Room 201 Room 205 Room 304 Patty Amador Catera Shanks Daniel Kulach Leslie Aispuro Andrew Azzam Julia Smialkowska Tiara Lopez Nicholas Armijo Jakub Bigos Gabriel Smyk Rafael Reza Rebecca Feliciano Kamil Obrochta Yuliya Khudzyk Aaron Borda Kamil Kieras Room 202 Brynisha Campbell Kristyn Krajewski Julia Troszczynska Room 202 Katherine Gacek Jovanee Mejia Brian Kuczynski Amber Avila Rebecca Guerin Ricardo Reyes Natalie Zajac Kienna Bariso Julia Konieczna Room 203 Gabriella Borghese Victoria Kospin Room 305 Shannon McGuire Victoria Galvan Alexander Paszkowski Dawid Babula Kevin Mienta Natalia Gorlicka Michael Rosa Corbin Bowen Kamil Piotrowski Vitaliy Oprysko Megan Wilder Christian Dejesus Room 204 Katarzyna Pukala Kamila Wrobel Patricia Kania Nicolas Pesole Jacob Rivera Piotr Lesniak Room 205 Room 206 Alyssa Polanco Dawid Sobus Room 203 Rozan Deeb Shawn Rivera Christopher Molina Ryan Allibone Juan Sanchez Diana Trejo Neidelyn Reyes Samantha Alanis Gabriela Castillo Room 206 Ashley Bock Room 306 Christina Pecoraro Alyssa Galiardo Room 301 Remah Abuhashish Damian Pikul Thomas Green Sophia Mortha Anthony Barsano Isabelle Santiago Maksym Ilkiv Ewa Pisanko Meghan Carey Safaa Suleiman Peter Jackowski Brandon Gonzalez Haley Silvestri Jessica Tredota Eduardo Martinez Peter Mandybur Room 301 Daniel Michniowski Adrian Skobelski Sylwia Mieczkowski Room 302 Jessica Smith Destiny Morales Francisco Alcantar Room 302 Monika Staszel Tamer Fareh Martha Gebala Mateusz Zieba Courtney Grasz Jenna Jurewicz Khrystyna Kozak Room 304 Room 204 Mark Miceli Azhar Deeb James Sobotka Joshua Munoz Amy Harenberg Aman Haidari Carolyn Rodriguez Angelica Gacek Sebastian Ksiazek Jailene Rodriguez Room 305 Dylan Lisciandrello Megan Szajna Carlie Vasquez Room 303 Adrianna Goral Danielle Walsh Lukasz Kornas Nicholas Guy Wayne Sobotka Lauren McGuire Mateusz Wiechetek Room 306 Daniel Tchinibekov Patric Hruswicki Marcelina Puc Congratulations To Our Scholars! Second Quarter Honor Roll Fifth Grade Sixth Grade Second Quarter Honor Roll Seventh Grade Eighth Grade Second Quarter Perfect Attendance Room 001 Room 103 Alexandra Zugaj Roberto Hernandez Owais Abuhashish Cristopher Gonzalez Nathaniel Zukowski Natalia Kowalska Agapefaith Alfaro Sheraz Ahmed Allen Namrood Julian Almanza Room 206 Sofiya Zhukotanska Samantha Armijo Room 202 Lukasz Peza Alma Carmona Raymond Alonso Julia Galinska Room 212 Jennifer Castaneda Jeton Demiri Jakub Rojek Ayman Abuawad Natalia Hernandez Angelica Hryb Aleksander Stanek Armando Ayala James Ignatowski Raquel Marrero Jacob Bozek Sandra Pajda Michael Mlynarczyk Room 207 Dayna Dayson Szymon Ramos Nicholas Nickson Daniel Alcantar Milosz Dykiel Liam Simmons Natalia Obrochta Rochelle Borda Robert Jones Kelly Tarasiewicz Angelica Parda Nicole Hanek Phoebe Legarda Lelani Vasquez Noa Joshua Anthony Oleksiewicz Room 203 Gabriel Nunez Keila Torres Room 002 Carolina Augustynska Anthony Panagopoulos Patrick Bogusz Olivia Czarnik Daniel Peralta Samantha Carey Konrad Freymiller Carmela Pesole Dailah Medellin Selena Gonzalez Isaiah Salgado Witoria Kurc Tomasz Mieczkowski Daniel Santiago Johnathan Nickson Aleksandra Mroczka Robert Stanford Jose Reyes Victoria Olejarz Konrad Strzalka Quinn Taylor Kamil Pisanko Luz Vazquez Jessica Zajac Christian Reyes Monika Zawislak Sara Virella Room 208 Cody Gomez Room 003 Room 204 Jesus Gonzalez Jasmine Cato Hadeel Abuawad Andre Namrood Karolina Ciepiela Hubert Bartoszczyk Rafael Resendiz Morad Deeb Waldrich Escudero Erick Ruiz Nazim Demiri Ayah Fareh Yareli Flores Maria Gomez Room 210 Karolina Kaczowka Izabell Mosiejewski Emily Alanis Bartlomiej Mendrala Izabela Ostowska Joseph Alonso Jairo Salinas Patryk Skrzypiec Julia Domian Alex Hernandez Room 101 Room 205 Karol Piotrowski Lucas Bigos Maliha Ahmed Jacquelyn Rodriguez Emanuel Crespo Kelly Conneely Robert Ruiz Henrich Escudero Anthony Guy Sean Simmons Jason Harenberg Room 102 Lesly Herrera Room 211 Allison Aviles Daniel Kania Amir Abuawad Kristian Martinez Fabian Martinez Martyna Akerman Joceline Peralta Pasquale Sanfelice Stephanie Anguiano Gabriel Reyes Ryan Szajna Radek Bobowski Sabrina Villegas Muimen Fareh Adam Wroblewski Damian Gawruk Second Quarter Perfect Attendance Room 201 Jr.High Room 204 Jr.High Adrian Skobelski Christian Dejesus Diana Alonso Manal Abughoush Luigi Sobenes Adrianna Goral Andrew Azzam Jasmine Ayala Damian Wysocki Nicholas Guy Jakub Bigos Sadaf Ahmed Piotr Lesniak Yuliya Khudzyk Thomas Carey Room 302 Jr.High Konrad Michalek Angelica Kozuszko Rafal Kocon Francisco Alcantar Alyssa Polanco Kamil Obrochta Raye Legarda Anthony Amato Shawn Rivera David Peralta Alec Panagopoulos Kielvin Bariso Megan Szajna Cristian Recinos Danielle Walsh Tamer Fareh Diana Trejo Catera Shanks Martha Gebala Melanie Sobenes Room 205 Jr.High Khrystyna Kozak