Miller Weekly Update
Week of March 21, 2021
Message from the Principal
Dear Miller School Students, Parents, and Teachers,
We had a great week back to school on our 4-1 learning model. In the spirit of returning to school, our Renaissance team will host Miller Spirit Week March 29th- April 1st. Those students with the most spirit each day will win a prize during their lunch period. Once again welcome back everyone. We are happy to have most of our students back in the building.
Enjoy your weekend
Sincerely,
Jim Battersby
Student Achievement
5th Grade Students Meet Architect Mike Salerno
Growing With STEAM
Using Figurative Language
Climate and Culture
WordMasters Challenge
Two teams representing the Miller School in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey competed in the recent WordMasters Challenge™—a vocabulary competition involving nearly 125,000 students throughout the United States annually, and achieved Highest Honors by placing in the Top 10 in their respective divisions! The 4th grade team scored an extremely impressive 197 points out of a possible 200 in the second of three meets this year. They placed third in the nation out of 117 teams in their division where the median team score was 165. The 5th grade team scored 185 points out of 200 in the same meet, placing eighth in the nation out of 113 teams in their division. The median team score for the 5th grade Gold division was 152. Competing in the very difficult Gold Division of the WordMasters Challenge™, 4th graders Kora Bair, Dante Olivieri, Elias Person, Sandhana Rajesh, Nathaniel Rupp, Zac Simon, and Brielle Taluba achieved an outstanding individual score of 20 out of 20 on the challenge. Nationally, only 101 students achieved this score! Additionally, Jack Caffrey, Vanessa Dangallo, Sorrento Esposito, Reese Resnick, Nathan Smith, and Liam Villamor scored 19/20, and Stella Barilotti, Priya Bhagat, Tyler Chubb, Isabella Gutierrez, Alexandra Hernon, Addison McColligan, Ava Puggi, Owen Renaud, and Sophia Villanueva scored 18/20. The 5th grade team also competes in the Gold Division and were led by Sierra Morton who was one of only 50 5th graders in the country who scored a perfect 20. Additionally, Shreevas Arun Prasad, Emma Flynn, and Aiden Phruksaraj achieved 19/20 and Elizabeth Chait, Abigail DeCosta, Ashling Dollard, Elaina Kraybill, Shreyansh Nandi, Preston Pahang, Tyler Straup, and Brayden Widas scored 18/20. The students were coached in preparation for the WordMasters Challenge™ by Miss Kelly Hunt, teacher of Gifted and Talented for grades 4 and 5. The WordMasters Challenge™ is an exercise in critical thinking that first encourages students to become familiar with a set of interesting new words (considerably harder than grade level), and then challenges them to use those words to complete analogies expressing various kinds of logical relationships. According to their website, “the competition is purposefully designed to be very difficult, and student scores do not usually reflect typical classroom achievement. Only a small percentage of participants earn scores over 15 (which correlates to 75% correct).” Working to solve the analogies helps students learn to think both analytically and metaphorically. Although most vocabulary enrichment and analogy-solving programs are designed for use by high school students, WordMasters Challenge™ materials have been specifically created for younger students in grades three through eight. They are particularly well-suited for children who are motivated by the challenge of learning new words and enjoy the logical puzzles posed by analogies.
ASPIRE Homework Help and Recreational Activities
Google Classroom Codes By School
The following link will allow students and parents to access each staff members Google Classroom Code. At the bottom of the spreadsheet the codes are listed by school on each tab. This link can also be found on our Virtual Learning - Parent/Teacher Resources Page. Additionally, each teacher should have their Google Classroom codes posted on their own webpage.
Google Classroom Help
Google Classroom Video Resource
EHT Pride
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Each day is kicked off at 7:30 am with a member of our school community stating the pledge. Every morning, we look forward to seeing who the guest presenter is and you can too by following our social media pages! @EHTNJSchools
Community Partnerships
STOCKTON OFFERS FREE VIRTUAL HOMEWORK COMPLETION PROGRAM
Stockton University's Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning is running a Virtual Homework Completion Program. For more information, visit https://stockton.edu/engagement
Comcast Internet Essentials
Comcast will continue offering 2 months of free service to new Internet Essentials customers in response to emergency measures associated with COVID-19. For all new and existing customers, the speed of the program's Internet service has increased. Visit www.internetessentials.com/covid19 for more details. Extended to June 30, 2021
SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOULDN’T MEAN SOCIAL ISOLATION
The NJ Department of Children and Families have compiled a list of resources available 24/7. Visit http://mvnt.us/m1157179 for more information.
Atlantic County Food Bank Resources
Dr. Joyanne D. Miller School
Email: miller@eht.k12.nj.us
Website: jdm.eht.k12.nj.us
Location: 2 Alder Avenue, Egg Harbor Township, NJ, USA
Phone: (609) 407-2500
Facebook: facebook.com/EHTNJMiller