Connors School Scoop

Dear Connors Families,

We had such an exciting week at Connors with our Great Kindness Challenge, Laser Light Show Anti-Bullying Assembly, School Wide Spelling Bee Competition, and our 2nd-3rd Grade Theater Showcase. There are lots of pictures below of all of these celebratory events in our Connors School Scoop.

Great Kindness Challenge

This week, we participated in the Great Kindness Challenge! We started off the week with peace, love, and kindness wearing our favorite tie-dye and bright colors. On Tuesday, our Connors Koalas wore their favorite t-shirt or something they liked! On Wednesday, we were dreaming of kindness and wore our pajamas to school. On Thursday, we saw so many friends in mix-match clothes. We ended the week with a school spirit day. Go Koalas! This week, we saw so many students completing The Great Kindness Challenge by inviting a new friend to play, complimenting their friends, giving their friends high fives, smiling at others, and more! We know that our Koala's are always kind but this week we so so much kindness! Always remember, Be the "i" in kind!

Spelling Bee

On Thursday, January 26th the twelve homeroom spelling bee winners Eleanor Zucker, Logan Morrissey, Moses Espiritu, Alia Pazmino, Dylan Patel, Romy Ron-Kushnick, Oliver Kondili, Serena Bufano, Sydnee Margolis, Lucas Appell, Aanika Gupte and Sohum Dixit competed to be the Connors Elementary School Champion and represent our school at the Hudson County Spelling Bee. It was a close race and we are so proud of all who participated! Congratulations to Serena Bufano who was our overall winner and will be heading to the Hudson County Spelling Bee on Saturday February 4th!

Anti-Bullying Laser Light Show Assembly

The Prismatic Magic laser bullying prevention assembly program was such a fun and exciting way for our students to learn about respect and tolerance during our Great Kindness Challenge week. They emphasized and encouraged teamwork, character, and consideration of others, as well as open and honest communication. Using rocking music and dancing animations to keep students laser-focused, they taught students about the signs of bullying. The educational performer used humor to reinforce the significance of teamwork and of considering other people’s perspectives. Our school assembly reminded students that positive character counts and that everyone can do the right thing by contributing to bullying prevention efforts.

2nd-3rd Grade Theater Showcase

We could not be more proud of our 2nd and 3rd grade performers! A big thank you to everyone who were able to come in to watch our performance today. Students performed their pieces in front of our audience, acting, dancing and singing.

PTO CORNER

Questions? Ideas? Want to help? Email us any time! ConnorsPTO@gmail.com

FAMILY BINGO NIGHT – Tuesday, February 7th @ 6:00pm (Connors Gym)

This event is RSVP ONLY and is currently at capacity. Click here for more info on joining the waitlist.
If you already RSVPed but can no longer attend or if fewer people from your family will be attending, please email ConnorsPTO asap.
We need your help! Sign up here to volunteer at the event and/or to donate concessions.

WINTER COAT DRIVE – February 6-10

Clean out your closets and spread warmth this winter!
We are collecting ADULT coats and winter gear.
Drop off at Connors any time Feb 6-10 including Bingo Night.
Connors Green Team will donate everything to the Hoboken Shelter.

Clothing Donation for Connors Students

Do you have clean children's clothing in good condition to donate so we can keep it on hand when students need a change of clothes? We could use clothing in sizes 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10. Please send the clothing to Connors folded and organized in a bag. Please label the bag by size and give it to Nurse Maddie at the front door during arrival. If you have any questions about clothing donations, please reach out to our Connors parent Lee Ann Townes, leeanntownes@gmail.com as she is helping to organize this initiative. Thank you so much!

PTO MEETINGS

Next Meeting: February 7th at 8:30am in-person at Connors
Future Meetings: All future PTO meetings will be IN PERSON AT CONNORS at 8:30am. Mark your calendars for 2/7, 3/14, 4/18, 5/9, 6/6.
Use this Google Meet link if you can’t make it in-person but still want to join.

PTO Helpful Links + Information

PTO Website and PTO Facebook Group
Jan 10th PTO Meeting Slides + Minutes Minutes incl. Dr. Johnson’s presentation
Live PTO Calendar (have all Connors events automatically in your calendar)
PTO Monthly Newsletter Archive + PTO Meeting Minutes
Supporting the PTO (Teacher’s Lounge, AmazonSmile, BoxTops, Venmo, etc.)
Connors SWAG

Passport to Learning Registration

Registration for the spring session of aftercare at Connors is now open! The spring program runs from March 6th-June 9th. Spring Passport to Learning Registration closes on February 15th. Please reach out to lfleischer@hoboken.k12.nj.us or mromanowski@hoboken.k12.nj.us if you have any questions about Passport to Learning Registration for the spring session.

link to register for spring

parent info packet for spring

Pop-Up Library at Connors Elementary School

The Librarians from the Hoboken Public Library are so excited to bring the Pop-Up Library to Connors on February 1st for our grades 3-5 students and on February 2nd for our grades K-2 students. The goal of the visit it to give access to books and show students everything they can do with their own library card. If you already have a library card, please bring it to the pop-up library. If you need a library card, please fill out this google form. Connors Pop Up Library w/ the Hoboken Public Library Google Form. Please email questions about the pop up library to valerie.coughlin@hoboken.bccls.org

Valentines Day-February 14th

We are going to have our Valentine's Day Friendship Bear Exchange to celebrate how much we all care for each other! Children will be able to give and receive a Friendship Bear with a caring card with one of their classmates. Please do not send in any food or treats for Valentine's day. It is completely optional if you would like to send in Valentine's Day cards, but if you choose to send in cards, please make sure that you send in enough for the whole class.

LUNCH

Please ensure that you check with your child regarding what they would like to eat when you place your child's lunch order on the lunch order form. Oftentimes, children may want to choose different items than what their parents order for them which causes many students to feel upset. Here is the 1/30-2/3 Lunch Order Form. Here is the detailed lunch and breakfast menu from Chartwells, which has all of the nutritional information. https://hoboken.nutrislice.com/menus-eula.

Attendance

If your child will be absent from school, please email connorsattendance@hoboken.k12.nj.us along w/ your child’s homeroom teacher with the following information:

Child’s Name
Reason for absence
Date of expected return
Any documentation for your child’s absence (i.e. doctor’s note, court note, etc.)

School begins at 8:15 am. Please ensure that your child arrives on time to school and enters the building with their homeroom class.

Early Pick-Up

If you are picking up your child early from school, please Email connorsattendance@hoboken.k12.nj.us along w/ your child’s homeroom teacher with the following information by 10:00 am.

Time that you will be picking up your child
Who will be picking up your child. Make sure that whoever is picking up your child is listed on your child’s approved pick-up list. Connors Parent/Student Information Form 2022-2023
Parents will not be able to sign children out between 2:30 and 3:00 PM. After 2:30 PM, you must wait until regular dismissal time.

Important Upcoming Dates and Events

February-Black History Month
February 1st-Connors Pop Up Library Grades 3-5
February 2nd-Connors Pop Up Library Grades K-2
February 4th-County Spelling Bee Competition
February 6th-10th-Black Lives Matter Week
February 7th- PTO Meeting (8:30am; in-person at Connors) Google Meet link
February 7th-Family Bingo Night and Pizza Party @ 6:00 pm-PTO Fundraiser THIS EVENT IS RSVP ONLY
February 14th-Valentines Day Kindness Bear and Card Exchange
February 15th-100th Day of School
February 15th-PTL registration closes
February 16th-1:00 pm Dismissal
February 17th-20th-President's Weekend, School Closed
February 22nd-24th-Black History Month-A Tour Through Time Presentations
February 23rd-Coffee and Connect @ 8:30 am, Technology in the Classroom (In Person)
February 27th-March 3rd-Read Across America and Scholastic Book Fair

Additional helpful sites/links

Hoboken Public School District Calendar 2022-2023

Connors Calendar of Events 2022-2023

T.G Connors School Directory 2022-2023

Connors Team 2022-2023

Who should I contact for assistance?

Connors Family Manual, FAQ's Connors Elementary School 2022-2023.

Connors PTO Google Site

2022-2023 District Assessment Calendar and Information to Parents

HPS Technology Google Site

DRA3 Correlation Chart

DRA3 Level Descriptors

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

All the best,

Juliana Addi, Connors School Principal

Anti-Bullying Laser Light Show Assembly

Everyone worked so hard on their 'My Favorite Thing About Hoboken' art contest drawings. More than 200 drawings from all elementary schools in Hoboken were submitted to be judged for the 2 winning prizes.....and one of the winners is from Connors Elementary! Congratulations, Macie Nizgoda, for winning the 2nd through 3rd grade prize! We are so proud of you and all our Connors artists!

Our NJIT eSTEM teams were introduced to this year's challenge on January 17, 2023. The teams started brainstorming ideas about environmental issues that they want to tackle and will need to design a solution for it as well. The challenge also requires the teams to use a BBC Micro-Bit to help collect data. Our students will have to learn to program these BBC Micro-Bits to collect information that will help them design their solution. The eSTEM teams are led by Coaches Hillary Quist and Michael Caniglia-Robilio and supported by Hoboken High School student volunteers. On January 24, 2023, the teams met their NJIT mentor via Google Meet so that they can ask clarifying questions about the challenge in order to narrow down their ideas. They also had a chance to see what the BBC Micro-Bit can do to help them think of ways they can use it to collect their information.

The Hoboken Middle School production of I Hate Valentine's Day is a self-love journey through the eyes of young teens in school on Valentine's Day. The show incorporates the different viewpoints and perspectives that students face in school on Valentine's Day that ultimately becomes a journey to loving yourself before loving others. The cast and crew of the Hoboken Middle School Theatre Department hopes that you will join them.

Show dates:

February 10th at 7pm

February 11th at 2pm

February 12th at 2pm

To purchase tickets visit hhsnj.booktix.com and for questions you can email pbenson@hoboken.k12.nj.us

Ms. Fleischer, Ms. Watson, Mrs. Schain, Ms. Bartolotti, Mrs. White, Ms. Romanowski and Mr. Donovan

Math: This week kindergartners learned various ways to make the numbers 5-10 by playing token toss. Students were given red and yellow counters. Students shook the counters and spilled them on the table. Then, they had to count the amount of red and yellow counters to make a complete addition sentence. Students reviewed solving addition problems and completed their Linkit Assessment. Way to go Kindergarten!

Readers Workshop: Another fantastic week in Kindergarten Reader's Workshop. The letter of the week was Hh. Students were able to distinguish words that begin with Hh and did not begin with Hh. The sight word of the week was the word my. Kindergarten friends came up with amazing sight word sentences. We also read the story My Garden and discussed the story elements and details. The Kindergarten Team is SO IMPRESSED with how well our students are doing on their spelling tests! Keep up the great work KOALIFIED KINDERGARTENERS!

Writers Workshop: This week we finally finished our Narrative writing pieces! We each wrote a personal narrative about an event that made us so happy! The students added juicy details and adjectives to their stories! They used their writers checklist to help them edit their story. We then switched with a peer so another set of eyes could review their work! Lastly, we had teacher conferences with each student to help guide their writing. Then we wrote our final drafts! We also learned all about pronouns and how they take the place of a noun. The students have been fantastic at identifying pronouns in sentences!

Social Studies: Within Social Studies this week students are learning about our community. We are discussing the different places that make up our community along with their importance. Students focused on the neighborhood surrounding our school and we made a list of everything we could see if we were to walk around it. With this students are comparing Maplewood (the neighborhood within our Young Citizens book) to Hoboken. Students are noticing that even though Hoboken and Maplewood both have parks they don’t share the same name and they look different. We will continue to compare and contrast the two communities next week.

Science: This week, kindergarten classes had a special, virtual presentation from the Veolia water company. Our guest presenter taught students about the different forms of water during each of the four seasons. After the lesson which included a read aloud story, students completed the sentence stem, "When I think of water..." and illustrated a picture to match their sentence. This guest presentation paired perfectly with our current science unit, which is all about weather!

Ms. Sheridan, Ms. Klag, Ms. Vayda, Ms. White and Ms. Stinson

Math: During math this week, students completed the mid-year winter Link IT assessment. We all did a great job trying our best to answer questions. We also learned about comparing two different lengths by telling how much longer or shorter one fish is to another. We had fun working together to measure fish and deciding whether or not they were a keeper! Next week we will continue learning this concept by writing equations to find how many more/how many less.

ELA: This week in ELA our essential question was, "What is a folktale?" We discussed what story elements make it a folktale. We focused on identifying the moral of a story. There were many books we read that helped us look for clues to find the moral of the story. We will continue to practice this during guided reading. Students also learned about cause and effect events. They took turns thinking of their own cause and effect events that could happen in real life as well. In phonics, we learned all about the sounds of soft c and g. We learned a word has a soft c or g if it is followed by e, i, or y. In grammar, we reviewed inflectional endings -ed and -ing when writing sentences. Our high frequency words for the week were: any, from, happy, once, so, upon. In ELA we also completed our winter Linkit winter assessment.

Social Studies: This week in Social Studies we continued working on chapter four in our Young Citizens textbook. We discussed how laws were made. The students learned that citizens or people who live in a town help make laws. First graders even learned what the word democracy means. For Article- a- Day, the students learned about all different desserts around the world. They had fun learning about this and sharing which dessert they would like best. Since this week is the Great Kindness Challenge, the students participated in a very special project. During one of our Social Studies periods we colored and wrote a Valentines Day card for senior citizens in our community. The children really enjoyed creating such special cards. They wrote very sweet messages on the back. This was a great way to show a small act of kindness this week!

Ms. Garcia, Ms. Rinaldi, Ms. Pokorny, Ms. Criqui and Ms. Romanowski

ELA: This week our super second graders continued to learn about character’s perspectives (point of view) and sequencing while reading fiction stories. The essential question for this text set was “What can we see in the sky?” They were able to identify the character’s perspective while reading “Mr. Putter and Tabby See the Stars”. The phonics focus this week was long e. Students continued to practice sequencing while working on their Friday craftivity, which was to put the events from “Mr. Putter and Tabby See the Stars” in order. In writing, students finished working on their personal narratives.

Math: Second graders had another great week in math! We started the week with Linkit! Form B. Students did an amazing job and all of their hard work paid off. We continued to practice solving addition and subtraction problems with many strategies. We used number lines, pictures, strips and stickers, and the standard algorithm. We can’t wait to keep learning new strategies for addition and subtraction next week.

Social Studies: This week in social studies, we wrapped up our school improvement plan. We presented our posters and opinion writing to Ms. Addi & Mr. Hamlin. Ms. Rinaldi's class addressed some improvements that could be made to the boys and girls bathrooms. Ms. Garcia's class addressed improvements that could be made in order for Connors students to have a special treat once a month. Ms. Pokorny's class addressed improvements that could be made to have the playground be a better place for everyone who uses it. The same day as our presentation, Ms. Addi & Mr. Hamlin went to work to make some of the changes suggested to the boys and girls bathrooms. We learned by taking social action, we can make a change in our school community!

Special Celebrations: On Thursday, we had our Bullying Prevention Laser Light Show School Assembly. We learned how to say the following words in sign language: respect, inspire, grow, help, & trust. We also learned how to sign the phrase "Do the right thing!". We had such a blast! On Friday, we had our Theater Showcase. Everyone did a wonderful job acting, dancing, and singing. Congratulations!

Science: This week in science, students compared and contrasted the various forms of water found on Earth, including rivers, lakes, oceans and ponds. This also included a review of the water cycle. Classes also had a special, virtual presentation from the Veolia water company. Our guest presenter taught students about states of matter and the various forms water can become. Students then completed a sorting activity at the conclusion of the presentation. We finished the week by beginning Unit 5- Changes to the Earth's Surface, as students began learning about weathering and erosion. We will continue with this next week as well.

Ms. Criqui's Class:

Ela- This week in math, students took the winter LinkIt assessment. During this assessment, students read a variety of different passages and then answered questions based on the texts. The teacher read each passage and all the directions aloud. Additionally, there were many brain breaks incorporated throughout the assessment to allow for some wiggle breaks! Students also learned the long e sound and practiced reading and writing words that contain that sound.

Math- This week in math, students took the winter LinkIt assessment. During this assessment, students answered a variety of questions which included addition, subtraction, place value and graphs. Again, all directions and problems were read aloud and students took many brain breaks. Additionally, students continued to practice how to add two digit numbers, how to write two digit numbers in expanded form and how to count a number when shown hundreds, tens and ones cubes.

Ms. Januse, Ms. Hall, Ms. Schmidt, Ms.Criqui, Ms. Layson, Ms. Goodwin, Ms. White

and Ms. Stinson

Math: This week, students continued to explore perimeter. We also revisited an old skill, area. Students were finding the area of irregular shapes and using different tetrominoes during Math workshop. While using the tetrominoes to cover the space of a rectangle, students were able to practice measuring the area of a shape with square inches.

ELA: This week, students read chapters 13, 14, and 15 of Charlotte's Web by E.B. White. They identified sequence of events, created summaries, and asked and answered text-based questions. In addition to taking Linkit, students also focused on comparing and contrasting multiple fiction texts in order to create, edit, and revise two Literary Analysis writing pieces.

Social Studies: This week students wrapped up our third unit by completing an authentic writing task. Students will write a narrative describing a day in the life as a Lenni Lenape child. Students will demonstrate what they have learned about the Lenni Lenape culture, home-life, community, successes and challenges. Third graders were able to use their creativity, as well as the knowledge gained throughout this unit, to create incredible writing pieces!

Third Grade Thrills: This week third graders saw an incredible light show that fit perfectly into our week of kindness! During the show, students learned how to do the R.I.G.H.T. thing (Respect, Inspire, Grow, Help and Trust). The show emphasized the power of being kind to other people and using teamwork. Teamwork and respect was modeled through the laser show's lights, flying, and dancing. What a cool way to wrap up our kindness week, and a great way to continue demonstrating kindness throughout the rest of the year!

Ms. Rodriguez, Ms. Schulz, Ms. Goodwin, Ms. Layson and Mr. Donovan

ELA: This week Phenomenal 4th Graders completed their mid-year benchmark testing with the ELA Link It assessment. They were focused and applied close reading strategies to do their best and demonstrate skills they have learned this year when reading narratives, drama, poetry, and expository texts. Readers continued read our core text "What Would She Do?" in order to learn about trailblazing women from the past and present - this week highlighted Harriet Tubman, Marie Curie, and Amelia Earhart.

Math: 4th grade Mathematicians participated in the district Link-It testing this week. Students worked on a winter project that helped them to review skills. Students were planning a mock class trip where they were asked to research where they would go, how they would get there and what they would need for the trip. Students were asked to use advanced multiplication skills to calculate the cost of the trip. Students were eager to plan and come up with a total cost. They truly engrossed themselves in the project and were very creative.

Great Kindness Challenge: Students have been reading about community in Reading Wonders and it paired perfectly with the kindness project this week. Students were eager to create Valentines for the senior community center. During Social Studies, students participated in class discussions and activities focusing on the six pillars of character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, care, and citizenship. They also enjoyed creating Valentine's cards for the elderly as part of the PTO community project.

Science: This week we were so happy to welcome Mr. Donovan back! We have been researching energy sources to find out how the resource is formed, how it generates electricity, if it is renewable or nonrenewable and how its use can affect the environment. Students also discussed how the energy sources are alike and/or different. We enjoyed learning about energy transfer and conversion!

Ms. Ortiz, Ms. Schultes, Ms. Rodriguez, Ms. Layson and Ms. Hirniak

ELA: This week 5th graders continued to read our core novel, Esperanza Rising. Within our novel, as well as in our Reading Wonders curriculum, we focused on figuring out the central idea and key details and various problems and solutions, as well as figurative language. In addition, students worked hard on their ELA Link It assessment.

Math: This week the 5th graders had the opportunity to demonstrate their proficiency in 5th grade Math by taking the Math Link It. Students did a phenomenal job. Students also engaged in Math to review for their Unit 4 Test. Students either worked in a small group with their teacher practicing real world multi-step word problems or engaged in a multiplication and division carousel and after some time, groups switched. This allowed students to practice standard multiplying and dividing but also allowing them to apply those skills to real world scenarios.

Social Studies: This week students were able to begin an industrial revolution invention project. Students were able to choose from a list of inventions and then had to create a Google Slides presentation on three of the inventions. It allowed students to apply what we have learned but it also allowed them to use their research skills.

Science: This week in 5th grade science students prepared for their unit 3 test on systems in space. Students worked hard on completing various review activities in pairs, as well as watched a few clips in order to make connections to real world examples.

On Mondays - Wednesdays during the Individualized Learning Pathway (ILP) period, students who have qualified to participate in the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) programming engage in a wide array of math course offerings that address their specific strengths and interests. Johns Hopkins CTY believes in researching and advancing ways to identify and nurture academically talented learners. CTY furthers research, guides educators and families and inspires students from diverse communities and backgrounds to pursue their intellectual passions and create the world of tomorrow. This week, we would like to highlight one of the CTY courses offered to our Hoboken students this winter:

CTY - Scratch Programming for Elementary School Students

CTY students begin this course with an introduction to fundamental programming concepts alongside other young CTY students as they learn Scratch, a graphical programming language developed at MIT. Through this course they’ll learn how to create animations, computer games, and interactive projects using Scratch, and put their new skills to use developing a computer game to share with their CTY instructor and classmates. No previous programming skills are required for this course, but students should be comfortable using a computer and browser as well as managing files. We can’t wait to see what amazing projects our CTY students create with the Scratch program!

GK - Week Of Kindness - A Little Spot Of Kindness

Explorers in Kindergarten have been learning, showing, and celebrating a Week Of Kindness! This Thursday and Friday, during Mini PGP explorers listened to the read aloud of the book called A Little Spot Of Kindness, talked about the book, brainstormed variety acts of kindness and concluded their kindness explorations with a Spot Of Kindness Craft! So much fun learning about kindness!

G1 - Week Of Kindness - A Little Spot Of Kindness

G2 - Write, Create, and Act - Writing Original Plays

Artists in Second Grade are wrapping up their enthusiastic and collaborative work on writing their own scripts for the fable and this week they are putting props together as well as finalizing their scripts. Using the Script Template and Google Slides, artists are showing their creativity with the storyline as well as the character development and the moral of the fable. Artists are excited to share their own original plays with their classmates. The finale is fast forthcoming so artists are approaching a time of finalization and completion of their own original plays! Woohoo!

G3 - Engineering Design Projects

Future Engineers in Third Grade are working on a variety of Engineering Design projects. Some groups are preparing for the STEAM Tank Regionals by improving their presentations, conducting deeper research, and creating a prototype. Other groups are either improving their STEAM tank presentations as a practice or focusing on creating a Sports Team Proposal and Managing a Sports Team Project. STEAM Tank groups are also having virtual mentoring sessions with the STEAM Tank mentors who guide students in their next steps of their product/invention and what elements to think about to make their projects even better! A lot of engineering and designing is happening at the moment!

G4 - Mock Trial Original Case Writing

Young Lawyers in Fourth Grade are in a pending state of case writing. Their original cases are slowly coming along together. Students are working collaboratively and practicing their group skills, writing and creative skills to prepare a case to submit to the Law Fair at the end of January. Lawyers are excited to be working on the official court case of their own!

G5 - Ted Talk

Future Environmentalists and Sustainable Development Leaders are on their way of wrapping up their speeches for the first Ted Talk experience. They are organizing their ideas and creating inspirational speeches about an idea that they strongly want the audience to know and convince to support. In addition, they are putting Google Slides together with simple images and text that speak for itself to compliment their speech. They are almost ready to present their work with their classmates. We are looking forward to their presentations!

In PE this week we shifted our focus to separate lifetime fitness activities in both the K-2 and 3-5 levels. We introduced 4 different yoga poses in class and paired that with different aerobic and strength fitness activities. Students were able to recall each yoga pose and as we went through the week it was easy to tell that students were getting more comfortable with each pose. We discussed the benefits to yoga and mindfulness throughout the week and discovered that yoga is not only a form of exercise, but a way to relax and encourage self positivity.

Hey Connors families,

The week of January 23rd they students at Connors were busy learning about the ledger lines, recorders, the grand staff and so much more. Let’s not forget plenty of singing!

In Ms. Klag’s class, the students began identifying notes that are above and below the music staff. This may sound easy, but it can be very challenging counting lines and spaces using the music alphabet. Remember we only have seven letters and they repeat. Does anyone know what letter the music alphabet ends with? Ask your children, they should know! Here is Christian, showing off that he knows that the note that is one step above the treble clef is G!

As all know, student participation is imperative to the learning process. In music, there are many ways students get involved in class participation. Choral singing is one of them and before the students begin the singing activity in every music class, they must warm up their vocal chords. In the upper grades, a student is chosen to play the computer piano along with me as we do our Solfege warm ups. It is a lot of fun and the students are so good at playing the virtual piano! Alexa is spot on with her performance on the Do- Re - Mi’s!

This week in art we are all expanding our knowledge of the Elements of Art and Principles of Design. Kindergarten through Second grade are exploring how to create contrast and emphasis in their work, while Third through Fifth grade are being introduced to form. Collectively we are creating artworks for our neon glow in the dark party! The neon fluorescent paint will glow under black lights!

HipHop

This week we worked on the hip chest and neck isolations during our warm-up. Then we worked on some across the floor foot work while make sure the students understood musicality while going across the floor. Lastly, we continued working on our new routine, implementing some of the same foot work from across the floor into the dance routine.- Mr. Kenneth

Dance Academy

This week, we began learning choreography to “Hit the Road Jack”. We are focusing on group work, memorization, and accountability. Students not only have to retain choreography, but also have to remember their spacing while performing. Miss Malerie

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Connors School Scoop

January 28, 2023

Connors School Scoop

January 28, 2023

The Great Kindness Challenge

Spelling Bee

Anti-Bullying Laser Light Show Assembly

2nd-3rd Grade Theatre Showcase

Provident’s Art Contest

NJIT eSTEM

The Pop-Up Library is Coming to Connors Elementary School!

Winter Coat Drive

Valentine's Day Friendship Bear Exchange

Middle School Play

Mock Audition Fundraiser

Day of STEAM

District Show Information

Charity Volleyball Game

Connors Class Learning Activities

Kindergarten

1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5th Grade

ARCIERO AND SIVO'S ALL STARS

Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth

Mini PGP

P.E. with Mr. Favino

Music with Mr. Azzarto

Art with Ms. Capalbo

Passport to Learning

Thomas G. Connors Elementary School

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