Dolphin Update
Samuel R. Donald Weekly Update 4/25/21
Community Newsletter about Phase III by Mr. Nicosia
BOTH COHORTS ATTEND SCHOOL STARTING APRIL 26
Cohort A and Cohort B will both return to SRD on April 26.
- School day remains 8:15-12:15
- Lunches will be sent home with each student daily
- Small-Group instruction and Specials will happen in the afternoons 1:00 - 2:25
Shining a Light on Positive Behavior
Weekly Recipients Grade 2
Olivia Aponte
Richard Marut
Harlie Dobkowski
Weekly Recipients Grade 3
Harper Hogan
Charlotte Woodcock
Juliette Jakubowski
Weekly Recipients Grade 4
Joseph Careri
Mason Yearwood
Chase Corcino
Happy Administrative Professionals Day to Mrs. Manella
Mrs. Manella keeps our school running smoothly all year round, and her dedication and positivity are inspiring! Thank you, Mrs. Manella, for all you do for the staff, students, and parents at SRD.
Student/Parent advisory meeting for Maschio's
This will be a virtual meeting!
Kindergarten Registration - SPREAD THE WORD
If you have or know of a child who will be 5 on or before October 1, 2021 please register them for this fall now.
Click the link below for the online registration information
CLICK HEREAutism / ADHD Awareness Month
To celebrate the month of Autism/ADHD Awareness we will be ending the month wearing Blue to show our support.
PLEASE WEAR BLUE ON Friday, April 30th
Opt out of Daily School Lunches
If you would like your child to opt out of our daily free school lunch, please click on the link below and complete the form. Send the form back into school with your child or email it to their teacher.
SRD Spring School Pictures
SRD Spring Pictures will take place on April 28th, 2021 for ALL students
Remote Students can attend 12:45 - 2:00 (an email was sent home this week for you to sign up for a time slot, please make sure you do)
You can order pictures online at:
http://www.mylifetouch.com SRD school code: EVTFDKB23
School Picture Flyer is below
MBD/SRD Family Paint Night sponsored by the Bloomingdale Education Association
The teachers' union in Bloomingdale has organized a family paint night on 4/28. Registration information and other details are below.
Dive Into Our Classrooms
Second Grade
ELA: Students are learning about facts and opinions, synonyms, and verbs
SS/SCI: Students are studying continents and oceans, working on Earth Day activities focused on reducing, reusing, and recycling.
MATH: Students are learning to solve equal-groups and array number stories and a review of telling time.
Third Grade
ELA: We are reading the folktale play, “Pushing up the Sky,” and discussing how the characters’ actions contribute to the sequence of events in the play.
SS/SCI: Students are learning more about the measuring concepts and tools that scientists use every day. Kilograms and grams, millimeters and liters.
MATH: Students will explore the idea of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes. Students will use geometry-specific vocabulary to describe shapes and discuss objects in a plane.
Fourth grade
WRITING: Argumentative
SS/SCI: Students are studying animal life cycles and adaptations. We virtually dissected barn owl pellets this week!
MATH: Students are learning how about similar and congruent shapes and lines of symmetry.
Calendar Splash
April 26: BOTH COHORTS ATTEND SCHOOL UNTIL THE END OF YEAR
April 28: SRD Picture Day!
April 30: Wear Blue for Autism/ADHD month
Upcoming PTA Events
From the Counselor - Ms. Mac Iver
Full article: https://childmind.org/guide/parents-guide-to-autism/
What Is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder, which means that it impacts how a child develops. Autism begins in utero, although children with ASD might not be diagnosed until they are preschool- or even school-aged (or older), when signs of the disorder become more apparent.
Children with ASD have a combination of two kinds of behaviors: deficits in communication and social skills, and the presence of restricted or repetitive behaviors. It’s called a spectrum because individuals with the disorder may have a wide range of symptoms, cognitive abilities, language skills and behaviors.
Criteria for autism spectrum disorder
Signs of a deficit in communication and social skills may include, but are not limited to, a combination of the following:
In younger kids (under 3 years)
- Failure to respond to their own name
- Disinterest in giving, sharing or showing objects of interest
- Aversion to displays of affection
- Preference for solitary play
In older children
- Difficulty carrying on a reciprocal or back-and-forth conversation
- Lack of eye contact
- Difficulty using and reading body language in others
- Difficulty recognizing others’ emotions, responding appropriately to different social situations and understanding social relationships
- Aversion to displays of affection
- Preference for solitary play
Children with restricted or repetitive behaviors perform repetitive actions and rituals and can become fixated on minute details to the point of distraction. In addition, they may:
- Become upset by minor changes in daily routine
- Line, sort or organize toys or objects instead of playing with them
- Show a consuming interest in a specific topic or object
- Have unusual sensory sensitivities
To meet the criteria for ASD, a child’s symptoms in these two areas must be present in early childhood, though they may not become fully clear until later, when social demands exceed limited capacities. Alternatively, they may be clear early on and then masked later by learned strategies.
These symptoms must also cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, academic or other important areas of functioning.
In addition to the two required criteria to meet the diagnosis, children with autism spectrum disorder often have sensory issues and varying cognitive and verbal abilities.
Sensory problems: Many children with autism are unusually sensitive to sounds, lights, textures or smells. They may be overwhelmed by too much sensory input, avoiding, fleeing or melting down over things like bright lights, loud noises or commotion. Alternatively, they may seek more sensory input, which they may try to get by bumping into things and excessively touching and smelling things.
Verbal ability: Some children with autism don’t talk at all. Others talk in a stilted tone, or in an exaggerated “sing-song” or high-pitched voice. Highly verbal children with autism may monopolize conversations while showing little capacity for reciprocity or understanding what the other person wants or feels.
Autistic children may also repeat certain phrases without appearing to understand their significance or possess what experts call “non-functional knowledge”— information they can recite, but not use to solve problems or carry on a conversation.
Children on the spectrum can also have medical problems and other mental health disorders, including anxiety, ADHD and depression, with symptoms that can be confused with autism.
Dolphin Health News
You MUST complete the Daily Health Questionnaire each day your child is IN-PERSON FOR SCHOOL.
If your Daily COVID Questionnaire response necessitates a remote day, please call or email the nurse's office for attendance purposes.
PLEASE do not send your child to school with symptoms or if someone in your household is being tested for COVID due to symptoms.
To report an absence please call (973) 838-5353 press 1
Parking Lot Safety!
To keep students safe at all times please follow the rules below for dropping off and picking up your child:
For Arrival:
There are two drop-off lanes in the parking lot to allow students to be dropped off near the front door, along the sidewalk close the the building, and near the playground door.
Students can use the proper entrance for their grade-level from any drop-off location by using the sidewalk right next to the building. Staff members will be present to assist.
For Dismissal:
Please park and meet your child at the door. Teachers will release students to parents/guardians at the door only. This is for everyone's safety.
Thank you
Parental Information
Samuel R. Donald Elementary School
Email: ktrusheim@bloomingdalesschools.org
Website: http://www.bloomingdaleschools.org/bsd/SRD/
Location: 29 Captolene, Bloomingdale, NJ, USA
Phone: (973) 838-5353