Ashbrook Elementary School News

Principal's Message

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break and got to enjoy some time with family and friends. I wanted to take this month's newsletter to share some personal news with you. I am excited to share that in February, I am expecting a baby girl. While I am so excited to expand my family, I will miss my Ashbrook friends while I am out on maternity leave. We are in the process of identifying an interim principal, and I will introduce you to them as soon as we have a successful candidate.

Congratulations to our Governor's Educator of the Year and Support Staff Member of the Year!

Please join me in congratulating Kelsey Rosvold as our Governor's Educator of the Year and Joyce Alexander as our Support Staff Member of the Year. Both winners received numerous nominations speaking at length about their work with Lumberton's students. We are honored to be able to present them with this award.

Recess Reminder

As the weather gets colder, please send your students to school with appropriate coats, hats and gloves. We do our best to get outside every single day that the weather permits for both recess and our mask breaks. Thank you for your help in keeping our students warm!

PTA Annual Holiday Drive

The Lumberton PTA's annual Holiday Drive has started! Wish lists were sent home with your child. Please check your child's folder for this information. You can also access your child's wish list at any time here: Holiday Drive Wish Lists. The drive will end on Friday, December 10th. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated!

For those who are unfamiliar, this program helps to provide children in our community that are less fortunate with coats, clothes, food, and gifts from each child’s specific wish list. In 2020, we were able to help 64 Lumberton children from 28 different families; this could not have been done without your continued support.

Important Message from our Nurse's Office

We wanted to remind families to please keep children home if they are sick or exhibiting symptoms as listed on our AUXS form. We have been noticing many children who are coming in with symptoms who have been cleared on our AUXS app. We need your help and cooperation in this in order to keep our schools open full time and ensure they are safe for our students.

Important Dates & Spirit Days

December

Friday, December 3 - Crazy Hair Day

Tuesday, December 7- Picture Retakes

Friday, December 10 - Wildcat Spirit Day, wear yellow and blue

Friday, December 17 - National Ugly Holiday Sweater Day

Tuesday, December 22- Holiday Parties

Thursday, December 23- Holiday Colors/Winter/Snowflake Clothing

Friday, December 24- Friday, December 31- School Closed Winter Break

Math Practice at Home

Our Math Interventionist, Mrs. Asaro, created an interactive website for students and families who are looking for some extra practice in math. The website can be found HERE.


Principal's Reading Recommendation "Frog and Toad All Year" has some great winter stories featuring two of my favorite children's book characters. This is a great series for all ages.	40 Winter Activities for Families https://www.familiesfirstindiana.org/winteractivities?locale=en	Mental Health Resources: Helping Children Cope with Coronavirus https://covid19.nj.gov/pages/youthhelp https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/for-parents.html