Sussex Avenue News That You Can Use
Principal's Corner
This past week, students began, and in some instances completed, the second i-Ready diagnostic. With the close of our January Race for Success i-Ready Reading Challenge coming to a close, we have completed and passed over 900 lessons!!! It has been so much fun to listen to them share their progress and excitement! Keep up the great work everyone.
Week of February 3- February 7th
- February 3rd is an A day.
Looking Ahead:
- February 10th- Clubs begin
- February 17th- School is Closed
- February 18th- School is Closed
- February 28th- Spirit Day
Quote of the Week
Students spend time discussing this quote throughout the week. They discuss what they believe it means, why they believe the person said it. Finally they reflect on these questions and determine how they can apply it to their lives.
Look What's Happening at Sussex!!
Mr. Lewis-Lahey truly is a star!
SPRING TESTING
Our testing window for the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments Schedule (formally PARCC) will be 4/20/20 - 5/29/20.
Students will have two unit session of ELA (90 minutes for grades 4/5, 75 minutes for grade 3) and three unit sessions (60 minutes each session for all grades) of math. Each unit will be conducted on separate days.
Fifth grade students will also participate in two units of the NJSLA Science Assessment between 5/4/20- 6/5/20.
Exact testing dates will be provided in the upcoming months.
Mr. Marullo- Band
Staff and working with the kids.
What are some of your hobbies/passions?
Music, painting, and traveling
Favorite life quotes.
Pay it forward
Role Models (Past or Current)
My two brothers.
Mr. Cesar Cabazes- Custodian
All the people in the school are very helpful.
What are some of your hobbies/passions?
Soccer, running and bicycle riding.
Favorite life quotes.
God helps those who rise early.
Role Models (Past or Current)
My father and mother.
Nurse's Corner
Head Lice
Every parent of school-aged children has gotten the letter they like least from school…”someone in your child’s class has head lice.” Although no one likes to talk about it, head lice is not uncommon in children, who are frequently in head-to-head contact with other children while playing, in sports, at sleepovers and camps.
Though they are a (big) nuisance, lice do not spread disease. They are not a sign of poor hygiene. Lice cannot fly or hop; only crawl. They only survive for 1-2 days off a human head so they will not continue to live elsewhere in your home. Although lice treatments kill live lice, none will kill all the eggs. This is only done with combing, combing, combing; with a special lice comb. Combing is the key to getting rid of lice. In order to make sure every egg is gone, checking your child’s head for the next week is important. If even one egg is missed, the cycle will start all over again.
For more information on lice and treatment visit the Morris School District (parent resources, health information) https://www.morrisschooldistrict.org/Domain/4 or the CDC’s website https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/head/parents.html.
Sussex Avenue Home School Association (HSA) E-Blast!
For this week's HSA e-blast click here.