1. Eleanor Van Gelder School September 14, 2017
Back to School Night!
Eleanor Van Gelder
School
September 14, 2017

2. Tonight’s Agenda
6:45 pm to 7:15 pm – Principal’s Welcome, PTO Presentation, EEF
7:20 pm to 7:50 pm – Session 1
Grades 3 and 4 – Classroom Presentations
Grade 5 – Presentation in Auditorium
Grade 6 – Presentation in Science Lab (Room 203)
Art, Music, Physical Education, Special Education, World Language, Library-Media, Remedial Mathematics, Remedial Reading, and Enrichment (Specials/Specialists in their rooms)
7:50 pm to 8:20 pm – Session 2 (Repeat of Session 1)

3. Special Acknowledgement
Edgewater Board of Education
Thomas Quinton, President Cristina Stefani-Rackow, Vice-President Sandy Klein Barbara Bartolomeo Christina Ling
Superintendent of Schools
Kerry Postma

4. “An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.” - Carl Jung

5. Edgewater School District
Grades 3 – 6 at Eleanor Van Gelder School or “EVG”
Grade 7-12 Leonia Middle School and Leonia High School
EVG Website – Select Eleanor Van Gelder School
, ext or 2201

6. Key Staff Raul Sandoval, Principal
Karen Husser, Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction
Tatum Stein, School Counselor
Andriana Parlapanides, Teacher in Charge
Brenda Diamond, School Nurse
Secretarial Staff: Grace Sepero, Nora Friedrich

7. General Information School hours: 8:00 am to 2:34 pm
7:40 am - Students may enter the building (Breakfast is available)
8:00 am - Homeroom begins (Main Entrance Only)
8:06 am – Students are considered late – must check in with the Main Office
Lunch/Recess - 42 minutes

8. Lunch-Breakfast Program
Maschio’s Food Service
Lunch each day is $2.85 (Full Price), $0.40 (Reduced)
Breakfast each day is $1.60 (Full Price), $0.30 (Reduced)
Every child receives a lunch card ($5.00 replacement fee)
Payment: check or cash or use
If you have a negative balance of more than two lunches, your child will receive a “basic” lunch until the balance is paid.
Negative balance letters sent home weekly
EVG-GW Maschio’s Food Service Supervisor – Tracie Taurozzi

9. EVG Parent-Student Handbook
The EVG Parent-Student Handbook is available online
Visit
Click the “Select a School” drop down menu at the top of the site
Select “Eleanor Van Gelder School”
On the left hand side of the Quick Links Section, select “EVG Parent-Student Handbook”

10. Overview of Academic Program
Grades 3 and 4 – “Traditional” Elementary:
One teacher : Reading, Writing, Math, Science, Social Studies, Family Life
Art
Music
Physical Education
Media-Library
World Language (Spanish)

11. Overview of Academic Program
Grades 5 and 6 – Departmentalized (Middle School)
Mathematics
ELA - Reading and Writing
Social Studies
Science/Family Life
Library-Media
World Language
Physical Education
Art
Music

12. Academic Program (continued)
English as a Second Language (ESL) Click Here
Remedial Mathematics and Reading Click Here
Enrichment Program (“G&T”) Click Here
Grade 3 - Push-In Program
Grades Pull Out Program
Special Education Services (Child Study Team) Click Here
Occupational Therapy
Speech Therapy

13. Major Academic Initiatives
Readers & Writers Workshop
Teachers College, Columbia University Click Here
Go Math! – Mathematics Program
Click Here
Pearson Interactive Science
S.T.E.A.M. - (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math)
HMH Social Studies (New for Click Here)

14. Technology Mac Lab PC Lab/Library-Media Center iPad Carts
Apple TVs and LCD Projectors
Classroom PCs
Chromebook Access for All Students- NEW !
Grades 3-5, Access for All!
Grade 6, Full 1:1 Program

15. Student Clubs/Organizations/Extra-Curricular
Student Council (Grade 5)
Lunch Bunch
Band and Chorus
Fall and Spring Clubs:
Crocheting
Yoga/Fitness
Jewelry-Making
Chess
Theatre

16. How can I help my child?

17. It begins with structure…
Structure at Home and School
Makes life more predictable
Children (and adults) feel more secure
Children internalize structure and learn self-regulation

18. It begins with structure…
Structure at Home and School
Makes life more predictable
Children (and adults) feel more secure
Children internalize structure and learn self-regulation

19. What does that mean? Routines Homework Bedtime Rules Consistent
Chores/Tasks/Responsibilities
Keeping room tidy
Watching after siblings
Taking care of their sports equipment

20. Class Meeting (Topics covered on 9/7/17)
Do your best! Work hard!
Treat others the way you want to be treated
Be an “Upstander”
Ask for help!
Self-Reflect
Empathy

21. In elementary school your child will experience…

22. And this...

23. And so will you…

24. Additional keys to success…Communication
EVG website
Facebook: Edgewater School District
Concerns?
your child’s teacher(s)

25. Contact Information/Health Information
Address or phone number changes?
Contact the school secretary, Grace Sepero, extension 2128
Allergy and Asthma Forms must be returned
If your child has a food allergy, he or she is placed at the food allergy table unless you send the nurse permission
Medical Conditions/Medications +
Please alert Health Office, extension 2209 or 2217

26. Agenda 6:45 pm to 7:15 pm – Principal’s Welcome, PTO Presentation, EEF
7:20 pm to 7:50 pm – Session 1
Grades 3 and 4 – Classroom Presentations
Grade 5 – Presentation in Auditorium
Grade 6 – Presentation in Science Lab (Room 203)
Art, Music, Physical Education, Special Education, World Language, Library-Media, Remedial Mathematics, Remedial Reading, and Enrichment (Specials/Specialists in their rooms)
7:50 pm to 8:20 pm – Session 2 (Repeat of Session 1)