Superintendent's report to the Orange Board of Education.

1. Happy Veterans’ Day
2014
Superintendent’s Report November 10, 2014

2. In Our Schools
• MLT - Jeans For Troops – GI Go Fund
• PPS - Jeans For Troops – GI Go Fund
– $1.00 for students
– $5.00 for staff
• RBS – Homes for Heroes

3. In Our Schools
Veteran’s Day Assemblies
• Honored our local and family Veterans
• Slide Shows
• Kids speaking or singing
• Respectful, patriotic themes
• Opportunities to speak with Veterans

4. In Our Schools
Race Brook
celebrated Veterans
today!
Songs
Poems
Principal Mike
Gray showed
slides of the
Washington, DC.
monuments
 “Taps”

5. Race Brook

6. Race Brook

8. In Our Schools
Peck Place and
Turkey Hill
celebrate their
Veterans
tomorrow!

9. In Our Schools
• Food Banks – This is time of great need!
 Orange Food Pantry
 FISH
• Book Fairs – Fundraiser for the PTOs /
Teachers have wish lists fulfilled

10. In Our Schools
Jamie A. Hulley Arts Foundation
Grant to Peck Place School
• The connection between art and
writing – how drawing or painting an
idea first can lead to richer writing.
• Guest artist and story teller – Mr. Tom
Lee

12. Kindergarten Enrollment Numbers
Currently Enrolled -- 139
 THS = 35
 PPS = 52
 RBS = 52
** Looking for a videographer to showcase
our full-day kindergarten program.

13. Kindergarten
• DARE Halloween Safety -- 10/27
• Halloween Parade -- 10/31
• Movie Night on Friday -- 11/7
“Mr. Peabody and Sherman”
• Native American Visit -- 11/21
• Thanksgiving Feast
 Preschool -- 11/25
Kindergarten -- 11/26

14. Halloween
Successful
celebrations at all
of the schools.

15. Halloween

16. Halloween

17. Halloween

18. Special Education Audit
• Site visits are completed
• Document review was completed
• Extended the timeline to include a staff
survey at no additional cost
• Report to the Board coming in February