NISHUANE NEWS Nishuane School Montclair’s K-2 Gifted & Talented Magnet Identifying & nourishing the gifts & talents of young learners Our Shared Vision Nishuane School strives to grow creative and engaged leaders who value friendship, fairness, and fun through academic exploration, healthy relationships, and exposure to the arts to navigate a diverse and global community. December 12, 2014 “If You Give an Animal a Treat…” Our SLC 1 Production is this Friday, December 19th at 9:45am! We are excited to share this performance with our students and families in SLC 1! • • • • Thank you to all families who attending parent teacher conferences this week! I received much positive feedback about the conferences. If you did not have an opportunity to meet with your child’s teacher, please reach out to them to schedule a conference. A very special thank you to parents Gina Chung Fortt, Kaya Miller and Linda Kow and also teacher Fern Seaman for organizing and supporting at tables on the first and second floor during conferences to provide families with samples of books at all reading levels as well as helpful resources for families for reading with your children at home! Report Cards will be distributed on Monday, December 15, 2014. Please reach out to your child’s teacher if you have any questions regarding your child’s report card. We will celebrate our Peaceful Picnic with the Principals this Thursday for all December Bucket Fillers! Congratulations to all of Nishuane’s bucket fillers of the week: Gisele Acevedo (213), Amir Bembry (106), Yosi Frankel (207), Lucienne Ostromogilsky (202) and to our staff Bucket Filler Ms. Wise! Upcoming Dates! Next weekJ December 15th December 19th Report Card Distributed SLC 1 Play Production Upcoming this monthJ December 23rd December 24th -Jan 2nd 2:10pm Early Dismissal Winter Recess- Schools closed Nishuane PTA Thanks you for all your support in this giving season! Please feel free to contact us at: [email protected] Next PTA Meeting, Wednesday January 7th 9:30am in the school library SNAP Appreciation In appreciation for all that our wonderful SNAP teachers do for our children, please consider a donation this holiday season to recognize their contributions! If you are interested in contributing, please send cash or a check made out to “Nishuane PTA” in a sealed envelope marked “PTA SNAP Gift” by Monday December 15th. Nishuane’s Annual Holiday Gift Giving Dear Nishuane Family, thank you so much for your amazing outpouring of generosity during the Holiday Giving project. It is truly heartwarming to see the number of items people have committed to providing to help other Nishuane families this holiday season. We are very lucky to have such a warm, giving spirit in our special school community. We do still have a few remaining items on the Sign Up Genius website. If you have not dropped your gifts off in the school office yet, please do so by MONDAY, DECEMBER 15th. Please let us know if you are having trouble finding an item or if its shipping gets delayed. Also, if you are sending your items in your child’s backpack, please let us know so that we can be on the lookout for them. For those issues, any questions, or if you are interested in volunteering your time to help sort and package the gifts next week, please contact Claire Kennedy-Wilkins [email protected] or Eileen Lundberg [email protected] Happy Holidays from the PTA! Farmingo is coming to Nishuane Our Health & Wellness committee has organized the launch of Farmingo to the Nishuane School Community. Farmingo brings locally grown foods to you with the convenience of online ordering. Weekly orders placed online will be delivered to our school parking lot each Monday for pick up between 3-4:30pm. Watch your Friday Folders for our Farmingo flyers! Contact Vanessa Thompson with questions [email protected]