BELOVED
Community
Charter School
HOOT HERALD
Volume 2, Issue 8
APRIL 2015
Dates to Remember
April 2 – McDonald’s Staff/
Family Night
April 3 – ½ day with NO Aftercare
April 6-10 - No School -Spring
Break
April 17 – local artist Shaun Edwards to address grade 3 and 4
during Community Circle
April 18 - PTO Sock Hop
April 18 – Saturday School
Girl Scouts
April 25 – Saturday School
April 28 – ½ day NO Aftercare
Heifer International
The 1st Grade Team, along with its scholars, is reading to feed with Heifer International. This fundraiser will not benefit BelovED, instead we are
working to instill in our scholars the love and care for the greater community. Children get sponsors for each book (or chapter or page)
they read from March 30 - April 13. At the end of the program, the
group will pool its funds and donate them to Heifer International to help Heifer assist millions of families around the world feed their
families and reach self-reliance. The goal for each classroom is $300 and
there will be prizes for the top 3
scholars who read and raise the
most! So if you see a 1st Grader in
the hall, on the bus or at the park
reading, feel free to "sponsor" them
and help each class reach their
goals!
April 29 – Spring Picture Day
April 30– Grade 2 Field Trip
to see Junie B. Jones
McDonald’s Staff/Family Night
To top off Read Across America week, please join us at McDonald’s in Old
Colony Square Mall on Thursday, April 2nd, (Just east of the school on
Grand Street) for our second annual Staff/Family Night where BelovED
teachers and staff will be manning the stations from 4:30-6:30. Yup! we
will be flippin’ the burgers and working the fryers all for our scholars. BelovED will receive a portion of the profits that night, so please come out
and support us. While dining you will be treated to a BelovED-sized party
hosted by our very own Mr. Wells accompanied by DJs, Amira and Kayla.
Come early; stay late and have fun!
BelovED hosts visiting artist Shaun Edwards
BelovED artists will team up with local artist, Shaun Edwards
who will install the mural based on the work of Marc Chagall. On April 17th, Shaun will be attending our 9:30 Community Circle with grade 3 and 4 students. The Jersey Journal and Jersey City cable will be covering and filming our
Community Circle that morning, and they require photo releases of all the students filmed. The releases must be completed and returned by Monday, April 13th in order for the
children to appear on TV. If we do not receive releases,
those children will not be permitted in the filming/
photographing. They will be permitted to be in the room,
but will have to be on the sidelines away from the cameras.
The releases are attached to this newsletter and will be/have
been sent home with your child.
An original by Shaun Edwards
Food Bank of NJ Food Bank Winner
Last Friday, the Community Food Bank of NJ presented
us with an award for the 1,870 lbs. of food we collected
during the Students Change Hunger campaign where
schools across NJ competed with each other to collect as
much food as possible for their local food bank. Beloved
came in 2nd place for the second year in a row in our
division. Way to go Team BelovED!
Picture on left: Ms. Thompson's class won our school-wide food
drive competition! 3 students from her class accept the award: Evan
Rodriguez, Caleb Adams, and Zara Farooq (from left to right). Laura
Sodano of the Community Food Bank of NJ came to give us the
award.
Scholars of the Month
Congratulations to the following Scholars of the Month.
Keep up the good work!!
KA: Adam (AJ) Czaplicki
2A- Precious Mulero
4A - Abigail Deleon
KB: Tanmay Basandra
2B- Nicholas Casciano
4B - Paljor Thakuri
KC: Miles Soliven
2C- Edward Vazquez
4C - Joel Velasquez
KD: Devin Persaud-Lewis
2D- Michael Bascom
4D - Kimberly Molina
KE: Umaiza Mahmood
2E- Angelina Raju
4E - Angelinee Mencia
1A - Keya Tuli
3A - Sachi Santos
1B - Serenity Rodriguez
3B - Ziyad Gouda
1C - Shawn Huggins
3C - Amira Wells
1D - Rainn Amante
3D - Yahira Sanchez
1E - Philipp Hunermund
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3E - Johanny Florentino
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Guided Reading Teams
Reading Specialist Ms. Tricarico
has teamed up with Mrs. Sullivan’s 1st grade class for some
awesome guided reading every
morning. Ms. Tricarico’s 3rd
and 4th grade reading groups
absolutely love being guest
readers and leaders in her classroom!
Left Pic:3rd graders– Shanaya
Smith, Juwan Scott. 1st graders–
Fatou Diop, Jewel Acquaye, Philip
Hunermund
Right Pic: 3rd graders– Basir Shivers, Xavier Rodriguez. 1st graders–
Iya Samuel, Lathen Braswell, Boubacar Diop, Rawda Hashem
Absenteeism Rates
Each year the Department of Education – which is responsible for issuing and renewing charters - reviews various metrics regarding the performance of charter schools. One of those metrics is attendance rates and absenteeism. We have worked hard, and have been fairly successful, at achieving
good average daily attendance rates, and we thank you all for your support here. (There is still
room for improvement, but we are in decent standing). However, in regards to chronic absenteeism
– those individual students who are absent 10% or more of the year - we perform poorly. To be
chronically absent, a student must miss 19 days of school, which is quite a lot, and our rate is among
the worst in the state.
We are aware that some of these students are out for extended travel overseas due to various family
emergencies, visa issues, and funerals, to name a few examples, and we are sympathetic to the needs
of our high immigrant population which incurs great expense to take family members to distant places like Asia. Ticket prices are certainly lower in June before school ends and in September after it begins. However much we sympathize, this travel is keeping children away from school over 10% of
the year, which I am certain everyone will agree, is a lot. Our Board of Trustees is considering policies, adopted by many other charter schools, making re-enrollment contingent upon certain attendance standards. No change in policy has been made yet, but it is under consideration, and we wanted to let parents know of this 1). before they make vacation plans and buy plane tickets and 2). to
help them understand why this policy may be adopted.
Perfect Attendance
A great big BelovED shout out to the following scholars who had perfect attendance for the month of
March! What a commitment. These scholars may dress down on Monday, April 13th.
Ahmed Abdelhadi
Jonah Cortes
Steven Girgis
Ethan Macalinao
Ali Abdelhadi
Francis Luiz Crisostomo
Kamran Glenn
Aliah Macaraeg
Duha Abou Kalila
Franz Crisostomo
Ivana Cruz Rodriguez
Victor-Manuelle Gonzalez
Shayaan Mahmood
Shrouk Abou Kalila
Nicolas Cruz Rodriguez
Madison Grant
Umaiza Mahmood
Jewel Acquaye
Caleb Adams
Simeon Cyrus
Nasir Grant
Brandon Maldonado
Jamie Lynn Alcantara
Rihem Dahmane
Ria Gray
Abdulmoiz Malik
Jamuel Lee Alcantara
Jordan Davila
Issa Gueye
Aeris Martinez
Mohamed Gueye
Eve McCorkle
Kenneth Harley
Isaiah McCorkle
Angelica Harris
Kelcher Mederick
Jaiden Harris
Kelice Mederick
Quincey Harrison
Camryn Medina
Ethan Harvey
Ethan Medina
Laila Harvey
Angelinee Mencia
Maryam Hodjaeva
Devin Mencia
Zy'onna Horne-Francis
Ariana Miller
Philipp Hunermund
Tiara Mitchell
Augustin Iskander
Luis Montalvo
Pishoy Iskander
Asiya Muhammad
Madison Jackson
Caitlin Nilla
Diana Jimenez
Hailey Nilla
Manuel Jimenez
Christian Nisbeth
Emani Jones-grant
Sydney Nisbeth
Steven Kelly
Ethan Ochenge
Aliza Khan
Denise Oliver
Hadi Khan
Cristina Ortiz
Huraira Khan
Victor Ortiz
Ilyash Khan
Yuraav Padia
Victoria Khan
Maya Page
Emmaley Noelle Kua
Noah Page
Aarush Kumar
Zoraya Page
Tanisha Kumar
Harsha Pasupulati
Joshua LaBoo
Alyssa Paulino
Morris Lane
Addisen Pinkney
Aiden Lewis
Julian Punzal
Alexander Lopez
Angelina Raju
Elena-Michelle Allen
Derek Jeffrey Almazan
Samantha Almazan
Tristan Alonso
Eduardo De-Paz
Fatou Diop
Jude Errol Arboleda
Monkyi Dolma
Giovanni Arzu
Jalia Dunning
Janellys Avila
Nika Dunning
Jayvan Avila
Nia Dutton
Kaled Awad
Lauren Edwards
Lhawrencelie Balatbat
Lheanna Balatbat
Carmel Bartolome
Ava Barton
Heba El Sayed
Rayelle Ella
Eyad Elmanakhly
Tanmay Basandra
Denise Enerio
Emily Bascom
Dominique Enerio
Michael Bascom
Tiffany Esteban
Destiny Baugh
Simon Evans
Sandra Baxter-Nuzzi
Yasuyuki Beppu
Christopher Betner
Jeremiah Betner
Farhan Faisal
Hamzah Faisal
Feryal Farooq
Andrea Boodram
Zara Farooq
Ved Borade
Nichole Anne Fernandez
Jayden Brea
Lauren Florendo
Nia Brown Dawodu
Joailin Florentino
Syed Bukhari
Johanny Florentino
Ailani Burin
Jeremie Cabrera
Deziah Capers
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Alexander De-Paz
Adam Fountain
Jabez Franklin-Barber
Ansh Chaudhary
Tasneem Gaber
Nicole Chua
Joachim Galang
Nathaniel Clarke
Angel Baylon Galang IV
Mekhia Connell
Alejandro Garcia
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Perfect Attendance Continued..
Brian Raju
Simon Sandonato
Michael Torres
Amy Ramirez
Rinchen Sangpo
Jacob Turingan
Wade Ramos
John Santos
Jeremy Turingan
Juelz Rivera
Sachi Santos
Jonas Turingan
Maia Rivera
Juwan Scott
Kyiona Turner
Carlo Jacob Rodriguez
Gana Shasha
Isaac Ulloa
Keyla Rodriguez
Omar Shasha
Destiny Vargas
Rocio Rodriguez Sepulveda
Mena Shehata
Edward Vazquez-Hernandez
Janiya Roman
Noor Sheikh
Naomi Vazquez-Hernandez
Jayla Roman
Basir Shivers
Abhiram Vemula
Chloe Anne Rosales
Jaylen Sims
Jeanette Victoriano
Frank Benedict Rosales
Karis Sindiong
Vianca Villalobos
Abanoub Rostom
Essence Smith
Ryan Villavert
Beshoy Rostom
Maleek Sobajo
Colin Philippe Vitug
Jawad Safdar
Namann Sonkar
Vince White
Muhammad Safdar
Adam Soto
Andrew Williams
Aarushi Sahu
Amasia Spears
Aysia Williams
Max Sajous
Bhea Ann Sumcad
Sanaya Willis
Jeremy Saldua
Vivien Sumcad
Al'mir Wilson
Collin Samms
Fatimah Sylla
Jada Wilson
Yahira Sanchez
Mousa Sylla
Jayla Wint
Jaden Sanders
Jaikell Taylor
Janelle Woodard
Makiyah Sanders
Kayla Taylor
Josephyne Woodard
Zariah Sanders
Paljor Thakuri
David Zhu
BelovED PTO News
PTO Sock Hop
Come join the fun at a Sock
Hop here at the school on Saturday, April 18th from 7-9 pm
sponsored by the PTO. More
information will be provided.
While there, be sure to stop off
at the music table to learn
more about the music department’s fledgling instrument
program.
BelovED Spring Gala
Please support the music department’s instrument program
by attending the PTO’s annual
Spring Gala on May 2, 2015.
See details attached on next
page.
On March 31st, Mr. Taylor was honored at the 2015 Teachers Who Rock! banquet in Oak Ridge,
NJ. Mr. Taylor was one of 22 educators in the state receiving this award for serving students and
the school both in and out of the classroom. Joining Mr. Taylor at the banquet were Ms. Valk, Ms.
Giblin, Ms. Archer, and Ms. Link who chose to attend and celebrate Mr. Taylor's accomplishment.
Re-registration
This week we will be sending re-registration forms to all of our currently enrolled students for next year. Students need not re-apply each year
after they are admitted, but they must re-register. We are also sending
the Transportation Questionnaire which must be completed for each
child, even if your child does not ride the bus. We receive some transportation support from the Jersey City Board of Ed based on the number of students who live beyond 2 miles from the school, so please everyone must complete the form. Both forms are due when we return
from break on Monday, April 13th.
Contact Information
Please be sure to keep your contact information current. If your address, phone or email
has changed, please notify Ms. Smith at [email protected] or call 201-630-4713.
“Always chase your dreams instead of running from your fears.”
~ Anonymous ~