Gavlak Elementary School
106 King Street
Wallington, NJ 07057
Tel: 973-777-4420
Fax: 973-574-9517
Principal
Nancy Giambrone
Vice Principal / Supervisor of Special Services
Darcy Kordosky
"Working together
for individual excellence
and positive self-esteem."
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Gavlak Elementary:
The month of May began with New Jersey Ask testing for 3rd and
4th grade students which took place during the week of May 4th.
New Jersey Ask testing for students in grades 5 and 6 will take
place the week of May 11th. Please make sure the students get to
bed early, have a nutritious breakfast and arrive to school on
time.
The second half of May is filled with many exciting activities
including a Barnes and Noble fund raiser to be held at the
Barnes and Noble store in Clifton on May 19th from 9:00 am to
11:00 pm. Monies raised will be used to purchase books for the
Jefferson and Gavlak school libraries. Parents are encouraged to
visit and purchase great books for your summer reading time.
There are field trips planned for students in grades 1, 4, 5 and
6. Grade 1 will visit the Bronx Zoo, while grades 4 and 5 will
attend the Liberty Science Center. Grade 6 will get the
opportunity to view a 3-D movie that will teach about the
effects of global warming on sea creatures.
Other activities will include “Play Day” for our for the K-3
students; a day that focuses on relay races, and team building
activities, topped off with ice cream provided by the PTA.
“Field Day” has been planned for 4th through 6th grade students.
This special day will be spent at the Wallington County Park
with an exciting number of activities planned for the group. The
month of May will finally end with a special visit from the
Wallington Veterans on May 27th.
Parents and students from both the Jefferson and Gavlak schools
are invited to attend a Movie Night at Gavlak School to be shown
in the All Purpose Room on May 29th starting at 7:00pm. The
movie shown will be “ High School Musical 3” and is a great
opportunity to view a movie with friends and enjoy delicious
popcorn donated by the Wallington Education Association.
As we finish our school year, the month of June will bring us
the Sixth Grade Transition Ceremony on Friday, June 19th and the
“Graduation Ceremony” for all of our Kindergarten students from
Jefferson and Gavlak schools on June 23rd at 9:15 am. The
children will sing songs and receive their certificates for the
completion of their Kindergarten program.
We wish all of our students continued success as they continue
with the pursuits of their educational endeavors. |
Mission Statement:
The Wallington Elementary Schools believe
that all students should have the opportunity to learn within a
positive and challenging environment and to acquire life-long
skills that empowers them to become responsible and productive
members of the community and citizens of the world.
Teachers seek to create a classroom environment that promotes
student success by working with parents and the community in a
partnership to help develop the academic, social, emotional and
physical well-being of all of our children. This is accomplished
through implementation of the New Jersey Core Curriculum
Standards that focuses upon the infusion of critical thinking,
problem solving and decision-making skills into nine content
areas. These areas include language arts literacy, mathematics,
science, social studies, world languages, health and physical
education, technology, visual/performing arts and career/family
and life-skills education.
Implementation of the standards allows the school to respond to
the inevitable changes that take place in our family, our
community and the world.
Elementary School students will
demonstrate:
·
Positive
self-esteem, self discipline, and self expression
·
Effective
communication and social skills
·
Critical/creative thinking, problem solving, decision-making and
appropriate risk taking
·
Information
literacy through the use of technology
·
Individual
excellence and desire to become a life-long learner
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Snapshot of our school:
Frank W. Gavlak
School is a grade K-6 building. It currently has an approximate
enrollment of 375 students with one full day kindergarten, one
grade one, two grade twos, two grade threes, four grade fours,
four grade fives and four grade sixes. Various programs are
offered to meet the needs of students. Among them are: basic
skills remediation, speech, special education services,
bi-lingual/ESL education, gifted and talented and guidance
services.
Anyone who may be
interested in subbing (such as parents, college students, etc.)
please contact the superintendent of schools. You are required
to have 60 college credits.
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT TOY WEAPONS (i.e.. KNIVES, SWORDS,
GUNS, ETC.) ARE NOT PERMITTED IN SCHOOL.
Przypomnienie dla Rodzicow, ze zabawki podobne do prawdziwej
broni nie sa dozwolone w szkole. (noze, szable, pistolety,
strzelby) |
