Jefferson Elementary School
32 Pine Street
Wallington, NJ 07057
Tel: 973-777-4420
Fax: 973-614-9391

Principal
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Vice Principal / Supervisor of Special Services
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Jefferson Elementary:

February 2012

Our grade six students are getting ready for their Valentine Social which will be held on February 15th.

This is always a wonderful opportunity for our students to enjoy playing fun games that are run by staff members, dance to a variety of songs and enjoy delicious refreshments that are donated by the Wallington Education Association.

All of our elementary students have been studying the “Jazz Genre” in music class and will soon be attending a “Dixieland” assembly on February 16th. Each student will enjoy wearing their colorful mask made in art class, as they celebrate “Mardi Gras” New Orleans style.

Nancy Giambrone
Principal

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
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  Effective communication and social skills
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  Critical/creative thinking, problem solving, decision-making and appropriate risk taking
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  Information literacy through the use of technology
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  Individual excellence and desire to become a life-long learner

Snapshot of our school:
Jefferson School is a grade K-3 building. It currently has an approximate enrollment of 210 students. There are three full day kindergartens, three grade ones, three grade twos, and one grade three. Various programs are offered to meet the needs of students. Among them are: basic skills remediation, speech, special education services, bi-lingual/ESL education, and gifted and talented education. There is also an after-school childcare program from 2:45 to 6:00 p.m. The building has restricted entry and full video camera surveillance of the entrance/exit areas.

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.

Przpomnienie dla Rodzicolo ze zabawki podo bnedo prawdziwej broni nie sa pazwolone w szkole. (noze, szable, pistolety strzelby)