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Radcliffe Elementary School
Radcliffe Elementary School
379 Bloomfield Avenue
Nutley, NJ 07110
(973) 661-8820
Mr. Michael Kearney
Principal
Welcome Letter
NUTLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
RADCLIFFE SCHOOL
379 BLOOMFIELD AVENUE
NUTLEY, NJ 07110
Michael J. Kearney Tel.: 973-661-8820
Principal FAX: 973-661-4935
September 8, 2010
Dear Parents & Students:
We hope this letter finds you in good health and having enjoyed a restful vacation. We are sure you are looking forward to the 2010/11 school year. It is always exciting to meet the challenges a new school year brings.
Since the conclusion of school, the custodial staff has been diligently working to prepare for our opening. I am sure that all the hard work will add to the positive learning environment of Radcliffe School.
Over the summer, there have been changes in our Radcliffe School staff, as well as physical changes to our building, i.e. major construction was done. Work will continue through the months of September and October, after school hours, only, and in the Boiler Room during the day.
Our new teaching staff this year includes: Mr. Matthew Ferrara, Fifth Grade Teacher; Mr. Lawrence Weiss, Sixth Grade Teacher; Miss Lauren Mosior, Fourth Grade Teacher; Miss Jenna Pavlisko, Elementary School Social Worker;
Miss Sara Sorensen, First Grade Teacher; Mr. Christopher Weinstein, Strategy Skills Teacher; and, in addition to our Resource Room teachers, we will have Miss Danielle Franco with us every afternoon as the third Resource Teacher. We welcome these new staff members, and we wish them good luck in their positions. We also would like to wish our teachers, who are moving into new positions, the best of luck for the new school year, i.e., Mrs. Stephanie Lennon will be one of our Third Grade Teacher and Miss Danielle Pappalardo will be one of our Fourth Grade Teachers.
Our P.T.O. Co-Presidents this year, Mrs.Feraco and Mrs. Harabedien, are busily preparing, along with their committee members, many activities for the coming year. The first PTO meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 15th, at 7:00 PM. The P.T.O. looks forward to your assistance throughout the year. Please feel free to come and join this incredibly supportive group. We welcome your assistance.
The white “Emergency Reference Card”, which is also going home today, must be returned to the school, immediately.
I would like to highlight several important dates and pertinent information:
There will be a PTO Back to School Dance this Friday,
September 10, 6:30 – 8:30 PM in the gymnasium.
The first meeting of the P.T.O. is scheduled for Wednesday,
September 15, at 7:00 PM.
The P.T.O. Open House meeting is scheduled for Tuesday,
September 21, at 7:30 PM. Please plan to attend.
The new parents will be meeting in the gymnasium at 7:00 PM.
Monday, October 11, school will be closed in observance of
Columbus Day.
Our school portraits will be taken on Tuesday,
September 28. Information will be forthcoming.
School hours and policies remain the same as last year. Lunch prices are as follows: Student lunch is $2.65, reduced lunch is $.40. The price for milk price is $.60 for either white, chocolate, skim. If your child is staying for lunch, please sign the “Mandatory Lunch Permission Slip.” Be sure to specifiy which days your child will be staying, sign, and return to the office, immediately. If your child will not be eating lunch in school, please send a note signed by you to that effect. *Please note the “General Release” form, which is required for all students in the Nutley School District, MUST be signed and sent back along with your “Mandatory Lunch Permission slip”. The Release form MUST accompany the Lunch Permission Slip, even though your plans are for your child to eat lunch in school all year. If there is ever a change of lunch plans, this will need to be on file. Please see the “Mandatory Lunch Permission Slip” and the “General Release” which is being sent home today. These forms must be handed to your child’s homeroom teacher, immediately!
PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS OR BLOCK THE SCHOOL DRIVEWAY!!
All students, including kindergarten students, must enter the back parking lot to their entrance doors, via Chestnut Street driveway or the alleyway from Bloomfield Avenue.
Please be conscious of the fact that Bloomfield Avenue is a highly traveled road. No child, at any time, should be dropped off on the Bloomfield Avenue side of the school. In addition, it is extremely dangerous to cross Bloomfield Avenue at any location, other than where the crossing guard is stationed, especially crossing from the Bloomfield Avenue side over to Bank Street. This is for the safety of all our students and parents, as well.
Please keep in mind that the following rules are in the best interest for you and your child:
- When walking down the Chestnut Street driveway, students should be on the walkway, only, and staying close to the building. Students who walk through the alleyway must also say close to the building. Faculty and staff cars enter the southeast driveway. Students should not enter through this driveway nor should they be in the center of the parking lot, at anytime. This is a potentially dangerous situation. Also, this parking lot is for Radcliffe faculty only. At no time are parents, grandparents, guardians, etc., allowed to drop off or pick up their children in the parking lot. This will result in a traffic violation from the Nutley Police Department.
- Parents who walk their children to school should stay outside the gated area (with the exception of the kindergarten parents.) When picking up your children, please remain outside the gated area (with the exception of the kindergarten parents.) This will provide less chaos for the safety of all our children.
- While we understand your concerns regarding the heavy traffic on Bloomfield Avenue, children and siblings should not be running on the front lawn. Please be advised that the front lawn area is not a playground.
- The southeast driveway is not an entrance or an exit. This is extremely dangerous and is designated for faculty and staff only. Children walking in this area are not visible to cars and school vehicles.
To insure the safety of all our children, when bringing your children to school and picking them up, please do not come into the building, but remain outside your children’s assigned entrance / exit doors. When it is necessary for you to visit the school, please enter the building by the main doors on Bloomfield Avenue & sign in at the main office, to inform us where you need to go in the building and the nature of the visit. There are absolutely no strollers allowed in the building at any time and no dogs are allowed on school premises, in consideration to all our students. All doors will remain locked during the entire school day.
Our attendance policy remains the same. If your child is to be absent,
please call the office at 661-8820, before 9:00 AM. Please make sure to send back the white emergency card, as soon as possible. Any changes in home addresses, home telephone numbers, and/or business telephone numbers are to be reported to the office personnel immediately!! This is of the utmost importance for the safety of all our students. Should there be an emergency, we must be able to reach all our parents and guardians. Thank you for your cooperation.
As your Principal, I am very eager to welcome you and all our children back to school this September. The faculty, staff and I are all anticipating an exciting, happy and healthy school year for all our students and parents. On a personal note, my educational philosophy is to encourage every child to become a free and independent thinker and I intend to provide your children with all the tools necessary to achieve this goal.
I am always available, if needed, and I look forward to seeing you at our Open House on Tuesday,.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Kearney
Principal
Full-Day Kindergarten Program
The Nutley School District is pleased to announce the start of our Full Day Kindergarten Program beginning September 8, 2010.
Parents who have not registered their child for Kindergarten may do so by calling Mr. Natale Ferrara at (973) 320-8494 beginning July 19th, 2010, to make an appointment. Registration information and forms are available on the district website. If you have already registered your child for Kindergarten, you need not re-register.
Looking forward to an exciting school year!
