Special Spring Issue Volume 77, Issue 1

March, 2009

Special points of interest:

• Enhanced Security at

Bridge School

• Community Meeting Info

• Olympic Gold Medalist-

Chris Pappas

• Student Artist -

Martha Gebala

• Cool Art Projects

• Other Neat Stuff...

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Brake’s Take 2

March Calendar 3

Students of the Month 5

News from the Kids 8-16

Olympic Champ! 17

Bridge Art-I-Facts 18-19

40,000 Challenge 20

B R I D G E B U G L E

―Bruno‖

An Illinois Honor Roll of Schools ―Academic Improvement Award‖ & ―Spotlight School Award‖ Winner!

Achievement Award‖ Winner, an ―Autonomous Management Performance School‖ (AMPS) and

A CPS ―Rising Star‖ school, a ―School of Distinction‖, a CPS ―Exemplary 83

Years

Keeping Bridge Safe!

Principal Dr. Brake presents Bridge School Security Officer Harry Vera with a certificate of

achievement issued by the Center for Domestic Preparedness. The Center is an agency that works

with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and operates in conjunction with the Federal

Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In an effort to provide the most up-to-date security

practices at Bridge enhanced security measures will be implemented this year to raise the level of

security for students, staff and visitors at Bridge Elementary. Thank you Officer Vera for doing

your part to keep Bridge School a safe school!

The ultimate security is your

understanding of reality.

-H. Stanley Judd

Safety First! Parents: Please do not drive on the parking lot/

playground areas to drop-off or pick-up your children*.

This creates an unsafe situation for all of our students and

staff. Also, as a courtesy to our neighbors please don‘t

park on the permit parking only sides of the streets sur-

rounding Bridge.

Thank you for your cooperation in these matters.

*Please note: Students who are injured and on crutches may be dropped off at the

back door with doctor documentation and prior administrative approval.

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Do you have any

ideas, suggestions,

or comments on

ways to improve our

school and the ser-

vices that our chil-

dren receive? If so,

please call, write a

letter, or see me to

share your ideas.

Your input is greatly

appreciated.

Thank You!

Dr. Brake

Students/Teachers

Staff/Parents

Would you like to

have a poem, article,

short story, event, or

other item of interest

published in the

Bridge Bugle?

Submit your item to

Dr. Brake

on computer disk

(Microsoft Word format preferred)

no later than the third

week of the month for

publication in the next

month‘s school news-

paper.

BRAKE ’S TAKE

-March Non-Attendance Days for Students-

Casmir Pulaski Holiday

Monday, March 2, 2009

No School

-Coming-

Spring Vacation is April 6th-10th

No School

CPS Professional Development Day

Third Quarter Ends

Friday, March 27th

No School for Students

Report Card Pick-Up Day

Is

Wednesday, April 1st

From

12:00-3:00 & 4:00-6:15 PM

No school for students on this day

-Coming Events in April-

ISAT Testing: March 3rd-6th

Testing season is upon us this school year. The Illi-

nois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) will be given

the week of March 3rd-6th.

The development of the 2009-2010 School Improve-

ment Plan for Advancing Academic Achievement

(SIPAAA) is also under way. The next community

SIPAAA development meetings are March 18th, at

5:30 PM and March 27th, at 10:30 AM. We will also

have a meeting to discuss a proposal to create a sepa-

rate Bridge Early Childhood Center and a proposal to

develop a 3- & 4-year old pre-school program. This

meeting will also be held on March 18th at

5:00 PM. All parents and community

members are invited to participate in these

meetings. It‘s really true–

Great People Make Great Schools.

Thanks for helping make our school great.

Dr. Christopher Brake

Indicates day of non-attendance for students Indicates After-School Program day

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

March

Is

Women’s

History

Month

2

Pulaski’s

Holiday

No

School

3 4 5

After-

School

Program

Ends

6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17

Happy

St. Patrick’s

Day

18

LSC

NCLB PAC

Meetings

5:30 PM

19 20

Family

Movie

Night

21

22 23 24 25 26 27 3rd Quarter Ends

Professional

Development

Day

No School

For Students

28

29 30 31 Report

Card

Pick-Up

Day is

April 1st

Spring

Vacation

Is April

6th-10th

March 2009 In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb...

ISAT Testing Week

ISAT Make-Up Testing Week

You are invited to a

Bridge School

Community Meeting On

Wednesday, March 18th @ 5:00 PM At

Bridge Elementary School We will discuss proposals for the:

Creation of a separate Ear-

ly Childhood Primary

Education Center to open for the

2009-2010 School Year

Creation of a 3- & 4-year old

Pre-Kindergarten Program for the

2009-2010 School Year

-Please attend to voice your opinion and share your ideas!-

Angelica Hryb

are selected for their

outstanding attendance,

academic performance,

and conduct.

Angelica Parda Oliwia Dzik Evelyn Bautista

Maya Gronkowski Kayleigh Green Rochelle Borda Sarah Gondek

Natalia Kowalska Jessica Zajac Jonathan Mejia Priscila Gonzalez

Pedro Romero Virgil Rotondo Kamil Obrochta Daniel Taylor

Angela Knapp Yasmeen Abushehaden Alejandro Gonzalez Corbin Bowen

Waleed Abughoush Damian Wysocki Ricky Reyes Martha Gebala

Daniel Fricano Nick Cappy Saul Zamora

March

Students of the Month

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What: Beverly Hills Chihuahua When: Friday, March 20th

From 6:00 PM—

Who: Bridge School Students

and Families only! Students

must be accompanied by an

adult parent or guardian.

Where: Bridge Auditorium

Theater

How Much: Free! -Copyright Royalty Licensing fees paid to Movie Licensing USA-

Bridge

Family

Movie

Night*

*Family Movie

Night is held on

the third Friday

of every month.

What: Beverly Hills Chihuahua When: Friday, March 20th

From 6:00 PM—

Who: Bridge School Students

and Families only! Students

must be accompanied by an

adult parent or guardian.

Where: Bridge Auditorium

Theater

How Much: Free! -Copyright Royalty Licensing fees paid to Movie Licensing USA-

COMMUNITY SIPAAA* MEETINGS

* S C H O O L I M P R O V E M E N T P L A N F O R A D V A N C I N G A C A D E M I C A C H I E V E M E N T

When: Wednesday, March 18th

Following the LSC Meeting at 5:30 PM

Where: Bridge School Room 106

Who: Parents/Community Members

What: Develop 2009-2010 SIPAAA

&

When: Friday, March 27th, 10:30 AM

Where: Bridge School Library

Who: Parents/Community Members

What: Develop 2009-2010 SIPAAA Great People Make Great Schools

After School Counts Program Ends

March 5th

ISAT Testing

March 3rd-6th

Make-Up Testing is March 9th-13th

Thank you Mrs. Page and all the students and parents who supported the

American Heart Association

Jump-A-Thon

Fundraiser held on February 11th Sponsored by P.E. Teacher Mrs. Page

The event raised over $2,000 for the American Heart Association!

Thank You!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

March 17th

Letters to the President from our Kindergarten

Kindergarten News Letter to the President

Kindergarten students and teachers teamed up with Ms. Chrisman to send an art piece and a letter to President Obama.

With the help of Mrs. Dotson and Ms. Evangelista each Kindergartener wrote their own letter wishing our new president ―Good

Luck‖ in his new position, and with the help of Ms. Chrisman each student also completed a coloring page with a picture of Presi-

dent Obama. Our class is very excited about the project!

Graduation Picture Day will take place on Thursday, March 5. The $10 Graduation Fee is due on Friday, March 6.

School-Home Connection We will be learning about the St. Patrick‘s Day holiday and Healthy Teeth Part 2.

What will your child learn in Math? Identifying and counting, and paying for items with dimes to $1.00; counting

by 10‘s to 100; writing numerals to 20; comparing length and identifying shorter and longer; creating and reading an ABC color pat-

tern; acting out ―some, some more‖, and ―some, some went away‖, story problems; measuring and comparing the capacity of con-

tainers.

At Home: ask your child to use knives, forks, and spoons to make an ABC pattern; make price tags using amounts such

as 20 cents, 50cents, etc., to $1.00, and put them on kitchen items or small toys. Allow your child to use dimes to ―purchase‖ these

items. Visit the Saxon website for more activities. www.SaxonMath.com/MathKActivities.

What will your child learn in Language Arts? Theme: ―So many exciting things happen at school‖ and ―School

is a place for making friends.. Your child is reading I Love School! By Philemon Sturges and Sparkie and Eddie: The First Day of

School by Tony Johnston. Children will have a chance to compare their own school experiences with others‘. We will also be re-

reading stories from the theme ―Friends at School.‖ When rereading, we always encourage children to chime in on familiar words or

phrases, to ask questions, and to make predictions. High-Frequency words like and he.

At Home: High-Frequency Words: Create word cards for your child‘s high-frequency words and make sentences with

word cards: I like to go to _____. Take turns completing the sentences. Take turns naming a rhyming word for he. Say the words in a

cumulative list: he, bee; he, bee, she: he, bee, she, me; and so on.

Everyday Writing: invite your child to help you make a number story about people and things at school. Fold a few sheets of paper in

half to make a book. Your story might tell about numbers of objects, places, or people at school: 1 teacher, 2 balls 3 children, etc.

The story might begin with a high number and go down to zero on the last page. Sing or recite the nursery rhyme ―Mary Had a Little

Lamb.‖ Ask your child to imagine that he/she has a pet that comes to school on day. Talk about it and have your child draw a picture

and write about it.

Read together: Encourage your child to read or listen to stories for at least 20 minutes every day. Look for these books at your local

library:

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Bill Martin

Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate

Welcome to Kindergarten by Anne Rockwell

Of Colors and Things by Tana Hoban

Margaret and Margarita by Lynn Reiser

Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus

First and Second Grade News

CELBRATE 100 DAYS OF SCHOOL! On February 20th, students from 101 and 111 cel-

ebrated the 100th day of school. The students

had a blast dressing up as 100 year old men and

women and participated in a parade throughout

the school. The children wrote about what they

would do if they had 100 dollars to spend. Here

are some of their great ideas: “I would but a

car”-Gabriela. “I would buy a school bus”-Oliwia.

“I would buy a large boat”-Roberto.

UNCOVERING FOSSILS Have you ever wondered what has existed on Earth? Well, the 2nd graders have. The students or should I say scientists of Room 109 recently uncovered fossils. A fossil is what is left of an animal or plant that lived long ago. A fossil is an imprint in a rock and that is exactly what the students made. They placed a small plant inside a flattened ball of clay. They covered the plant with clay and let it get hard. The next day the students used tools to gently uncover the plant in the clay and shared what they discovered. Maybe one day someone will actually discover a real fossil.

100 Days of School

Third and Fourth Grade News Leopard Geckos

In fourth grade we have four leopard geckos. They grow up to be nine inches long. The food that they

love is crickets and mealworms. They can live up to 20+ years old. Our newest gecko that we got was on

1/27/09. His name is Kammy. By Alex Paszkowski &Virgil Rotondo

―COLORS‖ By: Kamila Wrobel,Room 214 – 4th

Oh, colors, they‘re everywhere

They‘re there and here

And here and there.

When I see a color, I think of this:

―Oh, how wonderful this is!‖

Colors are something of art,

Without colors there would be no art.

Colors, colors, my favorite thing,

I like blue and I like green.

What do you think?

214 CONTINUES LETTER-WRITING TO SOLDIERS: SPOTLIGHT ON CPT. JASON ROSE Captain Jason Rose is a soldier that is stationed in Basra, Iraq.

We have been writing to him for the past 3 months now. He is in charge of training the Iraqi soldiers and police. We sent him a care

package with items that he needed, including some toy police cars that he will use to explain maneuvers to the Iraqis who don‘t

speak English. He also works with local spies to find and arrest the ‗bad guys‘ in the area. One interesting thing we learned about

him is that he‘s a great artist! His first letter to us is full of cool drawings. You can see a copy of his letter, read about other things

he‘s doing, and see some pictures of what he‘s up to in Iraq on the north stairwell. Check it out!

~~contributed by all the students of Room 214 – 4th grade

SPRING By: Lluvitza Alvarez, Room 214-4th

Spring!

Such a wonderful time of year.

When flowers start growing

And there‘s lots of warm weather

Spring!

The time of year when kids can go out

And have fun with friends and family

Those beautiful chirping sounds

That birds make!

And people get to enjoy all those beautiful butterflies.

Spring is when kids can go skateboarding and rollerskating.

I can‘t wait until spring gets here!

MENDING BROKEN HEARTS

For Valentine‘s Day our teacher gave us a puzzle heart project to do. We had to work together in groups. Each person in

each group was given a white heart. Each group was also given a red, pink, light purple, and dark purple heart. It was a challenge be-

cause one person made four cuts through the colored hearts. The object of the project was for each person in the group to get one of

each shape and one of each color. The pieces were then glued onto the white heart. Everyone worked really hard on it. It was really

fun too. By: Kelly Tarasiewicz

Book Reviews by 003 Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a wonderful book that everyone should read and I‘ll tell you why. You should read this book because in this

book the main character who is Greg is bullied because he has a book that is a ―Diary.‖ You should also read it because what happens to this

guy in the book might actually happen to someone in real life.

If someone bullies you, you should tell an adult. This is why you should read this book. It is also good and popular.

By, Jonathan Mejia

Little House on the Prairie

A great book that you can read is Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I like this book because it makes me feel very happy

when I read it.

Laura is the author and she has two sisters, Mary and Baby Carrie. They also have a bulldog named Jack that follows them everywhere.

Her parents are Charles and Caroline.

In the story, they leave their little house in the big woods of Wisconsin and go to the prairie. They work very hard to make their new little

house. You should read it because it is very exciting and it makes you want to go inside the book. By Alma Carmona

Pepita Talks Twice

Pepita Talks Twice is a good book for everyone to read. The problem faced by the main character Pepita is that she speaks Spanish and

English and she always has to translate for everyone. She gets tired of helping all the time when she just wants to go home and play with her

dog.

My favorite part of the story is when she saves Lobo from running into the street and getting hurt. Pepita realizes that speaking two lan-

guages is a good thing. By, Myah Gonza

Nate the Great San Francisco Detective

There is a good book that I think you should read. It is called Nate the Great, San Francisco Detective. I think you should read it and this

is why.

First of all, Nate is a detective. He goes to San Francisco to visit his cousin. His cousin‘s name is Olivia Sharp and she is also a detective.

They drive up and down many hills. Olivia‘s chauffer drive Nate and his dog, Sludge, to Olivia‘s house. Then they get calls from his buddies

for help. There is more that happens, but I want you to read it. IT IS A VERY GOOD BOOK! By, Agape Alfaro

Fifth and Sixth Grade News 5

Paragraph Essays

Over the past month we‘ve been working on a few

essays. Two of these essays we completed are the ―Peanut

Butter Jelly Time!‖ and the ―Family Camping Trip‖. These

are expository essays in which we explained how to make a

peanut butter and jelly sandwich and why we had a great

family camping trip. We learned how to peer edit and wrote

our essays in cursive. Step into Room 202 or 203 to read our

essays… On display now!

By, Alessia Rubino and Kathy Pukala, Room 202 & 203

How-To Essays In Room 202, we have been working on how-to essays in Writer’s Workshop. A

how-to essay explains in detail how to do a specific task, it will explain how to do or

make something. Each person in our class has picked a topic. We made peanut butter

and jelly sandwiches in class for an example of a how-to essay. Now we are working on

our how-to essays. Some of the topics are: how to make a chocolate-covered birthday

cake, how to point guard, how to meditate, and how to make Arabic rice. So, how do you

think our essays will turn out? By Aman Haidari, Room 202

Role Models The fifth graders are preparing for ISAT’s in March. So, we have been practicing everyday since the

middle of February until now. We are learning expository writing. One of the prompts was: Who is your role model? My role model was my sister. Who is your role model? We had to write a 5 paragraph paper with a body, introduction and conclusion. The body included 3 paragraphs, each with a reason and following details. The introduction includes the topic and grabs the reader’s attention. The conclusion sums up the whole paper in an interesting way. Expository writing is an awesome way for expressing your feelings. -Rozan Deeb 202

6th Grade Presidential Project For the 6th grade presidential project there were a lot of fantastic projects. My project was on Martin

Van Buren which was our 8th president. Martin was born in 1782 and was the son of a New York tavern keeper

and a farmer. As a young man Martin was a lawyer and became interested in politics. In 1833, he was elected

as vice president for Benjamin Franklin. In 1837, Martin became president of the United States of America. He

was only president for one term and died in 1862. By: Piotr Lesniak, Room 207

214 CONTINUES LETTER-WRITING TO SOLDIERS: SPOTLIGHT ON CPT. JASON ROSE

Captain Jason Rose is a soldier that is stationed in Basra, Iraq.

We have been writing to him for the past 3 months now. He is in

charge of training the Iraqi soldiers and police. We sent him a care

package with items that he needed, including some toy police cars

that he will use to explain maneuvers to the Iraqis who don‘t speak

English. He also works with local spies to find and arrest the ‗bad

guys‘ in the area. One interesting thing we learned about him is

that he‘s a great artist! His first letter to us is full of cool draw-

ings. You can see a copy of his letter, read about other things he‘s

doing, and see some pictures of what he‘s up to in Iraq on the

north stairwell. Check it out!

~~contributed by all the students of Room 214 – 4th grade Captain Rose pictured at left with friend.

Seventh and Eighth Grade News 7TH GRADE DISSECTION

BY JAILENE RODRIGUEZ, ROOM 212

In science class we dissected a kidney and a heart. The heart was as big as my fist. When we opened

the heart, we found that the left side of the heart is bigger then the right. You could also see how the vessels

the blood travels in out of. I thought the heart was really cool because you get to see how a heart works, how

big it is, and how it looks inside.

The kidney, I think was amazing. Most of the student had medium sized ones, I got a big one. It has red

and blue nephrons everywhere. It also had tube that was outside of the kidney. Inside the kidney was also wet.

I thought the kidney was amazing because of all the nephrons, see the inside of the kidney really helped under-

stand how it functioned.

I feel the dissection really helped me and everyone else understand how the kidney and heart worked. It

also gave me a good experience where I learned how to use dissection tools properly and safely and had fun

doing it.

More Fifth and Sixth Grade News A Musical at Portage Theatre

Well, we took a wonderful field trip to the Portage Theatre to see a musical that celebrates the Black

American heritage and tradition and other wonderful important things, we had a lot of fun I wish it was longer

because it was a little short but out of that time we learned a lot. The people who were talking to us were won-

derful and funny. I had a lot of fun my favorite part was when they made us sing along with them it was fun.

And the important part is that I came out there learning new things

By: Tatiana Turcios

Black History Month Biography! Do you know what month it is? Of course it is February, but it is also Black History Month. This is a time when we honor great African- American people, and our classes (207, 209, and 211) are doing their part by researching an African- American. We had to choose an African- American and do a poster about them. Personally I enjoyed doing this project. I got to do an inventor Lonnie Johnson. Lonnie Johnson invented the Super Soaker water gun; well that’s what he is best known for. He was also part of the U.S air force and he did space craft design. I absolutely adore the presen-tations. Every person did a wonderful job researching their African- American. I can tell our teacher Mrs. Bowen is proud of our projects. So remember our wonderful African-American people, they deserve it! By: Marcelina Puc

BRIDGE SCHOOL WRITING CLUB

ROZAN’S BOOK CORNER

This is a very good book called When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz. It’s about a girl that has a

very good voice and she is African-American. Her name is Marian. During her time, America

had segregation, which means that black and white people had to be separated when she sang

for them. The only place she could sing for both black and white people together was in Eu-

rope. From this book I learned that who cares what your skin color is? You should always fol-

low your dreams. If you want to find out more, read this book!

-Rozan Deeb

IN AND AROUND BRIDGE SCHOOL

This month, the kindergarteners are working on St. Patrick’s Day projects and losing their ba-

by teeth! The 5th graders are practicing for the ISAT test and working on Black History pro-

jects and soon, Women’s History projects. The 6th graders are studying the Greek Olympics,

anticipating the arrival of Mrs. Loxas’ baby on August 3rd, happy about Mrs. Bowen’s new terri-

er named Wiley, and cheering on Mrs. Green in her first amateur boxing match!

MAKE SURE TO CHEER ON THE BRIDGE SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO WILL BE PARTICIPAT-

ING IN THE CHICAGO CLIMB CHALLENGE 4 TOWERS! They will be climbing 45 flights of

stairs in each tower to help raise money for lung cancer. Good luck to Mrs. Green, Ms. Gilana,

Mrs. Rocco, Ms. Bermeo, and Mrs. Bowen!

-Adrianna Goral and Alyssa Polanco

MUSIC

The Grammy Awards

Hey! Have you ever heard about the Grammy Awards? It’s about famous singers that are giv-

en awards about their best records. If you have ever seen or heard of it, who did you think

was going to win? Can you believe the Grammy Awards happen only once every year, and it’s

been here for half a century? That is so cool! The Grammy Awards took place on Sunday, Feb-

ruary 8, 2009. Who was your favorite singer or performer? Did you think he or she would

have won?

-Angela Knapp, Patricia Kania, Nur Hussein

More Writing Club POP CULTURE

Women’s History Month – Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was born in 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Harriet Tubman’s name at

birth was Araminta Ross. She was one of 11 children. When a young man started to run away,

the overseer of the store picked up an iron weight and threw it at the young man. Instead, he

hit Harriet. This nearly crushed her skull, and she suffered from seizures for the rest of her

life. Harriet Tubman died on March 10, 1913 in Auburn, New York.

-Kathy K., Tiffany M., Natalie Z.

MOVIE REVIEW

Pink Panther 2

Clouseau is back in action in France! The tornado is back in action! This time, he’s going for

the gold – the legendary Pink Panther! The Pink Panther gets stolen. He saves the Pink Pan-

ther once again! This awesome comedy is good for people of all ages!

-Marcelina Puc, Kathy K.

FUN AND GAMES

Mad Libs

Once upon a time, there was a boy who woke up one morning. When the boy woke up

__________

(pronoun)

he saw ___________. Then the boy remembered that it was ISAT week. So when the boy

(noun)

went to school, he ______________ and then he ________________. ______________

(verb ending in –ed) (verb ending in –ed) (Noun)

did that every day of ISAT week. At the end of the week, the boy felt _____________, so

(adjective)

the boy _____________.

(verb)

-David Hruswicki

On Saturday, February 21st, Christopher Pappas (son of our very own Mrs. Pappas) was

entered in the Special Olympics at Shabbona Park for powerlifting. Chris won three medals for

his division. He received a Gold Medal for the Bench Press competition with a weight lift of

105 pounds. Chris also won a Bronze Medal with a lift of 135 pounds and a Bronze Medal for

the All-Around Combination score. The Bridge School Family is proud of our very own Olym-

pic Medal winner. Way to go Chris!

Chris in the Bench Press competition. Chris gets ready for the Power Lift competition.

Christopher Pappas—Olympic Medal Winner!

Bridge Art-i-facts

Generous Donation: Earlier this month Kevin Monaghan, an Engi-

neer from Lane Tech High School, and his team were getting rid of art

supplies in storage at the High School. Instead of throwing it all away,

the engineers helped load over 1000 pounds of art supplies into cars,

which staff members then drove to Bridge School. Some of the sup-

plies included; a huge assortment of paper, mat board, tissue paper, oil

pastels, fabric, yarn, and much more. Students at Bridge decorated and

signed a large card for Kevin Monaghan and the other engineers at

Lane Tech School, which was delivered to them 3 weeks ago.

Kindergarten: Preparing for the Unity Assembly on March 19th, Kin-

dergarteners are creating hand print decorations to hang up in the Audi-

torium. We have been working on tracing, outlining, cutting and glu-

ing.

1st-3rd Grades: Also making beautiful decorations for our Unity As-

sembly, these grades have been working on a month long collage pro-

ject. This group project involves students taking turns each week to

create a life size collage out of magazine and paper scraps. Students

are learning the difference between different shades and hue of color.

4th-6th Grades: Are putting the final touches on their Animal Sym-

bolism Totem Poles. Students have been working hard during these

past 4 weeks drawing, coloring, and sculpting with paper. The fin-

ished products will be up on display during the next few weeks!

Animal Symbolism Totem Pole

Delanie Preston, Room 214

NEW ART CONTESTS UP IN THE AUDITORIUM! CHECK THEM OUT!

Reminder: Students as you know, art projects take so much time and effort. When we put these projects up

for display, remember to Look with your eyes, but do not touch with your hands. As cool and interesting as a

project seems, we should not touch them. Some projects are very fragile and delicate. Touching them with

our hands could knock them over, and might break a piece off, which might not be able to be fixed.

Thank you for understanding and respecting your classmates work,

Ms. Chrisman

Kevin Monaghan, Engineer

Lane Tech High School

Bridge Art-i-facts continued..

7-8th Grades: After completing creature sculptures (made from masking tape, recycled plastic bottles and

paper), we are now in the last steps of painting and adding finishing touches like; eyes, hair, fur, and clothing.

Some creatures are truly out of this world, while others look very real and lifelike! Each class‘ sculptures will

be up for display during the next couple weeks and then again during report card pick up week.

Gabriel Augustyniak, Room 212 Kamil Stasik, Room 204

Bridge Artist of the Month:

Congratulations to Justyna Pikul, Room 106. Her beautiful scenic paintings have been up for display in the

Auditorium during the month of February.

Special Spring Issue

Bridge Elementary School

3800 N. New England Avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60634

773-534-3718

http://www.bridge.cps.k12.il.us

Principal:

Dr. Christopher Brake

Assistant Principal:

Mrs. Margaret Taylor

LSC = Local School Council NCLB PAC = No Child Left Behind Parent Advisory Committee

PTA = Parent Teacher Association BAC = Bilingual Advisory Committee

LSC President:

Mr. Robert Walsh

Parent Representatives:

Mr. Pedro Hernandez

Mrs. Terri Ignatowski

Mrs. Linda Jurewicz

Mrs. Lora Niewinski

Community Representatives:

Mrs. Yvonne Majewski

Mrs. Pat Walenga

Teacher Representatives:

Mrs. Catherine McGuire

Mrs. Joan Miarecki

Administration:

Dr. Christopher Brake

PTA President:

Mrs. Lora Niewinski

Vice-President:

Mrs. Susan Szajna

Secretary:

Mrs. Debbie Horowitz

Treasurer:

TBA

NCLB PAC

President:

Mr. Pedro Hernandez

Vice-President:

Mrs. Terri Ignatowski

Secretary:

Mrs. Yvonne Majewski

BAC President:

Mrs. Liliana Kacala

Vice-President: Mrs. Veronica Estrada

Secretary:

Mrs. Malgorzata Ludzik

Representative:

Mrs. Alejandra Romero

Alternate Representative: Mrs. Jolanta Lukasiak

40,000 Book Challenge

Room 107

Kindergarten

235

Year-to-Date

917

Room 102

1st Grade

407

Year-to-Date

1,934

Room 105

1st Grade

315

Year-to-Date

2,112

Room 101

1st/2nd Grade

576

Year-to-Date

1,947

Room 111

1st/2nd Grade

547

Year-to-Date

2,055

Room 300

2nd/4th Grade

55

Year-to-Date

239

Room 103

2nd Grade

444

Year-to-Date

2,778

Room 109

2nd Grade

582

Year-to-Date

2,604

Room 108

2nd/3rd Grade

256

Year-to-Date

1,245

Room 002

3rd Grade

115

Year-to-Date

475

Room 003

3rd Grade

156

Year-to-Date

676

Room 004

3rd Grade

75

Year-to-Date

390

Room 001

4th Grade

161

Year-to-Date

1,197

Room 205

4th Grade

92

Year-to-Date

650

Room 214

4th Grade

334

Year-to-Date

1,452

Room 202

5th Grade

280

Year-to-Date

1,714

Room 203

5th Grade

211

Year-to-Date

1,212

Room 207

6th Grade

100

Year-to-Date

632

Room 209

6th Grade

93

Year-to-Date

885

Room 211

6th Grade

72

Year-to-Date

411

Room 204

7th Grade

40

Year-to-Date

479

Room 208

7th Grade

123

Year-to-Date

591

Room 212

7th Grade

103

Year-to-Date

585

Room 106

8th Grade

54

Year-to-Date

276

Room 206

8th Grade

12

Year-to-Date

375

Room 210

8th Grade

30

Year-to-Date

234

Kiss a pig?

28,065