Special Sta f f Appreciat ion Issue Volume 9, Issue 1

May, 2005

Special points of interest:

• New PTA Officers

• Art Fair Winners

• “Grease” Info

• New Library Carpeting

• Recess Bags!

• Kindergarten Open House

• ITBS Test Week Info

• Breakfast of Champions

• Other Great Stuff...

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

Brake’s Take 2

May Calendar 3

School Spirit Week 4

Students of the Month 5

Super Staff 10-13

Honor Roll 14

Perfect Attendance 15

B R I D G E B U G L E

B R I D G E S C H O O L W E L C O M E S N E W P T A O F F I C E R S !

“Bruno”

No one knows what he

can do until he tries.

Syrus

A CPS “Rising Star” “School of Distinction” And

President Lora Niewinski Treasurer Jeannie Doyle

Vice-President Karen Dubicki Secretary Bob Walsh

The Bridge School

family would like to wel-

come the newly elected

2005-2006 Bridge PTA

Officers. We would also

like to thank outgoing

PTA Treasurer Mrs.

Kathy Herrity for her

tireless service and devo-

tion to our school these

past years.

Membership in the

Bridge PTA is only $5

per year. Please become

a member of this valua-

ble school organization.

Parent volunteers are

always needed (and ap-

preciated) at the many

events occurring at our

school.

An Illinois Honor Roll of Schools “Academic Improvement Award” & “Spotlight School Award” Winner

BRIDGE ANNUAL SPRING FLING CARNIVAL

May 19th-22nd Ride Specials-Unlimited Rides:

Thur., 5/19 from 6:00 PM until closing

$12.00 per wristband

Sat. & Sun., 5/21&22 from Noon until 5:00 PM

$15.00 per wristband

Carnival Rides — Games — Food

Family Fun For Our Community !

May 2nd-6th is Teach-

er Appreciation Week.

Be sure to take a mo-

ment and thank a

teacher for all that

they do for our chil-

dren. This issue of the

Bridge Bugle recogniz-

es those teachers,

staff members, and

parents who work so

hard to make our

school one of the best

in the City of Chicago.

It does take great peo-

ple to make a

great school, and

we have a school

full of the great-

est. I think I can

safely speak for the

entire Bridge School

community when I say

“Thank You!” to all the

wonderful people at

Bridge who do such a

great job day after

day.

The year is winding

down and with the

end of the year comes

our annual Spring

Fling Carnival. Our

annual event will be

held May 19th-22nd. I

hope to see everyone

there enjoying our

family fun event.

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M A RC H A T T E N DA N C E CH A M P S !

BRAKE ’S TAKE

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. Primary: Room 204, Mrs. Baron (97.91%)

Intermediate: Room 214, Mrs. Green (97.45%)

Upper: Room 106, Mrs. Iammartino (97.82%)

Volume 9, Issue 1

Indicates day of non-attendance for students

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

Market

Day

Pick-Up

3 4 5 1/2 Day

Professional

Development

11:08

Dismissal

6 7

8 9

PTA/LSC

Meetings

5:30 PM

10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22

Spring

Fling

23 24 25 26

Sports

Day

27 1/2 Day

Professional

Development

11:08

Dismissal

28

29 30 Memorial

Day

Holiday

No

School

31

May 2005

ITBS Testing Week

Spring Fling Carnival

Staff Appreciation Month

Spirit Week

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DID YOU KNOW?

Teaching Tips for Parents

By Mrs. Arlene Natale

Volume 9, Issue 1

Did you know that taking notes, outlining, and using note cards is the single most effec-

tive way to study for tests having large amounts of material? For instance, if you child is tak-ing a chapter test in social studies, the best way to study is to take written notes directly from the text book, reduce notes to outline form, and then make note cards to review all material.

Thursday, May 5th, 2005

&

Friday, May 27th, 2005 Are half-day CPS Professional Development Days

Students are dismissed at 11:08

Monday, May 30th, 2005

Is Memorial Day Holiday

No school for students

Please

Note:

School

Spirit Week May 23rd-27th

Monday: Crazy Hair Day

Tuesday: Mix & Don’t Match Day

Wednesday: Backwards Day

Thursday: Jersey Day

Friday: Crazy Hat Day

Please Note: Students do not have to wear uniforms during Spirit Week

May Students of the Month

Nicole Zacny

Tatiana Turcios

Danessa Bredicean

Marco Leyva

Aneta Wojciechowska

Tiara Penacerrada Christina Pecoraro Alec Panagopoulos Mario Martinez

Barbara Cioch Damian Wysocki Anthony Villegas Justyna Szczech

Katarzyna Grolle Dalal Jibawa Colleen Doyle Ivan Gonzalez

Kathy Infante Stanca Ivan Hinasahar Muneeruddin Dominika Wroblewska

Jessica Henmueller Janusz Pikul Theodora Mouzakis

Bridge Elementary School Students of the Month are selected for their outstanding citizenship, academic performance, and conduct.

Erik Wolny

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SAFETY FIRST!

KINDERGARTEN OPEN HOUSE

Volume 9, Issue 1

There will be an Open House for children starting

Kindergarten in September, 2005. The Open

House will be held on Thursday, May 26th at 5:30

PM. A tour of the school will be given, and a

meeting will be held in the auditorium. Children

must be five years old by September 1st to attend

Kindergarten.

Bridge School Proudly

Presents a Student

Production of the

Musical

GREASE

Dear Parents,

Please do not encourage your children to run across in the

middle of the street when picking them up at the end of the

day. We have staff posted at all corners to cross the students

safely. We do not want to see any student injured or worse.

Thank you,

The Safety Patrol

K-4th: Thursday, May 12th @ 8:30 AM

5th-8th: Friday, May 13th @ 8:30 AM

Parents & Families*: Friday, May 13th @ 6:30 PM *First come, first serve tickets due to limited seating

Bridge Bugle Page 7

Seham Hussein poses with her entry and her mother.

Many Thanks…….. To the Jurewicz Family for the donation of a

beautiful Melitta stainless steel coffee urn. Your

thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated.

The Bridge School Staff

Juan Sanchez poses with his artwork and family.

FINE ARTS NEWS By Mr. Friend

Bridge School displayed an Art Fair during the April 20th report card pick-up.

Mr. Friend says “Thank you!” to all 100 students that created artwork for the exhibit.

Each student will receive a certificate and ribbon. The event was such a success that we

look forward to art fairs in years to come!

3rd Annual Art Fair!

Matthew Mitchell poses with mom next to his artwork.

Adriana Jusino poses with family.

ART FAIR WINNERS

STUDENT COUNCIL WINNERS

PRIMARY:

JESSICA ZACNY 204

INTERMEDIATE:

MACIEK KALWAJTYS 203

UPPER:

ANDREA HEADLEY 212

MR. FRIEND’S AWARDS

KINDERGARTEN:

ZACHARY TOLLAKSON 107

PRIMARY:

JUAN SANCHEZ 101

INTERMEDIATE:

SEHAM HUSSEIN 003

UPPER:

STANCUTA IVAN 205

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HO RTI CU LTU R E CLU B HA S BR ID GE BL O OMIN G !

FA N CA R F I NAL S By: Ewelina Kopiczko & Margaret Palka

C H I C A G O SK Y S C R A P E R S P O P P I N G U P I N R O O M 108

Volume 9, Issue 1

The class of 2005 competed in the Great American Fan Car Race Competition. Room 206 won! The 1st place winners were Ewelina Kopiczko, Margaret Palka and Anna Kornas. The 2nd place winners were Davie Niedojoadlo

and Noel Pagon from room 212. The 3rd place winners were James Herrity and Michael Szynalik from room 210.The

fan cars were a lot of fun to build. We were given materials without instructions and it was our job to put them to-gether. One thing that we had to do was make the cars go very fast and straight because if the car went out of

bounds we would be eliminated. It took us about three days to build the car and we went through many disappoint-ments but our car Bob ended up winning.

Room 108 is finishing our Social Studies

unit on Chicago. Since Chicago is home to

many beautiful skyscrapers, we decided to

design our own skyscrapers. They are on

display in our room. Come in and take a

look. They are terrific.

Editors Note: They are terrific!

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NEW CARPET IN L IBRARY

R E C E S S B A G S A N D E Q U I P M E N T F O R E V E RYO N E !

Room 114 students love their new recess bag and equipment!

Brand new sports equipment and bags for all classrooms await excited students!

Bridge Elementary School students received

a pleasant surprise on Friday, April 29th.

Every classroom received their own new

equipment bag filled with brand new foot-

balls, basketballs, soccer balls, four square

balls, jump ropes and other items to be used

during recess periods. The recess bag pro-

gram was created to increase our children’s

opportunities for improving their physical

well-being while providing them options for

a little healthy fun.

New carpeting was installed in the Bridge School Library on April 27th.

The new carpeting was part of an on-going library renovation project.

Over $30,000 worth of new books have been purchased for the library

these past three years. School Librarian Mrs. Banaszak and Technology

Coordinator Mrs. Miarecki are currently working together to install a

state of the art computer scanning/tracking software program that will

allow students to quickly check-out books from the library each week.

Mrs. Banaszak is also writing a grant to obtain new furniture for our

great library. When the Library Renovation Program is completed our

children will have a library that will be the envy of other schools! Room 211 students love the new carpet.

ITBS

Test Week

May 2nd-6th

3rd Quarter Breakfast of Champions

On Friday, April 29th, Honor Roll stu-

dents attended the Third Quarter

Breakfast of Champions. Students

were treated to doughnuts and juice at

the honorary breakfast. Students then

signed a banner (hanging outside of-

fice) and had their picture taken with

their Honor Roll classmates. Honor

Roll and Perfect Attendance students

were allowed to dress down for the

day. Congratulations to our superstars!

Golden Honor Roll Third Quarter

Silver Honor Roll

Third Quarter

*Indicates students who have

been on the Honor Roll for the

1st & 2nd Quarters

Room 002

Nicole Swiderski*

Room 003

Paul Dubicki*

Room 106

Hina Muneeruddin*

Room 205

Danielle Gajewski*

Justyna Jakubaszek*

Room 206

Margaret Palka*

Room 207

Michael Belsan

Dominick Dworak*

Nicole Jackowski*

Room 208

Isabela Fit

Jennifer Lopez*

Room 209

Agata Chojan*

Nicole Kordecki

Arsalan Muneeruddin*

Paul Si

Room 211

Dominik Pikul*

Yasmean Suleiman

Room 212

Adrian Markowicz*

Agnes Stanula*

Room 214

Natalia Karpierz*

Room 001

Dominika Duda*

Ryan Harenberg*

Sean Horwitz*

Tiffani Kilmer

Izabella Mendez

Brian Miklas*

Saul Zamora

Room 002

Andrzej Cudzich

Filip Duda

Steven Galiardo*

Sylvia Gebala*

Thomas Jackowski

Jessika Warjas

Room 003

Angelica Jaje*

Alexandra Lopez*

Kamil Michalek*

Aleksandra Ryndak*

Nara Solis

Room 004

Lidia Bronkowska*

Megan Dickey

Dala Jibawi

Elizabeth Molek*

Room 106

Veronika Berkowicz

Kaya Cuper*

Natalie Ficek

Steve Fiumefreddo*

Angelica Kordecki

Room 114 Cinthia Gomez

Julia Rakoczy

Cody Wolf

Room 203

Bartlomiej Gorczynski

Bartlomiej Kozminski

Room 205

Andrew Sobarnia

Room 206

Daniela Estrada

Nicole Musial

Room 207

Patricia Delgado*

David Lopez

Marcin Szczapa*

Room 208

Razan Abuhashish*

Mary Belsan*

Kristine Confessor*

Michelle Kilmer

Natalie Kleszcz*

Melissa Knapp

Rebecca Stevens

Room 209

Jomana Abuhashish

Semjace Garcia

Raul Gonzalez*

Dorian Hryniewicki

Izabella Janczur

Aleksandra Makal

Dominka Wroblewska*

Room 210

Alex Enriquez*

Jessica Henmueller

Joel Martinez

Alan Pearson

Room 211

Andrew Aldape*

Wojciech Bartoszek

Thomas Frackiel

Estefania Garcia

Katarzyna Grolle*

Gabriela Jaje

Veronika Scott

Marlena Warjas

Room 212

Walter Dworak*

Maggie Gorska*

Noel Pagan

Janusz Pikul*

Room 214

David Rosado*

P E R F E C T A T T E N DA N C E T H I R D Q UA R T E R

Room 001

Nicholaus Cappy*

Furquan Muneeruddin*

Rozalia Jurczak

Aidan Preston*

Kaylee Sherrod

Saul Zamora*

Room 002

Ivan Gonzalez

Ayman Hussein

Selma Music*

Nicole Swiderski*

Room 003 Paul Dubicki*

Kyle Enriquez*

Angelica Jaje

Lukas Klasek

Adam Kornafel*

Ewelina Krystopa*

Alexandra Lopez*

Aleksandra Ryndak*

Room 004

Lidia Bronkowska

Elizabeth Molek*

Manuel Perez*

Lukasz Pikul*

Mateusz Wilk

Room 101 Joshua Berrier

David Hruswicki

Phoenix Juarbe

Rene Leyva*

Damian Pikul*

Room 102

Melayna Allen*

Lulcasz Boufal

Iliana Cato*

Arlinda Emini

Esther Garcia*

Patric Hruswicki

Katarzyna Koperny

Veronica Ruse

Room 103

Aaron Banez

Milagros Brito

Alejandro Gonzalez

David Guevara*

Nicholas Guy*

Anthony Jarvis

Joshua Lebron*

Lauren McGuire

Kevin Mustafa

Noreyma Salgado

Nicole Walen

Room 105 Kienna Bariso

Lulij Golubev

David Lozeau*

Alliyah Lusuegro

Destiny May*

Alec Panagopoulos

Megan Vaile

Room 106

David Burczyk

Hector Cruz*

Natalie Ficek*

Steven Fiumefreddo

Ivan Guereca*

Diana Hernandez

Monika Jastrzebska

Mustafa Jibawi*

Angelica Kordecki

Alex Kulahin*

Lance Majewski

Dean Meyers

Hina Muneeruddin

Axel Ramirez*

Bianka Sikaffy*

Michael Szczapa

Room 107 A.M.

Alyssa Galiardo*

Mathew Gapinski*

Karolina Peza*

Delanie Preston*

Andrea Reyes

Monika Staszel*

Piotr Szczech*

Monica Waga

Natalia Wzorek

Nicole Zacny

Room 107 P.M.

Julia Konieczna

Jakub Koperny

Eduardo Martinez

Sylwia Mieczkowski

Marvin Moreno

Kamil Piotrowski

Sandra Santhosh*

Emily Swiderski*

Room 108

Frankie Alcantar*

Kieluin Bariso

Kimberli Gjoka*

Khrystyna Kozak*

Agata Krol

Salvador Moreno*

Batmanlai Ontogtokh

Room 109

Nicholas Armijo

Amanda Diemeke*

Peter Tran*

Damian Wysocki*

Room 114

Sebastian Cato*

Tomasz Chlebek

Julia Rackozy

Jacob Ward

Room 203

Angelica Bujak*

Angelica Gacek

Kamil Kieras

Jakub Kot*

Daniel Mozdzierz

Sebastian Mozdzierz

Karolina Niedzwiadek*

Justyna Pikul

Adrian Skobelski*

Anna Szczech*

Room 204

Gregorz Chlebek*

Piotr Gorczynski

Alexandra Kania*

Patricia Kania*

Piotr Lesniak

Konrad Michalek*

Maciej Myszka*

Gabriela Naronowicz*

Bartosz Pikul

Tomasz Snarski

Justyna Szczech*

Tomasz Tutka*

Room 205

Oliver Aispuro

Benjamin Anderson

Robert Frackiel*

Justyna Jakubaszek

Matthew Mitchell

Artur Mosiejewski

Andrew Sobarnia*

Anthony Stanford*

Room 206

Daniela Estrasa

Nicole Musial

Room 207

Jeda Abuhashish

Ta’ran Bradley

Patricia Delgado*

Dominick Dworak

Amina Jibawi

David Lopez

Joey Rocco

Marcin Szczapa

Room 208

Razan Abuhashish*

Mary Belsan

Kristine Confessor*

Margaret Cudzich*

Marek Gorzkowicz*

Jennifer Lopez*

Michal Tutka*

Franz Vergara

Room 209

Jomana Abuhashish

Agata Chojan

Semjace Garcia

Raul Gonzalez

Arsalan Muneeruddin*

Jessica Sparks

Zinnia Vazquez

Room 210

Senida Music*

Dana Valenti*

Room 211

Michelle Aguirre

Thomas Frackiel

Estefania Garcia*

Debra Guerrero

Dominick Pikul*

Room 212

Walter Dworak

Maciej Leszczynski*

Noel Pagan

Janusz Pikul

Damian Wojcik*

Room 214

Robert Anderson

Alejandro Gallegos*

Joanna Jasinska*

Tatiana Reyes

Tiffany Reyes

Sanju Santhosh*

Natalia Wojciaczyk*

*Indicates students who have

had Perfect Attendance for the

1st & 2nd Quarters

Bridge Elementary School 3800 N. New England

Chicago, Illinois 60634

773-534-3718

Principal:

Dr. Christopher Brake

Assistant Principal:

Mrs. Margaret Taylor

LSC Parent Representatives:

Mr. William Doyle

Mr. Michael Herrity

Mrs. Yvonne Majewski

Mrs. Wioletta Rakoczy

Mrs. Pamela Sparks

Mrs. Renata Zabiega

Community Representatives:

Mrs. Cheryl Filippini

Mrs. Pat Walenga

Teacher Representatives:

Mrs. Linda Barshop

Mrs. Ideria Page

Administration:

Dr. Christopher Brake

PTA President:

Mrs. Karen Dubicki

Vice-President:

Mrs. Lora Niewinski

Secretary:

Mrs. Jeannie Doyle

Treasurer:

Mrs. Kathy Herrity

25,000 Book Challenge

oHIo.

Riddle of the Month

What is round on the ends

and high in the middle?

Answer:

Where’s Bruno? Look on page 7

Room 107

Kindergarten

122

Year-to-Date

1,014

Room 114

Pri. Sp. Ed.

45

Year-to-Date

179

Room 101

1st Grade

155

Year-to-Date

642

Room 105

1st Grade

360

Year-to-Date

2,252

Room 204

1st/2nd Grade

297

Year-to-Date

1,540

Room 102

2nd Grade

400

Year-to-Date

3,426

Room 103

2nd Grade

327

Year-to-Date

2,440

Room 108

3rd Grade

161

Year-to-Date

1,003

Room 109

3rd Grade

116

Year-to-Date

1,222

Room 203

3rd/4th Grade

274

Year-to-Date

2,307

Room 001

4th Grade

40

Year-to-Date

423

Room 002

4th Grade

127

Year-to-Date

738

Room 003

5th Grade

113

Year-to-Date

797

Room 004

5th Grade

128

Year-to-Date

1,046

Room 211

5th Grade

125

Year-to-Date

1,047

Room 207

6th Grade

63

Year-to-Date

522

Room 209

6th Grade

150

Year-to-Date

1,279

Room 214

6th Grade

16

Year-to-Date

152

Room 205

7th Grade

19

Year-to-Date

313

Room 208

7th Grade

84

Year-to-Date

747

Room 106

7th Grade

55

Year-to-Date

447

Room 206

8th Grade

14

Year-to-Date

220

Room 210

8th Grade

16

Year-to-Date

188

Room 212

8th Grade

9

Year-to-Date

158

School

Total

24,102

Wow! Almost There!!