Welcome to the 2014-2015 School Year

Please join me in recognizing volunteers from our…

~Board of Education~~Family School Association~

~Education Foundation~~Community Advisory Team~

Mr. Ernest HuggardPresident, Galloway Township Board of Education

Dr. William ZipparoPresident, Galloway Township Principals and Supervisors Association

Mr. Edward ZimmermanPresident, Galloway Township Education Association

Mr. Timothy E. Kelley

School Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Key Topics

DISTRICT GOALS 2014 - 2017

I. To provide a safe, healthy environment for students and staff

Programmatic: Implement School Resource Officer program in collaboration with the

Galloway Township Police Department

Continue to assess safety/security drills in cooperation with local law enforcement and emergency management as well as Department of Education mandates

Facility: Complete fire alarm replacement projects at Smithville, Reeds Road,

and Roland Rogers Elementary Schools

Assess and perform necessary repairs to fire alarm at Arthur Rann School

Research options and develop a plan for implementing an electronic visitor identification and entry system

Investigate options and develop a plan for hardening school entrances

Welcome our SRO Officer Doug Adams

II. To enhance instructional practice and student achievement in accordance with research and experience in best practices and in alignment with the Common Core State Standards

Student learning goals: Demonstrate academic progress for all students in language arts as measured by

available assessments

Demonstrate academic progress for all students in mathematics as measured by available assessments

Demonstrate progress in narrowing achievement gaps

Professional development goals: Provide workshops for teachers and administrators to further their understanding

the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and to prepare for the Partnership for the Assessment of College and Career Readiness (PARCC)

Support teachers in the use of technology for the teaching and learning process

Develop and implement a program that increases and sustains support for novice teachers, teachers new to Galloway, and mentor teachers

Enhance understanding of and strategies designed to address the impact of poverty on the brain and learning

Support teacher performance in areas identified through analysis of component scores on the Danielson Framework

III. To upgrade infrastructure and equipment to operate efficiently and effectively

Facility: Complete Roland Rogers and Smithville Schools roof replacements

Drain glycol and repair seals as needed at Reeds Road and GTMS

Replace piping to and from GTMS cooling tower

Assess the need for roof repair and/or replacement of shingled roof portions of Oceanville and Pomona

Replace cafeteria HVAC units at Roland Rogers and Smithville Schools

Continue district cycle of parking lot sealing/resurfacing to prolong useful lives

Technology: Recreate the back-up and disaster recovery system for the district.

Rewire base complement for voice, video, and data at the elementary schools

Revamp the middle school central media distribution network

Increase wireless access points to support the increase in personal devices for student learning and assessment

IV. To enhance parent/guardian, municipal, and community relations

District Level Committees: Combine Superintendent Advisory and Safety/Security Stakeholder Committees

Refine Committee purpose, meeting schedule, and activities

Expand Committee membership

Surveys:

Conduct and analyze results from district/community wide survey

Conduct and analyze results from school-based parental and student surveys

Community Involvement:

Expand outreach to senior citizens

Increase volunteer program

15 Minutes of FameFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

15 minutes of fame is short-lived media publicity or celebrity of an individual or phenomenon. The expression is credited to Andy Warhol, who included the words "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes" in the program for a 1968 exhibition of his work at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden.[1] Photographer Nat Finkelstein claims credit for the expression, stating that he was photographing Warhol in 1966 for a proposed book. A crowd gathered trying to get into the pictures and Warhol supposedly remarked that everyone wants to be famous, to which Finkelstein replied, "Yeah, for about fifteen minutes, Andy."[2]

How do you want to use

your 15 minutes?

Staff Recognition

TEN YEARS OF SERVICE:Bernice Adair – Arthur RannChristina Bauer – GTMSClaudia Booth – Pomona PreschoolKristen Costantino – Reeds RoadSheila Daugherty – GTMSSharon Delany – District OfficeJose Diaz – Roland RogersViolet Douglas - SmithvilleDenise Dunn - SmithvilleRegina Duricek – Reeds RoadJennifer Files - GTMSRobyn Goldberg – Arthur RannPatricia Gorman – District OfficeLisa Gradziel – Reeds RoadHelen Grimley – Arthur RannDonald Gross – Pomona PreschoolNoelle Guest – Arthur RannLinda Harmon – GTMSMary Hughes – Reeds Road

Sheila James – Roland RogersBeatrice Jenkins – Arthur RannMarie King – Roland RogersAndrzej Klimczak – District MaintenanceDiane Klotz – SmithvilleGregory Lick – Reeds RoadWilliam Manganiello – GTMSJanet Moran – Arthur RannKathleen Oliver – GTMSAndrea Olley – Pomona PreschoolLauren O’Neill – Reeds RoadJeremy Post – Arthur RannTheresa Reed – Arthur RannAlyssa Rice – Roland RogersPatricia Santoro – GTMSRobbyn Scott – Reeds RoadBarbara Somers – Reeds RoadKrista Venice – Off SiteMarie Westcott – Pomona Preschool

Tracy Bustard – Roland RogersDavid Fink – Reeds Road

Donna Fisher – GTMSJennifer Glascock – SmithvilleSharon Kroon – Roland Rogers

Calsel Malali – Arthur RannDavid Martin – GTMS

Terri Matise – Reeds RoadGail Mimler – GTMS

Sara Pagnani – Arthur RannNancy Park – Smithville

Bridget Richardson – Roland RogersKevin Throckmorton - GTMS

FIFTEEN YEARS OF SERVICE:

Spring Bass-Smoaks – Roland RogersDeartrest Fields – Reeds Road

Kathryn Piotrowski – GTMSCindy Rybaczyk – Arthur Rann

Carole Schwartz – District OfficeMichael Williams – Maintenance

TWENTY YEARS OF SERVICE:

Gloria Brooks – Roland RogersJoanna Dembowski – Roland RogersRose Farquharson – Roland Rogers

Ellen Franks – Smithville Marguerite Hofmann – Reeds Road

Susan Kerrigan – GTMS Alison Marcello – Smithville

Marion McDonough – Roland RogersMarilyn Moore – District

Elizabeth Napoli – DistrictCarla Polisano – Smithville Helen Viscuglia – Smithville

TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE:

THIRTY+ YEARS OF SERVICE!Christa Atkins – District

Mary Lou Cawley – Reeds Road Carol deRuyter – GTMS

Kathie Hathaway – SmithvillePatti Lang – Roland RogersJanet Manganiello – GTMS

Timothy Scotti - GTMSStarr Sherman - GTMS

Cheryl Downey-Smisko – GTMS

Christa Atkins, TLF (District)Sharon Delany, Registrar (District)

Carol deRuyter, Mathematics Teacher (GTMS)Helene Gentile, School Nurse (Pomona)

Annette C. Giaquinto, Superintendent (District)Heather Harris, Administrative Assistant (District)

Kathie Hathaway, Principal (Smithville)Lisa Hathaway, Food Service Manager (ARES)

Paula Junker, Principal (GTMS)Timothy Kelley, School Business Administrator (District)

Dianne Mooney, Intervention (ARES) Elizabeth Napoli, Supervisor of Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment(District)

Deloyed Patten, Custodian (Reeds Road)Heather Silver, Kindergarten Teacher (Smithville)

R. Jason Truppa, Special Education Teacher (GTMS)Elizabeth Vanderslice, Food Service Worker (Reeds Road)

PERFECT ATTENDANCE

Welcome our new staff…Steven Bower – Physical Education, SmithvilleAmanda Bruffy – Teacher, Pomona Preschool

Kristi Cieslak – ESL, Smithville Robert Ford – Assistant Principal, SmithvillePatricia Hughes – Intervention, Smithville

Josh Kirby – Custodian, SmithvilleGiselle Prantadosi – Food Service, Roland Rogers

David Ragazzi – Assistant Principal, GTMSCindy Reynolds – School Social Worker, Arthur Rann

Andrea Stephens – 1st Grade Teacher, SmithvilleWilliam Wheatley – Food Service, Reeds Road

Special Thanks to…

the GTEA,White-Harris, &

Lincoln Investment for our refreshments this

morningand at New Staff Orientation!

Best wishes for a positive, productive year

– thrive!

Please report to your schools/offices as directed by your supervising administrator.