Riley School Weekly Events for Week of 2.27.2023
March is coming and so is MARCH MADNESS! Our students will be learning all different coping skills throughout the month of March. Each week, they will vote to choose their favorite coping skill in the pairs. At the end of March, we will have an ultimate coping skills winner, and our entire school will practice using that coping skill in the month of April.
Let the March Madness of Coping Skills begin!
2nd Grade students at John E. Riley have been working on Black History Month projects. They had to research historic and famous Black Americans and then create a presentation to give their classmates on the life and fun facts of their historical figure.
Such a great job to our 2nd graders for their verbal presentations and amazing public speaking skills!
Next week is Read Across America Week. At John E. Riley we are having a spirit week to celebrate the joy of reading and we will be exploring new books.
SPIRIT WEEK FEBRUARY 27th- MARCH 3rd
Monday, February 27th Silly Sock Day (wear silly socks)
Tuesday, February 29th Oh, The Places You’ll Go Day (Dress like a famous inventor)
Wednesday, March 2nd Influential Athlete Day (wear something to represent your favorite sport)
Thursday, March 3rd learn about culture (Wear something to represent your family’s culture or hometown)
Friday, March 4th favorite color day (wear your favorite color)
CONGRATULATIONS ANAGHA SRIRANGAM!
Let's give a big SHOUT OUT TO ANAGHA SRIRANGAM, our Junior Journalist Contest WINNER!!
Anagha is a 4th grade student in Mrs. Meyer's class at Riley Elementary School and wrote a poem about being grateful.
Please take a moment to read her poem. GREAT JOB ANAGHA!!!
We are so proud of you!
The Junior Journalist Program was created by Deb & Charlie Kurland, owners of Hometown Hero's. The Junior Journalist Program is a children's writing contest that rewards kids for their creative writing skills.
Riley Talent Show Auditions!
Wednesday, March 8th from 3-4 pm in the gymnasium.
Acts must be 2-3 minutes max and school appropriate.
Selected acts will compete on March 31st from 1:30p-2:30p in the school's gymnasium.
All performances will take place during school hours.
Riley Students have been working with the School Counselor to practice mindfulness and breathing as a coping skill. Our students have learned different techniques to be used when they need to calm down or when they need to feel reenergized.
Our favorite breathing technique of the month is the power breath. Raise your arms high, take a deep breath, throw your arms down and let out a huge HA!
Riley Student Council took a field trip today to connect and give back to the community. Student Council representatives went to JFK Hartwyck Care Facility and participated in conversing with some of the residents and playing games with them. The students were able to assist these patience and provide some companionship during their time there. They did an excellent job and we hope to get back soon!
A special thank you to Ashley Dispenziere who works at JFK Hartwyck and helped us coordinate this special event.
Happy National School Counseling Week!
National School Counseling Week 2023 (#NSCW23) is Feb. 6-10, 2023, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems.
National School Counseling Week, sponsored by ASCA, highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. National School Counseling Week is always celebrated the first full week in February.
We have prepared a short little visual to showcase the difference between a guidance counselor and a school counselor. For more information on school counseling, please visit the district website at https://www.spboe.org/page/guidance
John E. Riley celebrated a wonderful career day today to learn more about career development. Our students got to participate in hands on experiences and asked amazing questions for our presenters.
Thank you to our school counselor, Mrs. Hutchison, and principal Mrs. DuPiche for organizing the whole activity to reinforce our career development curriculum.
Thank you to our amazing presenters:
Tanya Watson
Isabel Rosales
Juana Sanchez
Claudette Neysmith
Lisette Rollins
Gary Rollins
Troy McNair & Tyree Cooper
Digna Sosa
Jennifer Grajko
John Butrico
Holly LaFerrera & The South Plainfield EMS
Thalia Lopez
Here at John E. Riley we encourage our students to be great inside and outside of school. Our very own first grader, Shawn Imbimbo showed his talent this weekend. Shawn wrestled at the state qualifiers in Wanaque. He took home first place and is headed to Trenton for the state tournament. He is one of the top 27 in the state!
We are so proud of you Shawn and good luck at States!
What a very special week our students created in honor of our School Counselor Mrs. Hutchison. These are just some of the amazing gestures of kindness that were done throughout the whole week.
Mrs. Hutchison received an outpouring of love from her students and staff for all the hard work and support she provides for them. You should see all of the posters the students made in their classrooms!
As we say - it is always a beautiful day at Riley School!
CONGRATULATIONS SHAWN IMBIMBO!!!!
Congratulations to our very own 1st Grader, SHAWN IMBIMBO!
Shawn took First Place at the NJ State Qualifiers in Wanaque.
Shawn is headed to Trenton for the State Tournament. He is one of the top 27 in the state!!!
WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU SHAWN!!😊
Riley School Wingman Leaders have been working with all of our students in grades pre-k to 4th grade and teaching them about teamwork and sharing. We have been doing an activity called the Handshake Mingle. Students were encouraged to interact with new friends to practice safe handshakes and ways to greet a new friend!
Happy Groundhog Day 2023!!!!
John E. Riley celebrated the end of The Great Kindness Challenge with an amazing assembly called the Prismatic Laser Light Anti-Bullying Show!
Our students learned different sign language symbols that represented trust, respect, inspiration, help and doing the right thing. We practiced how to say no to bullying and what to do if we needed help in a bullying situation. Our students had a great time singing and dancing along with this fun educational assembly.
Ms. Zultowski's 2nd grade class participated in The Great Kindness Challenge Book Swap!
Students brought in books to swap with classmates, and each classmate got to take a new book home to enjoy. We are so excited to promote reading, kindness and generosity at Riley School.
The Great Kindness Challenge is underway!
Our community has been getting involved in donating items for our book swap and to beautify our school. A special thank you to Mr. Dan Rinaldi from CKA in South Plainfield for the generous donations of books for our book swap.
We appreciate our community and all they do to make JER a special place!
This week at Riley School is The Great Kindness Challenge! The Great Kindness Challenge is a positive and uplifting program that creates a culture of kindness in schools, communities and the world. Using a kindness checklist, students and families are challenged to complete as many acts of kindness as possible.
At Riley School, we have been participating in a spirit week, a book swap, secret kindness challenges, and much more! We are so proud of our students and the way they have stepped up to show kindness.
This week during The Great Kindness Challenge our students at Riley School have been learning all about kindness, and how it impacts those around us. Ms. Renna's pre-school class learned all about bucket filling, and have been doing kind acts to fill their buckets!