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Vineland Education Association
727 Elmer Street
Vineland, N.J. 08360
856-696-9200
 

Members Spotlight

On Tuesday, January 29th, Wallace Middle School held a Family Fun Night.  Families enjoy dinner and do activities together. Workshops included: Family Sports, Raising Smoke Free Teens presented by SODAT, Heart of the Matter, Girls Reaching Out presented by Girls Like Us, Inc., Family Board Games, My Family vs. The Mob Game Show presented by the Vineland Health Department, and the RAFT Program. A representative from the Boys and Girls Club and DYFS (Seeking families for foster care children and adoption) were also present. Ten Wallace Staff members worked together to prepare a fun filled evening for student and their families. As one parent stated, "this is one of the few times we eat together as a family and spend some quality time together with the activities".

 

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We are pleased to announce that nine staff from six different schools have received PRIDE grants totally $29,000.  Congratulations to Patricia Luko, Debra Eisinger, Theresa Bordo, Diana Karol,  and Marlene Guicheteau from Petway Elementary School; Pamela English from Rossi Intermediate school; Andrea Evans from D’Ippolito Elementary School.and Ken Corson from Wallace Intermediate School.  Ken Corson will be coordinating the PRIDE grants and Mary Burgents from SUCCESS will coordinate the FAST projects.  The FAST (Family and Schools Together) workshops will be conducted at Barse Elementary School and the Carl Arthur Center Collaborative. 

 

Since 1994, NJEA has conducted the PRIDE in Public Education campaign, a statewide effort to share public education success and build strong community support for and involvement in our public schools.  As part of this campaign, NJEA provides grants for projects that bring the public school out into the community and the community into the public school.  Each year there are hundreds of local PRIDE grants and this year we are proud to have a generous “piece of the pie.”

 

The grant funding makes it possible for school to host special workshops, community days, and many other creative activities.  Sometimes the funding supplements activities the school has planned by providing refreshments, meals to participating families, advertising funds, workshop materials and promotional items as gifts.  We want the community and our school families to share in the pride we have for our schools.  We will be providing more detailed information about the projects throughout the school year.

 


 

Petway Elementary School (Vineland/Cumberland) was proud to host a Family Literacy Night on Wednesday, Oct. 3. The program was funded through Vineland Education Association's PRIDE grant. Children's author Jerry Pallotta presented a program titled, "Read a Zillion Books" to the Petway Patriots and their families. Pallotta has written more than 20 nonfiction nature books. "My goal has always been to write interesting, fact-filled, fun to read, beautifully illustrated color children's books," says Pallotta, a Boston native.

The event began with a light dinner followed by Pallota's presentation. Attendees received a "Proud of Our Public Schools" book magnet.as a gift.