Awards & Recongnitions

Frenchtown Named Elementary School of the Year

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE STAFF AT FRENCHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL! Frenchtown Elementary school was selected as Connecticut's 2007-2008 Elementary School of the Year by the Connecticut Association of Schools. The school has more than 600 students serving a racially diverse population. Principal Jaqueline Norcel shared her school' s theme- "TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More" as an example of everyone in the school being responsible for every student.

According to Regina Birdsell, Executive Director of CAS, the criteria used to evaluate the school included the following:

1. providing an educational program conductive to meeting the needs of all of its students;

2. providing student opportunities that go beyond the typical school;

3. providing educational programs that are consistently reviewed and improved;

4. providing an atmosphere that welcomes participation from all constituencies;

5. playing an active role in the community; and,

6. encouraging strong parent-school involvement.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE TEACHERS AND STAFF AT FRENCHTOWN!

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BOOTH HILL SCHOOL RECEIVES THE LONE PINE'S ACADEMIC GAIN AWARD

Booth Hill School was one of five finalist schools to be recognized by the Lone Pine Foundation. This foundation is funded by the Lone Pine Capital investment company of Greenwich. Every full-time staff employee at Booth Hill School this year and last year received a $250 check. Lucy Ball, the foundations' executive director stated that after this first year of the award, she expected this award to be made annually.

The foundation wanted to accomplish three things. They wanted to create incentives for schools and to have schools share their best ideas with other schools. They also wnted to acknowledge the schools who were high-performing. One hundred sixty Fairfield County public elementary schools' Connecticut Mastery Test scores were reviewed. The foundation team that included experts from Cambridge Education, a global educational consultant firm based in Cambidge, Mass. visited the 10 top schools in Fairfield County.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEACHERS AND STAFF AT BOOTH HILL SCHOOL!

Awards & Recongnitions

the TEAcher Trumbull Education Association 2008
Frenchtown Named Elementary School of the Year CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE STAFF AT FRENCHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL! Frenchtown Elementary school was selected as Connecticut's 2007-2008 Elementary School of the Year by the Connecticut Association of Schools. The school has more than 600 students serving a racially diverse population. Principal Jaqueline Norcel shared her school' s theme- "TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More" as an example of everyone in the school being responsible for every student. According to Regina Birdsell, Executive Director of CAS, the criteria used to evaluate the school included the following: 1. providing an educational program conductive to meeting the needs of all of its students; 2. providing student opportunities that go beyond the typical school; 3. providing educational programs that are consistently reviewed and improved; 4. providing an atmosphere that welcomes participation from all constituencies; 5. playing an active role in the community; and, 6. encouraging strong parent-school involvement. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE TEACHERS AND STAFF AT FRENCHTOWN! ______________________________________________________________________________________________ BOOTH HILL SCHOOL RECEIVES THE LONE PINE'S ACADEMIC GAIN AWARD Booth Hill School was one of five finalist schools to be recognized by the Lone Pine Foundation. This foundation is funded by the Lone Pine Capital investment company of Greenwich. Every full-time staff employee at Booth Hill School this year and last year received a $250 check. Lucy Ball, the foundations' executive director stated that after this first year of the award, she expected this award to be made annually. The foundation wanted to accomplish three things. They wanted to create incentives for schools and to have schools share their best ideas with other schools. They also wnted to acknowledge the schools who were high-performing. One hundred sixty Fairfield County public elementary schools' Connecticut Mastery Test scores were reviewed. The foundation team that included experts from Cambridge Education, a global educational consultant firm based in Cambidge, Mass. visited the 10 top schools in Fairfield County. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEACHERS AND STAFF AT BOOTH HILL SCHOOL! Awards & Recongnitions
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		CONGRATULATIONS TO Millie Velazquez TRUMBULL'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR!
	Some memorable quotes from her speech are: “Teaching is all about other people. It is about your students, their families, your colleagues, your school and community.” “Teaching is about the support, the solidarity and generosity of staff. These are the people who enable us to get through the day and do what we do best.” “A true teacher does not have defining moments: her contributions are constant and evident in the classroom.” “I believe that once I gain the students trust in helping them feel safe, appreciated and grounded, while recognizing their challenges and strengths then learning becomes natural. When I reflect on the teaching moment, I know that the moment can last a lifetime.” CONGRATULATIONS TO Reenie Demkiw FOR THE WELLER AWARD FOR 2007 This "Animal Poems" project was done with the fifth grade students in the media center. The students researched an animal and then learned how to use a rhyming dictionary. Doug Florian, an award winning poet, did a poetry workshop for the students to get them excited about writing poetry. The students wrote and editied their poems for internal rhymes using some animal facts that they had learned. Afterwards they typed these and drew several drafts to go around their poem. The final art picture was then drwn to go along with the poem. At the back of each class' poems, the students wrote a short autobiograpy to go along with their picture. The completed poetry books were displayed at the National Arts Club in New York City before they were sent to Kenyan refugee camps through the program Kids to Kids International. The students also sent donated drawing supplies for the Kenyan children.
	CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR *2007-2008* Booth Hill School Sylvia Lemoine Daniel’s Farm School Jacqueline Blackmore Frenchtown School Brenda Windsor Jane Ryan School Sharon Callahan Middlebrook School Millie Velazquez Tashua School Carmen Brown Hillcrest Middle School Crystal Bogos Madison Middle School Catherine Cwilichoski Trumbull High School Victor Sesto TECEC no one
a	The TEAcher is an official publication of the Trumbull Education Association affiliated with CEA/NEA. The editor, Reenie Demkiw, can be contacted at demkiwr@trumbullps.org.