Lafayette Mills School March Highlights

The following highlights are submitted by Irene Policastro, the Secretary to Superintendent John J. Marciante of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District.

Read Across America

February 27th through March 2nd was an exciting time at as students engaged in a variety of activities in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday and to celebrate Read Across America week.

Highlighted below is a list of activities students participated in during this week:

1. Reading Train – Students and staff united in the hallway to celebrate reading. Students seated themselves throughout the hallway and engaged in silent, sustained reading for ten minutes. The first grade students conducted a book walk around the interior
2. Reading Parade – the first grade students read books, created posters, and presented their books by parading throughout the school.

Basketball Night

The teachers and the Lafayette Mills PTA held our annual Basketball Night on Friday, March 2, 2012 at MEMS. The students from grades 1-2 were able to practice skill activities conducted by the MEMS Girl’s Basketball Team and Lafayette Mills teachers. Thank you to Mrs. Bruno and Mrs. Corporale for arranging this cross-school support. The number of minutes per game matched the grade level of the students playing the game. Students in grades 3, 4 and 5 played against the teachers in teams of 5 or 6. The custodial staff at MEMS, particularly Mr. Tuscnak, was extremely helpful to the success of this event.

CAP Program

On March 12th and March 13th the CAP Program took place for students in grades one, four and new students.

Parent Teacher Conferences/Scholastic Book Fair

Parent Teacher Conferences were held on March 14th, 15th, and 16th. The PTA held a Scholastic Book Fair for parents during conferences. Day and evening conferences were well attended; both parent and teacher feedback was positive.

Meet the Musician
Students enjoyed an assembly on March 27th – Meet the Musician – Beethoven.