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Milford Brook School

Friday, May 10, 2013

Milford Brook Students Collect 70 Boxes for Food Drive

The school usually averages about 30 boxes per drive.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

School Highlights

Milford Brook School January Highlights

Check out the school's highlights from January 2013.

The following highlights are submitted by Irene Policastro, the Secretary to Superintendent John J. Marciante of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. January proved to be another busy month at Milford Brook School. Our third grade students enjoyed the wonderful and educational “Grandfather Turtle” assembly where they learned about Native American history and tradition. A special congratulations is in order for 4th grader Austin from Ms. Fischler’s class! Austin competed against the 4th and 5th graders at Milford Brook and on Jan. 11 became the Milford Brook Geography Bee Champion! With the change in calendar this month, Milford Brook students had the unique and special opportunity to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on …

Thursday, January 10, 2013

School Highlights

Milford Brook School December Highlights

A compilation of the school’s highlights from December.

The following highlights are submitted by Irene Policastro, the Secretary to Superintendent John J. Marciante of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. Greetings and happy new year from the Milford Brook School family! The end of November and the short month of December proved to be very busy and productive for the Milford Brook students and staff. On November 28th, the second graders were able to experience the “Bee Man Assembly,” a highly educational and engaging presentation about the importance of bees to our ecosystem. By the end of the assembly everybody was participating, including staff, students, and parents! The 29th brought the Milford Brook talent show “Kids on Stage.” With over 50 students participating under the …

Thursday, October 11, 2012

School Highlights

Milford Brook School September Highlights

A compilation of the school's highlights from September 2012.

The following highlights are submitted by Irene Policastro, the Secretary to Superintendent John J. Marciante of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. Milford Brook School had an excellent start to the school year! We held a first grade orientation on Wednesday the 5th and both parents and students were excited to have the opportunity to explore their new school prior to the arrival of the rest of the students on the 6th.  Our Back to School Night took place on the 12th and we had an excellent turn out. Parents got an inside look into the rigorous new standards that are now driving instruction as well as how teachers are working to align instruction with new evaluative expectations.  We remain committed to data driven …

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Proposed Bus Schedule Would Change Elementary School Start Times [POLL]

This change was prompted by Milford Brook School parents who were upset at the late start time.

Some parents of Milford Brook School students have raised concern about the late start time of the school to the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education last June, according to Superintendent John J. Marciante. Due to the current bus schedule, the start time at Milford Brook School is 9:20 a.m. The superintendent discussed possible solutions with the Board of Education over the summer and the district's Director of Transportation, Angelina Casaletto, presented the board with a variety of options, according to a statement Marciante published on the MERS district website. The Board has decided to establish a three-tier bus schedule for the 2014-2015 school year which requires a purchase of 10 more school buses. The …

SMoskowitz

9:44 am on Thursday, October 18, 2012

Did anyone happen to notice that our kids have only had 2 weeks so far this year where they were in school the entire week? Can someone please explain how this can be? Does the school system realize that some people don't have 5 weeks of vacation and can't just take off every other week? This is more frustrating to me than the start/end time of the school day as I need to pay for before & …   more ›

Saturday, April 28, 2012

School Highlights

Milford Brook School March Highlights

Students participated in "Read Across America", learned about road and pedestrian safety in "Scooterville", and discovered what it was like to be in an immigrant at Ellis Island.

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 Celebration Milford Brook School celebrated Read Across America Day and our students’ love of reading on Thursday, March 1st. First and second grade students were surprised by a visit from The Cat in the Hat and Kidsville News mascot, Truman. Both magically appeared during our readers’ celebration in the Media Center! The first and second graders paraded around the school with both The Cat and Truman visiting with our third, fourth and fifth grade students. Throughout the day, special guest readers from the Manalapan Police Department also visited with …

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