Dear Cedar Hill Families,
This week we celebrated our amazing first graders during Incredible Kid Day! Students also had a wonderful time celebrating St. Patrick’s Day the Cedar Hill way—by demonstrating Compassion, Honor, and Service while spreading joy through shamrocks shared with staff. Some students also put their creativity to the test by designing leprechaun traps, and each grade level enjoyed a “leprechaun hunt” organized by our Student Council! These activities provide a wonderful opportunity for students to practice this month’s character education focus: positive communication. Throughout the month, students have taken part in a classroom challenge to speak kindly to one another and resolve conflicts peacefully.
We’d love for you to share kind words about members of our Cedar Hill community for our weekly Friday Folder in our new Kindness Corner! As the saying goes, “It takes a village to raise a child,” and when students see and hear about the kindness of the wonderful adults around them, they are inspired to do the same. Please keep responses to a few sentences and avoid including names or identifying details—we’ll be sure to pass your kind words along! By spreading positivity, we can model kind communication for our Golden Owls and help our community shine! ✨
School is closed on Friday, April 3 for Good Friday. Spring break will take place April 13-17.
We are excited to host our STEM Fair on Wed., March 25, from 6–7 PM. All are welcome to attend!
Due to the previous snow day, report cards will now be available in the Genesis Parent Portal after 10 AM on Monday, March 23.
Summer Activities Program - Click the link for more information.
Note from the Nurse-Seasonal Allergies - If your child suffers from seasonal allergies, the general rule is, when we spring the clocks ahead you start your allergy meds. This helps to ensure that you are ahead of the blooming flowers and tree pollen. It may also help to eliminate the symptoms that are due to allergies and not confuse those common symptoms with a covid viral infection.
Tips for Managing Seasonal Allergies
● Have your child wear a hat and sunglasses to prevent pollen from getting in their eyes.
● Remove your child’s clothes as soon as they come indoors and wash them to remove allergens.
● Leave shoes at the door so your family doesn’t track allergens through your home.
● Wash your child’s hands and face as soon as they come in from the outdoors.
● Have your child shower nightly to prevent transferring pollen from their hair and body to their pillow and sheets.
Please complete this important lunch survey to help our cafeteria continually improve.
Kids Night Out will be on Friday, April 10 at Branchburg Sports Complex. The evening will include pizza, sports, arcade time and more! You can get all the details and register HERE.
The fifth-graders will host a Bake Sale during the STEM Fair on March 25. If you are able to bake / donate goods towards this event by signing up HERE, it would be appreciated! All proceeds will be used to help subsidize the cost of fifth-grade celebration activities.
Fifth-grade families, don't forget to order your child's free T-shirt, order your child's yearbook and add a personal message to the yearbook. You can stay updated on all fifth-grade activities through this fifth-grade corner site.
Girls on the Run - Click the link for more information.
The Wizard of Oz ~ March 20, 21, and 22 at William Annin Middle School. Click for more information
Cedar Hill School is partnering with YoungLives and Feeding Hands Pantry to support families in need through a Diaper Drive from February 1–March 31. We are collecting new diapers and wipes.
BT Connect Meetings ~ Click the link for more information on upcoming BT Connect meetings.
Camp Jump Start (Current 5th-graders) - Registration is open now through April 16, or until the maximum of 130 students is reached. Less than 50 spots remain, and late registration will not be accepted. Please see the attached flyer for information.
All Things Strings - Click the link for information on this March 18 evening event at RHS.
Library Look Fors: The library is looking for scrapbooking paper. If you have any that you are no longer using, please consider donating it to our school library. Thank you!
Would you like to send a note to Mrs. Licata? Click here for more info!
Next week’s Word of the Week is marveled. Marveled means to be filled with wonder or amazement. An example sentence for this word is: The audience marveled at the magician’s tricks. Please review with your children at home if possible!
Parent Advisory Council - Our next meeting will be held on April 2. Please send any items to your PAC representative no later than March 30. If you have a special education item across any grade level, please send it to Monica Petraglia at monicabpetraglia@gmail.com.
Art Room Volunteers Needed! Click the link for more information. Ms. Coady is in need of 2 parent volunteers for this year's Charter Day! Volunteers are needed to assist in hanging artwork on Wednesday, May 14th, and also to take artwork down on Saturday, May 16th. Please sign up in the Signup Genius if interested, and Ms. Coady will reach out with more details!
Character Education Newsletter - This month, we will recognize communication. Click HERE for an AI-generated summary of our newsletter!
Maschio’s Lunch Program - Click HERE for the lunch menu. If you have any questions or requests, please contact our cafeteria manager, Mr. Robert, at crobert@bernardsboe.com. What Makes a Full Meal?
