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School raises nearly $2,000 for Pasta for Pennies program
 
May 2008—Chorley Elementary School raised almost $2,000 for Pasta for Pennies—a national fundraising program in partnership with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

More than two million elementary, middle, and high school students participate nationally each year, bringing in their spare change and donations to benefit the Society. The class raising the most in each school is then rewarded by Olive Garden with a pasta party.

Chorley students will be headed to our local Olive Garden on May 20. Way to go!

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From left to right are Chorley Read Aloud participants Austin Gray and Gracie Jones and Ariana Sorice.


 
Chorley students read at the Great New York Read-Aloud
 
APRIL 2008—Kindergarten and first graders participated in the the Great New York Read-Aloud held April 16 at the Orange-Ulster BOCES Center in Goshen. 

Schools from throughout the area sent their best readers to the event according to Karen Cierniak, the school's librarian. Selected Chorley students read various poems about animals before an audience of nearly 200 people and worked hard prior to the event practicing poems with Cierniak, which paid off!

"Chorley school is proud of our star readers," Cieriniak said.

The event is a celebration of reading that is held annually during National Library Week. Participating students received a certificate and new books courtesy of BOCES.

Way to donate! Chorley gives back

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APRIL 2008—Students and staff at Chorley Elementary School came out on top as the school donated the most shoes district-wide to the Shoe Drive School Scholarship Challenge. Shoes will be distributed to those in need in our community.

 

Students get a taste of healthy choices

MARCH 2008—With Chorley students hungry and the fruit plentiful, the school's first ever fruit taste test was underway. Hosted by the district's Food & Nutrition Services on March 20, students in grades K-1 were asked to try a variety of fresh, exotic fruits and pick their favorite.

Meg Oakes, a nutritionist from the Orange County Department of Health Department, passed out samples of mango, papaya, kiwi, star fruit and coconut to students with some help from Kathy Perry, the district's Food Service Director. Most students were familiar with the popular fruit selection mango, while others tried star fruit for the very first time and to their surprise liked the exotic fruit with a memorable name.

The goal of the taste taste, said Perry, was to introduce students to different tastes and healthy snack selections. The winning fruit, she said, will be worked into the school's menus next month.

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 Kathy Perry gives out fruit samples to students.

Chorley students go international

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Chorley students show off their passports before heading off to another country at the school!


 

MARCH 2008—Students at Chorley Elementary School are going international! Students had their passports in hand during the week of March 17 as they visited foreign lands like Japan, India, Mexico, Israel, among others, as part of international week at the school.

Each classroom at Chorley selected a country as part of international week and researched its people, culture, customs, and traditions. Classes then shared their findings with peers through art work, performances, and presentations. Students learned about French cuisine, Mexican traditions, and got even got the chance to learn how to say hello in Japanese as part of the program.

This is the first year the school has celebrated international week and plans are to continue the event annually.

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Frederick Griffin
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Ivette Figueroa

J. W. Chorley Elementary
50 Roosevelt Avenue
Middletown, NY 10940

Phone: (845) 341-5241
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