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2004-05
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Maple Hill receives
$2,500 grant from the Best Buy’s Children Foundation to
enhance technology in school curriculum
MAY 2005-Best
Buy’s Children Foundation has awarded
Maple
Hill
Elementary School
a $2,500 Te@ch grant for integrating interactive
technology into the curriculum. The grant funds will be
used to enhance the fourth grade technology program at
the school.
According to Monica Hasbrouck, technology integration
instructor, “the
school plans
on
purchasing palm pilots for use with our fourth grade
students. Students will take a walking tour of the
school grounds to observe local wildlife like geese,
beaver dams, and marsh areas, take notes and pictures
with their palms, hot sync their information onto our
mobile lab and create a Power Point presentation on
their findings.” This will prepare the fourth graders
for the NYS science exams later this spring.
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Maple Hill hosts
Idol talent show to benefit flood victims
MAY 2005-On May 25,
2004, in
the Maple Hill gymnasium, the school hosted an Idol
Talent Show to benefit the flood victims in Port Jervis.
"This was an evening of
entertainment including student and faculty talent acts
to help support the Port Jervis flood victims," said Sam
Thomas, coordinator of the event. Thanks to everyone who
helped make the event a success. |
 Maple
Hill art teacher honored by Artsonia.com
MAY 2005-Wendy Enoch,
(pictured at left) an art
teacher from Maple Hill Elementary, has been named May
Teacher of the Month by Artsonia.com.
Artsonia is the largest student art gallery on the web,
featuring artwork by thousands of students including
students from Maple Hill. Visitors can honor the young
artists by leaving them comments on the Web site, and
family members can order keepsakes featuring the
artist's work, such as t-shirts, coffee mugs and mouse
pads.
 Read
Aloud celebrated at school
APRIL 2005-The Maple Hill Read Aloud
was held in celebration of National Library
Week, April 11-16.
"We were treated to
some wonderful stories," said Librarian Mary Margaret
Green. According to Green, Maple Hill computer teaching
assistant Mary Conklin (pictured at left), read It Could
Be Worse, Judy Vaillancourt, fifth grade Maple Hill
teacher, presented a story told with shadow pictures
projected on the wall; Nicolette Marino, choral director
at TTMS, "performed" the Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Pam
Daly, office manager at Maple Hill, read One Minute
Mysteries, and caused a student stampede to the shelves
to find similar books by Donald Sobol. |
Money donated by
students to aid food bank
FEB. 2005-Maple Hill students
involved in the social work counseling groups learned
about friendship during friendship week sponsored by PBIS the week of Feb.14. The students sold friendship
awards for .25 cents each throughout the week, and each
award stated who was a good friend and why they were a
good friend. As a result of the sale, the school was
able to donate about $100 to the Hudson Valley Food Bank
in RECAP's account so they could stock their food
pantry. |
Grade four math
testing levels improve
OCT. 2004-According to math results
released by the State Education Department this October,
achievement in elementary and middle school math is
increasing statewide.
Maple Hill Elementary School saw an increase in students’
math achievement. The percentage of students scoring a level 3 or
4 has increased by 22 percent since 2002. “Maple Hill's improved
test scores can be credited to analysis of previous test data,
alignment of curriculum to the state standards, increased time on
task (accountability), a new math series and most importantly,
good instructional practices,” said Principal Paula Amaditz. “We
are all very pleased with the higher percentage of children
meeting or exceeding the standards, but we must continue to work
hard to move all of our students to levels 3 and 4.”
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