The Story Pirates recently visited the Millburn elementary school.
It's been busy at Deerfield! The nationally renowned Story Pirates came to Deerfield Monday, Oct. 5 to lead the students in a rousing, hilarious master class in the art of storytelling. The Story Pirates return in December to perform stories written by Deerfield students.
Check out the work the district has done over the summer.
In this week's Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Dr. James Crisfield presented a slide show of the work that was done over the summer. The Millburn High School stadium is scheduled to be completed on Sept. 28 for the first football home game.
Millburn hires 25 new staff members to the district this year.
After a three day teacher orientation last week at the Education Center inside Board of Education building, 25 new teachers and staff joined the district for the 2012-2013 school year. The teachers vary from brand new, first-year teachers, to those with a decade of experience, said Assistant Superintendent Christine Burton, in last week's Board of Education meeting. The high school had the most new teachers overall with nine teachers that started this week. The teachers and their position are as follows: The elementary schools, Hartshorn, Deerfield, Glenwood and South Mountain, and the Middle School also added staff. The new teachers are as follows: Four administration employees also attended orientation:
Millburn and Short Hills residents, share your back to school photos here!
Back to buses, books and bagged lunches for students as summer vacation officially ends for the younger residents of Millburn and Short Hills. "Classes and test and homework, oh my," the High School front sign said, welcoming students back to a national Blue Ribbon School. Millburn High School has been one of top-ranked school throughout New Jersey for years. The Millburn School District reopened its the doors to its almost 5,000 students on Tuesday to kick off the 2012-2013 school year. Over 25 new staff members were hired throughout the school district, which were in orientation last week. "The new year is here," Superindendent Dr. James Crisfield said. "It's always great to see the kids with smiling faces back in the classes." The …
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The 5th Grade Pink Ladies and T-birds bring down the house.
The Deerfield fifth grade performance of Grease was an amazing success with two sold out shows last weekend. Here are a few pictures of one of the performances. If you have more to share, upload them here. Patch welcomes your pictures.
10:16 am on Thursday, February 16, 2012
MarkDS -- Responding to your email, the team involved with Grease at Deerfield did, in fact, substantially re-write the show, eliminating inappropriate text, lyrics, references and entire songs. The edited/re-written version was completely suitable and appropriate for 5th graders, and resulted in a phenomenal experience for the kids, as well as a tremendous show for the audience! more ›
Giants players wear the Deerfield bracelets and thank the students for the honor.
Denise Gouiran's Fifth Grade Class at Deerfield School nominated the New York Giants for a Deerfield Best award for making it to the SuperBowl. Like the members of the Deerfield Community who receive the coveted Deerfield Best Bracelet for an outstanding achievement, the Giants also received bracelets and thanked Deerfield students for their honor, after a parent made sure the Giants received the honor. Look closely in the picture and you'll see they're wearing their Deerfield bracelets and holding a sign that says "Thank you for our DEERFIELD best!"
From elementary to high school, students are doing their part; look for MHS students downtown seeking donations today.
Millburn students have been coming up with ways to do what they can to assist those trying to rebuild their lives after a 9.0 earthquake and tsunami devastated parts of Japan. Millburn High School students have been raising money for the American Red Cross International Relief Program. As part of their efforts, they took to the streets on Saturday, in two-hour shifts, raising money for the American Red Cross International Relief Program's and UNICEF's Japan relief efforts. They sold student-designed T-shirts and sweat shirts that read "Hope" in both English and Japanese. They’ve also been collecting donations in each homeroom all week. The students ask that you look for them outside banks, stores and restaurants today and consider giving…
3:28 am on Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Dear Milburn High School, I found this site shared by my colleague in US. He attended Milburn High School. I was very surprised to see your activity because I didn't know there are people care about what happened in Japan, far away country from the US. The writing on the shirt "Kibou( = Hope) " is a word encouraging word, very warm and powerful word. I would like to thank you very much all of you… more ›
The school holds its first Turkey Trot to raise money for Community Outreach.
It was a trot around Deerfield Elementary School on Thursday as students raised money for local charities. The school held its first Turkey Trot with students walking 10 "turkeyometers" around the school. They raised money and donated food to Community Outreach, which donates to the American Red Cross.
The elementary school holds its annual Schoolebration pep rally.
The color of choice in Deerfield Elementary School's gym on Friday was blue and white. And inside voices weren't expected as students showed off their spirit at the school's annual Schoolebration. Each grade showed off its own cheer as part of the rally. Principal Kelly Salazar and Instructional Supervisor Audra Berger got in on the act too when students spelled out the school name. The duo formed the "I" in "Deerfield" when no one came forward to do it. The school bulldog mascot was on hand and brought the loudest cheers from students.
Vote for your school and submit an idea on how the money should be spent to help give it a chance to win it.
Millburn-Short Hills residents have the chance to raise some money for their schools with a click of the mouse. Kohl's Cares for Kids, sponsored by the department store with the same name, is giving away $10 million to schools across the country. Twenty schools will receive $500,000 each through the campaign on Facebook. And to get the money, a school needs the most votes and the best ideas. Millburn-Short Hills public schools already are on the list with a handful of votes, but some schools are still waiting for votes. Millburn High School has eight votes, Millburn Middle School has two, Deerfield Elementary School has none, Hartshorn Elementary School has one, Glenwood Elementary School has none, South Mountain Elementary School has one …
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2:11 pm on Thursday, September 6, 2012
If you're willing to go early (ie before 7:15), you can drop them either in or outside the circle, rather than by the Papermill. The kids in my carpool prefer that drop off, particularly with heavy backpacks, even though they have to get up a little earlier. more ›