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.
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 …
Twenty-five school district employees, including Schools Supt. Richard Brodow, retire from the district.
With the close of school and the end of the fiscal year, many Millburn School District teachers, administrators and staff have officially ended their time in the township. Several have retired, the most prominent being Schools Supt. Richard Brodow, who left the district after eight years. Below find a list, provided by the district, of retiring teachers and staff. Deerfield Connie Scutari Second grade teacher Glenwood Paula Swetley Kindergarten teacher Linda Toscano Kindergarten aide Hartshorn Lynn Petrino Second grade teacher Marlene Whalen Kindergarten aide Maureen Silver Fifth grade teacher Susan Goldberg Computer teacher South Mountain Diane Blackmore Lunch aide Wyoming Mary Russomano Strategies intervention Virginia Blacker Music …
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The elementary schools hold stepping forward ceremonies for the fifth graders.
Monday was graduation for Millburn High School seniors, Tuesday was moving up day for Millburn Middle School eighth graders and Wednesday was the day for fifth graders to take their steps forward. Each of the elementary schools held moving up ceremonies for their fifth graders. The students will move on to Millburn Middle School for sixth grade, but they've already met some of their future classmates at field day and TGIF night. Readers Larry Claman, Jude Huang and Lisa Helmacy submitted these photos from Hartshorn, South Mountain and Deerfield. Want to submit photos from your elementary school's ceremony? Send them to jen@patch.com or login and post them here.
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Fifth graders from all five elementary schools perform to end the school year.
Fifth graders from all five elementary schools performed at the high school to close out a year of work. The townwide band, comprising of strings, opened the concert with three numbers, followed by the chorus and finally the band members closed the night with a few numbers including the finale "Don't Worry, Be Happy."
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In a rainbow of colored t-shirts, they competed in a variety of races and athletic competitions.
"You better not pour too much water on your heads and not in your mouths," a parent volunteer warned a girl in an orange shirt. "If we run out of water, it'll be another hour before field day is over." As the temperature topped 81 degrees and the sun beat down on the fifth graders, Millburn High Schools' football field looked as though it was full of human Popsicles. Children from all five elementary schools were milling around in teams of red, orange, yellow, blue, purple and green as part of the annual Fifth Grade Field Day. There is no distinction between schools, only colors. "This is such a great way for them to meet kids they are going to be going to school with next year," said parent volunteer Elizabeth Belzer. "I love that they …
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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 ›