Recent ActivityDepartment Announcements BRHS Artists Exhibit at Noyes MuseumIn celebration of Youth Art Month the BRHS Fine Arts Department is pleased to announce that the following students have been chosen to exhibit their artwork at the Noyes Museum of Art.
Brooke Chiat Alyssa Badiali Nicole Hurban Miranda Lawton Brittany Mauger Danielle Banas Helaina Anderson Sarah Waddle We hope you will join us at the Noyes Museum for a reception on March12th from 12-3PM, an invitation is enclosed.
Sincerely,
Judith Leshner and Liza Schlienger
Mitch Cossaboon Performs with Marching BandThe Buena Regional High School Band was featured on the show Classroom Close-Up on the New Jersey Network, Channel 23. The segment was entitled Extraordinary March . It described Mitch Cossaboon and his experiences as a blind student performing with the marching band.
The Show will also air on on March 14 and 19.
Jim Commander
Director, BRHS Band Middle School Winners for All South Jersey BandAfter auditions on Saturday, two of our middle school musicians have met the standard to play in the All South Jersey Jr. High Band. The band is comprised of a very select group of music students who are selected after auditioning with a prepared piece and various other requirements. These music students competed against hundreds of others for a select few positions in the band. Joshua Olive made the band on trumpet making the 8th chair and Lonnie Souder made the band on trombone capturing the 2nd chair. I would like to express my personal joy and pride in the accomplishment of these students. They will be practicing with the band for the next month and then will present a concert to be held at Rowan University on March 6, 2011 at 3:00 pm.
BRHS Musical
The Buena Regional High School Drama Club
presents
INTO THE WOODS
A Musical by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim
Tickets are on sale nowl
Still only $8 per ticket.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 3, 4 and 5.
7:30 PM Curtain.
 Good News for Middle School MusicAfter auditions on Saturday, two of our middle school musicians have met the standard to play in the All South Jersey Jr. High Band. The band is comprised of a very select group of music students selected after auditioning with a prepared piece and various other requirements. These music students competed against hundreds of others for a select few positions in the band. Joshua Olive made the band on trumpet making the 8th chair and Lonnie Souder made the band on trombone capturing the 2nd chair. I would like to express my personal joy and pride in the accomplishment of these students. They will be practicing with the band for the next month and then will present a concert to be held at Rowan University on March 6, 2011 at 3:00 pm.
Submitted by Keith Littleton Great Resource for World LanguagesCurriculum WednesdayWorld Languages will meet to write curriculum on Wednesday. See you in the morning.
Curriculum World Languages curriculum writing will begin this Monday the 31st of January.
  The Best Flute Player in South Jersey Here is a picture of our own Shannon Vandzura. She recently became first flute for the All South Jersey Band!
Free Publishing Program
Great Gift Thanks to Lisa Demarco for a generous donation. We will use this clarinet to assure that a needy child can still pursue an interest in music. Click on the link to see the clarinet!
http://sharepoint.buena.k12.nj.us/slam/default.aspx Check out Second Languages Art and Music on Sharepoint BEST FLUTE PLAYER IN ALL SOUTH JERSEY
Hispanic Heritage Celebration in Mrs. Golding's Class  Mrs. Goldings Class Celebrates Hispanic Heritage MonthBest IN SHOWFrom :Mrs. Leshner Congratulations to Advanced Art student Julie Leggins who received the honor of BEST IN SHOW for her painting “Starry Dream” at the Italian Heritage Art Exhibit at Vineland Public Library. Julies' painting along with an exhibit of artwork by students from the entire South Jersey region will be on display so please come out and support the arts!  Proud Student Josue Gomez with Panama Canal Project Hispanic Heritage Fiesta at MilanesiMrs. Golding and her students celebrate Hispanic Heritage month with an international lunch. Students listen to ethnic music while sampling food and sharing their projects with each other.
Money, Money, Money I am working on the budget for next year. Please send me any requests that you may have along with quotes for what they will cost if you have not already done so. I must turn this in by October 20 so I need your input asap.
I know, we usually do this in Jan but with things being so tight the superintendent has moved up the due dates. Dr. Gant Curriculum update: ESLDr. Beth Wasell will follow up her curriculum workshop with in class visits followed by debriefings with the individual teachers today. I hope you all give her a warm welcome. Welcome back Dr. Beth!  ESL STUDENTS FINISH WITH PRIDE
The following students have recently tested out of the ESL program because their English skills have now grown so much. It took a lot of work and effort on the part of these students and their teachers to get to this point. Congratulations are in order for these students. All of these students attained high levels of proficiency in English on the national ACCESS test.
Second Grade:
Gonzalez, Michelle
Guadarrama, Daniela
Villa, Tania
Third Grade:
Angulo, Erika
Valenzuela, Erandi
Fourth Grade:
Angulo, Eric
Calixto, Scott
Cortez, Jenner
Patel, Nima
Sauri, Yan Luis
Shevchenko, David
Ninth Grade
Perez, Mayra
Vasquez, Shaira
Tenth Grade:
Ana Contreras
Dr. Debora Gant
District Supervisor of World Languages, ESL, Art and Music
Milanesi School
880 Harding Highway 08310
856-697-2400 x 8304 or 856-265-6093 (cell)
ESL Our ESL teachers from Kindergardent through high school met with Dr. Beth Wasell to review and comment on the new curriculum. They talked about teaching writing and how to meet the needs of students at many different levels in the same class room.
The last time we talked to Beth she was 9 months pregnant and moving kind of slowly. Yesterday she was still glowing about the new baby but obviously happy to be back in the field sharing her expertise with her colleagues once again. Thanks to Beth and all the ESL teachers for such an exiting meeting of the minds. Curriculum Development for World LanguagesGreat strides were made in curriculum development during the inservice workshops on Friday October the 8th. We made a lot of progress on our unit plans for Spanish and French Level one. Our main concern was to zero in on the most important concepts in each lesson. We did this by identifying the essential questions and enduring understandings for each unit.
We were all glad to have the opportunity to meet our newest teacher Leslie Gonzalez. We were also all happy to congratulate Hilda Pesantes on her baby girl who is soon to arrive! Music and Art Marathon Session It was a pleasure to meet with my two new departments as a group yesterday. I had met them all personally and even begun the walkthroughs but this was the first time we were all together in the same room. They are a very talented group of people.
We discussed our programs from k-12. We reviewed the latest core content standards and determined that they are being met in the vast majority of cases. There are some issues at the elementary level as we are very short on teachers, materials and class time. In spite of all this the teachers do so much with the limited resources available to them. |
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