Elementary School Newsbite: February 10th, 2025

Posted Date: 2/10/25 (6:05 PM)

Fourth Graders Shine as Creative Storytellers

Mrs. Couzzi and Mr. Hudak’s 4th-grade class created tales of survival and courage in extreme mountain environments. To bring their stories to life, they designed original artwork, illustrating unique book covers that captured the challenges of their mountainous settings. The combination of storytelling and creative artwork showed their hard work and growth as young writers and illustrators!

Cereal Box Challenge

As a district we will be celebrating Random Acts of Kindness week February 10th - 14th. Mrs. Cortina and Ms. Arcieri are excited to announce a fun and meaningful challenge for our students: the Cereal Box Kindness Challenge! This activity will not only engage our school community in a creative project, but also serve as a reminder of how kindness can spread like a chain reaction.

On Wednesday, February 12th, elementary and middle school students will gather together to watch their efforts come to life! As part of the Kindness Challenge, staff will line up cereal boxes in a domino pattern, setting them up so that they topple one after the other. The goal is to visually demonstrate how one small action can have a big impact, just like kindness. When one box falls, it triggers the next — a powerful reminder that one act of kindness can inspire many more. LAST DAY FOR CEREAL collection is 2/12.

A Kickoff to Random Acts of Kindness Week!

Twinning! Students and staff showed up to school on Friday, February 7th sporting their favorite sports team gear. It was the perfect kickoff to Random Acts of Kindness Week, which runs from Monday, February 10th through Friday, February 14th.

Acknowledgements

Crayola Factory Donations

Thank You to Mr. Zach at the Crayola Factory for the amazing donations for our students.

Stretch Goal Celebrations

Congratulations to the students pictured for achieving their stretch goals on the i-Ready Winter Diagnostic.

National School Counseling Week: February 3rd-7th

National School Counseling Week is celebrated during the first week of February. There is no better time to thank and honor Counselor Melissa Cortina for her hard work, dedication and commitment to making South Hunterdon Elementary a wonderful place for students and staff. Counselor Cortina is creative, thoughtful and dedicated, and it shows through her many activities, events and lessons that she plans for students throughout the year.

Thank you, Counselor Cortina, for everything you do!

What's Coming Up?

02.10.25-02.14.25 Random Acts of Kindness

02.10.25 Color the World with Kindness: Wear tie dye or bright colors
02.11.25 Teamwork Makes Kindness Work: Wear your favorite sports team gear/ a team you are on
02.12.25 Flex Your Kindness: Wear workout/comfortable clothes
02.13.25 Share the Spirit of Kindness: Wear school colors or your South Eagle shirt
02.14.25 Dreaming of Kindness: Pajama Day @ home

02.14.25 & 02.17.25 School Closed: Presidents Weekend