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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Job Fair

USPS JOB FAIR
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
4:00PM until 6:00PM

City of East Orange
44 City Hall Plaza
East Orange, New Jersey 07019

City Carrier
Rural Carrier
PSE Clerk
Mail Handler Assistant
Tractor Trailer Operator
Casual
Auto Mechanics
 

Sunday, August 30, 2015

#CommunityMatters: Uptown Leads by Example!

Sior Griffin receiving a cut & supplies
Sior Griffin sat motionless as the final touches were made to his back-to-school fresh cut. His mother sat near, checking him out...

After leaving the chair, he was led to the back of the shop where he received composition books, pencils and pens. His mother smiles….

Gerald Chavis(G) & Jared Peterson(JP)
This weeks ‘High Five’ goes to Jared Peterson (J.P) and Gerald Chavis (G.) of Uptown Barbers Association for continuing to lead by example. ‘For Us By Us’ (FUBU) is not just a slogan for (J.P.) of King Gardens and (G.) hailing from Park View, it's a guide. Together, these two young African American Entrepreneurs have not only opened a successful business in their community, they continue to provide recognition and support for their patrons, friends and neighbors……

After a 9 year hiatus, they successfully revived UBL’s Summer Basketball League giving renewed interest and meaning to Mackay Park creating a viable venue for players, spectators and other neighborhood business persons. They followed up by participating in the 3rd Annual Whip Whop Tournament and School Supply give away with the winner’s trophy proudly being displayed in their window.                     
This week, not only can the community youth get a high top fade to begin the school year, Uptown is giving away composition books, pencils and pens to school age patrons. This practice will continue right up to the start of school or as long as the supplies last.

Future plans include an honor roll to be posted on the shop’s wall recognizing the accomplishments of student scholar/athletes.  


CONGRATULATIONS 
Uptown Barbers Association for showing that 'CommunityMatters'....

Job Openings

Job openings in for the following categories: All Categories
Internship - Fall 2015 (September - December) - Human Resources
C-SPAN - Washington, District of Columbia
You must be pursuing a bachelor's degree during the semester you would like to intern. First priority is given to rising juniors and seniors. A $1,000 stipend will be paid at the end of a successful i...
Videojournalist/Field Tech - Freelance (NYC): 2 Positions - Programming
C-SPAN - New York, New York
GENERAL FUNCTION: Responsible for setting up and executing live and taped coverage of programs to air on the C-SPAN platforms. Effectively performs field and studio production operations including cam...
Producer - Campaign 2016 (Temp) - Programming
C-SPAN - Washington, District of Columbia
(This position runs 7/1/15 3/31/15) GENERAL FUNCTION: To produce C-SPANs coverage of Campaign 2016 including identifying candidate forums to cover, preparing them for use on all our platforms, produ...
Production Assistant - Prog Ops (Temp - 7 months) - Programming Ops
C-SPAN - Washington, District of Columbia
GENERAL FUNCTION: Assist Producers in preparing LIVE/taped public affairs content for air on C-SPAN, C-SPAN2 or C-SPAN3, including programming for congressional breaks and holiday periods. R...
Producer (Temp) ends 12/31/15 - Programming
C-SPAN - Washington, District of Columbia
(Position ends approximately 12/31/15) GENERAL FUNCTION: To produce daily event coverage and special programming. RESPONSIBILITIES: Researches and produces daily event coverage and disseminates in...
Field Tech - 2 Positions (Camera/Lighting/Audio) - Temporary - Programming
C-SPAN - Washington, District of Columbia
Position 1: Now through 11/23/15 Position 2: 7/20/15 - 12/18/15 GENERAL FUNCTION: To effectively perform field production operations including camera, audio, lighting, portable transmission and recor...
Studio Tech - Part-Time/Temporary (14 Weeks) - Programming Ops
C-SPAN - Washington, District of Columbia
This assignment starts approximately 9/21/15, and the shift is 20 hours/week, Saturday-Tuesday. GENERAL FUNCTION: Responsible for the successful execution of live and taped studio productions includi...
Production Assistant - American History TV (Temp) - Programming
C-SPAN - Washington, District of Columbia
This is a 10-week assignment starting 9/12/15. GENERAL FUNCTION: Assists in all aspects of preparing American History programs for air on multiple platforms: TV, on-line, and social media. Works with...

We look forward to hearing from you,
Human Resources
C-SPAN

Saturday, August 29, 2015

Welcome Englewood Children Back to School 9/2/2015

Make the first day stress free and enjoyable! Support your local School Children!
EPSD logo e-Connections:  News about Our Schools 
e-Conexiones en EspaƱol
Back to School Nights 
(check the school web site for details)
Quick Links
October is Latino Heritage Month
Watch your school website for information about October activities celebrating Latino Heritage Month, including a district-wide Latino Fair to be held at Grieco School on October 1.
Help Us Build Our Mailing List  
e-Connections is an electronic newsletter for school families, interested residents and employees of our district.  Please help us build our mailing list by forwarding this email to your friends and family and asking them to sign up.  We want to reach as many Englewood community members as possible. 
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Interim Superintendent Dr. Michelle James:  "Welcome Back"
As you know, school opens on Wednesday September 2.

I hope everyone returns to school highly motivated and energized.  This year, we will intensify our focus on improving literacy and mathematics so that every child has a strong foundation of knowledge, skills and learning.  We have a strong team of returning and new teachers and wonderful community partnerships that are an integral part of our schools.  Together, we will make this year a rewarding one for our students.

My best wishes for a healthy and successful year!

Welcome New Teachers
Quarles - Serena Fernandez, Rosine Ghichlian, Stephanie Kearney, Amber Mosser, Jessica Sacco
Grieco - Tamara Emont, Akiba Hunter
McCloud - Gary Atamian, Joshua Berkowitz, Shirley Cruz, Ryan Dennis, Eunson Hamm  Christine Persaud
JDMS - Amanda Dore, Caroll Pugh
DMAE - Gail Baskerville-Norris, Rose Lubin, Nathalie Mahoney, William Rose, Nicholas Serpico, Jorge Valcarel

School News
High School
On October 14, all Grade 10 and 11 students will be taking the PSAT.  The district is paying all costs for these important tests.  The PSAT is administered by the College Board and co-sponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.  Not only is this test a preparation for the college admissions SAT test, scores from the PSAT are used to determine eligibility for certain college scholarships.  In addition, PSAT-takers have access to a free resource that provides personalized feedback, practice and college planning based on their PSAT results.
See what DMHS students did this summer  

McCloud and Grieco Will Offer Two New After School Programs

Design It!, an after school Engineering Program for ages 8-12, and Explore It!, an after school Science Program for ages 8-12 will be offered to students in Grieco and McCloud schools  Both are engaging and fun STEM programs designed specifically for after school.  Each includes six projects that last approximately one month, with the group meeting once a week for the duration of the program.



The programs are offered by Rutgers Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development and the New Jersey School-Age Care Coalition (NJSACC), and The Network for New Jersey's Afterschool Communities, and were developed by the Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) in Boston and the National Partnerships for After School Science (NPASS) through support of the National Science Foundation.
Grieco News
Our 1st Grade team received a $1,000 grant for participating in the Mayor's Book Club. Last year, the students read over 1,000. books.
Our school is partnering with Abakidz and University of California, San Diego and Stanford University on a study on mental abacus. The research will investigate the impact of mental abacus training on mathematical and cognitive abilities.  The goals of the project is to find our whether mental abacus training can improve math performance for children, determine the grade level at which the training is most beneficial and to test whether mental abacus training affects the cognitive abilities like memory and attention.  Half of the first and second grade students have been randomly selected to receive abacus instruction in addition to our regular math curriculum.  
Please follow our school on twitter:@EPSDLHC

Quarles News
As we welcome all new PreK and Kindergarten students to Quarles School, we also look forward to the opening of our new Modular Classrooms later this fall.  

Quarles' OPEN HOUSE - Meet your child's teachers and see the classroom -Tuesday, September 1st, 11:30am - 1:00pm



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Community School News

School Board Elections - 

November 3, 2015...Are you registered to vote?


Candidates:
Molly Craig-Berry
George  Garrison III
Howard Haughton
Henry Pruitt III