PACE Newsletter 2010

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A Summary of the Woodbridge Township School DistrictExtended School Year Program

The P.A.C.E. JournalSummer 2010 Est. 1 966

Program for the Advancement of Childrens Education

http: //www. woodbridge.k1 2. nj.us/pace/PACE. htm

With a little hard

work and a lot ofdedicationTogether,

we can do anything!


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2010 P.A.C.E. Summer session opened with a rock and rollthrill! The first theme of the summer was Camp Rock andthe kids got into the beat from day one. Each class cele-brated theme in a unique way. Some of the groups got a

little crafty by making instruments, while others had sing a-longs, band jammed sessions and dance parties. At the end

of the week, most of the students from P.A.C.E. enjoyedwatching the movie Camp Rock. The mood and the up beattempo of the week created an exciting path for the remain-

der of the P.A.C.E. summer.

Program for the Advancement of Childrens Education http: //www.woodbridge.k12. nj.us/pace/PACE.htm

Week One- Welcome to Camp Rock Week!

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The halls at P.A.C.E. were transformed during American Landmark Week to reflect our landscape andour heritage. If you hiked around the building, you might have found yourself at the foot of Mt. Rush-more or in front of the reflection pool at the Washington Monument. Our devoted young citizens couldalso have given you a tour of the Statue of Liberty, complete with school made crowns and torches! TheAward winning film ALL ABOARD AMERICA provided an entertaining way to have the children devela fun sense of their American Heritage. Led by a Bald Eagle named Rudy B.E.and his companions,Stars (the dog) and Stripes (the cat), the characters boarded a train and explored awe-inspiring AmericanLandmarks, like the Grand Canyon and the Lincoln Memorial. Clever music, like The Famous Guys inRock was mixed with classic American favorites to complete the students experience. What anAmerican Adventure!


Week Two- American Landmarks Week

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Safety Day


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During Storybook Villains Week the students of P.A.C.E. were lucky enough to watch a program on Peterand the Wolf. It is an adaptation of a traditional Russian folk tale set to music. Each different instrumentor melody represents a different character. Our story begins with Peter (our main character) visiting hisgrandfather, who lives in a cottage during the summer. Peter is warned by his grandfather time and again to

stay inside the garden gate and not play in the meadow as it is near the forest, and what if a wolf shouldcome? Like most young kids Peter is not afraid and cannot resist the temptation of romping around with theanimals.Of course, the wolf does come and he swallows Peters duck (whole). Well Peter is determined to capturethe wolf and he comes up with a plan to do so. Peter was successful with his plan; he captured the wolf andsaved his duck. The hunter then appears and is amazed at Peters bravery and cleverness. Peter explainshow the wolf has changed his way and offers an idea to take the wolf to a zoo where he shall live. The pro-gram was filled with many learning experiences of friendship, conflict, and resolution.

the very last one on earth? TheCrabgrass Puppet Theater told thiswonderful story that made every-one in the audience ponder this veryquestion. Students laughed at thehilarious characters and story whileadults were amazed at the elabo-rate set pieces and puppets. Every-

Students and adults were treatedto a whimsical puppet show entitled,The Last Dragon on Earth. For aslong as anyone can remember,princes have killed dragons and res-cued princesses. But what happensif the princess doesnt need rescu-ing, and the dragon to be killed is

one was extremely impressed andwe all look forward to seeing TheCrabgrass Puppet Theater againnext year!


The Last Dragon

Week Three- Storybook Villains Week

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Peter and the Wolf


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The Brain Show During "Million Dollar Question" Week, the

students of P.A.C.E. had an opportunity to be con-testants on the Brain Mania Game Show. Once again,Mayor McCormac joined the students to defend his

title. This year, as an added twist, our very ownP.A.C.E. teachers were involved in making up the gen-eral knowledge questions that were asked based onour six weekly themes. In addition to answering thequestions correctly, contestants had to incorporatesilly dance moves in order to earn their points. Eve-

ryone had a blast!


Week Four- Million Dollar Question Week

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Week 5 theme is Pace safari. As you look around the classroomstheir is an abundance of wildlife

depicted here at Pace. Animals areeverywhere you lookLions, tigersand bears are just the beggining.On one of the walls outside B-13 agiant bulletin wallboard brings asafari to life here in Pace 2010.

This years lazer light show themewas safari animals and their habi-tat which excited the crowd withboth visual and musical entertain-ment. Watching the many childrenget on their busses at the end of

the day with various arts andcrafts representing this weeks sa-fari theme shows the excitementshared by both teachers and stu-

dents during Pace Safari week!


Week Five- P. A. C. E. Safari Week

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P.A.C.E. Goes Green!

P.A.C.E. is going green and weve kicked it off with a week dedicated to the environ-ment. The students in the last week of P.A.C.E. learned about the Three Rs andhow to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. They enjoyed two performances dedicated toteaching them about the earth and why we need to conserve. The students learnedsongs, rhymes, and watched puppet shows to teach them about this very importanttopic. Many classes learned how to sort recycling and what can be recycled. Theyalso learned different ways to conserve water and energy. To top this week off,

P.A.C.E. is even conserving paper by producing this newsletter online!


Week Six- P. A. C. E. Goes Green Week

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Math Games and Study Island.Joanne Horvath

The Summer of 2010 saw many changes at PACE. Trips were eliminated from theprogram, but through technology B, C,and D groups were able to visit Study Islandand other educational websites each day to continue their journey to SUCCESS.While Study Island was the destination for most of the students, Kindergarten, 1stand 2nd graders, as well as, some of the pre-school children, reinforced shape,color, number recognition and problem solving at www.sheppardsoftware.comandwww.internet4classrooms.com These websites are free and meet standards for all grade levels and skills.Sadly, PACE 2010 will end soon, but the children and I had fun, and Learned somenew and exciting websites to make learning fun. It was an unforgettable trip!

Speech and LanguagePACE 2010

The speech and language sessions beganRocking Out in PACE sitting around the campfire with our favorite Camp Rock vocabulary. We made Fish in theRiver using celery, goldfish and cream cheese. We told our favorite camp stories and sang our favorite campfiresongs.

We then journeyed to American Landmarks. We learned important facts about The Statue of Liberty, MountRushmore, The Washington Monument and The Lincoln Memorial. We pretended to be visitors writing to our fami-lies about what we saw and learned. We used vocabulary to describe features of each landmark.

Storybook Villians Week was a scream for all. We read Jack in the Beanstalk, The Three Little Pigs and SnowWhite. We discovered that hard work and honesty always prevails.

The Million Dollar Question was answered during week 4. Who, What, Where, When and Why were the questionsasked in WH Bingo. All the children came out winners.

We journeyed to far off places during PACE SAFARI WEEK. We sang about five little pesky monkeys and frogs. Wesearched for lions, and tigers and alligators in Vocab Bingo. We followed rhinoceross directions to complete an activitypage. Hunting for other animals was a trip for all ages.

Going Green Helps Keep Our Planet Clean was the motto for week 6. All of the Speech and Language groups will remem-ber simple steps to achieve that Goal.

Speech and Language was HOT this summer. We maintained all our skills.


Speech

Study Island & Math Games

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Fun in the sun

July was one of the hottest months in a longtime but thePhysical education students played cool games in the air condi-tioned all purpose room. While celebrating a different themeeach week the students played basketball, football, and volley-ball. We had a great Nintendo Wii day with five different in-teractive games. We also pretended to be animals on a safariand played a life size game of memory. Fun was had by all andMiss Stephen cannot wait to do it again next year.


Physical Education

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Reading/Writing Lab

Another fun-filled summer at P.A.C.E. began with greetings for old friends and introductions for new ones. Taking astroll through the hallways and in classrooms once again conjured images of the many activities that would followthroughout the next six weeks in our extended school year program.

As the writing lab facilitator for the second year, I was able to conduct exciting and, of course, fun languagearts activities with all classes in the program! From pretend play and alphabet games to performing dramatic roles fromclassic stories, making our own Statue of Liberty crowns to compiling lists of our favorite animals, and even rewritingour own (fictional) versions of well-known storieswhat an active, awesome, and amazing mix of students who were all

smiles and raised hands ready to take on any challenge!Amid a climate of much change and many differences in the Woodbridge Township School District this year, our

students and staff have been able to move forward with patience, grace, and fervor for the knowledge that drives us.It has been another wonderful summer at P.A.C.E!

Nurse

Dear Parents,We nurses have had a busy but enjoyable summer this year. Along with the usual lumps, bumps and boo-boos wehave had the pleasure of working with a terrific staff and wonderful children. It makes our day when childrensimply have to come in and show us what they've done for the day. The relaxed atmosphere of PACE gives us theopportunity to truly get to know your children which is a rewarding experience, to say the least. We have beenable to calm their fears, find lost lunches, go on trips, dispense medications and generally be a source of informa-tion for anyone who expresses the need. Thank you for sharing your children with us. We hope to be able to serve

you again next year.Sincerely,Mrs. Giannone and Mrs. De Noyelles


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OT/PT PACE POEM

We started PACE rockin outFor OT/PT fun is what it is all about

The next week we traveled the U.S.Hopping and jumping on landmarks was the best

Three little bears and goldilocks came to playWe even got to chase the big bad wolf away

Million dollar question week was such funWe did things like hop, skip and run

The jungles were all around for safari weekWe climbed trees and played hide and seek

Last but not least we cleaned for funThrowing bean bags and playing in the sun

Our time at PACE is now doneWell see you in September for much more fun


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Counseling

Its been a wonderful summer counseling atPACE. The children have worked on resolvingconflicts on their own, working together to

achieve a common goal, and talking problems outbefore they escalate. There are always diffi-cult days, but the staff at PACE has worked

together to make it a pleasant experience forall. Counseling at PACE is a group effort sharedby all staff and students.

We look forward to seeing you all next year.Enjoy the rest of the summer.


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Mr. Barnetts PreschoolWe have been slammed with fun and educational activities from the minute the kids got off the bus. During our CampRock theme, we got jiggy with it as we held a dance party and created our own band. With our American Landmarkstheme, we became acquainted with Miss. Liberty and then built the Washington Monument from sugar cubes. Trip trap,trip trap, went the bridge as the students acted out the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff during our Storybook Vil-lain theme. Every child was a winner during our $1,000,000 Question theme. The children took turns spinning the bigwheel of questions and earning a sweet prize. During our Safari theme we brushed off our chefs hats as we made tigerstriped cookies. We concluded the summer by Going Green. The children learned about the important limited resourceswe have on our planet and we cannot waste them. .

Getting to the good stuff With the water slide and the sprinklers, the kids loved every wet second of the Water Slide-A-Thon! The pre-

schoolers hung onto every minute of two great shows related to our Storybook Villains theme. Naturally, the P.A.C.Epicnic was a HUGE hit! The kids had a lot of fun.A BIG thank you goes out to the parents of the preschool class for all of your support!Miss. Debbie and Miss Faith touched the hearts of 24 precious children. There are not enough words to express all ofthe gratitude. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!

A2am & pmWe had such a wonderful time at P.A.C.Ewepainted & did a craft everydayWe played

outside and went to shows. I think the kids

loved our sing-a-longs we had everyday inclass the most.We also had a great time atthe Slide-A-Thon. Thank you to everyonefor making this a wonderful summer. Notonly did we have fun, we learned a lot too!


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The A-3 Fabulous Fish were led byMrs. Zecchino and assisted by Ms.Sherry, Miss Jessica and MissMackenzie. Through the summer, thefish related basic school readinessskills to the P.A.C.E. themes. It wasexciting to strum a real guitar andturn up the amplifier during CampRock Week. It was also interestingto create a chart depicting how manystudents had a guitar at home. Werocked at spelling and tracing ournames and learning about other in-struments. Then, we took our showon the road and viewed manyAmerican Landmarks. We made ourown famous HOLLYWOOD signs

(and had fun stamping other letters)and we built the Washington Monu-ment from real miniature bricks!During Storybook Villain Week we

tricked the Troll under the bridge inThe Three Billy Goats Gruff and ranaway from a number of hungry villainsin The Gingerbread Man. Our per-formances were complete with props!Another villain we met was the wolf inThe Three Little Pigs. We had achance to compare heavy and light aswe built houses from different mate-rials. Our Million Dollar Questionthis summer was How would youspend your money? It was fun tohear about and chart the things ourchildren would buy. We also playedlots of classic games, focusing on lis-tening skills, turn taking and respect-

ing others. We went green duringP.A.C.E. Goes Green Week with manyrecycling projects, like making recy-cled paper and turning water bottles

into art. Getting lost in the jungleduring Safari Week was certainlyexciting! We used our animal friendsto count, color and pretend. Youcould hear A-3 singing and laughingthroughout the jungle as we partici-pated in our Preschool Sing-A-Longs.A-3 would like to thank the preschoolfamilies for supporting the program inevery way!

The A4 Clowns along with Mrs. Devitt, Miss Jordan, Miss Allieand Miss Linda have had a very exciting summer at P.A.C.E. 2010! Eachday we were busy practicing important preschool skills like letters, col-

ors, shapes and numbers as well as social skills and language develop-ment. The children quickly learned and followed the routine and sched-ule for each day, transitioning easily from one activity to another.

Each week had a theme that incorporated a variety of fun andengaging activities from making instruments and playing in a marchingband to mixing and preparing special snacks and treats to share withthe class. Both the Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood were hereduring Story Book Villains Week-- what fun we had dressing up in cos-tumes!! Everyone enjoyed our Alphabet Bingo games. They were learningexperiences that came with prizes-- it was a WIN/WIN for eveyone.

The children even went on a safari around the classroom to discoveranimals in the wild. Some were easy to find, others were "camoflaged"and much harder to locate. What wonderful explorers we had!

The highlights of the summer for the children were the puppetshows, Water Slide-A-Thon and the wonderful P.A.C.E. Picnic. For me,the highlights were spending the summer with a fantastic group of chil-dren and watching them learn and grow each day!!


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Annual Water Slide- A- Thon

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Annual Water Slide- A- Thon

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B-1

Happy Faces

Debbie Kalanta

Mary Ann LombardiJennifer AleszczykCathleen Donnelly

Smiles were being worn by the B-1 Happy Faces at P.A.C.E. thissummer. The shows, programs, and learning activities all contrib-uted to their fun.

Peter and the Wolf and The Last Dragon on Earth werevery entertaining and thought-provoking. The laser program, thegame show, and the Day of Safety were also educational and fun!

Best of all was the water Slide-a-thon. All the pools andsprinklers kept us cool on that hot afternoon. The 2 water slideswere most exciting as we climbed to the top and slid down to a wa-tery landing! Absolutely the BEST!!!!

Katelynn, Danyal, Alexis, Andrew, Muhammad, Mark, Marc, Ja-son, Sabrina, Eric, Matthew, Krista, and Shan are already lookingforward to P.A.C.E. 2011!!!

The B-2 Frogswasted no time hopping into fun and

learning this summer at PACE! DuringCamp Rock Week, we learned about differ-ent instruments and made our own edible

microphones. We made our own bald eagleand pretended to visit different landmarksduring American Landmarks Week. DuringStorybook Villain Week we read Peter Panand imagined how the story would be dif-ferent if Captain Hook changed his waysand was no longer the villain. We played

Jeopardy, Bingo, and had a Relay Race that

tested our spelling skills during Million Dol-lar Question Week. We made various ani-mal puppets, including a frog, during SafariWeek. During PACE goes Green Week, we

did many different things to help con-serve, including turning the lights off when

we left the room and using wipe-offboards instead of paper. We had a great

summer!B-2

Miss KerbisMr. BrianMrs. Ratajczak

The B3 Rockets are buzzing through PACE. We have been practicing our addition and subtraction facts,

brushing up on the alphabet, and creating exciting crafts. We zoomed through American Pride week; learningabout our country's values and beliefs. We were excited to learn about stroy book villian's and see them inaction watching Peter and The Wolf, and The Last Dragon.

We wipped up plenty of snacks; making sand, dirt, and rice krispies treats. We enjoyed ice pops and bakingcookies. The B3 Rockets are racing toward the end of PACE. We look foward to helping our envirnmonet during

"Going Green Week" by recycling and teaching others how to help the Earth.


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B4 Busy BeesN. Anderson, D.Nolan, L. Drakoulis, M.Maglione

When PACE bee-gan, B-4 strived to bee-come the best we could be. We adjusted to routines and made newfriends. As the weeks flew by we realized what busy bees we really were, and what bee-utiful work we could create.

We rocked our classroom by making tambourines and also learned about camp safety during Camp Rock week. Wemade s'mores and pretended to sit around a campfire and tell stories.

During National Landmark Week we studied our patriotic symbols, put together a USA floor puzzle, and createdsparklers.

B-4 enjoyed the Peter and the Wolf play and The Last Dragon puppet show. In our classroom hive we read a booktitled "Dragon Pizzeria" by Mary Morgan. It was about two dragons who opened a pizzeria and delivered special pizzasto characters of Fairy Tale Land. We loved it so much we wanted to read it over and over.

We had fun at the game show during game week and played BINGO almost everyday. Brain quest questions werevery challenging and we improved our math skills with math games.

Safari Week was voted B4's favorite theme. We made rain forest posters that displayed which animals lived in eachlevel of the rain forest. We went on a safari hunt wearing our safari hats and using our binoculars.

As our last week buzzed by, B4 practiced recycling and had fun at the picnic and sing a long.B4 had a great summer of fun with friends and wish everyone a great bee-ginning for the opening school year.

put on their author's hat and cre-ated their very own fairy tales.The B-5 Fantastic Frogs hoppedinto Million Dollar Question weekand spent their time playing manyfun games like Scrabble Junior andMath Baseball. As P.A.C.E Safariweek came roaring in, the B-5 Fan-tastic Frogs became zoologist andstudied animal habitats, made edi-ble dirt, and learned about manydifferent animals. Finally as P.A.C.Ecame to its last week, P.A.C.E GoesGreen week, the Fantastic Frogs

soared into outer space to talkabout the universe and ways to helppreserve planet Earth. While hav-ing all this fun, the B-5 FantasticFrogs also worked very hard ontheir math, reading, and writingskills. The B-5 Fantastic Frogs willmiss everyone at P.A.C.E. and wishthem much luck in September asthey start a new school year.

The B-5 Fantastic Frogs ledby Mr. Valguarnera and Mrs. Grzy-bowski had a fantastic summer atP.A.C.E. To begin their summer, theFantastic Frogs hopped right intoWelcome to Camp Rock week byrocking out with instruments andtalking about their favorite music.Next we marched into AmericanLandmarks week and colored patri-otic pictures and talked about his-torical landmarks like the Statue ofLiberty. During Storybook Vil-lains' week, the Fantastic Frogs


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=Mr. Evangelistas B-6 Bulldogs tooka bite out of learning at P.A.C.E. Dur-ing Welcome to Camp Rock Week.Music was the theme and CD coverswere the projects. We designed ourown based on their favorite music.Plus the students came up with theirown band name. It is amazing howcreative the Bulldogs performed!

American Landmarks Week welearned all about the flag and what itrepresents. We discussed all thereasons we are happy we live in Amer-ica. We made flags with 13 reasons,one for each stripe on the flag. Wealso discussed such things as TheStatue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore,and the White House to name a fewof our National Landmarks.

Then it was Storybook VillainsWeek. The students were given atask of re-writing endings to theirfavorite fairy tales such as Cinder-ella, the Three Little Pigs, and ThePrincess and the Frog. It was greatto see the students use their imagina-tion to come up with such great end-ings.

Million Dollar Question Week was alot of fun. We played Jeopardy and

various math games to sharpen ourskills. We played BINGO to enhanceour vocabulary. But what we had themost fun doing was participating inthe Game Show at the end of theweek. Some of your luckier studentswere chosen to play. This week byfar was our most enjoyed week.

The next week was P.A.C.E. SafariWeek. Our students had the oppor-tunity to see a laser light show withall types of animals. The studentswere able to follow this up by drawingand writing about which was theirfavorite animal.

Last but not least P.A.C.E. GoesGreen Week. The students tookpart in a discussion of how we canhelp save the Earth from pollution.We talked about turning off the wa-ter when we are not using it to brushour teeth, turning lights off when weare not in the room, and always re-membering to recycle when we can.

Mr. Matt and Mr. Evangelista, alongwith all the B-6 Bulldogs, had an ex-cellent summer learning experience.We will all remember the enjoyabletimes.

B-7 Mr Bernstein

B-7 had a fantastic summer! We studied Math in new and exciting ways. We rocked out to the Beatles andElvis while exploring several national landmarks. We played Disney Trivia and created our own evil villians. Wewent on a safari on the playground to search for hidden Math Boxes and learned about the importance of re-cycling. Lastly, we made a movie entitled " Back to P.A.C.E." and had a red carpet premeire! We are so sad the

summer is over!


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B-8 Fabulous Fish: Miss Duke, Mr. Grimm, & Ms. LundOur "Fabulous Fish" have been swimming their way,

Through academic review and fun-filled play!

At P.A.C.E. this year, we kicked off our summer with a BANG by evoking our inner rock star! DuringCamp Rock week, we learned about music, rocks, and even starred on American Idol, thanks to Wii karaoke!To top it off, we made our very own homemade ice cream using rock salt! For the celebration of our coun-try's birth, we focused on American Landmarks. It was interesting to learn about the history, symbols, andlandmarks that make up our wonderful country.

Our third week at camp, we studied Storybook Villains. We had the opportunity to read and rereadsome of our favorite fairy tales and even learn some new ones! The students really enjoyed comparing & con-trasting Cinderella with a Wild West version of the story, Cindy Ellen. One of our favorite themes thissummer was Million Dollar Question week. In addition to attending the "Brain Game" game show in theauditorium, we played lots of skill-related games right in our classroom! Some of the student's favorites

were "The Price is Right", "Family Feud", and "Wheel of Fortune".Another exciting week was Safari week, during which we refined our research skills by learning about

various African and rainforest animals and habitats. Finally, we ended our summer focusing on differentways to conserve energy at school & at home for P.A.C.E. Goes Green week. A lesson everyone can learn andbenefit from! Overall, it has been an adventurous and educational summer for us all, where memories andfriendships have been made that will last a lifetime! Fish: Miss Duke, Mr. Grimm, & Ms. Lund

The B-9 Basketballs rocked the Camp during Camp Rock week by creating records and album covers ofmany of todays famous recording artists. During Villain week, B-9 paid tribute to the characters that makestories exciting by painting portraits and writing Haikus celebrating our favorite bad guys. American land-mark week showcased B-9s ability to work together. The B-9 Basketballs created The Washington Monumentand Mount Rushmore after thoroughly studying both of there historic landmarks. B-9 loves PACE!


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B-10 BaseballsMiss Fasciale, Mrs. Biondo, Mrs.

Shipe and the B-10 Baseballs had ablast this summer at P.A.C.E.! Fun

activities and challenging lessonsmade each day different and excit-ing! With each week came fun pro-

jects. During Camp Rock Week, webaked s'mores in homemade solarovens using pizza boxes and foil!Yummy! We made new additions toMount Rushmore by including ourown cute, loveable faces on themountain during American Land-marks Week! We created our own

super-villains, designed our veryown board games and felt like wewere on a real safari as we learnedabout different animals and their

habitats! We had lots of laughs andmade lot of memories as we workedtogether and learned new things!This summer was a success! See younext year!

The B-11 Rockstars rocked the camp the minute they stepped off the bus. Along with lebeoften heard booming from thead band members Coach Nyers and Mr. Monaco, the rock-stars of B-11 showed off their artistic talents by decorating the wall outside their class-room with an array of individual drawings depicting their favorite villain and United Stateslandmark. Colorful safari animals and album covers hung from the walls of the B-11 "rockstudio" classroom. Music could often be heard booming from their classroom all summer. "ROCK ON PACE


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B-12 The MustangsThe Mustangs galloped their way into another successful summer at Camp P.A.C.E. The program kicked off with

the theme of Camp Rock which set the tone for the program. During American Landmarks Week The Mustangsexplored all of the wonderful monuments that America has to offer. The Mustangs displayed their competitive

edge during Million Dollar Question Week by participating in a number of events such as a spelling bee and jeop-ardy. Overall, 2010 proved to be another exciting summer at Camp P.A.C.E.

The B-13 Winners set the tone during American Landmark week by using coin art to depict thepresidential faces of Mount Rushmore. The Winners celebrated their success by visiting their comfortzone during weekly Yoga sessions with Ms. Reiser. The summer sizzled during Villain week when the win-ners whipped up masks displaying their favorite evil criminals. Safari week showed Pace that B-13 was

truly the King of the Jungle. The Winners wowed pace by creating a Safari Mural for all for the campersto admire! Winning is hard work, but B-13 came to play everyday!


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C-1 Had a Roaring Good Summer!

Mrs.Rowes C-1 preschool class had a roaring good summer at P.A.C.E! Our favorite week was SafariWeek where we learned about a ton of fun safari animals! We even made up new words to Were Going on a Bear

Hunt for Were Going on a Safari. We created masks and pretended to be the different safari animals.We also had a blast during Storybook Villains Week! We learned all about what it means to be a villain

and how we have to be nice friends. We took turns being the villain when we acted out The Three Little Pigs.During Welcome to Camp Rock Week at P.A.C.E. we learned all about instruments! We made an instru-

ment collage to practice our coloring and cutting skills. We also played musical chairs and freeze dance. It was somuch fun!

C-1 had a productiveand fun summer! We couldnt have done it without the help and love of Ms.Sharon,Ms. Joanne, Ms. Carly, and Ms. Staci, thank you!

The C-2 Swinging Monkeys-Ms. Monica M., Mrs. Jane M., Mrs. Mary D., and

all the students have been busy all summer.We have been learning our letters, sounds, numbers and col-

ors. Also, we have been learning through play, going togreat shows and working with our weekly themes. On some

days we have even enjoyed some outdoor fun with theother classes.

The C-3 Watermelons, David, Divit, Alex, Shreya, Isha, and Valentina, had a fantastic fun filled summer atP.A.C.E. We started out Rocking during Camp Rock Week and made some musical instruments which we used tomarch in our own class parade! The next week we celebrated Americas Landmarks and created some glitzy artprojects using the colors Red, White, and Blue. Storybook Villain Week was really cool as we read some of ourfavorite stories then discussed Cruella De Vil , The Big Bad Wolf, and The Wicked Witch. Million Dollar Ques-tion Week was tons of fun making our own BINGO boards then playing the game as a group! Safari Week waslots of fun as our class pretended we were all animals in the Safari and made masks of our favorite animal. GoingGreen was really important to our school because we believe that we should all work together to help save ourplanet earth.We also went on some amazing field trips such as Bowling, Toys Story 3, Chuckie Cheese, The Rainforest Cafe,

and The Staten Island Zoo, where we got to see some of our favorite animals such as pigs, goats, cows, andhorses!! We had such a great time with our friends at P.A.C.E. and are looking forward to next year. Ashley andthe Watermelons would like to thank Lindsay and Liz for a pleasant and enjoyable summer at P.A.C.E.!!


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C- 4 The Butterflies

The C-4 Butterflies flutteredthrough the summer at P.A.C.E.

quite happily. We began by rockin'out during our first week makingguitars and musical notes while sing-ing and dancing! We enjoyed themovie, "Camp Rock" along with ourfellow campers. Storybook villainweek found us at the movie theatercompletely immersed in "Toy StoryIII" ...and popcorn, of course :) Weread many stories and were mes-merized by the wolf in the produc-

tion we saw of Peter and the Wolf.P.A.C.E. Safari week turned us intoexplorers as we traversed the"jungles" of the Staten Island Zoo!

Some of our favorites were thesnakes, alligators and leopards...ohmy! The fish exhibit was really ex-citing too! We made Liberty Crownswhile learning about some of Amer-ica's landmarks. We also decorateda cake to resemble the Americanflag. It tasted pretty good too! Mil-lion Dollar Question week didn'tstump us! We participated coopera-tively, taking turns while we played

a variety of games. Finally, GoGreen week allowed us to make birdfeeders using bagels, peanut butterand seeds! It also reminded us to

continue recycling in our classroom,which we do quite well. In additionto all of this excitement we contin-ued to perform classroom assign-ments so that we don't lose any ofour wonderful skills. It has been aterrific summer! See you next year- Miss Marilyn, Sahithi, Carissa, Ma-son, Jayin, Adarsh

the book The Three Little Pigs.We also learned about Captain Hookin Peter Pan and Ursula in TheLittle Mermaid. We went to theStaten Island Zoo and saw manydifferent kinds of animals. Welearned a lot of social skills duringMillion Dollar Question Week. Welearned to take turns and wait whileplaying different types of games!We used all of these skills when wewent on a trip to the bowling alley!We had a wild time during SafariWeek! We learned about monkeys,giraffes and tigers oh my! We had

a great time playing games and eat-ing pizza at Chuck E Cheese! Lastbut not least, during P.A.C.E. goesGreen Week we learned about Sav-ing the Earth and Recycling! We hada great lunch at the RainforestCafe! As you can see, C 5 was verybusy learning and having some funthis summer!

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of July we learned aboutAmerican Landmarks. We made ourown Statue of Liberty and made ofcollage of Washington D.C. Monu-ments. We went on a trip to see ToyStory III! It was a great time! Dur-ing Storybook Villains Week, welearned about the big bad wolf in


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C-6 Bumblebees Have a BuzzingSummer!

Summer 2010 has been a blastfor the C-6 Bumblebees! Our

group began PACE with openminds and happy faces ready tolearn and be involved with ourcommunity! Our first outing wasto see Toy Story 3 at Menlo ParkMall. We also visited the StatenIsland Zoo, Woodbridge BowlingAlley, Chuck E. Cheese and The

Rainforest Cafe! All of these tripswent along with our cool themesthis summer! Besides trips, wealso worked on our regular aca-

demic and social skills and somepretty cool theme activities. Wemade our own boardgames for mil-lion dollar question week, madesmores and guitars for camp rock,and saw an awesome laser show forsafari week. We played acool landmark "travel" game in gymfor American Landmarks

week! We ate at the Rainforest Cafeand learned to recycle for going greenand read lots of stories involving vil-lains for storybook viilain week! Aria,

Devin, Tteeffe, Elijah, Tristan, Ms.Colleen and Ms. Leticia had a greatsummer at PACE!

The C-7 Buzzing Bess has a fantastic summer here at P.A.C.E.. We startedoff the summer as rock-n-roll super stars, and with our handmade guitarswe rocked it out! We cruised into the next week with a stop at Mt.Kidmore, where we traded out our Presidents stone faces for our own ver-sion! We read about storybook villains and saw new ones on the big screenduring Toy Story 3. We traveled through a jungle safari at the Staten Is-land Zoo, and ate jungle food at the Rainforest Caf.It was an amazing summer that went by so fast that you didnt have time toblink. Brandon, Michael, Rylan & Tony had great fun while making lastingmemories. We also worked hard on our academics and kept up with every-thing we learned last year. It was a jam-packed summer and we are sad tosee it end. Ms. Hershey & Ms. Rose will miss you, but we look forward to afantastic school year for everyone!


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C-8 rocked in the beginning of PACE with their knowledge of instruments and bands and they kept that Tempogoing all through the summer of PACE! We had many memorable experiences, fabulous learning excursions; one ofour favorites was the Rainforest Caf. We remembered all we learned back at PACE about the Rainforest, andenjoyed seeing it come to fruition!

At the Safe House Expo Day, two of our students asked wonderful questions about keeping Safe and bicyclesafety and that helped all the other students learn this important information! We are proud of you, Erika andJustin!

Bowling brought out our competitive edge, as Stephen, RJ, Erika, Utkarsh, Justin,and Dinesh all tried to give theirbest to the game! They proved to be a hard team to beat!! Awesome job, class!!

The Brain Show also was challenging and fun! We did extremely well and won medals for our outstanding perform-ance. After all this fun and learning, we are sorry PACE is over, and anxiously await next summer!!

lars and pretended to find animalsin the jungle. We used creativityand followed the directions to makewonderful arts and crafts. Wemade awesome robots and othercharacters out of used materialsduring PACE Goes Green week.

Of course, we had to spend timeworking on academics. We also vis-ited Wegmans, Woodbridge CenterMall, the Bowling Alley, the RainForrest Caf, we saw Toy Story 3.We spend time cooking and inter-acting with our peers.

Unfortunately our time had to cometo an end. We had a great time to-gether, but we have to say goodbye. Have a happy, healthy, andsafe summer.

Joyce Kenney

C -9 Terrific Tigers

With the help of C. Sciacchitanoand G. Galuppo the terrific tigerstraveled through a sunny, hot, andexciting summer. The energetic

Tigers trampled through CampRock week, we decorated musicnotes and made mobiles that dis-played various musical instruments.During American Landmark weekwe made grand old flags and dis-cussed various symbols of our coun-try. Our third week was titledStory Book Villain week. At thistime we made wolf masks. Everyoneloved Million Dollar Question

week. Dylan Yee, Ryan Chin, andMarcelino Soriaga participated in agame show, and Dylan Yee won amedal.

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=The D-1 Rockets blasted through asummer of many fun activities. Wekicked off the summer learningabout Camp Rock and the various

musical instruments that can beplayed. We even created rock nroll marble art which added colorto the room. Next, we discovered amultitude of patriotic symbols andplaces, during American Landmarksweek. With a little help from aPowerPoint and child created books,we are sure to enjoy future refer-ences to these historic places. Sto-rybook Villains week lead to a slide-

show presentation of the top 10meanest Disney villains and a lot ofexcitement as we talked about thedifference between villains and he-

roes. Million Dollar Question weekbrought the Brainshow Mania showwhere we were able to show howmuch the Rockets have learned dur-ing PACE. Safari week brought dis-cussions about our favorite animalsand a trip to the Rainforest Cafwhere we had exciting adventuresof our own. Keeping our planethealthy and clean was the focus ofGo Green week and included the

creation of Earth inspired RiceKrispie treats.

We would like to thank everyonewho has helped us create the won-derful memories we will surelycherish for many years, especiallyMs. Ann Marie, Ms. Caitlin, and Mr.Mark.

The D-2 Penguins waddled through a summer filled with fun and learning! We kicked off the summer learning aboutmusic and instruments during Camp Rock Week with Mrs. Socratous & Miss Carly. Our class band members espe-cially Flutist Omar and Drummer Ceasar enjoyed this week. During the 4 th of July week we celebrated with lots ofred, white and blue activities. We even made wind socks to show off our patriotic spirit! Next, during StorybookVillain week we learned all about the bad guys in all of our favorite Disney movies and took a trip to the movies tosee Toy Story 3. AnnaMarie amd Sydney especially loved the blooming romance between Barbie and Ken. DuringMillion Dollar Question week we showed off our trivia knowledge during the Brainshow Mania program! Our 5th weekat P.A.C.E. was wild as we learned all about safari animals! We took a trip to Dannys favorite place, the RainforestCaf and enjoyed lunch with the animals. Lastly, we learned how important it is to care for our earth during GoingGreen week. Momin and Devon do a great job recycling in our classroom. We would like to give a special thank youto everyone who made this summer such a success, especially Mrs. Socratous, Miss Carly, Mrs. Axen and all of theparents who showed their support.


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The D3 Dinosaurs have had a great time this summer at PACE! We kicked off our summer with Camp Rock Weekand thoroughly enjoyed watching Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers in the movie Camp Rock.

As we made our way through American Landmark Week, we visited Washington, DC, the Statue of Liberty andMt. Rushmore with language arts lessons, art projects and photographs. We also enjoyed a fun trip to the bowlingalley where we had a great time with all of our D-Group friends.

During Storybook Villains Week we read about the mean stepsisters from Cinderella and worked on our readingcomprehension skills. We saw two great shows and went to see Toy Story 3-Lotso the Bear was not nice! We alsopracticed our pre-vocational skills and our spelling words.

Million Dollar Question week brought language arts trivia games, D3 Jeopardy and Brain Show Mania! Welearned about the solar system, practiced math facts and made our way to Woodbridge Center Mall where wepracticed finding stores on the map and ordering from the menu at Burger King.

PACE Safari Week brings a language arts lesson about the cheetah, the Laser Light Show and a trip to Rain-forest Cafe. We will also be practicing our math skills-using money and our addition and subtraction knowledge topay for things and make change.

D3 is looking forward to learning more about "Going Green" during our final week at PACE. We can't wait for

the picnic and all the fun and games it brings!

D-4 Ducks

The D-4 Ducks, who were instructed by Mr. Grasso, Mrs. Carragino, Mrs. Stepnowski, and Mrs. Mulherin had yet another fun summer at P.A.C.E.. The class learned a lot and reinforced many academic and social skills. Wekicked off the summer with Camp Rock Week and American Landmark Week. During this time we sang and learnedabout different parts of our country. We also made music notes and smores. We traveled to Wegmans and TheWoodbridge Bowling Alley during that time. In week three, Storybook Villian Week, we learned about what makes avillian. The class then enjoyed a trip to the movies to see Toy Story 3. Week four was Million Dollar Question

Week where we enjoyed the Game Show Mania program. Many students and staff members participated in the pro-gram. Mrs. Carragino was on the winning staff team. The class visited Woodbridge Center Mall and ate lunch atBurger King, which reinforced life skills during this week. In week five, Safari Week, we had a great time exploringall different types of animals. The week culminated with a trip to the Rain Forrest Cafe where the students en-

joyed all of the sights. We finished out the summer with PACE Goes Green Week, where we showed the studentswhy it is important to recycle. The D-4 Ducks thoroughly enjoyed the P.A.C.E. Picnic. The staff and students of D-4would like to thank everyone who had a part in making this a fun and memorable summer.


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The P. A. C. E. Parents Organization Summer 201 0

We started the summer with a new schedule: a 4-day week, with a slightly longer day more time each day for learning andfun educational activities. There was no P.A.C.E. on Mondays, so families had time for other things. Some families chose to go tothe beach or to a park; some families used the time to rest up between the weekend and the school week.

The P.A.C.E. Parents schedule this summer included a Special Needs Expo, which was organized by co-president Victo-ria Romanienko. Representatives from about 20 different special-needs organizations, community groups and local businesses gath-ered to offer information about themselves. The various groups targeted not only specific disabilities, but also specific ethnicgroups. Inclusion in the community was the theme of the keynote speech. This expo showed how we must all include each other,regardless of disability or ethnicity. At the bottom of this page is the contact information for each group. Please please refer tothis list and think about contacting someone to help you and your child.

We plan to repeat this type of expo next year, as well as many of the other activities that we did this summer and during thepast school year. We will collect our Pennies for P.A.C.E again, the kids will get wet at the Slide-A-thon, we can show ourchild that they are a precious GEM, and parents and siblings can be silly at our Karaoke Nite.

On the back of this page is the P.A.C.E. Parents Organization calendar. We have events and activities all year long, foryour child and your family, so keep it handy!

Your P.A.C.E. Parents Organization co-presidents:

Mary Karafa Donna Davidson Victoria Romanienko(732)429-8578 (732)738-6182 (732)636-1284

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Contact information for Special Needs Expo presenters : Adrienne Robertiello: Special Needs Inclusion in Communities; www.makefriendswithautism.org .

Mr. Douglas Silvestro,, Esq. from Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer; Guardianship.

Nikki Reiser, Comfort & Balance, EFT-Emotional Freedom Technique for anxiety release.www.comfortandbalance.com .

Tony Onorato, ATA, Fords,NJ. Taekwondo Presentation.Akhil Autism Foundation: an Indian Community organization. www.akhilautismfoundation.org .

Alianza: An organization based in the Hispanic community. Lourdes Illa-Esposito. (732)442-8393.

POAC (Parents of Autistic Children) Gary Weitzen. www.poac.net .

SPANNNJ/Parent 2 Parent (Statewide Parent Advocacy Network). Jeannette Mejias. www.spannnj.org .

Woodbrige Buddy Ball Dan Taylor. www.woodbridgebuddyball.org .

YMCA Aquatics Nancy Drumm (732)596-4164 and Erin Sciorsci (732)596-4177.

Autism Family Services Debra Egan www.autismfamilyservicesnj.org .

CHADD (children and adults with ADD/ADHD) Eva OMalley www.chadd.org .

Fallons Gluten Free Bake Shop 339 Crows Mill Road, Fords, NJ; (732)710-3338-;www.FallonsGlutenFreeBakeShop.com

Franies Kids Cuts Fran Freeman, owner (732)738-1010

P.A.C.E. Dads Support Group Peter Romanienko [email protected] or

www.wooodbridge.k12.nj.us/PACE/PACE.htm .

Wildtree Cheryl Marcus. www.mywildtree.com/cmarcaus . Food which is preservative-free and made with naturalingredients, and clothing made with natural dyes and fibers.

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P.A.C.E. PARENTS ORGANIZATION CALENDARJUNE 2010 JUNE 2011

**** All dates subject to change. Feel free to contact the numbers at the bottom for verification****

DATE DAY TIME PURPOSEJune 29, 2010 Tuesday FIRST DAY OF Extended S chool Year~ P.A.C.E.July 1, 2010 Thursday Welcome Packets sent home in backpacks

July 8 & 9, 2010 Thurs/Fri Annual Water Slide-a-thon more info to comeJuly 14, 2010 Wednesday 10am-2pm P.A.C.E. OPEN HOUSE / VISITATION DAY

July 20, 2010 Tuesday 7pm-9pm 1 st P.A.C.E. Dads Support Group Meeting

July 21, 2010 Wednesday daytime Safety Day

July 22, 2010 Thursday 6pm-9pm 8 th Annual P.A.C.E. Summer Jewelry Sale / BazaarJuly 23, 2010 Friday 6pm-8:30pm Activity Night ~ Jenkinsons Aquarium Penguin Visit

July 27, 2010 Tuesday 7PM-9:30pm Annual Special Needs EXPO

August 4, 2010 Wednesday Pennies for P.A.C.E. ~Winning Classes Ice Cream Parties

August 5, 2010 Thursday 10am-2pm Annual Carnival/Picnic

August 6, 2010 Friday LAST DAY OF P.A.C.E. ~ T-shirts sent homeAugust 16, 2010 Monday 6pm-8:30pm Mayors Concert Series PACE 50/50 Raffle Night

**Kenny Vance** Volunteers Needed to Help Sell Raffle Tickets

Sept. 13, 2010 Monday 7-9pm PACE Parents Meeting/Support Group

Oct. 4, 2010 Monday 7-9pm PACE Dads Support GroupOct. 15, 2010 Friday 6-8pm PACE Fall Harvest Costume Party

Nov. 8, 2010 Monday 7-9pm PACE Parents Meeting/Support GroupNov. 21, 2010 Sunday 8am-noon ELKS Breakfast ~ P.A.C.E. Fundraiser***

Dec. 6, 2010 Monday 7-9pm PACE Dads Support Group

Dec.17, 2010 Friday 6-8pm PACE Winter Wonderland Activity Night

Jan. 3, 2011 Monday 7-9pm PACE Parents Meeting/Support Group

Feb. 7, 2011 Monday 7-9pm PACE Dads Support Group

March 7, 2011 Monday 7-9pm PACE Parents Meeting/Support Group

March 25, 2011 Friday 6-8pm PACE Spring Fling Activity Night

April 4, 2011 Monday 7-9pm PACE Dads Support Group

April 2011 TBD 7pm P.A.C.E. P.O. @ 5 th Annual Town Hall /Flag Raising

May 9, 2011 Monday 7-9pm PACE Parents Meeting/Support Group

June 6, 2011 Monday 7-9pm PACE Dads Support Group

All evening events and meetings are at Matthew Jago School #28 Cafetorium, Glen Cove Ave., Sewaren, NJ ~ Enter Rear Door #9

Please check in at the main office for Daytime Meetings. Some events are TBD: To Be Determined

Co-Presidents: Mary Karafa (732)750-9172, Victoria I. Romanienko (732)636-1284 & Donna Davidson, Co-President (732) 738-6182

***This event will be held at the Woodbridge ELKS located at 655 Rahway Avenue in Woodbridge

http://www.woodbridge.k12.nj.us/pace/PACE.htm Come join P.A.C.E. Parents Organization on www.facebook.com

P.A .C.E. Program for the Advancement of Childrens Education

Woodbridge Townships In-District Extended School YearRobert F. Patten, Director (732) 602-8428

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A Message From the DirectorWe have just completed another Exciting Summer, (Our 44th) here at the P.A.C.E. Program. During the sixweeks of the program our staff has collaboratively planned to provide our students with many opportunities thathave enabled them to experience reinforcement in all types of essential skills that they will use as productivemembers of our community. Our teachers have created stimulating educational environments and they havecrafted interesting lessons and activities that have hopefully motivated our students to succeed. Using an ex-perienced centered, thematic approach to learning, our students were encouraged to continue to develop aconnection between whats being learned and the purpose for learning. We are all proud of the results and we

hope that all of our students will have their efforts rewarded at home. Our P.A.C.E. Parents Group has continued to grow and we are very grateful for all that they do for us. They con-tinue to be successful in securing the funding for our annual picnic and for our P.A.C.E. shirts. With your supportfor the Fifth Annual P.A.C.E. Slide-a-Thon and our Pennies for PACE fundraiser, our parent group has raised ad-ditional funds that will be used to add to the P.A.C.E. experience. The group held a highly successful Special Edu-cation Expo on July 26 th and they also continue to meet during the course of the school year when they provideour students with additional theme related activity nights. After each meeting they also conduct a Parents Sup-port Group and a Dads Support Group in order to discuss some of the issues that parents of special educationstudents must deal with on a day to day basis. Please check your local cable station for some of the groups up-coming events. You will also be able to locate the P.A.C.E. Parents Website as it appears as a link to the Matthew

Jago School home page. In addition, please check this site in order to access our 2010 P.A.C.E. Newsletter as wecontinue our Going Green theme by positing it online in an eco-friendly manner.

On behalf of all of our students and our staff, wed like to thank you for sharing your childs summer with us. Al-though we found it necessary to change the format of the program somewhat this summer, we do believe thatwith the cooperation of our parents the students benefitted from the changes that we have made. We are ex-tremely fortunate in Woodbridge Township to work with a Superintendent and School Administration that col-laborates with the Board of Education to provide continual support for the Woodbridge Township ExtendedSchool Year Program. Their vision and commitment to the P.A.C.E. Program has created many wonderful experi-ences for our kids.

Thank you for all of your support this summer. Have a great rest of the summer and a terrific school year!!! Wehope to see you next summer during P.A.C.E. 2011.

Robert F. PattenP.A.C.E. DirectorThe Woodbridge Township Extended School Year Program

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Thank you to the following people for their continuedsupport of this program.

Central AdministrationDr. John A. Crowe, Superintendent

Mrs. Lois Rotella, Assistant SuperintendentMs. Julie Bair, Staff Director of Special Services

Ms. Diane Schreiks, Supervisor of Special EducationMr. Joe Maspari, Technology

Woodbridge Township Board of EducationBrian Small, President

Diane Aquisto, Vice-PresidentJohn GoldenBrian Molnar

Jonathan TriebwasserJudy Leidner

Lawrence MilosciaEzio TamburelloGeorge Yuhasz

Newsletter Committee

Kristen Hershey,Chairperson

M. BarnettL. ZecchinoD. Kalanta

A. ValguerneraJ. DukeB. NyersC. Rowe

M. CoppolaJ. Kenny

J. Robertazzi

Documents

PACE Newsletter 2010