May 1 - Cultural Arts ~ Owls
May 2, 4, 9, 11 ~ Third Grade Spark Club
May 9 - EARLY RELEASE DAY
Kindergarten Open House ~ 2-3:15 pm
May 11 - JBS Art Show Opening 6-7:30 pm
May 16 - Fourth Grade visits Walsh Intermediate School
Third Grade Field Trip
May 18 - District Fourth Grade Celebration at YMCA
May 21 - First and Second Grade Field Trips
May 24 - Kindergarten Field Trip
May 25 - JBS Memorial Day Assembly 9 am
May 28 - Memorial Day ~ District Closed
May 29 - Third Grade ~ Take a Step Day
Second Grade Field Trip
June 1 - Summer Reading Kickoff
June 4 - Sliney Singers Concert
June 5 - JBS Field Day (rain date - June 7)
June 8 - JBS Celebration at Silver Sands (rain date - June 11)
June 11 - Second Grade Field Trip (Jacobson, Frye)
June 14 - Second Grade Field Trip (Kane, Worden)
June 15 - Fourth Grade Promotion ~ 2:00 pm
June 16 - Sliney Singers Backstage at Branford Festival
June 18 - Last Day for Students and Teachers - EARLY RELEASE
Latest News...
Congratulations to Mrs. Dendas' Class for earning the Golden Frying Pan Award.
Mr. Imperati's Fourth Grade Spark Club was so successful, he is now introducing the Sliney Spark Club for Third Graders to wake up their brains and bodies! Click here for more information!
Sliney participates in the
CT PTA Reflections Program for the first time this year. The awards were presented on Friday, March 9. This years topic was 'Diversity Means...'. Second-graders Olivia Campbell and MarkJoseph Hally took first place in the Visual Arts and Photography categories, respectively.
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1st Place - Visual Arts - Olivia Campbell Titled "In the Garden ~ "Artist's statement": - I decided to draw this picture to explain Diversity. The picture shows that all kinds of flowers can grow and nurture in the same garden without judgement
1st Place - Photography - Mark Joseph Hally Titled "NY Bread" ~ Artist's Statement" - Bread is diverse it has different textures, ingredients and shapes.
The Golden Frying Pan Award for the week of February 27th goes to.... Mrs. Castle's Class!
'We Stand Tall' Award for Honesty and Trust nominees chosen by their classmates.
(click grade level for details)
Kindergarten - Fiona Brunson, Sadie Zalewski, Tim Rice, Isabella Armellino
First Grade - Melanie Wagner, Kevin Zuniga, Aubrey Weted, Sophia Rondinone
Second Grade - Isabel Snyder, Colin Walsh, Catalina Brown, Julia McHenry
Third Grade - Cooper Robinson, Sawyer Bouley, Carter Shannon, Madeline Brissettee
Fourth Grade - Jack Mangels, Margaret Martin, Natalie Leonfful, Julia Robbins
Sliney Spark Club
Mr. Imperati is introducing the Sliney Spark Club for fourth graders to wake up their brains and bodies! Click here for more information!
Those aren't sleepy-heads! This is Spirit Week at Sliney and Wednesday was Pajama Day. Students were wide awake for their violin lesson which is part of the Sliney Strings Program.
Winter doldrums...? Not at Sliney! Next week is SPIRIT WEEK! Join the fun on February 22nd for Pajama Day, February 23rd for Team Spirit Day, and February 24th for Favorite Hat Day! Go TEAM SLINEY!
Sliney Students recognized for the Arts...
On Monday, February 6, 2012, The Connecticut Association of Schools held the 13th Annual Elementary Celebration of the Arts at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington from 5:30-8PM. (Click here for full article)
Sliney students participated in the Jump Rope for Heart program during PE class. Mr. Imperati and Ms. Poundstone provided an assortment of terrific activities to get and keep those hearts healthy!
Mrs. Castle's class celebrated the 100th day of first grade learning with fancy hats and activities.
Mr. Coppola and Miss Melillo, along with Sliney art teacher, Mr.Dormer, took their classes to the Wadsworth Atheneum last week.
Mr. Jacobson's class observed the effects of time, color intensity, and length on how quickly and brilliantly their carnations absorbed color. Thank you to Kyle's mom, Ms. Alderman, for sharing her time and scienfitic background with the class.
Cultural Arts at Sliney
Sliney PTA's Cultural Arts program presented Brian Gillie - Song, Dance - The Possibilities on Thursday! We learned that we can ALL write songs, dance, and make music!
From dinosaurs to mythology and fairies to planets, Mr. Frye's second grade class collectively read 100 books! Kudos to the students for taking their love of books and learning to encourage each other in the joys of reading. Congratulations!
Sliney Singers gave a terrific performance of their Winter Concert at the Walsh Intermediate School on Thursday, January 26th. Many thanks to Mrs. Benard, the students, staff, and parents who continue to help make this such a successful event.
Welcome back former Sliney students! The Walsh music department serenaded our third and fourth graders with music from the Sixth Grade chorus, Symphony, and Band. It was fun to see a few familiar faces and a nice glimpse into the future possibilities for our current students as they think about going to Walsh!
Eureka! We have crystals! Again! Sliney Third Graders continue their science unit on Matter by observing how salts dissolved in liquid and then returned to a solid state.
Sliney Third Graders conducted an experiment to grow crystals as part of the their Science unit on States of Matter! Click here for a larger picture.
Mrs. Duffy has new books in the Library! Click here for a list of new books.
Highlights for the week of Jan. 9-13, 2012 - Click here to read about World Language opportunities at JBS!
Highlights for the week of Jan. 2-6, 2012 - Click here to read about our Character Traits and Golden Frying Pan Awards!
Branford Education Foundation presents Glow Night Event at the Blackstone!
Click here for more details
Go for the Stars! http://www.goforthestars.org/
Sliney Super Helpers are supporting
The Ronald Mc Donald House of Connecticut this holiday.
The Ronald McDonald House is a "home away from home" housing children and their families who are being treated at nearby hospitals. During the holidays, these families are away from their homes trying to care for their sick children; the House is not only able to provide them a place to stay, but the support they need at such a difficult time.
Help us collect soda can tabs...
for their recycling fundraiser throughout the months of December and January.
Sliney Super Helpers will carry collection bags and there will be a collection bag in the main office. Pop the tabs off the cans and send them in!
All recycling proceeds go directly to the House.
Help us collect activity books and crayons Friday, December 16th before school in the main lobby.
We will be collecting the following items:
Coloring books
Puzzle books
Word search books
Sudoku books
Crayons
Markers
These items will be used by children staying at the House and as gifts to the other children. Thank you for helping to brighten the holiday for these families going through such trying times!
We also want to thank you for contributing to our causes throughout the fall.
With your help, we were so happy to be able to do accomplish the following:
Donated 130 coats to local children
Donated $240 to Unicef
Collected 75 lbs of food for the Food Pantry before Thanksgiving
Sent 50 cards to soldiers serving overseas
Is your chlild looking for another way to express his or her artistic talent? A special note to check our PTA website http://www.jbslineypta.org for the Reflections Contest where this year's theme is Diversity Means... All entries are due by December 2nd.
We are excited to report that we collected a large amount of candy to send over to troops overseas. Sliney Helpers has arranged to send our candy over with letters the students have written for the soldiers. Thank you to all that helped make this possible.
Highlights...
Last week, we were proud to have the museum curator from Dinosauria in Washington, D.C. present to our fourth grade students. Matthew Carrano, also a JBS graduate, shared information about becoming a paleontologist and studying dinosaurs.
