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Elementary schools establish honor society chapter
Maple Hill and
Mechanicstown Elementary Schools have joined 30 other
elementary schools from across the state as founding
members of
the National Elementary Honor Society (NEHS).
The schools are also the first in Orange County to
establish NEHS chapters.
Click here
to read more.
SMART Boards link students
Forget
chalkboards, SMART Boards are where it's at.
Just ask kids at Maple
Hill Elementary School, where students are using
SMART Board technology to connect to classrooms across the
globe.
Click here
to read more.
 Don't
be caught out in the cold! Tune in for closings
and delays
With winter weather underway, it's important to know
where to tune in for school closings and delays.
Parents are encouraged to
log on to the district Web
site and
tune in to
Channel 20, and local
radio and television stations
listed here.
 Integrating technology into the classroom: Blogs enhance
learning
Meet the
newest group of bloggers to hit the web: students at Maple
Hill Elementary School.
Students at the school are logging on to teacher-generated
blogs to respond to and comment on classroom assignments in
English Language Arts (ELA), math, science, and social studies.
Click here to
read more.
Student collects pet food donations
Maple Hill Elementary
student Max Jorzik is
gave back big
during the
holiday season to the Human Society of
Middletown. Max, with the help of his parents, set up
collection boxes at the school, in addition to Monhagen
Middle School and Price Chopper, in an effort to collect pet
food donations.
Click here to read more.
District launches SchoolMessenger
Keeping
students, parents, and the community informed isn't just
important—it’s a priority in Middletown. As a result,
the district has launched
SchoolMessenger—a
notification system that delivers voice, e-mail, and SMS
messages to users on matters such as attendance, events,
and district emergencies. To read more about the service
and learn how to create a
SchoolMessenger account,
click here.
What's new with the flu?
With
health officials expecting
the seasonal
flu and
H1N1 virus to impact schools and communities,
the
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued
recommendations
and precautions parents can
take to help their child from contacting the seasonal flu
and H1N1 virus.
Click here
to
read more.
 Kids give back to community this holiday
season
Kids
at Maple Hill Elementary School gave back to the
community
just
in time for the Thanksgiving holiday
by collecting non-perishable food items, toys, and coats
for
The Family
Empowerment Council.
According to
Amelia McKenna, second grade teacher and coordinator of
the drive, about 15 boxes were donated.
"In these hard economic times more families in need are
accessing community organizations and resources," said
McKenna. "It's important that we
do all we can to help."
Students
celebrate Red Ribbon Week by pledging to be
drug-free
 Maple
Hill Elementary School was among thousands of
schools pledging to be drug-and-alcohol free across
the nation during Red Ribbon Week, held
October 23-31.
This year, students at the school
signed a pledge
banner promising to live
drug-and-alcohol-free lives,
participated in a variety of
dress-up days,
such as
"Living Drug-Free Is No Sweat
Day," where students were asked to wear sweats to
school, and activities
aimed
at raising students’ awareness of the pitfalls that
come with drug and alcohol use.
According to
Dana Fontanez, teacher and organizer of Red Ribbon
Week events at the school, this week was
especially important.
"This week was an opportunity to highlight the
importance of staying drug-and-alcohol free,"
said Fontanez. "It
made students more aware of
how important it is to make good choices and stay
away from drugs and alcohol."
Red
Ribbon Week is the oldest and largest
annual drug-prevention campaign in the country. It
was started in 1988 to raise awareness of the
dangers of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, and
encourage prevention and early intervention.
School hosts first-ever
bilingual/ESL open house for parents
Maple
Hill hosted its first-ever bilingual/English as a Second
Language (ESL) open house on Friday, September 25.
Parents, with children enrolled in the
school's bilingual/ESL program, were invited to attend the
two-hour event which included a program overview, a
meet-and-greet with community organizations, and
a workshop on encouraging
student reading.
Schools remember 9/11
Middletown
City Schools commemorated the eighth anniversary of 9/11 on
Friday
with
district-wide moments of silence, in memory
of those lost in the attacks, and a
variety of activities centered around Patriot Day.
Click
here to read more.
 Maple
Hill welcomes new principal
and teachers
Maple Hill Elementary School is
pleased to welcome
Dominick
Radogna as the
schools new
principal. In addition, the school also welcomes several new teachers this year.
Mr.
Radogna is a familiar face around the district, having
served as Monhagen Middle School assistant principal for
three years prior to taking the helm of Maple Hill
Elementary School in September. Before becoming a Middletown
administrator in 2006, Mr. Radogna served as a fourth grade
teacher in the Brewster Central School District for more
than nine years.
New teachers welcomed
Maple Hill Elementary School also welcomed five new
teachers this school year. Welcome to: Ashley Rebmann,
Jennifer Mishk, Michelle Ramirez, Holly Fitzgerald and
Amanda Moissett.
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Principal
Dominick Radogna |
Assistant
Principals
Monica Hasbrouck
Jessica Turner |
Maple Hill Elementary
491
County Route 78
Middletown, NY 10940
Phone: (845) 326-1740
Fax: (845) 326-1795
Emergency Hotline:
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