Bus routes are posted at the schools for your review! And speaking of buses, click HERE for some important reminders from our Transportation Department. In particular, please remember to be patient in those first few weeks of school. Allow for some fluctuation in pickup and drop-off times. A number of factors are involved: Our bus drivers wait a little longer at each bus stop to accommodate students who are unfamiliar with the location … Many parents have questions and speak individually with the drivers … Other drivers on the road must adjust to having our buses in the traffic stream. Your patience is appreciated!
This is only a drill…On September 3, the NJ State Police will be holding a routine Tactical Training Exercise at A. Russell Knight School. The training exercise will take place from 9 am to 12 noon and will involve approximately 15 troopers on site with a safety officer. The State Police hold these trainings in schools and commercial buildings around the state. Both the school district and the Cherry Hill Police Department are aware of this training. Please direct any questions to Knight Principal George Guy.
Orientation Dates for Incoming Freshmen and Sixth Graders…Click to view the remaining orientation dates at our high schools and middle schools.
Students return to school on Tuesday, September 7! Please note the following about the elementary schedule on the first day of school: Students in Grades 1-5 and elementary school special education classes will be dismissed at 1 pm. The morning Kindergarten session will be from 9 -11:30 am; the afternoon Kindergarten session will be from 1 – 3:30 pm. Kindergarten enrichment classes at Barton, Johnson, Kilmer, Kingston, and Paine will run from 9 am – 1 pm. Tuesday, September 7 will be a full day for students in Grades 6-12!
At the August 24 Action Meeting, the Cherry Hill Board of Education ratified a three-year pact with the Cherry Hill Education Association, the bargaining unit that represents the district’s 1,110 teachers, school secretaries, and support personnel. CHEA membership ratified the contract the previous week. Click for contract highlights.
Click for a statement from Seth Klukoff, Board of Education President, regarding the new contract.
On August 24, the Board of Education approved a policy and procedure for implementation of a student activities fee in Grades 6-12. The purpose of this fee is to help defray the costs for stipends for coaches/advisors, transportation arrangements, officials, rental fees, uniforms, and other costs for select extracurricular and athletic activities which are supported by general education funds. This is a one-time fee per school year and will permit students to participate in multiple activities. The student fee structure for 2010-2011 is $80 per student for high school students and $70 per student for middle school students, with a family cap of $150. Parents of students in Grades 6-12 will soon be receiving a packet of information about the Student Activities fee. The packet will include a copy of the Board policy and procedure, a list of the activities that are subject to the fee (all athletics at all levels will be subject to this fee), and a form to fill out and return with payment.
Save the date! Click for the list of Back to School Nights for Fall 2010. Don't miss back to school night at your child's school! (Update...Please note changes in back to school nights for middle schools and Cherry Hill High School East since the original posting.)
At the July action meeting, the Diversity Advisory Commmittee/ Achievement Gap Committee updated the Board on strategies for narrowing the achievement gaps. Click for a summary of that report and a link to the power point presentation.
Immunization Requirements for Incoming Sixth Graders ... All children born on or after January 1, 1997 and enrolled in Grade 6 are required to receive a booster dose of the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine as well as one dose of the meningococcal vaccine. These immunizations should be completed before your child starts school in September. The district is compelled by state law to ensure that all students receive the required immunizations. Students who do not meet immunization requirements will be excluded from school! Click HERE for an immunization guidance grid from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
The Department of Health and Senior Services also requires that all preschool students under the age of 5 years old have a current year flu shot prior to December 31, 2010. Please contact your family doctor to make an appointment early to avoid any potential shortages. Students under the age of 5 who have not received the current year flu shot prior to December 31, 2010 will be excluded from school.
New to Cherry Hill? All registration is conducted centrally at the Malberg Administration Building. Click HERE for information on registering your students in our great public schools.
Both Cherry Hill West and Cherry Hill East are on Newsweek’s 2010 list of America’s Best High Schools. The list is based on "how hard school staffs work to challenge students with advanced placement college-level courses and tests." About 1,600 schools - just six percent of all the public schools in the U.S. - made the list. Cherry Hill West is ranked 1441; Cherry Hill East is ranked 1559. To explore the Newsweek list, click HERE. Congratulations to Cherry Hill’s terrific high schools!
The Cherry Hill School District has been designated a “high performing” district by the New Jersey Department of Education after achieving scores of at least 80% in each of the five areas of the QSAC review process. The district received the following scores: Instruction and Program, 80%; Operations, 82%; Governance, 89%, Personnel, 90%; and Fiscal Management, 100%. NJ QSAC is the Department of Education’s monitoring and evaluation system. The primary purpose is to measure and improve school district performance in meeting State standards.
Congratulations to Carusi Middle School and Johnson Elementary School - 2010 New Jersey Schools of Character! Kudos too to Beck Middle School and Thomas Paine International Elementary School for receiving Honorable Mention awards. Click for details.
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