Stormy week didn't slow us down

It was good to see the sun on Friday!  Even though the weather was not so great we still had a great week.  Things were relatively quiet for us in terms of events but we did start our schedule change this week and the changes were seamless.  All students seem to be enjoying the new enrichment block and our teachers have jumped right into doing the difficult curriculum work needed to move our school forward and to ensure our curriculum aligns with the new Common Core State Standards.

I assume there may be questions in regards to our schedule change, the reasons behind it and our plan to move HBB forward.  For that reason I would like to invite anyone who may be interested to come by HBB this Tuesday night at 5:30 pm.  I will be there to field any questions you might have and to give anyone who might be interested an overview of where we are and where we are going.

Hurricane Sandy
We will continue collecting donations for the Children of Union Beach New Jersey right up until the Thanksgiving break.  Please help us help others.  Union Beach was particularly hard hit by the storm and we are collecting any school supplies, hats, gloves, backpacks etc.  We have already had a large number of donations so thank you to all who have already donated.  It has been really great to see the outpouring of support!

Borough Talk
Tune in to your local access television channel to see some of the most riveting television of the year!  I was asked by Dr. Weiss to join Mr. Geoghegan and Mr. Branagan on the first episode of her new television show Borough Talk.  Her show will be a regular program on Local Access TV as this will become another method of keeping the community informed about all the great things going on in our schools!

Kickball
This Friday afternoon Mr. Gobeil and I took Mrs. Darcy's 3rd grade class outside for a hotly contested kickball battle.  Mrs. Darcy's class won the opportunity to play because they collected the most BOX TOPS in our school!  For the record, the game ended in a tie on a last minute home run by Skylar!   Great job guys!  (see pics below)

Earthview
As many of you know we have had the Earth View Program from Bridgewater State College here over the past few weeks.  This is an exceptional program which you can read more about if you click on the Enrichment Programs link on the left side of this screen.  Some of our High School Television Students were here to do a story on the program and you can view their story by clicking on this link.
https://vimeo.com/53085329

That's it for now.  Have a great weekend and enjoy these pics, courtesy of Mrs. DeStefano.