News & Announcements

Spelling Bee Information ! Spelling Bee will take place January 3rd & January 4th, 2020

Students in Miss Herrmann’s class participated in a Holiday book exchange. The 1st graders all loved the new books they’re received from their classmates and are very excited to read them over break!

CLARENDON SCHOOL THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEE

Are you interested in learning about places all over the world? Do you like to learn about states, capitals, countries and continents? Are you inspired by physical, political, environmental and economic maps? Then, The National Geographic Bee could be for you!

On Friday, December 6, 2019, Clarendon School held The Preliminary National Geographic School Bee. Students in grades 4 and 5 competed in this worthwhile and relevant competition. Congratulations to Clarendon School’s 4th and 5th grade National Geographic Bee school level finalists! The following nine finalists will advance to The National Geographic Bee school finals on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. Students competed tirelessly for seven strong rounds!
Our 2019-2020 Clarendon School finalists are:

Kiera Hennessy
Damien Fernando
Aarya Patel
Sarah Veloz
Siya Chopra
Voula Christopoulos
Nirmay Gupta
Ananya Bajpai
Aviah Bernabe

On Tuesday, December 17, 2019 Clarendon School held The National Geographic Bee School Finals. Our nine finalists competed in this intense competition in numerous rounds that included State Saavy, State Nicknames, Weird But True, Last Wild Places, Odd One Out, World Civilizations and the astounding Cities of the World! Our Geo Bee champion was identified after a total of ten rounds. Second and third place winners went on for an additional eight rounds before their placement was achieved.
Congratulations to all participants, finalists and winners. You are all achievers!

First Place - Siya Chopra
Second Place - Ananya Bajpai
Third Place - Sarah Veloz

Siya has been named the 2019-2020 Clarendon School’s National Geographic Bee Champion. She will be taking the online state qualifying test in January 2020. If Siya qualifies, she may go on to compete at The State Bee in April, 2020. The National Championship will be held in Washington DC in May, 2020. We are wishing Siya all the best on the state assessment.

Mrs. Knapp’s First grade class had so much fun with a science STEM lesson: Can you use the cups to construct the tallest tree? 🌲

Clarendon SGO Officers & 5th Grade Representatives enjoyed decorating the front vestibule for the upcoming holiday season. Thank you SGO!

Bucketfilling November Winners

Kindergarten- Marcus Burrell & Meaghan Miguel
First Grade- Keshvi Mulani & Austin Krishnan
Second Grade- Catherine Mateos & Raigan Francis
Third Grade- Slayner Baca Santana & Grace Quinones
Fourth Grade- Pratham Mulani & Gustavo Vazquez
Fifth Grade- Mahi Ghosh & Niveali Gandhi

Miss. Sallustio's class rocked the red carpet during their first writing celebration. The whole class had a great time sharing their writing with special visitors!

Dear Parents,

We live in a world surrounded by technology and we know that whatever field our students choose to go into as adults, their ability to succeed will increasingly depend on understanding how technology works.
But only a tiny fraction of us are learning how technology works. Fewer than half of all schools teach computer science.
That’s why our entire school is joining in on the largest learning event in history: The Hour of Code, during Computer Science Education Week (December 9-15). More than 100 million students worldwide have already tried an Hour of Code.
Our Hour of Code is making a statement that Clarendon School is ready to teach these foundational 21st century skills. To continue bringing programming activities to your students, we want to make our Hour of Code event huge. I encourage you to volunteer, reach out to local media, share the news on social media channels and consider hosting additional Hour of Code events in the community.
This is a chance to change the future of education in Secaucus.
See http://hourofcode.com/us for details, and help spread the word.


Sincerely,
Dr. Garzon

Gobble! Gobble! Mrs Mongiello’s class is having fun painting their own turkeys!

It was a Great week in kindergarten! Mrs. Jaramillo’s class (and all of kindergarten) made gingerbread cookies to finish their Gg week explorations. They read different versions of the classic Gingerbread Man story - including Gingerbread Girl, Gingerbread Baby, Gingerbread Friends, Gingerbread Bear, and NinjaBread. They compared the similarities and differences, surveyed, tallied, and chose their favorite version, and did some gingerbread writing as well.