Caruso Times
A publication from the Joseph C. Caruso School
First Edition, October 2012
Fourth Grade News
Mrs. Weldon’s class is doing many
fun things. They are doing current
events. Every Friday they have a “Story
of The Week” winner based on the most
interesting article. They are reading the
book Because of Winn Dixie. They are
planning a party just like Gloria Dump
in the book. As you can see, Mrs.
Weldon’s class is doing a lot of fun
things.
By Waylon Manoes and Brendan
Flanzbaum
Parts. First, they greet each other.
Second, they share special things.
Third, they play activities together to
practice specific character traits. Their
class is planning to line the halls with
mystery book reports by November.
Another thing they are doing is
planning an ice cream party to
celebrate multiplication math facts. I
can’t wait to see those mystery book
reports in the halls next month!
By Casey Lohsen and Anastacia
Lewisapfelbaum
I can’t believe what’s going on in
Mrs. Ward and Mrs. DeVirgilio’s class.
We are learning about owl pellets. We
even dissected them and found bones of
different rodents. That was so fantastic!
Another interesting thing is that one
student even found a whole spine. After
working on the owl pellets, we had to
wash our hands and desks. It was so
much fun to do this activity.
By Destiny Gonzalez , Jeismaraldy
Lugardo and Isaac Olivares
Are you looking for a fun way to
practice your math facts? Well, Mrs.
McMahon and Mrs. Schleichert have a
great way to do it. They use the laptops
and go on www.arcadia.com. In these
games, they play against each other.
They also made an animal cell model
from flour and water. They painted it
when it got hard. Now you know what
Mrs. McMahon and Mrs. Schleichert’s
class have been doing.
By Cameryn Derouche and Chloe
VanHouten
We are happy to report what’s going
on is Mrs. Dakoglou’s and Mrs.
Filipowicz’s class. They are building a
class community with daily morning
meetings. The meetings have three
Lights!Camera!Action! Ms. Collier’s
class made a movie. It was for Back to
School Night to show the parents about
their classroom and their day. They
came up with creative ideas and kept
practicing their lines. They had to be
on camera. Many students in Ms.
Collier’s class have stage fright, others
don’t. Abby, a student is Ms. Collier’s
class, does not have stage fright. When
she was little, she wanted to make a
movie. It’s not easy to make a movie. I
would really love to see the movie they
made!
By Hazem Zaky
about the experiment. Science seems to
be a fun part of their day.
By Bobby Lawrence and Tatyana
Delgado
Mrs. DeTalvo’s class is off to a great
start! They started by making career
books on the students’ interests. For
example, Austin and Dorukhan like
playing kickball outside. They also
made banners/flags for a college of
their choice. The students are going to
research what job they want to do and
see what college has it. We can’t wait to
see those banners outside in the hall.
By Connor Graf and Blake Clayton
Did you know that Mrs. Leary’s class
is learning about how to write topic
sentences and paragraphs? They are
also comparing living and nonliving
things in Science class. Maybe they can
write paragraphs about what they
learned in Science!
By Taylor Sprinvloed and Siara
Cummings
Have you ever gone shopping in
school? Well, Ms. Shine’s class has.
They earn tokens each week for things
like class participation, being kind, and
answering questions. On Friday
mornings they get to count their tokens
and shops for prizes. Doesn’t that sound
like fun? They also learned how to
build a computer during their
technology special. I look forward to see
their computers.
By Lacey Alt and Candace Doughlin
Mrs. Joyce’s class has many
interesting things to report. During
science, they are learning about their
senses. They walked blindfolded
through the halls. They had to use their
4 other senses to guide them. Each
student had a buddy to help them find
the way. Next in science they are
planning to do a Balloon Pop
Experiment. We can’t wait to find out
Third Grade News
The third grades are off and running
at Caruso School!
Listen to this! Ms. Viggiano’s Class is
working on telling time and skip
counting, in addition to their Wounded
Warrior Project where they write
letters to our soldiers. They are also
organizing a cupcake sale. Yum!
By Zymera King and Cody Lamberson
If you love nature, go to Mrs. Varley’s
Class. They have a cocoon project
going on. We cannot wait to see the
butterflies. They are also creating
Career books and learning about the 50
states.
By Isaiah Fletcher and Jyasia Chaney
Want to see a busy third grade? Mrs.
Longo and Ms. Paduano’s Class are
concentrating on seed ideas to create
small moment stories. In Math, they
are working on time, subtraction, and
skip counting,
By Kevin Breaux and Brandon Mastres
Mrs. Fabiano’s third grade class is
always an interesting place to be! They
are learning about map keys and word
problems in Math. The students are
getting used to all the new Grade 3
activities.
By Aiden Dillstrom and Jesse Beresky
I always love to hear a good fable!
Well, Mrs. Puglisi and Mrs. Underhill’s
class is the place to be. They are writing
fables, and reading the book The
Chocolate Touch.
By Shaft Page, David Juarez, and Kevin
Reyes
If you want to learn about creating
powerpoint, step into Mrs. Szotak and
Mrs. Schoiab's Class. They are writing
about vacations and learning about
plants and animals.
By Jeness Bardon, Jordan Potenta and
Daija Aminzia
What’s Going on in the
Cafeteria?
Hungry? Don’t have time to eat at
home? Well, at Caruso School you can
have a nice, free breakfast! Ever since
this new addition, kids have been eating
healthy breakfasts. Breakfast gives kids
more nutrition for their school day. Kids
like this new idea, and so do the
parents!
By Mackenzie Smith, Zaijhon Hill, Edwin
Flores, Tino Valverde
What’s on the menu? This year we have
some new foods on the lunch menu. We
have had chicken pot pie, Chinese food,
baked chicken, and tacos. We still have
pizza Friday’s though! Just check the
menu the night before so you know if
you will like the food the next day or if
you should pack a home lunch.
By Kaeley Haines, Thomas Hoppe,
Patrick Beltran, Deondre Culbertburke
This year the cafeteria rules are a little
bit different. You can sit with your
friends! You have to wait with your
class to get your lunch. Then you can
ask to move to another place and sit
with a friend who could be in another
class. When your class is called, you
have to throw out your tray and line
up. Thanks!
By Izidora Brennan, Bekka Warren,
Eric Conway, Elyza Alejandro
Did you know that the cafeteria is
changing? Where are the bagel bags as
a choice for lunch? Where is the ice
cream? How about peanut butter and
jelly? We used to also get cookies and
sometimes brownies, but not this year.
We can’t have dressing for our salad or
cream cheese or butter for our bagel.
These are some of the cafeteria
problems that we would like solved!
By Danielle Galvin, Brianna Leary,
Shawn Adler, Connor Scott, Louis
Chalmers
Note: The new nutritional standards
are part of our changes, and we now
have salad dressing and butter or
cream cheese when we need it.
Getting to Know Our
New Staff!
First, welcome to the J. C. Caruso
Family! Students in Mrs. DeTalvo’s class
and Ms. Shine’s class are going to tell all
about a few of newest members.
Mrs. Filipowicz:
Mrs. Filipowicz was born in New Jersey.
She attended Seton Hall University for
four years. Some of her favorites
include football (NY Jets), the color blue
and Christmas. Her favorite subject is
math because she loves solving
problems and working with numbers.
She also told us she is like a cat because
she is curious. Maybe that is why her
favorite author is Dr. Seuss? For fun she
likes to take pictures and make
scrapbooks.
Mrs. Filipowicz worked as a
kindergarten and 5th grade teacher
before joining us. She said when she
first arrived at Caruso she was a little
nervous but also excited.
Mrs. Filipowicz said she is learning new
things here everyday. Her experience at
JCCS is constantly evolving. She is
enjoying teaching her 4th grade students
and working with all the teachers.
By: Zavier Burulia, Adriana Carlucci,
Dorukhan Guner, Riley Hansen, Kylie
Kane, Austin Maltese, Israel Quiles,
Loren Rodriquez and Desmond
Stephenson
Mrs. Friedlich:
Mrs. Friedlich was born in Bronx, NY.
She attended Binghamton University.
Some of her favorites include pizza, the
color pink and Thanksgiving. Her
favorite book is One True Thing and
her favorite author is Anna Quindlen.
She enjoys baseball and her favorite
team is the San Francisco Giants. If she
was describe herself as an animal it
would be a dog. For fun she enjoys
reading, golf and zumba.
Mrs. Friedlich worked at Port
Monmouth Road School before joining
us. She is the newest member to the
Child Study Team office. Her
experience at JCCS has been great. She
felt happy and excited when she
arrived at Caruso. She enjoys meeting
with all of the students.
By: Jalen Anderson, Kayla Antonucci,
Maria Ferrara, Jasmine McKinney and
Angelina Shaver.
Mr. Pepper:
Mr. Pepper was born in Oceanside, NY.
He attended Penn State University for
four years. Some of his favorites
include pizza, the color blue and
Christmas. Mr. Pepper does not watch
TV. He does like wrestling and his
favorite team is the Keansburg Titans.
He loves to read because you can learn
anything by reading. His favorite book
is The Call of the Wild. His favorite
author is Mark Twain. He also said an
animal to describe him would be a dog
because he is loyal. He enjoys spending
time with his two sons, his family and
friends. His son Jesse is in 3rd grade
and his son Jude is in kindergarten. For
Mr. Pepper worked at Bolger Middle
School as a 5th grade teacher before
joining us. He says he is enjoying his
time here very much and his experience
has been great. From day one the staff
and students made me feel very
welcome. He is enjoying working with
the 4th grade students and teachers.
By: Suhana Abdalla, Bryan Bowles,
Robert Destito, Justin Ethridge, Anyia
Jones, Nicole Ketch, Daniel Nowicki,
Barren Thomas and Lucas Sherry
fun Mr. Pepper enjoys hiking or doing
something outside. He loves the woods.