CHP Holiday Sing
CHP performed their annual Holiday Sing. Preschool through Grade 8 students sang holiday songs along with our music teachers Florence Lombardo, Mikhail Kuchuk and Timmie Cole. Afterwards, Carl Martin and Ellen Callahan entertained us with more sounds of the season. Happy Holidays everyone!
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Preschool - Kindergarten News |
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Preschool Celebrates the Holidays
Lights were bright in preschool at Cedar Hill Prep as the children learned a little bit about the holidays of Kwanzaa, Chanukah and Christmas. The children enjoyed learning about different holiday customs and celebrations. Click Here to See More Images
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Chanukah
Preschoolers learned about Chanukah, the festival of lights. During our Chanukah week, the children learned that the menorah candles are lit for 8 nights. Some traditional
foods include potato latkes and jelly donuts. They also learned about a game played with a spinning top, called a dreidel. For a craft, they beautifully colored a dreidel.
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Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa is a seven day festival that celebrates African American culture and history. During Kwanzaa, a special candle holder called a kinara is used. It holds seven candles, three red ones on the left, three green ones on the right with a black candle in the center. Each night during Kwanzaa, a candle is lit. Our Preschool class learned a little about this holiday by reading stories and coloring a paper candle using the Kwanzaa colors. Corn was included to represent the amount of children in the family.
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Christmas
We then celebrated Christmas. The children sang songs, painted a Christmas tree and made a Jolly Santa. They are anxiously waiting for their visits from Santa!
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Happy New Year from Preschool |
Preschoolers welcomed the New Year when they returned back to school. With party hats and clock noise makers, our excited children pretended it was 10 seconds before midnight to count down to the beginning of a great New Year. Preschoolers wish everyone a happy and healthy 20121!!!
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Pre-Kindergarten Stars of the Week
Pre-Kindergarten enjoyed a "first" as we celebrated two "Stars of the Week", Oliver and Noah. Oliver and Noah shared their "Star" posters with us. Their dad joined in on the celebration reading a story to our class.
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Pre-Kindergarten Celebrates the Holidays |
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It's the most wonderful time of the year and the Pre-Kindergarten class loved learning about all the holidays that are celebrated this month. We discovered that Chanukah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa have some similarities in their celebrations. Most of all we discovered that sharing these special holidays with our loved ones is the best. Wishing everyone a Merry EVERYTHING and a happy, healthy New Year.
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Kindergarten Holidays Around the World |
Our Kindergarten students learned all about Holidays Around The World! Through reading books, discussions, songs, crafts and videos, they passionately and enthusiastically learned about St. Lucia Day, St. Nicholas Day, Chanukah, Christmas and Las Posadas. Happy Holidays everyone!
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Grade 1... It's That Time of the Year |
It’s Snow Secret That …We Think CHP is…..
First graders loves CHP! Our students wrote adjectives on a decorated snowflake to express how they feel about CHP. The display adds a little sparkle to our hallway.
Our Wishes for Peace
First graders wrote a wish for peace in our world. They chose the word peace written in different languages. We enjoyed sharing our wishes with each other.
All Aboard The Polar Express
Our first graders enjoyed listening to The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. As a culminating activity, our pajama wearing students lined up their chairs in our cafeteria as if they were riding on a train. They handed over their tickets and ate their cookies as they helped to retell the story. We ended our activity by singing our holiday songs.
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Grade 2 Wishes Ms. Nan a Happy Birthday |
On December 10th, second grade invited Ms. Nan to pop into class to celebrate her birthday. The children sang "Happy Birthday" and made her a special card to let her know how much they love CHP!
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Grade 2 Learns about Weights
2nd graders have been busy learning about weight. They searched their homes to find two containers that equaled about 1 kg. Discovering that most containers report in grams, the children had to practice using 3-digit addition with renaming skills to find containers totaling about 1000 grams! When exploring the gram, 2nd graders pretended to be balance scales and compared different desk items against the gram. "Weigh" to go!
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Grade 2 December Birthdays
Grade 2 closed out December celebrating two birthdays for Aydin and Morayo. After blowing out the candles on a virtual cake, they and their moms shared special books with their classmates via Zoom. One book, Oh Say Can You Say Di-no-saur? from the Cat in the Hat's Learning Library series, delighted all, especially those with a fondness for Dr. Seuss and dinosaurs! The other, There Is a Girl Headed to the White House, spotlighted the values and beliefs instilled upon Vice President-elect, Kamala Harris, as a young girl. Thank you for sharing these wonderful books. Happy birthday, Aydin and Morayo!
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Grade 2 Spreads Holiday Cheer
2nd graders spread holiday cheer by sharing a ‘bright wish” for the season. Each child wrote a heartfelt wish that they had for the holiday season. Common themes included spreading kindness and joy to all, as well as wish for a return to life without Covid. To kick-off the start of winter break, the children enjoyed dancing, designing a snowman, and learning about different winter holidays! Cheers to 2021!
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Grade 3 Mystery Reader
Third grade welcomed Doreen Trotta, Lily's mom, as a mystery reader. She read a book called Butterflies Belong Here by Deborah Hopkinson. It's about an immigrant girl who learns English, in part, by reading books about Monarch butterflies. When she learns about why their numbers are declining, she presents a report in her science class and inspires her classmates to create a garden that will be a way station for Monarchs. Through this process, she gains confidence and learns how to be part of her new community. Third graders loved the book and the animated reading by Mrs. Trotta. Thank you very much for joining us and reading to us!
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Grade 3 Afternoon Mystery Reader
On December 11th, third graders had an afternoon mystery reader. It was Aariana's mom, Ankita! She read to us a heartwarming story entitled I Promise by David McPhail. In the story, Baby Bear asked Mother Bear, “What’s a promise?” When Baby Bear asked this important question, she promised her cub that she will feed him, play with him, and do everything she can to keep him safe. But Baby Bear had more questions: What happens if you break a promise? Can his mother promise that he will always be happy? In this sweet story, a loving parent has just the right words for explaining that some things in life simply cannot be promised--but family love is forever.
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Grade 3- Snowman Glyph Chart |
Third graders had a fun filled afternoon making their own Snowman glyphs. Using the glyphs/pictures each snowman tells a story about every student. The students gave their snowman funny names like 'Jingle Sugar Plum- Fairy, Twinkle Frozen- Pants and so on. The students had a lot of fun sharing their Snowman with their classmates.
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Grade 3- First Snow of the Season
Third graders enjoyed the first snow of the season by spending some time outside. They bundled up in their coats, hats and gloves and took a walk soaking up the beautiful CHP campus as the snow covered the trees.
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Decorating Ugly Sweater Contest in Grade 3
Third grade had a decorate your 'Ugly Christmas Sweater' contest. The students chose from one of the patterns and worked like fashion designers to come up with their own version of ugly Christmas sweaters! They enjoyed working on this activity. A team of judges voted on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. They are: 1st place winner - Samaira Doshi - Cherokee Bears, 2nd place winners - tie between Aaron Garg - Cherokee Bears, Reyaan Aman - Lenape Owls and Zia Shariff - Ramapo Falcons, 3rd place winners - tie between Chrystal Robinson - Shawnee Beavers, Pragnya Banagallapati - Cherokee Bears, Colin Lande - Cherokee Bears and Vishnu Badhna - Ramapo Falcons.
The winners earned points for their houses, 1st place winners earned 20 points, 2nd place winners earned 15 points and 3rd place winners earned 10 points. Congratulations to all the participants for enthusiastically decorating the sweaters!
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Grade 4 Congratulates Vihaan Bal!
Congratulations to Grade 4 student, Vihaan Bal, for his winning essay in the Scholastic Book Club’ Make a Difference Essay Contest! As a winner, Vihaan just
received a History and Activism Library.
We are so proud of you, Vihaan!
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Grade 4 Ushers in the Holiday Season and Winter! |
After Trimester Exam week, Grade 4 students ushered in winter and the holiday season as they created holiday gifts for their families, decorations, and wintry haikus which are proudly displayed on our class Poet-Tree.
Throughout the month, we noticed that our masks were becoming more fashionable…prompting a round of photos. Our Holiday Sing and Snow Day rounded out the end to 2020. We are thankful to all who contribute to keeping our community healthy….and wish you all a very healthy and happy New Year!
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Middle School Students Rehearse
Timmie Cole, Voice Coach, rehearses with the Middle School students for the Holiday Sing.
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Elijah's Promise Donation: Thank you! |
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The CHP House Leaders and Assistant Leaders organized their first Community Service initiative with Elijah's Promise, a soup kitchen in New Brunswick, NJ., which provides food, funds, and help to people in need. The entire school community participated by donating food, as well as toiletries and funds towards making Hygiene Kits. Middle School on-campus students and staff got together to make the Hygiene Kits. They completed over 200 bags! Some of the CHP virtual students participated from home too! None of this would have been possible without the CHP Community. Here are some pictures from the efforts. Click Here to See More Images
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The following students made the Honor Roll for the First Marking Period: |
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Abraham, Isaac *
Agrawal, Armaan*
Ahmed, Safa
Alam Ahmad
Banigallapati, Sriram*
Barnes, Nina M. (Nina)
Beckwith, Niara
Belur, Soham
Benneaser, Jenica (Jenica)
Benneaser, Jesintha
Brahmandam, Akhil (Akhil)
Chandwani, Shray M. (Shray)
Cherukuri, Aryan
Davda, Suhani
Florencio, Tea
Garcia, Valentina
Garg, Anya
Gujral, Riya
Gupta, Aarushi
Jian, Huining (Joanna)
Karlekar, Sarah*
Kim, Margaret
Kim, Sharon
Kodali, Karthikeya*
Lai, Sophia G.
Lekhi, Narayan S.
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Majumdar, Rashmika
Mamawala, Aakarsh S.*
Mangu, Sahith
Mehta, Ananya R.
Menon, Leela
Menon Mahadev (Dev)
Nambiar Sidharth (Sid)
Nath, Aakash
Nath, Avi
Odukoya, Motunrayo
Parram, Dhruv
Patel, Neal D.*
Patel, Siri
Potluri, Tanvi S.
Qi, Annie, Esq.
Rajinikanth, Jwala
Raju, Anaya
Raju, Ayden
Rao, Aarna
Shah, Sanah*
Shah, Sidharth (Sid)
Singhania, Vihaan (VH)
Sriram, Sanyuktha (Sanchu)
Tolat, Aanya
Yuh, Daniel
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Can I Share Your Screen?
An Evening of Student Developed Theatre
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All the world was truly a stage when the students of CHP premiered original plays written specifically for Zoom. The students performed with professionalism, enthusiasm and creativity in stories which included everything from a Zoom Game Night gone wrong to a Zoom meeting being hijacked by evil turkeys. The students from 2nd-8th grade were involved in every aspect of the writing and production of these plays. Bravo to all involved!
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Andrew Goldsworthy Inspired Earth Art Sculptures for Grades 3 - 8? |
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Andrew Goldsworthy, a renowned British sculptor, creates temporary landscape art installations out of sticks and stones, and anything and everything else that he finds outside. The son of a mathematician, Goldsworthy grew up working on farms before eventually getting his BA from what is now the University of Central Lancashire.
Andrew Goldsworthy quotes:
“When I make something, in a field, street or altering the landscape, it may vanish, but it’s part of the history of those places.”
“In the early days, my work was about collapse and decay. Now some of the changes that occur are too beautiful to be described as simply decay.”
Much of Goldsworthy’s land art is transient and ephemeral, a comment on Time and Earth’s fragility, comparing leaves and rocks and their different transition time lines. His art inspired Cedar Hill Prep students in Grades 3-8 to make their own “Earth Art” sculptures.
Our Sculptures:
In-person students built their sculptures in the school campus “woods”. Virtual students built in their backyards. While Goldsworthy used hundreds of natural pieces, students had a minimum of 30. Like Goldsworthy, they had to work quickly before pieces blew away or fell apart (and also because of class time constraints). Like Goldsworthy, the art was preserved by taking photos of it. There were other sculptural gems not shown due to photographic tech issues and acts of nature, such as when some just blew away before the shot, Goldsworthy style!
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CHP Landscapes Virtual Exhibit |
Students in Grades 3 - 8 drew beautiful scenery images of the CHP Campus . The students used light pencils to draw the horizon lines and blocked out objects in geometric forms to create their landscapes.
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The PTO would like to thank the CHP Community for supporting the Evergreen “Wreath” and Griggstown Pie Fundraisers. Your support and donations were truly appreciated.
Please attend our next meeting, January 13th, to find out the breakdown of the funds received for the fundraisers.
Thank you to all who attended our December meeting. Congratulations to Shontelle Berfet, mom of Arielle Brown in Kindergarten, on winning our monthly gift card giveaway by our Scrip Fundraiser.
Each monthly meeting we will be raffling off a Gift Card from our Scrip Fundraiser.
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Use CHP’s PTO enrollment code: 78AL185371236 to Join Today! |
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Would You Like to Volunteer?
If you are interested, please fill out the form below.
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If you have any questions for the PTO please contact pto@cedarhillprep.com
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A big thank you to the Rochlani Family, Vivaan Rochlani, Class of 2020, and Siddharth Rochlani, Class of 2018, for generously sponsoring to the CHP Staff and Faculty Holiday Luncheon.
Thank you for your continued generosity and support of CHP!
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I hope everyone enjoyed the winter break. I know we all hope for everything to go back to the way we knew it before Covid. Unfortunately, this is not a bad dream, and we aren’t going to wake up to rainbows and unicorns with pixie dust. That’s why for Christmas I ordered everyone in my family masks and got hand sanitizer…
A few notes...
Spring is coming up soon…. We have so much to look forward to, but there are some things to remember. We still need to be cautious of our actions, we need to wear masks, wash our hands and physically distance.
Although there is a Covid-19 vaccine for adults, there is not one available for children.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND EVERYTHING WE HAVE DONE TO GET THIS FAR...
and CONTINUE TO BE SAFE!
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Anyone interested in switching for December? Please remember we need written notice no later than Friday, January 15th to begin on-campus learning Monday, February 1st.
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Anyone on campus needs to wear a mask at all times and maintain social distancing.
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Happy Birthday Ms. Nan!
Admin Team Celebrates Ms. Nan's birthday.
Wishing you a Happy and Safe Year! Enjoy!
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Happy Birthday to
Florence Lombardo, who celebrated her birthday in December. Have a happy and safe year! Enjoy!
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Upcoming Events
January 18
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
School Closed
January 19
CHP Spelling Bee (Grade 1-8)
January 22
Picture Retake Day
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January 29
Virtual Family Fun Night
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
January 29
Report Cards (Preschool-Kindergarten)
February 4
Daddy Daughter Dance
February 5
Teacher-In Service Day
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Cedar Hill Preparatory School
152 Cedar Grove Lane
Somerset, NJ 08873
Fax: 732-356-5409
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