Thanksgiving Day has come and gone. Can

you believe the holiday season is upon us!

During the month of November, the students

and staff at the Intermediate School have

been busy not only in the classroom but with

assisting our school and community through

different projects and events.

On Nov. 7th, the Intermediate school students

and staff participated in Jeans for Troops to

assist our military veterans with housing,

health, and employment. Thanks to the gener-

osity of our Intermediate School Community,

we raised $697 for the Jeans for Troops or-

ganization.

Students and staff also participated in Jump Rope for Heart. Together,

we raised over $1000 to benefit the American

heart Association. Way to go IM Family!!!

Pennsauken School District

November, 2018

Intermediate Parent News Source

Upcoming Events:

December 12– Winter Chorus at Phifer MS

December 17– Winter Band Chorus at Phifer MS

December 20- Early Dis-missal Day

December 21 - Early Dis-missal Day (Break)

Congratulations to our

November Students of

the Month. This Month’s

theme is Citizenship.

Our Thankful Tree

Did you Know?

Children who regularly eat meals with their families tend to do better in school and avoid risky behavior. Eating dinner together is great, but other meals count too. If you work at night, maybe you could make time for a family breakfast. Or on the weekend, try a picnic

“It is not happy people who are thankful. It’s thankful people who are happy

Tips from the Mrs. Harmon

Fourth Grade Gifted students in Mrs. Clower’s class par-

ticipated in the play, "The True Story of the Three Little

Pigs", based on the book written by Jon Scieszka. The

students learned about the format and elements of a

play, which are 4th grade standards in the ELA curricu-

lum. They applied their knowledge to this project by in-

cluding their own stage directions, props, and creating an

original background. The performance also included

reading with expression and projecting their voices as

they read from their script. Julianna Bush, Maxwell Romen, David Nunez, Junell Alvarez, Samara

Guzman, Samantha Nicdao, and Rachel Biehl acted out their parts on the stage with confidence, as

the Intermediate School Administration watched with enjoyment and praised the students on their

hard work.

The student in Mrs. Patti, Ms. Grant, Ms. Komis, and Ms.

Wilson’s classes learned about the first Thanksgiving and

worked together to recreate the Mayflower. Students

worked together in groups to design a boat that would float

and hold an estimated amount of pennies. After their ship

structure was built, each group tested their boats in a tub of

water, adding one penny at a time. The boat that held the

most pennies without sinking won! Teamwork was a must

for each group to build a successful ship and the students

enjoyed competing against each other to design an unsink-

able Mayflower.

Thanks to the Student Council Presi-

dents Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Cooney, students and families of Penn-

sauken Intermediate made generous donations to the South Jersey

Food Bank . Volume 2, Issue 9