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Discovery Update for Families

Calednar icon Sunday December 1, 2024

 

 

  • November 25-29 - Discovery closed
  • December 5 @5:30 pm- Ties and Tiaras Sneaker Ball - donations and chaperones needed
  • December 6 - End of our first trimester
  • December 11-13 Winter trip to Frost Valley for selected students
  • December 12 - Selected 4th and 5th graders go to NJPAC for Journey to Oz; chaperones needed
  • December 18 @5:30 pm - Family Arts Night and Pot-Luck dinner - We need help in the kitchen and to help children in the art workshops.
  • December 23 - January 3rd - Discovery closed
  • January 20 - Discovery closed
  • January 23 at 6:00 pm Motown Review performance
 

Hello,

We hope you were able to have some good family time this week.

We often have alumni visiting Discovery years after they left our school.

Last Wednesday November 20, Nomase came to visit Discovery. After finishing pharmacy studies, Nomase has been working on creating a new company, Scriptify, to help patients with chronic disease manage their prescriptions. He was in town because he was going to pitch his start-up to a few funders in New York.

When I heard that I brought Nomase to the room where Ms. Peralta was teaching our 8th graders how to deliver their elevator pitch.

I introduced Nomase who delivered the sales pitch he was going to deliver to investors the next day. The best was that our students, without prompting, gave Nomase some feedback and showing us what they had learned with Ms. Peralta. One 8th grader told Nomase that he needed to have a "stronger ask" at the end of his pitch! Nomase responded that he was looking for $3million!

 

Ties & Tiaras Sneaker Ball
Thursday December 5 at 5:30 pm

4th - 5th graders 2nd floor @ Discovery
6th- 8th graders 3rd floor @ Discovery

Students have to be present and timely in school every day, including Thursday in order to participate.

We are still looking for donations: pizza, chicken, sandwiches, cupcakes etc. (go to this form).

 

Our first trimester ends on December 6. Report cards will be handed out the week after. Remember that you can always check your child’s grades on the parent portal. Let us know if you forgot your username and password.

All our 8th graders should submit their high school applications very soon if they haven't yet. Please reach out if you need support. Some of our 8th graders have already been invited to take the Essex Tech exam. Their next steps will be to be invited for an interview.



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Reminders: 

 

Students are marked late starting at 8:20 am. We open our doors at 7:30 am for students who need to come to school earlier. We dismiss our children between 3:45 and 4:00 pm.

 

Students need to wear tops with the school logo. You can purchase these at Land’sEnds. You can find more details about the dress code here.

 

Remember that you can access the 24-25 school calendar HERE, and that you can access the Parent Portal HERE, or download the Realtime Parent Link app (Apple store or Google Play)