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Please remember after the Thanksgiving break, we will hold our first open strategic planning session at Lakeside cafeteria, Wednesday November 29th at 6:30-8:00. (Doors open at 6pm) We already have a large turnout on the sign up form. Please spread the word, we want everyone to have their voice heard. Students, staff, parents, community members, and anyone else with a vested interest in improving the Millville Public School District. As we continue our journey to World Class, there are critical moments in time that yield the greatest results. I believe this is one of those times. Putting all differences aside to come together over our common desire to make Millville World Class.
This episode of the Phenomenal Friday includes the inaugural on the road to world class “shout out” section. I asked the administrative staff across the entire district to nominate staff members in their area of supervision for recognition for outstanding effort on behalf of our students and district:
"I’d like to highlight our professional development specialist. They have strived to meet many of our staff at all of our school buildings and attend to their needs to help the district continue to achieve
world class status"
~ Maggie Colina/Lang Arts
"I’d like to see Kim Ale, our social worker, recognized. She not only counsels our students, but helps take of our students’ families by being a great listener, connecting them to services they need, putting together a food pantry at the school, getting clothing for students who need it and the list could go on. In addition to that, she initiated our community outreach. She’ll help anyone who asks, and do so willingly. Because she stays quiet, much of it goes by without fanfare"
"Darlene McClung, one of our resource room teachers, is another person who does so much without being recognized often. She’s anoutstanding teacher who puts everything she has into her students. She works with our students in such a supporting manner, that they gain the confidence they need to succeed because she instills it in them. She has a number of students as “heroes” in the school and works closely with the teams her students are part of. She works with a good number of our staff and never seeks recognition for what she does"
~ Dr. Brian Robinson/Rieck Avenue
"Teacher Alice Bird and Aide Carrie Simpkins set the standard for family involvement. Each year they do home visits. In the summer they connect with some of their children (those without all of the experiences) and take children to the beach, boardwalk, local events. This year they visited a child in St. Christophers who had an accident and was severely burned. They include their own children in these events and build a real sense of community within their classroom"
~ Joann Burns/CFC
"Candy Devich has been a great manager and is a source of inspiration in her innate skill at organization and implementation. For the past three months Candy has been managing her kitchen efficiently despite the fact that she and her staff has been working shorthanded. While this is concerning to me, she quickly put me at ease and successfully navigated each challenged, with very little need for my input. Candy has adeptly rallied her team to continue to deliver exceptional service and fulfill her responsibility to the students, community and staff of the Bacon Elementary School. If you don’t believe me, look at the staff photo from Halloween, Candy’s the taco.
Again this year, she planned, implemented and managed the safe preparation and service of the annual Holiday Feast at Bacon. Her hard work and diligence to support students each and every day is commendable and her ability to work with students and support them helps to create a very well rounded and successful food service program"
~ Joseph A Rowland/Food Services
"A big shout to both Candy Devich and Stephanie Mulhbaier for planning and organizing Bacon’s annual Thanksgiving feast last week. It was truly a world-class experience for all involved. Our entire school was fed a full-blown turkey meal, and logistically, everything came off with no problems. The students loved it! It was a team effort, but these two ladies spearheaded everything and made it happen"
~ Mike Coyle, Bacon
"Good morning. I would like to recognize Allison Buono, Art Teacher, at Silver Run for creating an inviting environment throughout the building with some of the best bulletin boards in the elementary setting. Her three dimension representations of a school bus and paint can are spectacular. Beautiful way to greet students, staff, and parents in the building”
~Pat Wulk/SS & Assessment * Testing
"Rob DeSantis and Howard Raudenbush go the extra mile all the time to make their programs the best they can be!"
~Henry J. Hartman/ Fine and Performing Arts
"Gerald Bruman and Shawn Jenkins: Gerald and Shawn have built a successful Engineering/Robotics team as evident through their numerous victories in competitions. They have also built a family atmosphere with that group of kids where they support and care about each other and are genuinely excited to be a part of the program"
"Jennifer Salvati: Jennifer has done an outstanding job with the new STEM elective class at Lakeside! Every time I go in that room the kids are engaged in doing some amazing hands-on activity"
~ Bobby Barber/ Math*Science
"I would like to highlight Terry Russo at Silver Run. Every time I enter her kindergarten class her students are actively engaged in education. She sets the standards high in her class and teaches her students how to reach them while teaching them how to manage themselves. If my child was a Kindergartner, I would want them in her room"
~ Dr. Pamela Moore
"I would like to give a shout out to our student council advisor Tina Dallas, and our Wellness team advisor Donna Wheeler for organizing our Turkey Strut where our students donate canned goods to Help and Hope Ministries. Students walk their donations to the front parking lot and drop off their donation and then continue around the field for their turkey strut to incorporate some fitness!"
~ Steve Saul/ HH
"I would like to see Janine Chong recognized for seeing a growing problem occurring in our kindergartens – too many children are being referred for evaluations as they struggle to make the transition from CFC to our kindergarten classes. She is now championing an effort to assess what we’re doing in kindergarten as it relates to the State’s standards for early childhood education PK-grade 3"
~ Debbie Homan/ Supervisor
“With so many outstanding district staff members to choose from, I decided to start with one that I simply would be lost without. I would like to recognize the outstanding efforts, character, and integrity of Vicky Charlesworth. Vicky goes above and beyond consistently without any expectation of recognition or reward. Matter of fact, she will probably be upset for my singling her out here. It is worth the payback in order to share with everyone how wonderful she is. She does so much for the district that goes unnoticed by most but would most certainly be apparent if she were to stop. Her positive attitude exemplifies the world class spirit. She is forever seeking to learn new skills in order to do her job better. Thank you, Vicky!”
~ Dr. David Gentile/ Superintendent
Recognition is at the heart of the Millville Public School spirit as we move forward into the next phase of excellence. We collectively need to focus our energy and attention on those who consistently do the right things. Too often our energy is focused on the difficult students in class, and the same can be said at times for our colleagues. To all those committed to the vision, you will be the centerpiece of our future. Keep up the outstanding work.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving – beat Vineland (weather permitting tonight is the bonfire/firework pep rally at MSHS field 7pm.
Regards,
Dr. G.
Dr. David N. Gentile
Superintendent of Schools
“Lead Learner”
@drgentile_mps (Twitter)
856-327-6001
#MPSWC (MPS World Class)
#greatdaytobeabolt
Published by Spike Cook, Millville, NJ
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