2007 - 2008 School
Year
Google comes to Eisenhower!
Cristin Frodella,
Google's Manager of Education Initiatives, and a Google film
crew visited Eisenhower on April 9th to film Mr. Olejarz's
seventh-grade digital imaging classes. The video crew taped
students working on and discussing their Doodles 4 Google.
Doodle 4 Google is a competition in which K-12 students were
invited to play around with and redesign the Google homepage
logo.
Cristin Frodella appeared on ETV where students
interviewed her about her job at Google. You can see the
interview by visiting
the ETV April schedule page and clicking on April 9th. Eisenhower was one of six schools from across
the US that Google visited.
An added benefit of the visit was that the Google film crew
spoke with the eighth-grade ETV classes about video production
and interview techniques.
Sally
was honored at an awards dinner by the Lion's Club of Wyckoff
on February 6, 2008 at Aldo's Restaurant.The prize included
a $100.00 savings bond. Sally was the winner of the local
and North Jersey Regional Lion's Club "Peace Poster
Contest." Her work then went on to the state level competition
where it was awarded second place. Congratulations to Sally
for her excellent art work. Pictured from left are Mr. Bill
Luyke, president of the Wyckoff Lion's club, Sally and Mr.
Basil De Mase, Eisenhower Middle School art teacher.
The Eisenhower Science Olympiad team made the Record education
section with a picture from the Science Olympiad. At the
end of the competition day we were announced as the 6th place
team. However, a scoring adjustment over the weekend put us
in 8th place overall. We will still be moving on to the state
competition March 11.
http://www.northjersey.com/education/Science_students_let_creative_juices_flow.html
Congratulations to Sally whose outstanding work was chosen
as the winner of this year's Wyckoff Lion's Club Peace Poster
Contest. Sally's poster was also the winner for the enitre
North Jersey Region of the Lion's Club. Her work shown above
was chosen from over 1000 entries submitted from 38 schools!
We are all very proud of Sally and wish her the best of luck
as her poster moves forward to the state finals. See Eisenhower
Posters
Team 8 raised almost $1,400 for the Community Food Bank
of New Jersey.
This was an absolutely remarkable achievement considering
that Team 8 only has approximately 100 students. We are overwhelmed
by their enthusiasm and generosity!
Because of their efforts, many families will not go hungry
this holiday season.
The Community Food Bank of New Jersey will be issuing each
student a certificate of recognition and will be sending
the school a thank you letter.
This was an amazing display of community and empathy for
those in need.
And in addition to $1,400 raised for the food bank, Team
8 also collected 11 boxes of clothes for various homeless
shelters throughout New Jersey!!!
Nice job, Team 8!!! We're all very proud of you.
2006 - 2007 School
Year
Congratulations to Mike, Mike and Jordan!
Their video, Tribute to Steve Irwin, was awarded 2nd place
in the NJECC video contest.
Click here to see the video.
The NY Times website
publishes 19 of our students' editorials!
Language Arts students in Mrs. White's class responded
to Can Polyester Save the World, an article that appeared in
the New York Times on January 25, 2007. Not only were they
published, but high compliments were paid to their writing
style by NYTimes editor, Katherine Schulten, "I also always
choose those who sound like they're writing in their own natural
voices, and so many of your kids did! This is rare: lots of
teachers must give kids templates to fill in so that they all
sound the same.."
READ ON! Click
here to read the published letters.
The Eisenhower Science Olympiad Team placed 5th out of 17
middle school teams at the NJ Institute of Technology Regional
Science Olympiad on January 11. Event medals or ribbons were
awarded to Meaghan, Claire, Steven, Mary, Gaspar, Vincent,
Ryan, Kevin, Arra,David, Rashahb, and Kevin. The team qualified
to compete a the state championships in March. Click here
to see more pictures.
Writer’s
Celebration
On
Thursday, December 7th, students in Mrs. Fuller’s
language arts classes celebrated the conclusion to a
writing workshop unit on personal narration. Students
invited their family and teachers to partake in the sharing
of fine literature. Writer’s celebration was a
rousing success as many eager readers attended. Click
here to see the video.
See the Eisenhower Construction Update, December, 2006
Mrs. Chen is
in Japan!
Mrs. Chen received a Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Award to go to Japan.
Visit
her website to learn more about her trip.
Mrs. Chen will be reporting from Japan live on ETV!
Check the ETV Schedule
to see her reports.
See Mrs. Chen's
Nov.
28th ETV Interview
Nov 21st ETV Interview
Nov. 17th ETV Interview
Week of November 20, 2006
Our Student Council collected over 2,300 food items for
The Social Service Association of Ridgewood and Vicinity! Great
job Student Council and their advisors, Miss Caputo and Mr.
Lee!
The
Phys. Ed. Department’s Annual Turkey Trot was
a huge success, again! Our students trotted 1,733
miles during the 2-day event and 94 turkeys were donated
to the Bridgeway Food Pantry in North Haledon. Many
students trotted more than 3 miles during their 30 minute
trot with CJ and Andrew sharing top honors
by covering 3.75 miles! Congratulations to the PE
Department and all the trotters!
2005 - 2006
School Year
Hear ETV Daily Announcements
(usually posted by 9:00 AM on school days).
Erik wins Ridgewood Art Institute Scholarship Award!
The Sixth Grade Participants in the Battle of Books Club received
third place in the annual competition on Friday, May 19th.
All the members did a great job and should be very proud of
themselves. Pictured left to right: Josh, Ryan, John, Tommy,
Anna, Sarah, Sam, Peter and Kevin.
Participants in the Battle of the Book Club competed in their
annual competition on Tuesday, May 9, 2006. The team won second
place. Members include Brandon, Zach, Brigitte, Ally, Corie,
and Andrea.
George E. Borst, President & C.E.O. of Toyota Financial
Services (on left) and NSTA President Michael Padilla (on right)
presented a Toyota TAPESTRY Award to Loris Chen, a grade 8 science
teacher at Eisenhower Middle School in Wyckoff, NJ. Mrs. Chen
is the project director for “Living in Our Ocean of Air.” She
accepted the award on behalf of her fellow project team members
Marc DeBlock, Harold Olejarz, and Bruce Reicher. The presentation
ceremony took place at the National Science Teachers Association
convention in Anaheim, California, April 6, 2006.
Congratulations
to Mr. Gutierrez's Students Who
They
won First Place
in the State-wide NJECC Video Contest!
Click
here to see the video of French and Spanish Commercials
The Eisenhower Science
Olympiad Team
Places Second in Regional Competition and
Eleventh
in State-wide Competition!
The
Eisenhower Science Olympiad team finished in 11th place out
of 21 schools at the New Jersey Science Olympiad tournament.
Jenna and Allison won a third place medal for Compute This.
Scott and John won a fifth place medal for Meteorology and
Jamie, Rob, and Vincent won a sixth place medal for Mission
Possible. The team would like to thank Mr.Santin for his
help with Sounds of Music.
The Eisenhower
Middle School Science Olympiad team placed second at
the northern regional competition. Students won medals and
ribbons for their individual achievement. The team placed sixth
or higher in 11 of the 14 events. Christine, Jenna, Blair and
Tracy won first place medals. Other medal and ribbon winners
included Rob, Jamie, Vincent, Allison, Scott, Steffan, John,
and Ryan.
Mrs. Chen is
Awarded a PSE&G
Enivronmental Education Grant for "Power of Wind"!
Mrs. Chen's project was one of six projects selected by a panel
of judges. The award will be used to fund a project in which
Grade 8 students will
(1)
conduct
experiments
with
wind
turbines,
(2)
observe
the transformation
of mechanical energy to electrical energy by a wind turbine,
(3) analyze quantitative data collected from experiments and
Internet databases, (4) speculate as to the feasibility of electricity
generation by wind farms in New Jersey, and (5) evaluate the
environmental benefits and consequences of wind power generation
in New Jersey. After completing these steps, students will work
together in a small group (4-6 students) to formulate an opinion
and develop a presentation of their position on the question:
Should New Jersey allow the construction of coastal wind farms
for the purpose of generating electricity?
Eisenhower Students Raise Money
 |
Eisenhower students selling paper
dog bones to raise money for all of the animals displaced
and left homeless in the Gulf region. |
2004 - 2005 School Year
On Thursday, May 19th, 2005 sixth grade students participated
in the Battle of the Books Competition. Eisenhower Middle School
students
competed against other sixth graders from Oakland, Mahwah and
Old Tappan. Bridgette, Christie, Danielle, Corie, Brandon,
Jamison
and Robbie worked extremely well as a team and won second place.
Both Mrs. Newman and Ms. Perrotta are extremely proud of them.
Congratulations all the students who participated in the Alice
McDermott Art Show. See
a video of Eisenhower student work in the show. The
show was the best one yet and the amount of pieces
displayed by Eisenhower students was impressive. We have many
talented students. Congratulations
to the following students who won awards, see a slide show of award
winners work.
Best in Show
- Michael - Painting |
Dara
- Drawing |
Taylor
- Digital Image |
Aaron
- Sculpture |
Chelsea
- Digital Image |
Alexis
- Drawing |
Eric
- Drawing |
Nicole
- Painting |
Chris
- Drawing |
Nicole
- Mixed Media |
Frost Valley Information
The
Eisenhower Frost Valley website has been updated. Check the
site for information incoming 6th graders and their parents
need about the trip.
Eisenhower
received three awards at the New Jersey Association of Student
Councils’ conference. For the 3rd straight
year, Eisenhower Middle School was recognized as a leader
in community service by being awarded the Community Smile Award.
Although the Student
Council was granted the award, it reflects highly on the
involvement of all our students in the various clubs and organizations
we have
here at Eisenhower.
The Eisenhower Student Council was also distinguished as a top school for charitable
donations. We were one of 10 schools in the state that donated more than $5,000
to Buddy Ball, and were the 3rd highest Middle School contributor to the state
charity. Our final donation to the charity was $8,741. The final donation from
all of the schools in the state totaled $136,000!
On
Monday, May 2, 2005, seventh and eighth grade members in the Battle
of the Books Club competed interscholastically in the annual Battle
of the Books Competition. Blair, Tracey, David, Brian, Alexis, Christine,
Tamar, Jackie, Katie and Ally did a wonderful job representing Eisenhower
School. Other schools that competed in the competition were from
Franklin Lakes, Rutherford, Oakland and Mahwah. The sixth grade competition
is scheduled for May 19th.