From Mr. Papera's Desk

After four years as principal at Cucinella, I will be moving to central office as the new Assistant Superintendent.  This decision was not an easy one, but I am happy to leave Cucinella in good hands.  Congratulations to the new Principal ofCucinella – Dr. Battitori!  and to the new Assistant Principal – Mrs. Whitmore!

Other changes include:

• The retirement of Mrs. Gerringer after 40+ years of service to the children of Long Valley.  She will be missed.
• The retirement of Mrs. Borman, one of our wonderful special education teachers.
• Ms. Forneliuswill be leaving us for a full time position in another district.  Congratulations!
• Mrs. Follari will be moving to 1st Grade.
• Mr. Dauchert will be moving to 5th Grade.
• Mrs. Cross will be moving to 3rd Grade.
• Ms. Ressland will be moving to Old Farmers Road School.
• Mrs. Reilly, secretary from Kossmann, will be joining our office staff.
• Mrs. McAlister and Ms. Swetits, orginally slated to move to other schools in town, will remain at BAC!
• We will be hiring a new special eductation teacher and a new part-time physical education teacher.

Thank you to all of the Cucinella students, staff, and families for another great year!  Have a happy and healthy summer!

This past weekend one of our students saved a five year old boy from drowning.  Read about it in the Daily Record.

Since the story broke it has been spreading like wildfire!  It made it onto CBS News and USA Today.

Congratulations to our instrumental music students. They put on a wonderful show for a full house last night. Way to go!!!

The students at Cucinella saw an excellent performance by the percussion group Exit 9 this morning.  The high energy assembly was enjoyed by all.  Thank you to the PTO for bringing the group to our school!

If you have not seen the article that was written about Gallery Night, please check out the online version.

LINK TO ARTICLE

Due to the potential for severe thundershowers this afternoon, The Cucinella Family Picnic has been postponed to the rain date – Friday, June 11th.  On the 11th we will have the picnic rain or shine.  Thank you for your understanding.  We hope to see you there.

Thank you to our PTO for bringing in The Raptor Project.  This morning our fourth graders experienced a phenomenal program with live birds.

The fourth graders put on a tremendous performance musical  last evening!  All of their hard work truly paid off!  A special thank you to Mrs. Lagomarsino for putting together another tremendous show!  We will never look at duct tape the same.

A group of staff, parents, and students participated in 2010 Walk Now for Autism yesterday in Paramus.  It is wonderful to see so many people come together for such a great cause!  The team has raisedover $5,000 and fall within the top 15 teams for Northern New Jersey! Way to go Team Cucinella!

Last night’s 3rd Annual Cucinella Gallery Night was a huge success.  We had a steady flow of traffic from the minute the doors opened until the event was over.  A good time was had by all.  A special thank you to Mrs. Wasserman, Mrs. Bruno, and the army of volunteers that it took to pull things together for the eventing.  What a wonderful way to showcase the artwork of our students!

Look for coverage of the event in an upcoming edition of the This Week section of The Daily Record.

The township committee will be holding a public meeting on May 12th at 7:30 PM.  As a part of that meeting they will be discussing the defeated school budget and listening to public comments.  If you plan on attending, be sure to get there early.

I would like to extend a special thank you to the PTO for putting on an AMAZING lucheon for our staff on Teacher Appreciation Day. 

To all of the volunteers that helped put make it happen – YOU ROCK!

Congratulations to the all of the people involved in the PTO play, Aladdin!!!  They put on a tremendous show!!!  A special thank you to the parent volunteers that put in MANY hours helping our students to shine!

As I know you are well aware, our district budget was defeated during this week’s election.  Many of you have been asking, “What happens now?”  Our Superintendent has posted a brief overview of the process on the district’s website.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN ABOUT THE DEFEATED BUDGET PROCESS