Good afternoon GEMS! Please check your email as this week's update has just been sent. Have a great weekend!
District's annual food drive is underway. Your non-perishable food items are needed.
Congrats to the BHS boys' and girls' soccer teams for advancing to the CIAC State Tournament next week. First time for boys since 2012. Girls last made the states in 2020. This is the first time both teams qualified for the state tourney in the same year.
District, in collaboration with community partners, will host of series of monthly empowerment workshops for families, starting Thursday, Nov. 9. That session will on how to create and maintain a budget - "Money Matters" - 6 p.m., at 330 Park Ave., Bloomfield.
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Our donation clothes drive us up and running! We'll be collecting gently used clothing and the proceeds will be used to reduce the prices of our incredible experience trips. To participate, simply place your donated clothes in tall kitchen bags or garbage bags for easy collection. You can drop off your contributions in the lobby. Your support in this initiative not only promotes sustainability but also makes our enriching trips more accessible for everyone.
On Friday, we held our last dresdown of the month. In October, we raised over $400 for cancer research. Thank you to all who donated!
We had our Talent Show as part of Friday's SEL Day. It was a great time. The performers were amazing, as was the audience. We're already looking forward to our spring talent show!
Joseph Renzulli, world renown pioneer in gifted education and teaching strategies to promote academic growth for all children, was one of the visitors at yesterday's launch of a global academic partnership between Bloomfield's fifth and sixth graders and a school in Brazil. The American Psychological Association named Mr. Renzulli among the 25 most influential psychologists in the world.
Joseph Renzulli | Neag School of Education
Tomorrow (10/27) is our last GEMS Pink Out dress down! We are raising funds to support cancer research. If you're wearing pink, the cost is $1. Dressing down, not wearing pink, is $2. Tomorrow's goal is again $120. Let's do it!
District launched its global partnership today - via Zoom - with a school in Brazil.
Our emerging talented and gifted program, known as SOAR, is engaging in a virtual global collaboration project with sixth-grade students from the Colégio Mãe de Deus in Londrina, Brazil. The initiative is sponsored by Renzulli Learning. Today's meeting engaged Carmen Arace Intermediate School fifth and sixth-grade students with the Brazilian students. The students talked about their interests and hobbies - and asked each other questions about their country. There will be more of these exchanges with the Brazilian students in the coming months.
Renzulli Learning is a curriculum enrichment online system, developed by Joseph Renzulli, who attended Thursday's event. The Renzulli methodology, renown globally, transforms the way students learn and how teachers teach. It places the student at the center of the education process, focuses on their strengths and allows them to pursue their own interests.
Literacy was this morning's focus at Laurel Literacy Academy. In partnership with the United Way, Bloomfield Public Schools hosted Read for Record. Volunteer readers were in the Laurel classrooms and read the book, “With Lots of Love” by Jenny Torres Sanchez Rocio. These books were donated by the United Way. Bloomfield board of education members, district leaders and community folks participated in the event..
Congrats to Bloomfield Adult Education student Gladys Rivera Vidal. Our Adult Ed courses helped her to passed all requirements for U.S. Citizenship, as established by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
She will participate in a new-citizens swearing-in ceremony at the Federal Building in Hartford at the end of November. Ms. Rivera is married with two children ages 10 and 7. She and her husband, Jorge Vega, are originally from Ecuador and have been living in Connecticut for 10 years.
In addition to academic courses, Bloomfield Adult Ed provides U.S. Citizenship preparation classes, running 10 weeks in the fall and spring. These include lesson in basics Civics, along with coaching on how to prepare for the citizenship interview.
Tomorrow, GEMS 8-11 grade students will take the PSAT, while our seniors will take the SAT. Please discuss the importance of these tests and the importance of students trying their very best. We encourage students to get a good night sleep and eat a healthy breakfast! They're going to do a great job!
Town's Trunk or Treat event Friday, Oct. 27
Last public meeting last night for two stalwarts on the Bloomfield Board of Education. Donald Harris is retiring after 12 years as chairman. Robert Ike is retiring after 16 consecutive years on the board, 20 overall.
Both were given chairs last night in appreciation of their service.
Good evening GEMS! Please check your email for some important mid-week announcements. Thank you!
Students from Bloomfield High and Global Experience Magnet School participated in a College and Career Fair at the BHS gym. Students were able to practice their social skills in talking to college and business representatives from New England about potential opportunities for their future.
Our 10th-grade Mandarin students proudly display a sign bearing the sentiment 'I Love You' in Chinese characters. At GEMS, we offer a comprehensive language education program encompassing Mandarin, French, and Spanish!
Town's Trunk or Treat event Friday, Oct. 27
