Gantner News

 

2008 - 2009

 

The Educational Program at Gantner Avenue School

 

 

 

         The Gantner Avenue School has served the children of Elmwood Park since 1929.  It has an ethnically, racially, and culturally diverse student body organized in a grade Kindergarten through five model.  The school is a neighborhood school with respect for tradition and a commitment to progress.

 

        The Gantner Avenue School provides a comprehensive educational experience in a safe and caring environment that allows each and every child to realize his or her individual potential.  It is our intention to educate the whole child.  The school views itself as a community which includes students, faculty, staff, parents, grandparents, and the people who live nearby, and community organizations such as scouting and the recreation department.

 

      

          The Gantner Avenue School offers its students a challenging curriculum taught by a team of elementary school teachers and content area specialists.  Offerings include: language arts literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, health, physical education, art, music, computer technology, English as a second language, special education, world language, gifted and talented and library/media.  The special education program has self contained, resource room, and modified mainstream options.  Support services such as counseling, child study team, speech therapy, Title I, occupational therapy, and physical therapy are available as needed.

 

          All instruction at the Gantner Avenue School is based upon the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards.  The approved revised New Jersey Core Content Standards are being fully implemented.  Students and teachers are working hard to prepare for the New Jersey Elementary School Assessments for third and fourth grades.  The tests, required by the No Child Left Behind Law of 2001, will determine the pupil’s knowledge of the new standards in Language Arts Literacy, Mathematics and Science.

           

 

            This year, the students of the Gantner Avenue School are recipients of the Exxon Mobil Education Alliance (EMEA) Program $500 Grant.  This grant provides Exxon and Mobil retailers the opportunity to obtain this grant to support a local school.  This year, two million dollars from Exxon Mobil has once again been allocated for this program.  Grants were awarded on a first-come, first serve basis; only one application was submitted from each local service station.

 

        

               This spring, the Gantner Avenue School will focus their efforts in the area of Biology at all K-5 levels.  Students will be studying ant farms.  Ant Farm Kits are ordered and will be shipped for delivery ito begin our study.  Students and teachers were anxious for their arrival and are very appreciative of being a recipient of this grant.

 

 

              Technology is both a subject and an educational tool at the Gantner Avenue School.  Technology is integrated into the curriculum.  Every classroom is equipped with computers, software, internet access, cable television, video cassette recorders, overhead projectors, and calculator sets.  The library/media center houses a computer lab.  All students spend at least one period per week in this facility.

 

            Parents are very involved and always welcome at the Gantner Avenue School.  Numerous formal and informal parent-teacher conferences take place on a daily basis.  Parents serve on committees that develop, implement, and monitor the school’s annual objectives.  Field trips, parties, dances, athletic events, and promotion ceremonies would not be possible without parent chaperones.

 

               The Parent-Teacher Organization (P.T.O.) is very active at the Gantner Avenue Elementary School.  Fundraising by the P.T.O. finances up to six assembly programs every year, put on by outside professionals, and many of our field trips.  On an annual basis, the P.T.O. asks the school to provide a wish list and then makes the wishes on it come true.

 

 

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Gantner Avenue School

Receives the

Exxon Mobil Grant

 

 

        The ExxonMobil Education Alliance (EMEA) program offers Exxon and Mobil retailers the opportunity to obtain a $500 grant to support a local school.  This year, two million dollars from Exxon Mobil has once again been allocated for this program.  Grants were awarded on a first-come, first serve basis; only one application was submitted from each local service station.

 

        

          The Educational Alliance is a program to help support the community and your neighborhood school.   Schools receiving this grant can become involved in the following school projects:

 

·         Films, speaker or field trips

·         Student volunteer programs

·         Scholarships or awards to encourage academic or leadership excellence

·         Sports, bands, parent/student events

·         Educational tools, such as computers, books, calculators, software.

 

                 This spring, the Gantner Avenue School will focus their efforts in the area of Biology at all K-5 levels.  Students will be studying ant farms.  Ant Farm Kits are ordered and will be shipped for delivery to begin our study.  Students and teachers were anxious for their arrival and are very appreciative of being a recipient of this grant. This year, the Gantner Avenue School is focusing their efforts on ant farms at all K-5 levels.