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Posts Tagged With: Mendham Township Elementary School

Mendham Township Superintendent of Schools Kristopher Harrison Provides Encouraging Update on Elementary School Principal Search; Catherine Mozak Appointed Interim Principal

By: Roxy on 12/12/08 @ 9:21 am

London and Maddie brought home the following good news in their backpack mail from Mendham Township Superintendent of Schools Kristopher Harrison:
RE:  Mendham Township Elementary School Principal Update
Dear MTES Community,
The search is currently underway to identify the next leader of Mendham Township Elementary School.  The community of Mendham Township is very fortunate to have had a large number [...]




Attention Mendham Township Parents: End Hunger in Our Community — Holiday Food Drive for Interfaith Food Pantry in Morristown, New Jersey

By: Roxy on 11/29/08 @ 8:27 am

Our quiet Thanksgiving for four here in the Roxiticus Valley was the perfect remember of how much our family has to be thankful for, and particularly as the Christmas holidays approach, we are reminded of those who are less fortunate.  Just before the Thanksgiving break, London and Maddie brought home a flier in their backpack [...]




Short Report from the Mendham Township School Board Work Session Meeting Tonight — Tuesday, November 18, 2008

By: Roxy on 11/18/08 @ 11:02 pm

At the Mendham Township Home and School Association (HSA) meeting following Elementary School Principal Michael Craver’s resignation, School Board President Mark Ford urged interested parents, “If you want to know what’s going on with the School Board, what issues we’re addressing, go to the School Board meetings.  They’re open to the public.”  Before tonight, I [...]




London’s Nanny Diaries

By: Roxy on 11/16/08 @ 12:11 am

As part of the Columbia University Writer’s Workshop being implemented by our daughters’ teachers at Mendham Township Elementary School, Maddie’s first grade class has been gearing up for a Publishing Party in December by beginning to write their autobiographies.  Maddie did an amazing job of gathering interesting facts about our family life, listing and illustrating ideas for [...]




Mendham Township Elementary Principal Job Posting from the Star-Ledger (NJ.com)

By: Roxy on 11/13/08 @ 10:22 pm

As Mendham Township School Board President Mark Ford discussed at last week’s HSA meeting, the recruitment ad for our new principal was posted in the Star-Ledger and on NJ.com.  The job description is pretty basic, but it doesn’t really get to the heart of what we are really hoping for in a new principal for our children’s elementary [...]




Celebrated Author Dan Gutman to Visit Mendham Township Elementary School on Friday, November 21st

By: Roxy on 11/11/08 @ 6:15 pm

Yesterday, London and Maddie’s backpack mail brought the good news that, through the generosity of the Mendham Township Home and School Association (HSA), the students at Mendham Township Elementary School will have the pleasure of a visit from celebrated author Dan Gutman next Friday, November 21, 2008.  According to the flier, Dan Gutman has “devised [...]




Roxy’s Report from the Mendham Township Home & School Association Meeting on Elementary School Principal Transition and Recruitment

By: Roxy on 11/5/08 @ 9:36 pm

Since we received the news on Halloween that our Mendham Township Elementary School Principal Michael Craver had resigned suddenly, there’s been a great deal of concern and discussion among local parents, both about the reasons behind his departure, and the transition process. The leaders of our Home & School Association reacted quickly to our concerns, [...]




Mendham Township Elementary School Principal Update: School Board President Mark Ford and Interim Superintendent Catherine Mozak to Speak at H.S.A. Meeting Tomorrow — Wednesday, November 5, 2008

By: Roxy on 11/4/08 @ 8:18 pm

I just received an e-mail from the Mendham Township Home and School Association (H.S.A.) with the following important change to tomorrow’s scheduled meeting:
Mark Ford, School Board President, and Catherine Mozak, Interim Superintendent, will be speaking at the Wednesday, November 5, H.S.A. meeting at 9:15 in the Elementary School staff development room. They will address, among [...]




No Answers on Principal Michael Craver’s Resignation from Mendham Township Elementary School, but a Few Sad Thoughts After Roxy’s Parent-Teacher Conferences

By: Roxy on 11/3/08 @ 8:31 pm

Rex and I were over at Mendham Township Elementary School this afternoon for our parent-teacher conferences about London and Maddie’s progress….the part of the conference that focused on my girls was excellent.  Rex and I feel confident that both London and Maddie have the best teachers MTES has to offer; our girls excel at reading, writing [...]




Mendham Township Elementary School Update: A Letter from Principal Michael Craver

By: Roxy on 11/1/08 @ 5:14 pm

Dear Parents/Guardians of the MTES Learning Community,
I am writing to inform you of my decision to resign my position as your Principal effective immediately.  Although sudden, it is something I have been thinking about and planning for some time.  For my pending educational endeavors, my family and myself, I require a position that will allow [...]