We hope you are all enjoying the early days of summer.

The last couple of weeks of school were full of wonderful events. One of them was recently covered on the school district’s website. Take a look at this great story that features Clinton’s 1st grade students:

The Clinton PTA wishes you much success in middle school and beyond.

You have been exceptional role models for our younger students and your dedication, intelligence, and enthusiasm have left a deep and positive imprint on Clinton School.

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The agenda includes a vote on the Superintendent’s Level-UP proposal
/ no Spanish in 6th grade / full-year Spanish in 7th / expansion of enrichment at three elementary schools including Clinton.

PTA End of Year Picnic
Thursday, June 10th
5:30 to 7:30

Come join us for music and a picnic on the Clinton front lawn The PTA will be selling hot dogs, pasta and pizza as well as baked goods. There will also be an ice cream truck on hand and
a percentage of the proceeds from ice cream sold will benefit the Clinton PTA.

Ice Cream Friday/One More Time

If you child would like to buy ice cream on our final Ice Cream Friday of the year, send her/him to school with $1 on Friday. Ice cream will be sold on the front lawn at dismissal time. After care students as well as Y students can participate.

An Evening with Educational Advocate-Renay Zamloot

Where: South Orange Maplewood Board of Education, 525 Academy St, Maplewood, NJ 07040
Date: June 15, 2010
Time: 7:00pm–9:00pm

The SPED-PTO is pleased to have Renay Zamloot – Education Advocate present a workshop for parents of children in the South Orange Maplewood school district. Participants are asked to register for this workshop by sending an email to: somaspedpto@gmail.com

Renay Zamloot is a professional Education Advocate with years of experience assisting families throughout the state of NJ in securing appropriate educational services for their children with disabilities.

Ms. Zamloot conducts presentations/workshops on “Understanding the IEP Process,” “Advanced Advocacy Strategies,” “Effective Parent- Professional Communication in the IEP Process,” and more for School Districts, Parent Groups and other organizations throughout the state including: Montclair University, Seton Hall University, William Paterson University, COSAC, ASPEN, CHADD, SPAN, NJPTA, BEAM and many others. She is actively involved in numerous initiatives on the local, state and federal levels to support the rights of students with disabilities and their families.

She is a member of COPPA and the NJ Special Education Practitioners’ Group. She is also a Surrogate Educational Parent for the New Jersey Department of Human Services and a graduate of the Special Education Advocacy Training Project co-sponsored by the US Department of Education and the University of Southern California.