September 2011 Newsletter - Point Pleasant Beach

“LIFE AT THE BEACH”
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Volume #1 September 1, 2011
SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
The School Newsletter is an
important source of
information. Beginning
September 1 st , you can
access the monthly
newsletter online at
ptbeach.com on the first of
every month.
September Happening:
ATTENTION FRESHMEN!
ORIENTATION FOR “THE
CLASS OF 2015”
WEDNESDAY
September 1, 2011
7:00 P.M.
HIGH SCHOOL GYM
Start off the year with 100%
attendance. Parents and
students should attend!
PEER LEADERS
The peer leaders have been
working extremely hard to
revamp the Peer Leadership
Program. They have created
a variety of school-wide
activities to promote positive
character traits throughout
the year. The list of traits
includes: diligence,
fairness/justice, respect,
integrity, caring, honesty,
trustworthiness, courage,
citizenship,
and
responsibility. To help make
the students’ ideas become a
reality, they’ve decided to
sponsor one major fundraiser
to defray the costs of the
school-wide activities they
have planned for the year.
The fundraiser for this year is
Haunted High/Octoberfest.
(Please refer to the brochure
that’s included for details.)
Monetary donations to get
this great fundraising event
off the ground would be
greatly appreciated!!
The peer leaders will start
the year with the Point Beach
tradition of welcoming the
transfer students to the high
school. The Transfer Student
Dinner, hosted by the peer
leaders, for new 10 th , 11 th
and 12th graders, will be held
on Tuesday, August 31 st in
Room 225 at 6:00 P.M.
The Point Beach tradition will
continue with Freshmen
Orientation on Wednesday,
September 1 st , at 7:00 P.M.
in the high school gym. Both
parents and students are
invited to this informative
evening. While the parents
participate in a special
program designed for the
freshmen parents, the peer
leaders will help the
freshmen become familiar
with the school building itself
and walk them through their
schedules. We ask that
everyone attending the
orientation program enter the
school through the gym
doors on Forman Avenue.
The peer leaders are looking
forward to a positive year
with a new direction!
If you have any questions,
you may contact either Mrs.
Scraggs or Mrs. Coleman at
the high school.
Below is a list of the peer
leaders for the 2011-2012:
Stephanie Barnes
Jessica DeCraene
Ali DelGrippo
Kristen Enoch
Katie Gaal
Rachel Gardner
Lauren Hajisafari
Charlie Hesse
Casey Jackson
Conor Laterza
Luke Luccioni
Jessica Magno

Meredith Neumaier
Erin O’Connell
Erica Pappas
Jordan Pettinato
Brooke Sambol
Sarah Shohfi
Caroline Tell
Joseph Tomchak
Elliot Tombs
Sarah Trabattoni
Julie Verni
Nicole Wegrzyniak
SEASON TICKETS
Season tickets for all Garnet
Gull home athletic events are
on sale in the high school
office from Mrs. Hilling during
school hours. They will also
be available at the first home
football game on September
9 th . Passes are good for
admission to all home
sporting events for football,
basketball, and wrestling.
The cost of a season pass is
$25.00.
SENIOR YEARBOOK
PORTRAITS
All seniors should have had
their portraits taken. The
photographer will be at the
high school media center
Wednesday, September 21 st
for make-up or transfer
student pictures. Thursday,
September 29 th will be the
date for the underclassmen
and staff portraits. This is
your last chance to be
included in the 2012
yearbook.
If you have any questions,
see Mrs. Tooker the first day
of school in the Media
Center.
The Senior Class picture
will be taken at the inlet
beach on Wednesday,
September 14 th weather
permitting!
LOCKERS
Each student is responsible
for locking their locker.
Students are responsible for
the locks. Students will keep
the same lock on their locker
until they graduate. If a
student loses their lock, there
will be a $5.00 replacement
fee. Only school issued
locks can be placed on
lockers. All non-school
locks will be cut off of the
lockers.
MUSIC PARENTS
ASSOCIATION
Welcome back to our music
director, Miss Emma Fretz.
The Music Parents will be
having their first meeting in
the music room on Back to
School Night, Wednesday,
September 21, 2011,
following the classroom
visitation schedule. You will
receive information about the
year’s programs and the fund
raisers that provide for
scholarships, trips, the
banquet, and needs of the
music department.
KIDS STUFF BOOKS each
book costs $25 (the book
contains $20 in ShopRite
Coupons plus so much more)
contact the KIDS STUFF
chairperson: Marian
Henderson 732-295-9433 or
PPBHSmusicparents@gmail.
com to order. You can also
ask any music student to
purchase and they will
receive credit for the sale.
(deadline is October 28,
2011)
Look for the Music Parents
table at all home football
games. We will be selling
school spirit items near the
ticket booth. Show your
school spirit and your support
for the music program by
purchasing items. We also
will request that two parents
help out at the table at each
home football game. Please
volunteer!
Our annual Fall Clothing
Drive, will be held Friday,
Oct. 7 th from 3:00 P.M. to
5:30 P.M. and Sat. Oct. 8 th
from 8:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.
at the High School Mini Gym
entrance (just off the tennis
courts). Looking for a new
chairperson. Kathy Fabian
will mentor during the fall
fundraiser.
All music students are asked
to help unload bags from the
cars and to load the truck.
Parents are welcome to help
as well. This is a great
opportunity to rid yourself of
all those used, but wearable,
clothes, shoes, bed linens,
blankets, stuffed animals,
small appliances, etc. Pack
everything in heavy black
garbage bags with no
hangers. Students are given
credit for their involvement.
Our traditional Election Day
Spaghetti Dinner will be
held in the high school
cafeteria on Tuesday, Nov.
8 th , our biggest fund raiser of
the year. No dinner to cook
leaves you free to vote and
have a relaxing time with
great food donated by Joe

Leone’s and entertainment
by our music students,
accompanied by dessert.
Many volunteers are needed.
All students are expected to
help and adult volunteers are
needed. Please contact
chairperson Sue Prima at
732-892-3327 if you can help
by working or by bringing
baked items for the dessert
tables. Set up starts at 2:00
P.M. We also need help with
clean-up. Tickets will be sold
at the high school and Antrim
offices, as well as Lavallette
and Bay Head schools.
Other locations will be
announced. Pre-sold tickets
cost $9.00 for adults, $7.00
for students/senior citizens,
$5.00 for children 12 and
under. Tickets sold at the
door will cost $1.00
additional.
Our annual Holiday Wreath
Sale will be starting soon. If
it’s September, the holidays
can’t be far behind! The live
wreaths and grave blankets
are of high-quality, yet are
reasonably priced. No
wonder our patrons come
back year after year! There
will be an order form in the
October 1 st newsletter for
your
convenience.
Chairpersons are Sue Prima
732-892-3327 and Marian
Henderson 732-295-9433.
Look for the flyer next month
and send in your order. You
will be delighted with your
beautiful wreaths!
Watch for details in
upcoming newsletters for the
ever-popular Calendar
Raffle is back.For a small
investment you can win big,
not only once, but multiple
times! It’s a terrific
stockingstuffer. Simply send
in the bottom of the order
form for the raffle which is on
a flyer at the end of this
newsletter. Send it to the
high school office to the
attention of "PPBMPA" with
your check and you will
receive a receipt for your
payment. Your stub will be
entered into the drawing
which runs from January
through March.
All parents are encouraged
to become members of the
Music Parents Assn. Dues
are now only $10, payable
to “PPBMPA” and forms are
included in this newsletter.
It’s one investment that
always pays off. Our
meetings are held the first
Thursday of the month.
Our October meeting will be
held in the music room on
Oct. 6 th . Your support is
greatly appreciated.
Questions and concerns can
be directed to any executive
board officer or to our email
address
PPBHSMusicparents@gmail.
com
PPBMPA Officers for
2011-2012
President: Kathy Fabian,
Preident 908-591-3894
kathyssp@aol.com
Vice-President:Victoria
Morrow 732-892-8395
vamorrow01@aol.com
Treasurer:Patti West 732-
295-2924 rugby@aol.com
Secretary: Donnamaria
Adelizzi-Diaz 732-539-1885
purpledonnamaria@aol.com
Help us to “Keep the Music
Going”! Thank you!
PTO NEWS
Welcome Back: Once again
the summer has flown by and
here we are ready to mark
our calendars with meetings,
sporting events, and many
other family commitments.
We hope that one of those
dates will be reserved for the
PTO! Like all clubs and
organizations we raise funds
to provide our students and
faculty with a little something
extra. Through these efforts,
we are able to present each
class with a monetary gift to
help boost their class
treasury. We provide special
luncheons for the faculty and
staff. We award numerous
scholarships to graduating
seniors. We help sponsor
Project Graduation. These
traditions as well as many of
the other programs in which
we are involved can only be
carried out with your
assistance and involvement.
Dining Out Raffle
This year again, we're
sticking with what works as
our key fundraiser, our
"Dining Out" raffle! The first
prize winner will receive 52
dining gift certificates;
dinner out once a week for
an entire year (with total
value equal to
$1,000). There will various
miscellaneous second prize
winners with total second
prize value equal to $400.
Each family will receive a
book of 10 raffle tickets in the
mail to sell or to keep. Please
do your best to sell all the
raffles you receive and return
them as soon as possible.
We thank you in advance
for your help!

Other Fundraisers
Another fundraiser we
sponsor won't cost you a
dime! It's our empty toner, ink
cartridges and old cell phone
fundraiser. Just drop off
those items to the main office
in the H.S. or in the Antrim
School lobby or at town hall.
This is another small part you
can play in helping the
P.P.B.H.S. PTO help our
students. Our sportswear is
always available to purchase.
Just fill out the enclosed
order form and return it to the
high school office along with
your check made payable to
P.P.B.H.S. PTO. Sportswear
can also be seen and
purchased at the PTO trailer
located at the Antrim School
football field during home
football games and will be
also be sold during
Freshman Orientation and
Back to School Night.
Please Become a PTO
Member
Even if you are too busy to
attend meetings or help most
of the time, your $10
membership dues will help
our PTO. The Membership
form is attached to this e-
mail. We are always looking
for volunteers to help in
some small way. Perhaps
you would be able to solicit
some of the restaurants for
our "Dining Out" raffle or
provide a baked good or help
set up for Freshmen
Orientation, Back to School
Night and/or the Holiday
Semi-formal. Maybe you're
able to sell raffle tickets at
the Seafood Festival or at
home football games. Selling
our sportswear at an
upcoming event or home
football game would be a
great way to volunteer. If
you'd like to volunteer,
please feel free to
contact any of the officers
listed below. Your time will
be greatly appreciated. So
please help support the PTO
by sending in your $10 family
membership dues, selling
your raffle tickets and
volunteering.
PTO Meetings
Our regular meetings are
held on the second Tuesday
of each month at 7:00 P.M. in
the media center.
Our first meeting for this
school year will be held
Tuesday, September 13 th .
See you there!
As always, thank you for
supporting the PTO.
P.P.B.H.S. PTO Officers for
2011-2012
President
Terri Wall 732-598-9549
terri.wall@verizon.net
Vice President
Tracy Jackson
732-295-8495
traceyjackson3@yahoo.com
Secretary
Janice Aportela
jantylou@aol.com
Treasurer
Evelyn Leach
eveleach@comcast.net
BOOSTER CLUB
Welcome back! We hope
you all enjoyed your summer
and had a chance to relax
and get ready for the new
school year ahead. There is
a “buzz” of excitement
around town for the
upcoming Fall Sport’s
Program. Our athletic fields
are complete, look awesome
and are ready to win more
championships!!
We will be holding our
monthly meetings the first
Wednesday of each month at
7:00 P.M. in the high school
cafeteria. However our first
meeting will be held on
Wednesday, September 14,
2011. As you know the
support of our teams can
only be continued through
the encouragement and
participation of our families
and friends. Each year we
award scholarships to
qualifying seniors. This past
June ten scholarships were
awarded, including the
Shannon Coe and
Challenger Awards. We
provide three Varsity dinner
banquets, three JV award
presentations and purchased
sweatshirts / jackets for our
athletes that won conference
titles. As part of our
fundraising efforts we
encourage families to take
out advertisements on the
Booster sports folder that is
given out at Back to School
Night. It is one of the great
ways to show your support.
While on the subject of
fundraising, we will be
holding our second coin toss
on September 17, 2011
during the Festival of the Sea
from 10 A.M. – 2 P.M. at the
foot of the Brielle bridge.
This is a tremendous
opportunity for us to raise
some much needed funds!!
We need your help to make it
happen. Please contact any
of the below board members
or email Melaina Tighe at
kmtighe@aol.com to sign up
for the coin toss. Please stop
by our table at Back to
School night and join our
membership! The more we
do the more our kids benefit!
The students like to see their
family members being
involved!! Boosters are not

simply a cheering squad for
our athletes. Our goal is to
help our school build
character, self-confidence
and produce real leaders
from our student athletes.
Please join the Boosters and
help us reach these goals.
GO BEACH GO!!
Nancy Henderson,
Co-President (732-899-8164)
Melissa Daley, Co-President
(732-295-5985)
Jerri Parlow, Treasurer
(732-295-2233)
Melaina Tighe, Secretary
(732-899-4533)
PROJECT GRADUATION
Before we begin the new
school year, the Project
Graduation Committee would
like to thank all of the
parents, teachers, staff,
administrators and students
who helped make Project
Graduation 2011 such a
huge success.
The graduates had a great
time at the Atlantic Club.
The food was delicious, the
activities were fun and the
prizes were excellent!
Special thanks to Mrs.
Pierce, Senior Class Advisor,
for all her help. Thanks to
the students for their input
regarding activities and
prizes. Thanks to all of you
who shopped, baked,
donated, delivered, set-up,
cleaned up, made phone
calls and chaperoned – all of
which was necessary for this
final celebration for the Class
of 2011. This is a
tremendous undertaking and
the school community has
never failed to provide
enthusiastic support.
The Class of 2011 was the
16 th graduating class to
experience
Project
Graduation. We are pleased
that we can continue the
tradition of providing fun,
safe, alcohol and drug-free
celebrations for all of our
graduates in the Beach. We
will have a table at Back to
School Night and we
encourage you to stop by
and learn more about Project
Graduation.
The Project Graduation
Town-wide Garage Sale will
be held on Saturday, October
1 st from 8:00 A.M. to 4 P.M.
See the flyer in this
newsletter for more
information. Please help us
by supporting this fundraiser!
Thank you so much for all
your support during the years
that I’ve been Coordinator of
Project Graduation. I’m proud
to have been part of such a
memorable event that
celebrates the culmination of
the students’ high school
years. I hope you will
continue to give the same
support to the new
Coordinator, Jen Moran, and
her committee of volunteers.
I know Jen will do a fabulous
job, and the tradition of
Project Graduation at Point
Beach will continue.
Marie Kurtzke
SEPTEMBER
HAPPENINGS
September 7, 2011
First Day of School
Home room begins
at 8:00 A.M.
September 13, 2011
PTO Meeting
7:00 P.M.
High School Media Center
September 14, 2011
Booster Meeting
7:00 P.M.
High School Cafeteria
September 21, 2011
Back to School Night
7:00 P.M.
High School Gym
Music Parents Meeting
At the end of back to school
night in the Music Room.
September 23, 2011
Freshmen Field Day
Ocean County Park
PRINCIPAL’S P.S.
With the beginning of a new
school year comes the
unique chance for “do overs.”
What an amazing
opportunity! For some
students, it might include
working harder to achieve
better results; for others
already on the path to
academic success, it might
mean sustaining that
momentum for yet another
year. Wherever we find
ourselves on this continuum,
I can only assume that
everyone – students,
parents, teachers -
experiences a certain
amount of nervous
excitement with the
beginning of a new school
year.
Part of my excitement comes
with opening the school year
for the first time as principal.
I’ve been working diligently
since the end of last year to
prepare for this moment.
However, I’ve not done it

alone. Working alongside
me have been my fellow
administrators, teachers,
secretaries, and support
staff, all of whom are
dedicated to making sure
that we will be ready to open
our doors on September 7 th .
We will be! Schedules have
been made, curricula have
been revised, new teachers
have been hired to replace
our retirees, and new
students will be made to feel
welcome through either our
transfer dinner or freshmen
orientation.
This new school year will
also bring some changes to
the Beach. One is that each
of our high school students
will receive laptop
computers. Just imagine the
advantage they will now have
in continuing to become 21 st
century learners. They will
literally have technology at
their fingertips. Another
change that I am especially
eager to share is that our
peer leaders program has
been revamped. Each
month our peer leaders will
focus on a different character
trait and involve our students
in a variety of activities that
showcase each month’s trait.
As you read my monthly
Principal’s P.S., I will be sure
to let you know what that
monthly character trait is.
September’s is diligence.
changes. I thank them for
this.
I challenge all of our Beach
students to have the best
2011 – 2012 school year
possible. To our students, I
urge you to take advantage
of this new school year and
make every moment count.
This is your “do over.” Set
realistic goals. Get off to a
good start, and then keep it
going. It’s not easy. It takes
dedication, hard work, and
most of all, diligence. There
is no better foundation upon
which to build a successful
school year than on
diligence.
Terri M. King.
Terri M. King
Principal
The changes that will be part
of the new school year did
not occur easily or at a whim.
It took diligence on the part
of everyone who wants to
successfully effectuate that
change. In our case,
everyone in the school
community has worked
tirelessly to bring about these