NEELY TRADITIONAL ACADEMY
321 W JUNIPER, GILBERT, AZ 85233
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
Home of ! Neely Knights
Guest Columnist: Eva Arguello, ELL Specialist
Dear Parents:
Today is International Mother Language Day!
This day is observed throughout the world as a way of promoting linguistic and cultural diversity
in our classrooms. We are very proud of our language diversity at Neely, and we celebrate this day
every year by having students come to the office during announcements and share something in
their native language. In addition the students participate in classroom activities that enhance
multicultural awareness.
The following students participated this week:
Ryan Aridi -Arabic
Ethan Baum - German
Dhanya Charan - Tamil
Kevin Dai - Chinese
Drew Fuller - Spanish
Natalie Hixson - Greek
Sophia Jahn - Japanese
Sherry Lou - Cantonese
Josue Mondragon - Spanish
Sanchi Patel - Gujarati
Zariya Shams - Bangla
Alli Sreeni - Malayalam
Megan Wallace - Japanese
Daniel Wu - Cantonese
Luka Zupic - Croatian
Akan
Creole
Gujarati
Korean
Russian
Urdu
Arabic
Croation
Greek
Malayalam
Spanish
Vietnamese
Raeed Azom - Bangla
Christy Brown - Hungarian
Carol Chen - Mandarin
Noor El-Gendy - Arabic
Kooper Gillies - German
Lindsay Hon - Chinese
Sriya Kondury - Belagu
Jaelyn Mallahan - Navajo
Justin Mou - Mandarin
Vahini Patel - Gujarati
Amareet Singh - Punjabi
Antonio Trujillo - Spanish
James White - Spanish
Charles Zhang - Chinese
Zayan Azom - Bangla
Maya Calixte - Creole
Teagan Clarke - Gaelic
Sofia El-Gendy - Arabic
Nadya Gonzalez - Spanish
Joey Hu - Chinese
Alexis Li - Chinese
Anita Mathew - Malayalam
Dhruv Patel - Gujarati
Anusha Rahman - Bangla
Lian Smith - Cantonese
Ismael Trujillo - Spanish
Erin Willis - Spanish
Chenyi Zhang - Cantonese
Native Languages at Neely
Bengali/Bangla
French
Hungarian
Mandarin
Tagalog
Bosnian
Gaelic
Japanese
Navajo
Tamil
We are very proud of our students!
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Cantonese
German
Kannada
Punjabi
Telugu
UPDATED IMMUNIZATIONS
Early Release
Wednesday, February 26
2:25 p.m.
If your student receives an update on
immunizations, please bring in a copy of the
new immunizations and I will update the
school records. Thank you.
--------------------------------------Flex Classes
For the week of February 24
Joye Reese-Smith RN BSN
School Nurse
Neely Traditional Academy
892-2805 extension 306
Thursday Classes
The art room is looking for:
FUN RUN TIME!
LAST Fun Run of the school year!
March 6th ~ Thursday ~ Seek Shade
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Toilet paper rolls
Thank you,
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Mrs. Pletzer
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Mr. Galvan Old CDs
SPRING PICTURES
Old DVDs
Thank you,
Bethany Bergman
Art Specialist
Wednesday, February 26
Bring your order forms with you
Catching Good Character Award
Congratulations to Jade Lariviere! Congratulations to the following students who all helped a friend
when she accidentally dropped her binder and all the papers fell
out. They stayed to help her put it back together.
Jade’s Zentangle was selected to be on the cover of this year’s District Art Show Program.
Well done Jade!
Jeff Jones Ana Martinez Grace Wang
Brynn Hughes Jasmine Zehn
Thank you for being such great citizens!
STAR PERFORMERS
Week of February 10
Benslee Dunn!
Jade Lariviere!
Brynn Olson! !
Joseph Xie! !
Adam Fowler!!
Grace Hathaway!
Gunner Maldonado! Maddi Martineau!
Kiran Patel! !
Nelson Situ! !
Katie Yungfleisch! Chenyi Zhang
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Orren Jones
Samantha McCarty
Amber Thompson
ALP TESTING
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•1st Grade ALP Blanket Testing
March 4th-6th… Watch for
permission slips coming home.
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•Kindergarten Spring ALP Testing
End of March - By teacher
recommendation or request only.
Shelley Plumb
ALP/Advanced Math
Neely Traditional Academy
480-892-2805 ext. 138
I am so proud of our students for creating wonderful and caring
Valentine cards last week. The cards went to Wellsprings Nursing/
Medical/Therapy Center, Mrs. Teresa Billingsley who has been out sick
since November, and Aiden Galaska.
The recipients were all so surprised, thankful, and happy to get their
Valentine cards. It was wonderful to see Aiden smile, laugh and
respond as he looked at his cards. Miss Teresa loved her cards and kept
saying how much she misses all the Neely kids.
Battle of the Book Reminder: The 3rd Battle is on WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 5TH. 6th Grade will battle at 9AM and 5th Grade will be
at 10AM.
Regional Spelling Bee: Adam Aseret is competing today (Friday)
at 10:00 AM at Queen Creek Performing Arts Center.
Ms. Diane Baker
Neely Traditional Librarian, B.S., MEd.
PE News...
We had our Jump Rope for Heart Event this
week. The students did loads of jumping and
played Risk Factor Tag. Ask them what "OH,
DISH" stands for!
So far we have raised $2288 for the American
Heart Association!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pletzer
Mr. Galvan
PTO NEWS
Donations for the SPRING CARNIVAL continue to come in. Today we'd like to thank Brio Tuscan Grill for their contribution. The PTO was able to approve $15,000 to be used for classroom needs. This will go toward printers, science curriculum, PE equipment, sound system upgrades, and more. Many things have been on teachers' wish lists for a couple of years. We are excited to make these purchases, and thank all the parents who have helped make this a successful year. News from Student Council:
Is your child in need of pencils, pens, lead, highlighters, or erasers??? Neely's school store is now open every morning from
8:15 to 8:30. Items are all $1 or less.
BENCH THE BAG Contest is underway and will run from Feb. 3rd until March 31st. Acceptable materials include:
*grocery bags
*dry cleaning bags
*sandwich bags
*bread bags
*department store bags
*shrink wrap (ex. wrap around cases of water bottles)
Last week the town of Gilbert collected another 1130 lbs. of plastic bags collected from local schools. Help Neely keep these
materials out of the landfills and potentially earn a bench made from the recycled plastic bags.
Linda Allison
Student Council Advisor
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Gilbert Adult Learning Program
Come join our Adult Basic/Secondary Education (GED) classes!
If you need help in the following areas:
Reading, Math, Writing, Social Studies
*We can help you find a GED Testing site.
Mandatory Registration for NEW students:
Monday, March 3, 2014
9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. OR 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
GPS Community Education Building
6839 East Guadalupe Road
Mesa, AZÂ 85212
To register you need to bring: Official ID - Proof of income (You may qualify for a reduced registration fee. See our fee scale
on our website.) Registration fee (Money orders or cashier’s checks only made out to GILBERT ADULT LEARNING
PROGRAM)
**Students must attend registration prior to attending a GED class. Drop-in registrations will NOT be allowed at the
classroom.
Classes start on Monday, March 17, 2014
Two Schedules:
Mondays and Wednesdays
Mondays and Wednesdays
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
GPS Community Education office
OR
Highland Junior High School
6839 East Guadalupe Road
6915 East Guadalupe Road
Mesa, AZÂ 85212
Mesa, AZ 85212
For more information, please contact: Angela Philpot, Adult Education Supervisor, (480) 373-5590 or visit our webpage
http://www.gilbertschools.net/gpsadulted
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Gilbert Adult Learning Program
Do you need to learn English?
Come join our Adult English classes!
Classes include: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, Computers
Mandatory Registration for NEW students:
Monday, March 3, 2014
9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. OR
5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
GPS Community Education Building
6839 East Guadalupe Road
Mesa, AZÂ 85212
To register you need to bring: Official ID, Proof of income (You may qualify for a reduced registration fee. See sliding fee
scale on our website.) Registration fee (Money orders or cashier’s checks only made out to GILBERT ADULT LEARNING
PROGRAM)
**Students must attend registration PRIOR to attending an ELAA class. Drop-in registrations will NOT be allowed at
the classroom.
Classes start on Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Tuesdays and Thursdays
5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Highland Junior High School
6915 East Guadalupe Road, Mesa, AZ 85212
FREE Childcare/Tutoring will be provided for school age children of parents who are registered for our ELAA classes.
For more information, please contact: Angela Philpot, Adult Education Supervisor, (480) 373-5590or visit our webpage
http://www.gilbertschools.net/gpsadulted
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ACCELERATED READER CERTIFICATES
Ready Reader
Drew Brower Harleen Kaur Zoe Keane Alton McKillop
Ready Expert
Owen Kohler Kaylee Leavitt Emma Mutsaers Kaitlin Sprungl Rebekah Udall Lily Usher Andrea Wang Wesley Williams
Independent Reader
Nash Coons Zane Long Jaelyn Mallahan Nelson Situ
Independent Expert
Jessica Le Zane Long Luke Mayhew James McKendrick
Rising Reader
Zayan Azom Hallie Brinton Bailey Foote Luke Ikeda Natalie Mayhew Samantha McCarty Craig Ricks Lian Smith
Valerie Yasnogorodskiy
Rising Expert
Zayan Azom Skyler Brehm Lindsay Hon Caroline Ma Josi Newbern Matt Schwab Lian Smith Alok Sreeni Paige Stayner
Soren Theurer Megan Wallace Daniel Wu Raymond Zou
Super Reader
Jahi Ahlvers Dylan Evans Sofia El-Gendy Colin Fairchild Tegan Keil Caroline Ma Matt Schwab Antonio Trujillo
Super Expert
Ryan Aridi Tammy Cai Kailey Cooper James Copeland Michael Eckert Sofia El-Gendy Maddi Martineau Nate Northrop
Sanchi Patel Tori Poulin Jonathan Schaefer Mia Vargas
Advanced Reader
Javon Ahlvers Emma Hartshorn Josue Mondragon Jared Mortensen Ella Page Isabella Pagliuca Navjot Singh
Advanced Expert
Skylar Baldwin Maya Calixte Mankaran Dhillon Ethan Evans Jaden Lim Dallin Parker Tara Patel Zinan Shen Spencer White
Katherine Yu
Notable Reader
Connor Czajka Kevin Dai Jake Hayes Joey Hu Bryce Keil Vahini Patel
Notable Expert
Brennan Blanchette Joseph Brimhall Dhanya Charan Tessa Geigle Nate Gurr Grace Mathews Mitch Ratowski
Star Reader
Kooper Gillies Kimarah Holt Madi Martin Aleah Northrop Lauren Quan
Star Expert
Hallie Crandell Madi Martin
Knight Reader
Quinn Kimball Justin Mou Paige Noonan Kiran Patel
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