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WELCOME TO A.W. BECKER
A PLACE TO LEARN AND GROW
Special Area Staff
Exploratories: Art, Music, PE, Library
Gifted & Talented: Scholars & Challenge Math
Remedial Reading
Speech
Occupational Therapy/Physical Therapy
Pupil Personnel Services
AWB SCHOOL LIBRARY
MEDIA PROGRAM
DANIELLE DEFEO
• The AWB Library Media Program develops
curriculum units that align with the NYS
Common Core. Serving all students in grades
K-5, the library media specialist collaborates
with teaching staff on research projects and
literacy lessons. The mission of library is to
ensure that the students are effective users of
ideas and information. Students have
opportunities in library to research and
analyze print, as well as computer resources.
In addition, they are able to check out a
library book once a week. The AWB Library
website is accessible at
• http://awb.rcscsd.opalsinfo.net/bin/home
AWB ART PROGRAM
MS. YOUNG
• Students in K-5 will explore a wide range of art projects,
media and forms.
• Media includes drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics,
weaving, mask making and collage.
• Concepts explored include color theory, balance and
symmetry, perspective, pattern and texture.
• Projects will help to develop skills such as cutting, gluing,
mixing colors, drawing from observation, painting
techniques and handbuilding with clay.
• Art projects frequently reinforce concepts from other
disciplines such as math concepts, technology , science and
language arts.
• Students will also be introduced to other cultures and time
periods through the context of art. Some of these include
Adobe architecture, ancient Egypt, pre-historic cave
paintings and Op-Art.
• Grades are based on effort and successful completion of
assignments. By nature, art is highly individualized, and
each student will be graded according to his or her own
ability level.
PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
WITH MR. HERWICK AND MS. LOUGHLIN
WHY DO WE TAKE PE?
A. W. Becker K-5 Music Program
*Through General Music (K-5), Band (5) & Chorus (5), students
at AWB will meet the NYS and National Core Arts Standards for
Music.
*All grade K-5 students are scheduled for General Music for 45
minutes each week.
*All grade 5 students have the opportunity to join Band & Chorus.
Each ensemble meets twice a week for 30 minutes. Students in
Band will have additional small group lessons each week.
AWB Concerts 2016-2017
Grade 5 Band & Chorus Holiday Concert:
AWB Cafeteria – 7:00 pm
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Grades 2 & 4 Holiday Concert:
RCS High School Auditorium – 7:00 pm
Tuesday –December 20, 2016
Grade 5 Band & Chorus MIOSM Concert:
(Music In Our Schools Month)
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
AWB Cafeteria – 7:00 pm
Grade 5 Band & Chorus Spring Concert:
AWB Cafeteria – 7:00 pm
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Grades 1 & 3 Spring Concert:
RCS High School Auditorium – 7:00 pm
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
5th Grade Band
Mr. Hoeprich
Challenge Math
Mr. Verga
Gifted and Talented
• High level math enrichment for grades
3 – 5. Students in the Challenge Math
program meet for an hour, once a week,
and are exposed to a variety of
mathematical concepts. Some concepts
mirror what is taught in their regular
classroom, but meet with a higher level of
complexity and rigor. Students are also
exposed to math content that is outside of
the regular, grade-level curriculum (ex.
Algebraic equations in 3rd, Fibonacci
sequence in 4th, and function tables in
5th).
Scholars
• The Scholars program is an ELA based
program that incorporates a strong
Science and/or Social Studies
component. Students in this program
(gr. 4 & 5) meet once a week for three
hours. They work through a variety of
units including, but not limited to: The
Brain & Neuromarketing, Greek
Mythology, Invention & Engineering,
and Folktales. Most units have an
accompanying novel/assigned reading,
a research component, a writing
component, and a culminating project.
Additionally, students are continuously
immersed in either Latin & Greek roots
or a systematic vocabulary program
depending on the grade level.
REMEDIAL READING
MRS. CAMPBELL, MRS. DALEY, MRS. STAGNITTA,
MRS. STEWART, MRS. WHEELER, MRS. RENALDI
Make reading a part of every day
• Share conversations with your child over meal times and other times you
are together.
• Read together everyday.
• Be your child’s best advocate.
• Be a reader and a writer.
• Visit the library often.
IF YOUR CHILD IS JUST BEGINNING TO “LEARN”
TO READ
At home you can help by…
1. Practicing the sounds of language. (Read books with rhymes, teach
your child rhymes, short poems, and songs. Play simple word games.)
2. Helping your child take spoken words apart and put them together.
(Help your child separate the sounds in words,
listen for beginning and ending sounds, and put separate sounds
together.)
3. Practicing the alphabet by pointing out letters wherever you see them
and by reading alphabet books.
IF YOUR CHILD IS READING…
At home you can help your child by…
1. Rereading familiar books.
(Children need practice in reading comfortably and with
expression in books they know.)
2. Building reading accuracy.
(As your child is reading aloud, point out words he has missed
and help him read words correctly.)
3. Building reading comprehension.
(Talk with you child about what she is reading. Ask about new
words. Talk about what happened in the story. Ask what new
information she has learned from the nook. Encourage her to
read on her own.)
PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES
MS. VAN ETTEN
As the school psychologist, I work with parents,
faculty, and staff to support students who have
learning, behavioral, or social problems. I perform
assessments on students for the Committee on
Special Education and the Child Study Team. When
students are at-risk for social or behavioral problems,
I work with students in the Check-In/Check-Out
program and support teams in creating individualized
behavior plans.
MR. TRAINOR
As a Guidance Counselor, I provide education, prevention
and intervention services in the school setting. This
includes facilitating individual and group counseling,
providing direct instruction in the classrooms, and
supporting teachers and parents with specific strategies to
enhance a student’s coping mechanisms and resiliency. I
assist in planning for all students across grade levels to
ensure that they meet academic goals and behavioral
expectations. I am a member of the Pupil Personnel
Services team, which provides school wide support to all
students, and classrooms.
MS. BRUSIC
Working in a school environment as a social worker the
emphasis of my practice is to support students and help them
to be ready to learn. This can encompass using strategies that
are preventative such as whole classroom interventions. This is
done using the Second Step curriculum. This program provides
students with the information and strategies to manage their
emotions. This program is implemented in kindergarten
through 5th grade classes. As a member of the PPS team we
assess and address the social emotional needs of the whole
student body.
MRS.LYLE AND MRS. AGOSTINONI
Occupational
Therapist
Denise Lyle, OTR/L
Physical
Therapist
Michelle Agostinoni, DPT
A.W. Becker
Speech-Language Pathologists
Gillian Flynn
Colleen Bonacci
Kerry DeLuca
gflynn@rcscsd.org
756-5200 ext. 2558
cbonacci@rcscsd.org
756-5200 ext. 2537
kdeluca@rcscsd.org
756-5200 ext. 2510
Grades k-2
Skills k-3 and Skills 2-4
Grades 3-5 and Skills
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NATALIE KRAUSE APPLE RUN
ONE SCHOOL ONE BOOK
Fun With Math
Math Family Fun Night: January 19th @ 6:30 pm
Math Fluency: Minion Math, Math Facts, Splash Math, Math
Marathon, St. Jude Math Marathon
LITERACY NIGHTS
READ ACROSS AMERICA
A.W. BECKER
“A PLACE TO LEARN AND GROW.”
Debra Neubart, Acting Principal
A.W. Becker Elementary School
1146 Route 9W
Selkirk, NY 12158
(518)756-5200, ext. 5003
dneubart@rcscsd.org