Special New Year Issue Volume 95, Issue 1

January, 2011

Special points of interest:

• Tag Week Info

• Journalism Club

• News from the Grades

• December was a short

school month!

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Brake’s Take 2

Bridge Calendar 3

Students of the Month 4-5

News from the Grades 6-11

CPS Dates 12

B R I D G E B U G L E

“Bruno”

An Illinois Honor Roll of Schools “Academic Improvement Award” & “Spotlight School Award” Winner!

Achievement Award” Winner, an “Autonomous Management Performance School” (AMPS), a SPEAK UP 200! School and

A CPS “Rising Star” school, a “School of Distinction”, a CPS “Exemplary 85

Years

St. Xavier University’s “Teacher of the Week” Fourth grade teacher Mrs. Catherine McGuire was honored recently by being named

the St. Xavier University “Teacher of the Week”. A Bridge parent nominated Mrs. McGuire

for the honor which resulted in her receiving $500 for school supplies for her classroom and

mention on the WBBM radio Bears Pre-Game Show. When she’s not busy teaching 4th grade

Mrs. McGuire coaches the girls Volleyball team and Pom Pom team. She even finds time to

sponsor the Arts & Crafts Club, Pet of the Month Club and be a loving mother of two children

(Lauren and Shannon) who attend Bridge School.

Way to go Mrs. McGuire!

See last page for more Mrs. McGuire action!

Page 2 Volume 95, Issue 1

Do you have any

ideas, suggestions,

or comments on

ways to improve our

school and the ser-

vices that our chil-

dren receive? If so,

please call, write a

letter, or see me to

share your ideas.

Your input is greatly

appreciated.

Thank You!

Dr. Brake

Students/Teachers

Staff/Parents

Would you like to

have a poem, article,

short story, event, or

other item of interest

published in the

Bridge Bugle?

Submit your item to

Dr. Brake

on computer disk

(Microsoft Word format preferred)

no later than the third

week of the month for

publication in the next

month’s school news-

paper.

B R A K E ’ S T A K E

January Non-Attendance Days for Students

Monday, January 17th

School Holiday

Rev. Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

No School

CPS Professional Development Day

Second Quarter Ends

Friday, January 28th

No School for Students

Report Cards Distributed to Students 2/2/11

The Lora Niewinski Memorial Plaque Dedication Ceremony

12/8/2010

Lora Niewinski

1965-2010

Indicates day of non-attendance for students Indicates After-School Program day

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 Dr. M.L. King

Holiday

No

School

18 19

LSC

NCLB PAC

Meetings

5:30 PM

20 21

Family

Movie

Night

22

23 24 25 26 27 28 2nd Quarter Ends

Professional

Development

Day

No School

For Students

29

30 31 2nd Quarter

Report Card

Distribution

To Students

On 2/2/11

January 2011 Happy New Year!

TAG WEEK TAG WEEK TAG WEEK TAG WEEK TAG WEEK

TAG WEEK*

*Extra Day for

$5 tag purchase

Liam White

Ruben Reyes

Natalia Babula

Milosz Rebeszko

Suzanne Miekisz

Ania Meyers Matthew Kurowski

Paulette Gajardo Anna Cius

Julia Iwanski Katarzyna Puc

Heidy Araujo

January - Students of the Month

Leaila Medellin Azra Haskovic Jakub Kieras

Shylah Solis

Konrad Knap

Amber Avila

Joshua Santos

Michelle Kazmierczak Paulina Ryndak

Daniel Delgado Rafal Kocon

Nicolas Pesole Diana Trejo

Patricia Kania

Austin Beecham Yoselin Roman Owais Abuhashish

Bridge Elementary School Students of the Month are selected for their outstanding attendance, academic performance, and conduct.

January - Students of the Month

Seventh and Eighth Grade News

Student Council Article

In 2010, Student Council did a lot for Bridge Jr. High. In October, the teachers supported Breast Cancer

awareness by wearing pink! Also, we supported being drug-free by wearing red, and signing a poster telling

why we are drug-free!

It is getting close to the holidays, so Student Council stepped in to make it jolly! We made snow globes for the

rooms to decorate and put on the doors! The 2nd floor winner was Room 203 and the 3rd floor winner was

Room 305. Student Council also collected donations for Toys for Tots! We collected 3 large bags of toys for

underprivileged children!

We look forward to an exciting 2011!

Congratulations to all our Science Fair Participants!

Thank you for making the 2010-2011 Science Fair a Huge Success!

Superior Ribbon Winners

These students will represent Bridge School on Friday January 28th

in the Regional Science Fair at Truman College.

Marcelina Puc

Dawid Hruswicki

Nick Pesole

Megan Szajna

The following students earned an Outstanding Ribbon

Jakub Bigos Adrianna Goral

Kamil Obrochta Damian Jaje

Khalia Phoxay Piotr Lesniak

Raye Legarda Dawid Babula

Gabriela Castillo Tomasz Tutka

The following students earned an Excellent Ribbon

Tommy Green Corbin Bowen

Kevin Mienta Patric Hruswicki

Mateusz Zieba Patricia Kania

Alexis Albios Lauren McGuire

Brian Kuxzynski Wayne Sobotka

Julia Troszczynka Jose Rivera

Rozan Deeb

Abigail Escobar

Natalia Gorlicka

Safaa Suleiman

Amber Avila

Isabelle Santiago

The following students earned an Honorable Mention Ribbon

Nicole Dziedzic Alyssa Polanco

Daniel Kulach Jazmeen Rivera

Kamil Piotrowski Justyna Szczech

Tom Carey Daniel Tchinibekov

Aleksandra Niemas Jacob Parker

Kathy Pukala Daniel McGinley

James Sobotka Anwar Hussein

Lukasz Kornas

Bridge School Journalism Club

Movie Review-

Tangled:

This is a new version of Rapunzel. In this movie, the princess tries to escape her tower to

find her love aka: the bandit passing by. And her little friend, the chameleon, is there to help

her, as well is the Prince’s horse to help him. Go see it now to find out for yourself! It’s also

playing in 3D.

- Kamila Wrobel Rm. 206

Are you wimpy? Are you a kid? Do you write in a Diary?

If you checked all of does ,than you should read the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid The

Ugly Truth. It is the 5th series of the whole collection. It is about Greg Heffley always

wanting to be a grown –up. He finds himself dealing with things like parties and more

responsibility. Can Greg make it through on this own? Or will he have to face the UG-

LY TRUTH? Find out! You can also read Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1,2,3,and 4 in the se-

ries. Now go and have a wimpy day!

-Sylwia Mieczkowski 202

Bridge in the Holiday Spirit

Have you seen the new decorations around Bridge Jr. High? Did you know that there is a

Christmas tree in the office? Well, you can thank our amazing vice principal, Mrs. Giannini.

She donated our new decorations to the school. It beautifies our halls and puts everyone in the

Christmas spirit. Thank you Mrs. Giannini!

Kathy Pukala

Room 303

WINTER Winter is nice

Winter is cold

Winter has blizzards of

snow

But that’s ok we make

snowmen.

By Alma Carmona

Poetry Corner

Flowers

Beautifully standing

Dancing in the wind,

smiling

Standing strong, health.

Laughter

Do you here that?

Children laughing

Laughing all day

Laughing, playing, running together

Maybe you’ll hear them laughing all

day!

By: Victoria Kospin

Bridge School Journalism Club

Getting to know…. Mrs. Giannini

1. When did you first start at Bridge School?

I started last year.

2. What is your favorite part of your job and why?

Having interaction with students.

3. Who was your favorite teacher and why?

My favorite teacher was my dad. He taught well.

4. Who is someone that inspires you and why?

Going to church inspires me.

5. Favorite food?

My favorite food is hot dogs from Gene and Jude’s.

Nicole Lesniak 201

Do you know

some of the holi-

days in January? 1. New Year’s Day

3. Fruitcake Toss day

5. National Bird day

8. Bubble Bath day

13. Make Your Dream

Come True day

14. Dress Up Your Pet day

17. Martin Luther King Jr.

Birthday

18. Winnie the Pooh day –

The birthday of Winnie’s

author A.A Milne

19. National Popcorn day

20. Penguin Awareness day

21. National Hugging day

21. Squirrel Appreciation

day

23. National Pie day

24. Compliment day

25. Opposite day

27. Chocolate Cake day

CHESS CLUB!

Chess Club is very fun. Mr. Cardona is the teacher. He is a very

fun teacher that teaches chess really well. Chess is about defend-

ing your pieces and attacking the other player’s pieces. Chess is

all about analyzing, thinking, and strategy. The point of the game

is to “check mate” the king of the other player. To check mate

the king you have to trap him so he can’t move at all. There are a

lot of stories about where chess came from, but people think that

its true birth place is China or Persia. Over the years, people

changed chess. For example, they changed the elephant into the

horse.

By: Kacper Rebeszko 203

Bruno’s Kitchen

Chocolate Muffins

Hungry? I know the perfect snack…….chocolate muffins! Here is the recipe.

1 ¾ cups of all purpose flour

1 cup of sugar

½ cups of unsweetened cocoa powder

2 teaspoons baking soda

¼ teaspoons salt

2 large eggs lightly beaten

1 cup of milk

½ cup of butter (melted) or 1 stick

½ cup of chocolate chips (optional)

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Grease at line with paper cupcake liners a 12 cup muffin pan.

Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Wisk to blend.

Add eggs, milk and melted butter. Stir until just blended. Stir in the chocolate chips. Spoon

into the prepared pan. Bake until puffed and a toothpick inserted in center comes out

clean, 18-20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack.

Makes 12 muffins

Toppings: Chocolate chips, icing , blackberries, coconut, Peanut butter, nuts, strawberries

By: Monika Staszel 202

Bridge School Journalism Club

Bruno’s Kitchen cont.

Banana Bread

Ingredients:

2 cups sifted flour ½ tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. baking soda

½ tsp. salt ¼ cup margarine ¾ cup sugar

1 egg, well beaten 2 ripe bananas 3 tablespoons milk

½ cup chopped nuts (optional) Extra margarine, for greasing loaf pan.

Directions:

1. 1. Preheat oven to 350 *

2. 2. Grease 4 x 8” loaf pan with the margarine

3. 3. Sift the flour, baking powder, soda, and salt together

4. 4. Cream the margarine

5. 5. Add the sugar and beat thoroughly

6. 6. Add the egg

7. 7. Peel the bananas and mash with a fork

8. 8. Use enough to fill 2/3 cup

9. 9. Add to cream mixture, the dry ingredients alternately with the milk, in 3 additions

10. 10. Mix lightly ( only until well blended ) after each addition

11. 11. Stir in nuts ( optional )

12. 12. Pour into the greased loaf pan.

Bake 50 to 60 mins.

By: Brynisha Campbell Room: 202

A Day at the Museum of Industry (Field Trip)

Have you ever gone to, heard of, or seen the Museum of Science of Industry? Well if you have-

n’t you should go! It’s fun and exciting. You can learn and have fun at the same time. You can

eat there too. You can learn about the human body , trains, planes, air, water, and so much

more. You can go inside a real plane. Plus, you can meet a pilot that actually drove the same

plane.

That day, real lighting struck right above our heads because of a Tesla coil! Also, there are dif-

ferent stairs and each have different colors. You will learn cool things while reading things all

over the place.

Go check this place out and I hope you had fun just like us 5th graders.

By Taylor Warren

Bridge School Journalism Club The New Years of the World

Chinese New Year In China the New Year is very important. They have huge festivals to celebrate the coming of a

new year. Their new years are usually in February. Every year has a different symbol that it

stands for. 2010 is the Year of the Tiger, 2009 was the year of the Ox, 2008 is the Year of the

Rat, and 2011 is going to be the Year of the Rabbit.

Japanese New Year The Japanese New Year is a quite time spent with family and friends. At the stroke of midnight,

Temple bells ring out 108 times to rid the evil spirits from the New Year. Japanese people also

eat mochi, or sticky rice cakes for fun. Children are given money in small decorated envelopes

and traditional games are played.

Indian New Year The Indian New Year is best known as the festival of Deepawali or Divali. The festival lasts

five days and marks the start of the Hindu New Year. However, because the Hindu calendar is a

lunar calendar, which means that it’s based on the movements of the moon, their New Years is

celebrated at different times and places.

American New Year And finally we have the famous American New Year. As you all know it’s celebrated on Janu-

ary 1st, there are fireworks and parties, and it’s a very joyful holiday.

Because America has so many people from different nationalities, we all celebrate the New

Year in different ways. Here are just some of the customs from three different nationalities.

Hope you enjoyed reading about different cultures and tradition.

Kathy Pukala

Chicago Playworks Everything isn’t just about acting. It’s about trust, bravery, and teamwork. That’s why Chica-

go Playworks is going to show you what it’s all about.

Founded in 1925 as the Goodman Children’s Theatre, the company is one of the oldest theatres

in Chicago. There are lots of plays ranging from The Secret Garden to The Monster Under the

Bed. There are awesome events after the plays, too! You can get autographs from the actors on

opening day, go to the ice cream socials, and tons more. The plays are unique and the events

are worth their money, so hurry up to get tickets to a play at the Chicago Playworks!

Fotini Kaim

Special New Year Issue

LSC President:

Mrs. Lynda Jurewicz

Parent Representatives: Mr. Daniel Aviles

Mrs. Terri Ignatowski

Mrs. Lisa Lozeau

Mrs. Susan Szajna

Mr. Robert Walsh

Community Representatives:

Mrs. Yvonne Majewski

Mrs. Pat Walenga

Teacher Representatives:

Mr. Warren Metzdorff

Mrs. Kelly Naughton

Administration:

Dr. Christopher Brake

PTA President:

TBD

Vice-President:

Mrs. Susan Szajna

Secretary:

Mrs. Terri Ignatowski

Treasurer:

Mrs. Lynda Jurewicz

NCLB PAC

President:

Terri Ignatowski

Vice-President:

TBD

Secretary:

TBD

BAC President:

Mrs. Sylwia Krupinska

Vice-President: Mrs. Claudia Lozano

Secretary:

Mrs. Zapata Adriana

Representative:

Mrs. Sabina Galinska

Alternate Representative: Mrs. Anna Lysek

“Bridges to Success” Bridge Elementary School

3800 N. New England Avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60634

773-534-3718

Bridge Jr. High School Branch

7001 W. Addison Street

Chicago, Illinois 60634

773-534-0940

Principal:

Dr. Christopher Brake

Assistant Principal:

Mrs. Joyce Giannini

IM PORTANT CPS DAT E S 2010-2011 SC H OOL YE AR

Holidays January 17, 2011 - M.L. King’s Birthday*

February 21, 2011 - Presidents Day*

March 7, 2011 - C. Pulaski’s Birthday*

May 30, 2011 - Memorial Day*

Vacations Spring Vacation: April 18-22, 2011*

Summer Vacation: Schools close for students on Friday, June 17, 2011

Report Card Pick-Up Parent-Teacher Conference Days Wednesday, April 6, 2011*

Report Card Distribution Days Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Friday, June 17, 2011

Professional Development Days Friday, January 28, 2011*

Friday, April 1, 2011*

Staff Development Days for School Improvement Planning

Friday, February 11, 2011*

Teacher Institute Day Thursday, June 16, 2011*

*Indicates days of non-attendance for students

Mrs. McGuire Gets a Pie in the Face! The fourth grade had a contest to see who could sell the most pies. Kelly sold 16 pies and Lesly

sold 12 pies. Because we sold the most in Room 001 we were able to throw a pie at

Mrs.MCGUIRE! It was so much fun. There was whip cream and sprinkles everywhere.

By Kelly Conneely & Lesly Herrera

Lesly Herrera and Kelly Conneely Mrs. McGuire