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Welcome Back! 2018-2019

Special Edition Back to School 2018!

Welcome Back Students and Families! We are incredibly excited to begin another fantastic year at Brimm Medical Arts High School. This promises to be a year filled with golden opportunities for all of our students as we strive to find ways that we can be even better than before! We embark on this journey with a pledge to you, our students and parents, that this will be a year of engaging, meaningful and rigorous work in our classrooms, combined with special events and a plethora of opportuni-ties for growth and development through clubs, activities, events, specialized pro-grams and so much more.

Throughout the 2018-2019 school year, we will continue to build upon and enhance our proven foundation of hard work, honored traditions, and continued excellence in education now and in the future. Our staff of highly qualified professional educators and support personnel is committed to providing our students many opportunities both inside and outside of the classroom. We invite and encourage students and par-ents to work with us to seize opportunities in all academic and nonacademic areas within our school.

We look forward to a very positive and productive year together. We extend a spe-cial, yearlong invitation to our families to join us at school activities and events whenever possible. We want you to know that we value your involvement and sup-port in your child’s education. Your active participation is key to success of our scholars as well as increase your understanding of the high school requirements and stay up to date on new concepts and policies.

Home/school communication is a top propriety for us here at Brimm Medical Arts. We encourage you to contact us if and when the need arises, and to stay in the know about your child’s studies, assignments, assessments, and school activities, as well as other events and happenings.

Again, welcome to our new students and returning students, to another amazing year at Brimm. Our school is a place alive with energy, enthusiasm, and a high standard of excellence! It is a place where opportunities are endless and academic success is prevalent! Here’s to an AWESOME new school year!

Sincerely,

Ms. Hye-Won Gehring

Principal

UPCOMING DATES For the CCSD Academic

Calendar, click here

September 6:

First Day of School for Students

September 26:

Back to School Night for Elementary and Family Schools

September 27:

Back to School Night for High Schools

October 5:

Marking Period 1

Mid-point

November 4:

Chowhounds Clinic

November 6:

No School - Election Day

November 8 & 9:

No School - NJEA

Conference

November 12:

No School - Veterans Day

November 14:

Marking Period 1 Ends

November 26:

Conferences for

Elementary and Family Schools (2:00p- 6:00p)

November 27:

Conferences for High Schools (2:00p- 6:00pm)

Brimm Faculty and Staff

2018-2019 Administration

Ms. Hye-Won Gehring, Principal

Operations

Ms. Deborah Goodman, Operations Director

Dr. Steven Fine, Site Manager

Ms. Karen Holmes, Clerk

Mr. Bruce Hicks, Head Custodian

Mr. Montgomery, Custodial Staff

Ms. Sturgis, Custodial Staff

Guidance

Ms. Desiree Hall, Guidance Counselor

Ms. Michele Garcon, College and Career Readiness

Teachers and Staff

Mrs. Kelsey Abram, Summit Mathematics

Mr. Richard Abram, Summit Mathematics

Mr. Kyle Beyer, Mathematics

Mr. Thomas Blaho, Summit English

Mrs. Jennifer Brady, Special Education

Mrs. Nidza Bruno, Spanish

Mr. Marc Carcanague, History

Ms. Jessica Carullo, Paraprofessional

Mr. Christopher Chavarria, Summit Science

Mrs. Jenny Chen, Mathematics

Mr. Jamison Fort, Summit History

Mr. Michael Gallagher, Summit English

Mr. Greg Gasparovic, Health and Physical

Education

Mr. Robert Huntley, English

Ms. Tasha Hester, Summit Science

Mrs. Faye Johnson, History

Ms. Watina Kennedy, Science

Dr. Charles Lewis, Science

Ms. Karen Luke, Health and Physical Education

Ms. Linda Lumpkin, Paraprofessional

Mr. George Mankbadi, English

Mr. Steven Murray , Health and Physical Education

Ms. Patricia Peffall, Special Education

Ms. Barbara Payton, Paraprofessional

Ms. Lisa Ramos, English

Ms. Tresha Smith-Gibbs, English and History

Ms. Lindsay Thomas, Paraprofessional

Ms. QuynhKhuyen Nguyen, Mandarin Chinese

Mrs. Lisa Wallenburg, Art

Ms. Clarissa Wilken-McEady, Paraprofessional

Mark Your Calendars!

Back to School Night

Thursday, September 27

2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Summit Learning

9th and 10th Grade

Students in 9th and 10th grade are participating in Summit Learning. Their teachers spent the summer re-viewing curriculum and attending trainings to prepare for the school year. Our teachers and staff are excited for the year ahead. They are the driving force behind bringing Summit Learning to Brimm. With Summit Learning, teachers play a very important role in students’ learning. Teachers use their expertise to:

Help students develop lifelong Cognitive Skills, such as using sources and contributing to discussions;

Identify when a student is struggling and as a result, support them by with one-to-one guidance or other forms of instruction to meet their needs; and

Coach students toward achieving their personal goals.

Teachers are very actively involved in project work with students, teaching and reteaching when students need instruction, monitoring their personalized learning time, and helping students set and achieve their goals. If you walk into a Summit Learning classroom, you’re less likely to see the teacher standing in front of the classroom teaching the same lesson to every student; instead, teachers will lead class discussions, work with small groups of students, and provide individualized support.

You will notice several changes this year:

Your student will be assigned a mentor, who acts as their advocate both inside and outside of the classroom. Their mentor may be a teacher, a school leader, or other administrator. Mentors will meet with your student one-on-one weekly to support their personal goals.

Your student’s grades will be based on mastery of skills and content knowledge. With Summit Learning, students are graded not only on the content they’ve learned, but also on their ability to master cognitive skills needed for success in college and career - skills like analysis, presentation, and writing. This means that grades will look a bit different than what you’ve seen in the past.

Your student will begin using the Summit Learning Platform, an online tool that organizes curriculum, projects, and assess-ments—and supports students in setting and tracking goals for their learning. The Platform gives families a window onto what their students are learning daily, and it allows teachers to see how their students are performing and use to that information to personalize instruction and provide additional support when needed. In the coming weeks, we will share more information with you about how you can access the Platform to see in real-time what your child is working on and how you can support.

Over the next few months, there will be opportunities to learn more about Summit Learning and how to sup-port your student. Stay tuned for information about our first information session soon. In the meantime, please let me know if you have any questions—and enjoy the first week of school!

Sincerely,

Ms. Gehring

Staff at the Summit Learning Summer Training

Brimm Summer Internships Over the summer, Brimm students interned around South Jersey and Philadelphia. Seniors Tyaerra Brin-son, Maia Cone and Kade-Jay Thomas were part of the CHOP-RISES internship at the Children’s Hospi-tal of Philadelphia. The students practiced lab experiences and explored medical careers under the guid-ance of pediatric mentors. CHOP had a great article about their summer experience. Click here to read more about it!

Juniors Janiyah Taylor and Abigail Rivera-Mercado interned at the Rowan University Biomedical Engi-neering School. Abigail and Janiyah took part in a project funded by the National Science Foundation that hopes to understand how blood vessels in the brain are affected by diseases like Alzheimer’s, stroke, and aneurysm. They learned a technique called “microfabrication” that allowed them to make small devices that contain the blood vessels that are grown in the lab. During their time at Rowan, Abigail and Janiyah also learned how to use computer-aided-design software to create their own device that can study how blood vessels in the brain remove the proteins that create the plaques observed in Alzheimer’s patients. The two also took part in laboratory meetings and shared their progress with the rest of the research team.

At the Coriell Institute for Medical Research in Camden, New Jersey, seniors Kyaire Clayton, Shania Mal-donado, Estassy Ramos, and Pamela Williams spent their summer doing genetic research, learning labora-tory techniques, and assisting Coriell scientists in pursuit of their mission. Coriell Institute's mission is to accelerate scientific discovery by generating world-class biomaterials and conducting groundbreaking re-search in biobanking, personalized medicine and stem cell biology.

Trinity Allen, Orquidea Jiminez, and Dian Pagan interned at the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority in Camden, New Jersey. As Green Am-bassadors, they worked to transform the city into a greener, safer community while gaining some valuable educational and employment skills. Part of their experience included installing rain gardens and touring environmental protec-tion facilities all while learning about environmental science from local, state, and national agencies.

Juniors Christine Chukwenyere, Dynazia Holness, Iyana Lugo, and Mya Matthews interned at Cooper Hos-pital in Camden, New Jersey. They interned in various departments and learned about hospital operations. All of our interns gained valuable experience while serving the community!

Incoming Brimm freshman had the opportunity to participate in the Virtua/76ers basketball camp at the Kroc Center on August 7. Students learned dribbling, passing and dribbling skills as well as teamwork. Students had a lesson on sports nutrition and learned some dance moves from the 76ers dance team. All students left the camp with a free pair of new sneakers to start the school year.

Happy Birthday!

@Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts HS @BrimmMAHS

For all the latest updates throughout the year, follow us on social media!

July

Knowledge Perez

Adrianna Villa

Luis Nogueras

Ahdaira Mackin

Rahmir Sturdivant

Sajrieliz Hernandez-Roman

Destinee Liggins

Olmer Batista

Julio Marcos-Alameda

Dawuh Shakir

Angel Figueroa

July

Amirah Mahan

Jocelyn Garcia

Jasmine Rosa

Chad Byes

Shaniya Bates

Janiyah Taylor

Tyaerra Brinson

Yiornel Ramirez

John Klotz

Kianna Garrett

August

Jakara Nock

Tatyanna Tatum

Shevahn Steele

Kaniya Thomas

Mery Anne Nadiele

Abigail Rivera-Mercado

Johnson Le

Azende Boardley

Rafael Gomez

Jaya Devine

Elimara Gonzalez

Javier Gonzalez

Yamalyn Aviles

Janeah Edmond

Kahseim Goodhall

Shawn Washington

Ayricca Brown Watkins

Danaja Watson

Message from Class of 2019

President, Kyaire Clayton Welcome back Seniors! I am really excited about our senior year. We have made great memories at Brimm and this year, we will make more. Homecoming, prom, and graduation are all ahead of us. Let’s stay focused and finish this!

Message from Class of 2019 Advisors,

Mr. Carcanague and Mrs. Wallenburg Welcome back Class of 2019! This is the year we've all been waiting for, ever since you walked through our doors for the first time in September of 2015! We are looking forward to everything we have planned, and/or will be planning - Homecoming, Prom, Senior Week, and graduation. But don't forget a few important things: 1. Make sure you complete your 100 hours of community service! It could be helping

out your favorite teacher (hint, hint), working at a hospital after school, or cleaning up your community. Please get your forms signed and turned in!

2. Many of you still need to pay class dues! Don't wait until the last minute - $280 is a

lot of money to drop at one time. Turn in what you can, when you can to Ms. Wallen-burg and HOLD ON to your receipts!!!

3. If you have any questions, complaints or comments about this year's events, please

reach out to your class officers and discuss with them! Go Class of 2019!!!

Kyaire Clayton - President

Tyaerra Brinson - Vice President

Jada Miles - Secretary

Shania Maldonado - Class Mediator

Tyasia Albert - Historian

Dynasty Nelson - Historian

Kaniya Thomas - Class Liaison

Class of 2019 Officers