A Message to the Parents From the Superintendent's Office
March 1, 2013
Dear Brielle Parents, Students, Staff and Community Members, Simply Spectacular! What an exciting week this has been at Brielle Elementary School. On Thursday, February 28, 2013 Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno came to our school to present to the 8th Grade IC Hope team the Governor’s Cup $10,000 Award. This award was presented to our school in their efforts to raise awareness and solving the problem of hunger. Several distinguished guests were in attendance to honor our students and school including Carlos Rodriguez and representatives from the Monmouth/Ocean County Food Bank, Mayor Nicol, council members Anne Scott and Frank Garruzzo, Chief Palmer and Sgt. Michael Mechler, BOE members Vice President John Pierciey, Madaly Jones, Tedd Vitale and Eliot Colon, our PTO president, Lorraine Cancro and vice president Barbara Grasso, our Student Government members, special guest speaker Joseph Introna from Joe Leone’s , Kat Decker and Chris Retzko from Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH), Stacy Wiggins, regional vice president of Stop & Shop and several students and faculty finalist from throughout the state of New Jersey. Our IC Hope students raised enough food to feed many families in Monmouth and Ocean Counties. The students were awarded $5000 to put towards the IC Hope program for the 2013-14 school year and the other $5,000 was presented to the Monmouth County FoodBank. Lt. Governor Guadagno awarded the students with the Governor's Cup which will is proudly displayed in the main lobby of the school. Brielle Elementary School is the first recipient of the Governor’s Cup Award in the State of NJ. The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders declared February 28, 2013 BRIELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DAY”. It gives me great pleasure to congratulate the Class of 2012 who started this project and the Class of 2013 for all their hard work and dedication in continuing the mission. We are so proud of all of your efforts and hard work. My sincere appreciation to Ms. Norman, Mr. Fallon, Mrs. Grady and Mrs. Mason for their continued commitment to our students. Join me in thanking our 8th grade moms and dads who have always been there to support us along the way.
Christine Carlson Superintendent
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