JANUARY 2014
Geography Bee
The annual Geography Bee was held at both Roosevelt and Cherry Hill Schools on January 17, 2014. This competition tests the scope
of geographical knowledge of Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Graders. Students were asked challenging questions about map skills, geography vocabulary, natural resources, and country location.
Video and pictures from the event are below.
Above: Cherry Hill School Geography Bee Final Round
Winner: Nicholas Ng
Runner Up: Edwin Israel
Below: Participants and Winner (scroll over picture to see names)
Spelling Bee
The Women's Club of Oradell and River Edge hosted their annual Spelling Bee on January 23, 2014. Finalists and winners are in the pictures below. A video of the final round is also below.
Above: Cherry School Spelling Bee:
Winner: Ori Ben Yoseff (left)
Runner Up: Jesmyn Ji (right)
Participants: Back Row left to right: Krishna Venkatesh, Jesmyn Ji, Audrey Cha, Gearaid Clarke, Nicholas Ng, Matt Tibus, Ori Ben Yoseff, Jonathan Lee, Taisei Kurachi, & Shan Wu
Front Row left to right:
Drew Matthews, Jolene Rizkalla, Tim Cheung, Serin Park, Gil Ben Yoseff & Steve Joseph
Below: Cherry Hill Final Round Competition & the Roosevelt School Participant Pictures
Above: Roosevelt School, Grade 4 Spelling Bee Participants:
(left, top row) James Struble, Tahnoon Murza, Jeremy Zuniga, Sean Rafferty
(Left, bottom row) Noah Krakower, Lydia Tohora-Dunn, Emily Danahy, Katelyn Kreutzer
Below: Roosevelt School, Grade 5 Spelling Bee Participants
MAP MANIA
Students in Ms. Moran's 3rd Grade class at Cherry Hill concluded their study of maps with a special celebration. During 3-Moran Map Mania, students were able to share their final projects for the Geography unit with family and friends. Students first studied maps, identifying items found on maps, such as a compass rose, a map key, etc. Next, students planned and created maps of their own imaginary towns. After the maps were created, students began to type descriptions of their towns in a Google Document. Students included messages from their town's mayor and descriptions of special places in their town. Next, with the helpf of Mr. Garafano, students transferred their town descriptions and put them into a brochure, which included pictures that students found on Google. Finally, 3-Moran students read aloud welcome messages for their town and shared their maps with family and friends during their Map Mania celebration. Watch the video below!