Special Holiday Issue

Dav Pilkey, author of

the “Captain Underpants”

book series and many oth-

er wonderful children’s

books, sent a letter of en-

couragement and an auto-

graphed “Captain Under-

pants” poster to our chil-

dren. Author Dav Pilkey

was presented with a letter

explaining our school’s

20,000 Book Challenge

contest from school repre-

sentative Alex Ramirez

(Room 207) at a book sign-

ing held at Navy Pier. The

noted childrens author

responded with the letter

and poster pictured on this

page. The letter stated, “To

the Kids at Bridge Elemen-

tary School, Good Luck

with your 20,000 Book

Challenge! If you make it,

please send me a photo of

Dr. Brake dressed up as

“You Know Who!”. Your

Pal, Dav Pilkey 2003”.

Thanks Dav!

Volume 4, Issue 1

“CA P TAI N UN D E R PAN T S ” AU T H O R SU P P O RT S 20 ,000 BO O K CH AL L E N G E !

December , 2003

Special points of interest:

• Dav Pilkey!

• October Attendance Champs

• OctoberFest Fun Fair Photos

• Student Treasures

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

Brake’s Take 2

December Calendar 3

Honor Roll 4

Students of the Month 5

Fun Fair 6/7

Perfect Attendance 12/13

20,000 Challenge 14

B R I D G E B U G L E

Author Dav Pilkey supports our 20,000 Book Challenge with an auto-graphed poster and a letter of encouragement to our children.

“Bruno”

Happiness is a perfume you

cannot pour on others with-

out getting a few drops on

yourself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy

Holidays!

The holiday season is once again upon us.

The 2003 year seemed to go so quickly. Now

is a good time to reflect back on all our ac-

complishments and successes. We have so

much to be thankful for this past year. Our

children have been doing so well. Bridge staff

members have been working extremely hard

to bring the highest quality education to our

children. Bridge School parents have been

very active in their children’s lives both in and

out of school.

We should take time to cherish these mo-

ments as we rush through our busy lives. Our

children grow up so quickly. I think I can state

without reservation that we all have a lot to be

proud of this past year. Enjoy your families

and the time you spend with them during this

holiday season. I wish each and every mem-

ber of the Bridge School family a happy and

blessed holiday season.

Happy Holidays!

Page 2

OC T O B E R AT T E N DA N C E C H A M P S !

BRAKE ’S TAKE

Primary: Room 105, Mrs. Anderson

Intermediate: Room 001, Mrs. Cutler

Upper: Room 106, Mrs. Iammartino

Volume 4, 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.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

Science

Fair

3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11Holiday

Show

“Paint the

Town

December”

6:00 pm

12 13

14 15 16

PTA/LSC

Meetings

6:00 pm

17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31

New

Year’s

Eve

Happy

New

Year!

School

Resumes

Monday

1/5/04

December 2003

Indicates day of non-attendance for students

Santa Shop

Happy Holidays!

Merry

Christmas

Jewel Shop & Share Days

003

Nicole Jackowski 004

Mary Belsan

Natalia Kleszcz

Jennifer Lopez 106

Alex Enriquez 108

Jake White 206

Malgorzata Palka 207

Maggie Mitoraj

Hina Muneeruddin 208

Sabina Kastanova 209

Kristine Confessor

Kaya Cuper

Isabela Fit

Danielle Gajewski

Jennifer Olson

Veronica Berkowicz 210

Naja Muneeruddin Paulina Kolanko

211

Page 4

GO L D EN HO N OR

RO L L

Volume 4, Issue 1

210

Karolina Lesniak

Amanda Nieves

Tim Novak

211

Jeda Abuhashish Johanna Alvarez

Dorian Hryniewicki

Melissa Koenig

Cindy Sanchez

Athina Zaimi

212

Zofia Domian

Maddy Hoffman

106

Ewelina Drag

Agata Grolle

Jessica Henmueller

Adrian Markowicz

Izabella Swiatek

209

Natalie Ficek Paul Fricano

Rebecca Steve

001

Andrew Aldape

Mark Babilonia

Lidia Bronkowska

Jessica Conneely

Matt Margetic

002

John Balingit

Paul Dubicki

Anna Kielich

Ewelina Krystopa

003

Agata Chojan Jamie Cruz

Dominic Dworak

Eric Martinez

Arsalan Muneeruddin

Paul Si

004

Razan Abuhashish Arthur Mosiejewski

Michael Los

Michael Szczapa

Melissa Knapp

Michelle Kilmer

Emily Cappy

Malgorzata Cudzich

Matthew Dickey

Vanessa Poleuca

108

Filip Boksa Megan Dickey

Angelica Jaje

Alexandra Lopez

Dominik Pikul

Anna Pukala

Katlyn Tenold

Aneta Walega

206

Anna Kornas 207

Dorothy Wojciechowska Kathy Widlak

Dean Meyers

Alex Kulahin

Beata Marcickiewicz

Emilia Kowalczek

Steven Fiumefreddo

Jagoda Fichtner

Brittany Firszt

208

Maggie Gorska Krzysztopf Myrda

Kelly O’Donovan

Janusz Pikul

Agnes Stanula

F I R ST QUARTER S I LV ER HON O R RO L L

Congratulations

To Our

Scholars!

December Students of the Month

Isabelle Santiago

Paulina Kocon

Hina Muneeruddin

Felicia Jackson

Marcin Szczapa

Jacob Ziaja Sylwia Los Anthony Villegas Erik Wolny

Agata Chojan Ewelina Krystopa Sean Horwitz Anna Pukula

Agata Grolle Christopher Delgado Alejandro Gonzalez Isabela Fit

Magda Raczko Jennifer Lopez Destiny Domico Jamie Siqueca

Hubert Troszczynski Elizabeth Molek

Bridge Elementary

School Students of

the Month are select-

ed for their outstand-

ing citizenship, aca-

demic performance,

and conduct.

Page 6 Volume 4, Issue 1

O C T O B E R F E S T F U N F A I R M O M E N T S

Bridge Bugle Page 7

M O R E F U N

Paint the Town

December Thursday, December 11th

At 6:00 pm

Room 102 2nd graders

will take a trip to Drury

Lane Children’s Theatre

on Tuesday, December

9, 2003 to see “Beauty

and the Beast”

Page 8

BRIDGE SCHOOL P R O U D L Y P R E S E N T S O U R W I N T E R H O L I D A Y S H O W

B E A U T Y A N D T H E B E A S T F I E L D T R I P

Bridge Science Fair

Tuesday, December 2nd

5:00-7:00 pm

Volume 4, Issue 1

Bridge Bugle

Santa Shop December 10th-12th

10:00-12:30

Page 9

C H I C A G O T E A C H E R S U N I O N A N N UA L H O L I D AY F O O D D R I V E W I N N E R S

1st Place*—Room 212, Mrs. Barshop (206 items)

2nd Place—Room 107, Mrs. Dotson (134 items)

3rd Place—Room 108, Mrs. Kelly (79 items)

School Total: 847 food items

-Thank you for supporting this worthy cause-

* Three years in a row!

PTA NEWS & VIEWS President: Mrs. Karen Dubicki Vice-President: Mrs. Lora Niewinski

Secretary: Mrs. Jeannie Doyle Treasurer: Mrs. Kathy Herrity

Happy

Holidays!

Congratulations to our First Place Candy Sale winner Raye Legarda of Room 107. She won a new bike for her efforts!

Jewel Shop & Share Days are December 15th-17th. Coupons are enclosed in this issue.

Thanks to all who sold candy during our PTA Holiday Candy Sale. The PTA earned over $4,800 to support student pro-

grams at Bridge.

Santa Shop will be held December 10th-12th from 10:00-12:30 in the Gym during the school lunch periods. Anyone able to

help our little shoppers on those dates can send a note to the Office marked PTA or call Karen Dubicki at 283-5064.

Thank you for your support during the 2003-2004 school year.

Happy Holidays from the Bridge School PTA!

On November 19,

rooms 108 Mrs. Kelly, 001

Mrs. Cutler, 002 Mrs. Harri-

son, 003 Mrs. McGuire, and

004 Mrs. Gregory visited

The Art Institute of Chica-

go. A wonderful time was

had by all. The docents

who took our groups around

provided information about

the various pieces of art that

each group saw. Here are

some comments from these

students in room 002.

First my group saw

a picture painted by Pablo

Picasso. A man with a gui-

tar looked sad. The picture

was mostly blue, and in the

background I could see a

ghost.

By Kyle Enriquez

Next we saw a

picture by Georgio Pesani.

There were three cupids in

the picture. One of the cu-

pids is shooting an arrow at

the man in the picture be-

cause he wants him to fall in

love with Venus, the woman

in the painting.

By Joanna Ogrodnik

The next thing I

saw was Van Gogh’s bed-

room. It was very plain. It

had two gold chairs and two

gold pillows. He had a

chair in front of his door so

nobody could disturb him.

By Colleen Doyle

Then our group

saw St. George and the

Dragon. St George tri-

umphs over evil (the drag-

on). The evil dragon had

parts from a number of dif-

ferent animals. St. George

wore armor with a cross on

his chest. He held a big

lance which he used to slay

the dragon.

By Lukas Klasek

Page 10

BOOK CLUB SUCCESS !

ART INSTITUTE F IELD TRIP

R O O M 1 0 2 V I S I T S T H E P U M P K I N F A R M

orded them on the

Classrooms Care

reading chart. Upon

receipt of our reading

record Scholastic will

donate 100 books to

kids in need. The

children feel great

about not only being

able to provide books

for needy schools,

but also about setting

and reaching a room

reading goal.

Room 002 participat-

ed in the Scholastic

Book Clubs, Class-

rooms Care reading

program. Students

read 100 books since

September and rec-

Volume 4, Issue 1

Bridge Bugle Page 11

H O R T I C U LT U R E C L U B B R I G H T E N S U P B R I D G E S P R I N G

ST U D E N T TR E A S U R E BO O K S HAV E AR R IV E D !

Members of the Horticulture Club were busy planting bulbs and mums this fall. We are very

grateful to the Dvorak family for their generous donation of spring bulbs and Ms. Cindy

Swisher of the Lincoln Park Zoo for her donation of fall mums.

Mrs. Anderson reads a Student Treasure book that was dedicated to her by the students of Room 101

Room 105 class representative Zoe Paul presents Dr. Brake with a Student Treasure classroom book dedicated to Dr. Brake by the students of Room 105.

Mrs. Enriquez and her family were busy dig-ging and planting fall mums around the school.

001

Michelle Aguirre

Katarzyna Grolle

Elizabedth Molek

Lukasz Pikul

Tim Powers

Aleksandra Ryndak

002

John Balingit

Brandon Diemeke

Colleen Doyle

Thomas Frackiel

Adam Golko

Seham Hussein

Gabriella Jaje

Jasmine Jibawi

Anna Kielich

Lukas Klasek

Adam Kornafel

Ewelina Krystopa

Filip Paulka

Joanna Ogrodnik

Damian Stachowski

003

Joaman Abuhashish

Salima Azzouzi

Agata Chojan

Dominic Dworak

Raul Gonzalez

Nicole Jackowski

Jessica Kaminski

Marco Leyva

Hector Marchan

Arsalan Muneerud-

din

Ashley Stec

Natalia Twardus

004

Mary Belsan

Malgorzata Cudzich

Peter Jaroszewski

Natalia Kleszcz

Krystof Lapinski

Jennifer Lopez

Michal Los

Arthur Mosiejewski

James Novak

Axel Ramirez

Samantha Powers

106

Michael Allen

Ronnie Chmelar

Shannon Doyle

Ewelina Drag

Katie Duda

Alex Enriquez

Phyllise Funches

Agata Grolle

James Herrity

Daniel Jarosz

Sylwia Kukla

Cory Lange

Joel Martinez

Senida Music

Alan Pearson

Daniel Stelmach

Izabella Swaitek

Maggie Szczypka

Dana Valenti

Kamil Zapart

107am

Kienna Bariso

Joel Duarte

Aman Haidari

Daniel Lozeau

David Lozeau

Tiffany Myszkowski

Katarzyna Pukala

Jacob Rakoczy

Robert Sanchez

Isabelle Santiago

Carlie Vasquez

107pm

Desiree Arroyo

Adetiny Domico

Rikeya Hargrove

David Hruswicki

Piotr Morawiec

Damian Pikul

Julia Troszczynska

108

Filip Boksa

Angelica Jaje

Jake Jaroszewski

Dominik Pikul

Alexandra Lopez

Anna Pukala

Syria Shehu

101

Remah Abu-Hashish

Melayna Allen

Stefani Cipolla

Chrstian DeJesus

Christopher Delgado

Janny Galindo

Susan Hernandez

Ricardo Herrera

Robert Jurewicz

Marcelina Puc

Jennifer Quezada

Leonardo Rojas

Aaron Banez

102

Giovanni Alvarez

Kielvin Bariso

Jared Cruz

Amanda Diemeke

Kimberli Gjoka

Khrystyna Kozak

Kamil Krystopa

Salvador Moreno

Jailene Rodriguez

Daphne Valle

103

Alexandria Banez

Alison Cappy

Luigi DeCol

Elissa Delgado

Amy Harenberg

Sylwia Jastrezbska

Jenna Jurewicz

Klaudia Knap

Enrique Marchan

Joseph Nowak

Kornel Plonko

Anthony Villegas

109

Jesse Chavez

Erica Colin

Jerrold arke

Dominika Duda

Ivan Gonzalez

Ryan Harenberg

Ayman Hussein

Thomas Jackowski

Jeremy Johnson

Furquan Muneerud-

din

Eric Pearson

Marek Rybakewicz

Chris Perez

Richard Schulz

Matthew Stachure

Mark Stec

Nicole Swiderski

Saul Zamora

Angelica Zmiejko

114

Sebastian Cato

Tomasz Chlebek

105

Waleed Abu-

Ghoush

Samantha Ayala

Adrian Baran

Anthony Barsano

Iliana Cato

Connor Cloherty

Gian Dungca

Alejandro Gonzalez

Nicholas Guy

Patric Hruswicki

Katarzyna Koperny

Johnua Lebron

Justin Lozeau

Nathan Ortiz

Zoe Paul

Julia Rakoczy

Megan Szajna

Nicole Walen

First Quarter

Perfect Attendance

204

Paulina Alicka

Adrianna Goral

Damian Jaje

Laura Jarosz

Alexandra Kania

Patricia Kania

Lukas Kornas

Maciej Mosiejewski

Justyna Szczech

Tomasz Tutka

Wiktor Witkowski

Jessica Zacny

Tomasz Snarski

Gabriel Augustyniak

Patrjcia Czternastek

Kamil Kieras

Jakub Kot

Magdalena Kramkowska

Sylvia Los

Radoslaw Mika

Monika Morawiec

Honoratka Myrda

Karolina Niedzwiadek

Adrian Skobelski

Alex Stachel

206

Michael Alvarado

Barbara Chrzanowska

Radoslaw Chudy

Waldemar Gorczyca

Paul Huerta

Anna Kornas

Nicole Musial

Magda Raczko

Michal Szynalik

Walla Suleiman

207

Joanna Chudy

Kevin Dungca

Steven Fiumefreddo

Justyna Jakubaszek

Alex Kulahin

Lance Majewski

Magie Mitoraj

Hina Muneeruddin

Danny Munoz

Kathy Widlak

Jagoda Fichtner

208

Domonic Babilonia

Nichole Butvilas

Gizelle DeRamos

Walter Dworak

Maggie Gorska

Andrea Headley

Ewelina Kowalska

Elizabeth Millwood

Noel Pagan

Janusz Pikul

Justyna Rydlewska

Joanna Stachel

Ammar Suleiman

Hubert Troszczynski

209

Veronica Berkowicz

Kristine Confesor

Kaya Cuper

Kamia Dear

Danny Farris

Natalie Ficek

Isabela Fit

Danielle Gajewski

Marek Gorkowicz

Monika Jastrzebska

Patrick Kowalik

Andrew Sobarnia

Michal Tutka

210

Paulina Kolanko

Seif Abuhashish

Justina Niemas

Leemanuel Burrell

Kasia Korman

Naja Muneeruddin

Rafal Czykier

Amanda Nieves

Rosario Guzzo

Cosmin Filip

Eric Offenloch

Joanna Gacek

Patricia Harris

Kevin Quezada

Anna Szczypka

Justin Rivera

211

Robert Anderson

Michael Belsan

Ina Bullari

Doarian Htyniewicki

Marcin Szczapa

Damian Twardus

Isha Vega

212

Katie Akers

Melanie Castro

Kawanya Coleman

Iwona Gacek

Maddy Hoffman

Joanna Lopez

Toby Niemas

Sylvia Wysocka

203

N. Cappy

A. Cudzich

F. Duda

J. Gonzalez

A. Kwasnik

O. Leyva

J. Lozeau

F. Marchan

I. Mendez

P. Mieczkowski

S. Mozdzierz

S. Muzic

J. Pikul

A. Preston

J. Samek

K. Sherrod

A. Zbroja

J. Ziaja

First Quarter

Perfect Attendance

Bridge Elementary School 3800 N. New England

Chicago, Illinois 60634

773-534-3718

Principal:

Dr. Christopher Brake

Assistant Principal:

Mrs. Margaret Taylor

Special Holiday Issue

Room 107

Kindergarten

38 Year-to-Date

171

Room 101

1st Grade

42 Year-to-Date

102

Room 105

1st Grade

107 Year-to-Date

322

Room 204

1st/2nd Grade

164 Year-to-Date

446

Room 102

2nd Grade

152 Year-to-Date

421

Room 103

2nd Grade

270 Year-to-Date

620

Room 109

3rd Grade

165 Year-to-Date

435

Room 203

3rd Grade

235 Year-to-Date

701

Room 001

4th Grade

64 Year-to-Date

170

Room 002

4th Grade

77 Year-to-Date

237

Room 108

4th Grade

103 Year-to-Date

279

Room 003

5th Grade

134 Year-to-Date

457

Room 211

5th Grade

175 Year-to-Date

445

Room 207

6th Grade

53 Year-to-Date

228

Room 209

6th Grade

179 Year-to-Date

521

Room 004

6th Grade

127 Year-to-Date

451

Room 106

7th Grade

30 Year-to-Date

91

Room 208

7th Grade

72 Year-to-Date

200

Room 206

7th/8th Grade

21 Year-to-Date

138

Room 210

8th Grade

32 Year-to-Date

120

Room 212

8th Grade

13 Year-to-Date

62

Room 114

Pri. Sp. Ed.

18 Year-to-Date

52

School Total

6,669

LSC Parent Representatives:

Mr. William Doyle

Mrs. Lori Henmueller

Mr. Michael Herrity

Mrs. Yvonne Majewski

Mrs. Pamela Sparks

Mrs. Slawomira Wojcik

Community Representatives:

Mrs. Cheryl Filippini

Mrs. Pat Walenga

Teacher Representatives:

Mrs. Linda Barshop

Mrs. Ideria Page

Administration:

Dr. Christopher Brake

PTA President:

Mrs. Karen Dubicki

Vice-President:

Mrs. Lora Niewinski

Secretary:

Mrs. Jeannie Doyle

Treasurer:

Mrs. Kathy Herrity

Happy

Holidays!