Photo Gallery

02/16/10

September 2009 to June 2010

Faith + Family + Friends

Opening Day - September 9, 2009

Welcome back!

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Opening mass - September 11, 2009

Our eighth grade altar servers.

Max read the first reading.

Anthony read the prayer of the faithful.

Eighth graders led us in song and gestures.

Time for one last pose with our priests and teachers. Off to a good start!

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"Don't Drink and Drive, You Won't Survive"

Seventh grader Lysandra P. wins first place in school and state competition!

The Knights of Columbus Substance Abuse Awareness Poster Contest winner with her winning entry in the age 12-14 division.

Congratulations, Lysandra!

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Victoria reads her prize winning essay for the Rosary Society

The winner of the Anne Storozuk Memorial Scholarship

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Class Mothers gather for their annual first meeting

Mrs. Marchese explains the responsibilities of being a volunteer class mother.

What would we do without our volunteers?

God bless you!

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October is Fire Prevention Month

Fair Lawn Fire Company #3 visits with many good tips on how to stay safe.

We had lots of questions for Fireman Bernard.

Fireman John showed us his special fire fighting clothes.

Does your family have an emergency plan? Have you checked your smoke detectors lately?

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Otto the Auto comes to St. Anne School

We learned all about pedestrian safety.

Looks like Sophia and Julian have two new friends!

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Our team of scholars who represented St. Anne School at the Scholastic Olympics at St. Joseph High School in Montvale

Front row: Alexa, Bernadette. Melissa

Back row: Thomas, Karen, Jenna, Katie, David, Nicole, Max, Ricky, Rachel, James, Anthony, Nigel

Not pictured: Kate F.

Bernadette took FIRST PLACE in spelling! Way to go!

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Kindergarten to grade 3 students visit Ort Farm

On the way to the pumpkin field

Hey! We're on a hay ride!

All tuckered out after a busy day, time for a little nap on your buddy's shoulder.

That's what friends are for!

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Eighth grade reading buddies take time out for a Halloween project with the Kindergarten

Happy Halloween!

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Our Halloween costume parade

Led by the Student Council officers

Mrs. Donohue has "graduated" from tuition bills!

That's no student in that uniform!

Everybody gets to enjoy the parade!

Here's a little clip of the parade

Trunk 'n Treat after school

Candy from the coffin!

You can "count" on a candy from the Count.

No tricks... just treats!

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The World Cereal-ies collection is a big winner!

Last year's total = 155

This year's total = 200

And the winner is our parish food pantry which feeds the hungry in our neighborhood.

Miss Green and her sixth graders pose with this year's collection of cereal. Thank you to all those who contributed!

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Grade 6 experiments with yeast.

Preparing the test

Observing the reaction

Watching and recording our findings

The "eureka" moment!

Too bad there was no bread from this batch!

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"I was hungry and you gave me to eat."

2009 Thanksgiving Food Drive

Mr. Puntasecca, moderator, poses with some members of the Student Council and two parish pantry volunteers after delivering boxes of food to feed the neighborhood hungry this Thanksgiving. Thank you to all who gave so generously.

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Professor W's Earth Science Circus

Sponsored by the Fair Lawn Recycling Division through the NJ Clean Communities Program

We learned about the Earth's atmosphere.

It's like a giant bubble around the earth.

Meatloaf and Professor W explained a closed eco-system.

Audience participation to explain H2O and CO2 was encouraged.

Learning is much more fun with a song!

"Super Custodian" taught us about being custodians of the earth.

We had all the answers,

and really enjoyed the show!

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Annual bagel breakfast for grades 3 through 6 sponsored by the Student Council

Service with a smile!

Can there be anything better than a bagel with your buddies?

Student Council's mission is to serve, even orange juice.

When Mom is in the kitchen, all's right with the world! Thank you , Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. Czochanski, for pitching in.

We played some games, too, like T-U-R-K-E-Y (the Thanksgiving version of B-I-N-G-O).

Thank you, Student Council!

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Nursing students from Bergen Community College, under the direction of Mrs. Melissa Salort, visit the Kindergarten to teach us how to wash our hands correctly.

Nurse Renee uses some magic lotion to show where the germs are on our unwashed hands.

Then Nurse Denise uses a special light to highlight where the germs are.

Nurse Carol reminds us to always use soap and water, and to scrub our hands well.

Thank you, for teaching us how to prevent the spread of germs!

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Our third graders lead us during our Thanksgiving mass

"We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing."

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For our parish centennial, a quilt was created to celebrate our family.

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Fifth & sixth grade scientists

Fifth graders Dominic and Kristen observe and record the parts of a plant.

Samantha documents the process of seed germination.

Alyssa observes the effects of xylem & phloem on a carnation.

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The Gift of Christmas

Annual school concert - December 15, 2009

The excitement builds as 7:00 p.m. approaches.

But the music will be worth the wait!

Pre-Kindergarten-4 opens with a cute number about Santa.

Then grades Kindergarten to five entertained us.

Fr. Joe acknowledged Kindergartener Natalie for winning a contest by submitting a drawing of the Nativity to our bulletin publishing company. Natalie's first-prize picture will be printed on the covers of bulletins in parishes throughout northern Bergen County this Christmas.

Then the show continued!

The 12 Days of Christmas presented a challenge: where do you get 2 extra fingers?

Our Select Choir of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders sang in 3-part harmony.

We ended with a serenade to Baby Jesus: Silent Night.

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Barnes & Noble Book Fair story time

Mr. Puntasecca thrills the audience with his stirring rendition of a Christmas story.

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Our first grade reminds us of the reason for the season.

Waiting to begin

Sophia read the first reading and Jordan led us in the responsorial psalm.

Giovanni sent our petitions to the Lord in the prayer of the faithful.

Mary and Joseph could find no room at the inn, but a local man gave them the shelter of the stable.

Mary and Joseph await the arrival of the Baby Jesus.

And he does not disappoint!

"Behold! I bring you tidings of great joy!" "Let us go and see this thing that the Lord has made known to us."

We three kings of orient are...

They opened their treasures and offered him gifts of

gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Sleep in heavenly peace. Sleep in heavenly peace.

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Santa makes a quick visit!

Santa surprised Thomas in the hallway.

and had time for a quick photo with the seventh grade.

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January 6, 2010

Three Kings Day in Kindergarten B

Today, everybody is a King (or at least a princess)

and we've got the crowns to prove it!

If you were a King, what gift would you give the Baby Jesus?

A warm quilt, some food, the world, my heart, a yo-yo.

Then we went to church to see the Kings in the manger.

Shh! Baby Jesus is sleeping.

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Homeroom 3A extends their reading story "How My Parents Learned to Eat" by Ina. R. Friedman by learning how to use chopsticks to eat some "sushi".

Mrs. McCrudden teaches Jesper how to hold the sticks.

Sweet success!

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This year's TAG Team, with their moderator Miss Stachiotti, gets ready for Catholic Schools Week. They'll be our tour guides during Open House.

Alyssa, Ami. Aviana, Brianna, Tara, Miss Stachiotti, Vincent, Donald, Lara, Debbie, Gabriela.

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Future astronauts in first grade

Mrs. Mappa and homeroom 1B proudly display their planetary creations. Each student selected a planet, created a model, and wrote a research booklet about that planet. Even a three-year-old brother of one student contributed his own Mars model! The models will be on display in our Science Fair on February 4.

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Catholic Schools Week 2010

Opening mass

Mrs. Greene, the 2010 Madeleine Fogarty Memorial Award recipient

Open House after mass

Mrs. Donohue in her Kindergarten classroom

Our pre-Kindergarten classroom

Mrs. Grembowiec, our librarian (right) with Mrs. Ferrara in our library

(The preceding CSW pictures were courtesy of Mr. Joseph Tieng.)

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Breakfast with my Catholic Schools Week Family

Miss Stachiotti served breakfast with the help of some of her "family" members.

We had pancakes, sausage, waffles, French toast and bagels.

Then we worked on a project making a Catholic Schools Week bookmark.

It was fun!

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We invited our family and friends to have lunch with us.

Some of our alumni showed up to eat with their brothers and sisters.

Andrew with his sister Ashlee

Dina (Class of 1984), big "sister" to Frankie (Class of 2013)

Amanda (Class of 2001) with Victoria (Class of 2011)

Mrs. Liback (Class of 1956) with her granddaughter Carly (Class of 2013)

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A visit from Robert Kurkela, author of Lilies on the Moon

After his presentation, Mr. Kurkela autographed some books for us.

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Make your own sundae thanks to our PTG

What toppings do you want on your ice cream?

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Budding scientists

Sixth grade science students dissected owl pellets in class to understand how energy is transferred from one organism to another. We have been studying food chains, food webs, and energy transfer. Some students found a bird, mole, or rodent skeleton along with hair and feathers inside the owl pellet!