Somerville Elementary School

Wednesday Mornings 7:45-8:35am,  September -June

Attention Early bird artists: Join Mrs. Stankiewicz in the art studio from 7:45am-8:35am on Wednesday mornings for our art club! Art club is a place where you can explore your creativity and experiment with materials. The main rules are to have fun, be creative and clean up whatever you take out.

Dates:

5th Grade Art Club Wednesdays: Sept 11-Dec 18

4th Grade Art Club Wednesdays: January 8 - March 26

3rd Grade Art Club: Wednesdays: April 2 -June 11

Advisor: Ms. Stankiewicz, Location: Art Studio

Every Thursday beginning September 26th,  8:00am-8:35am
Are you in 4th or 5th grade? Do you LOVE to sing? Come join Glee Club! Learn to sing popular and classic pop songs including Broadway and musical theater! We will learn performing and singing techniques. We will focus on singing in harmony, reading rhythms, and understanding how to be a solo singer as well as an ensemble singer. There will also be some movement incorporated in our performances.

The Glee Club will perform at the School Concerts! Rehearsals are every Thursday from 8:00am-8:35am starting September 18th. Some rehearsals are mandatory. Students are permitted to miss four non-mandatory rehearsals. Three late arrivals will count as a missed rehearsal. A schedule will be handed out at the first meeting. Please sign up here and contact Mr. Vehmas (cvehmas@rpsnj.us) with any questions. We can’t wait to see you there!

Advisor: Mr. Vehmas/Ms. Vitale, Location: Music Room 114

Every Tuesday beginning September 24th,  8:00am-8:35am

Join Somerville’s Handchime Club! Learn how to play the Handchimes, develop your musicianship skills, gain performance experience, and be a part of a small ensemble. Handchime choir rehearses every Tuesday from 8:00am- 8:35am starting on September 17th. The Handchime Choir performs at the School Concerts. Handchime Club has limited space. Please sign up here . If you have any questions, please email Mr. Vehmas at cvehmas@rpsnj.us.  First come, first serve!

Advisor: Mr. Vehmas/Ms. Vitale

Location: Music Room 114

Friday Mornings 8:00am-8:35am

Do you love graphic novels? Would you like to write one? Join the Pixton Comic Creators! Create characters, settings, and plots or teach about nonfiction topics through comics. Create one masterpiece or work on several projects of your choosing. Bring your ideas and your creativity to the library every Friday morning from 8:00am-8:35am. To sign up, email nkaplan@rpsnj.us or amcgrath@rpsnj.us

Advisors: Ms. Kaplan and Ms. McGrath

Location: Library

Dates: 4th Grade Session on Fridays 10/4 to 12/14

5th Grade Session on Fridays 1/3 to 3/28

3rd Grade Session on Fridays 4/4 to 6/13

Welcome to the Recess Games Club!  Students will have the opportunity to be active after school hours and engage in great new activities. This is a great way for everyone to enjoy physical activity, meet new friends and explore new passions for movement. There will be 8-week sessions for Grades K&1 and 2&3.  Students should commit to all 8 sessions and cannot miss sessions. Please only register if you can make it to all 8 weeks. This year, we will be using a lottery system to even the playing field for all students. Sign ups will close Friday, September 20th. Please only choose one date that works best for you! Spots go quickly so please sign up fast! Please fill out this Google Form if you would like to sign your child up. If you have any questions, contact Mr. Oh: joh@rpsnj.us

Location: Gym or Somerville Back Field

Dates: (Mr. Oh’s session): K/1: Wednesdays, Winter

Dates: (Mr Scully’s session) K/1: Mondays, Spring

Dates (Mr. Oh’s session): 2/3: Wednesdays, Fall

Dates:(Mr. Scully’s session) 2/3: Mondays, Fall

Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Advisor: Mr. Oh & Mr. Scully

Monday-Friday (September- June, 8:10am -8:35am)
This is a great opportunity for 5th Grade students to practice enforcing safety procedures as students enter the building each morning. Safety Patrol members will monitor students who arrive early, hold doors open as students enter and also meet new friends in different grades!
Please complete this form and return it to their homeroom teacher by Friday, September 6th. 
Advisor: Mr. Oh

Tuesdays 8:10-8:35. Rotating schedule for each member to follow.
Help Somerville start Mondays off right with morning announcements. In this club, fourth graders will get the opportunity to help create a morning announcement video that will be pre-recorded and sent out schoolwide every Monday. Morning announcements usually include information such as student birthdays, upcoming school events or holidays, interesting facts and jokes of the day!

If you are interested in creating fun and entertaining videos for our school community, please sign up by writing a short paragraph that explains WHY you would like to participate in the morning announcements. Your paragraph can also share any ideas you have for new topics to be included in the announcements.

Please email your paragraph NO LATER THAN Monday, SEPTEMBER 9th to both advisors: Ms. Calandra lcalandra@rpsnj.us and Ms. Kaplan nkaplan@rpsnj.us

Location: Library/TV Studio

Every other Tuesday, October through May, beginning October 8th

Join the Somerville Elementary School Student Council to develop leadership skills by contributing your unique talents, plan and execute acts of service to benefit our school community, and implement exciting new programs and activities. As a member, you'll attend lunchtime meetings prepared to eat and collaborate respectfully, ensuring our shared space is clean and always remembering the Golden Rule.  Student Council Sign Up

Advisors: Mrs. Foerch and Mr. Dembin

Location: Room 116

Thursdays 3:00pm-4:00pm from September 19th - December 4th. The marketplace will be held on December 5th.

TREP$, short for enTREPreneur$, is a project-based learning program that teaches kids how to start their own businesses. The TREP$ club will meet once per week for approximately 11 weeks to learn lessons on entrepreneurship and how to apply them as they build their businesses. For the grand finale, the whole school community comes out to enjoy the TREP$ Marketplace, held right at school, where the young entrepreneurs launch their businesses together.

This club is open to 5th grade students only! The Somerville TREP$ advisors will meet with each 5th grade class to introduce the TREP$ program and answer questions, however, you are welcome to sign up before then. There is a $20 fee required to participate that provides an apron and TREP$ workbook for all entrepreneurs. Additionally, each entrepreneur will be responsible for providing the materials associated with their product.

If you're interested in participating, please fill out this form and bring in $20 cash or a check made out to Somerville School by September 10th. Payment can be delivered to Ms. Kaplan or Ms. McGrath. Once your child has signed up using the google form (linked above), more information will be sent home to families.

Advisors: Ms. Kaplan