Garden State Debate League

CHP Teams Wins 1st Place for the Most Percentage Wins!

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to all of our debaters who competed in Saturday’s 2023 Garden State Debate League tournament. Our debaters did an incredible job, with CHP ranking 1st for the highest percentage of wins (70 percent) and 2nd place in total debates won based on the performance of all CHP teams. Special congratulations to Sahith Mangu for winning the Golden Gavel award as the top speaker in the league and to Motonrayo Odukoya and Narayan Lekhi tying for second place as top speakers in the league!

Top speakers in the League (OUT OF 164 speakers)

Golden Gavel - Sahith Mangu (Number 1 speaker)

Tied for second place in the league - Motunrayo Odukoya and Narayan Lekhi

Fourth place in the league - Mahadev Menon

Sixth place in the league - Revant Jear

Seventh place in the league - Shray Chandwani

The next highest scoring speaker is given the Top Speaker of the School

11th place speaker in the league and top speaker for the school - Ananya Mehta

16th place speaker in the league - Anaya Raju

19th place speaker in the league - Valentina Garcia,

20th place speaker in the league - Meghana Indupuru

Top Teams in the Tournament (out of 58)

2nd place - CHP MOP (Mahadev M, Moturnayo O, Shameek P)

6th place - CHP DPPRishabh D, Tanvi P, Dhruv P)

7th place - CHP BDP (Vihaan B, Arsh D, Ayven P)

8th place - CHP JMX (Revant J, Sahith M)

9th place - CHP BLR (Nitara B, Sophia L, Jwala R)

10th place - CHP LMR (Narayan L, Ananya M, Anaya R)

11th place - CHP CGS (Shray C, Valentina G, Zahra S)

Congratulations to all!

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Groundhog Day

February 2nd is Groundhog Day. If the groundhog sees his shadow, then there are 6 more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t see his shadow, then spring is right around the corner. After reading the book, Wake Up, Groundhog, the children were very excited to see if the groundhog would see his shadow or not. And the answer was . . . 6 more weeks of winter!

Dinosaur Fossils

Preschoolers learned about dinosaurs through reading stories and playing with imaginary dinosaurs. They learned that dinosaurs do not live today but are extinct. After reading the story, Fossils Tell of Long Ago, the children were so excited to make their own fossils. As a group, we followed directions on how to make dinosaur fossils. We mixed flour, salt, and water to make the dough. Then we formed the dough into balls. Each child flattened out their ball of dough and pressed a small dinosaur into it to leave an imprint. The dough was then placed into a warmer to dry out overnight. The children were so excited to see the fossils they had made!

Happy Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day was celebrated with extra love and kindness in Preschool. The children dressed in Valentine’s colors and created “Love Bug” cards to express the love they have for their parents. Each child also brought special cards for their classmates and delivered them into their individual Valentine bags.

Dental Week

“Brush, brush, brush your teeth, brush them twice a day!!” Those were the words chanted by our Preschoolers as they learned the importance of keeping their teeth healthy by brushing, flossing, and eating the right foods. They were asked to bring in pictures of food and then, after making replicas of their mouths out of marshmallows, the children sorted the food pictures onto happy or unhappy teeth.

Black History Month

Our Preschoolers celebrated Black History Month by presenting their projects of famous African Americans. The children came to school dressed as the person they chose to talk about. They each created a poster of their famous inventor, athlete, scientist, or celebrity with help from their parents. Each child shared their project with their friends in class. They were so proud to pretend to be their famous person and talk about why they were famous.

Pre-Kindergarten Honors Black History Month

Pre-Kindergarten honored Black History Month by doing an exciting research project! The children were able to choose from a list of famous African American inventors, entertainers, athletes, and political figures. After researching their person of choice, they did a presentation in class. All of the children’s projects came out great and they did an amazing job presenting their work in front of their peers!

Presidents’ Day

The Pre-Kindergarten class had fun learning about Presidents’ Day. We learned that George Washington was the very first president of the United States! We discussed what is the job of the President and that he lives in the White House in Washington D.C. We also learned that he is on the dollar bill and the quarter.

Kindergarten Celebrates 100th Day of School

A lot of excitement happened on Tuesday, February 28th when the Kindergarten students celebrated the 100th Day of School! After counting down the days with tally marks, the children learned place value along the way. Each child’s 100 Day presentation was proudly and beautifully presented in front of their peers and on video. We saw such amazing and creative designs. All day long the children had lots of fun and enjoyed 100-day activities such as doing various 100 exercises, taking 100 steps outside, counting to 100 by 1, 2, 5, and 10, and so much more! Happy 100th day of School, Cedar Hill Prep!

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Special Project in Grade 1

Zavier’s mother, Ms. Shirley, and a volunteer from Rutgers brought us a variety of beautiful art materials, and projects, including beaded keychains, pencil cases, and scratch art Valentine Cards. Our 1st Grade students volunteered their time and creativity to design gifts of love and friendship for the Children at St. Peter’s Children’s Hospital. We read I Am One: A Book of Action and discussed small acts of kindness and how they can make a difference. The students wrote beautiful messages of love and encouragement for these children, and Ms. arab and I are so thankful that Ms. Shirley allowed us to be a part of such an incredible project. We are so proud of our students for putting their hearts into this.

Grade 1 Living History Presentations

On Thursday February 23rd, 1st grade presented “An Alphabetical Representation of Black History.” Each student stood up and recited a few facts about an important historical figure that helped shape our history in alphabetical order.

These students began their journey learning about slavery and civil rights, being assigned an historical figure and writing about them, memorizing facts about their figure, and then reciting by memory their facts to a live audience. They ended the presentation by singing the civil rights folk song “We shall overcome.” We are very proud of 1st Grade. They did an excellent job on all parts of this amazing project!

Grade 2 Living History Presentations

2nd Graders were assigned an inspirational quote by notable Black Americans, both historical and current. For Living History, students introduced their notable person, recited their quote, and shared the message within the quote.

After, students showcased their illustration of their quotes’ meaning. Our 2nd Graders did a wonderful job presenting!

Grade 3 Valentine’s Day

“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.”

Oscar Wilde

On Tuesday February 14th, 3rd Graders had a fun-filled Valentine’s Day. They completed an intricate weaving craft with beautiful colors on a big red heart. They created a bracelet with hearts and made them into fun patterns that truly showed their personalities! The best part was exchanging their cards. They were all so excited to give their cards to their peers. Great job, 3rd Grade!

Grade 3 Living History

On Thursday, February 23rd, CHP participated in our annual Living History Museum for Black History Month. The 3rd Graders focused on authors and poets. The students created “People Posters” based on the person they researched. They were then asked to memorize a speech and impersonate their figure. Some students got creative and even dressed up in an outfit fitting to their character! We are truly proud of the courage each student showed by standing up in front of parents, peers, and teachers to present their speech. This is not an easy feat and the 3rd Graders performed beautifully. Thank you also to the parents and guardians for assisting your child in preparation for this wonderful event at CHP. Great job, 3rd Grade!

Grade 3 Super Students

Every month, 3rd Grade students are selected as Super Students. They exhibit the qualities of exceptional behavior in and outside of the classroom. They complete a poster that showcases who they are, including their “super student power” and what they would do to make the world a better place. The Super Students for the month of February were Kaelan, Leo, Tori and Cecilia.

Kaelan describes himself as a tremendous team player and an awesome athlete. He would like to change the current gun laws in our country so that nobody else gets hurt! He also loves to play soccer in his spare time.

Leo describes himself as a tremendous team player, mighty mathematician, marvelous musician, and awesome athlete. He wishes he could stop everyone from fighting and arguing and loves to spend time with his family in his spare time.

Tori describes herself as a tremendous team player, a marvelous musician, an awesome athlete, an amazing artist, and a harmonious helper! She wishes she could fix pollution and loves to golf in her spare time.

Cecilia 
describes herself as a tremendous team player, a marvelous musician, an awesome athlete, and an amazing artist. She wishes she could help homeless people and also loves to color and swim in her spare time.

We are proud of you, 3rd Graders!