Welcome to Columbus School #8


Mrs. Kathleen Mazzola

Principal
Email: [email protected]
Holiday Boutique at School #8

No School Tuesday, November 4th as well as
Thursday and Friday November 6th & 7th


November

Practice Tests
Check Out the October Daily Decorated Plates from the Cafeteria!
   

Note from the Principal-

Welcome back everyone!! We have started the year off great and the entire staff is excited about all the fun things that are being planned. Our FunRun is October 8th and we are ready to kick off that. Christopher Columbus School is celebrating it's 100th year ! We have some wonderful plans for our current students and we will have a big celebration on October 1- There will be an alumni night celebration for past graduates on October 1st. If you are a alumni, please let us know if you are coming.

Have a great year,

Ms. Mazzola


We would like to give a very special welcome to all of our new staff members here at School #8.

Ms. 
Heather Lamer- Grade 3 Teacher

Ms. Justina Pignatello -Grade 4 Teacher
Ms. Semina Stanio -Grade 4 Teacher
Ms. Aimee Jiminez- Social Worker 
Mr. Brian Platt- Guidance Counselor
Ms. Madison Defrancesco- Resource Teacher
Ms. Eva Auguilar- Resource Room Teacher K-1
Ms. Julie Aversa- ERI I Teacher
Ms. Maureen Carroll- Speech
Ms. Arieta Kortoci- Speech
Ms. Kim Mount- Preschool
Ms. Melanie Muska- Reading Specialist
Ms. Megan Inglima-CST
                                       
COOKIE DOUGH
Our Cookie Dough Fundraiser begins today and will run through
 November 11th.  
When students return their order forms, please remember that money must be submitted at the same time. Payments can be made by cash or check (made payable to HSA #8). 
Unfortunately, no late orders can be accepted for this fundraiser.
Lina Nasuta is preparing HSA envelopes for each classroom. As orders come in, please send them down to my room 1-07 for the time being. Once Lina creates and distributes the envelopes you can place orders in the envelope, and the envelope will be returned daily.
As an added bonus, the student who raises the most money in the entire school will receive a gift card!
All proceeds will go to the Home & School Association and will be used to support Field Day, Fun Day, and /or other exciting school events.

Lunch Program- The online application is up and running.
Parents can go to Payschoolscentral.com to apply for the Lunch Program 
Complete Lunch Application/EBT Online

Attention Parents and Guardians
Please visit https://www.payschoolscentral.com Or download the PaySchools Central App

to complete your Lunch Application or EBT Application.

You can also find the link on the District Website at https://www.gboe.org.

First time users or newly enrolled students must register for an account before applying.

Insight into the Innovation Lab!
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Congratulations to Ms. Samantha El-Khatib
Christopher Columbus School #8's
Teacher of the Year 2024-2025


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District Anti-Bullying Coordinator
Jessica Ribaudo-Piskuloski
500 Palisade Ave
Garfield, NJ 07026
973.340.5000 ext. 2150

School Antibullying specialist

Christopher Columbus School #8 Anti-Bullying Specialist:
Mrs. Breann Ali
[email protected]
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147 Cedar Street
 Garfield, NJ 07026 

973-340-5038

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