Bulletin Board

– Kindergarten signups will be accepted Feb. 18

The South Brunswick School District will accept kindergarten registration for the 2015-16 school year on Feb. 18 for South Brunswick children who will be 5 years by Oct. 31, 2015. Snow date for registration is Feb. 25.

Brooks Crossing and Deans registration will be 9-11 a.m. and 5-8 p.m. at Brooks Crossing, 50 Deans Rhode Hall Road, Monmouth Junction. Indian Fields and Dayton will be 9-11 a.m. and 5-8 p.m. at Dayton Elementary School, 310 Georges Road, Dayton. Brunswick Acres, Cambridge, Constable, Greenbrook and Monmouth Junction will be 10 a.m.-noon and 5-8 p.m. at the school of assignment.

Appointments are not necessary. However, families who do not own or lease property in their own name must contact Patricia Gable at the Board of Education at 732-297-7800, ext. 3107, for an appointment. For more information, call Madeline Daniels at 732-297-7800, ext. 3013, or visit www.sbschoolsorg.

– Résumé workshop slated for Feb. 17

The South Brunswick Public Library will hold a résumé writing workshop 10:30 a.m. to noon on Feb. 17 in the SMART Lab of the library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction.

General information will be provided. There will be no critique of individual resumes.

Registration is required by calling 732-329-4000, ext. 7286.

– Seniors, student actors to have lunch Feb. 25

South Brunswick seniors age 55 and older are invited to the 10th annual Day with the Characters on Feb. 25.

“Bye Bye Birdie” will begin at 10 a.m. at Crossroads North Middle School, 635 Georges Road, Monmouth Junction.

Bus transportation will be provided from the senior center, Route 522, Monmouth Junction.

Following the show, the main characters will join the seniors for lunch at the center at 12:15 p.m.

The program is free, but registration is required by Feb. 17.

For more information, call 732-329-4000, ext. 7670.

– District seeks nominees for educator awards

The South Brunswick School District will honor an exceptional educator and educational support person from each school.

Criteria for exceptional educators include setting high expectations for students; establishing a positive classroom climate; using effective instructional techniques and methods so that students learn; using a variety of instructional strategies to support student learning; and instilling a feeling of self-worth in students. Educators may be content/grade-level teachers and specialists, and special education teachers.

Criteria for exceptional support persons include interacting positively with students, staff and parents; fostering an appropriate environment for learning; working collaboratively with others for the betterment of students; and instilling a love of learning and feeling of self-worth in students. Support persons may be secretaries, custodians, transportation staff, drivers and bus aides, and paraprofessionals.

Deadline for nominations is 4 p.m. Feb. 13. For more information and a writing prompt, email [email protected].

Recipients will be honored during the Board of Education meeting on May 11.

– Senior Center to throw January birthday bash

 South Brunswick seniors age 55 and older are invited to celebrate a birthday luncheon at 11 a.m. Feb. 24 at the South Brunswick Senior Center, Route 522, Monmouth Junction.

There will be games, a special lunch menu and birthday cake.

Any resident whose birthday is in the month of February should sign up by Feb. 17 by calling 732-329-4000, ext. 7670.

– South Brunswick seniors invited to lecture series

The South Brunswick Senior Center will host an art lecture on Louise Nevelson, an American sculptor known for her wooden wall pieces and outdoor sculptures, at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 27.

The following movies will be shown in February: “The Giver” at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 5; the newest Bollywood film release at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 10; and “Jersey Boys” at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 24.

A lecture series on 10 famous playwrights will begin at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 20 for 10 consecutive weeks. The famous playwrights will include William Shakespeare, Lillian Hellman, Arthur Miller, Wendy Wasserstein, Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Henrik Ibsen, Lorraine Hansberry, Oscar Wilde and   Anton Chekhov.

South Brunswick residents age 55 and older may attend. The programs will be held in the Office on Aging, Route 522, Monmouth Junction.

For more information, call 732-329-4000, ext. 7670.

– Casual bird count set for South Brunswick

The Rutgers Master Gardeners of Middlesex County will hold the Great Backyard Bird Count on Feb. 14 at Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. Rain date is Feb. 15.

Beginning birders and experts are encouraged to attend. The start time is not formal. Rather, the Master Gardeners encourage people to use the park’s nearly 400 acres of wooded trails and fields for their count. Participants should bring their own binoculars and field guides, and dress appropriately for outdoor hiking.

A tour guide can be provided. To attend, email [email protected].

– South Brunswick veterans invited to participate in legacy project

The Aging in Place Partnership (AIPP) and South Brunswick High School students will collaborate to create the seventh installation of “Living Legacies: Our Veterans, Their Stories,” a presentation based on the stories shared by local veterans.

The project consists of student interviews with area veterans who live in South Brunswick or participate in the South Brunswick Senior Center’s veterans workshops, attend Buckingham Place Adult Day Center at Oak Woods, live at Brandywine Senior Living at Princeton or are members of the various veterans service organizations in the township.

Students from South Brunswick High School’s Fundamentals of Public Speaking course will then research and collaborate with each other to create a dramatic presentation showcasing the lives and stories of the veterans.

The interviews are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Feb. 10 at Brandywine Senior Living, Buckingham Place Adult Day Care at Oak Woods and the senior center.

Any veteran or spouse of a veteran from any war is encouraged to participate. To share a story, contact Jacque Rubel at [email protected] or call 732-305-7079.

– The Provident Bank Foundation has announced a request for proposals (RFP) for a $100,000 grant open to nonprofits located within Provident Bank’s service area that offer community enrichment programs that drive economic development, contribute to a more well-rounded community experience, and provide increased access to information and specialized learning opportunities.

This RFP is geared toward the first of up to three $100,000 Signature grants — one in each of its three funding priority areas of community enrichment, education and health, and youth and families — that the foundation will make in 2015.

Organizations that meet the criteria are invited to submit a letter of inquiry to the foundation via its website by Feb. 16. The letters of inquiry will be reviewed by the foundation’s team, which will inform the grantee as to whether they are invited to proceed with an application. Organizations will receive constructive feedback as to why their project is ineligible for funding or, when appropriate, how to strengthen their request.

Once approved to proceed, the grantee applicant is invited to complete a full, detailed application by April 1.

The foundation will notify applicants of the results on April 27.

Additional details are available at www.providentnjfoundation.org/Site/rfps.aspx.

– coLAB sets workshops on religion, politics

coLAB Arts will host programs focusing on the topic of church and state in February.

 The programs will address the following questions: How is censorship wielded as both a political and religious tool? How does the division of church and state play out in contemporary issues? When is it appropriate for politicians and public figures to talk about religion?

A book club entitled theBOOK will be held 6-8 p.m. Feb. 18 at Christopher’s Lounge, inside the Heldrich, 10 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, to discuss the book “Then They Came for Me” by Maziar Bahari.

A creative-writing workshop entitled thePEN will be held 1-4 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Unity Square Community Center, 81 Remsen Ave., New Brunswick, focusing on short fiction and poetry. 

filmLAB, the cinematic branch of coLAB Arts, will feature the next NJ Screenwriters networking event with award-winning director Patrick Stettner at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at Alfa Art Gallery, 108 Church St., New Brunswick.

The screening of “Water,” followed immediately by a discussion of the film, will be held 6-9 p.m. Feb. 19 at Alfa Art Gallery.

The theme of the Vom story slam held 6-8 p.m. Feb. 26 will be “Preach.” Participants are invited to share stories about religious leaders, youth groups and lectures. Stories must stay between four to eight minutes long; consist of a beginning, middle and end with a narrative climax; and be unscripted without any notes. The Vom will be held at World of Beer, 335 George St., New Brunswick. To perform, email [email protected].

– Genealogy lecture offers tips, guidelines

JERSEY CITY — The Hudson County Genealogical & Historical Society will meet 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 14 at the Secaucus Public Library’s Panasonic Room, which is located on the second floor at 1379 Patterson Plank Road, Secaucus. Admission and parking are free.

Toni McKeen, who previously presented “Research Problems That Made My Eyes Cross” to the society, will return with “Putting Flesh on the Bones of Your Ancestor.”

McKeen will discuss how to break a genealogy project into small steps. He will give guidelines and tips on how to put the work into a book format with designed papers, input photos and charts.

The Hudson County Genealogical & Historical Society promotes the study of genealogy and the history of Hudson County.

For more information, visit www.hudsoncountynjgenealogy.org.