Page 20 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • March 21, 2012 Allendale Notebook Board of education to meet The Allendale Board of Education will meet at 8 p.m. on Monday, March 26. The meeting will be held in the Brookside School Library at 100 Brookside Avenue. Crestwood Cruisers seek swimmers Registration for Crestwood Lake’s swim/dive team, the Crestwood Cruisers, is under way. The team is open to those between the ages of five and 17. Lake membership is required. For more information, visit crestwoodcruisers.com or contact Joanna O’Toole at fourotooles@gmail. com, Matthew O’Toole at treefrog19@gmail.com, or Mary Ellen Stiehl at mmstiehl@yahoo.com. Fyke Nature Association sets meeting On March 23, Kevin Watson will present a photo journey on the Galapagos Island and mainland Ecuador to the Fyke Nature Association. The islands are a living laboratory of adaptation and survival, with spectacular birds, many of which have no fear of humans. The program will include images of hummingbirds and other species that make this part of Ecuador a birders’ paradise. The meeting will be held at 8 p.m. at the Allendale Municipal Building, 500 West Crescent Avenue in Allendale. Beethoven series finale coming up On Sunday, March 25, Calvary Lutheran Church in Allendale will present its final “Afternoon with Beethoven.” All are invited to attend this concert, which will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Internationally acclaimed pianist Ron Levy will perform. Levy has been called “first-class” by the New York Times. He regularly appears as a soloist, and in partnership with other musicians. He is a founding member of the Hudson Trio, Kaleidoscope, the New World Trio, the Manchester Chamber Players, the Breucklen Trio, and the award-winning Palisades Virtuosi. He has been pianist and harpsichordist with the Oberlin Orchestra, the Adel- phi Chamber Orchestra, the New Jersey Philharmonic, the North Jersey Philharmonic, the Westchester Symphony, and the Albany Symphony. He is presently an associate artist with the All Seasons Chamber Players. The donation is $10. Refreshments will be served. Calvary Lutheran Church is located at 165 West Crescent Avenue in Allendale. The church facilities are accessible to those with special physical needs. Lent and Holy Week services set Highlands Presbyterian Church will continue its traditional soup and bread suppers on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. through March 28. The suppers will be followed by a video and discussion series. Those interested in attending are asked to bring a soup bowl and spoon and join the group. An offering will be taken up for the church’s mission treasury, which is used for local, national, and global ministries. The Holy Week schedule will include a seder on Maundy Thursday, April 5, at 6 p.m., a Good Friday service on April 6 at 8 p.m., and Easter Sunday services on April 8 at 9 and 11 a.m. Highlands Presbyterian Church is located at 270 Franklin Turnpike in Allendale. Weekly worship services are held Sunday mornings at 10 a.m., with child care and Sunday school provided for younger and older children, respectively. For more information, visit www.highlandschurch.net or call (201) 327-4466. Integrated Preschool to host Open House The Allendale School District will continue to host IPS, an Integrated Preschool Program, in 2012-13. IPS differs from other preschools in that it incorporates the education of general education preschoolers with preschoolers with special needs. The IPS teacher is certified in both general and special education. Students with special needs are placed in the program through an evaluation process performed by the Office of Special Services. The Allendale Public School District will offer two levels of IPS programming: a program for three-year-olds and a program for four-year-olds. Children must be toilet trained. The three-year-olds will meet from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Students must be three by Oct. 1, 2012. The program for four-year-olds will meet from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Students must be four by Oct. 1, 2012. All children in the program will attend five half-days per week. Class size is expected to be held at a maximum of 12 students per program. Tuition for general education children is $3,200 for the 10-month IPS program. Applications for general education students, which will be available after the Open House, may be found at www.allendaleschoolsnj.com. Deadline for submission is 3 p.m. on March 23. Students will be determined by lottery if the number of applications exceeds the available spaces. Parents will be notified of acceptance into the programs by March 30. Transportation services are not provided to general education students. A birth certificate, copy of immunizations, a medical exam, and proof of Allendale residency will be required of those students admitted to the program. Please note that students enrolled in the three-year-old program in 2012-13 will be offered first choice for enrollment in the four-year-old program in 2013-14. Call Jo Ann Karamus at (201) 327-2021, ext. 206. Certification (continued from page 12) get certified and the actions it will take to achieve that goal. Sustainable Jersey’s partners include the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, the Municipal Land Use Center at The College of New Jersey, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. Sponsors include the Geraldine R. 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