Bridge Program (4th & 5th Grade)
Our Bridge Program is a transition program for our 4th and 5th graders to get prepared for their junior high years. Our Bridge Program prepares our students to continue to build and apply academic skills in English Language Arts and Mathematics; discover their innate talents and abilities; grow in personal self-confidence; seek to understand their own role in the Catholic Church; think more critically about questions inside and outside the classroom, and develop the individual study habits and learning behaviors necessary to succeed in 5th through 8th Grade.
In our Bridge Program our 4th and 5th graders are exposed to managing multiple subjects and teachers while learning time management and self confidence tactics in their faith-based daily experience at Saint Ambrose School. Our Bridge students learn to REACH even more during this time of education and they are able to be role models to our younger elementary students in school-wide projects and events.
Our Bridge Program, highly prepares our students for our HSP Middle School Program where they will learn all the facets of our Saint Ambrose Portrait of Graduate!
Bridge Faculty
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Mrs. Wendy Parente
BRIDGE Team Lead - Science (Gr. 4/5) & Reading (Gr. 4) 4th Grade Homeroom
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Mr. Scott Verba
BRIDGE Social Studies (GR 4/5) & ELA (GR.4) 4th Grade Homeroom
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Mrs. Leah Bjorn
BRIDGE ELA, Reading (GR. 5) & Religion (GR. 4) 5th Grade Homeroom
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Ms. Samantha Milano (Gielink)
BRIDGE Math (GR. 4/5) & Religion (GR. 5) 5th Grade Homeroom
Mrs. Wendy Parente
BRIDGE Team Lead - Science (Gr. 4/5) & Reading (Gr. 4) 4th Grade Homeroom
This is my eleventh year teaching at Saint Ambrose School. I received my B.A. in education from the University of Akron and have been teaching fourth and fifth grade within the Diocese of Cleveland since 1996. I absolutely love teaching, especially science and reading and hope to inspire my students with my passion for learning. I also enjoy using technology to enrich my students’ learning experiences and build upon those 21st-century learning skills.
I grew up in Brunswick and then moved to explore the world as a young adult. About sixteen years ago I wanted to come “home” to Brunswick and raise my children with my husband of 26 years. We have three children; a twenty-four–year-old son who is a fire-medic for the City of Willoughby and a paramedic for Lakewood Cleveland Clinic ER , twenty-two-year-old daughter who graduated from the University of Cincinnati majoring in neuroscience and biology and now is preparing to take her MCAT and a fifteen-year-old daughter who attends Brunswick High School as a tenth grader.
If I have your children as students, they will be coming home with stories I enjoy sharing about my children’s adventures and life at the Parente’s house. I love to travel, read and just spend time with my family.
Strengths: Learner ~ Input ~ Communication ~ Responsibility ~ Arranger
Mr. Scott Verba
BRIDGE Social Studies (GR 4/5) & ELA (GR.4) 4th Grade Homeroom
This will be my fourth year teaching at Saint Ambrose School, (21st year overall). I love what I teach so I look forward to bringing my enthusiasm to the classroom. Saint Ambrose has always been a special place for me since I grew up in Brunswick and attended church services here.
I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from The Ohio State University in 1999. After gaining valuable work experience in Florida, I moved back to Ohio and completed my teacher certification coursework at Cleveland State University in 2004. In 2009, I received my Masters degree from Ohio University in Education Administration.
My hobbies include hiking and jogging as I prepare for numerous running challenges from 5k’s to half marathons. I also enjoy traveling to the western states and all types of sports.
Strengths: Consistency Harmony Responsibility Focus Developer
Mrs. Leah Bjorn
BRIDGE ELA, Reading (GR. 5) & Religion (GR. 4) 5th Grade Homeroom
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