🕎 Happy Hanukkah from Ramsey School District!
Wishing all of our families celebrating the Festival of Lights a season filled with joy, warmth, and community. We hope you enjoy this time connecting with loved ones!
Wishing all of our families celebrating the Festival of Lights a season filled with joy, warmth, and community. We hope you enjoy this time connecting with loved ones!
Huge thank you to the Dater School PTO for sleigh-ing this year’s holiday luncheon! 🎄✨ The decorations were snow-stopping, the food was absolutely amazing, and our staff felt so merry and bright. We’re so grateful for all the love and cheer you bring to our school each year. ❤️🎁
Dater 5th graders are true leaders. Their bravery shines each day as they present the morning announcements, taking on a responsibility many adults would find intimidating. With clear voices and excellent public-speaking skills, they set a positive tone for the day!
5th graders are generating lists of topics they know a bit about in order to refine their research topic. Talking with a partner provides the opportunity for feedback and new ideas! Jotting in a notebook allows for reflection, organization, and analyzing.
Students from 5Gesualdo/Thomson's Science Classes Compost Crew in action! 🍂🍁
Dater students in Ms. Gulino's 5th Grade Humanities class discussing strategies to tackle non-fiction texts. Students work in groups to try out those strategies.
5Wissell students culminating their knowledge of chemical changes by researching and creating posters about elements that give fireworks their distinctive colors.
5MA had the best time creating their very own balloons for an impromptu parade after learning about the history of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in ELA. They even dropped by the main office to surprise them with their creations! 🦃🍁
The 5GT and 5MA Compost Crew reminded the 4th and 5th graders that composting in the cafeteria starts on Monday!
Students in 5Davidson are planning their Thanksgiving meals.
Here is the 5th grade morning announcements for Monday, November 25, 2025, starring 5 MA.
Great job everyone!
5GT Co-teachers on Twinning Tuesday!
Students in 5Davidson and 5Johnstone designing and testing volcanoes for chemical reactions.
Students in 4 O'Rourke are enthusiastically diving into our new fanfiction unit. They are demonstrating impressive creativity, strong engagement, and a genuine excitement for reimagining familiar stories.
Students in 5Davidson and 5Johnstone participate in peer reviews for their Historical Fiction process pieces. While working with their peers, they provide compliments as well as positive and constructive feedback on their peer's writing. Working together like this helps us learn from different perspectives, strengthen our ideas, and grow as writers! 📝
5GT is exploring volume and transferring their knowledge using hands on activities and real world scenarios.
4G has officially launched into our Fiction Unit! Students took the time to reflect on their past reading goals, and set new ones for this exciting next unit! They shared helpful strategies to continue growing as readers, and discussed ways to stay motivated and accountable. Goal setting helps readers take ownership of their learning, and celebrate every bit of growth! 📚
In 5 Modesto/Azouri, we worked hard during immersion on a text feature scavenger hunt to prepare for our nonfiction reading unit. We discovered many different types of text features- and had a great time along the way!!
The Veterans Day Assembly honored Dater family members who served in the military. Thank you for your service! Thank you to Mrs. Hicks, Dean of Students, who put together a beautiful event to thank those who attended.
Diwali and Art at Darer School:
Diwali is celebrated with singing, dancing and feasting creating a tremendous sense of community. Traditionally the powders used for art making to celebrate Diwali are made from flowers that friends and family gather, dry and then crushed into fine powders, which are mixed with water to make brilliant colors.
