🎶Today we PLAYED beautiful music! Thanks to an RPEF Grant, the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Bands were able to have Dr. Elizabeth Peterson act as a guest conductor and host a Band Clinic over the course of a few days!
🎺Dr. Peterson is an esteemed former music professor of Ithaca college. Fun fact- she was the professor of all four of our Smith & RHS Music instructors (Ms. Hanratty, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Baruch, and Mr. Jenkins!)
🎷This week, Dr. Peterson worked with students in preparation for the District-Wide Band Performance of Grades 6-12 that was hosted at Ramsey high school on Thursday evening.
🎼Thanks to our Music Department and the Ramsey Public Education Foundation for making this enriching experience possible!
8th grade Book Club is hard at work today sorting through and packing up the donation items from last week's collection! After our donation drive garnered an incredible 1,346 items, students spent today's meeting sorting all items into boxes & putting together the First Night Kits.
Tomorrow after school, book club students & community service club volunteers will come together to finish packing the kits to be sent to Jersey Cared this week🫧🧴
Today, 6th grade book club students & invited staff shared in a food swap event!
In Grade 6, students read A Place at the Table by Laura Shovan and Saadia Faruqi.
Students chose to host a cultural food exchange to celebrate the themes of friendship and multiculturalism which the book contains!
The book club students each invited one teacher & one classmate who they feel makes a positive impact on their experience as a sixth grade student at Smith School.
Students brought in food items such as Irish Soda Bread, Mung Bean Cake, Penne Vodka, Samosas, French Fries, Korean Fried Chicken, and more to share!
Special thanks to the book club students (and their parents) for some delicious food. What an excellent way to come together 🍱🥘🍲🍜🍝
The cast and crew of Smith’s Beauty and the Beast JR. are in full swing preparing for our opening night on February 28th, and we’re loving our annual Saturday rehearsal! We can’t wait for you to be our guest and join us for the shows on February 28th and March 1st!
Smith School it is time for the reveal of our Game Day Essentials collection winners!
THANK YOU to our entire Smith Community for making this event such a success. I am thrilled to announce that our school collected 1,346 items that will be donated to Jersey Cares next week. INCREDIBLE job!
Ultimately, Team WHITE was our Winner with 764 items and Team BLUE collected an impressive 593 items. Congratulations Team White on your 50 points towards Charity Challenge.
Special shoutouts to top homeroom donors of the day- Ms. Kubasta, Ms. Nixon, Ms. Larsen, Ms. Perrotti, Mr. Salmanowitz, and Ms. Murphy of team BLUE. And Ms. Sausville, Ms. Salerni, and Ms. Young of Team WHITE. And an extra special shoutout to Mrs. Broderick's homeroom who donated everyday and contributed a total of 286 items this week.
It was a CLOSE call, but based on the donations Smith's pick to win Super Bowl 59 is...the PHILADELPHIA EAGLES!
Thank you all again for your support and donations. Don't forget MONDAY will be a Pajama Day to celebrate the SuperBowl and all your amazing efforts.
Have a Great Weekend, GOOOO RAMS!
Check out Smith's Progress on our "Game Day Essentials" Collection sponsoring Jersey Cares!
Yesterday the BLUE TEAM had the most items collected in within day- they are coming for TEAM WHITE'S first place title!
Overall, the votes have the EAGLES winning the Super Bowl with the most overall donations between Blue & White- but the Chiefs are only 15 donations behind!
TOMORROW is the final day to donate! Currently we are in need of more Shampoo, Conditioner, Deodorant, Chapstick, and travel-size lotion! All items must be new & unopened! The team with the MOST donations will win 50 points towards Charity Challenge.
Nice job wearing your Blue & White yesterday. Get ready for our next Spirit Day on FRIDAY- Sports Jersey Day! Show off your favorite team as we get hype for the Super Bowl and bringing in donation items!
Due to reports of projected dangerous road conditions, Ramsey School District will be closed today, Thursday, February 6, 2025.
Before -care and after-care are canceled.
If conditions improve, after school athletics and activities may be held. Coaches and advisors will notify students.
The 6th grade French students just finished a unit entitled, Les Desserts francais" where they learned about typical desserts that are popular in France. Students learned a bit about their origins, ingredients and how they are prepared. We ended the unit with a dessert party, where students volunteered to bring in (make or purchase) some of the typical desserts that they learned about. Was a lot of fun and the kids enjoyed tasting different things!
This past week, Ramsey HS band director Mr. Jenkins and several current RHS band members visited our 8th Grade Band at Smith. We learned all about the RHS band program and had a great time rehearsing together for our upcoming concert. Go Big Blue!!!
Smith School- Reminder that TOMORROW kicks off our Game Day Essentials Spirit Week and Collection sponsoring Jersey Cares. Tomorrow's SPIRIT DAY will be Super Bowl Team Colors- tell the world who YOU want to see win Super Bowl 59 by wearing Eagles Green or Chiefs Red and bringing in a donation item
We are collecting essential items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, deodorant, shampoo/conditioner, tissues, travel-size lotion, chap-stick, and hairbrushes to make kits for families & young people spending their first night in a shelter.
The team with the most donations at the end of the week will earn 50 points towards Charity Challenge!
Hey there, Smith School!
We have a BIG week of spirit coming up to get pumped for Super Bowl 59!
Please support the 8th Grade Book Club & Community Service Club by participating in our upcoming spirit days and bringing in donation items for next week.
We are collecting essential items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, deodorant, shampoo/conditioner, tissues, travel-size lotion, chap-stick, and hairbrushes to make kits for families & young people spending their first night in a shelter. Pick up some items while out shopping this weekend!
Monday’s SPIRIT DAY will be Super Bowl Team Colors- tell the world who YOU want to see win Super Bowl 59 by wearing Eagles Green or Chiefs Red and bringing in a donation item.
The 8th grade book club & Community Service Club are teaming up this Super Bowl season for Our “Game Day Essentials” Collection to support Jersey Cares. We are collecting essential items such as toothbrushes, soap, deodorant, and more to make First Night Kits to support families & young people spending a night in a shelter.
Starting Monday, we will have collection tables in the lobby for the items. All items must be new & unopened. The team with the most donations will receive 50 bonus points for Charity Challenge!
Donate to the cause AND Participate in our SUPERBOWL SPIRIT DAYS. It’s down to the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs- on Monday February 3rd, Wear your Superbowl pick colors! Wear Green for the Eagles or Red for the Chiefs and VOTE for who you want to win by donating an item to our collection! Get ready to Kick Off for Charity on Monday.
See Ms. Kelly with any questions!
💭💭Today we practiced thinking critically ⚡️⚡️ In Dr. Gwizdak's Pre-Algebra class, students we working on solving systems of equations using the elimination method 🔑 The key to the practice was the application of skills the students have built over the last few weeks 🏗️ The students were working hard and collaborating with one another‼️
Thank you, Dr. Gwizdak for sharing your classroom✅✅
The 8th Grade Book Club & Community Service Club are teaming up this Super Bowl season for A “Game Day Essentials” Collection to support Jersey Cares First Night Kits.
What It Is: We are collecting essential items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, deodorant, shampoo/conditioner, tissues, travel-size lotion, chap stick, and hairbrushes to make kits for families & young people spending their first night in a shelter. All items must be new & unopened!
When: From February 3rd to February 7th, we will have collection tables in the lobby for the items
⭐The team with the most donations will receive 50 POINTS for Charity Challenge! ⭐
Donate AND Participate In Our 🏈SUPERBOWL SPIRIT DAYS🏈
Monday 2/3: "Kick-Off For Charity": Wear your Superbowl pick colors! Wear Green for the Philadelphia Eagles or Red for the Kansas City Chiefs and VOTE for who you want to win by donating an item to our collection!
Wednesday 2/5: "Team Spirit": Show YOUR team pride with a Blue & White Day for Charity Challenge! Donate items to earn your team 50 points!
Friday 2/7: "Touchdown for Change!": Get ready for the Superbowl with your favorite SPORTS JERSEY and donate an item for a final chance to win 50 Charity Challenge points
What's next: For the 3 spirit days next week, we are asking everyone to bring in one of the donation items in addition to participating in the spirit days. Everything collected will be donated to Jersey Cares
Ramsey honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a champion of education, equality, and nonviolent change.
"Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education." -Dr. King
Ms. Meyers' 6th grade science class making models of the air we breathe! Understanding molecular structure and that there is more in the air than just oxygen!
💻🛜 Today we finished our projects in Computer Science class🛜💻 Grade 8 students were putting the finishing touches on their Semester project that used code to provide an automated Tutorial. ⚡️Some tutorials included a Minecraft zoo exhibit, how to do an Algebraic equation with a self-paced quiz, a game focused on World War 2 History questions, and even tutorials on how to bake cookies 🍪 Thank you, Mr. Frisch for letting us stop by!
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The 7th grade French students at Smith each received a handwritten letter from their pen-pals in France. They were so excited to learn about their new friends and experience this real world opportunity. They are eager to write them back and build new connections!
Smith students are spreading the love! With Valentine's Day approaching, the Smith Library is creating and sending out cards to Valentines For Veterans AND local NJ Senior Citizen Homes! Come by the library during recess or afterschool until 3:30 to create cards sharing love and well-wishes.
