Ms. Garcia's students demonstrated superb Week of Respect qualities today as they assisted in the setup of our 2023 Scholastic Book Fair! Huge shoutout to these incredible students for contributing their time & effort and for demonstrating what it means to be a Ram💙💛🐏📚📖
A sea of blue & gold for Smith School's Student Council elections!
Candidates for Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President, and President had an opportunity to address the student body about what they can do for their school community.
And of course they had Rowdy cheering them on! 💙💛🐏
The facts are piling up - Ramsey is a GREAT place to learn and grow.
Have a great weekend, Rams!
Our Did You Know series continues - with Ram Facts showing strength in numbers!
Ms. Dobbs (winner of the Caring Day award) and Mr. St. Thomas show off their spirit for Red For Caring day! ❤️Tomorrow is our Blue & Gold day for Trustworthiness
Using benchmarks to tell our own story. 🐏💙💛
What's happening at Smith:
Today is our Orange for Equality day in the Week of Respect! Check out 3 of our favorites- Mr. Poage, Ms. McPartland, and Señora Stokes- keeping our hallways secure while repping their spirit 🧡Tomorrow is RED for caring!
Time to test your Ramsey knowledge!
Ramsey School District will be sharing some of its top highlights throughout the month of October in its Ram Facts series. Check back daily to ensure you really are in the know! 🐏
Ms. Garcia's class had a google meet with Daniel Johnson, a candidate for Rockland County Legislature. We spoke about how local government can work to build better communities. He told us about his work with the United Auto Workers strike and how government officials can help workers and create change.
7th grade science shows support for the Week of Respect! Mrs. Morfing, Mrs. Donohue, and the newly-wed Mrs. Broderick show off their pride with Green for Responsibility💚🍀 Tomorrow will be our ORANGE spirit day symbolizing Equality
Ms. Kelly & Ms. Dobbs show off their Week of Respect pride with matching purple cardigans! Today is our Purple Spirit Day symbolizing Citizenship💜 tomorrow will be our GREEN spirit day for the week of respect!
Students in sixth grade collaboratively modeled and explored the distributive property by building upon their prior knowledge.
Don't forget! Tomorrow is GO GOLD DAY! 💛💛💛
TOMORROW is our District Wide Go Gold day for the Tommy Strong Foundation! Scan the QR code to make a donation and don't forget to wear Gold tomorrow to show your support for this exceptional cause!
Mr. Sirota came in and spoke to Ms. Garcia's class about his role as president of the REA. He spoke to them about how unions work for their members. He also taught them the importance of compromise and working together to achieve change!
Who says Math can't be fun?! Mrs. Nixon's 6th grade commit the Order of Operations to memory by setting it to music! Check out their performance!
Everyone is a learner at Smith! Today Dr. Esdale, Mrs. Davis, Mr. Lacherza (Supervisor of English Language Arts and Services K-12), Mr. Heffernan (Supervisor of Social Studies and World Language K-12), and Dr. Biunno (Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment) spent the morning learning with Dr. Gravity Goldberg, an expert in literacy instruction and teaching for understanding in Humanities classes. They stopped into Mr. Schrettner's class to practice ways to help students push their thinking.
Members of Ramsey School District staff recently attended a workshop with Up the Bar Educational Achievement to benefit multilingual students.
The organization provides comprehensive guidance, support and on-the-job training for teachers, administrators, and parents with the goal of enhancing the student experience.
TOMORROW, September 27th, will be our Parent Technology Information webinar led by Smith School Technology Leaders. Parents will learn how Smith teachers used technology to enhance our students' experience at Smith School. Topics will include Schoology, RealTime, Chromebooks, and our new Ramsey App!
Register by scanning the QR code on the flyer or following this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8jD8C1whSIKUIwA02vugkA#/registration
On Friday, September 29, we will have a district-wide Tommy Strong spirit day. Please wear GOLD (and jeans) to support the Tommy Strong Foundation. A collection bucket will be available during all lunch periods for donations, or you can scan the QR code on the flyer to donate. We appreciate your generosity & support as always!
