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Veterans Day 2021
The last nineteen-plus months have been challenging for all of us. We are proud to share that the High School's first all-school assembly took place on November 12 to commemorate Veterans Day. Representatives from the History Club spoke about the history of Veterans Day, distinctions between Veterans Day and Memorial Day, how best to commemorate Veterans Day, and a poem was read. Ramsey VFW representatives Joe Barnes (RHS ‘59) and John Rigg (RHS ‘89) were present, recognized, and provided a reflection. Click headline fore more.
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Evolving Smith School to Enhance the Student Experience
The video presentation to the Board of Education on November 23 highlighted some of the ways that Smith School has been evolving to enhance the student experience. These improvements include the addition of a new music wing, the renovation of all science labs, and an improved grade-level team structure.
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Parent Academy - Dec. 1 - Mind of the Athlete
Ramsey School District is partnering with Dr. Jarrod Spencer from Mind of an Athlete, to work with our high school coaches on mental health and sports psychology. The Mind of the Athlete is dedicated to improving the emotional health and performance of athletes by focusing on how the mind works best allowing our student-athletes to compete at their fullest mental capability in academics and athletics. Click headline for more information.
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Thanksgiving Message
Does your family play that game in which everyone at the table takes turns saying what they’re thankful for? If not, it’s a great tradition to add. With 2021 filled with “could have beens,” we could all benefit by reflecting on the “wins.” In Ramsey, we have had many successes in our classrooms and on different forms of “stages” where our students and staff demonstrated their skills. Click headline for more.
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Parent Academy - Wed. Nov. 10th - Suicide Prevention
Join us: November 10 - Carli Bushoven Carli Bushoven, Executive Director for the Madison Holleran Foundation, has been sharing Madison’s story at schools, universities, corporate events, and more all over the US. Carli tragically lost her younger sister, Madison Holleran (Allendale, NJ resident), to suicide on January 17, 2014, which was just two weeks after Carli’s first child was born. Beautiful, athletic, kind, and smart, Madison was thought by many to have “had it all.” Her death came as a shock to not only her family, but her friends, community, and people across the country – and became the catalyst for the NYTimes bestselling book “What Made Maddy Run?“ by Kate Fagan.
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Annual Assessment Report
At the October 26th Board of Education meeting, Dr. Matteo made a comprehensive presentation about standardized testing in the district. As required by state statute, the District is required to provide a trend and comparative analysis including reporting disaggregated data by subgroups which includes state-defined categories such as race, gender, economically disadvantaged, and special education. Click headline for more information.
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Ramsey School District Rowing in the Same Direction;eduplanet21
Our district-wide approach to curriculum design was recently the focus of a published blog on the Eduplanet21 website. Click here or anywhere in the image above to read how we are continually revising our curriculum to make sure it is aligned from PreK through 12 in each discipline and also intentionally designed to promote the key 21st-century skills outlined in our Profile of a Ramsey Graduate. We are proud to be featured as a case study and agree with the author's closing sentiment about Ramsey - "This New Jersey school district is certainly one to watch - Go, Rams!"
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Board of Education Earns Honor
Ramsey Board of Education receives a prestigious honor from the NJ School Board Association. Click headline for more info.
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RHS Awarded Grant for Youth Mental Health First Aid Training
We are proud to announce that Ramsey High School was recently awarded a grant by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing to bring teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) training to the school. Mr. Esdale (Supervisor of 9-12 Education and Student Welfare) and Mr. Sabella (Supervisor of Wellness) completed the application and will oversee the training program at the high school. Click headline for more information.
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Local Influence (not CRT) Shapes Curriculum
Some of the national debate surrounding education is focused on topics and buzzwords that have been misunderstood, misrepresented, or misapplied to New Jersey and/or Ramsey School District. Click headline for more information.
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Building a Strong Mathematical Foundation
In Ramsey, our teachers are consistently working towards building mathematical fluency and number sense. Throughout their educational journey, students begin learning counting in Kindergarten and build upon the concept to develop their understanding of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division throughout their K-5 education. Click headline for more information.
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National-Level Shout-Out for Ramsey's Vision
A guru in the field of education took notice of Ramsey School District’s innovative approach to preparing students for the future. That Twitter post came from Jay McTighe, an author and speaker with years of experience in the development of student performance measures. He gets the importance of regular assessments, and also recognizes that scan-dependent testing can boil out the flavor of a student’s truly comprehensive education. This shout-out made our staff so proud!
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Inclusion Lives Here
At Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, there was a moving presentation that focused on how Ramsey High School continues to promote a more inclusive learning environment for all students through extracurricular activities and clubs such as Best Buddies and Special Olympics. Ramsey High School established a Best Buddies Chapter in 2019 and starting this fall, Special Olympics is now an official club at the school. Click headline for more.
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Local Influences Shapes Curriculum
More than ever, education is being dragged into an arena that thrives with a 24-hour news cycle and equally relentless social media. No matter what a local school district does, it will almost certainly hear from vocal proponents and opponents (while the vast middle ground quietly goes about other business). Click headline for more info.
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Welcome Back
We are back and had a wonderful start to the school year, with only greater things coming! Click headline for more information.
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Ramsey Schools vows to "Never Forget"
In the bewildering days after September 11th, 2001 “Never Forget” became a national vow. But for communities such as ours, nestled in the broad outline of New York City and not spared from enduring personal loss, this national vow seemed bound to who we were; we could not forget, we would never be able to. Click headline for more info ...
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New Year, Same Goals
Going to “back to school” has always been a very exciting time filled with the hope that a new school year brings. It also signifies changes that can be both exciting and anxiety-producing. Click headline for more information.
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End of Year Update on District Goals
Click on the headline to learn more about and view the Dr. Matteo’s “End of Year Update on District Goals” presentation to the Board of Education
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Student Awards
We are happy to announce 3 student awards - Congratulations to the winning students ! Click headline for more information.
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Mr. Andrew Seltzer - Newest Member of the BOE
We are excited to welcome the newest member of the Ramsey Board of Education, Mr. Andrew Seltzer! Click headline to learn more about Mr. Seltzer.
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