october 2020

Congratulations to Ramsey High School students Seoyon Kim, Robert Taylor, Sophie Cunningham, Abraham Song, and Abigail Lim on their recognition as Commended Students in the 2020 Merit Scholarship Program for Outstanding Performance on the 2019 PSAT/NMSQT!

Mrs. Sullivan and her preschool friends use the Mood Meter to plot the emotions of some of their favorite book characters to them recognize, understand, and label their own emotions.

To highlight Digital Citizenship Week (October 19-23) each of the district's media specialists posted videos highlighting tips and tricks for being successful digital citizens using concepts from Common Sense Media that we teach in our classrooms.

• Monday - Digital Citizenship Week Kickoff Video

• Tuesday - Wellness and Balance with Technology for Adults by Mrs. Lakind (Hubbard) and Mrs. Cedola (Tisdale)

• Wednesday -Digital Identify and Footprint by Mrs. Schinski (Dater)

• Thursday - Remember to THINK before you post by Ms. Kelly (Smith)

• Friday - Media Literacy: Be a Critical Consumer of Media by Mrs. Wohlrab (Ramsey High School)

Finally, at the October 27th meeting, the Board of Education enjoyed this video recap of the Digital Citizenship Week at Smith School created by Ms. Kelly.

The State of New Jersey holds an annual Statewide non-partisan voter registration competition for colleges and high schools known as the NJ Ballot Bowl. The qualification for winning is the most amount of new registered voters. Despite the challenges presented this year, Social Studies teacher Mrs. Ann Alcaide with the support of Mr. Brennan Heffernan, Social Studies Supervisor, entered Ramsey High School in this year’s competition for high schools across the state of New Jersey. Mrs. Alcaide reached out to two seniors, Emily Peters and Liam Nelson, who have a passion for politics and led the efforts at RHS. While participating in such a worthy event would have been rewarding enough, we are pleased to announce that Ramsey High School was recently declared the winners of the High School Ballot Bowl for the entire state of New Jersey! On Thursday, October 29th, Mrs. Alcaide, Emily Peters, and Liam Nelson attended the virtual Awards Ceremony where the State formally recognized Ramsey’s accomplishment. In reflecting upon the work Mrs. Alcaide said, "It was an honor and a privilege to have our students participate in such an important event and to expand civil engagement in our community."

Mr. Kalman's Digital Design class at Smith had the opportunity to speak with Bloxels CEO Robert Benner about video games and bloxels.

Ms. Moore's AP Gov class welcomed Foreign Service Officer Kimberly Harrington as a guest speaker today. She shared her experiences in diplomacy & answered questions.

Remote teacher Mrs. Mains and Mrs. Annitti recently held a virtual ice cream night with their students (and their pets)!

The Ramsey Chorus was given the honor of opening the Wednesday session for the New Jersey School Board Conference You can watch the video of "We Are" here. In addition, Mr. Wolf, RHS Chorus Director and RHS senior Maddie Keane were interviewed about arts education during COVID-19.