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Volunteers from the LVMS Band and Orchestra participated in "Taps Across America" last week to honor military men and women who lost their lives in service to our great country by playing Taps, our βNational Song of Remembranceβ.
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Families of our FKS Wolves, you'll have the opportunity to meet and introduce yourself to your new principal - Dr. Chris Marangon - this Wednesday, 5/29, from 7-8 pm in the Flocktown Library. This is an informal Meet and Greet. If you're available, please consider stopping by. If you miss him this time, there will be other opportunities to meet Dr. Marangon at the events in August.
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Attention 5th Grade Parents! Don't forget to join us at Long Valley Middle School on Wednesday, May 29th at 6:30 PM for our annual incoming 6th Grade Parent Orientation.
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REMINDER: District Schools will be closed on Monday, May 27th for Memorial Day Weekend. School will resume on Tuesday, May 28th.
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OFRS Second Graders enjoyed a field trip to the mines on Thursday, May 23rd. They were so happy that the weather cleared up and they could enjoy the outdoor mining !
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Old Farmers Road School hosted a breakfast for our local veterans and honored them with a flag raising ceremony, including songs sung by our students this past Wednesday, May 22nd.
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5th-grade students led by Ms. Scrimo performed in an instrumental concert for the whole school on Thursday morning. They will repeat their wonderful performance for family and friends Thursday night at 7pm. We hope to see you there! Event details: Cucinella cafetorium on Thursday, May 23 at 7pm.
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Congratulations 4th graders and Mrs. Fessenden on your enjoyable chorus program this evening! You're hard work was very evident. Thank you for sharing the gift of your music with us! Brava!
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Our kindergartners hosted their families for a Celebration of Learning this morning! Students shared the impressive progress they made this year, performed three spirited musical numbers, and toured the amazing artwork they have displayed throughout the school. Many thanks to our team of kindergarten teachers, our Music teacher Ms. Scrimo, and our Art teacher Mrs. Hemberger to bring together this special event.
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It was a busy morning at FKS! We began the day with our 4th grade chorus assembly, with second graders as their special guests at Flocktown. They were wonderful! They are ready to bring the house down tonight at their performance for families!
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We were honored today to host members of the American Veterans Association of Washington Township Post 1776 for two flag raising ceremonies to recognize Memorial Day. We thank our veterans for their service and being our guests of honor this morning .
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Last week local Military Veterans visited LVMS to meet with 8th grade students. The students enjoyed listening to stories of the Veterans' experiences and students also created cards and letters for the Veterans.
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One of the prizes at the OFRS PTO School Fair was lunch with Officer Adam! Then Officer Adam let the boys pose with his police car during recess.
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In honor of National Poetry Month, Ms. Lee and House 8-3 students wrote poems inspired by the word "community". Inspired by community quilts that have each square created by someone in the community, students volunteered to share their quick-write poems (crafted under 10 minutes) by creating a square for our classroom poetry community quilt. Some students took a free verse approach while others used a more structured approach, such as a haiku.
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BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 @ 7:00 pm Long Valley Middle School - Performing Arts Center.
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A little π¦ can't dampen our FUN! The OFRS Spring Fair did not disappoint. Thank you to our fabulous PTO for making this such a special experience for our children!!! π€ΉπΎββοΈπ π³
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Thank you to the Long Valley Junior Women's Club for hosting the 25th Annual Photo Contest at LVMS. Please use the link to view the photo submissions. Congratulations to all students that participated!
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The OFRS PTO scheduled Jerry Pallotta to visit our students on Thursday, May 9th! The students love his Who Would Win? books.
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Our grade 5 students took us on a musical trip through their performance of Jukebox Time Machine. We enjoyed the show as they sang and danced through the decades. Congratulations on a wonderful performance to the entire grade level and Ms. English who directed the play! ππΆπ»ποΈ
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Join us at the Panera in Chester tomorrow 5/9 from 4:00 - 8:00 PM ! 25% of all sales will be donated directly to the LVMS PTA to help support our students.
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