“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
― Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
In kindergarten we have been enjoying our ELA/Social Studies unit called "Important People and Me". This week children used Scholastic Let's Find Out as a resource to discover about Alma Thomas. Alma began her career as a kindergarten teacher and an art teacher. It was not until she was in her eighties that she became the first black woman to have her own show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. We studied her artwork and used it as inspiration to create paintings using her technique called "Alma's Stripes". 🎨🖌🖼
Nurse Braithwaite recognizes the Wellness Week Ambassadors for their efforts in communicating healthy messages with the school. We are proud of our student leaders!
WTSchools: REMINDER: The Community Forum regarding the Referendum will be held this evening at Long Valley Middle School at 7 pm. All are welcome!
Save the Date for our District STEM Expo on March 18, 2023!
February 9th was the 100th day of school! Grades 1 -2 enjoyed "100 day" activities in their classrooms.
On our last day of Wellness Week, Mrs. Nicole Ort Moke of Ort Farms and Mrs. Cristin McDermott presented a "Lunch and Learn" to our students - demonstrating with local fruits and vegetables.
This week at OFRS we are promoting healthy living! Today we enjoyed dental health presentations on good dental hygiene at each grade level from Dr. Deehan, Dr. Mellas and Dr. Zeolla. Brush those teeth! 🦷👄
Bowser helps us kick off Wellness Week by reminding up to make healthy choices including the importance of eating fruit each day! 🍇🍊🍎
The 11th Annual OFRS Wellness Week will take place February 6-10. This is a fun week of Health and Wellness related activities. All students are invited to make "Safety and Prevention" posters to display in the halls.
OFRS Second Grade students worked with partners to create a restaurant with a menu, a daily schedule, and a floor plan. Today they had the chance to rotate around the room and "buy" from each other's restaurants! 🍽💵
Grade 2 students started a new unit on Civic Leadership. After learning about Martin Luther King, Jr., they decided to use his famous speech to create a special project. We have a dream to make our world a better place!
The 5th Grade "Kindness Reporters" visit a 1st grade health class to teach them about Kindness. The name of the lesson - "You Caught the Kindness Bug". First graders learned what it means to be kind, solved a puzzle, and brainstormed ways to show kindness to others. Our 5th grade leaders are excellent role models! 🐞
The OFRS 5th grade students put on an beautiful performance to showcase both their musical and artistic talents. The orchestra, band and chorus all did an outstanding job. Thank you to Ms. English and Mrs. Bruno for organizing such a wonderful event. 🎶🎺🎨
First Grade enjoyed participating in learning early coding concepts that allowed them to guide a robot through a maze they designed themselves. This was such a fun, hands-on and interactive STEAM activity!
What a fun School Spirit Day at OFRS on January 19th! Pajama Day!
Preparations are underway for the Lunar New Year! Chinese New Year falls on January 22nd and it is the year of the rabbit. The rabbit a symbol of longevity, peace and prosperity.
What was life like in the colonial times? Second graders got a taste of early American games, art and music at our annual Colonial Day.
“Be the peace you wish to see in the world.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
First Grade Students at OFRS choose to write, illustrate and publish books during their free time! We are so proud of them for taking the initiative to express themselves through story telling. All year they have been learning how sentences are constructed and how to write simple stories with characters, setting, a problem, events and a solution. They are really taking off as authors!
