JOHN Y. DATER SCHOOL

Students at Dater School have been hard at work learning our holiday concert program. We're almost ready (and SO excited) to spread some holiday cheer with our community at our Winter Wonderland Concert, next Thursday, December 21st! 9:15am Concert for Fourth Grade Families | 10:15am Concert for 5th Grade Families | CONCERT ATTIRE: All students should dress semi-casual in any combination in any number of the following colors: White, Gold, Red, or Cobalt Blue or copy and paste this link: https://bit.ly/daterholidayconcert

Let's Go Ramsey!!! Take a minute to vote for RHS Senior Patrick Weir - who is vying for the top soccer play in the NATION in Sports Illustrated. Just a few days left to cast your vote - and you can vote as many times as you'd like! ⚽️🐏 Vote here! https://highschool.si.com/national/2023/12/09/vote-who-was-the-best-high-school-boys-soccer-player-in-the-nation-in-2023

Tuesday. December 12th, is Frosty the Snowman Day! Remember to wear your winter hats, gloves and scarves to get in the Dater Spirit for a 'December to Remember!'

Kicking off a 'December to Remember' on Monday, December 11th! Get into the Dater School Spirit and wear your comfy sweatshirt on Monday!

What do you get when you cross 4th and 5th Grade students and a box of Legos? INNOVATION! Lego Robotics Club is on its way at Dater. Mr. Quinlan leads the team of students to explore, problem solve, try out strategies and use creativity to build a robot! Stay tuned for their brilliant inventions in this Intramural Activity!

To those that celebrate at Dater, Happy Hanukkah! Wishing you a warm and joyous celebration.

Homeroom Ambassadors and Attachés meet for the first time together to prepare for the upcoming December fundraiser at Dater School. Mrs. Kirch leading these future leaders!

The Ramsey School District wishes all who celebrate a very joyous Hanukkah!

Congratulations to Dater’s recipients of the New Jersey Governor’s Award. Melissa Aujero, 5th Grade Humanities Teacher, received the Governor’s Educator of the Year award. Kelly Mabie, paraprofessional, received the Governor’s Educational Professional Award. Well-deserved honors!

Dater's Winter Wonderland Concert is on Thursday, December 21st. 4th Grade performs at 9:15 a.m., and 5th Grade is at 10:15 a.m. Check the concert website for more info, including attire requirements: https://bit.ly/daterholidayconcert . Students should check their Schoology music course for practice materials. We look forward to sharing our classroom achievements and spreading holiday cheer! Please contact Mr. Bogert with and questions or concerns.

Dater students enjoyed an amazing author visit today. It was on Google Meet, but it felt like Dan Gutman was there in the gym with us! Dan Gutman spoke about his writing process, his determination and perseverance when he received many rejection letters, and he even read us the first chapter of an unreleased book. When we got back to the ITC, Dan Gutman books were flying off the shelves! Dater students ❤️ reading and ❤️ meeting influential authors!

Calling all Dater and Smith students! Sign-ups are open for Ramsey Recreation basketball for boys and girls. Go Rams!

Nothing better than that lightbulb 💡 moment when a student comes to understand a concept! This fourth grader at Dater School is investigating circuits and electricity as part of the science curriculum. Teaching for Understanding! Go Rams!

The latest edition of Kids These Days, featured in Ramsey Neighbors, is now available! Check out all of the great things Ramsey students are doing here: https://5il.co/2a0vy

Spirit Day is tomorrow! Don't forget to wear your Dater gear or blue and gold!

5th graders are grateful for so much! Check out our Gratitude Chain.

Dater and Wandell book club members met to discuss our first book of the year, The Light on Hogback Hill. It was a blast getting to talk about a great book, as well as meet new faces that will eventually become new friends at Smith next year! The students are so excited for our next book club meeting!

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Part Two of the Dater Musical pictures for 'Finding Nemo.' It was a performance to remember!

What a show it was! Dater students put on a fabulous show of ‘Finding Nemo.’ The talent, the music, the singing, the costumes, the scene changes and the energy of these 4th and 5th Grade students brought joy to the audience. Congratulations to the directors, cast and crew for a spectacular performance! (Part One.)