Smith Student Council's Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive was Monday, November 18th through Friday, November 22nd.
This past week, students dropped off non-perishable food items daily to StuCo representatives all to support Ramsey Respond’s collection for local families and individuals in need.
By The Numbers: Donations from Smith School totaled to over 1,200 items! 😮
The Top Homerooms who will win a donut breakfast for their efforts were Ms. Meyer’s homeroom, Ms. Broderick’s homeroom, and Ms. Larsen’s homeroom. Nice job!👏
Why it matters: Events such as these connect students to our community at large and puts an emphasis on Empathy and the spirit of giving to others
Thank you to everyone who made a contribution to the collection!
Special thanks to our StuCo Advisors, StuCo Executives, Ramsey Buildings & Grounds crew, Custodians, and our Homeroom representatives for their coordination efforts! 🥫🌽🦃🍲
🎭🎭Today we PERFORMED... students in Ms. Fox's Theatre and Drama class discussed ways to enhance their acting skills. We reflected upon projecting our voice, being active while we speak with our movements, using our voice to show emotion, and taking the time to deeply understand our script. Ultimately, the goal for our Grade 8️⃣ actors in training is to engage the audience and HAVE FUN while performing.
🎉🎉🎉 Thank you, Miss Fox!
Smith StuCo's Food Drive is in full swing this week!! Don't forget to bring in your non-perishable donations by Friday, 11/22 to support Ramsey Responds AND have a chance to win your homeroom a donut breakfast. Check out the attached flyer for more information🌽🥕🥣🥫🦃
👨🍳👩🍳Today we COOKED ... low fat pasta, gluten free pancakes, taco bowls, fettuccini alfredo, and chicken kabobs as Grade 7️⃣ students worked on exploring recipes from a variety of healthy diets.
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Thank you Chef O!
7th grade students in Mrs. Broderick and Mrs. Donohues class entered their physics unit today with an engineering challenge. The goal was to design a setup that allowed their marble to keep moving the longest. A great way to intro different types of energy.
It's the season for giving! Smith School Student Council's Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive will be Monday, November 18th through Friday, November 22nd.
The homerooms in each grade with the most donations will win a donut breakfast!
Check out the flyer for items to bring🥖🌽🥕🍽🦃
Today, Ramsey School District takes a moment to express our deepest gratitude to the brave men and women who have served our country.
Thank you for your service. Happy Veterans Day! 🎖️❤️💙
7th graders in Mrs Csengeto’s ELA classes worked through the writing process together and with partners, acted out their realistic fiction stories. Fantastic job!
Reminder! Schools are closed this Thursday and Friday!
See you Monday, Rams! 🐏
Smith Students know all about Award Winners! At the end of the first unit, 6th grade students in Ms. Murphy and Ms. Mahoney’s classes were asked to think deeply about their books and give the book one award in the areas of character, setting, plot, theme or craft. Students created a speech that outlined how their reading experience was made better by this award criteria and used evidence to support their thinking. Ms. Murphy & Ms. Mahoney then hosted an award show in the classroom where students presented their awards!
¡Feliz día de los Muertos! From the Smith School Spanish teachers- Señora Merritt, Señora Kenduck, and Señora Stokes
Happy Diwali! Today we honor the rich cultural traditions of our Hindu, Jain and Sikh community members.
Our District celebrates diversity and the beautiful traditions that make our community vibrant and strong.
Students in Mrs. Broderick and Mrs. Donohue's science class learned about the conservation of mass in chemical reactions by capturing a gas that we created, proving that we never lose or gain matter.
🎃👻🧡🖤Happy Halloween, Smith School! This morning, our 6th, 7th, and 8th grades did their Halloween Costume Contest Parade as Student Council Executives judged the costumes on Best Group, Best Individual, Most Original, Scariest, and Funniest! Winners will be announced at the end of the school day. Check out all our Spooky Spirit🎃👻🧡🖤
Today, Smith TV's Morning Show made it's grand premiere! Students gathered before school hours to rehearse and setup tech to live stream our morning announcements. 8th grade students from our Multimedia Exploratory class were responsible for designing, sound editing, filming, script writing, and presenting important information pertaining to the goings-on at Smith School. Students and staff agree- the first show was a huge hit!
Thank you to the Ramsey Public Education Foundation for their grant to make this happen and to Mr. Reicher for producing and facilitating this amazing opportunity for our students.
🍎 Today we learned about how literary devices & figurative language impact how readers understand the tone and the mood of literature! ✍️ Ms. Kelly visited with 7th grade ELA classes to read some Halloween-themed poetry and analyze with students what craft moves they noticed in the poetry, figure out the story or the message of the poem, and determine how poets use language to establish tone and mood. Students then had a chance to apply their thinking to a Robert Frost or a Shel Silverstein poem. What a great way to tie together ELA skill and the Spooky spirit!🎃
🍎 Today we learned about literary elements. 📘📖📙 Mrs. Johnson facilitated a study of two different plays. Students were asked to identify and contextualize the literary elements in each play. Proudly, students were able to use evidence to illustrate how the two plays were similar and different. ✅ Thank you, Mrs. Johnson‼️
One night only! Tomorrow, October 18, Smith Middle School Drama Club will present ROMEO TO GO - beginning at 7pm.
The 45-minute long play is about students who must perform an entire Shakespeare play for a schoolwide assembly during a time slot of only 10 minutes.
Tickets are available at the door - $5 each.
7th grade had a WILD adventure at the Bronx Zoo today!🦁🦍🐘🐯🧡
Students in Ms. Meyers' 6th grade science class investigated what happens when light strikes a mirror and bounces off of it.
