In honor of National Social Emotional Learning Day, we celebrated our second Advisory Happy Day with lots of fun community building activities for students and staff! The day started with bulletin board decorating!
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finding space to work in the halls
confetti decorating takes a team effort
creative idea with the kindness calculator
working together to setup their bulletin board
The snowy weather is perfect and fun timing to swing our psychrometers in 6th grade science to measure dew point and relative humidity!
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swinging psychrometers to collect data
With March, comes great timing for basketball! Students could play full or half court games, plus a basket for knockout with Mr. Gatens joining in!
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Mr. Gatens’ shot
A game of knockout
nice shot and defense
nice shot in the half court game
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Color Run Kickoff today during student lunches! Save the date, 4/24 @ 10 AM! Check your email, the WRMS PSO Facebook page, or our newsletter for more information!
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video about the color run with swag
color run rep hyping up the run
Students in Monsieur Welfel's French classes made colorful masks by exploring the meaning of 'Mardi Gras' and how it is celebrated throughout the world.
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students and their masks
completed masks
Ms. Panno’s 6th grade are students are making kaleidoscope Mandala drawings using their names for a foundation. The techniques and creativity are impressive!
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using light to trace the pattern
student creating the template
working on the original drawing
Ms. Panno’s example
Great day for 7th grade PE - a jump rope challenge (perfect for Heart Health Month) and a kick-off to the volleyball tournament!
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volleyball spkie
kids engaged in the jump rope challenge
kids engages in the jump rope challenge
great pass
Mrs. Adams’ 6th grade students are engineering pop up Valentine’s Day cards today!
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working on a careful fold to pop
a peacock
a pop up heart
Great presentations today from Rachel Handler of Robin! She focused on adapting to change, resilience, empathy, and kindness with a remarkable positivity as she shared her own experiences with overcoming the loss of her leg. Inspirational!!
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Rachel speaking about kindness
Rachel still dancing
WRMS Yearbooks and 8th Grade Ads are now on sale!! Check out the pictures and this Friday’s update for more information!
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8th grade ad flyer
yearbook sale flyer
The Helping Hands Club created a bulletin board to encourage everyone to share positive messages with each other. All are welcome to take, share or leave a positive post-it!
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positive comments
finished board
students putting the board together
students who helped
Thank you to Ms. Rivkin from ADV for her presentations in our 8th grade health classes on healthy relationships. Classes focused on respect and helping students make good choices and establish healthy habits early in all types of relationships.
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it’s all about respect
talking about setting boundaries
Congratulations to our bands and choirs on wonderful performances over last two evenings. Bravo! 👏
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a choir
a band
Ms. McLaughlin’s SS 7 students are busy conducting archeological digs to discover various characteristics of the Ancient River Valley civilizations!
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a box with artifacts
students putting the artifact puzzle together
a student sketches what he discovered
students busy examining their artifacts
Ms. Chernati’s Robotics classes are using the design process and collaboration to build robotic launchers that will knock over cups. Great success in their trials!
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building the robot
successfully knocking cups over
first launch
Students in ELA 7 are viewing Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech today and analyzing his powerful figurative language, drawing connections to their own social issues texts.
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students view “I Have a Dream"
The Helping Hands Club collected over 50 coats for the Jersey Cares Coat Drive! These coats will be distributed to people of all ages in need.
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club members and the donated coats
The World Cultures Club discussed how the holiday season is celebrated throughout the world. Members took part in a 'White Elephant' that stems back to the kingdom of modern day Thailand where the Siamese King would gift an actual white elephant. Festive fun! Happy Holidays!
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World Cultures Club Members
Ms. McLaughlin’s 7th grade social studies class is getting hands-on, and writing their names in hieroglyphics.
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student at work writing his name
student a work writing her name
Alphabet resource