Judy Rayson

Understanding the distinctions of equity can help create more culturally responsive classrooms, especially eliminating gaps in background knowledge by assigning tasks that foster connections with students' experiences. #CIL532

Very proud of my winning advisory who took the honors for top participation in 6th grade for the #OLHMS Live Like Abby Walk-A-Thon! #d123

Having a wonderful day making origami bookmarks to donate to our local library for service learning day! #OLHMServes22

It’s a great day when you have the chance to see former students and hear their amazing success stories! You make #OLHMS very proud! @PMcClurge @hmccarthy11 #d123

Starting the year in our beautiful library and maker space with @hmccarthy11 #d123 #olhms

Wonderful afternoon celebrating an exceptional group of graduates! #d123 #olhms

Very proud of our #NJHS chapter president who was notified yesterday that she is a recipient of the NJHS Outstanding Achievement Award! Well deserved honor for an exemplary student leader! @Mrs_Omiecinski @JOwensd123 #d123 #olhms

Just in time for Valentine's Day, these lucky 8th graders got to enjoy a book speed dating activity in the library complete with heart origami bookmarks! ❤️Thanks @kathyspedale for planning such a fun activity! #d123 #olhms

8th grade picture day! #olhms #d123

Students at #olhms were excited to find a special treat and message in each of their lockers this morning. This young man exclaimed, "This makes my day!" 😊#d123

These students are masters at annotating texts! They have even devised their own color coded system for recording observations about the book. #d123 #olhms

8th grade ELA students participated in a debate analyzing the events leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack. Some students accepted the challenge to imagine Japan's perspective- a much more difficult argument! Very proud of their efforts. #d123 #olhms

8th graders enjoyed a fun day of high school planning activities that finished off with a growth mindset breakout challenge. Thanks for the great idea @Mrs_Omiecinski! #olhms #d123

After writing original poems about refugees' experiences fleeing Syria, 8th grade Ss at #olhms had the opportunity to learn from their classmate's brother who lived in Syria and was kind enough to share his experiences. #d123

Celebrating National Bus Safety Day riding the bus to school with #olhms students and offering a big thank you to the drivers who keep our students safe! #d123

Such a pleasure to welcome this very esteemed graduate back! @morganvmiller and I enjoyed hearing about life at IMSA and his interest in economics. He is making us all very proud! #olhms #d123

Looking back at our reading lives with picture time lines of books we’ve read. @kathyspedale #d123 #olhms

Self assessing our mastery of our target standard and feeling pretty confident that we have learned a lot about analyzing word choice! #d123 #olhms

Getting ready for our first assessment of the year with an anchor chart gallery walk to share and gather evidence and inferences about the main character. #d123 #olhms

Practicing visualizing what we read by creating story frames sketching the action from today’s read aloud. #olhms #d123