OFRS Fifth graders had a great time at the Middle School Field Day. The best part? Getting to know students across all 3 elementary schools to prepare to move to Middle School together. 🍧🚒🍉⛱
It was wonderful seeing our incoming LVMS PANTHERS earlier today for their Fifth Grade Picnic!
Special THANK YOU to our LVMS Panther for spending some time in the sun for some fun with the LVMS Class of 2026!
Thank you, also, to our elementary school colleagues and PTA volunteers for all of your hard work making this a FANTASTIC day for the students.
We look forward to getting to know everyone better in September!
Many thanks to Mr. Churchill, Mrs. Hanna, our teachers, staff, and of course all of our parent volunteers for an enjoyable and successful grades 3-5 Field Day. We had a beautiful day for our Wolves to enjoy the challenging events and make some great end of the school year memories. Well done everyone!
Congratulations 4th Graders and Mrs. Fessenden on your impressive Celebration of Learning choral performance this evening. Your hard work and hearts shined through. Brava!
FKS 4th grade students performed a dress rehearsal for their 2nd, 3rd, and 5th grade peers this morning to prepare for their performance this evening. Break a leg, Wolves!
Students decorated our sidewalks for Memorial Day.
Trom the Office of the Mayor:
If you are a parent, please make the time to attend the Washington Township Municipal Alliance presentation on “Measures to Prevent your Child from Being Kidnapped, Abducted, and Sexually Exploited” The presentation will be by Undersheriff Alan Robinson, from the Morris County Sheriff’s Department, and every parent should make an effort to see this presentation.
Monday, June 5, 2023 6-8PM at the Washington Township Public Library.
May we never forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom and great nation. We hope everyone has a great Memorial Day Weekend!
OFRS students won "secretary for the day" from the OFRS PTO School Fair. Today, the girls made copies, laminated some student work, and assisted with the drill.
Today we had a second grade student take over as "principal of the day". She had a successful morning visiting classes, running an evacuation drill, introducing an assembly, writing a joke for the announcements and an interview question for a new teacher candidate. Success!
Old Farmers Road School hosted our local veterans Post 1776 for a breakfast and flag raising ceremony on Tuesday, May 23rd. Happy Memorial Day!
6-1 Math Students competed in a cup stacking competition during state testing week. After stacking cups, as a class they took their data which was the number of rows of cups per group and found the mean, median and mode.
REMINDER: District Schools will be closed from May 26th & 29th, for Memorial Day Weekend. School will resume on Tuesday, May 30th.
From the office of the Mayor:
There has been a lot of discussion about the County’s summer’s Schooley’s Mountain Road bridge project. At our project kickoff meeting, I asked the County to hold a public information session meting for people to get information on the project and ask questions.
As I mentioned in my monthly update, on Thursday, May 25th at 7:00PM, Washington Township Officials, in conjunction with the Morris County Engineering Department, will be holding an open public information session at Town Hall, 43 Schooley’s Mountain Road, Long Valley, N.J., for the purpose of discussing the Long Valley Center Schooley’s Mountain Bridge Repair Project.
Information will be presented on the detours, dates, and related project logistics. The project work is scheduled to begin on June 1st with detours beginning on or about June 17th. The meeting is open to the public and no action will be taken. Please attend if you have any questions, concerns, or comments on the project.
Yesterday we were honored to host our veterans from Washington Township Post 1776 for flag raising ceremonies at the Flocktown and Kossmann buildings to commemorate Memorial Day. Many thanks to Ms. Scrimo and Mrs. Fessenden for preparing our students for their songs and Mrs. Hemberger for the patriotic artwork displayed at the breakfast for the veterans folliwing our ceremonies.
Post 1776 is hosting a Memorial Day Ceremony at Rock Spring Park on Saturday, May 27 at 12 pm, rain or shine.
Funded by our generous LVMS PTA grant, Mr. Ferrante brought VR Goggles to Social Studies classes to help 6th graders virtually visit the Colosseum, the Form and the Circus Maximus. A great addition to our ancient Rome curriculum! Thank you LVMS PTA for your support!
The Destination Imagination Team is making GREAT things happen in Kansas City! Keep up the hard work Purple Panthers!
Watch the LVMS Destination Imagination team live in Kansas City at the 2023 Global Finals Opening Ceremony! The LVMS team will be one of two teams walking in the Opening Ceremony representing New Jersey at 7PM central time!
http://ditv.globalfinals.org/
Thank you to all that joined us for incoming 6th Grade Parent Orientation last night! All presentation information has been emailed and posted to the WTSchools Website / App. We look forward to welcoming FKS and OFRS students next week and BAC students after Memorial Day!
The OFRS PTO hosted our annual Carnival this past Friday. Some highlights were the classic carnival games, goldfish prizes, fire truck soaker, delicious food trucks and treats, and of course... the dunk tank! We a wonderful reason to enjoy time together as a community! 🤹♀️🚒😁
