to these students in these six different schools. I see students that are learning and having fun. And to me, those are two very important qualities of a very, very effective education. >> Birchwood is very special because it is truly a family atmosphere. Students come
back year after year. There's multi-generations that have attended Birwood. It is truly a loving community. It's such a wonderful place to be. Our core values are the same as Rockaway Township. Heart, honesty, empathy, acceptance, respect, and trust. So we
can focus on particularly on being kind. What >> really resonates with me about this school is that we put more value in developing personal growth versus comparison to others. Whether it be a difficult learning task or a challenging learning experience, they learn to
persevere. And we can bring out something in themselves that they might not have seen before. >> Stony Brook is an amazing place. It really is. And I think anybody who joins us, whether it's full-time or visitors in the building just for a day, uh, you know, I think echo that sentiment. Our staff is second to none. They really put
the kids first all the time. And our students are exceptional as well. It's a wonderful school community. Our PTA is incredibly involved. Everything we do is well attended. Back to school nights, our events, and we have a very involved school community both academically working handin-hand with our teachers,
but also I think for extracurricular as well. Every student who goes through Rockaway Township School District will graduate from Copeland before they go on to high school. And we have an opportunity to instill core values into our students, helping students develop into future
leaders into being positive role models and citizens in our community. Our mantra we live by is no walls, no limits because being a school with no walls uh provides our students a great sense of community. You just know you're walking into a special place when you come
through our doors. What keeps me coming back here every morning? Hugs from kids. You know, I love being outside in the morning at bus duty and having kids coming up and just happy to see me. Teachers who I now share personal connections with because I've been here for 11 years as the principal. So, yeah,
I I think for me it's just being a part of something, being a part of the team. Uh we're all very different, but um but we we get along and you know, we support each other. Every morning I'm inspired by these children. Their energy, their willingness to support and grow with one
another is contagious. >> The people I work with makes me come back every single day. I hire a very unique and special educator and that permeates throughout the building. I have the easiest job in the world because I have the hardest working teachers in the world. >> The thing that makes Copeland Middle School so great is truly the people.
It's the students. It's the staff. It's the community members. It's the parent involvement. It's the investment in making it a better place. >> I come here for the students. I love the kids here. They are amazing. They're the best part of my day. They're the best part of my week. That's why I do what I
do. >> I'm proud to be the superintendent of Rockway Township Schools and we are thankful for all the support we have from our community. I truly believe in an educator being able to make a difference in the world.
It's so important to have a positive environment for a child to come to and teaching at Dwire is special because we don't have walls. I think social emotional learning is very important. It gives us a chance to discuss our
emotions and give kids a chance to practice that emotional dialogue and that helps the whole child. If you've never taught at another school and you come to Birwood, you honestly never want to leave Birwood. You walk into this building and it's a family.
We're all together. We're all happy. We're smiling. Nobody's cranky or miserable. We're here together for each other. One of the things that I love the most about this position and this job is that I get to work with students of all ages now that we house preschool students here. I see every single
student in the building from preschool all the way through fifth grade. And I get to work with them on a deeper level on a way that inspires them not just to be confident in themselves but in what they love.
After teaching for 25 years, I can't pinpoint one moment of time that is a story of why I come back every day. Any good lesson makes me feel alive. Going to the soccer games, the football games, seeing my students outside the classroom. I want the kids to feel at
home. And I feel the more comfortable that they are, the relationship that we build together, the better they're going to do in class. Not not only enjoy their time in class, but also take risks. It's a really great environment here at KDM. My co-workers are great. The students every day, they make me laugh.
One thing that I really work on in my classroom is growth mindset. I did have a student that came in and really didn't like math. They were really negative self-talking, saying that they can't do this. And so, basically throughout the whole year, we worked on just changing that mindset. One of the things that I'm
really hoping to teach them more than anything else is about kindness and you know being good friends to each other. One of my most favorite success stories is a particular student when you know he would come into the classroom even right first thing in the morning his head would be down on that desk. I've tried
to instill intrinsic love for school, intrinsic love for education. And over time, I've seen him pick that head up and that's why I do what I do to have a kid come in and their school's a happy place for them and they want to come.
So, we used to always start off with a growth mindset and we do a lot of lessons about how we are able to do things that might seem hard, like a harder task. And I think that if we really teach our kids to be resilient and show grit in the face of a harder
task, then all the other academic challenges that they're faced with come a little bit easier. >> Our goal here is that every child is as comfortable in class as they are at home. And if they're ever in trouble, they're ever concerned or worried that they have the tools available to them to be successful and to help each other be
as successful as we know they can be. We have really seen over the years an incredible increase in their emotional maturity and in their abilities to deal with issues both in the playground and in the classroom. And I really believe it's because our district's focus on
seal over the last several years. >> I am the steam teacher at Copeland Middle School. I really love to see the growth and the change to the students. And what I really focus on is teamwork. So the kids are always in teams. We want to make sure everybody's feeling comfortable communicating their ideas.
I want kids to come to school and feel like this is their second home. I want them to come into my classroom and feel comfortable, feel like they can be themselves. They may not come here and love math, but I want them to at least enjoy coming to math class. Years ago, I had a sixth grade student who was
absolutely petrified of mathematics. And I worked so carefully with her. I gave her extra help just to have her overcome this fear and it was fabulous to see that aha moment when she finally got it and that is why I do what I do every
day. >> So, my name is Jackson. >> My name is Mia. My name is Mariah. >> I think what awesome is about being in Birwood is the um the like artwork that's on the walls. Like in school they have this like art thing where you go
downstairs and like paint a wall with the art teacher. >> My favorite is recess. My favorite thing is reading and just doing a bunch of fun stuff. We get to do puzzle of the day
and it's really fun. We get to watch videos at the end of the day. My name is Carly and I am in fifth grade and I go to DVL. >> Yeah, my name is Rehea. I'm in first grade. Being at DVL is awesome because all the teachers here are so great and
so nice. >> I like the teachers here. They make it awesome here. She teaches well and then she teaches us stuff which we have never learned. >> My favorite subject is probably math
because I like all the challenges. My favorite special is art class with Miss Takis. Plus, drawing is my favorite thing. >> What makes DBL unique is that everyone is so kind to each other and everyone cares about each other. >> My name is Quinker and I'm in the fifth
grade. >> Hi, my name is Arya. I am in second grade. What makes our school awesome is all the teachers we have here. They help us every day. All the janitors keep our school nice and clean. all my friends that helped me since kindergarten and
everybody just helps us here because we are a really good community >> because of my friends, the teachers and the principal. Like we read a book and then we do a project based on what happened in that story. >> Math is my favorite subject because the teachers always help us and it's fun but
it can be complicated but it's still really fun. My favorite teachers are probably all of my teachers cuz I got really good teachers. They have fun activities to do and their stories. My first grade teacher got me into reading and she got
me into chapter books in Juni V. Jones. My favorite subject is science. In science, you do lots of experiments and I think experiments are very fun. Every day I'm like happy at school. When I came into sixth grade in Copeland where
everything was new and different for me, Mrs. Heath, she was especially really kind to me, she still talks to me even though we don't really see each other that much and she gives me so much good luck for all the things that I do. One teacher that made me feel special and cared for was my seventh grade LA
teacher. I used to just like like reading and writing and she really helped me understand and make that subject more fun. I think the wire school is awesome because you can make a lot of friends here and there's good teachers. Math is
my favorite because like you can learn different things like times, plus minus. No matter where you come from or no matter what you like look like, people will be friends with you and welcome you into this school. One word to describe
this school is probably heart. Honesty, empathy, acceptance, and respect and trust. [Music] This is probably one of the most special places I've ever worked. It is the staff, the teachers. Uh they are loving,
they are caring. The energy here is just great. It's wonderful to work with a group of men and women who truly love what they do. Their heart, passion, and soul is for students, and to see them succeed. I try to find a way for them to want to be here. Even if they're sad or
even if they don't want to get out of the car in the morning, if I say, "Hey, let's go wander in the library." And they bounce out of the car right away, which actually happened, then I've done something right that I have found a way to make them feel like this is home for them because that's kind of how I feel.
I love the kids here. They are amazing. They're the best part of my day. They're the best part of my week. That's why I do what I do. >> So, my name is Jackson. My name is Mia. My name is Mariah. >> I think what awesome is about being in Birchwood is the um the like artwork
that's on the walls. Like in school, they have this like art thing where you go downstairs and like paint a wall with the art teacher. My favorite is recess. My favorite thing is reading and just
doing a bunch of fun stuff. We get to do puzzle of the day and it's really fun. We get to watch videos at the end of the day. >> Our doors are always open. We are truly a family here. Our kids are just everything. >> If you've never taught at another school
and you come to Birwood, you honestly never want to leave Birwood. You walk into this building and it's a family. We're all together. We're all happy. We're smiling. Nobody's cranky or miserable. We're here together for each other. Birchwood is very special because it is truly a family atmosphere.
Students come back year after year. There's multi-generations that have attended Birwood. It is truly a loving community. It's such a wonderful place to be. I commute an hour or more every day and I've been given the opportunity to work in another district, but I've
been here 7 years and I will drive that hour because the community, the parents, the teachers, our principal are incredible. We're just so happy to have such a loving, nurturing community that is so vested in our school. We are
family and once a bulldog, always a bulldog. I truly believe in an educator being able to make a difference in the world. It's so important to have a positive environment for a child to come to. And
teaching at Dwire is special because we don't have walls. >> Our mantra we live by is no walls, no limits because being a school with no walls uh provides our students a great sense of community. You just know you're walking into a special place when you
come through our doors. >> I like to tell people that when you're here, it's like learning at home. You're in your kitchen, but you still know what's going on in the family room. It builds like this, you know, camaraderie amongst not only the students but also the faculty that work here. We call
ourselves a Dwire family. Mr. McGovern, he seldom calls us a school and we really all live by that. We treat each other like family and we emulate that for the kids. >> I think the wire school is awesome because you can make a lot of friends
here and there's good teachers. Math is my favorite because like you can learn different things like times, plus minus. No matter where you come from or no matter what you like look like, people will be friends with you and welcome you
into the school. One word to describe this school is probably heart, honesty, empathy, acceptance, and respect, and trust. I have been teaching art here in Rockaway Township for 16 years. I think
social and emotional learning is very important. It gives us a chance to discuss our emotions and give kids a chance to practice that emotional dialogue and that helps the whole child. I get the privilege of going into every
single class once a month where I do a guidance lesson. The best part of my job is when one of them is having a tough day and then they feel better and it's because of me. >> The people I work with makes me come back every single day. I hire a very unique and special educator and that
permeates throughout the building. I have the easiest job in the world because I have the hardest working teachers in the world. Every student who goes through Rockaway Township School District will graduate from Copeland before they go on to high school. And we have an opportunity to instill core values into our students,
helping students develop into future leaders into being positive role models and citizens in our community. >> I am the steam teacher at Copeland Middle School. I really love to see the growth and the change through the students. And what I really focus on is teamwork. So the kids are always in
teams. We want to make sure everybody's feeling comfortable communicating their ideas. I want kids to come to school and feel like this is their second home. I want them to come into my classroom and feel comfortable, feel like they can be themselves. They may not come here and love math, but I want them to at least
enjoy coming to math class. When I came into sixth grade in Copeland, where everything was new and different for me, Mrs. Heath, she was especially really kind to me. She still talks to me even though we don't really see each other that much and she gives me so much good
luck for all the things that I do. One teacher that made me feel special and cared for was my 7th grade LA teacher. I used to dislike like reading and writing and she really helped me understand and make that subject more fun. Years ago, I
had a sixth grade student who was absolutely petrified of mathematics and I worked so carefully with her. I gave her extra help just to have her overcome this fear and it was fabulous to see that aha moment when she finally got it
and that is why I do what I do every day. >> We are making sure kids are prepared for the future and that means making sure that they have access to technology. Every single classroom has interactive boards. Kids get a Chromebook in the
fifth grade. >> They work as a team towards a common goal. They overcome challenges. We connect with the community through our concerts which are very well attended. Vanda Copeland is truly an all-inclusive experience for all of the students here. >> I try to get everybody involved so that
they can make a positive impact in the future. I teach US history and I come to work every day excited. I get the opportunity to mold the next generation. >> The thing that makes Copeland Middle School so great is >> Good evening, Rockway Township. I'd like
to call this meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. Can I please have an attendance roll call? >> Mrs. Anderson >> here. >> Mrs. Corolaroo. >> Ms. McGiri >> here. >> Mrs. Mezik >> here. >> Ms. Richardson >> here.
>> Miss Tor. Dr. Thomas Heeny >> here. >> We have a quorum. >> Thank you very much. The New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act was passed to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their
interest is discussed and acted upon. In accordance with the provision of the act, the Rockway Township Board of Education has caused notice of the date, time, and place of said meetings to be published in the daily record, the Star Ledger, and be posted in all schools in the district, in the municipal building of the township, and the township
library. Does any board member wish to object to the conduct of this meeting for the purposes as stated in the public notice? Seeing and hearing none, all documentation and materials considered by the board of education as part of this agenda are available for public review and comment. Members of the public are invited to come to the board
of education building off Green Pond Road during the regular business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 400 p.m. Monday through Friday if they wish to inspect any of the referenced items. Can I please have a motion to wave the flag salute to So, seconded. >> Thank you. Show hands.
Thank you. Resolved that in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, the Rockway Township Board of Education will meet in close session to discuss matters involving personnel, litigation, acquisition of real property, security, negotiations, receipt of governmental funds. The content of said discussions will be disclosed to the public at such
time and extent as is required by law. Can I please have a motion to go into close session? >> So moved. Second. >> Thank you. Show hands, please. All righty. going into close session at 6:03 p.m. >> My name is Dr. Richard Corbett and I am
the proud superintendent of Rockaway Township Public Schools. I was just waving to some of our wonderful students as they were walking by and I'm so happy and pleased to say that when I walk through these halls and talk to these students in these six different schools, I see students that are learning and
having fun. And to me, those are two very important qualities of a very, very effective education. >> Birchwood is very special because it is truly a family atmosphere. Students come back year after year. There's multi-generations that have attended
Birwood. It is truly a loving community. It's such a wonderful place to be. >> Our core values are the same as Rockaway Township. Heart, honesty, empathy, acceptance, respect, and trust. So, we can focus on particularly on being kind. What really resonates with me about this
school is that we put more value in developing personal growth versus comparison to others. Whether it be a difficult learning task or a challenging learning experience, they learn to persevere. And we can bring out something in themselves that they might not have seen before.
>> Stony Brook is an amazing place. It really is. And I think anybody who joins us, whether it's full-time or visitors in the building just for a day, uh, you know, I think echo that sentiment. Our staff is second to none. They they really put the kids first all the time and our students are exceptional as
well. It's a wonderful school community. Our PTA is incredibly involved. Everything we do is well attended. Back to school nights, our events and we have a very involved school community both academically working handin-hand with our teachers but also I think for extracurricular as well.
>> Every student who goes through Rockaway Township School District will graduate from Copeland before they go on to high school. And we have an opportunity to instill core values into our students, helping students develop into future leaders into being positive role models and citizens in our community.
>> Our mantra we live by is no walls, no limits because being a school with no walls uh provides our students a great sense of community. You just know you're walking into a special place when you come through our doors. >> What keeps me coming back here every morning? Hugs from kids. You know, I
love being outside in the morning at bus duty and having kids coming up and just happy to see me. Teachers who I now share personal connections with because I've been here for 11 years as the principal. So, yeah, I I think for me it's just being a part of something, being a part of the team. Uh we're all
very different, but um but we we get along and you know, we support each other. >> Every morning I'm inspired by these children. Their energy, their willingness to support and grow with one another is contagious. >> The people I work with makes me come
back every single day. I hire a very unique and special educator and that permeates throughout the building. I have the easiest job in the world because I have the hardest working teachers in the world. >> The thing that makes Scopland Middle School so great is truly the people. It's the students, it's the staff, it's the community members, it's the parent
involvement. It's the investment in making it a better place. I come here for the students. I love the kids here. They are amazing. They're the best part of my day. They're the best part of my week. That's why I do what I do. >> I'm proud to be the superintendent of
Rockway Township Schools and we are thankful for all the support we have from our community. >> I truly believe in an educator being able to make a difference in the world. It's so important to have a positive
environment for a child to come to and teaching at Duboire is special because we don't have walls. I think social emotional learning is very important. It gives us a chance to discuss our emotions and give kids a chance to
practice that emotional dialogue and that helps the whole child. If you've never taught at another school and you come to Birchwood, you honestly never want to leave Birchwood. You walk into this building and it's a family. We're all together. We're all happy.
We're smiling. Nobody's cranky or miserable. We're here together for each other. >> One of the things that I love the most about this position and this job is that I get to work with students of all ages. Now that we house preschool students here, I see every single student in the building from preschool all the way
through fifth grade. And I get to work with them on a deeper level, on a way that inspires them not just to be confident in themselves, but in what they love. After teaching for 25 years, I can't
pinpoint one moment of time that is a story of why I come back every day. Any good lesson makes me feel alive. Going to the soccer games, the football games, seeing my students outside the classroom. I want the kids to feel at home and I feel the more comfortable
that they are, the relationship that we build together, the better they're going to do in class, not not only enjoy their time in class, but also take risks. It's a really great environment here at KDM. My co-workers are great. The students every day, they make me laugh.
One thing that I really work on in my classroom is growth mindset. I did have a student that came in and really didn't like math. they were really negative self-talking, saying that they can't do this. And so, basically throughout the whole year, we worked on just changing that mindset. One of the things that I'm
really hoping to teach them more than anything else is about kindness and, you know, being good friends to each other. One of my most favorite success stories is a particular student when, you know, he would come into the classroom, even right first thing in the morning, his head would be down on that desk. I've
tried to instill intrinsic love for school, intrinsic love for education. And over time, I've seen him pick that head up and that's why I do what I do to have a kid come in and their school's a happy place for them and they want to
come. So, we used to always start off with a growth mindset and we do a lot of lessons about how we are able to do things that might seem hard like a harder task. And I think that if we really teach our kids to be resilient
and show grit in the face of a harder task, then all the other academic challenges that they're faced with come a little bit easier. >> Our goal here is that every child is as comfortable in class as they are at home. And if they're ever in trouble, they're ever concerned or worried that they have the tools available to them to
be successful and to help each other be as successful as we know they can be. We have really seen over the years an incredible increase in their emotional maturity and in their abilities to deal with issues both in the playground and in the classroom. And I really believe
it's because our district's focus on SEAL over the last several years. >> I am the steam teacher at Copeland Middle School. I really love to see the growth and the change to the students and what I really focus on is teamwork. So the kids are always in teams. We want
to make sure everybody's feeling comfortable communicating their ideas. I want kids to come to school and feel like this is their second home. I want them to come into my classroom and feel comfortable, feel like they can be themselves. They may not come here and love math, but I want them to at least
enjoy coming to math class. Years ago, I had a sixth grade student who was absolutely petrified of mathematics. And I worked so carefully with her. I gave her extra help just to have her overcome this fear and it was fabulous to see
that aha moment when she finally got it and that is why I do what I do every day. >> So my name is Jackson. >> My name is Mia. >> My name is Mariah. >> I think what awesome is about being in Birwood is the um the like artwork
that's on the walls. Like in school they have this like art thing where you go downstairs and like paint a wall with the art teacher. >> My favorite is recess. My favorite thing
is reading and just doing a bunch of fun stuff. We get to do puzzle of the day and it's really fun. We get to watch videos at the end of the day. My name is Carly and I am in fifth grade
and I go to DVO. >> Yeah, my name is Rehea. I'm in first grade. >> Being at DVO is awesome because all the teachers here are so great and so nice. >> I like the teachers here. They make it awesome here. She teaches well and then
she teaches us stuff which we have never learned. >> My favorite subject is probably math because I like all the challenges. My favorite special is art class with Miss Takis because drawing is my favorite thing. >> What makes DBL unique is that everyone
is so kind to each other and everyone cares about each other. >> My name is Kink. I'm in the fifth grade. >> Hi, my name is Arya. I am in second grade. What makes our school awesome is all the teachers we have here. They help us every day. All the janitors keep our
school nice and clean. all my friends that helped me since kindergarten and everybody just helps us here because we are a really good community >> because of my friends, the teachers and the principal. Like we read a book and then we do a project based on what happened in that story.
>> Math is my favorite subject because the teachers always help us and it's fun but it can be complicated but it's still really fun. My favorite teachers are probably all of my teachers cuz I got really good teachers. They have fun activities to do
and their stories. My first grade teacher got me into reading and she got me into chapter books in Juni V. Jones. My favorite subject is science. In science, you do lots of experiments and I think experiments are very fun. Every
day I'm like happy at school. When I came into sixth grade in Copeland where everything was new and different for me, Mrs. Heath, she was especially really kind to me, she still talks to me even though we don't really see each other that much and she gives me so much good
luck for all the things that I do. One teacher that made me feel special and cared for was my seventh grade LA teacher. I used to just like like reading and writing and she really helped me understand and make that subject more fun.
I think the wire school is awesome because you can make a lot of friends here and there's good teachers. Math is my favorite because like you can learn different things like times, plus minus. No matter where you come from or no
matter what you like look like, people will be friends with you and welcome you into the school. One word to describe this school is probably heart. Honesty, empathy, acceptance, and respect and trust. [Music]
This is probably one of the most special places I've ever worked. It is the staff, the teachers. Uh they are loving, they are caring. The energy here is just great. It's wonderful to work with a group of men and women who truly love what they do. Their heart, passion, and
soul is for students, and to see them succeed. I try to find a way for them to want to be here. Even if they're sad or even if they don't want to get out of the car in the morning, if I say, "Hey, let's go wander in the library." And they bounce out of the car right away, which actually happened, then I've done
something right, that I have found a way to make them feel like this is home for them because that's kind of how I feel. I love the kids here. They're amazing. They're the best part of my day. They're the best part of my week. That's why I do what I do. >> So, my name is Jackson. My name is Mia.
My name is Mariah. >> I think what awesome is about being in Birwood is the um the like artwork that's on the walls. Like in school, they have this like art thing where you go downstairs and like paint a wall with
the art teacher. My favorite is recess. My favorite thing is reading and just doing a bunch of fun stuff. We get to do puzzle of the day and it's really fun. We get to watch videos at the end of the
day. >> Our doors are always open. We are truly a family here. Our kids are just everything. >> If you've never taught at another school and you come to Birwood, you honestly never want to leave Birchwood. You walk into this building and it's a family. We're all together. We're all happy.
We're smiling. Nobody's cranky or miserable. We're here together for each other. Birwood is very special because it is truly a family atmosphere. Students come back year after year. There's multi-generations that have attended Birwood. It is truly a loving
community. It's such a wonderful place to be. I commute an hour or more every day and I've been given the opportunity to work in another district, but I've been here 7 years and I will drive that hour because the community, the parents, the teachers, our principal are
incredible. We're just so happy to have such a loving, nurturing community that is so vested in our school. We are family and once a bulldog, always a bulldog. I truly believe in an educator being able to make a difference in the world.
It's so important to have a positive environment for a child to come to. And teaching at Dubire is special because we don't have walls. >> Our mantra we live by is no walls, no limits because being a school with no
walls uh provides our students a great sense of community. You just know you're walking into a special place when you come through our doors. >> I like to tell people that when you're here, it's like learning at home. You're in your kitchen, but you still know what's going on in the family room. It
builds like this, you know, camaraderie amongst not only the students but also the faculty that work here. We call ourselves a Dwire family. Mr. McGovern, he seldom calls us a school and we really all live by that. We treat each other like family and we emulate that
for the kids. >> I think the wire school is awesome because you can make a lot of friends here and there's good teachers. Math is my favorite because like you can learn different things like times, plus minus. No matter where you come from or no
matter what you like look like, people will be friends with you and welcome you into the school. One word to describe this school is probably heart, honesty, empathy, acceptance, and respect, and trust.
I have been teaching art here in Rockaway Township for 16 years. I think social emotional learning is very important. It gives us a chance to discuss our emotions and give kids a chance to practice that emotional
dialogue and that helps the whole child. I get the privilege of going into every single class once a month where I do a guidance lesson. The best part of my job is when one of them is having a tough day and then they feel better and it's because of me. >> The people I work with makes me come
back every single day. I hire a very unique and special educator and that permeates throughout the building. I have the easiest job in the world because I have the hardest working teachers in the world. [Music] Every student who goes through Rockaway
Township School District will graduate from Copeland before they go on to high school. And we have an opportunity to instill core values into our students, helping students develop into future leaders into being positive role models and citizens in our community. >> I am the steam teacher at Copeland
Middle School. I really love to see the growth and the change through the students. And what I really focus on is teamwork. So the kids are always in teams. We want to make sure everybody's feeling comfortable communicating their ideas. I want kids to come to school and feel like this is their second home. I want
them to come into my classroom and feel comfortable, feel like they can be themselves. They may not come here and love math, but I want them to at least enjoy coming to math class. When I came into sixth grade in Copeland, where everything was new and different for me, Mrs. Heath, she was especially really
kind to me. She still talks to me even though we don't really see each other that much and she gives me so much good luck for all the things that I do. One teacher that made me feel special and cared for was my 7th grade LA teacher. I used to dislike like reading and writing
and she really helped me understand and make that subject more fun. Years ago, I had a sixth grade student who was absolutely petrified of mathematics. And I worked so carefully with her. I gave her extra help just to have her overcome
this fear and it was fabulous to see that aha moment when she finally got it and that is why I do what I do every day. >> We are making sure kids are prepared for the future and that means making sure
that they have access to technology. Every single classroom has interactive boards. Kids get a Chromebook in the fifth grade. >> They work as a team towards a common goal. They overcome challenges. We connect with the community through our concerts which are very well attended.
Van Copeland is truly an all-inclusive experience for all of the students here. >> I try to get everybody involved so that they can make a positive impact in the future. I teach US history and I come to work every day excited. I get the
opportunity to mold the next generation. >> The thing that makes Copeland Middle School so great is truly the people. It's the students. It's the staff. It's the community members. It's the parent involvement. It's the investment in making it a better place. [Music]
Our core values are the same as Rockaway Township. Heart, honesty, empathy, acceptance, respect, and trust. So we can focus on particularly on being kind >> by being kind to a friend, helping them out, helping teachers, be nice to them, be respectful, and don't interrupt the
teachers. >> And everything we do, we try and relate back to our core values. One of the things we are working on right now is positive behavior system. I don't like to address anything negative in my office because I want kids to be able to trust me and to be able to come down as a leader of the building. So, we're
really working on being kind. And yes, academics are important, but one of the main things for us is that we raise good kids. The main message is to be kind because above all else, we want our kids just to be kind. >> My name is Carly and I am in fifth grade and I go to DVL.
>> Yeah. My name is Rehea. I'm in first grade. >> Being at DVL is awesome because all the teachers here are so great and so nice. >> I like the teachers here. They make it awesome here. She teaches well and then
she teaches us stuff which we have never learned. >> My favorite subject is probably math because I like all the challenges. >> My favorite special is art class with Miss Takis because drawing is my favorite thing. >> What makes DBL unique is that everyone
is so kind to each other and everyone cares about each other. If I had to describe our building in one word, I would say we're a little unconventional. We're always trying to have our teachers and our students look at other ways to achieve success. And
for every student, that's different. There are other ways that we can really show student growth, student success. >> I'm not trying to be cheesy or anything. It's it really the staff here um we have built a family. And I think that says something about the building and the and and the community that we foster here at
ZBO. And I'm really grateful to be part of that. >> Being outside in the morning at bus duty and having kids coming up and just happy to see me, teachers who I now share personal connections with because I've been here for 11 years as the principal. >> After teaching for 25 years, I can't
pinpoint one moment of time that is a story of why I come back every day. Any good lesson makes me feel alive. Going to the soccer games, the football games, seeing my students outside the classroom. I want the kids to feel at home and I feel the more comfortable
that they are, the relationship that we build together, the better they're going to do in class, not not only enjoy their time in class, but also take risks. >> So, yeah, I I think for me it's just being a part of something, being a part of the team. Uh we're all very different, but um but we we get along
and you know, we support each other. What really resonates with me about this school is that we put more value in developing personal growth versus comparison to others. Whether it be a difficult learning task or a challenging learning experience, they learn to
persevere. And we can bring out something in themselves that they might not have seen before. >> It's a really great environment here at KDM. My co-workers are great. The students every day, they make me laugh. One thing that I really work on in my classroom is growth mindset. I did have
a student that came in and really didn't like math. They were really negative self-talking, saying that they can't do this. And so, basically throughout the whole year, we worked on just changing that mindset. Just because we can't do something right now doesn't mean that we're never going to be able to do it.
And that's what I teach all of my students. >> My favorite teachers are probably all of my teachers cuz I got really good teachers. They have fun activities to do and their stories. My first grade teacher got me into reading and she got
me into chapter books in Juni B. Jones. >> My favorite subject is science. In science, you do lots of experiments and I think experiments are very fun. Every day I'm like happy at school. >> We identify the interests of students. You know, what motivates them so
students feel more comfortable and confident in their learning environment, moving them forward from one learning experience to another. Every morning I'm inspired by these children. Their energy, their willingness to support and grow with one
another is contagious. >> One of the things that I'm really hoping to teach them more than anything else is about kindness and you know being good friends to each other. One of my most favorite success stories is a particular student when you know he would come into the classroom even right first thing in
the morning his head would be down on that desk. I trying to instill intrinsic love for school, intrinsic love for education. And over time, I've seen him pick that head up. And that's why I do what I do. To have a kid come in and their school's a happy place for them,
and they want to come. [Music] Stony Brook is an amazing place. It really is. And I think anybody who joins us, whether it's full-time or visitors in the building just for a day, uh, you know, I think echo that sentiment. Our staff is second to none. They really put
the kids first all the time. And our students are exceptional as well. It's a wonderful school community. Our PTA is incredibly involved. Everything we do is well attended. Back to school nights, our events, and we have a very involved school community both academically working handin-hand with our teachers,
but also I think for extracurricular as well. Inside school, I really try to be involved in as many things as I can. My children also go to school in this district at one of the other schools and I'm really proud of what we put forth for our children. Anytime we can bring togetherness and have us all work together, both in our community and out,
it's really going to help everyone raise their own level of abilities to really increase the success of our community. So, we used to always start off with a growth mindset and we do a lot of lessons about how we are able to do things that might seem hard like a
harder task. And I think that if we really teach our kids to be resilient and show grit in the face of a harder task, then all the other academic challenges that they're faced with come a little bit easier. Having students in a classroom that's smaller where you get to meet their needs specifically rather
than in a bigger classroom, you can build more of a rapport and relationships with them. I like them to become successful not just academically but also social emotionally. >> My name is Queen K. I'm in the fifth grade. >> Hi, my name's Arya. I am in second grade. What makes our school awesome is
all the teachers we have here. They help us every day. All the janitors keep our school nice and clean. All my friends that helped me since kindergarten and everybody just helps us here cuz we are a really good community. >> Because of my friends, the teachers and the principal. like we read a book and
then we do a project based on what happened in that story. Math is my favorite subject because the teachers always help us and it's fun but it can be complicated but it's still really fun. >> I've always wanted to be a teacher. I think the reason why I wanted to be a teacher is because I think I had really
good elementary school teachers. Rockway I thought was really interesting because I feel like it is a small close-knit community, but I also felt like there's a lot of different opportunities in Rockway. I like how there was five different elementary schools, but I also like how I felt like that I fit in with
the Stony Brook mentality. The Stony Brook mentality is something where we all feel and have the same idea of supporting students. the kids understand that everyone makes a mistake, everyone has a bad day, and I think that it gives the opportunity for kids to grow and not feel like penalized. I love that we have
a great principal. I love the teachers and the morale. As soon as I started coming up here, since I am from South Jersey, I felt welcomed and included right away. >> My name is Dr. Richard Corbett and I am the proud superintendent of Rockaway Township Public Schools. I was just
waving to some of our wonderful students as they were walking by and I'm so happy and pleased to say that when I walk through these halls and talk to these students in these six different schools, I see students that are learning and having fun and to me those are two very
important qualities of a very very effective education. >> Birchwood is very special because it is truly a family atmosphere. Students come back year after year. There's multi-generations that have attended Birwood. It is truly a loving community.
It's such a wonderful place to be. >> Our core values are the same as Rockaway Township. Heart, honesty, empathy, acceptance, respect, and trust. So, we can focus on particularly on being kind. What >> really resonates with me about this school is that we put more value in
developing personal growth versus comparison to others. Whether it be a difficult learning task or a challenging learning experience, they learn to persevere. and we can bring out something in themselves that they might not have seen before. >> Stony Brook is an amazing place. It really is. And I think anybody who joins
us, whether it's full-time or visitors in the building just for a day, uh, you know, I think echo that sentiment. Our staff is second to none. They really put the kids first all the time. And our students are exceptional as well. It's a wonderful school community. Our PTA is incredibly involved. Everything we do is
well attended. back to school nights, our events, and we have a very involved school community, both academically working handin-hand with our teachers, but also, I think, for extracurricular as well. >> Every student who goes through Rockaway Township School District will graduate
from Copeland before they go on to high school. And we have an opportunity to instill core values into our students, helping students develop into future leaders, into being positive role models and citizens in our community. Our mantra we live by is no walls, no limits
because being a school with no walls uh provides our students a great sense of community. You just know you're walking into a special place when you come through our doors. What keeps me coming back here every morning? Hugs from kids. You know, I love being outside in the morning at bus duty and having kids
coming up and just happy to see me. Teachers who I now share personal connections with because I've been here for 11 years as the principal. So yeah, I I think for me it's just being a part of something, being a part of the team. Uh we're all very different, but um but
we we get along and you know, we support each other. >> Every morning I'm inspired by these children, their energy, their willingness to support and grow with one another is contagious. >> The people I work with makes me come back every single day. I hire a very
unique and special educator and that permeates throughout the building. I have the easiest job in the world because I have the hardest working teachers in the world. >> The thing that makes Scopland Middle School so great is truly the people. It's the students. It's the staff. It's the community members. It's the parent involvement. It's the investment in
making it a better place. >> I come here for the students. I love the kids here. They are amazing. They're the best part of my day. They're the best part of my week. That's why I do what I do. I'm proud to be the superintendent of Rockway Township Schools and we are
thankful for all the support we have from our community. I truly believe in an educator being able to make a difference in the world. It's so important to have a positive environment for a child to come to and
teaching at Dubire is special because we don't have walls. I think social emotional learning is very important. It gives us a chance to discuss our emotions and give kids a chance to practice that emotional dialogue and
that helps the whole child. If you've never taught at another school and you come to Birchwood, you honestly never want to leave Birchwood. You walk into this building and it's a family. We're all together. We're all happy. We're smiling. Nobody's cranky or miserable. We're here together for each
other. One of the things that I love the most about this position and this job is that I get to work with students of all ages now that we house preschool students here. I see every single student in the building from preschool all the way through fifth grade. And I get to work with them on a deeper level
on a way that inspires them not just to be confident in themselves but in what they love. After teaching for 25 years, I can't pinpoint one moment of time that is a story of why I come back every day. Any
good lesson makes me feel alive. Going to the soccer games, the football games, seeing my students outside the classroom. I want the kids to feel at home and I feel the more comfortable that they are, the relationship that we build together, the better they're going to do in class. Not not only enjoy their
time in class, but also take risks. It's a really great environment here at KDM. My co-workers are great. The students every day, they make me laugh. One thing that I really work on in my classroom is growth mindset. I did have a student that came in and really didn't like math. They were really negative
self-talking, saying that they can't do this. And so, basically throughout the whole year, we worked on just changing that mindset. One of the things that I'm really hoping to teach them more than anything else is about kindness and you know being good friends to each other. One of my most favorite success stories
is a particular student when you know he would come into the classroom even right first thing in the morning his head would be down on that desk. I've tried to instill intrinsic love for school, intrinsic love for education, and over time I've seen him pick that head up and
that's why I do what I do to have a kid come in and their school's a happy place for them and they want to come. So, we used to always start off with a growth mindset and we do a lot of lessons about how we are able to do
things that might seem hard like a harder task. And I think that if we really teach our kids to be resilient and show grit in the face of a harder task, then all the other academic challenges that they're faced with come a little bit easier. >> Our goal here is that every child is as comfortable in class as they are at
home. And if they're ever in trouble, they're ever concerned or worried that they have the tools available to them to be successful and to help each other be as successful as we know they can be. We have really seen over the years an incredible increase in their emotional
maturity and in their abilities to deal with issues both in the playground and in the classroom. And I really believe it's because our district's focus on SEAL over the last several years. >> I am the steam teacher at Copeland Middle School. I really love to see the
growth and the change to the students. And what I really focus on is teamwork. So the kids are always in teams. We want to make sure everybody's feeling comfortable communicating their ideas. I want kids to come to school and feel like this is their second home. I want them to come into my classroom and feel
comfortable, feel like they can be themselves. They may not come here and love math, but I want them to at least enjoy coming to math class. Years ago, I had a sixth grade student who was absolutely petrified of mathematics. And I worked so carefully with her. I gave
her extra help just to have her overcome this fear and it was fabulous to see that aha moment when she finally got it and that is why I do what I do every day. >> So my name is Jackson. >> My name is Mia. >> My name is Mariah.
>> I think what awesome is about being in Birchwood is the um the like artwork that's on the walls. Like in school they have this like art thing where you go downstairs and like paint a wall with the art teacher.
>> My favorite is recess. My favorite thing is reading and just doing a bunch of fun stuff. We get to do puzzle of the day and it's really fun. We get to watch videos at the end of the day.
My name is Carly and I am in fifth grade and I go to DVL. >> Yeah, my name is Rehea. I'm in first grade. >> Being at DVL is awesome because all the teachers here are so great and so nice. >> I like the teachers here. They make it
awesome here. She teaches well and then she teaches us stuff which we have never learned. >> My favorite subject is probably math because I like all the challenges. My favorite special is art class with Miss Takis. Plus, drawing is my favorite
thing. >> What makes DBL unique is that everyone is so kind to each other and everyone cares about each other. >> My name is Queen Kern. I'm in the fifth grade. >> Hi, my name is Arya. I am in second grade. What makes our school awesome is
all the teachers we have here. They help us every day. All the janitors keep our school nice and clean. all my friends that helped me since kindergarten and everybody just helps us here because we are a really good community because of my friends, the teachers and the
principal. Like we read a book and then we do a project based on what happened in that story. >> Math is my favorite subject because the teachers always help us and it's fun but it can be complicated but it's still really fun. My favorite teachers are probably all of
my teachers cuz I got really good teachers. They have fun activities to do and their stories. My first grade teacher got me into reading and she got me into chapter books in Juni V. Jones. My favorite subject is science. In science, you do lots of experiments and
I think experiments are very fun. Every day I'm like happy at school. When I came into sixth grade in Copeland where everything was new and different for me, Mrs. Heath, she was especially really kind to me, she still talks to me even though we don't really see each other
that much and she gives me so much good luck for all the things that I do. One teacher that made me feel special and cared for was my seventh grade LA teacher. I used to just like like reading and writing and she really helped me understand and make that
subject more fun. I think the wire school is awesome because you can make a lot of friends here and there's good teachers. Math is my favorite because like you can learn different things like times, plus minus.
No matter where you come from or no matter what you like look like, people will be friends with you and welcome you into this school. One word to describe this school is probably heart. Honesty, empathy, acceptance, and respect and trust.
[Music] This is probably one of the most special places I've ever worked. It is the staff, the teachers. Uh they are loving, they are caring. The energy here is just great. It's wonderful to work with a group of men and women who truly love
what they do. Their heart, passion, and soul is for students, and to see them succeed. I try to find a way for them to want to be here. Even if they're sad or even if they don't want to get out of the car in the morning, if I say, "Hey, let's go wander in the library." And
they bounce out of the car right away, which actually happens, then I've done something right that I have found a way to make them feel like this is home for them because that's kind of how I feel. I love the kids here. They are amazing. They're the best part of my day. They're the best part of my week. That's why I
do what I do. >> So, my name is Jackson. My name is Mia. My name is Mariah. >> I think what awesome is about being in Birchwood is the um the like artwork that's on the walls. Like in school, they have this like art thing where you
go downstairs and like paint a wall with the art teacher. My favorite is recess. My favorite thing is reading and just doing a bunch of fun stuff. We get to do
puzzle of the day and it's really fun. We get to watch videos at the end of the day. >> Our doors are always open. We are truly a family here. Our kids are just everything. >> If you've never taught at another school and you come to Birwood, you honestly
never want to leave Birchwood. You walk into this building and it's a family. We're all together. We're all happy. We're smiling. Nobody's cranky or miserable. We're here together for each other. Birchwood is very special because it is truly a family atmosphere. Students come back year after year.
There's multi-generations that have attended Birwood. It is truly a loving community. It's such a wonderful place to be. I commute an hour or more every day and I've been given the opportunity to work in another district, but I've been here 7 years and I will drive that
hour because the community, the parents, the teachers, our principal are incredible. We're just so happy to have such a loving, nurturing community that is so vested in our school. We are family and once a bulldog, always a
bulldog. I truly believe in an educator being able to make a difference in the world. It's so important to have a positive environment for a child to come to. And teaching at Dubire is special because we
don't have walls. >> Our mantra we live by is no walls, no limits because being a school with no walls uh provides our students a great sense of community. You just know you're walking into a special place when you come through our doors. >> I like to tell people that when you're
here, it's like learning at home. You're in your kitchen, but you still know what's going on in the family room. It builds like this, you know, camaraderie amongst not only the students but also the faculty that work here. We call ourselves a Dwire family. Mr. McGovern,
he seldom calls us a school and we really all live by that. We treat each other like family and we emulate that for the kids. >> I think the wire school is awesome because you can make a lot of friends here and there's good teachers. Math is my favorite because like you can learn
different things like times, plus minus. No matter where you come from or no matter what you like look like, people will be friends with you and welcome you into the school. One word to describe this school is probably heart, honesty,
empathy, acceptance, and respect and trust. I have been teaching art here in Rockaway Township for 16 years. I think social emotional learning is very important. It gives us a chance to discuss our emotions and give kids a
chance to practice that emotional dialogue and that helps the whole child. I get the privilege of going into every single class once a month where I do a guidance lesson. The best part of my job is when one of them is having a tough day and then they feel better and it's
because of me. >> The people I work with makes me come back every single day. I hire a very unique and special educator and that permeates throughout the building. I have the easiest job in the world because I have the hardest working teachers in the world. [Music]
Every student who goes through Rockaway Township School District and will graduate from Copeland before they go on to high school. And we have an opportunity to instill core values into our students, helping students develop into future leaders into being positive role models and citizens in our community.
>> I am the steam teacher at Copeland Middle School. I really love to see the growth and the change through the students. And what I really focus on is teamwork. So the kids are always in teams. We want to make sure everybody's feeling comfortable communicating their ideas.
>> I want kids to come to school and feel like this is their second home. I want them to come into my classroom and feel comfortable, feel like they can be themselves. They may not come here and love math, but I want them to at least enjoy coming to math class. >> When I came into sixth grade in
Copeland, where everything was new and different for me, Mrs. Heath, she was especially really kind to me. She still talks to me even though we don't really see each other that much and she gives me so much good luck for all the things that I do. One teacher that made me feel
special and cared for was my seventh grade LA teacher. I used to dislike like reading and writing and she really helped me understand and make that subject more fun. Years ago, I had a sixth grade student who was absolutely petrified of mathematics and I worked so
carefully with her. I gave her extra help just to have her overcome this fear and it was fabulous to see that aha moment when she finally got it and that is why I do what I do every day.
>> We are making sure kids are prepared for the future and that means making sure that they have access to technology. Every single classroom has interactive boards. Kids get a Chromebook in the fifth grade. >> They work as a team towards a common goal. They overcome challenges. We
connect with the community through our concerts which are very well attended. Vanta Copeland is truly an all-inclusive experience for all of the students here. >> I try to get everybody involved so that they can make a positive impact in the future. I teach US history and I come to
work every day excited. I get the opportunity to mold the next generation. >> The thing that makes Scopland Middle School so great is truly the people. It's the students. It's the staff. It's the community members. It's the parent involvement. It's the investment in
making it a better place. [Music] Our core values are the same as Rockaway Township. Heart, honesty, empathy, acceptance, respect, and trust. So we can focus on particularly on being kind >> by being kind to a friend, helping them
out, helping teachers, be nice to them, be respectful, and don't interrupt the teachers. >> And everything we do, we try and relate back to our core values. One of the things we are working on right now is positive behavior system. I don't like to address anything negative in my office because I want kids to be able to
trust me and to be able to come down as a leader of the building. So, we're really working on being kind. And yes, academics are important, but one of the main things for us is that we raise good kids. The main message is to be kind because above all else, we want our kids just to be kind.
>> My name is Carly and I am in fifth grade and I go to DVL. >> Yeah. My name is Rehea. I'm in first grade. >> Being at DVL is awesome because all the teachers here are so great and so nice. >> I like the teachers here. They make it
awesome here. She teaches well and then she teaches us stuff which we have never learned. >> My favorite subject is probably math because I like all the challenges. >> My favorite special is art class with Miss Takis because drawing is my
favorite thing. >> What makes DBL unique is that everyone is so kind to each other and everyone cares about each other. If I had to describe our building in one word, I would say we're a little unconventional. We're always trying to
have our teachers and our students look at other ways to achieve success. And for every student, that's different. There are other ways that we can really show student growth, student success. >> I'm not trying to be cheesy or anything. It's it really the staff here um we have built a family. And I think that says
something about the building and the and and the community that we foster here at ZBO. And I'm really grateful to be part of that. >> Being outside in the morning at bus duty and having kids coming up and just happy to see me. Teachers who I now share personal connections with because I've
been here for 11 years as the principal. >> After teaching for 25 years, I can't pinpoint one moment of time that is a story of why I come back every day. Any good lesson makes me feel alive. Going to the soccer games, the football games, seeing my students outside the
classroom. I want the kids to feel at home and I feel the more comfortable that they are, the relationship that we build together, the better they're going to do in class, not not only enjoy their time in class, but also take risks. >> So, yeah, I I think for me it's just being a part of something, being a part
of the team. Uh we're all very different, but um but we we get along and, you know, we support each other. What really resonates with me about the school is that we put more value in developing personal growth versus
comparison to others. Whether it be a difficult learning task or a challenging learning experience, they learn to persevere. And we can bring out something in themselves that they might not have seen before. >> It's a really great environment here at KDM. My co-workers are great. The
students every day, they make me laugh. One thing that I really work on in my classroom is growth mindset. I did have a student that came in and really didn't like math. They were really negative self-talking, saying that they can't do this. And so, basically throughout the whole year, we worked on just changing
that mindset. Just because we can't do something right now doesn't mean that we're never going to be able to do it. And that's what I teach all of my students. >> My favorite teachers are probably all of my teachers cuz I got really good teachers. They have fun activities to do
and their stories. My first grade teacher got me into reading and she got me into chapter books and Juni B Jones. >> My favorite subject is science. In science, you do lots of experiments and I think experiments are very fun. Every
day I'm like happy at school. >> We identify the interests of students. You know, what motivates them so students feel more comfortable and confident in their learning environment, moving them forward from one learning experience to another. Every morning I'm inspired by these
children. Their energy, their willingness to support and grow with one another is contagious. >> One of the things that I'm really hoping to teach them more than anything else is about kindness and you know being good friends to each other. One of my most favorite success stories is a particular
student when you know he would come into the classroom even right first thing in the morning his head would be down on that desk. I trying to instill intrinsic love for school, intrinsic love for education. And over time, I've seen him pick that head up. And that's why I do
what I do. To have a kid come in and their school's a happy place for them, and they want to come. [Music] Stony Brook is an amazing place. It really is. And I think anybody who joins us, whether it's full-time or visitors
in the building just for a day, uh, you know, I think echo that sentiment. Our staff is second to none. They really put the kids first all the time. And our students are exceptional as well. It's a wonderful school community. Our PTA is incredibly involved. Everything we do is well attended back to school nights, our
events, and we have very involved school community both academically working handinhand with our teachers, but also I think for extracurricular as well. Inside school, I really try to be involved in as many things as I can. My children also go to school in this district at one of the other schools. And I'm really proud of what we put
forth for our children. Anytime we can bring togetherness and have us all work together, both in our community and out, it's really going to help everyone raise their own level of abilities to really increase the success of our community. So we always start off with a growth mindset and we do a lot of lessons about
how we are able to do things that might seem hard like a harder task. And I think that if we really teach our kids to be resilient and show grit in the face of a harder task then all the other academic challenges that they're faced with come a little bit easier. Having students in a classroom that's smaller
where you get to meet their needs specifically rather than in a bigger classroom you can build more of a rapport and relationships with them. I like them to become successful not just academically but also social emotionally. >> My name is Queen K. I'm in the fifth grade. >> Hi, my name is Arya. I am in second
grade. >> What makes our school awesome is all the teachers we have here. They help us every day. All the janitors keep our school nice and clean. All my friends that helped me since kindergarten and everybody just helps us here cuz we are a really good community.
>> Because of my friends, the teachers and the principal. like we read a book and then we do a project based on what happened in that story. >> Math is my favorite subject because the teachers always help us and it's fun but it can be complicated but it's still really fun.
>> I've always wanted to be a teacher. I think the reason why I wanted to be a teacher is because I think I had really good elementary school teachers. Rockway I thought was really interesting because I feel like it is a small close-knit community, but I also felt like there's a lot of different opportunities in
Rockway. I like how there was five different elementary schools, but I also like how I felt like that I fit in with the Stony Brook mentality. The Stony Brook mentality is something where we all feel and have the same idea of supporting students. the kids understand that everyone makes a mistake. Everyone
has a bad day. And I think that it gives the opportunity for kids to grow and not feel like penalized. I love that we have a great principal. I love the teachers and the morale. As soon as I started coming up here, since I am from South Jersey, I felt welcomed and included right away.
>> My name is Dr. Richard Corbett and I am the proud superintendent of Rockaway Township Public Schools. I was just waving to some of our wonderful students as they were walking by and I'm so happy and pleased to say that when I walk through these halls and talk to these students in these six
different schools, I see students that are learning and having fun and to me those are two very important qualities of a very very effective education. >> Birchwood is very special because it is truly a family atmosphere. Students come back year after year. There's
multi-generations that have attended Birwood. It is truly a loving community. It's such a wonderful place to be. >> Our core values are the same as Rockaway Township. Heart, honesty, empathy, acceptance, respect, and trust. So, we can focus on particularly on being kind.
What really resonates with me about this school is that we put more value in developing personal growth versus comparison to others. Whether it be a difficult learning task or a challenging learning experience, they learn to persevere. and we can bring out something in themselves that they might
not have seen before. >> Stony Brook is an amazing place. It really is. And I think anybody who joins us, whether it's full-time or visitors in the building just for a day, uh, you know, I think echo that sentiment. Our staff is second to none. They really put the kids first all the time. And our
students are exceptional as well. It's a wonderful school community. Our PTA is incredibly involved. Everything we do is well attended. back to school nights, our events, and we have a very involved school community, both academically, working hand in hand with our teachers, but also I think for extracurricular as
well. >> Every student who goes through Rockaway Township School District and will graduate from Copeland before they go on to high school. And we have an opportunity to instill core values into our students, helping students develop into future leaders, into being positive
role models and citizens in our community. Our mantra we live by is no walls, no limits because being a school with no walls uh provides our students a great sense of community. You just know you're walking into a special place when you come through our doors. What keeps
me coming back here every morning? Hugs from kids. You know, I love being outside in the morning at bus duty and having kids coming up and just happy to see me. Teachers who I now share personal connections with because I've been here for 11 years as the principal. So yeah, I I think for me it's just
being a part of something, being a part of the team. Uh we're all very different, but um but we we get along and you know, we support each other. >> Every morning I'm inspired by these children, their energy, their willingness to support and grow with one
another is contagious. >> The people I work with makes me come back every single day. I hire a very unique and special educator and that permeates throughout the building. I have the easiest job in the world because I have the hardest working teachers in the world. >> The thing that makes Scopland Middle
School so great is truly the people. It's the students. It's the staff. It's the community members. It's the parent involvement. It's the investment in making it a better place. >> I come here for the students. I love the kids here. They are amazing. They're the best part of my day. They're the best
part of my week. That's why I do what I do. I'm proud to be the superintendent of Rockway Township Schools and we are thankful for all the support we have from our community. I truly believe in an educator being able to make a difference in the world.
It's so important to have a positive environment for a child to come to and teaching at Dubire is special because we don't have walls. I think social emotional learning is very important. It gives us a chance to discuss our
emotions and give kids a chance to practice that emotional dialogue and that helps the whole child. If you've never taught at another school and you come to Birchwood, you honestly never want to leave Birchwood. You walk into this building and it's a family.
We're all together. We're all happy. We're smiling. Nobody's cranky or miserable. We're here together for each other. One of the things that I love the most about this position and this job is that I get to work with students of all ages now that we house preschool students here. I see every single
student in the building from preschool all the way through fifth grade. And I get to work with them on a deeper level on a way that inspires them not just to be confident in themselves but in what they love.
After teaching for 25 years, I can't pinpoint one moment of time that is a story of why I come back every day. Any good lesson makes me feel alive. Going to the soccer games, the football games, seeing my students outside the classroom. I want the kids to feel at
home and I feel the more comfortable that they are, the relationship that we build together, the better they're going to do in class. Not not only enjoy their time in class, but also take risks. It's a really great environment here at KDM. My co-workers are great. The students every day, they make me laugh.
One thing that I really work on in my classroom is growth mindset. I did have a student that came in and really didn't like math. They were really negative self-talking, saying that they can't do this. And so, basically throughout the whole year, we worked on just changing that mindset. One of the things that I'm
really hoping to teach them more than anything else is about kindness and, you know, being good friends to each other. One of my most favorite success stories is a particular student when you know he would come into the classroom even right first thing in the morning his head would be down on that desk. I've tried
to instill intrinsic love for school, intrinsic love for education and over time I've seen him pick that head up and that's why I do what I do to have a kid come in and their school's a happy place for them and they want to come.
So we used to always start off with a growth mindset and we do a lot of lessons about how we are able to do things that might seem hard like a harder task. And I think that if we really teach our kids to be resilient and show grit in the face of a harder
task then all the other academic challenges that they're faced with come a little bit easier. >> Our goal here is that every child is as comfortable in class as they are at home. and if they're ever in trouble, they're ever concerned or worried that they have the tools available to them to be successful and to help each other be
as successful as we know they can be. We have really seen over the years an incredible increase in their emotional maturity and in their abilities to deal with issues both in the playground and in the classroom. And I really believe it's because our district's focus on
SEAL over the last several years. I am the steam teacher at Copeland Middle School. I really love to see the growth and the change through the students and what I really focus on is teamwork. So the kids are always in teams. We want to make sure everybody's feeling comfortable communicating their
ideas. I want kids to come to school and feel like this is their second home. I want them to come into my classroom and feel comfortable, feel like they can be themselves. They may not come here and love math, but I want them to at least enjoy coming to math class. Years ago, I
had a sixth grade student who was absolutely petrified of mathematics. And I worked so carefully with her. I gave her extra help just to have her overcome this fear. And it was fabulous to see that aha moment when she finally got it.
And that is why I do what I do every day. >> So, my name is Jackson. >> My name is Mia. My name is Mariah. >> I think what awesome is about being in Birwood is the um the like artwork that's on the walls. Like in school,
they have this like art thing where you go downstairs and like paint a wall with the art teacher. My favorite is recess. My favorite thing is reading and just
doing a bunch of fun stuff. We get to do puzzle of the day and it's really fun. We get to watch videos at the end of the day. >> My name is Carly and I am in fifth grade and I go to DVO. >> Yeah. My name is Rehea. I'm in first
grade. >> Being at DVL is awesome because all the teachers here are so great and so nice. >> I like the teachers here. They make it awesome here. She teaches well and then she teaches us stuff which we have never
learned. >> My favorite subject is probably math because I like all the challenges. >> My favorite special is art class with Miss Takis because drawing is my favorite thing. >> What makes DBL unique is that everyone is so kind to each other and everyone
cares about each other. >> My name is Queen. I'm in the fifth grade. Hi, my name is Arya. I am in second grade. >> What makes our school awesome is all the teachers we have here. They help us every day. All the janitors keep our school nice and clean. All my friends
that helped me since kindergarten. And everybody just helps us here cuz we are a really good community. >> Because of my friends, the teachers, and the principal. Like we read a book and then we do a project based on what happened in that story. Math is my
favorite subject because the teachers always help us and it's fun, but it can be complicated, but it's still really fun. >> My favorite teachers are probably all of my teachers cuz I got really good teachers. They have fun activities to do and their stories. My first grade
teacher got me into reading and she got me into chapter books and Juni B. Jones. My favorite subject is science. In science, you do lots of experiments and I think experiments are very fun. Every day I'm like happy at school. When I
came into sixth grade in Copeland where everything was new and different for me. Mrs. Heath, she was especially really kind to me. She still talks to me even though we don't really see each other that much and she gives me so much good luck for all the things that I do. One
teacher that made me feel special and cared for was my seventh grade LA teacher. I used to just like like reading and writing and she really helped me understand and make that subject more fun. >> I think the wire school is awesome
because you can make a lot of friends here and there's good teachers. Math is my favorite because like you can learn different things like times plus minus. No matter where you come from or no matter what you like look like, people
will be friends with you and welcome you into the school. One word to describe this school is probably heart. Honesty, empathy, acceptance, and respect and trust. This is probably one of the most special
places I've ever worked. It is the staff, the teachers. Uh they are loving, they are caring. The energy here is just great. It's wonderful to work with a group of men and women who truly love what they do. their heart, passion, and soul is for students and to see them
succeed. I try to find a way for them to want to be here. Even if they're sad or even if they don't want to get out of the car in the morning, if I say, "Hey, let's go wander in the library." And they bounce out of the car right away, which actually happened, then I've done something right that I have found a way
to make them feel like this is home for them because that's kind of how I feel. I love the kids here. They are amazing. They're the best part of my day. They're the best part of my week. That's why I do what I do. >> So, my name is Jackson. >> My name is Mia. My name is Mariah.
>> I think what awesome is about being in Birchwood is the um the like artwork that's on the walls. Like in school, they have this like art thing where you go downstairs and like paint a wall with the art teacher. My favorite is recess.
My favorite thing is reading and just doing a bunch of fun stuff. We get to do puzzle of the day and it's really fun. We get to watch videos at the end of the day. >> Our doors are always open. We are truly a family here. Our kids are just
everything. >> If you've never taught at another school and you come to Birwood, you honestly never want to leave Birwood. You walk into this building and it's a family. We're all together. We're all happy. We're smiling. Nobody's cranky or miserable. We're here together for each other.
>> Birchwood is very special because it is truly a family atmosphere. Students come back year after year. There's multi-generations that have attended Birwood. It is truly a loving community. It's such a wonderful place to be. I commute an hour or more every day and
I've been given the opportunity to work in another district. But I've been here seven years and I will drive that hour because the community, the parents, the teachers, our principal are incredible. We're just so happy to have such a loving, nurturing community that is so
vested in our school. We are family and once a bulldog, always a bulldog. I truly believe in an educator being able to make a difference in the world. It's so important to have a positive
environment for a child to come to and teaching at Dubire is special because we don't have walls. Our mantra we live by is no walls, no limits because being a school with no walls uh provides our students a great
sense of community. You just know you're walking into a special place when you come through our doors. >> I like to tell people that when you're here, it's like learning at home. You're in your kitchen, but you still know what's going on in the family room. It builds like this, you know, camaraderie
amongst not only the students, but also the faculty that work here. We call ourselves a Dwire family. Mr. McGovern, he seldom calls us a school, and we really all live by that. We treat each other like family and we emulate that for the kids.
>> I think the wire school is awesome because you can make a lot of friends here and there's good teachers. Math is my favorite because like you can learn different things like times plus minus. No matter where you come from or no
matter what you like look like, people will be friends with you and welcome you into the school. One word to describe this school is probably heart. honesty, empathy, acceptance, and respect and trust.
>> I have been teaching art here in Rockaway Township for 16 years. I think social emotional learning is very important. It gives us a chance to discuss our emotions and give kids a chance to practice that emotional
dialogue and that helps the whole child. I get the privilege of going into every single class once a month where I do a guidance lesson. The best part of my job is when one of them is having a tough day and then they feel better and it's because of me. >> The people I work with makes me come
back every single day. I hire a very unique and special educator and that permeates throughout the building. I have the easiest job in the world because I have the hardest working teachers in the world. [Music] Every student who goes through Rockaway
Township School District and will graduate from Copeland before they go on to high school. And we have an opportunity to instill core values into our students, helping students develop into future leaders into being positive role models and citizens in our community. >> I am the steam teacher at Copeland
Middle School. I really love to see the growth and the change to the students. And what I really focus on is teamwork. So the kids are always in teams. We want to make sure everybody's feeling comfortable communicating their ideas. I want kids to come to school and feel like this is their second home. I want
them to come into my classroom and feel comfortable, feel like they can be themselves. They may not come here and love math, but I want them to at least enjoy coming to math class. When I came into sixth grade in Copeland where everything was new and different for me, Mrs. Heath, she was especially really
kind to me, she still talks to me even though we don't really see each other that much and she gives me so much good luck for all the things that I do. One teacher that made me feel special and cared for was my seventh grade LA teacher. I used to just like like reading and writing and she really
helped me understand and make that subject more fun. years ago, I had a sixth grade student who was absolutely petrified of mathematics. And I worked so carefully with her. I gave her extra help just to have her overcome this
fear. And it was fabulous to see that aha moment when she finally got it. And that is why I do what I do every day. >> We are making sure kids are prepared for the future. And that means making sure
that they have access to technology. Every single classroom has interactive boards. Kids get a Chromebook in the fifth grade. >> They work as a team towards a common goal. They overcome challenges. We connect with the community through our concerts which are very well attended.
Vanta Copeland is truly an all-inclusive experience for all of the students here. >> I try to get everybody involved so that they can make a positive impact in the future. I teach US history and I come to work every day excited. I get the
opportunity to mold the next generation. >> The thing that makes Copeland Middle School so great is truly the people. It's the students. It's the staff. It's the community members. It's the parent involvement. It's the investment in making it a better place. [Music]
Our core values are the same as Rockway Township. Heart, honesty, empathy, acceptance, respect, and trust. So we can focus on particularly on being kind >> by being kind to a friend, helping them out, helping teachers, be nice to them, be respectful and don't interrupt the
teachers. >> And everything we do, we try and relate back to our core values. One of the things we are working on right now is positive behavior system. I don't like to address anything negative in my office because I want kids to be able to trust me and to be able to come down as a leader of the building. So, we're
really working on being kind. And yes, academics are important, but one of the main things for us is that we raise good kids. The main message is to be kind because above all else, we want our kids just to be kind. >> My name is Carly and I am in fifth grade and I go to DVL.
>> Yeah. My name is Rehea. I'm in first grade. >> Being at DVL is awesome because all the teachers here are so great and so nice. >> I like the teachers here. They make it awesome here. She teaches well and then
she teaches us stuff which we have never learned. >> My favorite subject is probably math because I like all the challenges. >> My favorite special is art class with Miss Takis because drawing is my favorite thing. >> What makes DBL unique is that everyone
is so kind to each other and everyone cares about each other. If I had to describe our building in one word, I would say we're a little unconventional. We're always trying to have our teachers and our students look at other ways to achieve success. And
for every student, that's different. There are other ways that we can really show student growth, student success. >> I'm not trying to be cheesy or anything. It's really the staff here. Um, we have built a family. And I think that says something about the building and the and and the community that we foster here at
ZBO. And I'm really grateful to be part of that. >> Being outside in the morning at bus duty and having kids coming up and just happy to see me. Teachers who I now share personal connections with because I've been here for 11 years as the principal. >> After teaching for 25 years, I can't
pinpoint one moment of time that is a story of why I come back every day. Any good lesson makes me feel alive. Going to the soccer games, the football games, seeing my students outside the classroom. I want the kids to feel at home and I feel the more comfortable
that they are, the relationship that we build together, the better they're going to do in class, not not only enjoy their time in class, but also take risks. >> So, yeah, I I think for me it's just being a part of something, being a part of the team. Uh we're all very different, but um but we we get along
and you know, we support each other. What really resonates with me about the school is that we put more value in developing personal growth versus comparison to others. Whether it be a difficult learning task or a challenging learning experience, they learn to
persevere and we can bring out something in themselves that they might not have seen before. >> It's a really great environment here at KDM. My co-workers are great. The students every day, they make me laugh. One thing that I really work on in my classroom is growth mindset. I did have
a student that came in and really didn't like math. They were really negative selft talking saying that they can't do this. And so basically throughout the whole year we worked on just changing that mindset. Just because we can't do something right now doesn't mean that we're never going to be able to do it.
And that's what I teach all of my students. >> My favorite teachers are probably all of my teachers cuz I got really good teachers. They have fun activities to do and their stories. My first grade teacher got me into reading and she got
me into chapter books and Juni B Jones. >> My favorite subject is science. In science, you do lots of experiments and I think experiments are very fun. Every day I'm like happy at school. >> We identify the interests of students. You know, what motivates them so
students feel more comfortable and confident in their learning environment, moving them forward from one learning experience to another. Every morning I'm inspired by these children. Their energy, their willingness to support and grow with one
another is contagious. >> One of the things that I'm really hoping to teach them more than anything else is about kindness and you know being good friends to each other. One of my most favorite success stories is a particular student when you know he would come into the classroom even right first thing in
the morning his head would be down on that desk. I trying to instill intrinsic love for school, intrinsic love for education. And over time, I've seen him pick that head up. And that's why I do what I do. To have a kid come in and their school's a happy place for them
and they want to come. [Music] Stony Brook is an amazing place. It really is. And I think anybody who joins us, whether it's full-time or visitors in the building just for a day, uh, you know, I think echo that sentiment. Our staff is second to none. They really put
the kids first all the time and our students are exceptional as well. It's a wonderful school community. Our PTA is incredibly involved. Everything we do is well attended and back to school nights, our events, and we have very involved school community both academically working handinhand with our teachers,
but also I think for extracurricular as well. Inside school, I really try to be involved in as many things as I can. My children also go to school in this district at one of the other schools and I'm really proud of what we put forth for our children. Anytime we can bring togetherness and have us all work together, both in our community and out,
it's really going to help everyone raise their own level of abilities to really increase the success of our community. So, we used to always start off with a growth mindset and we do a lot of lessons about how we are able to do things that might seem hard like a
harder task. And I think that if we really teach our kids to be resilient and show grit in the face of a harder task, then all the other academic challenges that they're faced with come a little bit easier. Having students in a classroom that's smaller where you get to meet their needs specifically rather
than in a bigger classroom, you can build more of a rapport and relationships with them. I like them to become successful, not just academically, but also social, emotionally. >> My name is Queen Kren. I'm in the fifth grade. >> Hi, my name's Arya. I am in second grade. >> What makes our school awesome is all the
teachers we have here. They help us every day. All the janitors keep our school nice and clean. All my friends that helped me since kindergarten, and everybody just helps us here cuz we are a really good community. because of my friends, the teachers, and the principal. Like, we read a book and then
we do a project based on what happened in that story. Math is my favorite subject because the teachers always help us and it's fun, but it can be complicated, but it's still really fun. >> I've always wanted to be a teacher. I think the reason why I wanted to be a teacher is because I think I had really
good elementary school teachers. Rockway I thought was really interesting because I feel like it is a small close-knit community, but I also felt like there's a lot of different opportunities in Rockway. I like how there was five different elementary schools, but I also like how I felt like that I fit in with
the Stony Brook mentality. The Stony Brook mentality is something where we all feel and have the same idea of supporting students. the kids understand that everyone makes a mistake. Everyone has a bad day. And I think that it gives the opportunity for kids to grow and not feel like penalized. I love that we have
a great principal. I love the teachers and the morale. As soon as I started coming up here, since I am from South Jersey, I felt welcomed and included right away. >> My name is Dr. Richard Corbett and I am the proud superintendent of Rockaway Township Public Schools.
I was just waving to some of our wonderful students as they were walking by and I'm so happy and pleased to say that when I walk through these halls and talk to these students in these six different schools, I see students that are learning and having fun and to me those are two very important qualities
of a very, very effective education. >> Birchwood is very special because it is truly a family atmosphere. Students come back year after year. There's multi-generations that have attended Birwood. It is truly a loving community. It's such a wonderful place to be.
>> Our core values are the same as Rockaway Township. Heart, honesty, empathy, acceptance, respect, and trust. So, we can focus on particularly on being kind. >> What really resonates with me about this school is that we put more value in developing personal growth versus
comparison to others. Whether it be a difficult learning task or a challenging learning experience, they learn to persevere. and we can bring out something in themselves that they might not have seen before. >> Stony Brook is an amazing place. It really is. And I think anybody who joins us, whether it's full-time or visitors
in the building just for a day, uh, you know, I think echo that sentiment. Our staff is second to none. They really put the kids first all the time. And our students are exceptional as well. It's a wonderful school community. Our PTA is incredibly involved. Everything we do is well attended. back to school nights,
our events, and we have a very involved school community both academically working handin-hand with our teachers, but also I think for extracurricular as well. >> Every student who goes through Rockaway Township School District and will graduate from Copeland before they go on
to high school. And we have an opportunity to instill core values into our students, helping students develop into future leaders, into being positive role models and citizens in our community. Our mantra we live by is no walls, no limits because being a school
with no walls uh provides our students a great sense of community. You just know you're walking into a special place when you come through our doors. What keeps me coming back here every morning? Hugs from kids. You know, I love being outside in the morning at bus duty and having kids coming up and just happy to
see me. Teachers who I now share personal connections with because I've been here for 11 years as the principal. So yeah, I I think for me it's just being a part of something, being a part of the team. Uh we're all very different, but um but we we get along and you know, we support each other.
>> Every morning I'm inspired by these children, their energy, their willingness to support and grow with one another is contagious. >> The people I work with makes me come back every single day. I hire a very unique and special educator and that permeates throughout the building. I
have the easiest job in the world because I have the hardest working teachers in the world. >> The thing that makes Scopland Middle School so great is truly the people. It's the students. It's the staff. It's the community members. It's the parent involvement. It's the investment in making it a better place.
>> I come here for the students. I love the kids here. They are amazing. They're the best part of my day. They're the best part of my week. That's why I do what I do. I'm proud to be the superintendent of Rockway Township Schools and we are thankful for all the support we have
from our community. I truly believe in an educator being able to make a difference in the world. It's so important to have a positive environment for a child to come to and
teaching at Dubire is special because we don't have walls. I think social emotional learning is very important. It gives us a chance to discuss our emotions and give kids a chance to practice that emotional dialogue and
that helps the whole child. If you've never taught at another school and you come to Birwood, you honestly never want to leave Birchwood. You walk into this building and it's a family. We're all together. We're all happy. We're smiling. Nobody's cranky or miserable. We're here together for each
other. One of the things that I love the most about this position and this job is that I get to work with students of all ages now that we house preschool students here. I see every single student in the building from preschool all the way through fifth grade. And I get to work with them on a deeper level
on a way that inspires them not just to be confident in themselves but in what they love. After teaching for 25 years, I can't pinpoint one moment of time that is a story of why I come back every day. Any
good lesson makes me feel alive. Going to the soccer games, the football games, seeing my students outside the classroom. I want the kids to feel at home. And I feel the more comfortable that they are, the relationship that we build together, the better they're going to do in class. Not not only enjoy their
time in class, but also take risks. It's a really great environment here at KDM. My co-workers are great. The students every day, they make me laugh. One thing that I really work on in my classroom is growth mindset. I did have a student that came in and really didn't like math. They were really negative
self-talking, saying that they can't do this. And so, basically throughout the whole year, we worked on just changing that mindset. One of the things that I'm really hoping to teach them more than anything else is about kindness and you know being good friends to each other. One of my most favorite success stories
is a particular student when you know he would come into the classroom even right first thing in the morning his head would be down on that desk. I've tried to instill intrinsic love for school, intrinsic love for education. And over time, I've seen him pick that head up
and that's why I do what I do to have a kid come in and their school's a happy place for them and they want to come. So, we used to always start off with a growth mindset and we do a lot of lessons about how we are able to
>> I will Rich said the same thing. You asked about Dennis. >> Never seen Dennis anymore. >> I know. It's weird. Not that we don't like you. >> I have no call. I don't call Dennis. >> I know. You got the better version here. >> That's right. >> That's fair.
>> We're all live, but we're going to wait minute and a half for anybody at home. Um, >> good idea. I'm actually >> She lives with you. >> No. Somebody used to work for me. >> Excuse me. Is there any students here from Birwood? Would you raise your hand,
please? >> You're kidding me. All of you are from Birwood. We're so happy you're here. Thank you for coming tonight. >> Mhm. >> We're excited. And guess what? We have some of the most delicious cookies in
New Jersey. They're right here. >> And if you're good, I'll share some with you. Oh, shoot. >> We got 15 seconds. >> I don't think we've been out early this year. >> No. Good evening, Rockway Township. Can I
please have a motion to come out of close session? >> So moved. Seconded. >> Thank you. Show hands, please. >> All right. Coming out of close session at 7:30 p.m. Can we please rise for the flag salute? I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Dr. Corbett, sir, I'll turn it over to you. >> Uh, thank you, Dr. Thomasini. We are so happy that we have so many students here
from Birwood and I understand they are very very special students with a lot of heart. >> That means they care about their friends and they're really good to their friends and good to their teachers. So I would
like to ask Mrs. Sonia Patel to come forward because Mrs. Rivera is not able to be here this evening. Thankfully, Miss Sonia Patel is here and she's going to help us recognize these wonderful students and read their names and we're going to hand you a beautiful
certificate, which by the way, listen carefully. After we hand them to you and we get a couple pictures, we're going to collect them again. We've never done that before, but we have to because we want Miss Rivera to sign them and then she's
going to give them back to you again in school. Sounds good. very complicated, but I know you can do it. So, maybe we could ask the board to come forward too so we can congratulate these students in a a nice way. We'll we'll step forward and Miss Patel will say a few words and then read the names. Thank you.
>> Perfect. >> Good evening everyone. My name is Sonia Patel. I am the school counselor at Birwood School. I'm here on behalf of Miss Rivera, the principal of Birwood School. I'm so honored tonight to recognize our Birchwood students who
have shown true heart, demonstrating honesty, empathy, acceptance, trust, and respect in everything they do. These students are shining examples of the positive culture we we're building in
our schools. Their actions remind us that our that ask that remind us that leadership and kindness start early. and we couldn't be prouder of how they represent our school community. Congratulations to each of them for
living our values every day. I would like to start off with our preschool. Craig Kimbro, [Applause]
>> Juliet Modla, [Applause] Mason Ziznookski, [Applause]
our kindergarten, Zachary Ward. [Applause] [Applause] from first grade. Declan Walsh [Applause]
and Emma Martinez from our second grade. Elellion Valencia [Applause] Isabella Dylon Mesa
[Applause] and Gwen Nygard [Applause] from her third grade. Hannah Durell
[Applause] and Audrey Jimenez Diaz. Our fourth grade, Amaya Marie [Applause] and Herson Vasquez Alvarena.
[Applause] And our fifth grade, Diego Rodriguez Luna. [Applause] and Adelina Hernandez.
[Applause] [Music] [Music] Take a picture. Smile big smile. [Laughter]
Well, And I and actually I want to thank the parents too because thanks to you we have such great children. So, we appreciate all that you do um for your children, of course, and how you work with our school district to
make it a great school district. So, with Dr. Thomas's permission, we're going to take about a 10-minute break, and I invite all the young children here with your parents' permission to have a couple cookies. In fact, you can have as many as you
want. I want them all gone before the end of the night. So, help yourself. We'll have a 10-minute recess. Thank you so much, parents, for coming out tonight. We appreciate it. Thank you. >> I don't want to be the first one. >> They're so little and they're so cute. >> My name is Dr. Richard Corbett and I am
the proud superintendent of Rockaway Township Public Schools. I was just waving to some of our wonderful students as they were walking by and I'm so happy and pleased to say that when I walk through these halls and talk to these students in these six different schools, I see students that are learning and
having fun and to me those are two very important qualities of a very very effective education. >> Birchwood is very special because it is truly a family atmosphere. Students come back year after year. There's multi-generations that have attended
Birwood. It is truly a loving community. It's such a wonderful place to be. >> Our core values are the same as Rockaway Township. Heart, honesty, empathy, acceptance, respect, and trust. So, we can focus on particularly on being kind. What really resonates with me about this
school is that we put more value in developing personal growth versus comparison to others. Whether it be a difficult learning task or a challenging learning experience, they learn to persevere. and we can bring out something in themselves that they might not have seen before.
>> Stony Brook is an amazing place. It really is. And I think anybody who joins us, whether it's full-time or visitors in the building just for a day, uh, you know, I think echo that sentiment. Our staff is second to none. They really put the kids first all the time. And our students are exceptional as well. It's a
wonderful school community. Our PTA is incredibly involved. Everything we do is well attended. back to school nights, our events, and we have a very involved school community both academically working handin-hand with our teachers, but also I think for extracurricular as well.
>> Every student who goes through Rockaway Township School District will graduate from Copeland before they go on to high school. And we have an opportunity to instill core values into our students, helping students develop into future leaders into being positive role models and citizens in our community. Our
mantra we live by is no walls, no limits because being a school with no walls uh provides our students a great sense of community. You just know you're walking into a special place when you come through our doors. What keeps me coming back here every morning? Hugs from kids. You know, I love being outside in the
morning at bus duty and having kids coming up and just happy to see me. Teachers who I now share personal connections with because I've been here for 11 years as the principal. So yeah, I I think for me it's just being a part of something, being a part of the team. Uh we're all very different, but um but
we we get along and you know, we support each other. >> Every morning I'm inspired by these children, their energy, their willingness to support and grow with one another is contagious. >> The people I work with makes me come back every single day. I hire a very
unique and special educator and that permeates throughout the building. I have the easiest job in the world because I have the hardest working teachers in the world. >> The thing that makes Scopland Middle School so great is truly the people. It's the students. It's the staff. It's the community members. It's the parent involvement. It's the investment in
making it a better place. >> I come here for the students. I love the kids here. They are amazing. They're the best part of my day. They're the best part of my week. That's why I do what I do. I'm proud to be the superintendent of Rockway Township Schools and we are
thankful for all the support we have from our community. I truly believe in an educator being able to make a difference in the world. It's so important to have a positive environment for a child to come to and
teaching at Dubire is special because we don't have walls. I think social emotional learning is very important. It gives us a chance to discuss our emotions and give kids a chance to practice that emotional dialogue and
that helps the whole child. If you've never taught at another school and you come to Birchwood, you honestly never want to leave Birchwood. You walk into this building and it's a family. We're all together. We're all happy. We're smiling. Nobody's cranky or miserable. We're here together for each
other. One of the things that I love the most about this position and this job is that I get to work with students of all ages. Now that we house preschool students here, I see every single student in the building from preschool all the way through fifth grade. And I get to work with them on a deeper level,
on a way that inspires them not just to be confident in themselves, but in what they love. After teaching for 25 years, I can't pinpoint one moment of time that is a story of why I come back every day. Any
good lesson makes me feel alive. Going to the soccer games, the football games, seeing my students outside the classroom. I want the kids to feel at home. And I feel the more comfortable that they are, the relationship that we build together, the better they're going to do in class. Not not only enjoy their
time in class, but also take risks. It's a really great environment here at KDM. My co-workers are great. The students every day, they make me laugh. One thing that I really work on in my classroom is growth mindset. I did have a student that came in and really didn't like math. They were really negative
self-talking, saying that they can't do this. And so, basically throughout the whole year, we worked on just changing that mindset. One of the things that I'm really hoping to teach them more than anything else is about kindness and you know being good friends to each other. One of my most favorite success stories
is a particular student when you know he would come into the classroom even right first thing in the morning his head would be down on that desk. I've tried to instill intrinsic love for school, intrinsic love for education. And over time, I've seen him pick that head up
and that's why I do what I do. To have a kid come in and their school's a happy place for them and they want to come. So, we used to always start off with a growth mindset and we do a lot of lessons about how we are able to do
things that might seem hard like a harder task. And I think that if we really teach our kids to be resilient and show grit in the face of a harder task, then all the other academic challenges that they're faced with come a little bit easier. >> Our goal here is that every child is as comfortable in class as they are at
home. And if they're ever in trouble, they're ever concerned or worried that they have the tools available to them to be successful and to help each other be as successful as we know they can be. We have really seen over the years an incredible increase in their emotional
maturity and in their abilities to deal with issues both in the playground and in the classroom. And I really believe it's because our district's focus on SEAL over the last several years. >> I am the steam teacher at Copeland Middle School. I really love to see the
growth and the change to the students and what I really focus on is teamwork. So the kids are always in teams. We want to make sure everybody's feeling comfortable communicating their ideas. I want kids to come to school and feel like this is their second home. I want them to come into my classroom and feel
comfortable, feel like they can be themselves. They may not come here and love math, but I want them to at least enjoy coming to math class. Years ago, I had a sixth grade student who was absolutely petrified of mathematics. And I worked so carefully with her. I gave
her extra help just to have her overcome this fear and it was fabulous to see that aha moment when she finally got it and that is why I do what I do every day. >> So my name is Jackson. >> My name is Mia. >> My name is Mariah.
>> I think what awesome is about being in Birwood is the um the like artwork that's on the walls. Like in school they have this like art thing where you go downstairs and like paint a wall with the art teacher.
>> My favorite is recess. My favorite thing is reading and just doing a bunch of fun stuff. We get to do puzzle of the day and it's really fun. We get to watch videos at the end of the day.
My name is Carly and I am in fifth grade and I go to DVO. >> Yeah. My name is Rehea. I'm in first grade. >> Being at DVO is awesome because all the teachers here are so great and so nice. >> I like the teachers here. They make it
awesome here. She teaches well and then she teaches us stuff which we have never learned. >> My favorite subject is probably math because I like all the challenges. My favorite special is art class with Miss Takis because drawing is my favorite
thing. >> What makes DBL unique is that everyone is so kind to each other and everyone cares about each other. >> My name is Quink and I'm in the fifth grade. >> Hi, my name's Arya. I am in second grade. What makes our school awesome is
all the teachers we have here. They help us every day. All the janitors keep our school nice and clean. all my friends that helped me since kindergarten and everybody just helps us here because we are a really good community >> because of my friends, the teachers and the principal. Like we read a book and
then we do a project based on what happened in that story. >> Math is my favorite subject because the teachers always help us and it's fun but it can be complicated but it's still really fun. My favorite teachers are probably all of my teachers cuz I got really good
teachers. They have fun activities to do and their stories. My first grade teacher got me into reading and she got me into chapter books in Juni B. Jones. My favorite subject is science. In science, you do lots of experiments and
I think experiments are very fun. Every day I'm like happy at school. When I came into sixth grade in Copeland where everything was new and different for me, Mrs. Heath, she was especially really kind to me, she still talks to me even though we don't really see each other
that much and she gives me so much good luck for all the things that I do. One teacher that made me feel special and cared for was my seventh grade LA teacher. I used to just like like reading and writing and she really helped me understand and make that
subject more fun. I think the wire school is awesome because you can make a lot of friends here and there's good teachers. Math is my favorite because like you can learn different things like times, plus minus. No matter where you
come from or no matter what you like look like, people will be friends with you and welcome you into this school. One word to describe this school is probably heart. Honesty, empathy, acceptance, and respect and trust.
[Music] This is probably one of the most special places I've ever worked. It is the staff, the teachers. Uh they are loving, they are caring. The energy here is just great. It's wonderful to work with a group of men and women who truly love
what they do. Their heart, passion, and soul is for students, and to see them succeed. I try to find a way for them to want to be here. Even if they're sad or even if they don't want to get out of the car in the morning, if I say, "Hey, let's go wander in the library." And
they bounce out of the car right away, which actually happened, then I've done something right, that I have found a way to make them feel like this is home for them because that's kind of how I feel. I love the kids here. They're amazing. They're the best part of my day. They're the best part of my week. That's why I
do what I do. >> So, my name is Jackson. My name is Mia. My name is Mariah. >> I think what awesome is about being in Birwood is the um the like artwork that's on the walls. Like in school they have this like art thing where you go
downstairs and like paint a wall with the art teacher. >> My favorite is recess. My favorite thing is reading and just doing >> Gosh. >> All right. Welcome back. During the
course of the board meeting, the Rockway Township Board of Education offers members of the public an opportunity to address issues regarding the operations of the Rockway Township Public Schools. The board reminds those individuals who takes us who take this opportunity to identify themselves by name and address and to limit their comments to items listed on the agenda and or items
directly related to the operations of the school district. Issues raised by members of the public may or may not be responded to by the board. All comments will be considered and a response will be forthcoming if and when appropriate. The board asked that members of the public be courteous and mindful of the rights of other individuals when speaking. Specifically, comments
regarding students and employees of the board are discouraged and will not be responded to by the board. Students and employees have specific rights afforded by the laws of New Jersey. The board bears no responsibility nor will be liable for any comments made by the members of the public. Members of the public should consider their comments in
light of the legal rights of others and those affected or identified in the comments and be aware that they are legally responsible and liable for their comments. In accordance to board policy 0167, public discussion is limited to 15 minutes with a three-minute limit per member of the public. The board president shall have the right to modify
the length of public discussion as he deems appropriate. Can I please have a motion to open to the first public comment? >> So moved. Second. >> Thank you. Show hands, please. Would anybody from the public like to come up?
>> Mr. Adams. >> Good evening. >> Good evening. >> Brian Adams, RTEA. Um, the the RTEA has been reflecting on the discussions regarding the NJSLA assessment results from the August and
October board meeting. We believe this presents an opportune time for the incoming board to facilitate a healthy and productive conversation about student performance engaging all the stakeholders to discuss both successes
and challenges. Currently, these important conversations often occur in silos. Bringing everyone together would allow us to place this data into meaningful context and collectively advocate for the success of
our students. It's important to remember that this assessment is one data point in a larger portfolio of student outcomes and that collaborate collaborative discussion would help situate it within
the broader context. To assist in this effort, we found a guide from the NJ DOE on how to engage the community about improving outcomes for all students as we believe it offers an excellent framework for the
collaborative solutions oriented discussion. By working together, we can better understand the full context behind these results and most importantly identify resources and strategies our students
and educators need to thrive and ensure that our educators feel supported and valued. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Adams. >> That's perfect. Thank you so much. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you. Would anybody else from the public like to come up hearing and seeing none, can I please have a motion to close the public comment? >> So moved. Seconded. >> Thank you. Show of hands, please.
All right. Moving on to communications. Are there any additional communications? >> None that were provided. >> Thank you. Approval of the minutes. Can I please have a motion to approve the Go ahead. I have one thing on the minutes. There's a typo um about threequarters of
the way down on the second page where um Mrs. Ms. Tor's last name is spelled incorrectly. It's spelled t o r neu. There's no u at the end. >> Got it. >> So with that uh with that edit, can I please have a motion to approve the
minutes? >> So moved. >> Seconded. >> Thank you. Can I please have a roll call vote? Mrs. Anderson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Coreroo, >> yes. >> Miss McGiri, >> yes. >> Miss Mezik, >> yes. >> Miss Richardson, >> yes.
>> Miss Tor, >> yes. >> Dr. Thomasini, >> yes. >> Thank you. Moving on to section three, superintendent report. Dr. Corbett, >> please. >> Thank you, Dr. Thomasini. And I'll just wait a second while Mike loads up my little slideshow there,
which I copied to the board as I normally do, so every board member has a copy of it. There you go. And Mike, if you follow the report as I read it, you'll know when to uh switch slides probably.
In our continued effort to improve the culture and climate at Copa Middle School, we are working with the center for evaluation and counseling to introduce the comprehensive adolescent program. This is next slide, Mike. This 12-week
group program designed to help students reduce, eliminate or control stress in their lives and promote well overall well-being. The comprehensive adolescent program group is specifically designed for students who may have engaged in at risk
behaviors or repeatedly violated the code of conduct including bias related incidences of HIV or HIV violations. Through psycho education skill building activities, students will have the opportunity to gain insight, improve
self-awareness, and improve their school experience. Referrals for participation will come through the school counseling office, child study team, and school administration. These weekly meetings will be held during the pause lunch period. The program is scheduled to begin the week of November 17th.
Next slide. In addition, the cougar cougar climb program and climb is an acronym. Cougar's learning with integrity, motivation, and balance is intended for students who fail ELA and/or math in marking periods one, two,
or three. Its goals are to promote academic accountability and reinforce foundational skills. Admenum will provide this online service. It is facilitated by the guidance department and funded through title one. The library board director and staff
were pleased to facilitate the first student art show at the Rockway Township Library. KDM students produced beautiful works of art that are now on display for the community. We look forward to future student shows highlighting the visual
and performing arts. CPAC will hold its first parent support group tomorrow, November 13th. This meeting will be held from 6:00 to 7 o'clock p.m. at the Rockaway Township Public Library. This is a great opportunity to connect with other
families, receive helpful tips, and learn about resources to support your child's success both at school and at home. On November 19th from 12:00 to 1 PM, families are invited to join a virtual presentation offered by Mendemb
part of the Morris County parent training series which focuses on behavior management with young children. Information on both these sessions can be found on our website. The second PTA general assembly for this year was held Monday, November 10th. The
evening was an opportunity for our PTAs to share their successes and challenges. 15 members attended and each school in our district was represented. I am pleased to recommend John Rosbomb as the new supervisor of transportation
effective Monday, November 17th. We look forward to working with John to improve student transportation in our district. And now some news from our schools. With the help of the PTA, Birchwood Elementary had a very successful event
recognizing breast cancer awareness. The week of respect, which incorporated engaging activities, concluded with students proudly displaying their birchwood colors blue and gold. During safe schools week, students focused on kindness, created posters, pledged to
combat bullying, and wore orange. They also demonstrated their appreciation for our first responders by filling buckets with complimentary messages. In addition, during the Red Ribbon Week, students exemplified heart by underscoring the principles that kindness originates from within.
Students readily embraced activities such as extending invitations for playtime, assisting with household chores, engaging in physical activity, smiling, and offering compliments. The school improvement panel is completing is near completing the completion of caught being possome. the program which
is called that cop being promome and the students are eagerly anticipating the unveiling during the upcoming pep rally. Grade level meetings continue to analyze data and establish learning centers thereby supporting students academic progress. The students and staff enjoyed the
annual PTA trunk or treat and the month concluded with the hosting of two Halloween parades. Dwire students had a visit from the Mount Hope Fire Company number two where each grade level enjoyed a fire prevention assembly. The kindergarten
students were thrilled to receive a special upclose tour of one of the township's fire trucks. Kindergarten students also continued their fun and meaningful visits to the local library where they proudly received their first library cards and discovered all the wonderful resources that our township
offers. The school came together in bright iron for World Unity Day representing kindness and inclusion. And to wrap up the month, Dwire hosted a fantastic Halloween bash and spirited parade with students and staff all dressed to impress. Inside the
classroom, students are working hard, asking great questions, and diving deeper into the curriculum as they prepare for the NJSLA alternative assessment. at Stonyiebrook. Students enjoyed the Halloween parade, flashing parties, and the fifth grade
Halloween dance. As always, special thanks goes out to the PTA for their continued support and partnership. Last month, students worked together to create a beautiful tree of respect. You can see a picture on the slide celebrating kindness and respect within the school community. Each student
decorated a leaf with words or drawing showing what respect means to them. When the leaves were added, the tree became a colorful display of shared values, a reminder that respect grows stronger when everyone contributes.
Congratulations to the principal Hall of Fame winners for October. The Hall of Fame highlights a specific character trait each month, and October's focus was respect. Their photos are proudly displayed in the window by the main office for all to see.
The Copeland Middle School Halloween themed sixth and seventh grade socials where huge success brings students together for an evening of fun and festive Halloween excitement. Gratitude goes to the amazing PTA for planning and hosting these fun and memorable socials for our students.
In recognition of the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th, students from seventh and eighth grade German class created their own interpretations of art inspired by the Berlin Wall, connecting creativity with history. And you can see a picture of that up there on the slide.
Basketball triyouts took place on November 10th and 11th, and we're looking forward to an exciting season ahead. Marking periods one marking period one report cards will be posted in the Genesis parent portal on Wednesday, November 19th. The talented eighth grade band strings
and core students recently participated in the Morris Hills Regional School District local and instrumental music days. The event brought together students from all sending districts and both high schools for a day of collaborative rehearsals and performances. Additionally, on October
4th and October and October 24th, Copen students joined the Morris Hills and Morris Hills marching band where they had the chance to play in the stands, experienced color guard, and spent time with members of the marching band. The DBO community
observed breast cancer awareness day showing support and unity through schoolwide participation and thoughtful discussions. Red ribbon week followed, encouraging students to make positive and healthy choices in their daily lives. The local fire department visited and reminded everyone of the importance
of preparedness and safety. Halloween was celebrated with a wonderful parade and the DBOPTA hosted a fantastic trunk or treat event that brought families together for an evening of fun. The school also held its second student recognition assembly celebrating students who have demonstrated kindness,
leadership, and great decision-making. Academically, classrooms are in full swing with teachers and students diving deeply into the curriculum, engaging in meaningful, rigorous learning experiences each day. Students at KDM completed their I Ready
assessments in both reading and mathematics, and our staff is already leveraging that data to meaningfully inform instruction, target skill gaps, and provide individualized interventions and support. Earlier this month, the Rockway Township Fire Department also
visited KDM to provide lessons on fire safety and prevention. In addition, students participated in Red Ribbon Week and the annual October initiative focused on alcohol, tobacco, drug, and violence prevention. Each day students each day included a themed activity to
reinforce healthy decision- making such as wearing pajamas to emphasize the importance of sleep, wearing a sports jersey or number to highlight that every individual counts. We also separated National School Psychology Week with this year's theme of finding your path.
Each day, students reflected on their strengths, learned from challenges, appreciated helpers, and set goals. The KDM Student Council in partnership with the PTA is hosting a food and coach drive from November 3rd to November 14th
to help our neighbors in need. Thanks to the continued support and partnership of the KDMPTA, the school has recently added a sensory walkway to assist students who may benefit from brief movement and sensory breaks throughout the day. We look forward to continuing
this positive momentum as we prepare for the student parent teacher conferences next month. And next slide, please. There you go. That's Dave Conigan, the student wearing his jersey. And we thank
you for uh your support. And that is my report. Thank you. >> Oh yes. Thank you. This month we reviewed 17 HIVs that is they were investigated. Two were affirmed of the 17. One was affirmed uh
based on race and the other one was affirmed based on sexual orientation. >> Thank you very much. All right. Section four, business administrator's report. I believe there's no report for this evening. Correct. No report was provided. >> Thank you. All right, moving on to
section five, education report. Mr. Ganella, please. Floor is yours. Okay, we have another presentation. Thank you. Sorry. All right, good evening everyone. Uh before we begin, I would just like to
extend a thank you to all of our staff, uh specifically our teachers and testing coordinators. Today was the first day of the NJSLA adaptive field test. um pretty big undertaking. As you recall, this was
kind of thrust upon everyone in the state at the last minute after assessment calendars uh were approved after planning for the year went through. So today was day one went off without a hitch. Um there's been a you
know a greater responsibility on the part of the test proctor during this administration. Uh so I just want to say uh thank you to you know all of our testing coordinators, all of our staff members that made that that possible. The second administration or second day
of the field test will be this Friday. So if if you're watching, charge your Chromebooks, headphone, and listen to Mr. Rollins wear your pajamas and get a good night's sleep. Um, so our objective today, the followup to the NJSLA
presentation, I'd like to provide clear information uh with regard to targeted support for students who partially met or did not meet expectations on the NJSLA assessment. Um all of our initiatives are guided by our
district goals um our board goals as well action plan and our district PDP um which we do submit to the state. Um the key areas to focus on uh is our RTI
process and procedures common assessments that come along with our new curriculum. Um, and really the word I'd like to focus on is operational consistency across the district. Few years back when we had our listening
sessions and we're developing the strategic plan, one of the the biggest points that came up was consistent educational experiences across the district. Um, you know, and that's specific to curriculum and resources. Um
some of the examples that we've discussed uh you know at these meetings and our ed committee meetings is the unified scheduling model, our aligned curriculum and resources and standardized RTI procedures districtwide. So all three of those you
know components feed the greater good. Um one thing before we begin that I would like to highlight is that the NJSLA is a one to five scale. So five is exceeding expectations. One is did not meet expectations. It's always
beneficial to really look at it in three categories. Level one, the students who did not meet. Um grades, you know, uh levels two and three are your students who approached and four or five are your kids that are on grade level or above
grade level. Next slide, please. So, our district goals this year, by June 2026, the end of this school year, the district will increase the percentage of students meeting or exceeding expectations on the NJSLA in English and language arts by an
additional 5% across all grade levels 4 through eight compared to the 2425 performance results. Second goal is a little more specific. How are we going to how are we going to achieve goal one? By the end of each instructional unit during the 2526
school year, 100% meaning all for district math teachers will administer the end of unit ready assessment. In ELA, 100% of teachers in grades K to two will administer the super kids benchmark assessments. Grade three teachers will
administer the magnetic reading end of unit assessment and teachers in grades four to eight will administer the common assessments outlined in the district curricula. Next slide please. Our R our RTI goal for this year by May 2026
100% of teachers in the district will use linkit intervention manager and assessment data to implement targeted interventions and instructional adjustments for students needing enrichment or remediation aiming to address academic needs and reduce the
percentage of students requiring a CST referral by 10% over the academic year as measured through link intervention ention manager and I ready diagnostics. Next slide please. So our district PDP outlines
precisely what those two goals say. So if you look at goal one, we have our assessment goal which we just read. Mike, next slide. Goal two is training all staff on our link intervention manager platform and
district intervention and RTI procedures. and you'll see it's very specific with how we're going to achieve those results. Um item three is a you know talking about consistent experiences and working with our instructional council providing
consistent experiences across the district. Uh we're ex we're bringing back um portrait of a student but it will be building base this year as opposed to district base. Next slide please. Next slide Mark. Thank you. Uh, Mr.
Lefranca, if you could click the NJAC action plan and when it's up, if you wouldn't mind clicking the last tab on the sheet all the way to the right, Mike.
Uh, wrong slide, Mike. Still the wrong slide. Right there. the Excel spreadsheet, please. Yep. All the way down at the bottom. Yep. Those tabs. Scroll all the way to the right. Thank you. Then if you look at our our goals
that were submitted to the state as part of our QAC action plan identical to the goals that I mentioned earlier if you slide down one uh to the last one Mike we talk about our uh specific to science
by June 2026 100% of district science teachers will engage in data analysis sessions to to identify gaps in student learning and plan targeted reteing strategies and those and that's how we will achieve it.
Back to the presentation. Thank you. Next, next next slide, please. Okay. So, as we discussed, the NJSLA assessment overview measures students proficiency in ELA, math, and science grades 5 through 8. Our district has
developed a comprehensive action plan to address assessment outcomes. You will see how we are implementing targeted strategies across all grade levels. Our focus areas again are common assessments, professional development and intervention support. Next slide
please. So what I really wanted to discuss is where we are today, November 2025, and what we've done thus far a quarter of the way through the year. So you read the goals. That's what we set
out this summer. what is what we wanted to achieve. So where are we now as a team? Well, here we are. Super kids when we talk about our curriculum consistency grades K to2 full implementation occurred last year. The super kids
common assessments for grades 2 are fully operational. The assessments have been taken and that data is currently being uploaded in the link platform. The magnetic literacy assessments for grade three have also been created and
implemented and are also being uploaded into the link data cla uh platform. Grades four and five the ELA common assessments um have been created are active and those are also being entered
in the link platform. Next slide please. Middle school grades 6 through 8 ELA science and social studies assessments are created and operational and that data is being entered in the Genesis grade book which also feeds into the
link data platform. Teachers are using assessment results to inform instructional decisions which I'm going to show you um a sample of that shortly. Next slide please. Our mathematics assessment strategy. So,
math this year, districtwide, all of our teachers are administering the end of unit ready assessments. So, when we talk about a cohesive math curriculum grades K through eight, not only are all of our students
receiving the same curriculum and the same resources, but they're all being assessed using the same standards um and the same resources. The data feeds directly from from the I Ready platform
to the link platform and this allows for seamless tracking but it allows our teachers and quite frankly our parents to make informed decisions on the spot. Uh if you recall a few years back uh parents receive data dashboards uh
roughly at the end of trimester 1 after teacher conferences with data that for all intents of purposes occurred in September. So they were seeing that data for the first time at the end of trimester 1. Now parents are seeing that
data in real time. Next slide please. Science science assessments in elementary K to 5. The K5 science teachers worked with me during convocation to identify key areas in the assessment creation process and we
wanted to focus on scientific investigation, problem solving skills which are all part of the next uh the next generation science standards. Teachers are designing questions uh in part from our mystery science kits but
also our link platform that has NJSLA type questions. Next slide please. All of our teachers are are attending science teachers in the elementary school are attending PD on November 13th which I believed is going to be
postponed um through Prism and which is part of our Monontlair State delegation uh focusing on NJSLA science prep preparation. The training focuses on three dimensions science and engineering practices crosscutting concepts and
disciplinary core ideas. Teachers will learn about performance expectations and the role of the phenomenon. Next slide. This workshop is pretty neat because it's designed for teachers who are new to the next generation science standards
and NJSLA science. So part one is the introduction introduction to the pedagogical and strategic thinking behind the standards. So really really training the teachers on how to unpack the science standards and how those standards relate to other content areas
but also NJSLA science and test construction and scoring information. Next slide please. Something that I think is very important when we talk about all parts of of the operation working together. We embarked
on a universal scheduling initiative last year to be implemented this year. So what does this mean? It means that all schools have the same instructional minutes and they run a relatively
similar schedule. Not identical schedule because each building has its own unique programming that makes that virtually impossible. But one of the big pieces that we wanted to focus on this year was protecting instructional time um specifically in the core content areas.
So for the first time in recent memory um music and intervention services will not be pulled out of our science instruction. That will be pulled out of the the the boost period primarily and social studies se secondary. Um and this ensures that all students receive
complete science education and it maintains instructional integrity across all subject areas. Um so if you think about it in elementary school in in particular with all the work that the state has done with literacy and this year we've
implemented the dyslexia screeners for the first time through I ready is that your two main areas is we want kids reading and to be on grade level for reading by grade three which means they need to be in their language arts class
for the full 120 minutes not being pulled for for anything else. Um, our tier 2 interventions push into the ELA class as opposed to pulling them out. Next slide, please.
So, RTI, uh, I I've sat through, uh, and viewed several presentations on RTI in the district over the past several years. Um, and and I think we've done a a really great job installing the foundations of RTI. But what we've done
is we've taken it to the next level in terms of norming out procedures and what intervention looks like in all three tiers. And what linkit has allowed us to do it's put a heightened level of
accountability on all stakeholders administrators teachers interventionists that everything is now streamlined progress monitored and easily identifiable. Um whereas before I would
have a hard time telling you how many students we have in the district that are actually in the RTI process and how many days of week they were actually getting for intervention. So when we look at the operational side of it and we talk about universal scheduling and
common assessments and link intervention manager you have to look at all of this information being streamlined into one spot so the professionals can work with it. We it also highlights professionals having their time protected to instruct
their students in a formalized way. Um next slide please. So if you look at it's very hard to do this without moving. Uh so if you look at our our TI numbers for this year
now now Mr. Lefranci you have the numbers on my other document. I believe there's 2250 students total in the district. >> I was close. Uh 2,450. So I was only a couple hundred off. Um
so if you if you look at 64.1% of our students, okay, fall into the general ed side of the the spectrum. 18.6 six of those students, roughly 460 are IEP students. And if you look at
where we are right now, we have 241 students, 9.7% and 7.6% of our students in a tier 3 intervention. Okay. So if you were actually to look at our NJSLA data from
our previous meeting and we talked about the we have moved kids out of level one. So that number in level one has decreased and the numbers in level five have
increased. We are targeting this group right on the right hand side that 460 189 and 241. That's our next step in the progression is moving those kids, those students from three to fours and fives
of you. If you're at a four means you have met grade level expectations and what does that mean to your point, Mr. Adams? What are we doing to support our kids? Well, specifically, we're ensuring that our kids are ready
for the real world, which could include high school, could include college, but it means they can read. It means they can write. It means they can conduct and do arithmetic. Um, that's our goal. Next slide, please.
So, our principles continue norming intervention RTI procedures during the grade level meetings. Our CLT meetings focus on consistent practices. So, there's a clear uh course for how RTI is run. We have created an RTI math lead
teacher and an ELA lead teacher position. And our district-wide protocol norming ensures equity across all of our buildings. Next slide, please. Our mathematical instructional integration. We're deepening integration
of IR instructional practices across all math classrooms. We just completed our I Ready instructional rounds. Uh we had our articulation and data cycles to ensure consistent highquality instruction. And I have to tip my if I wore a cap I would tip it to Dr.
Corbett. Um because he is in every building and I can't tell you how he could tell you how many classrooms he is in on a daily basis conducting walkthroughs and observing teachers and
providing feedback. Um which is just tremendous. Next slide, please. Our MLL support, we have continued on uh with our trainings at Dwire and Copelan uh through job embedded professional
development. Uh Kina Doni and Emily Strang Campbell were at Dwire today. I believe they will be at Copeland on Thursday, tomorrow. Um and we're focusing on student growth in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Uh,
another cool thing about the link platform, uh, we have our tier one checklist, but every MLL student and every teacher has a, uh, baseball card based on the can do descriptors of what what students can do in those four key
areas. Next slide, please. This is a big one uh to me uh not only professionally but personally. One of the the big areas that we've worked on the past couple years is working with our special with our special education
teachers and our special ed department um to ensure grade level content exposure. So, our students in the resource room are working with the same curriculum that our general ed students are working with. While their IEP's
goals and objectives may be below grade level, they're still working with the grade level curriculum, which really helps us close that achievement gap. And if you go back to the NJSLA presentation and saw how our special ed students performed, I I would say one of the
driving forces behind it is that our teachers have been given the green light and the guidance to say you you are doing a great job to support our students and you have to work on both levels through your IEP goals and objectives, but also through the grade
level curriculum which can be, you know, from experience with my own children, which can be challenging. And in another district, in another parent teacher conference that I was sitting in, I was having this conversation with
my son who's in sixth grade, and the homework that's been coming home has been second and third grade material. So, here's a student who met expectations on NJSLA, which means he was on grade level for fifth grade. Now
he's starting his sixth grade year and he's seeing second and third grade material. So where where is he going to fall this school year with sixth grade? He hasn't even seen sixth grade standards yet. So that is a major and I and I really don't want to understate
that how important that is and not because of numbers. It's important for a student success and and to me success is measured by happiness and and and how do you quantify happiness? Well, part of it you spend
more time in school than you do with your family. So, that's meeting academic success. That's gaining confidence. That's not feeling different. Um that's why this is so unbelievably important. Uh when you have high expectations, you
know, regardless of ability level, everything improves. Next slide, please. Our datadriven decision-making. The linkage platform provides comprehensive data analysis capabilities. Teachers use
these assessment results in their grade level meetings, in their CLT meetings, parent teacher conferences that are coming up, RTI meetings. um IEP meetings, annual reviews, you name it, they're using it. And we keep with our
regular data cycles to ensure timely interventions for struggling students. Next slide, please. Professional development outcomes, convocation training, established foundation for our assessment practices.
and and we say a foundation. These are ongoing because on a daily basis, whether it be the lead teachers, whether it be our CSTs, whether it be instructional counsel,
we're constantly evaluating and tweaking what we're doing because we would be really naive to think that the plan as drawn up in July doesn't need to be adapted as we go through and we experience these things for the first
time. Um, next slide please. Our student achievement monitoring obviously multiple assessment platforms gives us a comprehensive student picture. Genesis gradebook integrating with uh, link it has been a game changer and and really the the intervention
platform allows us to progress monitor digitally. So everything the intervention teams are doing is completely transparent. Next, next slide please. So, how does strengthening curriculum implementation through standardsbased
common assessments help? Well, it ensures that all teachers measure student progress against the same learning goals. And this helps us identify specific standards or skills where students who approached expectations are struggling. Timely instructional adjustments, regular
assessments at predefined points in the curriculum allows teachers to respond quickly to retach, differentiate, and provide targeted practice before students fall further behind. Focus improvement key standards. By
aligning assessments with the state standards, teachers can concentrate on priority content and skills that are essential for moving our students from approaching to meeting and progress monitoring through IRA. The goal to increase the I Ready
benchmark performance by 10% ensures that progress for these students is not only monitored but actively supported. Next slide, please. implementing datadriven intervention strategies, which is critical.
Intervention Manager helps teachers use detailed assessment data. And and folks, to me, what one of the the game changers is when you eliminate having to do all of the heavy lifting,
looking in folders, looking in multiple areas to get your data before you can break it down. Just the efficiency of link intervention manager frees up so much time so you can focus on the actual student
and and parents if if you're watching the parent component of it gives you the same capabilities. So if please uh review the tutorials um in Dr. Corbett's education matters and on the website. So don't just, you know, click on the raw
score. Click the little plus sign next to it where you can break down all of that data at a more granular level, especially with conferences coming up. Preventative support by providing early and targeted remediation. This reduces the likelihood that students are
approaching expectations will require more intensive supports and collaboration with 100% teachers. 100% of the teachers using a shared system. It makes us all accountable to
the students and each other. Next slide, please. Special education integration. Why does it matter? Because students engage with the same challenging material as their peers, but receive differentiated instruction to meet their unique
learning needs. translation. It helps students not feel different or lesser than impact on achievement. Exposure to grade level expectations encourages higher order thinking and prevent students from falling behind
academically due to lowered rigor. Next slide, please. When supported by collaborative practice such as universal scheduling, LIKA intervention manager and aligned curriculum and a culture of high expectations, operational consistency
ensures that every student experiences coherent instruction, equitable access to resources, and datadriven support. Together, these elements create a unified and responsive instructional system that promotes continuous academic growth and is going to help advance our
students from approaching to meeting or exceeding expectations. Next slide, please. Next steps in continuous improvement. We're going to continue to refine our assessment practices based on our data analysis. We're going to continue to
expand our professional development opportunities for all staff. Actually, I just had a staff member and a principal send me the same professional development um through NJPSA on uh how to interpret data um based on
the the everchanging landscape of assessment in the state um and strengthen collaboration between general ed and special ed teachers and maintain focus on grade level content access for all students. Next slide, please.
I just want to recognize the dedication of our teachers and staff in implementing these changes. Now, Mike, if you can go to my res Not yet, Miss Anderson. One more. One more. I'm sorry. If you can go to the resource. Um, yeah, right there. So, what I wanted to show
you, a lot of these appear on our ed committee agendas. I just wanted to give you some examples of what this looks like in action. So Mike, if you can click this the sped clarification, please. So this came out of our work with uh
Miss Brittany Cely and the NJIP, the New Jersey Inclusion Project. One of the main things we wanted to do districtwide was put together an FAQ um from the teachers. So, what are some specific concerns or areas you have questions
about or that you're unclear on that are impacting the instruction in your room? And what we did was is we collected all of these responses and we put together the answers behind them. And a lot of these uh all these questions are great
questions, but the answers provides provide teachers with clarity on how they should be instructing in their classroom and gives us a launching point for a lot of our meetings that we have whether it be lead teachers or CST
meetings. Next slide, Mike, please. Um next slide. Um I Ready specialed questions. This came about um with moving to the I Ready uh end of unit assessments. So how are our resource
teachers and special ed teachers um making the necessary modifications and accommodations on the test? So sometimes it's the simplest things that go you know the longest way.
Uh we talk about our data dives uh specifically in October. So what does it look like when our teachers are engaged in a deep data dive? So what our teachers do is they dive into the evidence statements and the data and
they look at specific strands where our students did not perform and they put together an action plan that the entire department will implement over the course of the school year or in those specific units.
Mike, if you could hit the um Yeah, the science one would be great. Well, you don't have access to the science one. Uh it looks very similar to the ELA one. Our intervention manager training, if you notice, the date on that was
March 3rd, 2025, which means our staff was ready to rock and roll for implementation this year by being trained on the platform last school year. And then last one, please, Mike, on the
resource, uh, the October PD day, um, which gives you all of our grade level articulation, all of our ELA, math drives, everything set up for our drives. And then the last one, please,
believe it or not, ed committee, get ready. We are next year we'll be writing rewriting ELA and math curriculum and the brand new
updated super kids kits for K1 part of two have been delivered to the lead teachers to begin perusing and um comparing them to the current resources that we have. Um
and that's my report. Thank you board. Do we have any additional questions or comments >> for Mr. Ganell? >> Do we have a copy of that in our Do we have a copy of the presentation? >> Yes, it's in the ED committee notes. Okay. Perfect. Thank And I think we should put that on the website if you
don't mind. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> Anybody else? Good. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Gell. Thank you. >> Thank you, everyone. Thank you. >> All right. Moving on to committee reports. Are there any committee reports? >> I have one for the education committee.
Um, we met on October 30th at 7 PM. We met virtually. Um, Mrs. Young joined us as long with uh Dr. Corbin and Mr. Ganella. The basically what was just shared with us. We went through um we
talked about how the goals whether that's for the QAC action plan or the district's PDP was to promote co coherence and alignment of the district-wide curriculum and address proactive solutions for the early intervention program and special education needs. Um, we went through
what data was being updated on linkit and how parents could access that information. We spent some time talking about the science um, curriculum and how teachers are looking into a deep dive for the NJSLA, but also how they're creating a core
base of NJSLA type questions. Um, and then Miss Young talked to us about the questions that have come up regarding the weighted assessments in math. And currently, Miss Young is serving as a
seventh grade math teacher temporarily until beginning of December. And she said in that capacity, she's watching the 70% weight on summitives. Um, and she thinks it's an important indicator of the students success. She likes that weight. However, she's talked with the
teachers about creating more mini assessments to check in with students prior to that final unit test. So, there should be some adjustments so that that one test isn't like the only thing that students are seeing. >> Um, we've talked a good deal about a lot
of the positive things that are happening in our district and uh with the frequent walkthroughs that our supervisors and Dr. Corbit are doing. They noted some really amazing things that are happening in our classroom and I mean I see it with my own son but they talked about some great observations and
engaged students and so thank you teachers because we know you're working hard. >> Thank you. >> That concludes my report. >> Appreciate it. >> I have a question for education. So looking at the presentation and kind of hearing what you're talking about. So I was just wondering if we are kind of
looking at things holistically and collecting data. Let's say if we have a student that it's in Copeland's and that is not meeting or is is you know not even close you know are we looking backwards for elementary where they on an RTI and they came off it have they
always been falling behind you know what I mean like because I know that even for my own children one was on RTI got off the archi fantastic and then went right back you know right back downhill so so I'm just wondering how we're following the data how we're following the kids and whether or not we're starting to
kind of pull all that data out, you know, to to try to understand what the actual um uh I guess journey of of a child looks like when they're struggling. >> Would you like to speak to that? >> It doesn't have to be now >> because we can't meet we don't get to
see individual students or even individual teacher scores. So, but they >> I'm wondering if we're doing something like that. >> So, that's a great question. So, yes. So when you talk about the actual uniform uh protocols now we've actually
identified that in tier three you have to receive four to five days a week that progress monitoring is now right in the system. So before it used to be um you know in a notebook or on a folder somewhere and now it's completely
streamlined and the link platform not only as a teacher but as a parent you can go back. So if you have a sixth grader you can go all the way back to second grade. So basically it raises the accountability level um and really shared ownership as well on the parent
side to say look we're exiting the child potentially but all of their data is in the red or or yellow. What's the justification for not that that would happen um but yes um you're able to look back in a much easier way and it's made our teams much more efficient.
>> Okay. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> I was trying to leave him alone so I was asking you. What they did say is like the on the linkage scores now. >> Yeah, I see the >> where we used to be able to like parents saw some of that information prior to the teachers. So we would bring it to back to school nights or the the
conferences really and now that's all accessible to them. So hopefully that tracks them a lot better. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I can move on to policy. >> Go for it. >> Okay. Policy committee met on October
22nd. Um, and really I think the the biggest part part of that meeting was me struggling with my computer, but other than that, um, I walk through um, how I manage the policy alerts and changes, you know, and and just kind of what we
used to do and what we do now and just allowing for that transition. And then also, you know, of course to to be able to make it their own should Jamila or or Allison want to take that over at some point. Um and then also we talked about the uh HIPP policy and procedures.
>> That's it. >> Thank you. >> All good. >> Any other committees? >> Go ahead. >> Community outreach. Um while we were supposed to have a meeting yesterday, I canceled it because we are still exploring some options and there's no reason to waste our time. Uh but our
next one will be December 9th and hopefully we'll have something to talk about. >> Sounds good. All right, moving on to recommended for board action personnel. Sensus personnel. There's no discussion.
>> So, please go to roll call vote. >> Motion. >> Oh, I'm sorry. You're totally right. Can I please have a motion to approve the personnel recommendations, please? >> So moved. >> Second, >> Lisa. >> Now, roll call vote, please.
>> Mrs. Anderson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Carill Laroo, >> yes. >> Miss McGiri, >> yes. >> Mrs. Meszi, >> yes. >> Miss Richardson, >> yes. >> Dr. Thomasini, >> yes. >> Motion passes. >> Thank you. Moving on to HIV determination. Can I please have a
motion to approve the HIV determination? >> So moved. >> Seconded. >> Thank you. What we have is 295445 is unconfirmed. 295446 is unconfirmed. 295531 is unconfirmed. 295-5579 is
confirmed. 295580 is unconfirmed. 295662 is unconfirmed. 295801 is confirmed. 295897 is confirmed. 295899 is unconfirmed. 295915 unconfirmed. 296198 is unconfirmed.
296203 is unconfirmed. 296254 is unconfirmed. 296420 is unconfirmed. 297191 is unconfirmed. Can I please have a roll call vote? Mrs. Anderson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Kurillaroo, >> yes. >> Ms. McGiri, >> yes. >> Mrs. Meszik,
>> yes. >> Ms. Richardson, >> yes. >> Dr. Thomas Heeny, >> yes. >> Motion passes. >> Thank you. Moving on to education. Can I please have a motion to approve the education recommendations, please? >> So moved. >> Seconded. >> Thank you. Any board discussion for education?
>> Hearing none. Anybody from the public want to address education? Hearing and seeing none, can I please have a roll call vote? >> Mrs. Anderson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Kurillaroo, >> yes. >> Ms. Mcgiri,
>> yes. >> Mrs. Mezic, >> yes. >> Miss Richardson, >> yes. >> Dr. Thomas Heeney, >> yes. >> Motion passes. >> Thank you. Moving on to administration. Can I please have a motion to approve the administration recommendations, please? >> Some move. >> Are we missing boxes? I'm sorry. I'm not seeing boxes.
>> That I'm was just having the same problem. Yeah, there's no boxes here for us. >> Like there's >> no >> voting boxes. >> Where? >> Go to page. I'm sorry. Page 12. >> Page 12. >> Yes. 12.
>> Oh, okay. Never mind. Sorry. >> I was looking for the same thing. >> Yeah. I'm like, what? Carry on. >> All right. Do we have the We have the motion. We're >> What's the next section >> on administration? >> So, finance. >> Finance. A motion for administration.
>> No, a motion for administration. We have >> So moved. >> So moved. Thank you. And seconded. Excellent. >> My bad. >> Now we're okay. All right. Any board discussion >> for administration? >> No. >> Hearing none, would anybody from the public like to come up and comment on
administration? >> Hearing and seeing none, can I please have a roll call vote? >> Mrs. Anderson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Coral Laroo, yes. Miss Mcgiri, >> yes. >> Mrs. Mrs. Messi, >> yes. >> Miss Richardson, >> yes. >> And Dr. Thomas, >> yes. >> Motion carries.
>> For this next one, >> Miss West, will you please read in the addition? >> I will. Finance motion number three. Be it resolved that the Rockway Township Board of Education approves the report of the secretary and report of appropriations and the report of the
treasurer for the period ending in July 31, 2025. Be it further resolved that this budget does not include any unapproved appropriations or monies. Be it resolved that the Rockaway Township Board of Education acknowledges that Megan Slam, business administrator/board
secretary, certifies the following statement. Pursuant to NJAC6A23-2.11 parenthesis 3 and parenthesis 4 I, Anita West, on behalf of Megan Slam, business administrator/board secretary, certify
that no budgetary line items accounts are overappropriated nor overexpended for the period ending July 31, 2025. Authorize July 2025 account transfers as submitted. Thank you very much. Can I please have a
motion to approve the finance recommendations as amended? >> So moved, seconded. >> Thank you. Uh board discussion. Uh myself and uh Miss Mciri uh we sign the bills. So I recommend that we approve
those bills. Any other board discussion? No. >> Hearing none. Would anybody from the public like to address finance? Seeing and hearing none, may I please have a roll call vote. >> Mrs. Anderson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Coreroo,
>> yes. >> Ms. McGiri? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Mzik, >> yes. >> Miss Richardson, >> yes. >> And Dr. Thomasini, >> yes. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you. Moving on to policy. Can I please have a motion to approve the policy recommendations, please? >> So moved. >> Seconded.
>> Thank you. Any board discussion? >> It better not be another alert. I get home. Would anybody from the public like to come up and comment on policy? Seeing and hearing none, can I please have a roll call vote? >> Mrs. Anderson,
>> yes. >> Mrs. Coreroo, >> yes. >> Miss Mcgiri, >> yes. >> Mrs. Messi, >> yes. >> Miss Richardson, >> yes. >> And Dr. Thomasini, >> yes. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you. This brings us to our second public comment. In accordance with board policy 0167, public
discussion is limited to 15 minutes with a threeminut limit per member of the public. The board president shall have the right to modify the length of public discussion as he deems appropriate. Can I please have a motion to open to this second public comment? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Thank you. Show of hands, please.
>> Would anybody from the public like to come up for the second public comment hearing and seeing none, can I please have a motion to close the public comments? So move. >> Second. >> Thank you. Show hands, please. Moving
on to old business. Does anybody have any old business? Mrs. Messi. >> Okay, it's old business because I brought this up before, but um some of us attended the New Jersey School Board Association workshop in Atlantic City. It was a great opportunity to attend
sessions on a variety of topics and have discussions with board members around the state. Um, in relation to that, this afternoon I received an email stating I had one a 50% off professional development session for the district
from one of the vendors. Obviously, I cannot do anything about that myself, so I will pass it down to you, Dr. Corbett. >> Excellent. >> Thank you. I can't wait. >> Hooray. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you, Mrs. Messi. Any more old
business? Any new business? Mrs. Messi. >> Okay. As a plug for the Mars County School Board Association, uh on December second, we have the three Rs. It's roles, responsibilities, and resources.
Very important for both new board members and ones who are more experienced. Um following that meeting it will be our regular meeting empowering education AI for enhanced learning and community
engagement take place on um as I said December 2nd at Montville High School. So I encourage everyone to come out to that and this is a training that our two incoming board members can attend even though they have not been sworn in yet. >> Yes. Good stuff.
>> Yeah. Just a note, whoever I don't know if we can learn to control the fans because I'm like shaking like Chihuahua during this entire meeting. It's freezing. I don't get it. Um, but also I did want to just make a comment which is kind of oldish new business. Just to thank Mr. Adams uh for what you said and and also for this document. So, thank
you so very much. I do think it's important um to collaborate and so thank you. >> Awesome. >> Is it >> any other new business? Well, since that's it and we do not have to go back into close session,
I know Mrs. Mciri's disappointed. Can I please have a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> So moved. Seconded. >> Thank you. Show hands, please. Tonight's meeting is adjourned at 8:53 p.m. Good night, Rockway Township.
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