Thursday, June 13, 2013
World Languages embark on a week long study of Salvador Dali.
Diana Rieder and Marta Mayer, River Dell Middle School World Languages teachers, wanted to teach Spanish culture in a way that fused Spanish language with art and science to engage their seventh and eigth grade students and get them to look at the world around them in a different way. Rieder and Mayer chose Surrealist painter, Salvador Dali, as the artist to introduce to the students. By using books, paintings, film and video, Rieder and Mayer introduced students to the world of surrealism as expressed by Dali. According to Rieder, Dali's work reflected the time in which he lived--a time in which scientific discovery and space exploration were prominantly featured in everyone's imagination and infused by Dali into his work. Students were…
Thursday, May 30, 2013
North Jersey Spelling Bee champ makes it to the nationals.
Indrani Das, an Oradell resident and eighth-grader from River Dell Middle School who made it to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, was eliminated after successfully completing the second and third rounds, Assistant Principal Michael Giorgio told Patch. After reaching the final seven competitors in 2012 at the North Jersey Spelling Bee competition, Das claimed the title of North Jersey's top speller in March, advancing her to the nationals. Indrani spelled all but four words correctly, but did not score enough points to push her into one of the the top 41 spots for Thursday's semifinals. School officials said that Indrani was just two points shy of reaching the semifinals. "She needed 32 points to advance to the semi-finals and she just …
Thursday, May 23, 2013
River Edge and Oradell Police Departments join forces to offer the first-ever Junior Police Academy.
Chief Tom Cariddi of the River Edge Police Department announced that the River Edge and Oradell police departments are combining forces and resources to offer its first-ever Junior Police Academy this summer. This just may be the perfect way to get those hard to please tweens and teens unplugged and outside keeping them occupied for a few days this summer. The junior cadets will partake in physical fitness daily, learn about the police department, participate in demonstrations, go on field trips and more. "The goal of our Junior Police Academy is to create an environment where students learn respect, discipline, team work, motivation and dedication," Cariddi said. "We want to instill them with confidence and build self-esteem while giving …
Friday, March 22, 2013
Oradell eighth grader, Indrani Das, won the North Jersey Spelling Bee competition on Thursday.
After reaching the final seven competitors in 2012 at the North Jersey Spelling Bee competition, Oradell resident and River Dell Middle School student Indrani Das returned on Thursday at the annual event and claimed the title of North Jersey's top speller. The eighth grader won the title after correctly spelling "thalassic" which refers to smaller bodies of water such as a sea or gulfs as opposed to a larger ocean. "Indrani told us that she had just read the word in her science textbook," Superintendent Patrick Fletcher said. "It was word number 192 of the evening. The trophy is being sent out for engraving and once that is done, it will be delivered to RDMS for us to keep on display for awhile." The Spelling Bee, held at Bergen Community…
Thursday, January 10, 2013
John Halligan recently spoke to eighth grade students about how bullying led his son Ryan to commit suicide at 13
A decade has passed for John Halligan since his 13-year-old son Ryan committed suicide after being subjected to years of cyberbullying and bullying in school. On Wednesday, Halligan spent the morning with eighth grade students from River Dell Middle School and St. Peter's Academy talking about Ryan, the impact of bullying and teen suicide. "This is a powerful presentation and it's something we hope resonates with students whether it's today, tomorrow, three months or three years from now," middle school principal Richard Freedman said. The younger Halligan had been bullied by a group of peers from fifth grade through the start of eighth grade at a Vermont middle school due to a learning disability, his lack of athletic ability, an interest…
Monday, January 7, 2013
John Halligan will present his story about bullying and teen suicide to River Dell students in the morning
A decade has passed for John Halligan since his 13-year-old son Ryan committed suicide after being subjected to years of both cyberbullying and bullying in school. On Wednesday morning, Halligan will spend 90 minutes with River Dell Middle School students talking about Ryan, bullying and indentifying signs of depression and suicide in their peers. The student presentation will begin with a short video collection of home movie clips and pictures of Ryan. Halligan will relate Ryan's story and what led up to his suicide while offering students a families perspective of having a child who is a victimof bullying and cyber bullying. Students will also learn about the signs and risk of teenage suicide and how best to help a friend, ask questions …
Thursday, August 16, 2012
The district will also celebrate the Field House's Grand Opening this fall and welcome a new boys soccer coach
The new school year is just around the corner for students at the River Dell Regional district and each grade level will be greeted by a variety of new upgrades and changes. High School Similar to many other districts, River Dell will begin transitioning from the New Jersey core curriculum standards to the national common core standards. The national standards primary goal is to make sure that all students receive the best possible education rather than the previous state standards which differed from one state to another. So far, only the new content requirements for K–12 in English language arts and mathematics have been released, although new standards for science and social studies are in the works. Until the new science standards are …
Saturday, March 24, 2012
This semester, English students at the Regional Middle School were required to read the Hunger Games
As the authoritarian government of Panem sends Katniss Evergreen and Peeta Mellark into the Hunger Games to represent District 12, River Dell Middle School eighth graders will be cheering on the pair as the film adaption takes to the big screen at AMC Garden State Mall theatre. "The book was required reading as a whole class novel," English teacher Susan Keitel said. "Everyone loved this book and we are counting down the hours until the movie!" Prior to heading to the theatre, all of the 285 students in the eighth grade English classes decorated their own t-shirts to show off their loyalty for Katniss, Peeta and the rest of the tributes from Distrcit 1 through 11. The "Hunger Games" film is based on the bestselling book by American author …
Friday, March 23, 2012
Bee part of "Cake Boss" Episode
A River Dell student made it to the final seven at the North Jersey Spelling Bee at Bergen Community College on Thursday. The Regional district representative Indrani Das reached the seventh round before misspelling the word Edaphic. Edaphic is a nature related to soil where its qualities may characterize the soil itself, including drainage, texture, or chemical properties such as pH, according to Wikipedia. A student from Haverstraw Middle School, Sanjana Mohan Malla, won the competition, spelling "tromometer," an instrument used for measuring or detecting minute earth tremors, according to Merriam-Webster. She received a laptop, a $1,000 scholarship and advanced to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The competition was…
Indrani Das
12:25 pm on Sunday, March 24, 2013
Thank you so much, Mrs. Boyd! And a special congratulations to Ethan. Fourth place is absolutely wonderful, especially fifth grade! I wish him the best of luck in next year's bee! more ›