🚨 Our Lost & Found is overflowing! 🚨
Please check for any missing items before Wednesday next week—all unclaimed belongings will be donated after that. Stop by and take a look! 🧥🎒🧢 #LostAndFound #ClaimYourItems
Jack the Jackal visited OPS yesterday to promote the NJ Jackals' Read Around the Bases program! ⚾📚 Pick up the reading challenge in the main office—read, earn baseball tickets, and even run the bases! @JackalsBaseball #OPSReads #DefendtheDen #MarchIntoReading
Our 2nd-grade families got creative last week, building leprechaun traps together! 🍀✨ Unfortunately, those tricky leprechauns got away—but we had so much fun trying! #PantherPride #LeprechaunTraps #OPSCreates
Today is Archi's 6th birthday. Born on 3.14, Archi was named after Archimedes, the Greek mathematician, credited with finding the value of Pi. We are so happy to have Archi as part of our OPS family! #OPSFamilyDog #DogNotToScale #PantherPride
Yesterday’s professional development was all about learning and collaboration! 🍎✨ Staff explored AI in education and new technology tools, gaining insights from their colleagues. #LifelongLearning #EdTech #AIinEducation #OPSlearns
Thanks to the Oradell PTA and our amazing guest authors for making March Into Reading special! 📚 Julie Leung, Chad Sell, and Tracey Baptiste shared their creative process and inspired our students. #ReadAcrossAmerica #OPSReads @oradell_pta
Tickets are now on sale through the Oradell PTA! OPS is ready to take on the Harlem Wizards on April 3rd at RDHS. Don’t miss this exciting night of fun and basketball! Huge thanks to Oradell-Emerson Rotary and Oradell PTA for making it possible. #OPSvsWizards #CommunityFun
OPS was recognized as a top ten school in NJ for our Kids Heart Challenge efforts in 2025. Additionally, we have raised over $147,000 for the American Heart Association in the past five years. Special Shoutout to Mr. Kelly and Mrs. Maiella. We couldn't do it without you! #PantherProud #ThePantherWay #BigSchoolBigHeart @kidsheartchallenge
OPS's Odyssey of the Mind team is off to the State Tournament in April after placing first in their problem at the Skylands Regional Tournament today! #PantherProud #HardWorkPaysOff @njootm
It's March already? Time is flying—especially for our 6th graders! ⏳ On Thursday, they met former OPS students and faculty from RDMS for their 7th-grade orientation. Exciting adventures ahead! #OPS6thGrade #MiddleSchoolBound
Our K-6 students showcased creativity at the STEAM Fair last night, designing projects to solve real-world problems! 🎉 A special shoutout to our former OPS teachers for judging the 4-6 projects and to the PTA for sponsoring this amazing event! #OPSSTEAM #FutureInnovators
🎉🏆 Our third graders had a great time competing in the World Arcademics Cup! Staying after school to compete in the auditorium was a highlight of the day, and we are proud of their hard work and enthusiasm.
👏 Congratulations to 3Pizza for finishing 7th place in the Big Groups Category! 🎉 Plus, several of our third graders earned individual honors—way to go! Great job to all our students for showing their multiplication skills! #PantherPride #ArcademicsCup #MathChampions
Our 5th graders proudly shared their published blogs with parents on Thursday! 📝✨ Seeing their hard work and creativity come to life was exciting. 💡📖 #OPSWrites #ProudPantherPrincipal #TheWayOfThePanther
With the help of our amazing Student Government, we collected over 300 pajamas for the Pajama Project. Thank you to everyone who participated—what a cozy way to give back! 💤🎁 #PantherPower #OPSgivesback #ProudPantherPrincipal
Our kindergarteners have been showing their Panther Power for 100 days! From counting to creating, reading to writing, these little learners are 100 days smarter and ready for more adventures! 📚✏️🎨
#100DaysSmarter #PantherPower #KindergartenRocks
Friday was the kick-off of the HoOPS season with the Blue Jays, Flying Whales and Orangutans claiming victories. Thank you to the OPS alumni who returned to serve as refs and act as the panther mascot. Shout out to OPS alumna @aims_photgraphs for the photographs. And thank you to the OPS staff for being part of the opening festivities! #PantherPride #OPSTradition #WayOfThePanther
Every year, the Monday after the Super Bowl, our student government organizes "Wear a Pair . . . Share a Pair." Pajamas collected are donated to the NJ Pajama Program who provides pajamas and bedtime books for children in need throughout the state. The program is founded on the belief that changing into cozy pajamas lets you shed the stress of the day for warmth and hope. #TomorrowStartsTonight #BigSchoolBigHeart #PantherPride
The #ArcademicsCup is going on NOW! Our third graders are working hard to showcase their math fact skills and climb the leaderboard. Stay tuned to see who our OPS champions will be! 💪📚 #OPSArcademicsCup #MathMasters #PantherPride #MissionGRIT #ProudPantherPrincipal
The OPS Community congratulates Bobby and Brady on their accomplishments at RDHS. The OPS staff is proud to say we were part of your educational journey and can't wait to see what you accomplish next. Remember: You're flying high as a hawk but you have the heart of an OPS Panther!!!! #PantherPride #HardWorkPaysOff @riverdellhighschool
Shoutout to Ms. Mason and Ms. Huston for National School Counseling Week! 💛 They help our Panthers thrive—academically, personally, and as future world-changers! 🌟🐾 #NSCW2025 #WayOfThePanther #OPSstrong
