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Perfect way to end our week - with our 1st and 2nd grade students at RELAX club! @MLopusznick @SELCoachConti

Practicing teamwork with our fourth grade students @MLopusznick @SELCoachConti @A_DePasquale48

Celebrate #InternationalWomansDay by celebrating amazing role models within our Spartan Community!

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly. Trust the process.

Wow! We had an amazing Read Across America week! We dressed up and had special surprise readers, including Monmouth University Football players, OTHS students, and our 3rd grade friends! #OTESpride #SpartanLegacy #ReadAcrossAmerica

SELebrating SEL DAY with more Spartan SEL Shields! Thanks OTES & Mrs.Z for helping your art students create their shields! #SpartanLegacy #SEL #StrongEmpoweredLeaders @MLopusznick @OTES_Counselor

We started off #ReadAcrossAmerica by dressing like our favorite animals to show how wild we are about books! We also read “I’ll Wait, Mr. Panda” & “The Sour Grape”! It was a great start to the week!🐱🐶🦈🦁🦓🦄🐼🍇 #OTESPride #SpartanLegacy

March 4th is the day that reminds us to keep going, no matter what’s holding you back, as challenging as it may be, you can always March Forth!! 💪🏼🧠#resilience #perseverance #SEL #StrongEmpoweredLeaders

At OTES, we LOVE books from our HEAD to our TOES! ❤️📚🧢🧦 Tomorrow's theme: Words Are EveryWEAR! #ReadAcrossAmerica #OTESLibrary #OTESPride #SpartanLegacy

Words are everyWEAR!👕 The homemade "I Love Books" shirt is a great example of the school spirit, ingenuity, and love of reading that thrives at OTES! Tomorrow: Fancy party styles as we celebrate stories of all kinds! 📚#OTESLibrary #OTESPride #SpartanLegacy #ReadAcrossAmerica

Monmouth University football players participating in our Physical Education fun! @MLopusznick @monmouthu @MUHawksFB

🎨 Amazing mural by #MsZanecchia at OTES. Make sure to check it out right outside our wonderful Ms. Sodhi’s ESL classroom #multilingualspartans @MLopusznick @Miss_Sodhi

Love what you do! 🫶🏽 Keep building our #StrongEmpoweredLeaders!

RELAX club with our 3rd and 4th graders! So proud of these students and our amazing leaders! @MLopusznick @SELCoachConti

#SEL #connection @SELspace

@SELCoachConti Thank youuuuu ❤️❤️❤️❤️ you’re amazing!

Sooo well deserved!! Having the pleasure of sharing an office with you, I’ve learned so much & get to see 1st hand ALL that you do & how much our students love you! Thanks for being you roomie! 🫶🏼

My heart is filled with such love, especially during National School Counseling Week! Thank you so much to my students and coworkers for making me feel so special this week and always! So grateful to work at OTES ❤️ @MLopusznick @A_DePasquale48

Happy National School Counseling Week to our outstanding counselors! @MsKWeldon @MrsDKaszuba @Mr_KJackson @mrsghagerman @OTHS_Counselors

Great presentation by the American Heart Association and special thank you to Ocean Double Dutch team for coming in to jump with our students! @MLopusznick

Friday Fun with our first and second graders enjoying RELAX club! @MLopusznick @SELCoachConti