Rick Cohen

MHS students shared invaluable lessons to new teachers in Metuchen on Great Teaching in Metuchen. So many pearls of wisdom from students on the Do’s and Don’ts of teaching all students today. Thank you Catherine, Eva, Carol, Theo, Arjun, Mason and Alyssa.

Moss School in Metuchen.

Scenes from Moss School kindergarten graduation.

Moss School wins 4 prestigious awards this year! National School of Character, 2 National Promising Practice Awards for Embedding Coping Skills through Structured SELf-questioning & Student-driven Service Learning and NJ State School of character. @CharacterDotOrg @MSD_Caputo

Metuchen teachers and admin leading leaders when it comes to best practices of SECD at the NJASECD conference. 3 different workshops led by Metuchen. Thank you Brooke Kirschner, Lindsay Omark, Jenny Pasquale, Karen Calantoni, Kelsee Young and Katie McKenna. Go bulldogs!

Go Moss School! NJ School of Character 2018 and 2023. Thanks to all the Moss staff, Superintendent Dr. Caputo and Metuchen Board for serving as great role models of character and the Moss School values of honesty, empathy, respect, perseverance and response-ability. @MSD_Caputo

Sorry but the Moss PTO is better than your PTO. Thursday - Book Swap Friday - Spring Extravaganza and snacks for all Monday - staff appreciation luncheon and whole school grounds decoration Thank you Lauren Carpentieri, Whitney, Kim, Jackie and all Moss PTO parents #bestptoever

A team of five Metuchen HS students competed in the NJ Envirothon today. They received a plaque for the highest score in the team presentation category. They scored 5th place overall. Despite the wet weather, they had a great time at the event. Congratulations team! @MetuchenStem

Truly Breaking the Chain Through Education by MHS BTCE students teaching our Moss students about the students in Ghana they support, brainstorming ways to help others and best of all, that it feels good to do good for others. Thanks Evan Robbins and BTCE teach our Moss students.

Morning meeting fun— Ss role played a classroom problem & we used our 4 square problem solving tool to brainstorm strategies for improvement. Ss asked if we could do this everyday! #onemetuchen

Thank you Sally Frishberg for telling our Edgar 5th grade students, staff and community stories of the Holocaust that must always be told to the next generation.

Metuchen High School students Ashvin, Jared and Sid presenting to packed house at NJASCD Whole Child Conference about their “mental health version of Chat-GPT” they created called Myndful.

Beautiful gift from Moss School children to the Asian Heritage Club. Thank you! @CarolCgaffney @mef08840 @RickCohenMSD

Today is national #SELDay! Let's not forget the positive impact social and emotional learning has on academic performance.

@ces_music @ajayeart @MHSPorowski @MSD_Caputo @drcostanza_CES @MHS_Orchestras @EMS_Guitar @PrideOfMetuchen @CES_AP_Kirsch @MrFlynnCESBand Love it!

MHS Ss at Campbell for Safety & Science so naturally I had some hs violinists stop in to work w/ our Violin Ss. Collaboration at its finest @ajayeart @MHSPorowski @MSD_Caputo @drcostanza_CES @MHS_Orchestras @EMS_Guitar @PrideOfMetuchen @CES_AP_Kirsch @MrFlynnCESBand @RickCohenMSD

@SECD_MSD @TaylorEdLead @MSD_Caputo @drcostanza_CES @CES_AP_Kirsch @CES_Levin2Teach Wow! What a power packed podcast with invaluable perspectives and teachings on how to get SEL going - for ourselves, for our classrooms, our schools, districts and beyond. Thank you Dr. Taylor and Martin Blank for this wisdom!

SPECIAL EDUCATORS EDITION: Listen to "Implementing SEL around NJ" with @TaylorEdLead and Martin Blank discuss starting SEL within your district podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/secd-… @MSD_Caputo @drcostanza_CES @CES_AP_Kirsch @CES_Levin2Teach @RickCohenMSD

So much fun with SEL at Moss School. Kids are learning lots of ways to self-manage their emotions and feel joy through movement and art. Even better when the lessons are taught by Moss parents! Thank you Whitney Guhin, Lauren Carpentieri, Kim Ryder and Jackie Raviola.

Go! Go! Go MHS Ensemble Go! Thanks @ajayeart @PrideOfMetuchen @MHS_Orchestras @MetuchenJazz @Metuchenvocalm1 @MetuchenMmedo