NJ ASK Pep Rally

On January 15th, pep rallies were held for the third and fourth grade students to motivate them as they began to prepare for the NJ ASK test, which they will be taking in May. Mamta Tailor, Mentor Coordinator for the school, filmed the events. The pep rallies familiarized the third grade students with the upcoming test, elicited prior knowledge of the fourth graders who took the test last year and introduced the concept of the Interactive NJ ASK Comprehension Strategy Wall, the brainchild of Ms. Craig, Title I Reading Teacher. Ms. Cham, Title I Math Teacher, and Ms. Staples, Title I Reading Teacher, and initiator of the event, both addressed the students about the importance of preparing for the test. Ms. Schwebel, Supervisor of Language Arts Literacy, performed for the students an original Rap she wrote for them-the NJASK Rap:

The NJ ASK Rap

Listen up because here’s the tale

Of a school that just can’t fail

Not when you have kids like me

Committed to successfully

Master all our ABCs

And also our 1, 2, 3s.

Reading, Math and Writing too,

Science is something else we do

NJ ASK, watch out, we’re cool

East Orange Community Charter School!

The students enjoyed learning and performing the rap themselves, and left the room chanting the EOCCS slogan for the NJ ASK- “We’re the best-we’ll beat the test!” With this kind of energy and enthusiasm, these kids just can’t fail!

Watch the Video!