Spring Lake Borough BOE - H.W. Mountz School

Mountz Students Lead the Way in Digital Citizenship

At HW Mountz, students are learning what it means to be smart, safe, and kind online as part of our schoolwide focus on digital citizenship. Our K–2 students explored how to protect personal information, make thoughtful choices when using technology, and show kindness in online spaces. Their classwork highlights the importance of being responsible digital citizens, even at a young age. The highlight of our DC lesson was when the students and Miss Ping created a rap, sharing how to be safe online!

Taking this initiative a step further, our seventh-grade students became digital role models by creating educational flyers and videos for peers in grades K–2, 3–5, and 6–8. The students wrote their own scripts, filmed and edited the videos, and designed flyers featuring QR codes that link directly to their final projects. Each flyer includes age-appropriate tips and information about online safety and positive digital behavior.

Together, our students are showing that good digital citizenship starts with being smart, safe, and kind—both online and off.

Mountz Welcomes Ms. Sweeny
Our new supervisor, Ms. Sweeny, has been warmly welcomed into the Mountz Family. Ms. Sweeny has had a lot of exposure to the parents from back-to-school night and PTA meetings and has complimented all the students on how wonderful they are. Ms. Sweeny knows from experience that it is hard to work on a computer all day, and something she has done to change the school has been working with Mr. Russo and Dr. Lavalva to have kids spend less time on screens and more time doing hands-on learning.
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Welcome Mr. Russo
Our new principal, Mr. Russo, has been welcomed with open arms! He’s really happy to be here and excited to get to know all the students, parents, and teachers. One challenge he’s had so far is learning everyone’s names — there are a lot of us! Mr. Russo loves spending time with students during lunch and recess, and he enjoys visiting classrooms to see all the awesome learning that’s happening. He’s also been working with Mrs. Sweeny and Dr. Lavalva to help improve our school’s screen time guidelines.

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H.W. Mountz Grows Roots for New Trees!
The Shade Tree Committee had an idea that is called Canopy 2050, the goal is to plant as many trees as possible around the school.
The trees around Mountz are all dying, and we have to remove them because they can break during heavy storms and are invasive to our environment.
With a new grant called Trees for Schools, we are going to receive help getting 16 new trees. Mr. Brash, a local Arborist will help us pick the right trees for our climate and then work with us keeping them healthy.
You can learn more by going to springlakeburrow.org/boards/tree

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