Reading-Fleming Intermediate School (5-6)
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RFIS is proud to share that Ms. Caitlin D'Armiento will join Reading-Fleming Intermediate School as an Assistant Principal, effective August 24.
Ms. D'Armiento comes from Somerset Intermediate School in North Plainfield, where she has served as a 5th-grade teacher since 2014. Throughout her 15 years in education, she has demonstrated strong leadership through a variety of roles, including team leader, school-based planning team member, mentor teacher, and curriculum leader. Ms. D'Armiento also holds certifications as a School Administrator, Principal, Supervisor, K–6 Teacher, K–12 English Teacher, 5–8 Mathematics Teacher, ESL Teacher, Reading Specialist, and Sheltered Instruction Teacher.
Ms. D'Armiento impressed the hiring committee with her commitment to students, collaborative leadership style, and strong instructional background. Her experience supporting school climate initiatives, leading schoolwide programs, and working closely with students and staff demonstrates her ability to build positive relationships while maintaining high expectations. She is a thoughtful educator who values student growth, supports her colleagues, and approaches challenges with professionalism and care.
Please welcome Ms. D’Armiento to the RFIS Husky learning community. We look forward to having her join our dynamic leadership team.
Ms. D'Armiento comes from Somerset Intermediate School in North Plainfield, where she has served as a 5th-grade teacher since 2014. Throughout her 15 years in education, she has demonstrated strong leadership through a variety of roles, including team leader, school-based planning team member, mentor teacher, and curriculum leader. Ms. D'Armiento also holds certifications as a School Administrator, Principal, Supervisor, K–6 Teacher, K–12 English Teacher, 5–8 Mathematics Teacher, ESL Teacher, Reading Specialist, and Sheltered Instruction Teacher.
Ms. D'Armiento impressed the hiring committee with her commitment to students, collaborative leadership style, and strong instructional background. Her experience supporting school climate initiatives, leading schoolwide programs, and working closely with students and staff demonstrates her ability to build positive relationships while maintaining high expectations. She is a thoughtful educator who values student growth, supports her colleagues, and approaches challenges with professionalism and care.
Please welcome Ms. D’Armiento to the RFIS Husky learning community. We look forward to having her join our dynamic leadership team.
Happy Last Day ~~~ Hooray! Please click to view our end-of-year Headlines & Virtual Backpack.
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Wishing all of our graduating 8th Graders the best of luck at Promotion tonight.
Have a safe and joyful summer, FRSD!
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Pollinator Garden Awareness & Advocacy -- Deputy Commissioner Director Kuhl toured the RFIS pollinator garden with the school's Garden Club and Garden Steward and Board of Education member, Julia Whitley. The County Commissioners were invited to the RFIS garden to raise awareness of Monarch butterflies as part of their effort to receive their third New Jersey Audubon Green Flag, the highest level of sustainability efforts in the ECO Schools program. The students shared that although they participate in several efforts to promote biodiversity and raise awareness, one task they needed the Commissioners and other local leaders help with is raising awareness about the importance of pollinators including Monarch butterflies.
During the tour the students shared with Commissioner Director Kuhls many attributes of the garden and the sustainability projects they are involved with in and outside the school building. They also shared their research on reducing pesticides, setting a late Spring start date for landscapers to use blowers, community trash clean up days, and how to incorporate native plants in the unfinished green wall on the Flemington circle. The students also made sure to ask him to sign the National Wildlife Federations Mayors’ Monarch pledge supporting Monarchs and pollinators.
A monarch butterfly fluttered through the milkweed and coneflowers, during the tour, showing its support and appreciation for the students' efforts to grow and protect more habitat. Way to go, Huskies!
During the tour the students shared with Commissioner Director Kuhls many attributes of the garden and the sustainability projects they are involved with in and outside the school building. They also shared their research on reducing pesticides, setting a late Spring start date for landscapers to use blowers, community trash clean up days, and how to incorporate native plants in the unfinished green wall on the Flemington circle. The students also made sure to ask him to sign the National Wildlife Federations Mayors’ Monarch pledge supporting Monarchs and pollinators.
A monarch butterfly fluttered through the milkweed and coneflowers, during the tour, showing its support and appreciation for the students' efforts to grow and protect more habitat. Way to go, Huskies!
Reading-Fleming Intermediate School welcomed students, families, and staff for a very successful Family Makers Night & Art Show. The event transformed the school into a vibrant showcase of creativity, innovation, and hands-on learning, featuring student artwork, STEM and technology projects, interactive “make and take” stations, robotics, digital design, stop-motion animation, pottery demonstrations, and more. Families explored student-created video games, 3D sculpture challenges, coding activities, and collaborative art experiences while celebrating the incredible talents of RFIS students. The evening highlighted the power of creativity, problem-solving, and community engagement, and provided a memorable opportunity for families to learn and create together. Spectacular and creative student artwork was also on display.
Be sure to check our FRSD Community Virtual Backpack for the latest events and activities throughout our area. If you are a non-profit organization looking to promoted upcoming events, send a flyer to laura.bruhn@frsd.us. Find the Community Virtual Backpack here: https://www.frsd.us/documents/community/community-virtual-backpack/807468.
RFIS Students Celebrate Culmination of Trout in the Classroom Program with Release into Raritan River
Under the supervision of Hunterdon County park rangers, approximately a dozen students, along with their parents and teacher Lisa Coster, released more than 70, 3–5 inch rainbow trout into the South Branch of the Raritan River South Branch at Sunnyside Park. The release marked the culminating activity of the Trout in the Classroom (TIC) program, an interdisciplinary, science-based conservation education initiative.
The program was supported by a grant from Sustainable Jersey and engaged 6th-graders from Reading-Fleming Intermediate School. Over the past seven months, students observed the development of approximately 250 rainbow trout hatched from the Pequest Trout Hatchery, while studying the importance of cold, clean water for aquatic ecosystems and human communities.
Throughout the program, students participated in a range of cross-curricular activities spanning science, mathematics, language arts, technology, art, music, and reading. Activities included conducting water chemistry tests, maintaining tank conditions, studying ecosystems and runoff, and corresponding with peer classrooms across the country through pen pal exchanges.
One trout, affectionately named “Pikachu” for its smaller size and distinctive tail shape, became a student favorite. Through pen pal correspondence, students also learned about another classroom fish known as “W,” noted for its unusual body shape, prompting discussions and hypotheses about environmental and developmental variation among fish.
Mrs. Coster emphasized the program’s educational impact, stating: “Our hope is that by caring for and learning from the trout, our students will gain yet another hands-on learning experience to make them better environmentally conscious stewards.”
Student artwork also played a prominent role in the program. Student Inde Yan Jr. contributed original illustrations depicting the trout and classroom experiences. Yan, who immigrated from the Philippines in 2024, shared that art has long been central to his life and learning journey. His work was later enlarged into posters and displayed at both the school’s Earth Day celebration and the Raritan Township Green Fair earlier this spring.
The TIC program experience has inspired plans for continued student engagement, including the development of a digital book compiling selected pen pal correspondence and student artwork as a commemorative record of the inaugural program. The Trout in the Classroom initiative is expected to continue next school year.
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Click to view this week's Headlines and Virtual Backpack: https://app.smore.com/n/g12ek. We wish all students, families and staff a safe and happy holiday weekend.
Our FRSD mobile app has been updated! It’s now easier to use, faster to navigate, and designed to keep families and staff better connected. Stay up to date with the latest school information through live feeds, news, events, and important documents. If you already have the app, open it to explore the new design. If you don’t have it yet, download it from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
The Flemington-Raritan Regional School District will be closed on Monday, May 25, for Memorial Day.
Congratulations to RFIS student J. Ford Whitley on receiving the Hunterdon County Library Association Enthusiastic Reader Award! 📚👏 We are proud of Ford’s love of reading and this outstanding achievement!
Click to view this week's Headlines and Virtual Backpack: https://app.smore.com/n/06c3u. Wishing all Color Run participants a safe and fun time... thank you, volunteers!
Our school nurses are an essential part of our learning community, providing expert care and support to our students and staff each day. On this School Nurse Appreciation Day, we thank them for their steadfast dedication and for keeping our students safe, healthy, and ready to learn.
Teacher Appreciation Week is in full swing! We're so grateful for our dedicated and caring educators who inspire and empower our students every day, creating a positive and supportive learning environment where curiosity grows and futures take shape. Thank you for making a difference in so many lives!
May 14 and May 15 -- Color Run Registration Packet Pick Up -- Get ready for May 17th!
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