Brookside Physical Education and Health Teacher, Mr. Holl, kicked off The Great Body Shop lessons this week! Kindergarten students worked on making healthy food choices, and identifying which choices would be considered unhealthy!
Kindergarteners start each day with their morning meeting and prepare for a day of learning.
Please check out our New Feature: Faces of Brookside! This month we feature our Specialists and Therapists! https://www.smore.com/kas24
Brookside Firsties "Snow" their Fact Families!
Thank you to the BCPO for an excellent presentation today on internet safety. They covered ways to help students keep themselves and their friends safe, and being kind online. More presentations tomorrow!
Mrs. Maul and Mr. Krebs' Physics class working on their "Force Exerted by the Earth" lab. Various objects were dropped from a designated height and observations were made about the rate at which they fell.
Mrs. Brazofsky's Child Development class created a "mega chalk walk" for preschool students to get outdoors and practice working on their gross motor skills.!
Congratulations to the High School November Student of the Month, RJ Ussher, nominated by Ms. Julia Palozzola! Great job RJ!
Adian Sangastiano is a senior participant in our Work-Based Learning Program. He is interning at Paramus Medical & Sports Rehabilitation Center and is working alongside the physical therapists participating in daily activities.
Painting II student Neta Nemesh journeys to Bryce National Park through her painting. She was inspired by a family trip where she explored the country in an RV. Great job, so much talent!
The Health and Wellness Club at the high school had a cereal drive to donate to the Mercy House in Hackensack for those in need. Thank you all who donated!
Happy Wellness Wednesday to all! Using different body and breath movements can help us in many ways to help regulate our bodies and minds.
Westwood High School was awarded first place in the High School Safety Awards - 99% of our students wore their seatbelts! Way to go!
Pat Verile, Berkeley College Representative, spoke to the HS finance classes. He delivered an informative presentation on banking, economics, & artificial intelligences, intertwining examples of real life experiences to further engage students to pursue careers in finance /IT.
The Holiday Season is upon us; thank you Berkeley PSO for the return of our annual Holiday Shop.
The challenges of the past two years opened many doors! As a school community JFG enjoyed a virtual game of "Thankful BINGO!" We were able to be in multiple classrooms at once while listening to the in person excitement and laughter echoing throughout our halls! So fun!
Mrs. Hartwick's Biology class using bubbles to mimic the properties of the cell membrane.
5-A Worked to complete their investigation of Transport Systems by building a model of the circulatory system using Two plastic-bottle heart shaped chambers with rubber stoppers, one to represent the right side of the heart and one to represent the left side of the heart!
Please continue to donate items and food to help everyone enjoy the holiday seasons. the Diaper Drive, Food Drive, and Toys for Tots collection boxes are outside for two more days. Thank you to all!
JFG students are caught self reflecting, "What brings you joy this time of year?" Our walls are proud to speak of all the things that bring our students and families joy. Stay tuned for more!
