Everyone Belongs! Grade 5 students learn and understand different ways we are similar and ways we are different throughout the year. Since December is Disability Awareness Month, students learned how and why Braille is used and practiced writing their name.
Kindergartners work hard on letter matching with multisensory learning opportunities in Ms. Lam's class. #BESTatBrookside
Now entering the tank! WRMS 2nd Business Fair is in full effect! Best of luck to our upcoming entrepreneurs. Thank you to Mr. Baez, Ms. Buonforte, and Mr. Collier.
Ms. Kemple’s AP Biology class learning animal behaviors using Pill bugs and different stimuli.
Michael on the Mantle starts Monday for all Berkeley Staff!
Ms. Candusso’s Kindergarteners have been learning about weather. Students had a great time completing a weather word scavenger hunt! #BESTatBrookside
Maribel, a senior at WRHS, is participating in the Work Based Learning Program and shadowing Mrs. Le Parc, her former ESL teacher at Brookside. This firsthand experience serves as a powerful stepping stone in her journey toward becoming an ESL teacher. #BESTatBrookside
1st Graders are practicing listening for the correct short vowel sounds while using vowel sticks to name the vowel and its sound with Mrs. Keahon. Way to work hard! #BESTatBrookside
Mrs. Mosery’s 3rd graders are working hard as mystery detectives and writers of opinion essays. They're making predictions, timelines, and solving mysteries. They're also formulating opinions with reasons. These reading and writing units are always a blast! #BESTatBrookside
It was a pasta party lunch today! Our students witnessed how pasta is freshly made and enjoyed it as their Tuesday lunch! Thank you, Pomptonian Food Service for such a great experience! #JustFocusonGrowing
Ms. Brown turned into a superhero today and activated all her students' "Super Reading Powers!" Making reading come to life provides opportunities to #JustFocusonGrowing
Thank you BC Women in Educational Leadership @bcwiel & Ramapo College @RamapoCollegeNJ for this morning's conference. It is important to remember, like a lotus flower, that beauty/growth is possible even in dark places and you have the ability to overcome adversity/challenges.
Thank you, Nina Vindigni, Gina Gramuglia, and all our volunteers for making the 2023 Holiday Shop a success! The smiles on our students' faces define their amazing shopping experience! #JustFocusonGrowing
Mrs. Oldak’s Kindergarteners had so much fun going on a leaf collecting walk to culminate our science unit on trees. We found so many types of leaves. We then had so much fun sorting them in many different ways…like by color, by shape, and by size. #BESTatBrookside
Thank you to the organizers of the "Home for the Holidays Parade" for inviting the middle school girls' soccer team to participate. They have brought so much pride to the community! Thank you everyone for your support!
Chloe Wozny is participating in our Work Based Learning Program. As part of the program, she assisted in 1st grade with Ms. Mazanec at George School. Chloe is pursuing a degree in elementary education. Great experience!
Thank you Ms. Curran and Berkeley PSO for keeping up with the change of seasons and helping make our school look great!
The WRHS World Language Dept attended the part two workshop with Dr. Goebel, Ms. Calderon, and Mr. Kenduck on how to model output activities at any level. With special emphasis given to the role of input, the critical element in language acquisition, this follow-up workshop explored output, the other side of the equation!
Mr. Hackbarth and his doppelganger, Ryan Reynolds! Ryan helped teach geography today!
Thank you to our PSO who provided a "mini-grant" which Ms. Fabrocini used to purchase Ubuntu cards for our advisory program. These cards encourage students to interact and make connections. There are many more mini grants we look forward to posting about! Thank you, PSO!
