National School Counseling Week is February 5-9. Thank you to our amazing high school counselors for everything they do for our students and school. We appreciate you!
Dive into the fascinating world of shadows! See our students explore light, shapes, and the art of shadow-making! #JustFocusonGrowing
Our students truly impressed us with their exceptional critical thinking skills as they explored and articulated various perspectives! What a debate! #JustFocusonGrowing
Brookside's 4th and 5th graders showcased their musical talents this week during our winter concert. A special thank you to our music teachers, Ms. Maresca and Mr. Douthat, for an amazing performance! #BESTatBrookside
WWRSD Special Education Parents Advisory Group (SEPAG) is hosting another virtual meeting next Wednesday, February 7th, 6pm. The NJ Dept. of Human Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities, will present "Navigating the DDD System."
This one-hour webinar will include a Q&A session and will explain the types of services, support and opportunities available after schooling ends. The DDD encourages families to start thinking about this transition around age 16 (but encourages families with any age children/young adults to attend).
Meeting link
meet.google.com/bir-hrby-qcy
Thank you Ms. Massaro for organizing our annual Friendship Fridays in February!
Fifth Grade Scientists are discovering the reaction between different materials during their study of matter.
Westwood Regional School Counseling Quarter 2 District Newsletter is available to view. You can access the newsletter either in your inbox from yesterday, on our district school counseling website or using the link copied here: https://shorturl.at/suPRZ
Our 3rd graders confidently showcased their nonfiction writing skills to their buddies! It's inspiring to witness such collaboration and creativity! Lead on JFG! #JustFocusonGrowing
And the awards keep coming for our Academic Decathlon Team (WACADECA). 2024 Region II SuperQuiz Champs, 60 awards and 5 of the top 9 students overall!!! Amazing job Coach Jim Thomas and our students! Go Cards!
Reminder in one week: Westwood Regional HS is hosting a parent program titled, "Not My Kid" which is centered around addiction and recovery on February 8 @ 6:30PM in the Hurley Theater, HS. The program is open to all district parents. See link for more information: https://speaksobriety.com/about/
Black History Month is an annual celebration of the contributions and accomplishments of Black Americans who have helped shaped our history. The 2024 theme, “African Americans and the Arts,” explores the African American influence on visual and performing arts, literature, fashion, folklore, language, film, music, architecture, culinary and other forms of cultural expression. The WWRSD celebrates Black History Month.
Proud coach, Mr. Nedilsky had a blast acknowledging our 8th grade student athletes at yesterday's game. Way to go Cardinals!
Our morning announcements have reached a whole new level of excellence with the addition of student artwork! Witness the creativity of our very own Finn Wiese (kindergarten) and Chase Rupert (2nd grade) who were featured this week! #JustFocusonGrowing.
Our kindergarten students earned their In-Class Snow Day! It was a day of hands-on winter learning fun and being a JFG Kid! #JustFocusonGrowing
We laced up our sneakers and joined hands to raise awareness for a great cause! Our Kids Heart Challenge has begun and our students are ready for some healthy activities one heartbeat at a time... no pressure 😉❤️! #JustFocusonGrowing
Our school community is amazing! Thanks to everyone's efforts, we have become a Kindness Certified School! #JustFocusonGrowing
Thank you to all our JFG families for making our recess a blast despite the weather! Check out our students getting creative, collaborating, sharing, and showing kindness! #JustFocusonGrowing
Ms. Calderón, Ms. Hughes, & Mrs. . Vélez attended PD on how to build a thinking classroom in math. Building Thinking K-12 Classrooms in Mathematics helps teachers implement 14 optimal practices for thinking that create an ideal setting for deep mathematics learning to occur.
On Wednesday, Mr.Deblasio's Honors Design Thinking class traveled to the American Dream Mall, where they created social media content to upload on their Instagram and TikTok accounts to help improve the mall's population. They separated into 5 groups and came up with an itinerary and marketing plan to produce up to 15 pieces of content to edit and upload. Their main goal is to help increase the mall's population, to attract more people through social media.
