Save the Date: “Parent's Guide to Growth Mindset” Please join us to learn strategies to understand, develop, and promote a growth mindset for yourself and your children. Care Plus clinicians will teach effective communication strategies and coping skills to help you support your child. During this presentation, you will learn how to approach your child mindfully and decrease conflict in setting expectations and helping your child succeed.
In 6th grade science, students have been exploring weather and climate. These photos are from a recent lab where students investigated heating and cooling of water and sand including the similarities and differences related to the heating and cooling of these earth materials.
Brookside's 4th graders launched their new reading unit by experiencing a classroom transformation into StarBOOKS! A special thank you to Westwood's Starbucks for providing the cups and bags to complete the transformation. #BESTatBrookside
Engineering students explored the world of Architecture by creating scaled models of their dream bedrooms. Students are gaining experience in measurement, scaling, documentation, and collaboration. Each room is different as we can see our students’ creativity shining through!
In Mrs. Schama's 8th grade Science class students experimented with electromagnetic fields. Students used a capacitor to build a circuit and then tested the effects of coil density and voltage in an electromagnetic field. The results were shocking!
Congratulations to TV/FILM students Emma Lagatol, Dylan Torrento & Hayden Bernstein!!! Their documentary ‘Generations Of Homemade Happiness’ was chosen to be screened at the Garden State Film Festival on March 23rd. Go Cards!!! For tickets go to www.gsff.org
Thank you to our middle school musicians who opened up yesterday's basketball game with a beautiful performance of the National Anthem! What a special enhancement to our already fabulous athletic events!
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/
Brookside's 4th graders learned all about fractions! Students used pattern blocks to build different shapes and visualize different fractions. Then they used fraction dice to practice multiplying to create equivalent fractions. Fractions aren’t so scary! #BESTatBrookside
Brookside's first graders were hard at work this morning learning how to skip count by tens. Mrs. Jones incorporates math rotations into her daily instruction. #BESTatBrookside
Thank you to Brookside's PTO for sponsoring The Great Kindness Quest assembly to kick off our upcoming Kindness Week. What's better than glow sticks, a light show and an important message about kindness? Don't forget to wear your PJs tomorrow for Kindness Week! #BESTatBrookside
Brookside's 2nd graders studied properties of insulators and conductors this week! Hands on learning at its best! #BESTatBrookside
Maintaining student engagement and excitement for learning is the JFG way! Only Spiderman can give our students the superpowers they need to be great readers! #JustFocusonGrowing
Delayed openings and an early dismissal didn't stop our Cardinals from leading their learning this week! Always stepping up with confidence to share what they know! #JustFocusonGrowing #oneproudprincipal
High School Students: College Fair at Bergenfield High School on February 28, 2024 See flier for details and visit www.bergenfield.org for more information.
In light of the current weather predictions and with the safety of our staff and students in mind, Westwood Regional Schools will have an early dismissal scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, January 19, 2024. The district will continue to monitor the storm’s progress throughout the night. If we feel a closure is necessary due to a change of the storm’s pattern, we will notify everyone by 6:30 a.m. The dismissal schedule is as follows: Pre-School will be dismissed at 12:05 p.m., Grades K-5 will be dismissed at 12:50 p.m., Middle School will be dismissed at 12:36 p.m., and High School students will be dismissed at 12:11 p.m.
The Great Kindness Challenge is a proactive and positive bullying prevention initiative that improves school climate and increases student engagement. The Great Kindness Challenge will begin on January 22-January 26, 2024. School specific fliers will follow.
We enjoyed a fun game of 'Connect Four' during Multi Language Learners Class while reinforcing a variety of irregular verbs. Thank you Ms. Astudillo!
Our kindergarten superstars are diving into counting numbers and sequencing! Their numerical creativity and collaboration were awesome! Keep up the fantastic work little mathematicians! #JustFocusonGrowing
Small group instruction allows us to tailor lessons to our students' needs, fostering better understanding, personalized attention, and a supportive learning environment! Our co-teaching journey continues... #JustFocusonGrowing
