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Westwood Regional School Counseling Quarter 3 District Newsletter is available to view. You can access the newsletter on our district school counseling website or using the link copied here: https://shorturl.at/yEFV4
Thank you to our school counselors for their contributions.
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Students and families enjoyed our Welcome Back Blacktop Party sponsored by our PTO. Thank you to all families who joined the fun after school. #BESTatBrookside
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Thank you to our PTO for sponsoring our book fair! Students enjoyed shopping for books and sharing their selections with their classmates. #BestatBrookside
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What a joy it was to welcome our students and their families to our annual Open House! Thank you for visiting our classrooms, art show and book fair. We are grateful for our wonderful Brookside School family! #BESTatBrookside
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Brookside's artists shined during the art show at Open House! We loved showcasing our creativity. A special shout out to Mrs. Portelli who inspires out students everyday! #BESTatBrookside
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Congratulations to March's Caught Being Kind winners! Keep up the great work of making Brookside the best place to learn and grow each day. #BESTatBrookside
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Brookside's ML and Academic Support Team attended a workshop this week on Supporting Multilingual Learners with Dr. Lindsey Moses. We are always striving to implement best practices to meet the needs of our students. #BESTatBrookside
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We can't wait to see all of our Brookside families at our annual Open House on Thursday, April 11th from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. #BESTatBrookside
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Thank you to DP from the Harlem Wizards for the exciting assembly today! The full Harlem Wizards team will be coming to Westwood High School, hosted by Westwood Project Graduation 2025, on Sunday, April 14th at 2pm. Mr. Holl and Mr. Mandaglio will be playing! #BESTatBrookside
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Congratulations to our 1st, 2nd and 3rd grader performers! Brookside's community experienced a concert displaying months of hard work and preparation. A special thank you to our musical dream team, Ms, Maresca and Mr. Douthat! #BESTatBrookside
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A valuable resource for all is BergenResourceNet. The site is an online directory of the county's many valuable resources. It is for families in Bergen County, NJ. to use as a way to locate local resources (events, programs, webinars, services, professional development, industry news) geared toward family wellbeing. When you select News & Events, you will find a chronological listing of events to participate in for you and/or your child, in-person and/or virtually.
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Our very own Ms. Maresca was Pearl Krabs in Spongebob the Musical at the Fair Lawn Community Center over the weeknd. Two of our Brookside students happened to see the show! Congratulations to Ms. Maresca on her performance! #BESTatBrookside
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Students in Mrs. Mosery’s 3rd grade class are thrilled to be participating in their first book clubs! They have been studying characters from their stories and developing theories about them using text evidence. #BESTatBrookside
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Brookside kindergarteners set leprechaun traps on Friday in the hope of catching a leprechaun. We were close but he escaped! Wishing everyone a Happy St. Patrick's Day! #BESTatBrookside
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Brookside girl scouts celebrated earning their theater badge at the WWRSD production of Annie and even had the chance to see Ms. Morales at the show! Congratulations to our girl scouts and all of the students performing this weekend! #BESTatBrookside
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4th graders used sugar cubes as a model for rocks this week. They performed an experiment with this model to understand the process of weathering and how this process explains why rocks at the tops of mountains are jagged, while those at the bottom are rounded. #BESTatBrookside
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Brookside's entire school community enjoyed the spirit week for Read Across America! Take a look at some of the crazy hats! #BESTatBrookside
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The fun continues during Read Across America here at Brookside. Students participated in D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read) on Thursday. The whole school enjoyed time getting lost in a good book! #BESTatBrookside
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The fun continues during Read Across America here at Brookside. Students participated in D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read) on Thursday. The whole school enjoyed time getting lost in a good book! #BESTatBrookside
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Brookside students enjoyed all of our community guest readers as one of the many events taking place for Read Across America this week! Thank you for helping to foster a love of reading with our students. #BESTatBrookside