Brookside's last day of school! We will miss you! Have a great summer!#BESTatBrookside
Brookside 5th graders enjoyed an end of year celebration! Thank you to our 5th grade PTO committee for all your hard work! #BESTatBrookside
Congratulations to our 5th graders! We are so proud of you. Enjoy middle school and come back to visit soon! #BESTatBrookside
Congratulations Mrs. Woznicki on your retirement! Brookside's staff, students and community will miss you greatly. #BESTatBrookside




Our kindergarteners are ready for 1st grade! We are so proud of you! #BESTatBrookside
5th grade students worked together to design and paint ceiling tiles for the Hackensack Hospital Same Day Surgery Unit. These tiles were made to enhance the patients experience. Thank you, Mrs. Portelli for leading this project! #BESTatBrookside

Brookside's annual field day was a huge success! Students, staff and parents enjoyed a day of fun together to wrap up the 23-24 school year! Thank you Mr. Holl and Mr. Rattacasa and our PTO for the BEST day! BESTatBrookside
We are so excited for Mrs. Acosta to welcome her baby boy this summer! A special thank you to the class parents who arranged this sweet baby shower in her honor! #BESTatBrookside


A huge congratulations to all of the wonderful educators honored at our last board meeting. Ms. Iozzia, Mrs. James and Mrs. Keahon were honored as our teacher/education specialists of the year recipients and Mrs. Oldak celebrated her 25th year of teaching! #BESTatBrookside




Brookside is LOVING our repainted benches from the PTO! Thank you to our beautification committee for another completed project helping to make Brookside look its best! #BESTatBrookside




Brookside's 4th graders celebrated the culmination of their LEAD program with an afternoon filled with fun sponsored by the Westwood Police Department. A huge thank you to Officer Svenda for teaching us all year long! #BESTatBrookside
Congratulations to our Caught Being Kind May winners! We are so proud of the choices you are making that help make Brookside the best place to learn and grow! #BESTatBrookside

Congratulations to the many students, staff, and parent organizations who were recognized at the June 13, 2024 Board of Education meeting for various awards, accomplishments, and dedicated service and contributions to the district!

Our 4th and 5th graders put on a wonderful spring concert this past week! Thank you to Ms. Maresca and Mr. Douthat for leading our musicians. #BESTatBrookside
Both the Westwood Police and Ambulance made special drop offs this week! We are so lucky to have such amazing community helpers. #BESTatBrookside

Our future kindergarteners visited Brookside and we can't wait for them to start in September! Welcome to our school family Class of 2037! #BESTatBrookside
Brookside Bash Principal for the Day winner, Shea assisted Ms. Hughes all day long on Thursday! He did a great job! #BESTatBrookside

Patients at Hackensack Hospital will enjoy art and motivational messages from our 5th graders. Thank you to Mrs. Portelli for organizing this ceiling tile project. #BESTatBrookside

Our third graders took their learning outdoors at Tenafly Nature Center for their field trip. #BESTatBrookside
The Brookside community is invited to join Celebrate Westwood ArtsHub to welcome art created by Mrs. Portelli's 5th graders at Brookside Elementary School to the Westwood Public Library. It is located in the upstairs meeting room from May 17th - June 17th! #BESTatBrookside

