This year 33 high school students from Painting II, Drawing II, and Honors Studio Art participated in the Memory Project and created art for children living in orphanages in India. Currently, the high school gallery exhibits many of the portraits and some of the inspirational works they created. Here is a slide show and video of the complete collection. https://youtu.be/HbY4hoZcZmA
The Westwood Regional School District has been honored with the "Best Communities for Music Education" designation from The National Association of Music Merchants for its outstanding commitment to music education for the tenth consecutive year. Thank you to our amazing teachers at the high school, Mr. Pena and Mr. Fritz!
Good luck to our Academic Decathlon Team (WACADECA) competing at the Nationals in Texas at the end of this week! Go Cards!
Happy Eid! Ramadan ends after a month of fasting and prayer.
Today, seniors had an opportunity to shadow staff members. It started with a great breakfast spread for all students and staff who participated. Thank you to all our staff and the senior class for organizing the event! It was a great day!
Great program last night for students and parents run by our guidance department. How To Find Your Best Fit College, presented by Lisa Richter, Outreach Director for the Princeton review.
For students in gr 4-12: We stand silent to remember those that were killed during the Holocaust. We also stand silent to reflect on the survivors, the heroes that lived. Many who left their countries after World War II who settled around the world, many came to NJ and even to Bergen County. If we were to stand silent for every victim in the Holocaust we would stand for over 11 years! We stand to remember that prejudice can start small but turn into a great tragedy. #HolocaustRemembranceDay
Last night, the high school inducted students into the various Content Area National Honor Societies including English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Spanish, Italian, and French. Great job and congratulations to our students and thank you to our amazing staff.
Mr. Welfel’s freshmen French class had the opportunity to go outside to practice writing sentences in the past tense. Focus was made on pronunciation with a visual associated with each example. A fun way to enjoy the spring weather while using the target language.
Congratulations to our High School March Student of the Month, Anna Nooney (Grade 12), nominated by Mrs. Casey Kauffman. Great job!
Parisian, Beauty Academy a Paul, Mitchell, School visited the High School today to speak to students interested in the beauty industry. If you are interested, and was not able to attend.-reach out to Ms. Murray.
Spring in the HS courtyard!
District School Counselors meet to prepare for the spring. Also present Directors of Secondary and Elementary Education and Assistant Director of Special Services.
April is World Autism Awareness Month (aka Autism Acceptance Month), and it’s the perfect time to show our support and spread awareness.
April is #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth! Here are resources:
https://oremlibrary.org/kids/arab-american-heritage-month-4-kids
https://www.schools.nyc.gov/learning/subjects/social-studies/arab-american-heritage-month
Happy National School Librarian Day to our Media Center Specialist, Mrs. Bielen! This is her first year at Westwood Regional High School and we are lucky to have her!
The High School Honors Design Thinking Class visited the New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame. Students had the chance to work with the Director of the Museum where he presented an issue facing the Museum. Students will use what they learned in class to solve the issue over the next few weeks and will come back to present their solutions in June! Great experience for our students!
Nothing says Chemistry more than fire! In the case of Ms. McKaba's Chemistry class, the fire was used for good as the student used it to burn cheese puffs with the ultimate goal to figure out how much energy really is held in one of those delicious curls.
Yesterday, 180 of our chemistry students went to the American Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. Our students attended the space show "Worlds Beyond Earth" where students viewed spectacular scenes in deep space and learned about pivotal discoveries that have led to greater knowledge of the structure and history of the universe and our place in it. They observed exhibits in the Planetarium about galaxies, stars, planets, the moon, meteorites, and viewed a special Black Hole exhibit. In the Museum our students walked through the famous Guggenheim Hall of Minerals/elements where students observed native elements/minerals and their properties. They toured the biodiversity and environmental halls which highlighted the spectacular beauty and abundance of life on Earth. Our students were led through the Earth and Planetary Sciences Halls, Fossil Halls, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibian Halls, Human Origins and Cultural Halls, and the Grand Gallery.
High School and French exchange students went on a great trip to visit Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty last . The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France and is an iconic symbol of the US that represents the friendship between the two nations. The visit to Ellis island was a great opportunity for students to learn about the struggles that many foreigners went through to gain access to America.
