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Our High School Media Specialist collaborated with the WW & WT Librarians to sponsor a Book Tasting event. The purpose of the event was to assist students in finding an independent reading book and to inform students of the opportunities available at the municipal libraries.
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Thank you to the High School Guidance Department for hosting an informational college search and application workshop last night for Juniors and their families.
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Students in grade 4 have been hard at work building roller coasters that have enough kinetic and potential energy to allow a marble to travel through it. Check out the awesome roller coasters they created! #BESTatBrookside
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Melanie Robles is interning @ Sterling Sound Studios which produces Grammy award-winning artists. She has been working on various different aspects of their social media & marketing. She will be pursuing a degree in business with a concentration in music production/technology.
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Mr. Barbieri and fifth grade saxophone players are starting of the week with their music lessons.
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Congrats to the students who successfully auditioned for the Bergen County H.S. Choir. Mr. Fritz will be managing the ensemble for the 2023 Festival. Students (photographed left to right) include: Ella Goodman, Matthew Ryan, Anna Nooney, Reid Foley, and Mary Magliochetti.
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A special thank you to all of our amazing PTO volunteers! Students enjoyed bagels today with the support of our PTO. #BESTatBrookside
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Brookside wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! We had a few turkeys join us this morning to kick off the long weekend. #BESTatBrookside
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Students and staff helped plan for our district's future with Dr. Tracey Severns @docseverns this week! #BESTatBrookside
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Thank you to the Westwood Police Department and our Caring Cardinals who helped put together our food drive! We collected almost 1,500 items for our community! #BESTatBrookside
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First graders held their own Thanksgiving Day Parade at Berkeley School...complete with 'floats' they created.
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Fifth graders and their kindergarten buddies are grateful for their weekly time together. Gobble Gobble!
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High School students in Child Development class created a "CHALK WALK" for preschool students to have fun with while strengthening gross motor skills.
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Mr. DeBlasio’s Honors Design Thinking class visited The Prudential Center, where they received a tour of the facility & an in-depth look at the ticketing department of the NJ Devils. They accepted a challenge to develop ticket packages for the team to use in the future.
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Thank you Grade 5 Safety Patrol for helping our students each morning and afternoon!
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Our Annual Turkey and Food Drive, for the Helping Hands Food Pantry, was a success! Thank you JFG for always demonstrating kindness and helping those in need!
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Thank you to Westwood Police Officer Svenda for providing the first LEAD lesson to our fourth graders. We are looking forward to our next lesson! #BESTatBrookside
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Brookside wishes our Westwood Cardinals good luck in the Group 2 State Semifinals today! Don't worry, Mr. Mandaglio and Mr. McDermott are getting the next generation of Cardinals ready each day at recess! #BESTatBrookside
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Thank you WPD Officer Neuberger and Berkeley SLEO Officer Greg for providing our Grade 4 LEAD Program.
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Mrs. Lepore's first grade students are super excited in their new roles of being 'Word Detectives' while learning different reading strategies to read words. Today's strategy was using S L O W reading.