Look what's growing in our student garden at Brookside! This week we have radishes and lettuce. Yum! Stay tuned to see what we harvest next.
Our custodians are hard at work getting Brookside ready for the new school year! We can't wait to have our staff and students back!
The 5th graders at Brookside are having a blast at their end of the year party! A perfect day for some fun in the sun.
Brookside 5th graders visited the HealthBarn to participate in a hands-on learning experience on incorporating healthy behaviors such as eating nutritional foods.
A HUGE shoutout to Ms. Yoo and Mr. Barbieri for putting on a fantastic grades 1-3 vocal and recorder concert at Brookside this morning!! Thank you to all the family members who came to attend this special day. @MsYooMusic
Lots of fun stuff going on today at Brookside between the Science Fair and students planting their seedlings in our garden!
Congratulations to Hadley in Kindergarten for raising $541 for our Kids Heart Challenge at Brookside School! We're so proud of you!
The beautification project continues at Brookside School with the help of Girl Scout troop 97601 and the Girls on the Run group. They planted flowers by our picnic tables and front door. Thanks so much!
Brookside Kindergarteners learned all about different community helpers and explored their super cool vehicles! Thank you to all the members of the fire dept, police dept, DPW, EMS, BC Mobile Communications, Councilwoman Dell and Mrs. Hanlon, our local crossing guard!
Happy Mother's Day from Brookside School!
Recently, Westwood Girl Scout Troop 98370 completed some beautification work at Brookside School! The girls cleaned up weeds and cleared the front garden beds. They also planted many flowers to make the front look fantastic!
Brookside English Language Learners took a recent trip over to the Westwood Public Library. They learned all about how the library operates and all the various ways the library serves our community!
Westwood Regional School District has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education.
To recognize the significant role assistant principals (APs) play in the overall academic achievement of students, NAESP celebrates National Assistant Principals Week (AP Week), April 4-8, 2022. Thank you to our Shared Elementary AP Mrs. Loor!
High School student Olivia Larsen was accepted into Harvard University! Congratulations!
All high school students in grades 9-12 will attend a workshop presented by members of a non-profit organization called Alumni in Recovery. Alumni in Recovery is composed of young adults who are living in recovery and abstinent from all drugs and alcohol. This wonderful organization strives to heighten awareness, hope, and resources for local communities by sharing their personal stories with addiction and how they overcame them. Students will view the workshop on Thursday, April 7th or Friday, April 8th during their P.E./Health class. Additionally, we will also be offering a parent program on this same topic on Thursday, April 7th at 6:30PM in Hurley Theater. This program is free and open to all parents in our community.
Brookside School 5th Graders recently participated in a March Madness Basketball Game against teachers and our Westwood Police Department! Thank you to teachers Ms. Morales, Mrs. Tadiello, Mrs. Vaughan, Mr. Barbieri, and Mr. Holl. Additional thanks to Chief Pontillo, and Officers Chris Horst, Joe Pavone, and Ryan Sestanovich!
Dr. Mortimer and the Westwood Regional elementary principals visited the Responsive Classroom program at Washington School in Wyckoff this morning. Response Classroom is a social/emotional program that our District will adopt next year. It is a mechanism to create "safe, joyful, and engaging classroom and school communities for both students and teacher." Responsive Classroom "creates optimal learning conditions for students to develop the academic, social, and emotional skills needed for success in and out of school." We look forward to brining this program to our District as well.
WRMS Health teachers met with renowned expert Judy LoBianco, Executive Director of SHAPE NJ (Society of Health and Physical Educators of New Jersey) today to learn strategies for teaching the NJDOE's Health and Physical Education standards. LoBianco is among an elite group of school district leaders recognized in Education Week‘s annual Leaders To Learn From report.
Mr. Andrew Kramar will begin his position as the WWRSD Director of Technology on May 31, 2022. Mr. Kramar has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Public Administration from New York University. He is coming to us from the Morris Plains School District, where he serves as the Director of Informational Technology and a Principal. We sincerely look forward to welcoming him to the District!
