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.
Westwood Regional High School students teach our French exchange students some Materials Science and Processing!
Met some great candidates at the Bergen County Job fair on Saturday! Possible future Cardinals!
Students in Mr. Chen's AP Physics 2 class are using the power of light waves to measure the width of a super small object - a strand of their own hair!
High School counselors Mrs. Lyons and Mrs. Suri are at Quinnipiac University today to learn about all of their Health Science programs.
Westwood Regional High School Class of 2024 Junior Prom at Seasons! Thank you to our junior class advisors Ms. Murray and Ms. Hartwick for planning the night.
We are so happy to have students and teachers from France visiting the high school. Thank you to Mr. Welfel and Mrs. Meringolo for setting this up as well as our district families allowing students to stay with them. We celebrated with a Potluck dinner last night! So much fun!
Thank you to our Board of Education for recognizing 35 of our students for earning the Seal of Biliteracy in English and either Spanish, Italian, French, & Hebrew! This identifies students who have demonstrated proficiency in English and at least one other language.
Thank you to our Board of Education for recognizing the many accomplishments of our Academic Decathlon Team at last night's meeting. Good luck to our team at the nationals at the end of April. Go Cards!
Ms. Murray (Work Based Learning Coordinator) visited Parisian Beauty Academy (a Paul Mitchell partner school) to explore post graduate opportunities for students. They will be visiting Westwood High School before the end of the school year!
Who makes the best Irish Soda bread? Friendly staff competition at the high school!
Ms. Gilbert's chemistry students study stoichiometry by adapting popular board games in the, "Got Game Project."
Amazing performance of "Into the Woods" by our very talented Woodington Players! Still time to see the show Friday @ 7:00 PM, Saturday @ 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM.
In response to this week's display of hate & bias, the Office of Curriculum & Instruction compiled resources for parents. Swastikas, speech & other images that diminish a group are condemned. Go to: https://sites.google.com/wwrsd.org/publiccurriculumoffice for more information.
The high school debate team had a great time at the varsity championship tournament at Becton HS on Friday. Congratulations to all of our debaters on a wonderful season; we’re so proud of you all! GO CARDS!!!
Multilingual learners (ESL) have the opportunity to use an iPad Mini to assist with translations. WRSD has over 70 students learning English as a new language, with over 400 students in the district speaking another language at home, in at least a dozen languages. #Diversity
Amazing season so far from our Academic Decathlon Team (WACADECA)!
We need another trophy case!!! Regionals: Students earned 35 individual awards including #1 Varsity student in Region 1 (Nicholas Kawasaki), #2 Scholastic student in region (Daniel Shotkin) and #3 Honor student in the region (Aaron Zeiler - also our MVP). Team got 3rd place in the SuperQuiz and 1st place in the region (first time we have ever won our region)
States: Students earned 26 individual awards including #3 Varsity in the State (Nicholas Kawasaki) and #3 Scholastic in the state (Daniel Shotkin), Aaron Zeiler was our MVP again. Team got 2nd place in SuperQuiz, 2nd place in state and qualified to compete at nationals.
Our official title: Division IV National Qualifier and Medium School Champion as we were the highest scoring medium school in the state.
Bring on the Nationals in Texas at the end of April! Go Cards!
The High School National English Honor Society had a wonderful experience volunteering to read to one of the preschool classes in our school’s media center. They even got to lead an activity with the preschoolers that correlated with the story they read.
