The Woodland Park Education Association PRIDE Committee, along with the teachers at Memorial Middle School, held an 8th grade class fundraiser for 8th grade student, Josephine Palman, who has been diagnosed with a brain cancer called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG.)
Students in Miss Webb's and Mr. Rizzo's third grade classes at Beatrice Gilmore have been participating in the Young Audiences program throughout March. The students read related passages and used various art forms to demonstrate their comprehension of those passages. Most recently, they worked in groups to choose one scene to act out in a "tableaux vivant." With guidance from Ms. Flynn from Young Audiences, the class added dialogue into each tableaux.
Charles Olbon teachers learned the power of storytelling through improvisation at a faculty meeting. Dodge Theatre to Learn Professional Learning Community will be working with the second grade team to implement the Theatre to Learn curriculum.
Students in Mrs. Wilson's Language Arts classroom utilized "Flashlight Friday" to enhance their independent reading with small flashlights.
Memorial Middle School hosted an academic triathlon last week for 7th grade students from schools in the Passaic County Gifted & Talented Consortium. One of the two Memorial School teams placed second in the event, which had students competing in three different rounds: theoretical, knowledgeable, and practical.
