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Assembly at Memorial focuses on natural highs
Memorial School students were treated to an assembly funded by the Municipal Alliance Against Alcoholism & Drug Abuse with Matt Bellace, a youth motivational speaker and stand-up comedian. Dr. Bellace has a Ph.D. in clinical neuropsychology and author of the book, "A Better High.”
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Alliance door decorating contest winners are announced
October is the busiest month of the year for the Woodland Park Municipal Alliance Against Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, as it plans and hosts several events for the three local schools as well as the public. The Alliance is a volunteer based community group that is funded by the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.
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Championship boxer shares his stories with Memorial students
Memorial School students were treated to an assembly by Cam Awesome, courtesy of the WP Municipal Alliance Against Alcoholism & Drug Abuse, as part of School Violence Awareness Week.
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Assembly uses science to bring stories to life
Beatrice Gilmore and Charles Olbon students both enjoyed a pre-Halloween treat with a visit from the Science Tellers assembly program. Conrad Colón led the students through the story, “Aliens: Escape From Earth,” where he integrated the story with science experiments to bring key parts of the story to life.
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District receives $261K grant to expand pre-K program
The Woodland Park School District was one of 28 that were notified this week of pre-K expansion grant funding awards. This $20 million in funding to the 28 districts means that approximately 1,450 additional children across the state will have access to quality pre-K.
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'Libraries = Success' is going well at Memorial School
The Libraries = Success program is going well at Memorial Middle School. Currently, 6th grade has about 65 percent participation, fifth is at 35 percent and 7th and 8th grade are starting to bring more and more cards in.
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BMX pro wows Beatrice Gilmore students with bike stunts
Beatrice Gilmore Elementary School recently marked Week of Respect, aimed at educating the students about the importance of showing respect to themselves and others. They worked on activities and lessons regarding the value of respect in class all week.
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Omegaman pays a visit during 'Week of Respect'
Charles Olbon School recently marked Week of Respect, aimed at educating the students about the importance of showing respect to themselves and others. To help teach the values of this important week, the students worked on activities and lessons regarding the value of respect in their classrooms and during recess.
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CO & BG students "Start With Hello"
Charles Olbon and Beatrice Gilmore Schools both recently worked to "Start With Hello." The initiative was created by Sandy Hook Promise, a national non-profit organization founded and led by family members whose loved ones were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012.
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Library celebrates accomplishments of summer readers
The Alfred Baumann Library's “Universe of Stories” summer program went out with a “big bang!” Over 350 children, parents, and grandparents gathered to celebrate all of the children’s reading accomplishments and participation in Library programs over the summer.
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Special Police Officer to be stationed at each school this year
At the Sept. 4 Borough Council meeting, the Borough swore in three Special Police Officers, who will serve in our Borough schools. Police Chief Eileen Tiernan said that the three bring a wealth of experience to the district.
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Facilities offer fresh, new workspaces for students
Over the summer, a number of spaces were renovated in the three district schools.
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Students use straws to build freestanding towers
Students in Mrs. Szorc's science class at Beatrice Gilmore School in Woodland Park took on a big challenge. In order to win first prize in the Tiny Towers contest, students had to design and build the tallest freestanding tower possible using only 30 straws. The winning tower, pictured below, measured six feet tall.
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Animal Club wraps up year with trip to Turtle Back Zoo
The Woodland Park Animal Club visited The Turtle Back Zoo as the final activity of the school year. This year, there were many zoo babies to observe. Most had been born just a few weeks prior to their visit.
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STRIVE students Skype with data scientist
Third and fourth grade STRIVE students at Beatrice Gilmore School recently enjoyed Skyping with a data scientist from South Africa.
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Second graders create robot prototypes
During Ms. McGinnis' second grade STEAM class at Charles Olbon School in Woodland Park, students self-selected groups and used the engineering design process to create prototypes of robots that will help keep the environment clean. The students planned, built, tested, improved, and even named their unique robots.
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Beatrice Gilmore students create Earth Day Challenge
Seven third grade students at Beatrice School Gilmore in Woodland Park took the initiative to create an Earth Day Challenge. They created the idea, fliers, posters and did morning PA announcements. Several students participated over Spring Break doing such acts as planting trees with their grandparent, collecting trash from the neighborhood with their mom and lots of recycling and reusing. Winners were selected and were awarded a prize from Pomptonian Food Services.
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WP Education Association fundraiser a celebration of life
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.)
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Beatrice Gilmore students bringing stories to life
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.
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Second grade teachers learn about storytelling program
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.
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Flashlight Friday enhances independent reading
Students in Mrs. Wilson's Language Arts classroom utilized "Flashlight Friday" to enhance their independent reading with small flashlights.
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Memorial School students compete in academic triathlon
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.
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Kindness Challenge results in thousands of logged acts
Woodland Park District Schools recently completed the "Think Kindness" 15 Day Challenge. They were competing against 7,000 other schools in their efforts to become "Kindness Ninjas" and become the kindness school district in America.
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Science rocks at Beatrice Gilmore School
Mrs. Szorc's students at Beatrice Gilmore have been observing and researching the unique properties of rocks through a microscope. They had a visit from Mr. Rich, who brought in a huge specimen of an amethyst in its raw form. This rock has been in his family for three generations. How cool is that?
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Fourth graders are working to become playwrights
Students in Mrs. Yesenosky's class at Beatrice Gilmore excitedly began their playwriting project - turning prose into drama. They have been working to turn a fable into a play.
