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Giving spirit abounds during holiday season
This holiday season, a number of charitable efforts were held in the local schools. Both Beatrice Gilmore and Memorial Schools took part in the annual Giving Tree initiative for the Family Reach Foundation.
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Board salutes two outgoing trustees
The Board of Education saluted two outgoing members who are finishing up their terms - Dina Bargiel and Dr. Mark Salemi, who both have served for over nine years.
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Handmade cards sent to spread holiday cheer
Students at Beatrice Gilmore School created cards to send to children who will spending the holiday season in the hospital. Mrs. Capo's class helped collect and send these cards to the organization Cards for Hospitalized Kids.
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Alfred Baumann Library salutes its youth volunteers
The Alfred H. Baumann Free Public Library recently held its annual appreciation night to honor its resident, community, business, program and school partners.
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Incorporating movement helps to support an active learning environment
Charles Olbon recently held a school-wide professional learning community meeting, where the staff learned how to incorporate movement throughout the day, led by physical education teacher Mr. Volpe.
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Food drive provides full holiday meal for 30 local families
Thirty turkeys and the fixings were distributed to local families who need a helping hand this Thanksgiving. The collection was coordinated by the Memorial School Student Council, Charles Olbon School, and Beatrice Gilmore School together with donations from generous families of Woodland Park.
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Teachers attend development day at Passaic Valley High School
Passaic Valley Regional High School (PV) hosted its fourth annual day of development on Nov. 6, uniting all teaching professionals from PV High School and each of its feeder public schools from Little Falls, Woodland Park and Totowa. The theme for this year's program was "Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships."
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Libraries = Success program concludes at Memorial School
The results are in for the Libraries = Success program at Memorial Middle School. The program, sponsored by the NJ State Library, is a joint collaboration with the Alfred Baumann Public Library. The initiative is geared toward encouraging middle schoolers to sign up for a library card.
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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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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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'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.
