Principal Jake (principal for a day) oversaw daily announcements, supervised classrooms (with adult supervision) and helped run the volleyball pep rally! Nice work Jake!
Welcome Assistant Principal for the day! Sophie has had a busy day making announcements, welcoming families to a writing celebration, supervising lunch, and introducing the fourth grade assembly!
After the Girl Scouts researched about pollinators, and planted a pollinator garden, they released the butterflies they had been taking care of. What a beautiful day for a butterfly launch!!
One week to the District Art Show! You won't want to miss it! Enter at Door D1 on Trinity Place.
Field Day at Franklin is awesome!
Field Day is on!
Detective Greene shared important information with our fifth graders this morning. She will be presenting to parents this evening at 5:30 at Franklin. All are welcome, especially parents and guardians of fourth and fifth graders.
Tonight's chorus performance is spectacular!
The Fifth Grade Chorus had a wonderful performance this afternoon!
The Fifth Grade Chorus had a wonderful performance this afternoon!
The Franklin PTO helped us out with our 1st grade Orientation and Ice Cream Social. It was great to welcome new students and their families to our school!
The PTO held a general meeting today to elect a new Board and invited Westfield's Director of Counseling Falynn Balassone to give a talk about the NJ bullying law and school policies we have to be proactive about preventing bullying.
The Habitat Garden had been busy with plantings and decorating pots with flowers to take home!
GS Troop 40450 researched about the importance of pollinators and then installed garden plants to help attract pollinators. They then gave a presentation of their work to the Habitat Garden Club. Thank you Troop 40450!!
3rd grade visited Ellis Island today! Happy to report all were "admitted" and none were "deported"!
Mr. Staluppi and the Fifth Grade Band had an amazing performance tonight! Let's Go Band!!!
Fifth Grade Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Freeman had a wonderful evening performance! Bravo!
Wellness breaks are a great investment in the general well-being of students (and other humans). They make us feel good and then we are more prepared to make the most of the hard challenges of learning that take place everyday. Taking a short outdoor break, walking down the hall to the water fountain, using our sensory hallway (with hopscotch and balance activities)for a few minutes and coloring are just a few things we encourage. Last week our 5th graders took a break to color and visit with three therapy dogs, named Lu Lu, Skipper and Kieffer. What a hit this was! We are scheduling more visits from the dogs! Thank you to Mrs. Turi and Mrs. Pepe for making this happen.
WHS, Westfield Memorial Library, and Kean University's HRC are hosting an important community event on May 6 at the library to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. Learn more: https://events.wmlnj.org/event/12055292 LiveStream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL3rFZHLK2Y
Fifth grade students Exploravision Teams shared their innovations with the school! Wouldn't you love one of these: a robot, waste to energy steam generator machine, or biodegradable plastic?!?
