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Signs and banners in red, white, and blue adorn the gymnasium walls at Edison Intermediate School as it holds its annual Veterans Day assembly.
A recent STEM field trip to Florida included a visit to the Kennedy Space Center where 26 seventh graders and four staff members from Edison Intermediate School participated in flight simulators and other programs, visited the rocket garden and launch pads, toured the actual Space Shuttle Atlantis and more.
Jefferson students enjoy showing their costumes to all gathered for the annual Halloween parade.
Tamaques principal David Duelks dresses as a fisherman with his staff as various ocean critters for Halloween 2018.
Carved pumpkins lit in the darkened gym at McKinley School on Halloween.
Some of the creatively decorated pumpkins displayed at the Wilson School Pumpkin Patch.
Washington School students run laps as part of the Recess Runners' Club.
RIS 8th grade art students pose in front Dudley, an original sketch by Westfield native Charles Addams during a visit to an exhibit of Addams' work.
Each 5th grader at Franklin School created a paper heart which then were combined to create giant peace signs on the auditorium doors and elsewhere.
Parents and 5th grade organizers of the Mileage Club at Tamaques School pose for a picture. The club promotes and rewards running/walking laps for good health.
Engineering instructor Laura Doyle outlines pinhole camera project in new Innovation Classroom at Westfield High School. The new space includes a digital presentation podium, LED lighting, laptops with computer aided design (CAD) capabilities, motorized window shades, retractable ceiling mounted power cords, and furniture on wheels.
Franklin 5th graders pose in front of a sign in the fence created out of colorful plastic cups, saying
Jefferson 1st graders wear the finest clothes for a themed day during Week of Respect.
McKinley 5th graders make origami butterflies during Week of Respect.
Franklin 1st graders wear
Three 1st grade students at Tamaques smile widely as Monarch butterflies perch on their heads in the school's Monarch Butterfly Way Station.
Members of the Roosevelt Intermediate School student council pose for a picture outside of the school.
McKinley students smile widely on 3rd day of new school year.
Roosevelt Intermediate School students pose in front school sign during the first week of the new school year.
Students and their families arrive at Franklin School for the first days of a new school year.
Kindergartners pose for a picture in front of Lincoln School sign on first day of school.
Two sisters pose for a picture in front of Edison Intermediate School sign on first day of school.
CSI sleuths study clues and evidence at STEM Camp.
WHS graduates - Class of 2018 - toss caps into the air at commencement ceremony conclusion in June 2018.
Lincoln School kindergartner enjoys annual Flower Patch.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy took a few moments out of a busy schedule to drop in on a 5th grade class at Wilson School in Westfield on Thursday, May 24.
At McKinley Elementary School, students in grades 1 through 5 danced for 2 ½ hours on May 23 in support of leukemia/pediatric cancer research, raising a record $14,109.46 at the 7th Annual McKinley-THON.
A Grade 2 Publishing Party at Washington School, one of the many ways we celebrate reading and writing in Westfield Public Schools.
New York Jets Linebacker Lorenzo Mauldin visited Edison Intermediate School on May 4, praising students and staff for creating a supportive school culture that says no to bullying and yes to kindness and empathy.
History comes alive at Tamaques School's Living Wax Museum.
Spring. Members of the Habitat Garden Club at Franklin took advantage of two days of sunshine and warmer temperatures to plant some flowers and vegetables, including lettuce, broccoli, cabbage and onions.
Great bulletin board at Roosevelt lntermediate School reminding students that math is used in all walks of life.

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Members of the Combat Logistics Batallion 25, 4th Marine Logistics Group present the colors during Edison Intermediate School’s annual Veterans Day assembly on Nov. 7.

Honoring Those Who Served

Students and staff across the Westfield Public School District honored the nation’s military veterans on Nov. 12 with assemblies and other commemorations to thank them for their service and sacrifice.
Photo image of a flyer asking Westfield High School alumni to visit the Alumni Outreach section of the district website to enter contact information and share news of interest for a new electronic newsletter to be published.

Calling all WHS Alumni

The Westfield Public School District invites WHS graduates to visit the Alumni Outreach section of the district website to enter contact information and share news of interest for a new electronic newsletter aimed at helping alumni engage and connect with each other and the school district.
: (L-R) Westfield Robotics Team members Kristina Hollosi, Hannah Hollosi, and Dorothy Kaplan participate in the FIRST Tech Challenge Robo-Ruckus on Sunday, Nov. 4 at Westfield High School.

Westfield Robotics Team Hosts Robo-Ruckus

In its first tournament of the season, the Westfield Robotics Team, That Hertz, competed against 16 other New Jersey robotics teams at the FIRST Tech Challenge Robo-Ruckus on Sunday, Nov. 4 at Westfield High School. This year’s competition required student-built robots to complete such tasks as lifting themselves six inches in the air on a lander, collecting blocks and balls and placing them in specific spots, and other skilled challenges.
McKinley 5th graders and their teacher Joseph Paradise share questions, predictions and observations about a novel they are reading with a fifth grade class in Atlanta, Georgia, part of the Global Read Aloud whose goal it is to connect the world through reading.

A Global Approach to Learning

On a recent Friday, a fifth grade class at McKinley Elementary School shares questions, predictions and observations about a novel they are reading with another fifth grade class. Not an unusual exercise in Westfield, which encourages this kind of student-driven exploration. What is unusual, however, is that the fifth graders in Westfield are discussing the novel "Amal Unbound" with fifth graders in Atlanta, Georgia.
Edison 7th graders use nets to capture marine life in an estuary of the Gulf of Mexico to sort the animals by type, as part of a visit to the Mote Marine Laboratory during a STEM field trip to Florida.

Edison STEM Trip to Florida

Exploring computer graphics and animation at the Ringling College of Art and Design, studying marine life in the Gulf of Mexico and talking with a space shuttle astronaut were among the highlights of a STEM field trip to Florida embarked upon recently by a group of students and staff from Edison Intermediate School.
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The Westfield Public School District, in partnership with families and community, educates all students to reach their highest potential as productive, well-balanced and responsible citizens who respect individual differences and diversity in an ever changing world.