The instruments wait quietly for the Beginner Band Concert to begin. The crowd waits outside for what will be a packed house!
The Board held its reorganization meeting last night. Following the swearing in of Leila Morrelli, Sonal Patel, and Julie Steinberg, Board members elected Robert Benacchio as Board President and Sonal Patel as Board Vice President. Congratulations to all!
We celebrated Arbor Day! Our amazing Habitat Garden PTO Committee helped us win a grant for a tree. The township helped us plant it and the Mayor stopped by!
So many good things happened this week! We appreciated our amazing crossing guards at the annual breakfast! Therapy dogs showed us how to relax like it's our job, ukuleles arrived for our music program and Project Playground is heating up! Keep those donations coming!! Take a look!
Kudos to student artists whose work has been selected in the district's Earth Day Poster Contest. Thank you to all who submitted an entry. The featured posters, along with all of the submissions, are available here: https://sites.google.com/westfieldnjk12.org/wpsgreenteam/home
Yarn weavings and radial relief on display.
The Franklin Art Gallery display is full of yarn weavings, radial relief and symmography!
Jacob Knapp is the Northern NJ Regional 5th Grade Gold Medalist in the History Bee!!! Congrats Jacob!!!
Last but not least for Multicultural Night!
And more from Multicultural Night!
More Multicultural Night Photos!
Franklin Multicultural Night is a huge success! So many families are sharing their traditions including food, clothes languages, games, art, music and more!
Congratulations to Franklin School’s Artists of the Month for March!
2nd Grade: Walker Laflamme, Maya Jemal
3rd Grade: Xavier Walsh (not pictured), Kyrianna Papadakos
4th Grade: Percy Clegg, Asmira Sunkara
5th Grade: John Reinartz, Hailey Taylor
These students not only demonstrated creativity and excellence in their artwork, but they were also respectful and kind towards others.
Two Lunch Tuesdays are going strong!!!
Registration is now open for the Westfield K-8 STEAM Night on April 29. https://sites.google.com/westfieldnjk12.org/wps-ptc-ptso/ptc-gifted-education
Get ready for Westfield K-8 STEAM Night on Monday, April 29 from 6:30-8:00p at Wilson, hosted by the PTC Gifted Education Committee. A registration link will be activated Monday, April 15 at 7p on the PTC Gifted Education page. https://sites.google.com/westfieldnjk12.org/wps-ptc-ptso/ptc-gifted-education
Last chance to join a community session on the 2024-25 school district operating budget. Tonight (April 11) at 5:30-6:30p. Link to virtual session: https://www.westfieldnjk12.org/article/1546278 Hope you can join, as Westfield voters prepare to go to polls next Tuesday, 4/16.
The April 16 budget vote and board election is fast approaching. Please consider attending one of the district's last two community engagement sessions to have your questions answered before going to the polls. The virtual sessions are Wednesday, April 10 from 12-1 p.m. and Thursday, April 11 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Links to both sessions can be found on the Budget Vote Portal under Community Engagement.
Enjoy your Spring Break!
Corey the Dribbler, former Harlem Globetrotter and Guinness Book of World Record holder, wowed us with his basketball skills, humor and words of inspirational wisdom (respect, kindness, hard work and teamwork). What a great assembly! Thank you to our PTO for another wonderful program!
