We love our teachers. Thank you, PTO!
What time is it when the big hand is on the .....?
What would we do without our Crossing Guards?!

Sure as Stars Cling to the Sky: A wonderful song that our fifth graders sang at last week's concert. Bravo!
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

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!

Maggie, one of Washington School's best friends, is very good at TopIt - a favorite game that helps us practice arithmetic.

Today's economic jobs report continues to highlight a strong labor force. You need look no further than Washington's School Store.


We learned a lot about Earth Day. Parent volunteers read a book about ladybugs and their importance to our ecosystem (they are awesome pollinators), and students decorated bug jars to bring home. Fifth graders were able to do some planting in our garden. We love our volunteers!



Teacher Treasures is an annual Washington School tradition that allows students to win an opportunity to share a special time with one of our staff members. Washington School and You -- Perfect Together.



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

District Mechanic Tony Pericolo is making our entranceway look like new!

It's 7:30 AM -- Do you know where your children are? At their first band practice for the upcoming fifth-grade concert, of course.

It takes a village. Thank you for contributing an extra lunch this past Wednesday for St. Joseph Social Service Center. It only takes one person to make a change. Let it begin with me and you.

Skipper says...If they would only stop petting me, I could listen to the story.

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

First graders this week had a chance to program and play with Dash Robots along with Librarian and Makerspace Master Christine Pitarresi. These are just some of the amazing things our PTO has supported in our Makerspace program. Did I mention that these were first-graders?

First graders this week had a chance to program and play with Dash Robots along with Librarian and Makerspace Master Christine Pitarresi. These are just some of the amazing things our PTO has supported in our Makerspace program. Did I mention that these were first-graders?

Owl what?! Owl pellets. Our third graders dissect these, searching for the small bones of voles and recording their results. They will assemble the bones into a complete vole when they are done. Ah, but what IS an owl pellet, you ask? For that, you will have to ask a third-grader!



Master technology teacher Jeanine Gottko helps our third graders prepare for the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments. Pupils learn how the online platform (TestNav) works as well as the digital tools available to them. Jeanine is such a help to us.

