At a special meeting on July 25, the Westfield Board of Education approved the appointment of Falynn Balassone as K-12 Director of Counseling to succeed Maureen Mazzarese, who is retiring as of August 31, 2022. Read more: https://www.westfieldnjk12.org/article/790921
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
Photo of Falynn Balassone, new K-12 Director Counseling
The Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 4p on Monday, July 25 in Cafeteria B at Westfield High School to address personnel, finance & HIB items. Agenda: https://bit.ly/BOEAgendas2022-23 Livestream: https://bit.ly/BOELiveStream202223
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
Graphic  noting Board of Ed Meeting
The Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 4p on Monday, June 25 in Cafeteria B at Westfield High School to address personnel, finance & HIB items. Agenda: https://bit.ly/BOEAgendas2022-23 Livestream: https://bit.ly/BOELiveStream202223
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
Graphic  noting Board of Ed Meeting
Spotlight on Education - a curated selection of written articles, videos, and photographs - is just one of the many resources on our new website. https://sites.google.com/westfieldnjk12.org/wps-spotlightoneducation/home https://www.westfieldnjk12.org/
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
Screenshot of the Spotlight on Education home page
The work never stops at WHS!
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
WH S head custodian moves file cabinet
Attendance secretary works at desk
WHS custodians work to dismantle desk
Attendance secretary works at desk
The June edition of The NEWS Letter was emailed to the school community last Friday. In case you missed it, here's the link: https://sites.google.com/westfieldnjk12.org/thenewsletter/the-news-letter/june-2022 Have a wonderful summer!
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
Screenshot of title heading of The NEWS Letter
Congrats to the WHS Class of 2022! More pics coming soon.
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
WHS Class of 2022 grads smile as they proceed in for commencement
Congrats to the WHS Class of 2022!
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
GIF of WHS graduates throwing caps in air
Board continues tradition of recognizing student & staff achievement at 6/21 meeting. Other highlights included approval of resolution to move Board elections from November to April & final approval of CHPE curriculum. Read more: https://bit.ly/BOESynopsisJune212022
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
Photo collage of student and staff recognitions at Board meeting
Congratulations to our World Language students and teachers for their many recognitions! Read more: https://bit.ly/WorldLanguageHonorsJune2022
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
118 Westfield High School 12th graders received the Seal of Biliteracy, an award granted to students who attain proficiency in two or more languages by high school graduation.
WHS senior Frank Wietry earned a perfect score on the Latin Level 2 exam.  The distinction of a perfect score was only attained by a very small number of students out of more than 100,000 who took the exam across the world.  Pictured here with WHS principal Mary Asfendis (L) and Latin teacher James Rowan (R).
23 WHS students were inducted into the National Chinese Honor Society in May.
WHS environmental science students work with Westfield Green Team to study water quality, invasive organisms, sampling & indexing during May field trip to Tamaques Park. TY to Green Team, enviro science teacher Jeff Robbins & WHS science team for hands-on learning experience.
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
WHS students walk through stream during environmental field trip
WHS student conducts test in stream
WHS enviro science teacher Jeff Robbins talks to students in stream
WHS students conduct sampling experiments during field trip
Congratulations to our YAG delegation! https://bit.ly/WHSYAG2022
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
For the first time since 2019, 14 members of the Westfield High School Youth and Government Club participated in an in-person session of the New Jersey Youth and Government (NJ YAG) Conference at Rowan College in April.  Pictured here (L-R) are Justin Anderson, Kavya Panjwani, Alexandra Cicala, Sarah Attia and Grace Kim. Anderson, Panjwani, and Cicala served as officers; Attia and Kim passed legislation at the conference.
Using Langston Hughes' "I Dream a World", WHS No Place for Hate members (& Jefferson alum) Olivia Berger & Gianna Puglisi encourage Jefferson 5th graders to think critically about roles they play in developing a safe & inclusive school community & culture.
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
Two WHS members of No Place for Hate Committee speak to Jefferson 5th graders.
WHS member of NPFH supervises Jefferson 5th graders as they sign poster
No Place for Hate poster
After studying 2008 Financial Crisis, students in Matthew Gironda's Math of Personal Finance class toured Wall Street, learning historical facts, visiting buildings that house today's economic giants & viewing famed “bull” statue which symbolizes concept of market optimism.
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
WHS tMath students take tour of Wall Street.
WHS Math students take tour of Wall Street
Flags and Wall Street sign
Congrats to WHS Hi's Eye staff for another prestigious honor, receiving 1st place among high schools with similar enrollments nationwide from American Scholastic Press Assn, which scores college & high school newspapers annually on format, content, presentation & other criteria.
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
WHS student journalists and Hi's Eye advisor pose for pic after winning prestigious 1st place honor
Enjoy the long Memorial Day weekend!
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
Graphic explaining Memorial Day closing schedule
Great to see so many talented student instrumentalists and vocalists and their dedicated instructors at the May 17 Board of Education meeting! Read more in this synopsis: https://bit.ly/BOESynopsisMay172022
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
Band students honored at BOE Meeting
16 WHS student-athletes signed National Letters of Intent to compete at the college level. Congratulations to all. https://bit.ly/WHSNLISpring2022
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
16 WHS student-athletes signed National Letters of Intent to compete at the college level.  .
Lots of great districtwide activities to help spread awareness during Food Allergy Awareness Week, including t-shirt design contest, AM announcements, video links on epi-pen use, skills for safe label reading, allergy-friendly food pantry donation requests, and more.
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
Washington students during Food Allergy Awareness activities
Washington students during Food Allergy Awareness activities
Kudos to WHS 11th graders Matthew Christian (ACT English - April 2022), Cooper DelGandio (SAT Math - March 2022), and Audrey Jones (ACT Reading - February 2022) who earned perfect scores on recent ACT & SATs. Way to go!
almost 2 years ago, Westfield Public Schools
Three WHS students earned perfect scores on recent ACT & SATs