Wyckoff Summer Academies - In the Painting class, students learn the basics of painting including shadowing, highlighting, and blending as they follow along with the teacher's live demonstration. In the 3rd and 4th grade Building Masters class, students create Lego, K’NEX, Keva blocks, and other material builds and challenges together. In the 5th-7th Coding class, students created video games and had others play their games to get feedback to improve their projects. Photo credits: Kelly Vincent, Kim Simon, and Jason Opremcak
Last night, the Board of Education approved a revised student calendar for the 2023-2024 school year. See the revised calendar here: https://5il.co/1xtr8.
The changes are as follows:
1. The first two days of school, Sept 7-8, will both be minimum days for students.
2. Schools will be closed Monday, Nov 6 (for parent conferences).
3. Monday, Nov 13 will be a minimum day for students (parent conferences).
4. There will be a 90-minute delayed opening on Tuesday, Nov 14.
5. The last day for students is now June 24, 2024 (or sooner, depending on use of snow days).
See the complete revised calendar here: https://5il.co/1xtr8.
8th graders at Eisenhower Middle School participated in the promotion ceremony on Monday, June 19th, 2023. Congratulations to all, and best of luck in the future!
Nevan S., a Coolidge Elementary School student, has secured third place in the K-3 Under 700 category among 303 players at the 2023 National Elementary Chess Championship held in Baltimore (May 12-14, 2023) organized by the US Chess Federation.
Nevan represented Calvin Coolidge Elementary School, winning 6 consecutive games out of 7 over three days, and climbed to the first position by defeating many higher ranked players. However, he lost his last game and came 3rd overall among 303 players.
Nevan started taking interest in chess in 2022. He attended Martin Kenny's chess class organized by Wyckoff Recreation in 2022. Over the past few months, he has improved his game primarily by playing his grandfather on chess.com everyday. Nevan loves talking about chess tactics and strategies all day, and wants to continue to "play chess forever."
School Board Honors Retirees - Teachers Jo-Ann Geary, Laurie Semendinger, Jodi Levine, and Gina Vernieri were honored by the school board Monday night for their years of service in the Wyckoff School District and their excellent dedication to their students over the course of their careers. Jodi Levine has been teaching at Coolidge School for 27 years in both fourth grade and the technology classroom. Gina Vernieri has been teaching mathematics at EMS for 22 years. Jo-Ann Geary taught speech and language for 13 years, and Laurie Semendinger has been a kindergarten teacher at Coolidge for 10 years. The Board of Education honored each with a framed resolution of appreciation, along with an engraved mantel clock.
Lincoln School student Jordan B. was featured in an ABC news story about his sports reporting.
https://abc7ny.com/7-year-old-kid-sports-reporter-jordan-berger/13330793/
EMS Track Team Participates in Track League Championships - The Eisenhower Middle School track team participated in the League Championships at Park Ridge High School. Lukas K. won 3rd place in the 1600m race!
EMS Music in the Parks Competition - Eisenhower band ensembles all performed wonderfully and received the following ratings: 8th grade band - Excellent, Jazz Band - Excellent, Chorale - Excellent, and Orchestra - Superior. In addition to the strong musical showing, EMS was awarded the top award of the show: the Esprit de Corp. This award is given to the school that showed the highest level of professionalism and spirit across all ensembles at the competition. We couldn’t be more proud of the groups and all students had a great time!
Let the games begin! Team Challenge Day is here at EMS! @WPSEisenhower @wyckoffschools @MrOTechTeacher
Mr. Angelo Bonavitacola, EMS Technology Teacher and ETV Producer, was selected as one of 100 teachers across the U.S. to attend the Disney Imagination Celebration earlier this month at the Disneyland Resort. He and the other 99 elementary, middle and high school teachers who came from 39 states around the country were chosen from more than 7,900 applicants. During the four-day event, Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park served as “classrooms’’ for the teachers, offering an inside look at the living laboratory of Disney theme parks through several of Disney Imagination Campus’ cutting-edge workshops.
Lincoln Figure Skater Wins Gold at Local Competition. Gianna G., fifth grader at Lincoln School, took home a gold medal at the Morris Open Figure Skating Competition at the Mennen Arena this spring. Gianna skated to “I Ain’t Worried” from the movie Top Gun Maverick. Congratulations, Gianna!
Former EMS student Maddie Saxton voted North Jersey Softball Player of the Week for May 7-13! After four days of voting, Ramapo's Maddie Saxton was selected as the North Jersey Softball Player of the Week. In four games last week, the freshman infielder went 10-15 with eight RBIs, two doubles and two homers, including a lead-changing three-run homer against Immaculate Heart Academy. https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/softball/2023/05/15/vote-north-jersey-softball-player-of-the-week-for-may-7-13/70208179007/
Mrs. Calamito, first grade teacher at Sicomac School, decided to have a shirt made to commemorate Autism Awareness Month in April and to spread kindness and acceptance. She shared her idea with two colleagues, who had identical shirts made. Other teachers heard about the idea, and soon the whole staff had joined in the fun. A WSD parent said, "Mrs. Calamito has always made an effort to make [students] feel included and to assist [them] socially [in] making friends. She added that the t-shirt "was such a beautiful gesture."
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
Join us this Tuesday, May 9th, at 7:30PM at Eisenhower Middle School for a parent seminar, “Understanding Adolescents” by Jack Berckemeyer.
Congratulations to Coolidge students Reagan, London, Ellison, Addison, and Anneliese
for placing 2nd last month in the national finals of the True All Stars Cheer Competition in Trenton. Your WSD family is proud of you!
Photo and news credit: Kristin Borrelli
Mr. Opremcak's 8th grade STEM challenge students use design thinking to create products that solve problems involving disabilities.
Sicomac artists make incredible watercolor paintings with Mrs. Goggi.
We love our school principals! Happy National Principals' Day.
Washington students work on their strikes and spares in a whole new atmosphere during cosmic bowling.
