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Kindergartners pose in front of Lincoln School sign.

Kindergarten & 1st Grade Registration for 2019-2020

Registration for Kindergarten and First Grade for the 2019-2020 school year opens in January. Please click on the link above for dates and other important information about the registration process. You also may visit the Family Resources tab on the district website and click on "Student Registration" in the drop-down menu.
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Social studies educators from Westfield Public Schools pose in front of a sign for the annual conference of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) in Chicago, where they were presenters.

Oral History and Genealogy

At the annual conference of the National Council for the Social Studies, four Westfield educators recently presented an overview of a popular social studies project in Westfield Public Schools that empowers students to discover and connect their own stories of history through oral narratives and genealogy.
Supervisor of K-12 Social Studies Andrea Brennan and Westfield High School social studies teachers Hilary Haskell, Kimberly Leegan, and Elizabeth Piombino were invited to present at the conference on Nov 30-Dec 2, 2018 in Chicago where the was “Yesterday - Tomorrow: Building the Future of Social Studies.” Click the link above to view a video which briefly summarizes the project, using interviews with educators and their students.
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Exterior of Board of Education building in Westfield.

Superintendent's Synopsis

The Board of Education honored student-athletes and their coaches, received an overview of the district's annual audit, and more at its December 4 meeting. A complete summary can be found in Dr. Dolan's synopsis.
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Front page of the Dec-Jan edition of Arts a la Carte, published by the Department of Visual and Performing Arts.

Arts a la Carte

Please enjoy the December-January edition of Arts a la Carte, where you'll find the holiday concert schedule and much more from our Department of Visual and Performing Arts.
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Kean University adjunct professor Karen Stark, who taught at Westfield High School for 35 years, teaches a fall and spring graduate course on Holocaust education to Westfield educators. It is the 4th time the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean has chosen Westfield Public Schools to host these two courses.

Teaching the Holocaust and Genocide in Westfield Public Schools

For a 4th year, the Westfield Public School District hosts two important graduate level Holocaust Education courses to equip educators with teaching strategies to implement a longstanding multidisciplinary program in the district that includes age-appropriate instruction in the Holocaust and genocides in the K-12 curriculum.
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Superintendent's Synopsis

An overview from our director of counseling on Social and Emotional Learning, along with a report from the district's architect on capital projects for Summer 2019, were among the topics discussed at the November 13, 2018 meeting of the Board of Education. More information about the meeting can be found in Dr. Dolan's synopsis.
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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.
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