Waldwick High School Principal's Blog

PARCC Testing at WHS will begin in late April for the 9th, 10th and 11th graders.  Each day testing will begin at 8:05 AM.  Room assignments will be shared with the students via their Homeroom and Math teachers.  PARCC Testing Schedule for ELA Date Unit Grade Level Length Wednesday 4/20 ELA Unit 1 9, 10, 11 110 Minutes Thursday, 4/21 ELA Unit 2 9, 10, 11 110 Minutes Friday 4/22 ELA Unit 3 9, 10, 11 90 Minutes PARCC Testing Schedule for Math  Date Unit Grade Level Length Monday 4/25 Math Unit 1 & 2 Algebra 1 Geometry Algebra 2 90 Minutes each Tuesday, 4/26 Math Unit 3 Algebra 1 Geometry Algebra 2 90 Minutes Daily schedule after testing has concluded Wednesday, 4/20 Period 3 (10:15 - 10:46) & Period 4 (10:48 - 11:20) Thursday, 4/21 Period 1 (10:15 - 10:46) & Period 2 (10:48 - 11:20) Friday, 4/22 Period 3 (9:55 - 10:36) & Period 4 (10:38 - 11...

Update on PARCC and Graduation Requirements  Recently the New Jersey State Board of Education approved the threshold score points (‘cut points’) to define the performance levels in the PARCC assessment program. Below you will find the newly updated list of assessments and their various score points that members of the classes of 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 can use to demonstrate that they have met the competency testing requirements needed for a regular high school diploma with the appropriate threshold scores for PARCC assessments included. (Special Education students, whose Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) specify an alternative way to demonstrate proficiency, will continue to follow the graduation requirements set forth in their IEPs.) Going out in the mail today are the individual test reports for the students that took the PARCC assessment last year. Here is a copy of my cover letter regrading the student reports . To meet the graduation requirement through th...

Advanced Placement testing will begin on Monday, May 4.   Morning test takers need to check-in by 8 AM and report directly to the Greenberg Center.  Afternoon test takers taking  Psychology (5/4) and  Macroeconomics (5/14)  need to check-in by 12:20 PM.   The afternoon Physics (5/6) Exam will begin at 11:45 AM.  All afternoon testing will take place in the  Greenberg Center.   Students taking morning exams will be excused from classes until 12:10.  Students testing in the afternoon will be excused at 11:20 for lunch.   Testing Schedule  Monday, 5/4 Chemistry AM (3 hours & 15 minutes) Psychology PM (2 hours) Tuesday, 5/5 Calculus AM (3 hours & 15 minutes) Wednesday, 5/6 English Literature AM (3 hours) Physics PM (3 hours) Thursday, 5/7 Spanish Language AM (3 hours & 15 minutes) Friday, 5/8 US History AM (3 hours & 15 minutes) Studio Art PM Monday, 5/11 Biology AM (3 hours) Wedn...

PARCC EOY (End of Year) testing is here!   After getting feedback from teachers and students we will be administering the test differently this time around.   Students will be completing two sessions per day.  No student will test in the morning and afternoon.   HS PARCC - April Testing Tuesday, April 28 AM Session (8:05) Geometry (Sessions 1 & 2) Algebra 2 Honors (Sessions 1 & 2) PM Session (12:25) English 11 (Sessions 1 & 2) Wednesday, April 29 AM Session (8:05) Algebra 1 (Sessions 1 & 2) Geometry Honors (Sessions 1 & 2) PM Session (12:25) English 10 (Sessions 1 & 2) Thursday, April 30 AM Session (8:05) Algebra 2 (Sessions 1 & 2) PM Session (12:25) English 9 (Sessions 1 & 2) To make this schedule work, we will be running a common lunch for the grade level testing in the afternoon. ONLY students testing in the afternoon will have a common ...