Waldwick High School Principal's Blog

Joe D'Augustine Memorial Duals Charity Wrestling Tournament The varsity wrestling team is hosting  The Joe D'Augustine Memorial Duals Charity Wrestling Tournament  at Waldwick HS sponsored by the Waldwick Recreation Wrestling Association on  Saturday Feb 2 . Start time is  9:00am. It is a collaborative event between the varsity wrestling parents and the Waldwick Recreation Wrestling Association. The Charity event will raise funds for the EOD (EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL) WOUNDED WARRIORS FUND IN MEMORY OF JOE D'AUGUSTINE, the fallen marine from Waldwick who was a wrestler and died last year in combat. (this was his unit) Please come out and support such a worthy cause. Joe D'Augustine Memorial Duals Charity Wrestling Tournament

Two students representing Waldwick High School recently won high honors in this year's WordWright Challenge, a competition for American high school students requiring close reading and analysis of many different kinds of prose and poetry. I n the year's second meet, held in December, freshmen Peter Stahl and Dan Scherb, each of whom made only two mistakes, both placed among the 93 highest-scoring ninth graders in the entire country. More than 58,000 students from 46 states (and four foreign nations) entered the meet. The school's participation was overseen by Amy Baskin and Liz Getlik. The premise behind the WordWright Challenge is that attentive reading and sensitivity to language are among the most important skills students acquire in school. The texts students must analyze for the Challenge can range from short fiction by Eudora Welty or John Updike to poetry as old as Shakespeare's or as recent as Margaret Atwood's, and to essays as classic

Our 1st CAREER CAFE of the year is scheduled for JAN. 31st. The Career Topic is EVENT PLANNING Our speaker, Christine Figliuolo - is the founder of Creations By Christine Events, LLC. She has been planning weddings since 1995. Christine became interested in event planning while working as a Producer for HBO. Mrs. Figliuolo has been the President of the Waldwick Chamber of Commerce since 2007.   Sign Up Instructions can be found here .   Any questions please stop by the Guidance Office.  

The Waldwick School District is excited to introduce the first workshop from the Waldwick Parent Academy.   This year we will be offering three different workshops on technology.  The first workshop will revolve around Twitter, and will be offered twice on Wednesday, January 23 rd .  The first at 8:30am, and the second offering will be at 6:30pm.   Mr. Carroll, Ms. Hummel, and Mr. Sussman will discuss how to create an account on Twitter, how to use this application, and how we are safely and successfully integrating Twitter into our schools.  Participants will gain an understanding of how to connect with other users around the globe, as well as building their own Person Learning Network.   Hope to see you there.  Kevin Carroll HS Principal  @WHS_Principal Ms. Hummel HS/MS Media Specialist  @MzHumz Mr. Sussman Middle School Guidance Counselor  @MrSussman

Digital Learning Day @ WHS Guest Post by: Carla De Gironimo @DeGironimoc Waldwick High School Language Arts Teacher   Waldwick High School will be participating in the second annual Digital Learning Day hosted by the Alliance for Excellent Education on Wednesday, February 6, 2013.  According to the New Jersey Department of Education, this day provides an opportunity to highlight the great lessons and activities teachers, librarians, principals, and district leaders are providing for students.  Since it is the Waldwick High School mission to educate and guide students to achieve their fullest potential, become lifelong learners, and be responsible, productive citizens in a global society, Digital Learning Day is the perfect opportunity for staff members to showcase the types of innovative activities they are using in their classrooms every day. Last year, Waldwick High School’s participation in the event was extremely successful.  Digital projects ranged from AP Econo

Last week Waldwick High School hosted a Financial Aid Workshop.  We hope you found it very informative.  Our speaker, Mr. Kimber Decker has graciously provided us with the handouts he used at this presentation.  They have been uploaded to the Guidance website for your review and use. The files can be located under the “Financial Aid Links” heading under the Guidance link on the High School Website .   The link below will bring you directly to these handouts: Financial Aid Links 

Albina Aljovic -  Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant (LDTC)   I asked each new staff member to answer a few questions about themselves.   Can you tell us a little bit about your background? I grew up in Brooklyn and Queens with my siblings Romeo and Juliet (yes, my parents loved Shakespeare). I attended Baruch College in New York, where I majored in Advertising. After I got married to Haris and had my first son, Harry (now 19), I moved to New Jersey and worked on my degree in elementary education. I've worked in a Newark Charter School for over 13 years as a classroom teacher, and most recently as the Reading Recovery teacher. During this time, I pursued my Masters degree in Special Education (LDT-C) at William Paterson University. My youngest son, Dylan, is a 13 year old middle-school student. What made you choose Education as a career? Education has been my passion since I was a young child. As the middle child, I was always competing for attention,

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DECEMBER STUDENTS OF THE MONTH MATHEMATICS Maria Umana – Maria is a pleasure to have in class.  She is currently a freshman in Algebra I.  Maria is a very motivated student; always demonstrating a terrific work ethic and a positive attitude.  During  class time, she is always focused and on task.  Maria is very conscientious about homework and class work.  She works  well individually and in a group. VOCAL Allison Estell - Ally is currently a member of the WHS Senior Chorus.   She is committed to learning different ways to improve her singing techniques.   Ally is always willing to help other students with musical dilemmas and always has a smile on her face.   In addition to singing with the Senior Chorus, Ally is also an active member of the WHS Drama Club.   She will be taking part in the spring musical, "Curtains."   Ally has shown her love for music and theater by helping in other areas of production as well.  

Congratulations to the Boys Varsity Basketball Team on winning the  Frank Baldachino Chirstmas Bell Tournament  last week.  The boys beat Ramsey HS is the first round and beat Hawthorne Christian 36-34 in the championship game.     The team plays again at 7pm on Tuesday Night at home against Hawthorne  Christian.    Looking forward to see and hearing the #Warriornation!