Curriculum Developments
This year we are further developing our curriculum to include an enhanced selection of electives designed to engage students in activities they find personally interesting and rewarding.
New Student Podcast Makes News
A group of students and teacher Griffin Charyn are producing a monthly podcast of coming happenings around the school and publishing it for the Westbridge community. Students write the news, read the news, edit audio tracks and music, and produce the entire podcast, from start to finish.
From the Executive Director’s Desk: What Happens in the “Extra Mile”
This year is Westbridge Academy's Golden Anniversary, celebrating 50 years of providing high quality educational and therapeutic services to thousands of students for whom we went the "extra mile." Moments like this give us the opportunity to reflect, and ask, what happens in that extra mile?
ESY Food Truck Race
Event day photo gallery. WBA's extended school year theme related to the Culinary Arts and culminated in our First WBA Food Truck Race. Staff created cross curricular plans to ensure all content areas were covered. Students attending ESY were surveyed during the school year as to what foods they would like to make for their food truck.
REACH for the Future
REACH – for Education, Achievement and Career Hopes – is designed for students ages 14 and older. It helps them explore, consider, and prepare for a wide range of post-secondary options, including higher education.
Welcoming Students on the Autism Spectrum
When a student on the spectrum needs more than a public program can offer, or has outgrown a more traditional “autism school,” districts and parents are increasingly turning to Westbridge Academy for the next step.
Student Profile: Jayden H.
Already a leader, Jayden is regularly in the running for Student of the Week and Student of the Month - distinctions he has earned several times this year. Jayden has been developing positive relationships with his classmates throughout the school year.
Basketball Program is a Slam Dunk!
Westbridge Academy's basketball program is linked to its school-wide behavior incentive system, allows eligible students to play full court competitive games at the JCC in West Orange.
From the Executive Director’s Desk: Assessment Matters
The Westbridge Academy Student Passport includes five sections that provide a comprehensive assessment of the student’s progress and emotional make-up.
Extended School Year
ESY at Westbridge is about more than preventing regression and battling academic learning loss. Students need to maintain critical behavioral, social, and mental health gains as well.