If we meet someone who owes us thanks, we right away remember that. But how often do we meet someone to whom we owe thanks without remembering that? Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe On November 23, 2011, staff and students joined together to break bread and celebrate the Westbridge Academy annual Holiday Feast. It …
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A Workshop Sponsored by the Outreach Department Earn free CEUs and register at no charge! DATE: Friday, December 9, 2011 SCHEDULE: 8:30 am – 9:00 am Registration 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Presentation 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Lunch LOCATION: Westbridge Academy Auditorium 60 West Street, Bloomfield, NJ (Parking available on-site) About …
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NEW STUDY JUST PUBLISHED A research report published in the journal Child Development, found that students who participated in programs that taught social, emotional, and behavioral skills, improved in their grades and standardized-test scores by 11 percentile points when compared with nonparticipating students. The report analyzed 213 studies involving over 270,000 students in kindergarten through grade 12. …
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A Workshop Sponsored by the Outreach Department Earn free CEUs and register at no charge! DATE: Friday, April 8, 2011 SCHEDULE: 8:30 am – 9:00 am Registration 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Presentation 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Lunch LOCATION: Westbridge Academy Auditorium 60 West Street, Bloomfield, NJ (Parking available on-site) About This presentation will …
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On Monday, December 20, 2010, members of VFW Post 711 visited the annual holiday party at Westbridge Academy in Bloomfield, which receives students from eight surrounding counties, and made a donation to the school. The visit, donation and holiday party are all annual traditions. Viviana Litovsky, the director of the school (left) receives the donation …
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We’re growing, and our technology is keeping pace. As Westbridge Academy grows, we need to give our teachers, specialists, and administrators with the appropriate tools to support their work. We were spending a lot of human time as well as resources implementing and maintaining our computer servers,” reports Abraham Mathew, Supervisor for Special Projects. Because …
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Project Achieve While staying true to its purpose and mission as it has for the past four decades, Westbridge Academy continues to provide a therapeutic learning environment for students in grades K-12. Only now the dining options have become a little tastier. Instructors from several academic areas, such as Community Based Instruction (CBI), World Cultures, …
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When it’s snowing outside, is school open? Parents at Westbridge Academy know right away, thanks to our Honeywell Instant Alert system. The system immediately notifies parents who sign up. And you can choose how you want to receive notification – by email or text message or both – about late-breaking school notices, such as snowdays, …
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On May 6th, 2010, Westbridge Academy held its annual Golf Outing, which marked a milestone for the school – Westbridge has helped nearly 3,000 students since its founding. The event helped build relations with people and businesses in the community and raise money for the school’s important work serving the region’s children. Thank you to …
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When Westbridge Academy was founded nearly 40 years ago as a pioneering school for students with special needs, we made a commitment to set the highest standards for our own self-improvement as well as that of our students. That’s why we have implemented Project Achieve – a program that helps students develop better self-management skills. …
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